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Five Towns Teachers Average $111,691 Annual Salary SOME TEACHERS ARE EARNING MORE THAN $160,000 A YEAR

DISTRICT 15 TO CUT TEACHERS, ONE H.S. PERIOD

By JONATHAN WALTER

Additional Reporting by Scott P. Moore

By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

In an effort to reduce costs and stave off a sharp reduction in government funding that will take a combined $4.3 million off of district revenue, Lawrence School District Superintendent Gary Schall will propose to the Board of Education several cost-cutting measures at the next organization’s next meeting in February. The proposed moves include the slashing of up to 12 teacher positions in the district, moving from contracted teachers to recent, local college graduates at

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Photo courtesy Lawrence UFSD. the Number Four School and the reduction of one class period at Lawrence High School. With federal and state government aid of over $1 million reduced from the budget, the school district is looking to cut expenses where it can while also looking to increase taxes two percent. Right now, the school district expects next school year’s expenses to increase by an estimated $2.05 million. The current school year’s budget for Lawrence is roughly $93.1 million.

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Do local teachers and administrators make too much money? It’s a tough question to answer as many locals don’t know how much work is being put in and how much that work is worth. However, a breakdown of salaries for teachers and administrators at local public schools can help. In response to public school budgets skyrocketing through the years, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a two perecent maximum tax cap to prevent large increases from year to year, however, with budgets of over $103 million for HewlettWoodmere Union Free School District and over $93 million for the Lawrence Union Free School District, these large budgets are already a force to be reckoned with locally and over a third of those totals go toward teacher and administrator salaries. Lawrence School District 15 employed 334 teachers, which also includes district employed

psychologists, social workers and therapists, during the 20102011 school year, paying each an average of $109,774.82. A teacher with a bachelor’s degree and no prior experience entering the Lawrence district could be expected to be paid $51,432 a year while those with master’s degrees could expect a starting salary of $59,354. The highest paid teacher in the school district, Lawrence Middle School sixth grade teacher Susan Fineo, made $161,472 last year. (These salary figures do not include benefit packages.) Hewlett-Woodmere School District 14 employed 300 teachers during the same time period with the same classification during the 2010-2011 school year and salaries averaged 113,607.88. The highest paid teacher for Hewlett-Woodmere during that time period was Social Studies teacher Patricia Nardi, at $159,751. While some may view these salaries as being high, Karl Corn, a representative from the New York State Union of Teachers

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Man Busted with 40 Pounds of Pot; Lawrence Bank Robbed Tuesday BY Susan Varghese

Standard Associate Editor

A robbery at a Lawrence bank led a spate of crimes throughout The Five Towns this week, including a 40-pound drug bust. The Bank of America at Central and Washington Avenues in Lawrence was robbed on Tuesday, January 24. According to police, a white male around 5’6’ to 5’8’ tall, between the age of 45 to 50 years old and a me-

dium build entered the branch and gave a demand note to the teller. After taking an unspeciﬁed amount of money, he ﬂed on foot northbound on Washington Avenue. There were no injuries reported. During the robbery, there were seven employees and three customers, police said. The suspect was wearing a black winter cap and a green GAP hooded sweatshirt. Detectives request anyone with information regarding the

crime to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will be anonymous.

North Woodmere A Queens man was arrested after allegedly being found with over 40 pounds of marijuana in his possession in North Woodmere on Monday. Defendant, Duncan Jordan, 40, stopped a mail carrier in North Woodmere and told him that a package he was delivering to a home there was

for him. According to police, it was a premeditated pick-up. The scenario appears to be that the package was sent to a home with no intention of it reaching the actual homeowner; instead, it was likely tracked and intercepted by Jordan. The carrier gave him the package, and once the carrier realized Jordan wasn’t the actual home owner, police were alerted. Fourth Precinct ofﬁcers

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Duncan Jordan, found with over 40 pounds of marijuana in North Woodmere.

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Rockaway Turnpike: Our Area’s Big Box Shopping Hub By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

While most of The Five Towns is known for its chic shopping hot spots such as Central Avenue in Cedarhurst and Lawrence and Broadway in Hewlett and Woodmere, most of the big box stores and fast food joints have stayed to the west, closest to the area’s border with John F. Kennedy Airport along the ever unpopular Rockaway Turnpike. This unique area, which leaves many people and even Google Maps guessing whether it is North Woodmere, Woodmere, Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Inwood or even Queens, has everything from a hotel to home improvement and clothing stores to

Costco. Whatever the jurisdiction, Rockaway Turnpike is our area’s major commercial hub – you could spend your whole day shopping there, and not just because of the trafﬁc.

The Five Towns Shopping Center The Five Towns Shopping Center, furthest to the northwest on the Nassau-Queens border, is home to a bunch of clothing stores, including the one of the only large discount retail stores in the area, Kmart. The expansive store is home to a diverse amount of clothing at competitive prices for men, women and children. Kmart also features many other goods, including sporting products,

jewelery, groceries, personal products and electronics. Only a few doors down from Kmart is another well-known outlet, The Children’s Place, which, as the name implies, features a great line of children’s fashions for the season. The shopping center is also home to discounter T.J. Maxx, which sells a tremendous amount of high-end clothing and accessories at discounted prices. Across from The Five

CONTINUED ON P. A2 The nearly one mile stretch of roadway of Rockaway Turnpike is densely packed with stores, eateries and places to check out.

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District 15 To Cut Teachers, One H.S. Period CONTINUED FROM P. A1 Schall said he would recommend the Board look to eliminate as many as possibly 12 positions, including nine positions in the district’s pre-kindergarten program.Those teaching positions, housed in the Number Four School, would be shared through an initiative between the school district and Hofstra University that would utilize freshly college-graduated students. Schall also said he would urge the board to switch the Lawrence High School’s schedule from its current nine period day to an eight period day, although keeping to the current

time constraints. Each period would get, roughly, six minutes longer. He said the move would allow students more time during their classes to absorb more material. “College instructors feel more time in the classroom will help,” said Schall. “It will maximize the effectiveness of how we use teacher time.” The moves will help the Lawrence Union Free School District save upwards of $1.5 million, according to Schall. “Instead of cutting kids programs, we’re ﬁxing the utilization of teacher’s time,” Schall said. “We are eliminating one of the teacher’s two preparation periods... We’re able to put

that time into helping students. If I have a choice between cutting the teacher’s time or cutting the student’s programs, I will cut teacher’s prep time.” He also noted the extra prep period was costing the district over $1 million in lost time. “These initiatives are in contrast to other districts where there are wholesale eliminations of programs,” said Schall. “We are not cutting programs. We are restructuring the programs that will allow for cost savings.” Schall was adamant that, while some teacher jobs would be affected, after school and extra curricular activities at all Lawrence schools would not be affected, although class time spent in

school laboratory’s would be cut in most cases to the state’s minimum allowable limit in order to save money. The Lawrence Teachers Association (LTA) has come out in opposition to Schall’s proposed plan, citing the potential loss of educational quality. “For many years, the district has correctly pointed to the preK and kindergarten programs offered at the Number Four School as both a model of excellence and as a symbol of their dedication to the young learners of Lawrence Public Schools,” said Lori Skonberg, LTA President in a statement to The Standard. “It is deeply upsetting to see the district’s willingness to sacriﬁce this record of success, as well as the quality of instruction offered to our youngest learners, by hiring

Rockaway Turnpike: Our Area’s Bix Box Shopping Hub CONTINUED FROM P. A1 Towns Shopping Center is the area’s own Karako Suits outlet, a broad space featuring designer men’s and boys’ suits with discounts coming by the season. Modell’s, in the Five Towns Shopping Center, also features a diverse line of sporty footwear as well as every kind of sporting good imaginable from baseball bats to lacrosse sticks and gym equipment. Finding great places to look for clothing is only half the battle though; this tough to navigate area of The Five Towns is also home to many other kinds of stores. Electronic hobbiests and gamers will be more than happy to ﬁnd both GameStop and RadioShack are also located in the Five Towns Shopping Center, only a few doors away from each other. While GameStop is known mostly for supplying game consoles and their respective titles, RadioShack has televisions, cell phones, accessories and parts. The center is also home to the major home improvement retailer Lowe’s, ﬁlled with ap-

pliances and tools as well as a full-blown indoor lumber yard to ﬁnish off a new backyard deck or outdoor garden to give yourself a beautiful garden. Not the outdoorsman or looking to do major reconstruction? Michael’s Arts and Crafts could also help anyone redesign and breathe new life into a home with a little personal artistic effort. While Hewlett is home to The Five Towns’ only downtown Burger King along the intersection of Broadway and West Broadway, Rockaway Turnpike is home to a wide selection of fast food outlets and local diners. The Five Towns Shopping Center plays host to Applebee’s, the popular sports grill adorned with local ﬂair from sports teams and other organizations as well as a large menu. Across from the shopping center on the southbound-side of Rockaway Turnpike is The Five Towns’ other Burger King, Popeye’s Chicken and The International House of Pancakes, better known as IHOP, all conveniently located near to each other.

Near Peninsula Boulevard and the Nassau Expressway Further south on Rockaway Turnpike is Bed, Bath & Beyond’s Shopping Center another shopping center wedged between the Nassau Expressway and Burnside Avenue. Located in this shopping center is another retailer with the customer in mind while maintaining a fashion appeal – Marshall’s. Obsessed with complimenting your wardrobe and making your outﬁt pop even more? Women should check out XSRE, although it’s dazzling and sparkling sign is hard to miss. Another can’t miss store in this shopping center is Burlington Coat Factory, an outlet with fashionable furs, warm coats and a full-line of clothing for men and women. The newest addition to this chain of stores is Designer Shoe Warehouse, a large retail shoe store with both casual and formal shoes offered at competitive prices. The electronics geek in your home will always appreciate a visit to the area’s only Best Buy, next door to Burlington. The store is lined with the largest high deﬁnition televisions, com-

puters, appliances and surround sound theatre systems. Nearby Best Buy is also Staples, which also offers a wide selection of electronic equipment but also includes ofﬁce supplies from furniture to notebooks and safes to paper. And of course, staples – they’ve got that. The shopping center is also home to a Bed, Bath & Beyond which is home to a wide selection of accessories for bathrooms and bedrooms from shower curtains to bed sets that can give any home’s rooms a new lease on life as well as kitchenware such as dishes, cutlery and glasses. If you start getting hungry, large fast food burger chains McDonald’s and Wendy’s are in the same area only a short walking distance away with only a few feet separating the two rivals. Across the parking lot is a healthier alternative – Panera Bread – ﬁlled with soups, salads, paninis and bakery items that tantalize the taste buds. Just outside of the shopping center is the popular Mexican fast food chain, Taco Bell – another Five Towns one and only. Across NY-878 from this shop-

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less experienced teachers all in the name of saving money.” Skonberg was also opposed to the reduction of class periods at the high school, stating “the LTA cannot support this plan, or any other, that prioritizes saving money over sound educational policy.” The Lawrence Parent-Teachers Association also released a statement concerning the changes Schall had set forth. “There has always been an open line of communication with our Superintendent, Gary Schall, and our hope is to continue the open dialogue since we are in this change together,” wrote Heidi Beyer, High School PTA President, and Blasia Baum, Central Council President. “We expect to remain a part of the planning process and transition

to ensure that our children receive the necessary courses to complete their high school requirements and prepare them for college.” Schall said the cuts have been in the works for at least ﬁve years, since his predecessor. He noted that years of research had gone into this decision and felt it must be made now in order for students to get scheduling ready for next school year. “These days, with limited resources, we need to maximize class time,” he said of the potential period cut. “I think it’s a nobrainer.” Schall did not discuss the upcoming school year’s budget; it will be on the agenda at the next Board of Education meeting at Lawrence Middle School on February 13th, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.

ping center lies Costco, the area’s only bulk warehouse store filled with super-sized packages of groceries items, toiletries and other household items along with seasonal gifts, electronics and clothing. Across the Nassau Expressway is Liquor and Wine Warehouse, which easily has one of the area’s largest inventories of fancy wines and hard liquors. Across Peninsula Boulevard from the the line of stores is long-time local business Martin’s Lighting. The friendly staff is always more than willing to help you find the perfect new lighting equipment for your home or business. Nearby is another longtime Five Towns business – Crazy Arnie’s, which is stocked with delicious assortments of drinks and ice cold beer, perfect for the big game coming up. Also right nearby are two more stops to help satisfy your stomach – Bagel Island and 7-Eleven. While the first is perfect for satisfying that morning need for a warm bagel and hot coffee, the latter is always great for that late night craving for a Slurpee.

shoes. Rockaway Turnpike is also home to Incredible Feets, a shoe store stacked from ﬂoor to ceiling with the latest in footwear from Adias, Nike, New Era, Converse and many more. Rockaway Turnpike near West Broadway is also home to one of the area’s oldest businesses – The Sherwood Diner. Also open around the clock, the diner’s menu has everything you could want including gyros, burgers, salads, wafﬂes, eggs and steaks.

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Five Towns Teachers Average $111,691 Annual Salary CONTINUED FROM P. A1 sees things differently. “While teachers salaries have improved over the years, many teachers still earn less thatn they would in the private sector for similar levels of experience,” Corn said. “New York is one of seven states where they require teachers to have a masters degree to teach. Most teachers on Long Island have at least 30 more credits past their masters degree. Nassau county is among the most highly experienced and highly educated in not only New York state, but the nation. Even having said that, salaries for teachers still lag behind the private sector. A phyiscs teacher earns a lot less than a physicist would earn in the private sector. A chemistry teacher earns less tha a chemsist would earn in the private sector. When you look at teachers salaries, what the public doesn’t often see is the masters degree, doctorate and 25 years experience.” Corn also pointed out New York’s educational success as the results of these teachers efforts. “Just last week, Long Island Schools dominated the Intel Science Competition,” Corn said. “New York ranks third in overall educational achievements. Long Island schools are not only among the best in New York State, but also the nation. As a society, if we are going to continue to attract and maintain the best teachers, we have to pay competitive salaries. Just like in sports, and in hollywood, if you want the best talent, you have to pay a competitive salary.” Corn also pointed out that while it may seem like a lot to ask residents to pay for these teacher’s salaries while the area is plagued with such high prop-

erty tax rates, New York State has cut public school funding by over $3.2 billion over the past three years. It has shifted the burden from the state level to the backs of local property tax payers,” Corn said. “By the state’s failure to fund education, they were denying students right to a basic education. After a lawsuit, the court of appeals ordered the state to increase the amount of funding for the schools by $5 billion, but that never happened. The property tax rates are a direct result of the state cuts to public education.” The 13 administrators of Lawrence school district, a group that includes the superintendent and principals but does not include the Board of Education members made an average of $137,013.31 during the previous school year. The highest paid administrative employee, Lawrence Middle School Principal George Akst, made $170,913 in 2011, while superintendent Gary Schall made $155,774. (Administrators who were also teachers were not included in this group.) David Sussman, a member of the Lawrence School Board, said administrators work much more than teachers do to earn the extra pay. “They work much harder and much long,” Sussman said. “They don’t have a 39-week year that teachers and are often voluntarily present in the evening working.” Meanwhile, over at HewlettWoodmere, 22 administrators averaged $167,201.77, with Superintendent Joyce Bisso owning the highest salary in the district at $280,412. “We have a pretty rich model here and it should be understood we have healthy load of teachers,” said Lawrence Super-

intendent Gary Schall. “We have a lot that can compare with the top districts on Long Island.” Lawrence and Hewlett-Woodmere are not alone – district teachers across Long Island are paid vastly higher wages than their counterparts state and countrywide. The median salaries for Lawrence and Hewlett school districts, respectively, are $110,059 and $111,924, according to the New York State Education Department. (These numbers are slightly different than the average numbers stated above. The median is the value lying at the middle of a distribution of numbers, as opposed to an average.) In contrast, the median of teachers’ salaries throughout the New York City School System is only $72,990 while in Nassau and Suffolk Counties it was $95,050. The highest median teacher salary on Long Island belonged to the Jericho Union Free School District, which includes three elementary, one middle and one high school, at $122,479. Locally, there isn’t a signiﬁcant change in median salary for some of the area’s neighboring large school districts. Lynbrook’s median teacher salary was $102,545. East Rockaway’s median salary was $109,762, Oceanside was $107,072, and Long Beach was $106,786. Rockville Centre was a bit of a local outlier, with a median salary of $89,702. Teachers across New York have an average starting salary of $41,079 while the state’s average salary for teachers is $69,118, according to the National Education Association. Similarly, teachers starting their careers in California begin with an average of $41,181 while the statewide average for all teachers is $68,093. Other states, however, come nowhere close to even these numbers – teachers in North Dakota, for example, start out at an average of $25,793 and the statewide average is only $41,654.

Man Busted with 40 Pounds of Pot; Lawrence Bank Robbed Tuesday CONTINUED FROM P. A1 found the defendant in front of 966 Park Lane in North Woodmere, where they discovered that Jordan had over 40 pounds of marijuana in the package he took from the mail carrier. Jordan was charged with criminal possession of marijuana. He was arraigned on January 24, 2012. Jordan is currently being held at Nassau County Jail. Bail is set at $5,000 cash or 10,000 bond.

Cedarhurst A Cedarhurst resident was arrested on January 24 for al-

legedly burglarizing Munch n’ Stuff on Rockaway Turnpike. Kevin Roldan, 20, of Cedarhurst was an employee at Munch n’ Stuff and left the back door open after leaving on Monday night. Roldan returned after midnight and allegedly stole a $650 Samsung television. Roldan was arrested and the television was recovered, police said. Rolan was charged with Burglary in the third degree and was arraigned on Wednesday, January 25. He’s currently being held at Nassau County Jail. Bail is set at $5,000 cash or 10,000 bond. Earlier in the week, on Jan-

uary 22, an attempted robbery also occurred in Cedarhurst. Three unknown white males approached the 29-year-old male victim on Central Avenue. One male demanded cash from the victim and when the victim refused, he punched the victim in the right side of his face causing swelling and a laceration to his eye. The victim was able to ﬂee and call the police. Nothing was stolen, but the victim refused medical attention. Detectives request anyone with information regarding the crime to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will be anonymous.

COMMUNITY HAPPENING

Cedarhurst BID Awards $1,000 Shopping Spree Winner The Cedarhurst Business Improvement District awarded the winner of their $1,000 Shopping Spree Contest on Wednesday afternoon at LuLu’s Gallery of Gifts on Central Avenue. Clockwise from the bottom is the winner, Leah Mond of Far Rockaway holding her prize, LuLu’s owner Louise Kramer, Rachel Kupfer, Marjorie Ovadia, and Cedarhurst BID Executive Director Teri Schure. “I’m really excited,” said Mond. “The participating stores are places I go to and I’m definitely going to have a lot of fun. I’m sure I’m going to spend a little on my kids and husband, but I’m definitely going to spoil myself.”

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Monster Truck Visit Rewards Local Kids’ Reading Effort CONTINUED FROM P. A1 more books (over 4,000) than any of Nassau County’s 54 counties. Notables such as County Executive Edward Mangano and New York State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg were on hand to congratulate Peninsula’s young readers. “I’m the owner, builder, cre-

ator, driver, and mechanic of the truck,” Winchenbach said with a laugh. “We try to do it all. I have two guys who help me out a lot, but when I started this thing I was kind of on my own, but as I built it up I was able to put on more people.” Winchenbach currently runs his truck in about 30 events a year and is in his third season.

He and his truck with be featured this weekend at Monster Jam shows at Nassau Coliseum, with one show on Friday, two on Saturday, and one on Sunday. “We had no idea that we’d get this kind of response, but everybody just ran with it, and it was due to the promotional materials from Feld Motors and the hard work of Carolyn Matulewicz, our children’s librarian,” Arleen Reo, Peninsula Library Director, said. “She went around the district, speaking in all the schools to gain participation.”

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Lawrence Defense Shuts Sewanhaka Down, Win by 50 Text and Photos By Scott P. Moore

shots from beyond the arc due to a tough Lawrence defense. Sewanhaka only managed ﬁve points in the entire quarter before it came to a close. At the end of the third quarter, Lawrence led 66-23. “Like I’ve said in the past, we’re going to pride ourselves on defense this year,” said Supple. “Today

he Lawrence Golden Tornadoes’ boys’ varsity basketball team’s hot streak against conference opponents continued with a defensedominated win at Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park on Friday, 74-24. The 50-point victory improves Lawrence to 5-0 in conference and gives the team a win against every team in their division. The game began inauspiciously for Lawrence with the Sewanhaka Indians coming out strong against the Golden Tornadoes. The Indians led the game during the first quarter by advantages of 6-2, 8-6 and 10-8 before Lawrence was able to take hold of the quarter and end on a 6-2 run. The Indians missed multiple chances to get back into the game with two off-the-mark alley-oop slam dunks. At the end of the first quarter, Lawrence led Sewanhaka 16-12. “I give [Sewanhaka] a lot of credit because they came out with a great game plan,” said Lawrence Head Coach Joseph Supple. “They tried to take Eddie [Robinson] out of the game... and their big guys were all over us.” The Golden Tornadoes kept their hot scoring from the previous quarter alive in the second with a 20-2 run that lasted the first five minutes and took the home crowd out of the game.

Bigman Clifton Lyerly goes airborne to drive in two of his nine points. Lawrence was able to take many of the missed shots by Sewanhaka back to the opposite end of the court and stole the ball away on multiple occasions. The Indians broke through with a minute left with a layup that counted as their ﬁrst two points in the quarter that were not off of foul shots. Going into half time, Lawrence was ahead 40-18. The third quarter held more of

the same for Lawrence – defensive and offensive control. The Golden Tornadoes scored 15 unanswered points in the opening minutes of the third. The Indians’ offense continued to Dwayne Daniel flies towards the sputter, forced hoop for a layup. Daniel had 16 to take many points on the evening.

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Lawrence Scoring Robinson – 18 points Daniel – 16 points Fragner – 13 points Lyerly – 9 points

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we held them three out of the four quarters to single digits, which is exactly what we’re looking to do. The offense will always create itself off of the defense... it was easily the best defensive game of the year.” Coach Supple put many of his reserves on the court for the second straight game, gaining experience against many of Sewanhaka’s starters. The reserves’ defense was even tougher on the Indians’, denying the team of a single ﬁeld goal the entire fourth quarter. When the ﬁnal buzzer sounded, Lawrence once again came away with the victory, 74-24. “Our guys who came off the bench today I give all the credit in the world,” said Supple. “You can

tell the more opportunity they get, the better they get out there.” Lawrence’s overall record on the year improves to 10-2 on the season. Sewanhaka drops to 2-3 in conference play and 2-10 overall on the season. Lawrence will play its next game Friday, January 27th at Bethpage High School (3-2, 7-5) at 6:30 p.m. Lawrence defeated Bethpage at home on January 6th by a 64-34 ﬁnal score. “We’re going to take this one game at a time still,” said Supple, who said he was a little worried about the upcoming seven day gap between games. “I’d rather keep playing, but the kids have midterms and school comes ﬁrst. Hopefully they all do well on their tests and we’ll get right back on the court.”

Notes: Junior Eddie Robinson led all scorers on the evening with 18 points... three Lawrence players had double digit points during the game – Robinson, Dwanye Daniel (16) and Mike Fragner (13)... Lawrence is averaging 74.6 points per game in conference play and has allowed an average of 37 points per game to opponents during those games... Lawrence’s defense only allowed as many points after the ﬁrst quarter (12) as it did during that quarter... Lawrence shot 57 percent (8for-14) from the free throw line.

Hewlett Boys Basketball Wins Big On And Off The Court By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

he Hewlett Bulldogs boys basketball team came through once again, this time off the court as they held their annual “Hoops for Hope” charity game at Hewlett High School on Friday. The charity event raised money for both Long Island Cares and SIBS Place (Survivorship in Brothers and Sisters) through The Five Towns Kiwanis Club. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs continued their strong play on the court, defeating the Levittown Division Blue Dragons 66-50. Checks for $1,000 each were presented to both charity organizations before the game and Hewlett Head Coach Bill Dubin estimated that a total of $5,000, to be split between the organizations, was raised through the sale of baked goods, t-shirts, a halftime free throw contest, among other fund raising methods. “We’ve done this for the past 11 years that I’ve been a varsity coach,” Dubin said. “We’ve done Coaches Versus Cancer before, we started with SIBS Place about

eight years ago and we started with Long Island Cares a few years ago because there are people in the area in need of food. So, I spoke to SIBS Place and they were happy to share the proﬁts with Long Island Cares. It’s been very successful.” “With this check for $1,000 we get to buy 1,230 meals,” Tatiana Perez, a representative from Long Island Cares said. “So that’s really good. We were happy we were picked as one of the agencies to receive this check.” “One year we got computers for the kids with this money,” Suzanne Kornblatt, a social worker and supervisor with SIBS Place, said. “Whatever we need additionally, it enables us to fund it. It’s also about the community acknowledging the importance of a resource like SIBS place

and making The Five Towns area such a nice place to raise your family. The schools teach the children that they can make a difference in other people’s

Left to Right: Suzanne Korblatt of SIBS Place with a child in the SIBS Place program, Hewlett Head Coach Bill Dubin, Tatiana Perez of Long Island Cares, and a representative from The Five Towns Kiwanis Club. Photo by Jonathan Walter

Weldon Irvine throws up a lay up from under the net.

lives and this is a great example of that.” In the game, the Bulldogs started out slow, allowing Levit-

Photo by Jonathan Walter

town to jump out to a 16-10 lead after a quarter of play. Hewlett’s starters were unable to get into a rhythm offensively, shooting a

low percentage from the ﬂoor, as well as on free throw attempts.

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Lawrence Girls Bring Grace and Grit to Gymnastics BY SUSAN VARGHESE

Standard Associate editor

lexibility and balance are just a few of the characteristics a gymnast needs, and on Lawrence High School’s varsity gymnastics team, they’re constantly perfecting their skills. With eight new girls on the team this year, they’ve done well so far, coach Gayle Frommling said. “It’s a fairly young team [this year]. I have a lot of girls who have never had major gymnastics experience, so we’re starting from the bottom. They’re working hard and I’ve seen a lot of improvement in everybody.” The team consists of, Bailey Arbeiter, Jessica Beyer, Marisa Bou, Felicia Cittadino, Nicole Eras, Katherine Gauthier, Louisa Hernandez, Scarlett Levine, Luzmila Loaiza, Taylor Luck, Patrica Magliaro, Katy Miller and Sasha Unger. Luck is the youngest on the team as an eighth grader. Since there is no middle school team, the high school can take kids from seventh and eighth

grades provided that they have the necessary skills, Frommling explained. They’ve had eight meets so far and have two left to go. Their record for the season is 1-7. But, they’re working hard at practice five days a week, Frommling noted. “ Our scores have been lower than last year’s, but we also have a new team. I have five from last year’s team, everyone else is new. We’re starting fresh.” Miller and Taylor are the allaround players on the team who participate in all four events: the vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercises. The entire team’s strength is the floor exercises, Frommling said. “, I think it’s that they all seem to enjoy it and they worked on that the hardest this year, so they’ve all really advanced a lot.” Miller, a senior said, “I’ve been doing gymnastics forever. I’ve been doing the high school team since I was in seventh grade. I love it. I like that it makes me feel like I have control over my body and it keeps me in shape. “ On

The Lawrence High School varsity gymnastics team during a meet at the Number Two School in Inwood.

Photo by Susan Varghese the team’s overall performance Miller added, “…Considering that we’re in a hard division, without

[necessarily] the same skills as the girls in the other teams, we’re doing pretty well I think.”

They won’t qualify for the county team championships like they did last year, but it’s

okay since Frommling has had two second division championships during her involvement with the team. Frommling was the assistant coach since 1986 until she became head coach in 2005. The team won the championship in 2003 and 2007. “ We’ve had our ups and downs, but overall, they’re good girls,” she said. Loaiza, a senior who does the balance beam and floor exercises, has enjoyed her two years on the team. “I’ve always wanted to do gymnastics since I was little, but I never got the opportunity to do it…I really like it and it’s really fun. I’m a dancer and I love that I can do dance and gymnastics. Competitions are very nerve-wracking, but exciting. It’s like, once you’re on the floor, the floor is yours.” On Friday, January 20, the team had a meet against Long Beach, but lost 119 to 150. The next meet is Monday, January 30 against Hewlett at 5:00 p.m. at the Number Two School in Inwood.

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Hewlett Boys Basketball Wins Big On And Off The Court CONTINUED FROM P. A4 “We’ve had this in past charity games where the kids were too amped up and they don’t really do what their supposed to do after being a bit nervous and excited,” Dubin said. “This isn’t the first time we’ve had this kind of situation, which is why I didn’t go crazy at the end of the first quarter.” Hewlett then went on a 17-8 run in the second quarter. Harrison Brenner capped the half by hitting a go ahead thee pointer with the score tied at 24. Dubin put his starters in for the start of the first half and they continued their second quarter success shooting the ball and Dubin was able to sit most of them in favor of his bench by the midpoint of the third frame. In total, Hewlett outscored Levittown Division 23-7 in the quarter. The bench struggled defensively in the fourth quarter, getting outscored 16-19, but was able to secure the win. “We just needed to settle down a little on offense,” Dubin said. “Instead of yelling at them, we needed to just settle them down, which is what we did.” “They played better than their record,” Dubin said of Levittown Division. “They certainly don’t seem like a 0-5 team. If you look at them play, their biggest problem seems to be a lack of depth and dribbling ability. Our strength is being able to stop the dribble. We have had trouble stopping outside shooters, and that’s what they’re good at and that’s why they were able to stay in the game. We also struggled with our defense against outside shooters.” After Friday’s game, Hewlett, along with the rest of New York State’s sports programs, enjoyed a week off due to midterms. Dubin took the team to a St. John’s vs. Villanova game at Madison Square Garden on Saturday before resuming normal practice on Monday as they prepare for their next game versus Sewanhaka on Friday at 4:30 at Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park.

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EDITORIALS

No Newt is Good Newt

gain watching the Republican presidential debates and the masterful performance given by Newt Gingrich, one can’t help but be struck by just how bright a man he is – because it’s no small hurdle to be able to overcome a disgraceful exit from politics and public office and assume the front runner position in the battle for the GOP nomination. It’s no small task to successfully portray yourself as a “Washington Outsider,” when for the better part of 35 years he’s been the consummate insider and for the past 15, a paid lobbyist and influence peddler for many varied and sundry special interests such as Freddy Mac, one of the major financial institutions most responsible for the housing bubble and subsequent collapse of it. Gingrich would have been a great chevalier in the Middle Ages, as his ability to verbally joust with his media inquisitors, to thrust and parry is so dazzlingly good that he makes many in the crowd root for the black knight (or is it Newt?). Newt appeals to many voters for the same reason the hottest girl in school often goes for the biker dude – there is an attraction to the “bad boy” that is exciting, snarky, rebellious of established order and mores – but eventually most normal prom queens grow up and marry stable bankers, lawyers and doctors. This isn’t a contest for class president, this is a race to see who might be THE president and nominating Newt isn’t worth it for the possible chance to see him possibly skewer President Obama in a debate in October. We say possibly, because the President is no slouch in the elocution or charisma department and Newt has no end of baggage with which to be battered with. Gingrich is like the character of Captain Louis Renault played by Claude Rains in the classic film “Casablanca,” where in that famous scene when Captain Renault closes down Rick’s Café he memorably says, “I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.” And then an employee hands Renault some money and says, “Your winnings, sir,” whereupon Caption Renault replies, Oh, thank you, very much. Everybody out at once!” Newt is “shocked, shocked,” indignant and appalled when asked questions about his professional and personal moral lapses and business choices – reaching for the Teflon and trying to throw the ire back on his accusers. It’s like Bill Clinton indignantly wagging his finger and scowling to the camera, “I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky,” when we know he did and lied about it. Character does matter. Clinton was nearly impeached (he survived by one vote) and ultimately disbarred. Gingrich was guilty of House ethics violations and had to resign the office of Speaker and even as a Member of Congress. To give you some perspective on the gravity of Newt’s infractions, Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel survived a House censure vote and still sits in Congress today. That there is no shame anymore in government (whether from Newt, Clinton or Rangel) is indicative of the corrosive cancer that is eating away at the fabric of American society. The other thing that’s truly comical about Newt is his taking credit for the economic boom of the mid-90s, for the balanced budgets and such. You would think listening to him that he was Clinton’s Budget Director, Treasury Secretary or head of the Federal Reserve. Newt deals in pandering polarizing populism that will get tired and old pretty fast in a full-on presidential campaign against shrewd operators like David Axelrod and Barack Obama. They’ll turn Newt into the Barry Goldwater of our times, paint him as an extremist and crush him along with Republican hopes for The White House and control of the Senate. We hope the people of Florida have more sense than the apparently easily addled voters in South Carolina and send Newt home packing.

Wild Things

ast week more than 50 million Americans watched the New York Football Giants (what’s with the “Football” part of their name anyway? There hasn’t been a “Giants” baseball team here in more than 50 years) defeat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Playoff Game to decide who will face the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl next week. This was the largest audience for a NFL playoff game since the 1994-1995 season. This is all the more remarkable given that 16-18 years ago there were far fewer media options, nary an internet and recording a show on your VCR was a monumental pain. Some credit the proliferation of “Wild Card” teams in the playoffs of both football and baseball for ramping-up the popularity of both sports on TV and at the stadiums – professional sports have been termed the “ultimate reality programming,” because you never know what’s going to happen. Wild Cards add uncertainty and unpredictability to be sure, but they also add a measure of unfairness. Take a look at the 15-1 Green Bay Packers and their quarterback Aaron Rodgers, arguably one of the top three QBs in the game today – they do an astonishing job all season with the best record in the NFL and then lose in their ﬁrst post-season outing to the Giants who had a paltry 9-7 record and only got into the post-season because everyone else in the NFC East did worse. New Yorkers are understandably elated that the Giants managed to win their last ﬁve games, including their last three playoff games on the road, but if you lived is Wisconsin, you might be crying “foul.” The same goes for the New Orleans Saints with a 13-3 record and their outstanding quarterback Drew Brees who will also be watching the big game from their couches next weekend. It has come to a point where winning your division, whether in football or baseball isn’t a guarantee of anything – the late bloomers can come and take a whole season’s worth of outstanding play away. So while there is a ragingly unpredictable entertainment value to the Wild Card, the issue of “fairness and equity” (to paraphrase President Obama) may be sorely lacking. As New Yorkers we’re happy the Giants have been dealt a winning hand and we wish them victory over the hated New England Patriots next Sunday but if a New York team were 13-3 or 15-1 and sitting out the big game, we’re sure most of us would not be pleased. Therein lies the current American conundrum -- it is fair to say that the Giants are the “free market capitalists” of the NFC and the post season is a form of unfettered capitalism that makes football a red-meat metaphor for the American way of life – at leastways as Republicans may see it.

LEGISLATIVE VOICE

Martin Luther King Jr. and Faith By Francis X. Becker

hile I may not have been successful when I ran for Congress in 2010, doing so introduced me to a world that I knew was always there but never had experienced before. Howard Kopel, my colleague on the Nassau County Legislature is Orthodox. To help me with my campaign, he introduced me to many of the wonderful Rabbis in The Five Towns and on several occasions I even attended Shul with him. As a devout Roman Catholic, to read from books and recite prayers that were thousands of years old was a profound spiritual experience. My mind could not fully grasp that I was offering prayers that were said at the very beginning of time when God first began his relationship with man. To hear the great words of wisdom from the Torah (Howard is fluent in Hebrew so he translated for me) and to sit among a congregation deeply reverent towards Hashem thanking him for all the many blessings in their lives made me appreciate my own faith that much more. I enjoyed several Shabbat meals and tasted for the first time cholent—which I happened to really enjoy (perhaps because I came from a family of 12 and it seemed we ate something like cholent quite often.) In addition to the wonderful joy of experiencing the Orthodox way of life and love for God, I also attended several Baptist Churches in Union-

Fran Becker is a member of the Nassau County Legislature and was most recently the Republican Candidate for Congress in the district which includes The Five Towns.

dale, Roosevelt and Freeport. Here, once again, I experienced a great love for God. There is great energy, a great deal of music and even dancing in addition to reading scripture and a homily in their services. It was whole different way for me in worshipping God as it was with Howard in Shul. During the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. weekend celebration that recently passed, I attended an interfaith service at St. Brigid Church in Westbury. It caused me to reﬂect on the great beauty of God’s creation and all the many different people and cultures and religions that comprise his creation. In thinking back to my run for Congress, I tried to understand why there is so much strife and discord in our world and country. I thought of the great effort in our society, under the guise of “separation of church and state” (which is not even in the constitution, read the second amendment) that we continue to push God out of our society, the so-called public square and world. Instead of celebrating the wonder of who we are and what makes us a unique society and people we seem to want to accentuate our differences in an effort to divide us. I grew up to understand that God is love. All love comes from him. So it seems to me the more we push God out of our lives and our world, so also do we remove “love” from the world. And without “love”, how can we ever know justice? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a preacher and minister and the speech we all identify him with was about a “dream.” The underlying message was that we should love each other. But how can we know and understand love if we do not know God? How can we know love if we can’t even discuss God or his love for us and all people in the public square? I wonder if Dr. King would agree with me…

COMMON SENSE

PRIMARIES, PRIMARIES, WE DON’T NEED YOUR PRIMARIES By DAVID FREEDMAN

o Newt Gingrich won in South Carolina! Are we really surprised? I mean I don’t see Massachusetts sharing a border with South Carolina. And let’s face it folks, Newt is a Georgia boy. But that is just a pointless observation. Just as pointless as saying that the South Carolina primary really means anything in the race to the White House. The fact is the media places importance on it because it is one of the first. And it is not bunched together with a bunch of other primaries on a Super Tuesday. In fact, the reality is that the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary would be blips on a screen if they weren’t the first two. But because, there is a belief that the first guy to win has an enormous advantage, candidates will spend tremendous amounts of money and time in these places as if they really will have an impact

David M. Freedman has been a resident of Cedarhurst for 12 years. He is a business owner in the Five Towns and is the Past 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.

in the end results. This tells us a lot about our system! In many ways, it would be more representative if we had all the candidates get up on stage a la American Idol, have their two minutes to press their case and have us all text in our votes. Probably more people would actually vote if we did it that way. But we have created a long drawn out primary season designed to fatigue the voter. This is further fed by a media frenzy trying to dictate who the real leader of the pack actually is. By the time the primary gets to your neighborhood, you are not likely to vote and less likely to care. As it became fairly obvious that Mitt Romney had some modicum of momentum going coming out of New Hampshire (check your maps folks), Mr. Gingrich suddenly slipped out of his mild mannered professor mode to become instant Old Newt. You know Old Newt! Mean spirited, hypocritical, whiny. Yeah, you remember that guy. The one who was asked by his party and not so nicely, if he would please vacate the Speaker of the House position before he embarrassed his party and himself any further. And they also asked if he could vacate his House seat as well. Something about ethics! So I ﬁnd it incredible that he now is in the mix at all. I have to give him some credit. That takes a lot of guts to bring him back like that and pretend that it never happened. But I digress. If you are a citizen of this country, listening to all the rhetoric and watching this soap opera, you have to be shaking your head in disgust. If you

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t has been years since I have been mistaken for someone else. For a while, people thought I was Rachel Maddow, political commentator and host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show”. While the program initially became popular, I wrote an article about how people confused me for her. At the onset, neither I nor my husband understood the confusion – until I brought home a copy of People magazine that included an article featuring Ms. Maddow. The accompanying photograph showed her with glasses resting on the bridge of her nose, her eyes peering out above the rims. It was that shot which shocked us both because I can often be found doing the exact same thing. Staring at the photograph, we were both stunned to silence. Right then, he understood the mistake and so did I. While the Rachel/Miriam confusion seems to have ended, I am confident no one ever asked her if she was Miriam L. Wallach. It is the people who have not seen me in years, however and still recognize me that shocks me. While sometimes you can look at an old photo and recognize a person whose face does not seem to have changed in decades, that it not my case. In fact, I do not think I look anything like my former self to the extent that I am surprised when someone I have not seen in ages knows it’s me. Just a few months ago, at a friend’s 40th birthday party, a woman I did not recognize swore she knew me from somewhere. Back and forth we tried to figure it out, to no avail. I told her she probably confused me for someone else, but she insisted our paths had crossed. In the middle of the party, she came back over to where I was sitting, as the mystery had been solved. She recognized me from my engagement picture that has been hanging on the door of my college dorm room many years ago. Stunned, I sat there amazed that she knew it was me. “Why?” she said. “You look exactly the same.” I begged to differ. Seeing people out of context is also uncomfortable. You do not know from where you may recognize that person. You stare or sneak glances in their general direction until one of you finally decides to be the adult. Such was the case with someone I noticed while away with my family. More than once, he looked at me and I looked at him until I simply asked him why he was so familiar. Within seconds, I realized he was a friend of my brother’s with whom I had tailgated at a Jets game last season. Instantly, we both relaxed as this was no longer weird nor awkward. Of course I commented

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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.

JAN. 27FEB.2, 2012 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

THE LEGENDARY DANNY O’DOUL

ME AND JEAN-CLAUDE KILLY

now know how Jean-Claude Killy felt. More accurately, I know how Jean-Cluade Killy felt when he gave up on skiing after he had won every race he could as an Olympic champion skier. There was clearly nothing left to prove and nowhere left to go but down. And, sitting watching my kids learn to ski this week at Jimminy Peak, MA -- right opposite the time-share where we were staying, featuring free DVD rentals of the latest silent movie and no free wi-fi -- I felt like a former mighty downhill racer who had fallen on hard times. Sidelined indefinitely with serious spinal and nerve injuries, manifesting in major pain in my neck and lower back from when a terrorist cab driver sideswiped the car I was parked in, I’ve been relegated to arm-chair coaching of my kids in the finer points of the art of the Alpine downhill. However, by the end of the day, my body felt sorer and more broken down than all the skiers on the slopes! And my frustration at being unable to accompany my kids on their ski runs was too much for a onetime near-Olympian, like myself, to endure. And, the specter of Old JeanClaude still haunts and gnaws at me like a Siberian Husky on a lost Burton ski glove he was hap-

py to ﬁnd in the snow. Yes, JeanClaude Killy, that old sly dog -who found many foxes on the slopes in his time! When my dear friend, the late great Hunter S. Thompson, caught up with JeanClaude Killy back around 1970, the skiing legend was hawking Camaros for GM at the Auto Show with O.J. Simpson. And, believe me, I know how that feels --after all, I was supposed to be the next F. Scott Fitzgerald and now all I’m doing is dialing in a vapid opinion column to The South Shore Standard on my Blackberry! Oh, how the mighty have fallen and Oh Great Creator renew our days of old! Maybe if I covered the “local crime beat” in addition to my column, The South Shore Standard could approach the stratosphere of the cream of the “local money-generating press!” Crime sells and I am sure there will much of it to report in next week’s issue -- what with three-quarters of this posh neighborhood away in exotic faraway hot-spots! And speaking of crime -- how come we never found out which police precincts The Great Magneto and his idiot Republican minions decided to close in the wake of what many predict to be the upcoming “house cleaning” season this spring? I bet

This is The Legendary Danny O’Doul signing off and sending a “public postcard” to all my less fortunate buddies vacationing in Puerto Rico, Atlantis and on the Royal Caribbean “Jewish Princess of the Five Towns” luxury liner --who will never know the pleasure of frozen hands, numb feet and “freezer burn” to the nose and cheeks!

you didn’t know that the “Merry Maids” now dress all in black with Batman and Robin-style elastic masks with black Sperry Docksiders! It just goes to show you that all you need to win as Nassau County Executive is a good head of hair and an ugly wide red tie. If I didn’t already know that I am overqualiﬁed for the job, I would run against The Great Magneto on the “Smarter Ticket!” You know, I can go on for ever about how much I can’t stand the dimwit Nassau County Republicans, a breed much nastier and hypocritical then the merely overly-crony Town of Hempstead Republican nepotists! But, I digress from my fascinating account of my current winter vacation... Well, back to my winter vacation as a great ski spectator: Even Jean-Claude Killy would be appalled at the $3 coffee and hot chocolate prices at Jimminy Peak -- where a cafeteria salad can run a Tokyo-styled ten bucks! And, there are no banks with free coffee. At least they let you smoke a “no-name” Honduran cigar in designated areas. Otherwise, this winter wonderland would surely be a cold-weather annex of hell! Tomorrow, we will try some tiny mountain with an unpronounceable French-Indian name, bargain-basement lift tickets and hopefully reasonably-priced coffee…at least I should be able to hole-up in a rustic, no-frills snack bar and bang out this column the “oldfashioned way” by punching it in on my Blackberry!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

No “Royalty” in your “Burger King” Reviews To the Editor, I am trying so hard to like the The Standard. I think it is a welcome addition to the media landscape of the area. The real estate section is great. The pricing you have on milk and gas are unique. I graduated from college many years ago and worked as the assistant publisher of a weekly magazine in Toronto. So, I have a little bit of experience in the ﬁeld of journalism. So why am I writing this note to you on Saturday evening? Either I am a complete loser, or I really care. My wife and I are self proclaimed “foodies.” We have eaten at nearly every dining establishment with a 15 mile radius of our home (in Woodmere). We have eaten burgers at every one of the places you listed in your article and you could not be further from the mark. (“Searching for The “Burger king” of The Five Towns, January 20th issue) I am not sure if the article was a puff piece to satisfy some advertisers or if it was a true attempt at being a food critic. Whatever the motivating factor was, your article did not do anything to lend credibility to The Standard. I am taking the time to write because in order for The Standard to succeed, readers must have faith in the articles and reviews. Joanne Kates (food critic from The New York Times) doesn’t write cov-

er stories on the war in Bosnia. I think you get my point. If you are going to do food reviews, you should really know what you are talking about. (The author of the burger story, Scott Moore is a general assignment reporter at The Standard and covers many topics – Ed.) S and S Eatery on Rockaway Ave in Valley Stream (on the border of Hewlett...which is as much a “ﬁve town” as Atlantic Beach) is by far the best burger within 10 miles of my home. This is not just my opinion, it is shared by many on the web. i.e. yelp, etc. If you want some help on the food part of the paper, my wife and I would be happy to lend a hand, free of charge (you pay for meals). The establishments that you listed were adequate but very far short of what I would call “burger kings.” In order to be a successful journalist, you can’t wear every hat. Pick your strengths and run with them. Please take this only as constructive criticism, you are not a food writer, which harms the credibility of The Standard.

Jason Goldenberg Woodmere Editor’s Note – Unlike the hundreds of reporters and writers at The Times, we are a smallstaffed local paper with just three full-time writers, an editor and an intern, so everyone here has to wear a lot of hats. We’re doing our best. Thanks for the feedback.

Serving More than Dinner on Friday Nights To the Editor, Guess who’s coming to dinner? A judge in Nassau County, Randy Sue Marber, has summarily wiped away New York Law’s respect for Jewish tradition. In the recent case of Dekom vs. Moroney, because of Election law requirements, a Jewish defendant had to be served during the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah. However, state law is clear that it is a misdemeanor to serve process on the Sabbath or holy days. So, the papers were served to the defendant’s secretary, who said she could receive them, explained plaintiff Martin Dekom. However, Justice Marber ruled the man himself had to be served, regardless of the state’s religious protections, and dismissed the case. At the next Passover Seder, be sure to leave the door open for Elijah the Process Server. Of all the places, you wouldn’t think Jewish tradition would be under attack is New York. But this was a political case, and in Nassau County, those are always a funny thing. Judges like to get them about as much as a hangnail, but aren’t some things, well... sacred? It’s sad that while the normally contentious U.S. Supreme Court just unanimously voted to protect religious rights, here in Nassau, politics comes ﬁrst.

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It’s Not My House, It’s You…

ast week I wrote about putting my home up for sale owing in part to the profusion of objections of a karmic nature emanating from various women I’ve been dating in the past 15 months or so of my newfound single hood. If you didn’t read last week’s column, what’s transpired is that these ladies have told me, completely unsolicited on my part (as I’d not asked anyone to move in with me or to get married) that they felt the house had “bad luck” in their minds because of the prior marriage that resided there and that they didn’t want to live in such a hexed abode (to be fair, some of the ladies also had objections to our wonderful neighborhood as well) notwithstanding my willingness to completely redecorate within and without. (You can read last week’s column at http://standardli.com/category/opinion/ barbanel/). The column set off a ﬂurry of comments from friends and neighbors, most of whom were either aghast or appalled or incredulous or all of the above that women such as this actually, in fact, really exist and that if the median age of said women is around 40 (it is) then this explains much as to why they’re still single on the precipice of middle age and the looming expirations of their biological clocks. Many female (married) friends of mine were adamant in telling me that “these are the wrong girls for you” and that “if they aren’t interested in your feelings about the house” and “not willing to upgrade their places of habitation from small apartments” then these women ought to be dropped off by the wayside in favor of other women who would want to make me happy

and who also would like to live in a nice place. Some of these friends are on second marriages and related how one or another new spouse moved into an existing house and everything worked out ﬁne. Other friends and neighbors were upset at the prospect of my possibly leaving the area (I’m not planning to…). Here is what one neighbor emailed me early this week: “I do not agree with these women’s views. I moved in with my current wife to her home, which she bought with her ex and they raised two children for a few years before getting divorced. We stayed there until the neighborhood began changing, and not for any other reason. (The Karma is with the individuals and not the house) You know where we now live and have moved here the same month you did in 2001. All total, 15 years we have been together and love the neighborhood. I would not change it for the world. My conclusion is the women were not for you to begin with. If they really got to know you the way they should, they would have jumped all over you and moved in lock, stock and barrel. The right person will come along. Patience is a virtue. Our block needs you.” This profusion of both encouragement and wisdom made me sit back and reevaluate a whole lot of things – I’ve come to the conclusion that my friends are right not only about the house but also probably about the women I’ve been seeing. The other evening I found myself in Brooklyn’s tony Park Slope neighborhood where small one bedroom apartments can go for well north of a half million bucks and whole townhouses are in the seven-ﬁgure stratosphere. Now, these townhouses, often with nary a view

and cheek to jowl with one another (in fact jammed up against each other) are narrower, shorter and have a whole lot less air and light and land than my moderately-sized domicile here in The Five Towns. (Let’s not get started on bathrooms). In a “eureka” or epiphany moment (like Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus) while perambulating Park Slope, it dawned on me why the suburbs were such an allure and attraction to our parents and grandparents generation – duh! – it’s about the quality of life! Like the opening theme to “Green Acres:” “Land spreadin’ out far and wide, keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside…” In the chic precincts of Manhattan and Brooklyn (Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg) people delude themselves that putting up with crime and grime, offensive subways, claustrophobic accommodations, expensive food of every variety, even higher taxes, lack of community and sickly gray pallors is worth paying ﬁve to 10 times more to live owing to the “proximity of culture” and “sophisticated” restaurants and nightlife – and – more to the point – to appear hip, cool and withit even if you’re pushing past the big 4-0 and the youth culture cueing up behind you will soon relegate you to the outer fringes of frisson, because self-image is everything and why be a “country bumpkin” in your mind when you can lord your cosmopolitan suaveness over the rest of America by dint of your zip code and access to trucked-in locavore meats and vegetables and easy access to Zagat’s new restaurant of the week? Why admit that you’re not 25 anymore by “copping out” and living in the ‘burbs? So, here I am still in The Five

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• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • JAN. 27FEB. 2, 2012

M O R E S P O R T S C O V E R A G E B E G I N S O N PA G E A 4

Lawrence Wrestlers Pin Hewlett to the Mat Bulldogs Having Little Luck this Year Defeating the Golden Tornadoes

TEXT and PHOTOS By JONATHAN WALTER

he Lawrence Golden Tornadoes seem to have the Hewlett Bulldogs’ number in cross-town sports match ups recently. A week after Lawrence convincingly defeated Hewlett in their ﬁrst boys basketball game this season, Lawrence took it to Hewlett in wrestling, winning 41-36 and a total of nine out of 15 matches at Hewlett High School last Thursday. Lawrence also defeated Hewlett twice in football this school year as well. “Overall I thought a lot of our guys wrestled tough,” Hewlett Head Coach Stephen Jones said. “It was a real close match so we couldn’t afford to make any mistakes. In a few instances guys either didn’t pin when they were supposed to or got pinned when we needed them to ﬁght off their

backs. Unfortunately in that close of a match, everyone needs to do their job.” Lawrence opened up the night by accepting a forfeit from Hewlett in the 99-pound weight class, as Hewlett had no wrestler at that weight to earn the maximum six points. It was a close match after that point as Hewlett’s Simon Greebel defeated Lawrence’s Jesse Nacht via pin with 1:16 into the second round of their 106-pound match. From there, Lawrence won three consecutive matches, at 113 pounds with Lawrence’s James Schneider defeating Hewlett’s Liam Teller via pin in the ﬁrst round, 120 pounds with Lawrence’s Pankil Chandler defeating Hewlett’s Aaron Weinberg, and 126 pounds with Lawrence’s Mohammed Chaudry defeating Hewlett’s Oren Revivo. “It was two really even teams,” Lawrence Head Coach Dom

Delvecchio said. “We knew going in that it was going to come down to pins. For us, I think the match was decided on the pin with James Schneider and moved Pankil Chandler up to 120 pounds. That got us nine points and if we did it the other way around, I think it would have been a 6-6 tie, which would have been a wash.” Andrew Regen-Tuero came through with a pin at 132 pounds for Hewlett, and teammate Robert Rosenberg followed with a pin of his own at 138 pounds. That tied the score at 18 with eight matches left. In what was one of the deciding swing matches of the night, Lawrence’s Fred Thomas squared off against Hewlett’s Tredd Smith at 145 pounds. Smith and Thomas battled hard and at one point, Smith nearly had Thomas pinned. However, Smith fought back and won the

Lawrence’s Fred Thomas grapples Hewlett’s Tredd Smith.

Hewlett’s Robert Rosenberg wrestles Lawrence’s Oscar Puk.

match 9-6 to earn three points for his team. “Going in I was pretty sure we would lose certain weights and win certain weights,” Jones said. “At 132, Andrew Regan-Tuerro came up with a big pin for us. I didn’t have that planned prior, so that was a great boost for our team. It was a close match between Tredd Smith of Hewlett and Thomas of Lawrence at 145 pounds. Tredd had an early lead and almost pinned Thomas. The pin would have been huge for us. Although Tredd lost he did wrestle very tough. Alex Gordon lost a tough one at 152 also which hurt us. He was an underdog, but if he was able to pull that one out, we would have been in good shape.” “If he gets pinned there, we lose

the match,” Delvecchio said. “Freddy did a good job fighting off his back and withstanding the flurry.” After another Lawrence win, Hewett’s Troy Smith won his 152 pound match against Lawrence’s John Vinas with a first round pin. Smith, along with Habner Sanchez, who also won via pin two matches later, was honored at Hewlett’s Senior night. Smith was also congratulated for his recent commitment to the University of Maryland. “Senior night is a very special night,” Jones said. “On a good note, we only have two seniors. We are a young team. Our two seniors are big parts of our team. We honored both of them as well as their mothers. Troy Smith and Habner Sanchez will definitely be missed. They come up big for us

on a regular basis and I am very excited to see what they will do in the county tournament.” Lawrence’s Karl Ravilus won his match against Justin Ciraolo by a score of 18-6 to earn ﬁve points, the maximum for a nonpin victory, for Lawrence, sealing the team win. A pin of Lawrence’s Akil Mauruck by Hewlett’s Lester Enriquez at 285 pounds, the last match of the night, made the match seem a bit closer than it really was. “These are two teams who are in the upper to middle part of the county in terms of talent and both are young teams that are getting better,” Delvecchio said. “It’s always fun to win against Hewlett. The kids were very excited tonight and it was the best we wrestled in a while.”

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The Luxe Life and TLC for Five Towns Pets TEXT AND PHOTOS BY SUSAN VARGHESE

he Five Towns is an upscale area with no end of indulgent spa services, and it’s no different for pets. Five star service and luxe accommodations, like private rooms with ﬂat screen televisions, heated ﬂoors and beds, or nail services and massage therapies are all readily available for your four-legged companion. Places like Fido Fitness and Loving Touch Pet Salon focus on fun and lavish grooming for pets, Wolfe Animal Hospital offers medical treatment and grooming, while Hewlett Animal Hospital offers both. Whether it’s a cat, dog or an exotic animal, there’s a local place for every animal to be treated like a celebrity.

Hewlett Animal Hospital and Pet Resort Hewlett Animal Hospital prides itself on offering a resort style-boarding environment without out cages. All animals have their own individual rooms, equipped with beds, blankets, televisions, and heated ﬂoors. They also have a full intensive care ward and perform full surgery. Hospital veterinarian, Dr. Martin Zipkin, said, “ If an ani-

animal centers and specialty hospitals. We wanted to open a general practice where we could provide great care for not a huge number of animals, but invest in quality care.” Hewlett Animal Hospital and Pet Resort is located at 1225 Broadway in Hewlett. (516) 295-4447. HewlettPetResort.com

One of the dogs boarding at Hewlett Animal Hospital.

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Wolfe Animal Hospital Opened in 1969, Wolfe Animal Hospital in Cedarhurst has been providing medical services and grooming for animals for years, including blood work, x-rays, and a fully stocked pet pharmacy. Their best service, veterinarian Dr. Robert Wolfe noted is their care. “Tender, love and care. They may find that elsewhere, but we try to treat our clients and patients like they were our own pets.” To keep pets in good health, Wolfe encourages frequent visits to the office. “A lot of people think, ‘I’ll skip the exams for the next two or three years and see what happens.’ Then they come in, their dogs’ teeth are rotting out. Something that would have been seen and preventable.” The hospital’s groomer specializes in small dogs, Wolfe said. “She’s an artist.” He added that while they always provide boarding for animals, they were the busiest during the hurricane. “When we had the hurricane, when people in Long Beach and Atlantic Beach had to evacuate, we were full up to the ceiling here. We board cats, big dogs, little dogs, we also take care of a few exotic animals.” About Wolfe Animal Hospital A Massachusetts native, Wolfe now lives just a mile away from his Cedarhurst office and has always had an interest in animals. “II wanted to be a veterinarian as long as I

A dog lounging and enjoying his stay at Hewlett Animal Hospital. could remember… I was always interested in animals and medicine, and put the two together,” Wolfe said. “I’m so old I could remember when the Dead Sea was only sick!” he joked. Surgery is his favorite part of veterinary medicine, Wolfe added. “If I could do it everyday, I would.” Wolfe Animal Hospital is located at 560 Peninsula Boulevard in Cedarhurst. (516) 295-1416. Wolfeanimalhospital.com.

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Dr. Zipkin feeding a treat to Ruby mal comes in critically ill, we don’t have to lose time, we can take care of them in the intensive care unit right away.” Dr. Zipkin treats mostly dogs, cats and birds, but has also treated monkeys and tigers. Aside from medicine and boarding, they also offer grooming and dentistry for animals. But Ofﬁce Manager Fern Zipkin n noted that their personal attention n is what sets them apart. “People feel el about their pets like they do their chilldren,” Fern said. “The only difference ce is they give you unconditional love ve and don’t talk back. They say you live ve longer with pets, and I believe it. We really give them unconditional attention on here.” Behind the Hospital Zipkin grew up in New Hyde Park, ark, but has been living in The Five Towns wns for decades. He opened Hewlett Animal Hospital and Pet Resort 40 years ars ago. “I’ve always wanted to be a veterierinarian, so that was a no brainer for me,” Zipkin said. “I worked for several large

One of the cats at Hewlett Animal Hospital.

Dr. Wolfe with Daisy

Barrie Inn B Offering cage-less boarding, day care and grooming, The Barrie Inn also has a feature to watch your pet online while you’re aaway. Besides basic grooming needs, they offer special shampoos, like hypoallergenic oatmeal and green tea, massage therapy and aromatherapy. The T Dr. Wolfe with former Cedarhurst Mayor Nicholas Farina Photo courtesy of Dr. Wolfe

care is held at Fido Fitness club where dogs can exercise and spend time with other dogs in the indoor dog park. The Barrie Inn is located at 910 Railroad Avenue in Woodmere. (516) 569-1555. Thebarrieinn.com

Loving Touch Pet Salon & Spa Nail care, facials, and massages are just some of the options available at Loving Touch. They also offer grooming, like cleaning and fur treatments and styling for cats and dogs. Prices vary depending on the service. They’re located at 1009 Broadway in Woodmere. (516) 295-7555. Lovingtouchpet.com

Ruby and Emma waiting for a dog treat

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Income Producing Property! 2 Homes, Main House 4BR All Updated, Second House 2BR Rental Home, Low Taxes...$439K

Gracious 4BR, 4.5 Bath CH Colonial, Traditional Details, Lr, Den, Sunroom, Fin Bsmt, 1/2 Acre...$1.2M

Spacious Home Without The Worry! Mint 4BR, 3.5 Bath Townhouse, 2 Car Garage, Fin Bsmt, Corner Unit, Pool & Tennis...$639K

Move Right In! 4BR, 2.5 Bath Split, New Windows, Hardwood Floor, Den + Bsmt...$599K

(516) 295-3000 Stats: A lot size of 14,746 square feet. The home has nine rooms, six bedrooms and ﬁve-and-a-half bathrooms. The property is selling for $1,599,000 with annual taxes of $27,775. Details: An expanded ranch-style home, built in 1960, situated on the water with views of the golf course. The house has a chef’s eat-in-kitchen, living room with ﬁreplace, sunny playroom, a new dock, an outdoor cabana with full bath and an in-ground saltwater pool.

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Properties Sold in the Five ive Towns since Jan. 13th 765 Sherwood Street, North Woodmere

10 Sutton Lane, Hewlett

A colonial-style home with nine rooms, ﬁve bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. A lot size of 6,996 square feet. Year built: 1964. The home sold on January 18th for $650,000.

A split-style home with eight rooms, four bedrooms, twoand-a-half bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. A lot size of 60,000 square feet. Year built: 1959. The home sold on January 13th for $475,000.

114 Cumberland Place, Lawrence

812 Arbuckle Avenue, Woodmere

A colonial-style home with 10 rooms, ﬁve bedrooms, twoand-a-half bathrooms and a detached one-car garage. A lot size of 6,042 square feet. Year built: 1922. The home sold on January 20th for $591,000.

A splanch-style home with nine rooms, four bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. A lot size of 6,045 square feet. Year built: 1969. The home sold on January 18th for $325,000.

Cedarhurst

Hewlett Bay Park

Hewlett

Hewlett Harbor

Legal 2 Family. 10 BR, 5 bth. Good Income, Walk To Town, All Renovated.$685K

Colonial. 10 BR, 6.5 bth. 1.75 Acre. New Gourmet Kitchen, Roof, Windows, Bathrooms & Much More.$2.499M.

Completely Renovated Split. Sd#14. 3Br, 2.5 bth. Cul De Sac. CAC, Hardwood Floors, New Kitchen, Alarm $559K.

Contemporary. Totally Renovated 8BR, 5.5Bth. Stucco. 2 Fpls. 0.75 Acre. Room For Tennis Ct And Pool.$1.875M

Hewlett Neck

Inwood

N. Woodmere

Rockville Centre

CH Colonial. 6 BR, 4.5 Bth. 1.17 Acre Of Park Like Property.$1.225M.

Legal Four Family House. 2-2 Br, 2-1Br Apts. Large Property With 60 X 98 Vacant Lot. Good For An Investor. $650K

Completely Renovated Split. 4 BR, 3 bth. Granite Floors, Top Of The Line Custom Cabinetry And Applncs.$725K

First Time On The Market Mint Colonial In Sd #21. 4 Br, 3 bth. Price reduced! $819K

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Monday, January 30 UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING NEEDS The Hewlett-Woodmere Special Education Parent Teacher Association is presenting an informational forum for parents to learn about factors that will boost their children’s performance in school. Dr. Edward M. Petrosky, a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in school psychology and learning disabilities will be teaching parents about neuropsychological and psychological testing and the types of questions that these tests may answer. Practical strategies will be introduced to help out children with or without special needs. Please RSVP by e-mailing HWSEPTA@gmail.com. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. at 1 Johnson Place in Woodmere. MOVERS IN THE SKY: COMETS, METEORS & ASTEROIDS The Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library is holding a special astronomy program with award-winning Astrophysicist and former NASA consultant Kevin Manning. Come find out what differentiates these “small bodies” as remnants of the solar system’s formation. Comets as omens of disaster and other superstititions are debunked and any impending dangers of asteroids or comets colliding with the earth will be discussed. The program starts at 2:30 p.m. and district residents may pick up tickets at the library any time before the discussion.

Tuesday, January 31 NASSAU HUB STUDY ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS OPEN HOUSE This informational session will examine “smarter, better, faster and greener” options for mass transit. To learn more and share your ideas on transit options to serve central Nassau County join in on the discussion at The Nassau Hub Study Open House. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and runs until 9:00 p.m. in the Nassau

County Legislative Chamber Theodore Roosevelt Legislative & Executive Building, located at 1550 Franklin Avenue in Mineola.

Wednesday, February 1 JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTE – MONEY MATTERS Starting Wednesday, this six-session course will be presenting Talmudic wisdom on real-world ethical quandaries. The course will examine business theories, challenge previous business assumptions and help individuals gain clarity on the values that really matter. The course comes in response to the recent failures of the financial industry and includes topics such as insider trading, living wages, bankruptcy, collective bargaining and more. A $99.00 fee includes textbook and six consecutive weeks of the Money Matters course. The course will start at 8:15 p.m. at Chabad of the Five Towns, 74 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst. For more information or to register call (516) 295-2478.

Sunday, February 5 “THE CHALLENGE” HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ SHOW Hewlett High School’s team is participating in this year’s “The Challenge” high school quiz show. Tune in to watch Hewlett face Valley Stream Central High School next Sunday at 6:30 p.m. on MSG Varisty, Cablevision’s iO TV Channel 14. The two schools are part of a first round matchup for the start of the show’s 15th anniversary season. The Hewlett team is represented by Jeremy Tarica, David Kaufman (Captain), Benjamin Kramer, Asaf Chandali and Valery Zajkov (Alternate). The academic advisor is Christine Abajian. Participating schools advance through a series of elimination rounds, with one school in each region being crowned regional champion and winning $2,500 for their school.

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TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s

Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk. The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale. Dated: January 13, 2012 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York

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Sunday, January 29 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards: TNT 8:00 p.m. The 18th annual awards show will be held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center this Sunday. The ceremony will honor outstanding performances throughout 2011. The Screen Actors Guild Awards commend the year’s ﬁnest achievements in acting in ﬁlm and television, including the ensemble awards, which honor the collaborative performance by a cast in a motion picture and the ensemble casts of television series. Recipients are selected solely by members of the Screen Actors Guild. Nominees include The Artist, The Descendants and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II in movies, Dexter, Big Bang Theory and 30 Rock

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Must see!$649K East Rockaway: Lg split 5 br’s, Waterviews $629K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Far Rockaway: Spacious 3 bdrm home + den attic, basement $400’s MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516239-0306 Garden City/Hempstead: PRICED TO SELL! OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 01/29 12-2PM. 28 Garden Pl, Hempstead. Great Location. Center Hall Colonial Situated On 1/2 Acre Park Like Prop. Features Family Rm W/ Fpl Overlooking Bluestone Patio And Ig Pool,Banquet Size Dr, Granite Eik W/Pantry And Brkfst Area, All New Bths, King Size Master Bedroom, Entertainer’s Fin Bsmt W/Wet Bar....More!!!! $479,990 Call Katrina Kamer, PRUDENTIAL 917-548-7106 Hewlett: Jonathan Hall. Extra Large 2BR,2Bth Condo w/terrace. Huge EIK, great closets. Doorman, UG parking. $439K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Hewlett: vic (Gibson SD.14) Mint updtd Ranch. 3BR.2Bth, Den. Close to schools, shoppg, transp.$349,999 JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Hewlett: NEW EXCLUSIVE! 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Balcony Split in SD#14....$455K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett: Drastically Reduced!! Spac 5BR, 3Bth Split on Beautifully Landscaped Property, Great Flow for Entertaining,SD#14 $649K PRUDENTIAL 516-2384299 Hewlett: REDUCED!! Immaculate 4BR, 3.5Bth CH Col on Lovely Property, Fin Bsmt, Great Opportunity in SD#14. $499K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett: 2 BR, 2 Bth Co-op in Hewlett Townhouse. 24 Hr Drman, Valet Pkg, Near All $390K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett: 2 BR,1 Updtd Bth Co-op Apt, Ind Pkg, Stor,Terrace, Near All $139 PRUDENTIAL 516-2384299 Hewlett: Townhouse- Beautiful, Bright 1 BR, 1.5 Bath W/Enclosed Terrace, Newly Renovated Granite Kitchen, New Bath, Closets Galore, Built-Ins, Storage Rm, Washer/Dryer, Open Lr/Dr Floor Plan, High Hat Lighting, All Amenities, 24 Hr. Doorman, Parking $75/mo, Furniture Avail For Purchase. Motivated Owner. $229K MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Move In Condition. Quiet Location. Walk To Train. $499,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Large 2 BR. 2 Bath apartment with E.I.K, Attic and private terrace. $127,500 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett: Large 2 Bedroom. 2 Bath apartment with E.I.K, Attic and private terrace. $127,500 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: New magnificent kit w/Stainless app & granite. Updated baths in this extremely large apartment. Separate room w/ washer, dryer Must see. $289,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Beautiful, Bright 1 Bed 1.5 Bath with Enclosed Terrace, Newly renovated Granite Kitchen, New Bath, Closets Galore, Washer/Dryer, High Hat Lighting, All Amenities. $229,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Col Lg. 5brms $939K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Hewlett: Townhouse, 3 Floors, 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Lr, Dr, Eik w/granite countertops, Den, Laundry room, private backyard, 1 car garage $399,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Hewlett: Hewlett Town House Co-Op 3 br’s, 3 bths, 2 enc terraces, drman, pool $499K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Hewlett Bay Park: Prime Location. Spacious Multilevel Home. 5BR, 4.5 bth. Two Master Suites. Beautiful Property.$1.1M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Bay Park: Updated Raised Ranch.6 BR, 5.5 bth. 1 1/4 Acre Park-Like Setting. IGP. Enclosed Patio & BBQArea. $1.695M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett/East Rockaway: Spac 5BR, 2.5Bth CH Col, Huge EIK/Great Rm/Fpl, Fin Bsmt, CAC, SD#20...$689K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: 4 BR,3.5 Bth Colonial on Oversized Property in SD#20(Waverly Pk)..$649K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: Immaculate 4BR, 2.5Bth Col, Cul de Sac. Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Gar, SD#20..$649K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: NEW EXCLUSIVE!! Mint 6 BR, 5.5 Bth Waterfront Exp Ranch Overlooking Golf Course. IG Saltwater Pool, New Dock,Chef’s Kit.SD#14 $1,599,000 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: Private Hideaway on Over 2 Acres! 5 Br,6.5 Bth Colonial, 200’ of Bulkhead & Dock,IG Pool, Tennis Ct...$3,450M PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: What A Steal! 5 BR, 3.5 Bth Split w/ Golf Course View, Full Bsmt,SD#14..$849K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous location in Heart of Hewlett Harbor, 6BR, 3.5Bth Exp Ranch, Listening to All Offers All Offers...$949K PRUDENTIAL 516-2384299 Hewlett Harbor: PRICE REDUCED!! Grand 5 BR, 4.5 Bth Split ,Over 1/2 Acre Prop, 4500 Sq Ft with Full Bsmt, Poss M/D/Permits, Endless Possibilities......$950K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: Balin Expanded Ranch On Beautiful Corner Property. Plenty Of Room For A Pool. 6 Bed, 3 Full Baths, Great Open Layout, Cac, Wood Flrs, In Desirable Waverly/Lynbrook School District. $799,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: 4 br’s, btful prop $1,050M MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Hewlett Harbor: Spacious 5br home w/a Brand New Granite Kitchen Incl. New Appliances And Gorgeous Bar In Den. Includes A Heated Pool W Lovely Patio. New Roof, CAC, Alarm And Updated Windows $925,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: This dream house is surrounded by Water! Beautiful 4br, 3.5ba w/ wonderful entertaining flow. Prime location $2.5M MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett Neck: NEW EXCLUSIVE! 4 BR, 4.5 Bth Brick Colonial on 1/2 Acre w/ IG Pool..$1,150,000 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Neck: FIRST TIME ON Market! Great Opportunity! 5 BR,3 Bth Exp Ranch w/ Full Bsmt on 3/4 Acres.

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Needs TLC..$799K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Move Right Into This Mint 6BR, 4.5Bth Country Style Dutch Colonial, Full Fin Bsmt, Near All, SD#14..$1,550,000 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Near Harold Rd. Half acre lot for sale. Build your dream home. Walk to Irving Pl Minyan. Ask $700’s. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-5694980 Hewlett Neck: Quality new construction. Walk to Irving Pl Minyan. Over 5K sq ft quality new construction on 1 acre lot- Call for plans and specifications. Ask $2.4m. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516569-4980 Hewlett Neck: Lovely 4 bedroom expanded ranch on gorgeous property. Approximately 3/4 acre. regulation size tennis court surrounded by 10’Fence. New roof, plus room for a large pool! $995,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: 100 Feet Of Deep Water Front Property. Dockage. Sunny Southern Exposure For 250 Sq Ft Brick Outdoor Dining Patio. Quiet & Private With Secluded Views. Spa Area On Os Deck. Gamins Greenhouse Eik. Tile And Oak Flooring. White Cedar Shingles 5 In To Weather. $1,349,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Spectacular Young Brick 7Br English Manor Home, Custom Built. Boasting Magnificent Architectural Details. FLR, FDR, Library, Den, Office, 10.55 Baths, Indoor Basketball Court, Movie Theatre Room, Luxurious Master Suite With Changing Room And Balcony Overlooking The 1.59 Acres Of Beautiful Property Including Tennis Court, In ground pool and full size basketball court. Separate Guest Quarters. $4,400,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Expanded Ranch. O/s Property. 5 BR, 4 bth. Marble Baths. Spacious Property With Beautiful 20X40 IGP. $1.1M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Neck: All New Under Constr. CH Colonial. Planned 4 BR 3.5 Bth. Owner Will Customize To Suit. $1.699M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Neck: Charming Col, lge prop, 5 br $1.1M MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Hewlett Neck: Elegant 5BR,3.5Bth C/H Col on fab lush grounds. Spac EIK, FDR,Den,Library.Fin bsmt.$1.275M JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Hewlett Park: Spac Apt w/lg entry & fabulous bonus rm. private terrace. $225,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Inwood: Unique 2BR Cape In “Country Club” Area, Den + Full Basement...$265K PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Inwood: Legal Four Family House. 2-2 Br, 2-1Br Apts. Large Property With 60 X 98 Vacant Lot. Good For An Investor. $650K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Inwood: 4 br move in condition,$368K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Inwood: Free standing mixed use bldg, 2 stores 2 apts, parking lot $599K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Lawrence: Mint Garden Apartment. 1st floor. 1BR, h/w flrs. Red! $95K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Lawrence: 4 BR, 3 Bth Split in Estates Area on Over 1/2 Acre w/ IG Pool,.. $1,100,000, Rent $5000 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Lawrence: (back) True Center Hall on 1/2 Acre property w/inground Pool. 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, Lr,Fdr, Den/fireplace. Asking $1,250,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Lawrence: THE PLAZA: Spacious Junior 4. Prestigious Building. 24 Hour Doorman, Indoor Parking & Pool. Renovated Lobby, Elev., Laundry Room & Storage On Same Floor. Freshly Painted, Refinished Floors, 3 Walk In Closets, Double Terrace Overlooking Central Courtyard. Quiet Location. $359,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Lawrence: THE PLAZA: 2br 2ba in Prestigious building w/24hr doorman, security, indoor parking & pool. Elevator, laundry room & storage on the same floor, Many closets. $449,000 MORTON HAVES 516-3740100 Lawrence: Lovely Sunny 1 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath Condo, Handicap Accessible Shower, Washer/Dryer, 24hr Doorman, Elevator Building…$349K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: 7 br Col,2 story living rm, 3/4 acre $1.9M MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Lawrence: 2br Co-Op updated EIK, 2 bths $199K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Lawrence: Co-op, Elevator building, 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Lr/ Dr, New Kit, Hardwood floors. $149,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Long Beach: 2 BR, 2 Bth Renovated Oceanfront Coop w/ Terrace Overlooking Pool, New Gym, 24 Hr Security..$399K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 North Woodmere: 4 Br,3 Bth Hi Ranch w/ Waterview, Sunny EIK, Spac Rms, CAC, Low Taxes..$499K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 North Woodmere: Split, Water View, 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Central Air, S.D.14, Brick walled, Den/fplce, Park like backyard setting on water, 2 car garage, IG sprinklers, full bsmnt, taxes approx.11,800/yr. Oversized 60’x120’ lot. By appt., Bank/mtge prequal ltr req’d. $569K NO BRKRS. 516-857-4733 North Woodmere: Completely Renovated Split . 4 BR, 3 bth. Granite Floors, Top Of The Line Custom Cabinetry And Applncs.$725K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 North Woodmere: Stunning renovated Ranch. MBR Ste. 3BRs, hw & tile flrs. State-of-the-Art EIK. Den.$427K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 North Woodmere: Ours Alone Stunning updated Contempary Split Level. 4BRs, Main level Den, new Deck,Fab IGP.$699K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 North Woodmere: Lg Split main fl den updated $630K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Rockville Centre: First Time On The Market Mint Colonial In Sd #21. 4 Br, 3 bth. $849K VI PROPERTIES 516791-1313 Woodmere/Hewlett Neck: 1 acre lot for sale. Walk to all. Call for details. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere/Hewlett Neck: New construction-over 4000sq ft on approx 100 x 200 lot. Classic 6 BRs/ 4 bath center hall colonial w/2 story entry hall. Huge EIK, lr/fpl, FDR, large den. Full height basement. Walk to ‘Irving Pl Minyan’. Ask $1.550k Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere: Ours Alone! New to Mkt! Elegant Tudor. 4BRs on one level. 3Bths. Anderson wndws, Timberline roof. h/w flrs.Close to all.$499K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Woodmere: Lg Split Ranch w/ extension. 5BRs, 3Bths, Den. Poss Mo/Dau(permit req’d) IGP. Red! $569K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Woodmere: NEW EXCLUSIVE!! Mint 7 BR, 5 Bth Exp Ranch on 1/2 Acre. Beaut Main Flr Mstr Suite/ Fpl,Dressing Rm/Bth,SD#14... $1,499,000 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Over 4000 Sq Ft Trad CH Colonial, 5 BR, 4.5 Bth on Acre,Fin Bsmt,Near All, SD#14...$1,399M PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Builders Home Completely Renovated 2 Yrs. 5 BR, 3 Bath Colonial on over 1/2 Acre w/ IG Htd Pool.Open Floor Plan.SD#14 $1,250,000 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: NEW EXCLUSIVE! Tucked Away in Old Woodmere,4 BR, 3 Bth Colonial on Beautiful St.Mstr BR w/ Vaulted Ceiling/Bth, Endless Possibilities! $747K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Cedar Glen Condo, 3 BR, 2.55 Bth,LR/ Fpl,FDR,Patio off EIK,LR/Fpl,FDR,Fin Bsmt,Gar, SD#14...$529K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Builder Opportunity!! 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Split w/ Exp Main Flr Den.....$475K PRUDENTIAL 516-2384299 Woodmere: NEW!! Totally Renovated 4/5 BR, 3.5 Bth Dutch Colonial in Old Woodmere. Country EIK,FDR,LR/Fpl,2 Dens, Mstr Suite w/ Marble Bth, Crown Moldings, HW Flrs. CAC, Fin Bsmt..$829K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Academy area. Walk to aishe. Charming colonial on approx 100 x 100 lot. Room to expand. Present all offers. $699k Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere: 6 bedroom new construction located on Longacre Ave between Peninsula Blvd and West Broadway. Still time to customize. Call for appt to see the plans. Ask $1mil plus. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere: Totally renovated colonial on oversized property. Magnificent EIK and family room. Walk to Irving Pl Minyan (ipm) . Present all offers. Ask $600’s. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere: CEDAR GLEN, Fabulous Open 4 Bedroom, 3.5 Bath Townhouse Features Living Room With Fireplace & Vaulted Ceiling, Granite Eat-In-Kitchen With Deck, Main Floor Master Bedroom Suite, 2 Large Bedrooms, 1 Full Bath Upstairs. 750 Sq Ft Finished Basement, Gym/Storage, Bedroom + Full Bath, 1 Family Attached...$639K PUGATCH REALTY 516-2953000 Woodmere: Sale or Rent! Impressive C/H Col on fab 1/2ac. 6BR,3.5Bth.Fab grnds w/htd Salt Water IGP and magnif backlit waterfall. $1.95M Rent $8,000 JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Woodmere: Spacious 4BR,2.5Bth Raised Ranch. All good sized rooms. Den, Deck.Mid $4s JANKALMAN. COM 516-569-5651

Woodmere: Found A New Home. Available Asap! Walk In Thru The Large Entry To The Beautiful Spacious Living Space With Fabulous Wood Floors And Stunning Stone Fireplace. The Flow Is Flawless! A Must See! $375,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Lovely Split In Immaculate Condition.3 Bedrooms.2 Bathrooms. Lr,Dr,Eik.Beautiful LowerLevel Den,2 Car Garage. Beautiful Brick Walkway And Porch And Brick Patio. Walk To All. Room To Expand. $499,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Beautiful Home With Amazing Master Suite; Open With Plenty Of Closets And Built In’s. Two Dens, Wet Bar, Eik, 5 Bedrooms Total! So Spacious With A Full Basement. Must See This Lovely Home. $950,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Georgion Brick Ch Colonial. 7 Bedrooms, 5.5 Baths. Gorgeous views. A must see. $1,785,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Co-op. Sunny, Spacious, Elegant. Beautifully Renovated 2 BR, 1 bth Apartment With High Ceilings.$159K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Woodmere: Co-op, Across from the Woodmere LIRR, Elevator building, 1 Bedroom, 1 New Bath, Lr/Dr, New Kit. $135,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Woodmere: Ranch 4 br’s $450K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Woodmere: Lg tudor 5 br Col 1.150M MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110

Real Estate for Rent Cedarhurst: Across from the Cedarhurst park, Garden apartments, w/live in Super and indoor garage spot included in rent. Huge units. 1Bedrooms $1700/ month, and 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath w/ separate Dinning room, and Eik $2200/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Cedarhurst: Townhouses with C/A and Heat, washer/ dryer in all units. (ALL NEW) 2 Bedroom/2 bath $2075/ month, and 3 Bedroom/ 2 Bath (ALL NEW) $2295/ month. NO FEE. Landlord is paying the commission. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Cedarhurst: Beautiful, clean and will be painted to your liking. 3br, 2ba, FFB, Gardner included. Great location! $3200/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Far Rockaway: 2 family (1st floor aparment) 3 Bedroom, 1.5 Baths, Lr,Dr, Kosher Kit, playroom $1850/ month LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Far Rockaway: Doorman/Elevator building, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Lr/Dr, Eik, Laundry facility, parking available $1495/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Hewlett: Lg 1BR, 1 Bath, CAC, Prime Location...$1495/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Hewlett: Luxury All New Renovated 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Doorman, Parking, Terrace $2900/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Hewlett: GIBSON SD.14. Renovated Townhouse Rental. 3BR, 2Bth, FDR, LR/fpl, fin bsmt, deck $2500 JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Inwood: Lovely 3BR, 2 Bath Colonial, New Eik, New Bath, Bsmt, Fin Attic...$2300/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Inwood: Fabulous 2 bedroom apt in walk up building. $1500/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Inwood: Amazing 3 br, new construction for rent. $2000/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: Sponser owner unit in Garden apartment complex. 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, New Kosher Kitchen, Terrace $1800/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Lawrence: 3 BR’S in 2 Family home $1,899K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Lawrence: Spacious 2 BR, 2 Bath Carriage House, “Back Lawrence”, LR With Vaulted Ceiling, EIK $2900/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Fabulous 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Duplex Townhouse, All Updated, Indoor 2 Car Garage $2400/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: NO FEE! Luxury Building, 24HR Doorman, Pool, Indoor Parking, 1 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath…$1795/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: NO FEE! Totally Renovated Apartments, 1-2 Bedrooms, Close To All…Starting At $1500/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 North Woodmere: 1st fl of a 2 family home. Front private entrance to a Lg 2 Bedroom, 1Bath, New Kitchen, Lr, Dr, Full size washer/Dryer, 2 AC units. ALL UTILITIES INC. $1450/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300 North Woodmere: House Rental 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Lr, Dr, Eik, Den, Large Backyard $2695/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Woodmere: In a house. 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Lr, Electric cooktop ( No real Kit) $1075/ month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Woodmere: 4 br, 2 bth Ranch No Fee $3,200 MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Woodmere: Beautiful 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath Split In The Heart Of Woodmere, Move Right In...$3200/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: Jr4 Granite Kit, Closets, Elevator, Pkg Available...$1575/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000

Commercial Real Estate for Rent/Sale Cedarhurst: Office 1st fl high exposure, approx 550 sq ft, near train $1,500per mo MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Cedarhurst: Medical office on Grove, accross from the post office. Was a Dental office. Beautiful waiting room, Reception area, 3 Operatories, Private Office, 2 Bathrooms, Good traffic area. $1995/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Cedarhurst: Stores For Rent or Sale. Offices For Rent. U want them, I have them. Call ! Call ! Call ! Randy Green 516 295-3000 Cedarhurst: For Rent $1250/mo. 3 rm Prof’l suite w/Bathroom, Waiting area, Reception desk. Randy Green 516 295-3000 East Rockaway: Price office building for lease 2500sf 20 car parking lot call for info. PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 East Rockaway: 7400sf warehouse plus office $895K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Five Towns And Lynbrook: Professional/Medical space available for sale or lease call for more details. Lori Lewis 516-295-3000 Hewlett/Woodmere: Medical/Dental Spaces For Sale or Rent. We have all areas, all sizes. Call Randy Green @ Pugatch 516 295-3000 Lawrence: “THE PLAZA” - Commercial - For Lease. NO FEE!!! Professional Space Available In 24 Hour Doorman Building, 685 Sq Ft. Terrace, Pool, CAC, Includes Indoor Parking Space...$1595 - Contact Andy Kropp At Pugatch Realty Corp. 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Rockaway Tpke store 1000sf 43000.00 per mo. Opposite Costco PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Central Ave 1400sf store plus basement $3800.00 per mo. PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Medical office on the corner of Rockaway Tpke 1200 sf $2600.00 per mo. PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Long Beach: Professional/Medical suites available with good Parking, call for more details. Lori Lewis 516-295-3000 Valley Stream: Mixed Use Building For Sale $450K. 5200 SF @ traffic light. Completely renovated. Ample parking. Call Randy 516 295-3000 pugatch.com Valley Stream: 4500sf warehouse for lease with O’H’ Door $5200.00 per mo. PUGATCH REALTY 516-2953000 Valley Stream: 800sf Office for lease $1200.00 per mo. PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Valley Stream: Former Central Hardware building for Sale price slashed $625K PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Valley Stream: 200 No. Central Ave $295K WON’T LAST PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: Office suites for rent, all utilities included, copy center, conference rooms, free wifi, reception, 24/7 access, fully furnished, central 5Towns location, near LIRR, restaurants, call 516-374-6080 x 19 Woodmere: Medical Space For Rent $1250/mo.Incl util. One exam room, share consult room, secty, waiting area. Pugatch.com Randy Green 516 295-3000 Woodmere: Bldg For Sale or Rent - MOTIVATED SELLER. 5500 sf can be divided Info: Randy Green 516 295-3000 Woodmere: Walk-up office $800 per mo. PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: Corner building for sale $995K 5000sf PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: Street level professional ste in totally renovated Bldg. Hi vis in center of Business District. Municipal lots close by. Call Steve (516-330-7799) JANKALMAN.COM

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Primaries, Primaries, We Don’t Need Your Primaries CONTINUED FROM P. A6 have a job and hope to keep having a job, you have to go to sleep a little bit uncomfortable every night. Once this country stood together! After 9-11, we put the petty nonsense away and united to ﬁght the common enemy. Now the enemy is our unity. It’s incredible! I don’t know about you, but I consider myself to be an Average Joe. I want to have a good job, to be able to own my own house and car. I want to be able to have health care for my-

self and my family. And I want good schools for my kids and higher education for them that I can afford. This is 2012 and I am in my mid 50’s and I have no assurances of any of that. What I am assured of is that neither major party will deliver that to me. And why? Because they are too darned interested in their own agendas! Those agendas are the obtaining and keeping of power. Those agendas involve milking the system for whatever special interest can deliver back to them the power they want so

badly. The few politicians that do care are drowned out by the Gingriches and their self-righteous dribble. Government exists to provide service to the people. When we elect politicians who don’t get that maxim, we get . . . what we have now! So people, let’s vote these losers out. But more importantly, let us start to understand the power of our vote to do that and start to use that power. Because . . . there are always Newt Gingriches out there to mess it up for us all.

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“Hello, I Love You – Won’t You Tell Me Your Name?” CONTINUED FROM P. A6 that I was surprised he remembered me at all, considering the alcohol he and the other guys consumed that evening. Even if the tailgating had been dry, seeing me anywhere besides a parking lot akin to a tent city while I was wearing a Jets jersey would technically be out of context. Bumping into students outside of the classroom is also a funny experience. It usually goes one of two ways: either the child is really happy to see you, coming over to say “Hello,” or he/she runs the other way in an effort never not to be noticed. It is often difﬁcult for students to realize a teacher actually even has a life outside of school. One father commented that his young daughter becomes very uncomfortable when she sees her teachers while in the neighborhood instead of the classroom, echoing the sentiment of many parents as to how awkward their children become in

similar situations. My daughter recently commented that if she saw her math teacher while we were on vacation, she would run over and give her a hug. On the ﬂip side, I saw one of my students while snow tubing with my family. I looked at him and smiled. “Just pretend you don’t know me,” I joked. “Just go ahead.” Without missing a beat, he said, “Okay,” and turned his back to imagine I was not even there. While he had correctly recognized me despite the strange location, it seemed another child suffered from a case of mistaken identity, and so did his father. Sitting on a bench I waited with friends as our children went on some last minute runs down the mountain. Suddenly, a young child and his son came over to say hello. I exchanged some brief pleasantries, told them to enjoy the snow and off they went. After they had left, I turned to my friend and admitted I had never seen that child

or his father before in my life. Neither of us could understand why a parent would bring his son to a complete stranger and strike up a conversation. Obviously, they thought I was someone they knew. As we were leaving, I noticed the father talking to his wife. She was shaking her head wildly, smiling the whole time. “That’s not HER!” she exclaimed, just as I coincidentally started walking in their direction, accidentally having overheard the comment. She clearly realized they had thought I was someone else, while she was there to clear up the confusion. They looked up, smiling awkwardly as I came closer. Realizing I had heard her comment, they laughed. “I guess you’re talking about ME,” I said, grinning from ear to ear. Before they could even answer, I was already gone. I will never know who they thought I was. And although I cannot know for sure, I bet they did not think I was Rachel Maddow.

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It’s Not My House, It’s You… CONTINUED FROM P. A7 Towns and I thank my friends and neighbors for dousing my face with that bracing glass of cold water which made me realize that “it’s not my house, it’s

you” and that no end of air, light, space, view and bathrooms just 21 miles from Midtown for a fraction of the cost of those “trendy” urban wards is a good deal indeed. (Oh, and I’m also a pretty good catch given my good

values, pleasant demeanor, a full head of hair at 53, slim waistline and lack of wrinkles – and, of course, the house. So, any eligible ladies looking to upgrade their lives and their digs, shoot me an email).

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Rabbi Shalom Halberstam, 96, Talmudic Scholar, Lawrence Resident By Amanda Mayo Standard Staff

abbi Shalom Halberstam, a man who overcame harsh obstacles of World War II to make a better life in America and lived in the Five Towns for over a decade, passed away on January 8th, 2012 at the age of 96. Born December 12, 1916 in Poland, Rabbi Halberstam was the youngest of 12 siblings. At the outset of World War II, the family consisted of about 152 members living in Poland, but by the war’s end, only three or four of these family members had survived. Halberstam’s father died before the war, and his mother was a victim of Auschwitz. Halberstam’s son-in-law, Nassau County Legislator Howard J. Kopel, said the reason he survived the war was because he happened to be located in the east of Poland when the country was invaded in 1939. The eastern side was invaded by Russia, so Halberstam was never killed by the German Nazis. Instead, Kopel said, he spent the war years in labor camps and otherwise wandering in parts of the old Soviet Union, including Kazakhstan, where he married his wife, Bina, during the war. “We were very lucky we were able to hear all these interesting stories about life in Europe before World War II,” Kopel said. “He told us about the ﬁrst time when they brought electricity to his house, things like that, but we were also able to hear stories about life in the Soviet

Rabbi Shalom Halberstam. Union during the war, which was very harsh.” After their marriage, Halberstam and his wife came to the United States where he worked in the garment industry as a pattern maker. Kopel said he retired on the early side, in his ‘60s, to become a scholar of the Talmud and the Torah. “He was tall and proud-looking, but he was a quiet man who never showed off,” Kopel said. “People who knew him knew how erudite he was in his studies.” Kopel spoke about how the Rabbi lived with him and his wife, Rabbi Halberstam’s daughter, Esther, for about 12 years. “My children got to learn a lot. For quite awhile in the house we had four generations, so

Photo courtesy Howard Kopel. my grandchildren were in the house and he was always there,” Kopel said. Rabbi Halberstam never led a congregation, although he could have. “He was a very simple, modest man and never felt himself called to do that,” Kopel said. “He wanted the knowledge just for the sake of the knowledge. People who were Rabbis would call him for advice and scholarly information. He knew large portions of the Talmud externally without even looking at the book.” Halberstam is survived by his three children, Esther (Howard) Kopel, Michael Halberstam and Chaim Halberstam; dozens of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was buried in Israel.

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2 tablespoons softened butter 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1/2 teaspoon red chile flakes 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1/4 cup milk 1 cup coarsely grated parmesan cheese 4 freshly cut slices from a sourdough loaf 6 ounces thinly sliced fake chicken nuggets, cut into pieces • 1/2 avocado, thinly sliced • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro • 2 slices Muenster cheese In a small bowl, combine butter, garlic, and chili flakes. In a medium bowl, whisk egg and milk. Spread parmesan on a plate. In a large frying pan, melt half the seasoned butter over medium heat. Dip 1 bread slice in egg mixture, coating one side only. Dip coated side into parmesan. Place to one side in frying pan, cheese side down. Repeat with 1 of remaining bread slices. Arrange the fake chicken nugget pieces, avocado, cilantro, and Muenster on slices, dividing evenly.3. Dip remaining bread into egg and then into parmesan. Arrange on sandwiches, cheese side up, and cook over medium heat until undersides are golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Lift sandwiches and add remaining butter to pan; flip and cook until second side is golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes more. Modified from Sunset July 2009

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4 slices French or Italian loaf bread 4 slices fake bacon, cooked 1 Bartlett pear, thinly sliced 2 slices provolone cheese 2 tablespoon butter Place a slice of cheese on top of one of the slices of bread. Place few slices of pear on top and then top with, two strips of the fake bacon, and another slice of cheese and then the last slice of bread. Repeat with the second sandwich. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet and place both the sandwiches in the pan. Cook until the bread is golden. Melt the remaining tablespoon of butter in the skillet. Flip the sandwich over and cook until the bread is golden. Remove from the pan and serve. This recipe can be doubled or tripled. Makes 2 sandwiches. Modiﬁed from seriouseats.com

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• 8 slices Challah or sour dough bread (1-inch thick) • 3 tablespoons olive oil • 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar • 4 (1-ounce) slices mozzarella cheese • 2 (1-ounce) slices provolone cheese • 3 large fresh tomatoes cut into thin slices • 3/4 cup fresh basil leaves

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4 slices of bread Dijon mustard shredded cheddar or gouda cheese 1 can artichoke hearts, drained and sliced 1 jarred red peppers drained and cut to ﬁt bread slice • 2 tablespoons butter Spread the mustard on the bread. Place a handful of shredded cheese over the top of 2 slices of the bread. Place the artichoke hearts and red peppers over the cheese then top with the remaining 2 slices of bread. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet and cook until the side is golden, about 2 to 3 minutes. Melt the remaining tablespoon of butter and carefully ﬂip the sandwich. Cook until the second side is golden and the cheese is melted. Serve immediately. Serves 2.

MOCK CRAB MELT (dairy) • • • •

1 cup fake crabmeat, shredded 1/3 cup finely diced red pepper 2 green onions minced 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar • 1 stalk celery, Crab Melt Sandwich • 2 avocado, pitted and thinly slices • Kosher salt and ground pepper Heat griddle or large sauté pan over medium heat. Brush one side of each bread slice with olive oil. Brush other side of bread with balsamic vinegar. Place 4 slices of bread, oil side down, on the griddle. Layer the mozzarella and provolone tomato, basil and avocado on the top of the bread. Season with salt and pepper. Cover with the remaining 4 slices of bread. Cook until bread is golden brown and cheese is slightly melted, 3 to 4 minutes, flip once cook until the bread is Grilled golden, serves 4. Gouda Modified from the grilledcheeseacademy. and Artichoke com/ created by Alison Lewis Heart Sandwich

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Many parents and educators at the meeting agreed that children are not learning valuable social skills because they are so focused on completing intense amounts of schoolwork. “These kids don’t even talk to each other,” Nancy Polakoff, another mother in the audience, said. “They don’t have time to socialize.” The parents and educators at the meeting were able to come up with some solutions for problems like these in the district’s education system. “Let’s not call it homework,” a mother in the audience suggested. She spoke about how her son just did a big assignment that had to do with the popular Harry Potter franchise, and it was fun for him. She said if parents and educators tried to make homework fun it would be less stressful, and even suggested there be a Wii game for learning algebra. Vicki Vanumi, a mother in the audience, said that it seems as though other countries have a higher level of education. “It’s a matter of what we consider as being important,” she said. She added that the way children in the district are tested doesn’t necessarily reﬂect their intelligence. “A multiple-choice test doesn’t teach you the skills you need as an adult to be successful,” she said. Another woman in the audience pointed to the fact that she had a foreign exchange student living under her roof who was surprised by the amount of work she had to do. “They became very resentful,” she said. “They weren’t able to socialize with the high school student they were there with.” These suggestions were recorded by the Central Council and will no doubt be at the forefront of future meetings.

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