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Some good news for residents of The Five Towns – the Long Island Power Authority is anticipating lower rates throughout the year even as gas prices and other utilities’ prices continue to climb upwards. Since peaking to its highest monthly rates in January 2009, LIPA’s monthly electric rates have fallen off about seven percent this year. “The decline in rates since January 2009 is attributable to lower prices for natural gas,” said LIPA spokesperson Elizabeth Flagler. “LIPA has been working over many years to have access to generation facilities that could burn the cheaper natural gas, and to construct cables that could access cheaper electric generation in upstate New York, New England and the mid-Atlantic states.” The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) has been able to cut to its lowest monthly rates since June 2005. The monthly average for a residential customer topped out between 2008 and 2009, averaging about $157 a month and peaking at $160.51 in January 2009, according to LIPA. In the last year however, LIPA has brought the costs down by about seven-and-a-half percent from those in 2005, averaging around $148.50. Power supply rates jumped in 2005, exploding from $58.66 for
County Executive Edward Mangano and County Attorney John Ciampoli accused the Democratic Minority of the Nassau County Legislature of engaging in criminal activity by refusing to vote for a bond issue that would help pay for the county’s property tax adjustment refunds unless the Republican Majority agrees to a non-partisan redistricting plan for next year’s elections, claiming it is a form of bribery and extortion. Minority support is needed on the bond issue because the bonding requires a supermajority for approval. The allegations were announced at a Thursday morning press conference.
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Salute to Israel This week Israel celebrated the 64th Anniversary of its independence. The local spirit of this is captured by Lawrence artist Brocha Teichman in this 11x14 oil on canvas board painting which is available at her Art Studio of The Five Towns on Frost Lane in Lawrence. You can also visit her website at Brochateichman.com.
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Nassau County Police have arrested an Inwood man after he allegedly took part in forced sexual acts with a teenage worker at his business in January of this year. Daniel Miller, 44, of 207 West Broadway, Inwood, allegedly drugged a male employee, 17, on January 3rd, 2012, his first day working at Miller’s Inwood business, Botanica Inle Osain, a religious artifacts store at 80 Mott Street. According to Special Victims
Squad detectives, Miller allegedly gave the employee a cup containing a liquid mixed with Lorazepam, a drug used to relieve anxiety, and told to drink it, unaware of the mixed drug in the solution. The employee fell asleep soon after and Miller allegedly proceeded to have sexual relations with the employee inside of the store. The employee awoke at 4:00 a.m. and found himself inside of Miller’s Inwood home. Miller then proceeded to drive the employee home, where he notified police soon after. The Special Victim Squad detectives arrest Miller on April
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“Their crime was an illegal quid pro quo where we have public officers, members of the Legislature, who offered to trade their vote for something of personal political value to them, which is a redistricting map that is of benefit to them,” Ciampoli said. “The bribery statute states that it doesn’t have to be money, that it could be something like this.” The County Legislature agreed to a four year plan last fall to wean itself off of bonding for property tax adjustment reform. The plan was approved by the Legislature and the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, which has assumed control of Nassau County’s finances. Without borrowing, the county will not have
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Dan Miller, 44, has been charged with a Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree.
Photo courtesy Foursquare. 19th, 2012 at his Inwood home. Police are charging him with a Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree. Miller was arraigned on Friday and his bail was set at $1,000,000. He remains in jail at this time.
King David Delicatessen, the kosher deli and restaurant located in the heart of Cedarhurst, closed its doors earlier this month after serving The Five Towns a wide ranging menu for over 27 years. King David, notable for its hot wings and corned beef, large restaurant space and variety on its menu, was a mainExterior of the now closed King david Deli on Central Avenue.
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Woodmere Artist Creatively Combining Art and Therapy By Susan Varghese
Standard Associate Editor
When Woodmere resident, Allison Berman, had a stroke in 1990, she was a young mother in her mid thirties – on the search for answers. She found them in the one thing that has stayed with her through her life: art. “I went to Bali to paint and relax. I was looking for answers,” Berman said. “I was scared and frustrated that I was so young. I wondered if I’m going to have this problem again. My kids are so young, I thought, ‘what am I going to do?’ I started to look
Allison Berman in her studio.
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for answers in my art. I’d paint one painting. I’d look at it and turn it another way, look at it. I was starting to understand; my painting was beginning to talk to me, but it wasn’t telling me everything. I had to paint another painting. Then I started to put them together, move them, change them, and find different combinations. It helped me start to relax and be happy. Puzzle art was born.” Puzzle art is a form of therapy and interactive art, created and painted by Berman. It contains different layers and textures, providing binocular and
perceptual therapy in a hands-on approach. While the initial idea came to her almost two decades ago, Puzzle Art Therapy was developed as a product four years ago by Berman and Dr. Susan Fisher. It’s now used in hospitals, clinics, schools, therapy offices and rehab centers in 14 different countries. It’s the first therapy that uses colorful, abstract art. “It’s my art, but it’s a printed version,” Berman said. “I joke and say it’s child’s play, but its really heavy duty therapy.” Her first puzzle art show was in 1992.
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County Exec Accusing Legislature Democrats Of “Criminal Activitiesâ€? CONTINUED FROM P. A1 enough to pay for the property tax adjustment reform and Republicans say it would bring the county to a halt. Ciampoli made his allegations in a letter to the County Inspector General, and the letter was submitted to the Nassau County District Attorney’s ofďŹ ce. The DA’s ofďŹ ce issued a statement saying that they are reviewing the allegations in Mr. Ciampoli’s letter to the Inspector General. “Today’s press conference is
nothing more than a desperate attempt to deect attention from Mangano’s failure to ďŹ x assessments and balance the budget without reckless borrowing, which highlights just how much they have mismanaged this County,â€? Mike Florio, Democratic Communications Director, said in a statement on behalf of the Democratic Minority. “It is an equally desperate attempt to deect attention from the County Attorney’s serious ethical breaches, which have been referred to the State Supreme Court for review. Far
from being illegal, it is the obligation of our Legislators to defend the constitutional principle of one person one vote and we are proud to do so. This represents a rogue Administration attempting to criminalize the legislative process and engage in political prosecutions which have no place in American democracy.� The controversy between the two parties began when Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams wrote a letter to Mangano on December 15th of 2011, informing him that he and the rest of
the minority could not support the bonding until a fair, nonpartisan redistricting plan is in place. “We have obstruction of governmental process,â€? Ciampoli said. “We have an extortion because there is obviously the failure to bond. That means the county cannot implement this year’s budget and four year ďŹ nancial plan which the Legislature and NIFA approved. The plan had bipartisan support. What they are stating is that they want reapportionment that supports them or we’re going to grind the government to a halt. It’s wrong and it’s illegal.â€? Local Republicans in the Legislature also weighed in on the situation.
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tinue to maintain a stellar academic program, without imposing an increased burden on our taxpayers. But I would certainly say that our greatest accomplishment has been the installation of our new Superintendent and the various other administrative changes that have been made over the past year. As stewards of our community’s schools in these challenging times, it is essential that we take a hard and fresh look at everything the district does, and encourage innovation by our administrators at every opportunity. I am proud of the success that our administrators have achieved and their continued accomplishments through out-of-the-box thinking and innovation, especially in light of the challenges of ever increasing government mandates, and the loss of state aid and grants.� What changes would you like to see in the district over the next term? “I am excited about many of the new programs that we are currently working on, both within the walls of the public schools, and through alliances with community organizations. Many of these programs are geared towards students who may be underserved by the district, and some of them towards
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Married with four children, living in Cedarhurst 10 years. Three, soon to be four, children in local private schools. Served one term on board (three years). Why did you decide to become a board member? “Prior to joining the school board, I regularly attended the public board meetings, and took an active interest in our school district. With several young children, I have a great interest in ensuring that our schools provide the best possible education. I had always hoped that I could personally contribute my time and energy to help make our schools the best that they could be, so when the opportunity arose to run for the school board, I didn’t hesitate.� What has been your biggest achievement? “I was fortunate to join a board which had already accomplished so much over the past several years. The board’s record really speaks for itself. Together with the hard work of the administration, we have recently completed a extensive capital improvement program, expanded many of the district’s services, and con-
like that. At best it’s the pot calling the kettle black and at worst it may be criminal, but it’s certainly a nasty piece of business.� District Six Legislator Francis Becker also weighed in on the situation. “The problem is they are connecting something political into trying to get their way in everyday running of the government,� Becker said. “It’s highly unethical. They are saying that we had better allow them to draw the lines the way they feel is best. What does drawing the lines have to do with allowing the government to function?� Local Democratic leaders in The Five Towns were contacted but refused to comment on the situation.
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“I’m no criminal law expert, so I don’t know if it rises to that level, but I would say that it’s reprehensible,� Seventh District Legislator Howard Kopel said. “What they are doing is holding people’s lives hostage. If the County Executives has come up with the plan to end borrowing by 2014, that ends a string of years of borrowing in this county. We’re doing all of that without raising taxes. If what they are saying is followed through, the County may run out of money. Things will come to a halt including critical services.� “They are saying they want non-partisan redistricting because they lost the election,� Kopel said “When they win the elections, they don’t do things
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LIPA Cutting Rates On Electricity To Below 2005 Levels CONTINUED FROM P. A1 the average $133.81 monthly bill in June 2005 to $82.84 of a total $158.20 bill for October 2005. Power rates stayed in the $70 to $80 range up until January 2011 when the power rates began falling. For the ďŹ rst time since June 2005, April 2012 was predicted to have one of the lowest power supply costs at $57.84, making up roughly 39.7 percent of the monthly bill. Delivery costs have also risen in the last seven years, although only slightly. According to their website, LIPA charges this fee in order to make up for the costs of getting power to Long Island. While there are power plants throughout Long Island, LIPA does not directly own any power plants except for an 18 percent stake in the Nine Mile Nuclear Power Plant, located outside of Oswego in upstate New York. Most power plants on Long Island are owned by National Grid. In June 2005, an average residential customer would have paid $72.23 of their bill towards the delivery fee, or roughly 54 percent of that bill. Delivery costs
have risen, in total, $5.50 since 2005, costing the average resident $77.73 on their March bill. While power supply costs have fallen off a bit, the delivery cost has taken its place as the majority of the monthly power bill at about 53.4 percent. Other additional costs have been added to LIPA’s monthly bill over the last seven years, though. Starting in January 2010, the monthly bills also included a small portion for both an “efďŹ ciency and renewablesâ€? charge, which LIPA describes as providing “for the costs of LIPA’s energy efďŹ ciency and renewables programs for our customers,â€? and a New York State Assessment charge. The latter charge was signed into law in April 2009, although it did not appear to show up on customers’ bills until 2010. The additional charge recovers costs imposed on the Authority as a result of changes to a public service law and “has a stated intention to encourage conservation of energy and other resources on Long Island.â€? LIPA also charges customers for a revenue tax, or an amount
“equal to the tax revenues from the sale of electricity that would have been collected by cities, incorporated villages and New York State.â€? This fee changes from village to village throughout New York State, but amounts to less than three percent of the average bill. These three additional fees have added about seven percent on to the latest average residential bill for April, totaling just less than $10. Flagler said LIPA was continuing to work to keep rates down as much as possible, although increases are always potentially around the corner. “We continue to see lower prices for natural gas, which will hopefully continue and allow us to lower the Power Supply Charge even further in the coming months,â€? she said. “However, natural gas is a commodity that is traded freely throughout North America and is subject to market uctuations, so nothing is guaranteed.â€? She added: “LIPA is also working to hold down its costs for delivery service, but the single big-
LIPA’s rates began to rise around 2005, topping out in 2009 before being cut back by the electric utility in recent years. April’s expected average bill is the lowest since 2005. Information courtesy LIPA, Infographic by Scott P. Moore. gest increase in delivery rates comes from property taxes... LIPA is currently challenging the property taxes on Long Island’s power plants, and if successful there will be a beneďŹ cial impact on LIPA’s efforts to maintain delivery rates at or near their current level.â€? LIPA has had its issues in the last year, especially surrounding the amount of time it took the power company to restore customers throughout Long Island
Woodmere Artist Creatively Combining Art and Therapy CONTINUED FROM P. A1 “People loved it and didn’t want to stop touching it and moving it. I did it only for myself. It was such an internal answer for me. I never thought about sharing it‌ People feel relaxed when they’re playing with art. It frees up their minds.â€? Berman grew up in Far Rockaway and has always been involved with art, with the support of her mother. “My mom still has my medals and certiďŹ cates from when I was a kid,â€? Berman recalled. “I’ve been doing art since I
was three and she still has stuff to prove it. When I was eight, I won a competition and my art was in an exhibition in Midtown. My piece was the only piece of art that was stolen from the show. Obviously, someone really liked it. I never got it back. Almost 50 years later, my mom is still talking about it.â€? One of the people taking a workshop with her said, “I’m so relaxed. I feel validated. There’s no pressure. For anyone struggling with anything‌I feel good. I feel okay. It’s cheaper than a psychiatrist.â€?
Children experimenting with Berman’s movable puzzle art titled, “Dance Of Life� Photo courtesy of BermanArts.com Currently, she’s heading the monthly art exhibit at the Woodmere Community Enrichment Center. They’ve expanded the art program to having an artist open-
ing the ďŹ rst Thursday of every month, and hosting artists’ talks and award ceremonies. She’s also spearheaded the idea of adding art into Woodmere stores.
following the passing of Tropical Storm Irene, which cut power to over 3,500 homes in The Five Towns alone and over 471,000 overall throughout the island following the storm’s exit. In some cases, it took LIPA and other electric companies providing support over a week to restore all the homes through Long Island, leaving many customers up in arms. The aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene’s havoc on the Long
Island power system and the resulting problems gave state lawmakers an opening to pass a bill entitled the “LIPA Oversight and Accountability Act.â€? This law, passed this past January, calls for regular public hearings and audits of LIPA every ďŹ ve years or so. These audits would focus on rate setting, annual operating costs, efďŹ ciency and debt service obligations, according to Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D – Long Beach).
“Putting art in the stores where there’s life going on would get people to come to the opening and go to the stores,� Berman said. “As well as putting art in these empty stores. The empty store windows get me crazy. It’s so depressing. How do you revitalize a community? Artists. They’ve done that for generations. SoHo was a horrible, disgusting Place. Tribeca, too. Then artists moved in to the area, art started being seen, and they revitalized it.� From June through October, Berman is working with the North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital doing workshops with injured veterans with PTSD and TBI. “The purpose is to bring veterans and families into an exhib-
it and workshop and help them, by connecting them to the art [and] connect them to their families.â€? Recently, Berman was chosen as a juror for the United Nations Art for Peace Contest. Despite her hectic schedule, Berman always ďŹ nds time to travel, something that has inuenced her medium. “Every place I go, I ďŹ nd an artist that interests me and I take classes. Whether I want to learn gold leaf, Japanese water color, or how Chinese block printing is done. I’ve been to 50 countries...my goal is to go to every country to see and to bring my puzzle art. We are all connected.â€? For more information on her art, log on to BermanArts.com or PuzzleArtTherapy.com
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ganization really works on getting these people the services they need. The rehabilitation centers are almost like health and social clubs that are totally geared toward the disabled veterans.” Seinuk says that what’s unique about this race is that it’s a community wide event and doesn’t center on just one synagogue. “It’s not even Jewish people from The Five Towns,” Seinuk said. “The female winner has family in Israel and she has won two years in a row. The male winner wasn’t Jewish but was very happy to be here to support the cause.” The money from the race last year bought new cycling equipment for the rehabilitation center. Seinuk said he was motivated to organize the event because of a charity bike ride he did for the organization in Israel a few years ago. “I was amazed at how such an important organization that does such good work wasn’t getting good public relations in the
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Q&A with District 15 Board Members up for Reelection
LIAW Continues Pipe Replacement
ong Island American Water workers were out in full force on Wednesday morning replacing service lines into the new condo complex being built in Lawrence at the site of the former Number One School. The new complex, called “The Regency at Lawrence” located at 260 Central Avenue in Lawrence, will house nearly
140 units and the pipes belonging to the former school building would not be able to provide enough water for the new building. “While we’re replacing the service lines into the property, we are also replacing a 16 inch valve to the system,” said LIAW President William Varley. The work in the pipes temporarily caused a traffic delay on Central Avenue as the LIAW
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crews’ equipment took up the northbound lane. Workers directed traffic one direction at a time until the replacements were installed. Service was also temporarily disrupted throughout the nearby area as water service was shut off; Varley said residents were notified beforehand. Work was finished and traffic returned to normal by around noon Wednesday.
serving the needs of the broader community. I am anxious to see everyone in the community become greater stakeholders in the school district and our schools through the programs and services that we offer. This, I believe, is the greatest recognition of the school board’s and administration’s hard work and innovation.”
Uri Kaufman Age: 48 Profession: Real Estate developer Relationship to District 15: No children in the district. Two-term board member (six years). Why did you decide to become a board member? “To give something back to the community and to in-
sure that we give our kids the best education while carefully watching the public purse. Service is the highest privilege.” What has been your biggest achievement? “Definitely the capital improvement of the school facilities. My job as a developer involves adaptive reuse of historic buildings. I know how to perform renovations in a cost effective way. I spearheaded and managed the $17 million capital improvements project over the last 3-5 years. We started out with a $30 million budget. By bringing in the professionals I work with, we brought that down to $16 million (we then added $1 million for the turf football field). Our engineer later told us that we got more with my $16 million program than we would’ve gotten
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with the original $30 million program. We have also seen improvements across a broad spectrum of education goals. We are now graduating 98.7 percent of our students, an almost unheard of level for a district in which over 60 percent of the kids are on free and reduced price lunch. Finally, we have kept taxes low. The annual increase in taxes on my watch has been only .5 percent (i.e. one half of one percent), much lower than the rate of inflation. The only reason they went up even that much is that we lost so much of our state aid. One year we cut spending by 1.5 percent but had to raise taxes by 4.5 percent because we lost our state aid.” What changes would you like to see in the district over the next term? “We need to negotiate a new teachers contract. Other than that, we need to stay the course, delivering quality education while keeping taxes low.”
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Workers pulled out this huge pipe from underneath Central Avenue in Lawrence on Wednesday morning. LIAW representatives said the company was installing new service lines into the condo complex being built on the former Number One School site.
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Residents Seeking Solution to Flooding
By Amanda Mayo Standard Staff
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never had a drop of water in my house until 2005. I walked downstairs and had 10 inches in my house, my house was practically destroyed,” a woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, lamented at a community forum held on Monday to discuss flooding problems in The Five Towns. “It cost me $42,000 to repair it.” The forum, which was held at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library on Monday and was led by Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel, was called to address the serious flooding problems that many Five Towns residents have seen over the last few years and to propose solutions to the problem. Eric Zausner from Nassau County’s Office of Emergency Management, Ken Arnold from the Nassau County Department of Public Works and Town of Hempstead Engineering Commissioner William Rockensies were also present at the forum.
Arnold announced a proposal to rebuild the water pump station that serves the Five Towns this summer, explaining that Nassau County’s pump stations cannot currently handle the amount of water that large storms may leave, pointing to the Hurricane Irene disaster this past August. “We’ve got a very old system that was not designed for the types of flooding events that we’ve had,” Kopel said. “There has been little or no maintenance done over the last number of years, but that is being addressed now.” Many of the forum’s attendees were speaking out of turn, heated up over the fact that they wanted a solution to the flooding problems, instead of paying high prices for repairs every time there is a rainstorm. “What I can tell you,” Kopel said to an angered crowd, “Is that we’re going to do what’s possible to do.” A number of residents from Ibsen Street in Woodmere attended the forum, having seen a lot of flooding damage
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to their homes and a flooded evacuation route after major rainstorms, notably Hurricane Irene this past summer. “What good is the evacuation route if that’s going to get flooded?” A man in the audience asked. Adding that residents needed a solution, not just an evacuation route to cover up the problem when it arises. “Dollars are very tight, as you know,” Kopel said. “We can’t build a new system, that’s not possible.” He added that the county is looking to improve the sewer pump system in the most affordable way possible within engineering constraints. Residents asked where they should turn next, fearful that the next storm could be right around the corner. They were urged to contact the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management’s at (516) 573-0636 or the County Maintenance 24hour hotline at (516) 571-6900. “We’re trying our best,” Kopel said. “We are going to find the best solution possible.”
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• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • APRIL 27MAY 3, 2012
Standard Sports
Bethpage Steamrolls over Lawrence, 19-2 By Scott P. Moore
Standard Staff Reporter
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he Bethpage Golden Eagles took it to the Lawrence Golden Tornadoes in the first game of a three game series on Tuesday afternoon, embarrassing the home team by a score of 19-2. Bethpage took advantage of the cold and blustery weather that caused any ball in the air to wobble and change direction by lifting most hits up. Lawrence starting pitcher Mike Pappalardo had little stuff out on the mound, keeping most of his pitches high enough in the zone for the Bethpage hitters to take advantage of. “It was a throwaway game,” said Lawrence Head Coach Dennis Leonard. “Credit Bethpage – they brought out the whoopin’ sticks and put it all over us.” Leonard said the team did not hit well, only scoring two runs through the seven innings, but did not blame the defense, which had to contend with a strong, blustering wind all day. The Golden Eagles jumped all over Pappalardo’s pitches during the first and third innings, scor-
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Lawrence shortstop/relief pitcher Joe Capobianco takes a swing at a pitch that ended up in the dirt. Capobianco ended up 1-for-3 on the day with a run scored and a scoreless inning pitched. Photo by Scott P. Moore. ing three and four runs in those innings and giving Bethpage a 7-0 lead. During the fourth inning though, Bethpage broke the game wide open scoring their eighth run which led to Coach Leonard pulling Pappalardo. The bullpen brought little relief though, giving up another 10 runs in the inning before it was all said and done. Bethpage held
a 18-0 lead after their third out. “[Bethpage] brought their best out there,” said Leonard, who added the next two games would be different. The Lawrence offense, down a man (without starting first baseman Anthony Montilli at the game due to personal reasons), had little to show but put together a few runs during the bottom
half of the fourth with two runners coming in to pull within 182, but Bethpage tacked on another run in the fifth for a 19-2 lead, which ended up being the final score. Coach Leonard said he still thinks Lawrence, standing at 2-9 with seven games left, still has a chance turn the season around. Sweeping the rest of the season’s
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games would improve the team to 9-9 and give them a shot at making the playoffs. Lawrence also lost the second game of the series at Bethpage 1-0 in a downto-the-wire pitching duel. “If this is going to happen, it’s got to happen [this week],” said Leonard. “You blink and suddenly you’re in the last week. If it’s one thing you could see – this
game did not knock anyone off their heels. All the guys stayed lively and stayed in it and that’s exactly how you have to play a game like this.” Lawrence will play three games against Plainedge next week at home on April 30th and May 3rd, starting at 4:30 p.m. and one away game on May 1st at 4:30 p.m.
Bulldogs Whipped by RVC’s South Side 11-5, Now 2-9 By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter
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fter starting the year 2-0, the Hewlett Bulldogs haven’t been able to find what it takes to win a game, running their losing streak to nine games with an 11-5 loss to South Side of Rockville Center on the road Tuesday. Despite being spotted four runs by a shaky South Side defense, the Bulldogs were unable to hold onto a 5-3 lead and their own inconsistent defense lead to their downfall in the later innings. “For once, we jumped out early, which we have been talking about doing and this time we didn’t finish,” Hewlett Head Coach Andy DiBernardo said. “We are just so up and down. It’s hard to say what our problem is. Some innings, it’s not getting the big hit and some innings it’s not catching the ball, but we’re going to keep trucking and keep trying.” Hewlett’s biggest inning was in the top of the third, when, tied 3-3, they got a run on an RBI groundout from Pat Pasculli and then another on a South Side error.
Lyle Alper started the game for Hewlett, and did a nice job through the first two innings of keeping South Side hitters off balance. However, in the bottom of the fifth, he allowed a few hits, while his defense collapsed behind him. A late throw home, three singles, a sacrifice fly and an error lead to four South Side runs as they took an 9-5 lead. DiBernardo was unhappy with a call by the home plate umpire as he thought the South Side runner left third base early on the sacrifice fly, but said that wasn’t why his team struggled. “I wasn’t happy about it, but that’s not why we lost,” DiBernardo said. “He added an extra out, yes, but we didn’t do anything to help ourselves out in that innings. As you saw, we threw it around and kicked it around and we can’t do that.” In the bottom of the sixth inning, consecutive RBI singles lead to two more South Side runs. Hewlett had a double and some hard hit outs in the top of the seventh inning, but it wasn’t enough to score any runs and they went on to lose by six runs. “I think today we did put the ball in play more,” DiBernardo
Photo by Jonathan Walter
Hewlett’s Lyle Alper delivers a pitch.
An outfielder scoops the ball on a single.
Photo by Jonathan Walter
said. “I thought a lot of our outs were loud and hard. It’s just that sometimes they don’t fall. I thought we did a good job of getting the bat on the ball.” The loss drops them to 2-9 on the season and last place in their
conference. Hewlett wrapped up their series with South Side on Thursday for a 4:30 game and will take on Roslyn for a three game series next week beginning on Monday on the road at 4:30 p.m.
HAFTR Flames Burn Up Rambam Ravens, 11-1 By Scott P. Moore
Schlusselberg. You mess up one play and then everyone feels it and suddenly you’re down 10 runs, but at the end of the day you just have to have fun.” The Ravens could not hit their stride versus Flames’ starting pitcher Jason Schlessel. He held the Ravens to one run on three hits and a walk over four innings of the mercy rule-shortened game. Schlessel also struck out three batters, two of them looking, during his dominant performance on Friday. “He’s a great kid and an intense player,” said HAFTR Coach Rabbi Ari Glazer. “He’s willing to do anything for the team and he’s all heart – he’s the heart of the team.” He added that Schlessel was not scheduled to pitch originally, but ended up with a great start. The Ravens’ only run came during the bottom of the fourth inning when they led off the inning with a single and a double, putting runners at second and third with no one out. The first runner came in two outs later on
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o say Friday was a tough day for the Rambam Ravens softball team might be an understatement – after losing the first game of a doubleheader against the DRS Wildcats, 11-4, the Ravens were looking for a bit of redemption in game two, but none was to be found as the HAFTR Flames pounded out Rambam, 11-1. The Flames began things with hit after hit – several bad hoppers found their way past the Ravens’ infield through the first inning, leading to eight straight hits by HAFTR including two doubles, a triple and a home run that brought home seven runs before an out was even recorded. The first out came on a sacrifice fly to dead center field that made it 8-0. A few batters later, another double drove in two more runs, giving the Flames a commanding 10-0 lead. “They got some good hits and placed them pretty well,” said Rambam Co-Head Coach Avi Herschman. “But there were some plays we should of made and we just didn’t.” “It’s all about momentum,” said Rambam Co-Head Coach Yaacov
Team A Rambam player takes a hack at one of HAFTR’s Jason Schlessel’s pitches, lining it for one of their few hits on the day.
Photo by Scott P. Moore
a sacrifice fly to center that made the score 11-1 and a walk gave the Ravens first and third with two out, needing one more run to keep the game alive for another inning, but Schlessel induced a ground ball to short that ended the game. “We’re going to turn it around,” said Herschman. “We have a good group of guys and this was not indicative of who we are as a team.” The Ravens begin their season 0-2 on the year while the Flames and Wildcats each begin 1-0. All three local teams begin their next series with last year’s defending champions, the Ateres Yaakov Eagles. The Rambam Ravens will play their next games against the Eagles in a doubleheader in North Woodmere on May 4th starting at 1:00 p.m. HAFTR will also take on the Eagles in a doubleheader on April 27th at 2:30 p.m. in North Woodmere. The Wildcats will also play a doubleheader against the Eagles on May 2nd in Inwood starting at 6:30 p.m.
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Hewlett Boys Tennis Gunning for Playoffs Again this Year By JONATHAN WALTER
Standard Staff Reporter
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fter losing to Syosset in the semifinals last year, Hewlett Boys Tennis is looking to take a bit further into the finals this year. While their first step is to make the playoffs, the team and coach Ron Remick are optimistic after a 5-1 start to their season with two wins over Plainview, Herricks, Friends Academy of Locust Valley and Manhasset with their one loss coming against Long Beach when a key player was out. Dan Grinshteyn leads the way for Hewlett this year as their number one singles player. He is making the jump from second singles this year after the loss of the team’s best player, JJ Tauill, who is now playing at Fordham. “He was second singles for three years and now he’s mov-
ing up to first singles, which is against a bit higher caliber of players,” Remick said. “He’s planning on going to Boston University.” Harrison Brenner, who made All-County this school year for soccer as well as basketball, will make the jump from third to second singles. He is 4-1 thus far, handling the transition well. Hewlett is in conference 1-B, which is the second highest conference in the county, leading to some stiff competition. Some tough matches are on the docket with a rematch against Long Beach next week and then another against Friends Academy next Friday which will be on MSG Varsity. “We are kind of excited about that,” Remick said. “We won a close one 4-3 over them last time. That should be an exciting match.” Hewlett’s doubles have taken
One of Hewlett’s doubles teams celebrates after scoring a point.
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major strides this year. Freshmen Brandon Remer and Daniel Khryzapolsky have surprised their coach with an undefeated season thus far and the rest of the doubles players have shown major improvements, leading to their 4-1 record. “We won two out of three singles matches in the playoffs last year, and we lost three out of the four doubles matches, so I think we might be able to turn it around this year,” Remick said. “There have been a lot of guys who have played well in the lower spots.” One big loss for Hewlett after Tauill to graduation was Matt Miller, who tore his ACL while playing CYO basketball, however, Remick’s optimism isn’t swayed. “We’d like to make the playoffs,” Remick said. “That’s always the first step. The top seed gets a bye, so we’d like to be in that first spot. Cold Spring is a five time returning champion, so we’d like to avoid them in the first round.”
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• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • APRIL 27MAY 3, 2012
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Reversal of Weather
ebruary was one of the warmest in New York history. Ditto with March. In fact, parts of March were so balmy that flowers were sprouting sometimes as much as six weeks early and some trees two months prematurely. Gardeners were out in full force well before their normal time. Early April followed suit for the most part with some days breaking 70 and crowds flocking to he beach. Then someone turned on the global A/C. We all saw the truly bizarre scenes earlier in the week of more than a foot of snow blanketing Upstate New York and Pennsylvania. In between rainy days and party sunny/cloudy ones, temperatures have taken a nosedive back to truly seasonally appropriate levels, meaning, what the weather should be for April. The problem is we’re not used to low 40s at night or mid 50s during the day. Our biorhythms are telling us, “where is the 65 degrees?” Thermostats are tripping themselves on late nights and early mornings just when we all thought we were through supporting Big Oil and the gas company just to be comfortable. Warmer jackets are called for. Had we not been spoiled by a premature late spring, we might very well feel our weather for the past two weeks has been comfortable. Last April, after the hellaciously cold winter we endured, we all would have been reveling in 54 degrees. Now, forgeddabboudit. As the Rolling Stones sang decades ago, time is on our side. The long range forecast shows warmer temps for next week and by Tuesday, we’ll be in May. Hang in there, just 46 more days until the official start of summer.
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Lace Cookies
ast year, thanks to the aforementioned bitterly cold winter and the endless tons of rock salt thrown on area roads, our streets this time last year resembled slices of Swiss cheese with yawning potholes strewn hither and yon, beckoning the front ends of our motorized vehicles to misalignment and out of balance hell – especially across the border within the City of New York. Queens was a particularly gruesome driving experience. Thanks to the mildest winter in recent memory, navigating local roads is not an exercise in daredevil bobbing and weaving. Our gain is the front-end alignment mechanic’s loss. Many an alloy or aluminum wheel is mercifully intact, unbowed and unbent. That’s not to say there are no annoyances on the roads however. Instead of the Swiss cheese experience at the end of every winter, we are now faced with a milder irritant – the lace cookie road. Lace cookies? Yes, these confections have a great many nearly invisible tiny holes and indentations. While this makes for one terrific cookie, its effect on the road makes for annoying driving. All over The Five Towns, particularly throughout Woodmere, one encounters no end of mini-pockmarked, crenellated streets with parts of the pavement’s top layer disappearing, especially at major intersections. This jostles the car and makes the ride a lot less than smooth. Local governments saved a bundle this winter not having to plow, sand and salt our roads, yet, we’ve not seen any road repair crews out patching and/or repaving this disappearing layer of road surface. We hope the Town and the County have a plan to deal with this issue and that they’re not intending to wait until spring 2013 to maintain our roads in top-top condition.
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Air Quiet
ast week we reported in our lead story how thanks to the FAA’s new airspace redesign plan for JFK, which has begun to be fully implemented over the past few months that our neighborhood has started to become noticeably quieter thanks to fewer planes taking off and landing. The FAA has started to spread the pain across the whole county with planes now rattling windows across Malverne, West Hempstead, Garden City, New Hyde Park and even the high-toned precincts of the “gold cost” they call the North Shore. It used to be that The Five Towns received no end of pity and derision from dwellers in other parts of Nassau for our constant sonic aerial bombardment. It could be argued that this noise pollution contributed in a small way to lower real estate values here than in say, Great Neck. It certainly was the butt of jokes. Well, we need not suffer exclusively anymore. Residents of other upscale Nassau towns and villages are up in arms over the conditions we lived with and suckedup for decades. Because the flights have been spread all around (something that should have been done 50 years ago) no one area is getting the kind of continuous decibel levels we grindingly endured for an eternity. We offer no sympathy to Garden City or Roslyn residents for having some flights overhead, the way we look at it, they owe us decades of “air reparations.” We will finally realize a greater measure of the blissful bucolic suburban serenity of the “sound of silence,” and the rest of our neighbors will have to shoulder part of the burden of having an international airport nearby. We’re delighted. Their pain is our gain. Justifiable Schadenfreude.
COMMON SENSE
IMMIGRATION DEBACLE HITS THE SUPREME COURT By DAVID FREEDMAN
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he United States Supreme Court heard arguments this week in the Obama Administration’s attempt to overturn Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070, which gives law enforcement wide powers to enforce sanctions against illegal immigrants. This law has been copied by many states and has created havoc in the agricultural sectors in most of these states as illegals, who do most of the picking of agricultural products have avoided coming into those states to work. The crux of the Obama Administration’s arguments is that immigration is a Federal prerogative and therefore the enforcement of immigration policy lies in the Federal government’s hands. It would appear from the tone of the questions posed by the members of the Supreme Court that they are not so sure that the prerogative in fact rests with the Federal government only. Only time will tell what the outcome will be, but for the moment, let us look at the problem of illegal immigration from another perspective. Arizona and the other states that have promulgated similar statutes argue that they bear the brunt of the costs related to housing, feeding, educating and providing healthcare to this population of people and receive little in return for the enormous cost contained in providing these services.
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.
They feel that the state should not be burdened when the Federal Government should be doing a better job in controlling the flow of illegals into the country. Let us dissect that for a moment. It is absolutely true that the states bear the heavy burden of the costs related to providing services to illegals. It is also true that the Federal Government should do more to stop the flow of immigrants unfettered into this country. But it is not true that these states receive little in return. In Georgia, farmers have seen their entire planting seasons destroyed by the inability to hire workers to pick the produce. Fields of fruit and vegetables have been left to rot and wither for lack of workers. Arizona has seen the same and it has become readily apparent in those states that the law, which was passed with the best of intentions, is a failure economically. Furthermore, provisions of these laws, which often require non-citizens to carry proper identification papers with them wherever they go have already led to embarrassing situations where foreign executives, legally allowed to work in this country have been arrested because they forgot to carry their papers with them when they went out on routine errands. This has a certain feel reminiscent of more dictatorial countries that require people to always carry documents with them and subject people to random checks. So what is the answer? I believe that a country borne of immigrants cannot forget their history. I also believe that we are not and should never become a police state. After 9-11, many of our laws have tended us towards a more police state like existence and these new state immigration laws only add to this dynamic. Nonetheless, the Federal Government has, as a policy, under administrations both Democrat and Republican, buried its head in the sand and given essentially lip service to the idea of getting some real control over the situation.
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CONSERVATIVE VOICE
McCarthy Says She Now has Vision: It Must be Election Time By Francis X. Becker
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ike you, I recently received a glossy two sided mailer from Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy. (If you don’t recall receiving the piece please go to BeckerforCongress.com to see a copy). It is hard for me to believe that this is the best a seven term congresswoman can provide to educate and inform her constituents as to the important issues facing our nation. It is hard to imagine a long-time member of Congress would send out such a mailer and at the same time call it “progress report.” Many have suggested, and I agree, that Congresswoman McCarthy should simply retire and enjoy her home in the Hamptons because she is rarely in the district anymore, anyway. To me, this mailer is clear evidence that she no longer cares about serving us in Washington and has lost complete interest in fighting for our best interests. From this mailer is also clear that she has no meaningful ideas on how to solve the serious problems our country is facing, perhaps because she has significant responsibility for creating and compounding them especially over the last two years. The most dangerous and potentially damaging issue facing our country today is the skyrocketing spending and $15 trillion national debt. Ms. McCarthy hasn’t met
Fran Becker is a member of the Nassau County Legislature and is a Republican candidate for Congress in New York’s 4th Congressional District.
a tax or spending bill she hasn’t liked. The content of her “constituent report” would be laughable if it weren’t so sad. With our national debt, as stated, at a staggering $15 trillion, I have heard of no meaningful efforts on the part of Ms. McCarthy’s to curb the out of control spending in Washington. Because of her lack of vision and will to fix this national crisis, we are creating an enormous burden for our nation and our children and their children for generations to come which will surely negatively impact their futures and those of their families. Instead, in her mailer, she informs us of the legislation she is “proposing” to address gas prices. Of course, this is a hot button issue and she is trying to show us her concern, and is saying don’t blame her. Gas prices under Carolyn McCarthy were $1.83 per gallon in 2008 and are more than double today. But one has to wonder if she really cares because her voting record supported Nancy Pelosi over 90 percent of the time with her energy and job killing rules and regulations. Is this what Ms. McCarthy calls “Progress?” I can imagine her talking with her staff, “We have to address gas prices, because the people are angry, even though we have done nothing to increase energy resources in his country to stem the dramatic rise in prices. Of course, the oil companies are to blame.” Yes, they must blame big oil and local gas stations for gouging the people, even though they are the ones, because of their own incompetence and lack of vision who have caused this hardship to consumers. This “Progress Report” is insulting and shows
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ever lacking material, my column was basically done before this morning’s events, most of which were covered on the local news. Whether I write about my children or the general wackiness of my life, I have been blessed with both a good sense of humor and numerous anecdotes worth sharing. It is safe to say, therefore, that I would have done just fine printing this week’s column the way it had already been written, instead of deleting it all and sharing this instead. I have always been a true believer that everything happens for a reason. Good or bad, it was meant to be. That is exactly what I told my friend when I paid her a visit before her job interview. She was completely prepared and was feeling very positive when I wished her “good luck.” I told her that if she was meant to get the job, she would. If it did not work out, it was because there was something else in store. Although it might not be readily apparent, G-d works in mysterious ways and one day, everything would make sense. The irony was that my morning was quite busy and visiting her was not exactly time I had to spare. When something is important, however, the effort is made. About ten minutes later, I understood exactly why I was meant to stop and see her, even if it had not been the most convenient time – because had I not been there and, instead, arrived at my next destination earlier, I might not have been writing this at all. My next stop was to get my nails done. With plenty of open parking spaces, I parked close to the store but not right next to a van in the same area. Fortuitously, I left one spot vacant between us. Wallet in hand, I got out of my car and stood in that open parking space, ready to close my door. Even before I could do that, however, an out-of-control SUV slammed into the van, jumped the sidewalk and crashed through the nail salon’s storefront. Shattered glass flew everywhere. I dropped my wallet on the ground and stood, shocked. “Someone call 911!” I heard someone shout. Like waking from a trance, I grabbed my phone and dialed. I explained what had occurred, where we were, and that the extent of damage and injuries was unknown. I was assured help was on the way. After the call was over, someone yelled that the driver was having a seizure. With numerous bystanders around, we needed to help her. “Does someone have something to break the windows?” a gentleman asked and the answer was ‘yes.’ The next time someone makes fun of the Swiss Army knife I carry, I will tell them how its glass breaker tool was
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Miriam L. Wallach,
MS.ed., M.A., has been writing “That’s Life” for close to five years. She lives in Woodmere with her husband and six children and can be found all week long on her blog at www.dearthatslife.com.
APRIL 27MAY 3, 2012 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •
THE LEGENDARY DANNY O’DOUL
A CELEBRATION OF A WOMAN OF VALOR
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ere I am back in the saddle again, nearly a week after being pan-seared and blackened like a piece of Cajun-style tuna. I want to thank everyone for all the words of support and encouragement, and, above-all, your belief in me that I am a man of peace, love and understanding towards all people on earth. As many of you have rightly pointed out, I am a proud Jew who has never tried to mask his identity. Sure, I’m an Irish Jew who always stands up for my people on all important issues. Therefore, when I was mistakenly called an “anti-Semite” in a reader’s letter to the editor last week, I was as surprised as all of you, but, I am in no way bitter. In fact, I want to praise the lady who wrote the letter. You see, there are many stories that appear in national newspapers, websites, on television and online news services, in which Israel and the Jewish people are maligned, slandered, attacked and vilified. We have all been frustrated by the kind of articles and reports that regularly appear in publications like The New York Times, or on radio
networks such as National Public Radio. And how do you combat this scurrilous yellow journalism, and, often thinly-veiled anti-Semitic propaganda? Well, you do exactly what Ms. Janet Glassner of Woodmere did last week – you call out the writer, or originator of the invective, and hold responsible the media outlet who put out such rubbish. We must all celebrate the valiant spirit of Ms. Glassner, who had the courage to stand up for what she believes in and challenge one of the most powerful and important local voices -- The Legendary Danny O’Doul – as, well as The South Shore Standard’s noteworthy publisher, Howard Barbanel. Additionally, Ms. Glassner embodies the archetypal Jewish matriarch – “The Woman of Valor” – and her dedication to the Jewish people is to be praised just as Sarah, Rifka, Rachel and Leah are models of great Jewish Womanhood. So, it really doesn’t matter that Ms. Glassner interpreted my innocuously humorous “Chometz Column” as “thinlyveiled anti-Semitism,” and saw meanings therein that plainly were not there. No, that is be-
This is The Legendary Danny O’Doul signing off and preaching peace, love and understanding to all my readers. And, especially to my new “best friend forever” – Ms. Janet Glassner!
side the point. Perhaps, her reading glasses need to be upgraded, or her bedside lamp needs a stronger bulb. This is just nitpicking -- as the real issue here is this: Ms. Glassner saw the need to speak up – to stand up to a perceived injustice and speak up on behalf of her people. Such behavior is praiseworthy and important, and a long-tradition among Jews as evidenced by Elie Wiesel and Simon Wiesenthal. So, Mrs. Glassner – I salute you! And, it should be noted that Ms. Glassner chose an excellent week to take her stand, as it fell between Holocaust Remembrance Day and this week’s Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) and Yom Haatzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day). Now, I theorize that perhaps this season had made Mrs. Glassner a bit hypersensitive to the undercurrents and tremors of anti-Semitism, and, therefore, she found my gentle, faux-mocking and playful sarcasm to be genuine, old-school hate speech. I wholly-heartedly forgive Ms. Glassner, and urge my readers to do likewise. I just hope that she realizes this column is entirely serious and not tongue-incheek. I truly mean what I say and hold no grudges. G-d bless Ms. Glassner. Keep her well and spunky until the age of 120. We need more feisty gals like her right here in The Five Towns!
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Whose Profile is This?
By Joel Moskowitz
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magine this scenario. A young Orthodox Jewish man from a suburban community much like ours, with a sterling reputation, no criminal record, good academic credentials and considered by others to be a simply nice guy, decides to do his civic duty and join a neighborhood patrol. One day, while on patrol, this young man sees an African American teenager holding “something suspicious” and confronts him. In the end, the teenager is subdued, the suspicious item confiscated and the teen is escorted out of the area. During the altercation, the teen sustains some injuries, which he later reports to the police. Soon after, young man on
patrol is arrested and charged with assault. Improbable? It may sound like it but it’s not. In Maryland the trial of Eliyahu and Avi Werdeshein two brothers aged 24 and 21 respectively, began last week in just such a scenario and unfortunately for them it opens in the shadow of the Trayvon Martin tragedy. Their case dates back to November 2010 when the incident took place and from my reading of some of the coverage I am guessing that the victim, who admits to at some point picking up a nail studded stick, is not exactly an honor student. The facts in the case are a little more detailed than the scenario I drew, the victim had a broken wrist and a cut to the back of the head and I don’t
Joel Moskowitz is a businessman and writer who resides in Lawrence NY. His blog “The Ranting Heeb” can be accessed at http://therantingheeb.blogspot.com/ -Joel prides himself on being outspoken and welcomes all comments.
know if either of these brothers is a nice guy, good student or has a clean record. Also, the victim’s family declined to speak publicly, to involve any outsiders or declare the incident racial. What is just outrageous and mind boggling is that this incident, like the Trayvon Martin tragedy, began with racial profiling. Let’s admit it, prejudice and profiling are inherent in our nature. We are cautious of those not like us. If you’ve ever traveled and been in a place where you are different, you feel your otherness, whether in the way locals relate to you or just in a gut feeling that you get being different. This community is not immune to tensions of otherness. All one has to do is follow a typical Five Towns School Board election or a zoning meeting for the construction of a synagogue to know exactly what I am referring to. As I mentioned in a previous
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We had a plethora of comments to recent articles posted via Facebook on our website. Below are some of the most interesting: On Frank Scaturro’s March 16th Column “We Need More Defenders of Religious Freedom” Toni DelVecchio: “Thank you Frank for having the courage to speak the truth and the fortitude to take on the deniers of “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty” (see statement at USCCB.org). Of course we find many of these deniers right here in our own backyard, closest to us is Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, making extreme decisions for much of the South Shore of Nassau County, then we have Rep. Steve Israel following the same playbook, in Western Suffolk and the North Shore of Nassau County and many others and then there’s Chuckie Schumer, leading the way for these positions in the Senate. Isn’t it time the people of
Long Island have true representation and not the lip service given to us by Carolyn McCarthy and Steve Israel who are puppets of the Obama administration? They’ve checked their consciences at the door of the House Chamber for political gain and favor with an unlawful administration. It’s time for a person with integrity and moral clarity, it’s time for someone like Frank Scaturro to bring those qualities to Congress, it’s time to elect Frank Scaturro for Congress in NY-4. Concerning our story on the sale of the Number Six School in the April 5th issue: Elisa Bachrow Hinken: “Very suspicious indeed.” Concerning our story on Teacher Salaries (February) Louise D’Esposito Shunk: “Great article on teachers salaries, As most of the country is struggling, under employed and over taxed. Looks like the only teachers to feel sorry for are the
ones in North Dakota.” Comments regarding Danny O’Doul in the Letters to the Editor (last week): Benny Gamal: My dear friend, The Legendary Danny O’Doul, is a fantastic person who loves everybody. Danny O’Doul has done wonderful things for the Jewish and Gentile Community in the Five Towns. There is NO WAY that Danny O’Doul is bigoted or antiSemitic. That is sheer madness! Brian Glickman: Long live Danny O’Doul or Benny Gamal or both so confused. Dan “Schmelvis” Harta: An Elvis Fan cannot be AntiSemitic! Benny Gamal: Thanks Schmelvis -- for standing up for my dear friend and cousin, The Legendary Danny O’Doul -- and your are very right, my dear friend Schmelvis -- as your wonderful movie proved -- an Elvis Fan cannot be anti-Semitic!
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From Grim to Great: The Israeli Miracle at 64
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ixty seven years ago the prospects for the Jewish people looked pretty bleak. With another few weeks left until the end of World War II in Europe, a full third of the Jewish people worldwide had been exterminated, regarded as vermin, bedbugs and roaches by the Nazi German regime who felt a greater imperative to keep the killing fields and crematoria running at full tilt right up until the end than they did defending their own country. The emaciated survivors of Hitler’s ovens found it hard to imagine a loaf of bread, let alone any kind of glorious future. The major Jewish population center in the United States was primarily populated by lower middle class immigrants and their first generation Americanborn offspring who were on the whole trying desperately to eek out a living while packed into tight quarters in endless apartments in The Bronx and Brooklyn while fending off a constant low-level buzz of anti-Semitism and discrimination in employment and education. There were about four hundred thousand Jews in what was then called British-mandated Palestine who created the infrastructure for a nation but who were stifled and suppressed at every turn by a British government hell-bent on appeasing the Arabs in the name of access to oil. Jews living in the Arab world, more than a million of them, were prosperous but nervous as befits small minorities in unenlightened societies. Soviet Jews were locked behind an iron curtain. In what can only be described
as the sun bursting through pitch-black storm clouds, a scant three years after Hitler met the charred end he inflicted on so many, the world acknowledged the justice of the Jewish people’s claim to the Land of Israel in the form of a United Nations vote and the State of Israel was born 64 years ago this week on the Hebrew calendar. Born out of blood and fire, having to fendoff five-plus Arab armies at its moment of inception – tiny Israel, with its back to the sea, was able to prevail over those who sought to complete Himmler’s work. Swinging open its doors, millions of Jews seeking peace, freedom and a normal life flooded the newborn state. Initially living in tents and shacks, with the help of other Jews worldwide, they forged what has today become one of the world’s largest economies and one of the globe’s most effective military machines. Skyscrapers sprout from what were sand dunes. Farms produce agricultural abundance where there were but malaria-ridden swamps. Forests adorn formerly barren hills. Technological innovations and breakthroughs bud and bloom on a seemingly daily basis in areas as important as computers, biotech and software. In the 64 years since the restoration of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, her people have had to fight more than a half dozen wars for its very existence. Even now there are highly-financed national efforts, most notably on the part of Iran, to wage total war to annihilate Israel. Unfortunately, the re-creation of a Jewish state did not eliminate state-sponsored violent anti-Semitism. What the State of Israel did eliminate for its citizens and for Jews around
the world was pervasive fear and hopelessness. When Theodor Herzl founded modern political Zionism at the end of the 19th Century, he saw a Jewish world beset by grinding poverty, persecution and a dearth of opportunity for the Jewish masses. Since the day Israel gained independence in 1948, the situation for nearly all the world’s Jews has changed dramatically. Prosperity for American Jews can be directly traced from that date. What were a hardscrabble lot of working class people morphed into probably the most affluent, highly-educated and ubiquitous ethnic group in the entire U.S. Jews from Arab countries, though expelled from their homes with just the shirts on the backs built the modern State of Israel brick by brick in a place where they have to kowtow to no Muslim overlords. Soviet Jews broke free from the iron curtain and are now enjoying opportunity and prosperity across the globe. From more than 100 countries across the globe, persecuted Jews have been repatriated and Jews living outside Israel just about everywhere have it pretty good. Israel straightened and keeps straight the collective Jewish backbone, enabling Jews to stand tall, to defend their interests and protect the lives of Jewish women, children and old people. It enables Jewish civil rights everywhere and is living push-back to manic and maniac violent anti-Semites whether hiding under rocks or in broad daylight. Jewish children everywhere have a future and no one is turning them into bars of soap. On my first visit to Israel as a teenager in 1973, early in my trip
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Summertime and the Living is Easy:
A Guide to Local Day Camps and Programs BY SUSAN VARGHESE
hosting a summer day camp for kids from the age of two to 12. There’s also a “counselor in training” program for teenagers entering eighth to tenth grades. The program has a 10 acre campus and air-conditioned facility, full athletic fields, red cross swim instruction in two heated pools, aeroball courts, yoga, cooking, science and karate classes, academic and music enrichment, weekly trips, family nights, and special weekly events like Wet and Wild Day and Color War Day. There are also pilot programs
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he end of school traditionally marks warm summer days and vacations, but it also leads up to what every parent has been looking forward to all year: sending their stir-crazy kids to learn and play at summer camp. Summer camp isn’t just dirt-covered paths covered with a few cabins, swimming and a kickball; it’s an institution filled with elaborate field trips and mind-enriching activities. There are different programs for different age groups and interests. Some camps offer art classes and expeditions, while others offer sailing and trapeze classes. There are also big changes for the local camps this year: Kulanu is opening up camp to non-special needs kids and Lawrence Woodmere Academy has launched their new creative arts center, in addition to their extensive program. While some other camps have stayed close to their traditional course, like Kiddie Academy’s trip based curriculum and the Five Towns Jewish Community Center’s broader inclusions like music, arts, and cooking. Making some waves at Kulanu’s summer camp.
Kulanu
Kids enjoying activities in the atrium at Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Center’s Camp. Photo courtesy of Cheryl Karp
Photo courtesy of Kulanu.
Kulanu has been running a summer camp for the past 11 years for children with special needs, but this year they’re opening up the camp to non-special needs kids, too. “I’ve always wanted to have a camp that would be reflective of the true community, where there’s inclusion,” Jonathan Cooper, Program Director of Inclusion Service, said. The camp encompasses arts, music, and drama and has programs for three to 15 year olds. Activities include rocketry, sculpture, robotics, theater, video, architecture and cu-
Showing team spirit during sports activities at Lawrence Woodm ere Academy’s summer camp.
Photo courtesy of Barbara Feldman.
linary classes. “A lot of projects will be group projects,” Cooper explained. “We’re working on pro-social skills.” Kids over the age of 11 will be traveling four days a week to surrounding areas on different field trips that will entertain and engage kids, Cooper said. The younger group, under the age of 11, will pick activities they want with the help of their parents. The camp is Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. “We’re a full inclusion camp, we have kids with and without special needs who will hopefully form lifelong friendships and bonds.” More information is available on campdiscoveryli.com.
Medieval Times; Ripley’s Believe it Or Not MuseM um, and baseball games. u Art and music activities are also done, but are rreserved for rainy days when the campers stay in tthe facility. They have two age groups, one for ages five to eeight and another for nine to twelve. “It’s primariily a travel camp,” explained Vincent Belluccia, the owner. “I think even in our summer pro-
tuition, tthat are an additional cost to the normal tuition including sailing camp, horseback riding camp, in trapeze camp, camp band, and Lego camp. tr “The big new thing that is very unique is our center for creative arts,” Barbara Feldman, Camp ce Director said. “It’s an arts camp within our camp. D It’s It a full immersion arts program, where kids can major in dramatic art, studio art, or pick minors m in arts and they still get to participate in the rest of the camps’ events and programs. It’s perfect for kids who may not want the broad based program ki that includes all the athletics and arts, they can th perform in two big Broadway style shows here or pe
Getting some sun at Lawrence Woo dmere Academy’s Summer Day last year.
Photo courtesy of Barbara Feldman. Exploring the outdoors at Kulanu’s summer camp.
gram, gr ram, we continue to try and keep it a learning experience. We have weekly themes that we try in and put our trips behind. If it’s a science theme, we’ll an try and go to the Hall of Science. There’s usually an tr eeducational component. Kiddie Academy’s motto is community. We try and make children feel like tthey’re part of a community.” The camp starts at the end of June. For more infformation log on to KiddieAcademy.com.
Photo courtesy of Kulanu.
Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Center H A day program for two to four year olds, HERJC of-
JCC The Jewish Community Center of The Five Towns offers three
summer. It’s re rebe in the studio all summer ally exciting.” For more information, log on to lawrencewoodmere.org.
Kiddie Academy A 10-week program from June through August, Kiddie Academy focuses on trips and excursions to immerse the kids in different areas. Some of the trips include Staying cool at Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Center’s Camp.
Lawrence Woodmere Academy Day Camp For the past 35 years, Lawrence Woodmere Academy has been
Photo courtesy of Barbara Feldman.
fers a seven-week program with different themes, like Watermelon Week and Western Week. Some activities include art, science, hands on exploration, sand and water play, and outdoor play in h ttheir atrium. Cheryl Karp, coordinator said, “It’s all run by my staff. It’s a very nurturing camp. It’s just like nursery school. It’s a development apn propriate camp for two to four year olds.” p Camp starts July 2nd. For more information, log on to herjc.org.
Photo courtesy of Cheryl Karp
summer camps: a nursery to pre-K pre K day camp, camp a day camp for grades K through ninth grade, and Camp Friendship for children with special needs. The Nursery Day Camp runs from July to August and provides swimming, arts and crafts, cooking, music and movement, storytelling, games, and other activities. The JCC summer day camp has a campsite in Wheatley Heights and offers sports, swimming, arts and crafts, music and trips. Doorto-door bus transportation is provided. Camp Friendship is held in North Woodmere Park and has a similar curriculum of sports, swimming, arts, and music. Transportation to and from Lawrence Middle School is provided. The program runs six weeks from 12:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Lunch is provided. For more information, log on to fivetownsjcc.org.
Boys enjoying a fishing trip at Lawrence Woodmere Academy’s Summer Day.
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Slipping and sliding in water fun at Kulanu’s summer cam p.
Photo courtesy of Kulanu
Get out the dancing shoes – Dance Express’ summer dance camp starts on July 2nd for two year olds to 18-year-olds. This year’s classes st include creative movement, ballet, lyrical, Broadway, jazz, tap, popin ping and locking, hip hop, zumbatomic, belly dancing, and others. p Even if you don’t have much experience, Dance Express encourages students of all skill levels to join. “We welcome dancers of all levels, from beginners to professionals, and we feel no one is ever too el young or too old to learn how to dance.” yo For more information log on to dancexpressny.com or email Jaime@danceXpressNY.com m
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HEWLETT BAY PARK 116 Cedar Ave, 4/29, 11:00 a.m.1:00 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $1,399,000, VI Properties, (516) 791-1313 207 Woodside Dr, 4/29, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, $1,695,000, VI Properties, (516) 791-1313 1340 Paine Rd, 4/28, 2:30 p.m.4:00 p.m., 7 bedrooms, 2.55 bathrooms, $1,149,000, VI Properties, (516) 791-1313
HEWLETT NECK 184 Woodmere Blvd, 4/29, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, $972,000, VI Properties, (516) 791-1313 949 East Broadway, 4/29, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $1,499,000, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, (516) 238-4299 190 Curtis Rd, 4/29, 1:00 p.m.2:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $1,699,999, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 200 Hewlett Neck Rd, 4/29, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $1,500,000, Morton Haves Real Estate, (516) 3740100 199 Priscilla Rd, 4/29, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $1,295,000, VI Properties, (516) 791-1313
LAWRENCE 120 Harborview E, 4/29, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $899,000, Milky Forst Properties, (516) 239-0306 210 Pond Crossing, 4/29, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., 9 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, $1,500,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110
NORTH WOODMERE 833 Fanwood Ave, 4/29, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 950 Park Ln, 4/29, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $419,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 670 Flanders Dr, 4/29, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $540,000, Morton Haves Real Estate, (516) 374-0100 911 Jewel Dr, 4/29, 1:30 p.m.4:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $699,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651
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$950,000
287 Heather Lane, Hewlett Harbor Stats: A lot size of 20,473 square feet. The home has 10 rooms, four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The property is selling for $950,000 with annual taxes of $29,479.08. Details: An expanded ranch-style home, built in 1951, with a circular driveway and open entranceway. The house features an eat-in-kitchen, fishpond and a master bedroom suite with a marble bathroom with a Jacuzzi. Contact: Morton Haves Real Estate at (516) 374-0100
$1,295,000
199 Priscilla Road, Hewlett Neck Stats: A lot size of 32,200 square feet. The home has 11 rooms, six bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms. The property is selling for $1,295,000 with annual taxes of
$899,000 $48,862.19. Details: A contemporary-style home, built in 1975, on a waterfront property with a private dock and a pool. The house features vaulted ceilings, skylights, solar panels, eat-in-kitchen, living room, dining room and family room. It is also zoned for a tennis court. Contact: VI Properties, INC. at (516) 791-1313
Properties Sold in the Five ive Towns since April 18th 565 Kenridge Road, Lawrence A colonial-style home with 11 rooms, five bedrooms, four full bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. A lot size of 13,000 square feet. Year built: 1955. The home sold on April 18th for $620,000.
790 Longview Avenue, North Woodmere A split-style home with 10 rooms, five bedrooms, three full bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. A lot size of 7,000 square feet. Year built: 1957. The home sold on April 18th for $525,000.
9 Valley Lane, North Woodmere
30 Newport Drive, Hewlett
A colonial-style home with 10 rooms, five bedrooms, twoand-a-half bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. A lot size of 6,100 square feet. Year built: 1966. The home sold on April 20th for $549,000.
A split-style home with eight rooms, four bedrooms, twoand-a-half bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. A lot size of 6,000 square feet. Year built: 1959. The home sold on April 20th for $447,500.
180 West Ivy Hill Road, Woodsburgh Stats: A lot size of 26,136 square feet. The home has 11 rooms, five bedrooms and four bathrooms. The property is selling for $899,000 with annual taxes of $34,784.04. Details: An expanded ranch-style home, built in 1965, on oversized landscaped properties with views of the golf course. The house features vaulted ceilings, newly renovated eat-inkitchen, side and rear patios and a bonus room upstairs. Contact: Jan Kalman Realty at (516) 569-5651
OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY APRIL 29th 6 ACORN RD. E. ROCKAWAY * 11:00-12:30 New to market. SD#20 Lovely four bedrooms, two and one half baths, large den. Extra property, great curb appeal. CAC, Gas, Full Bsmt. $537K 35 CATHAY RD. E. ROCKAWAY * 1:30-3:00 Waterfront. 4 bedrooms Open Layout. New Top-Of-Line Kitchen. Heated IGP $645K
1390 BROADWAY #227 HEWLETT * 3:30-5 1br, 1.5 new baths. New granite kit. $209K
287 HEATHER LN. HEWLETT HARBOR* ϭͲϯ EĞǁ ƚŽ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͊ Ϯ ĞŶƐ͕ ĞĂƵƟful prop. $950K
1390 BROADWAY #118 HEWLETT * 11-1 3br, 2.5ba Duplex. Open ƵĐƟŽŶ͘ ĞƐƚ ŝĚ KǀĞƌ $399K
420 EVERIT AVE. HEWLETT HARBOR * 1:30-3:00 Spacious 5 bedroom home w/a brand new granite kitchen; new appliances plus new 1637 FENIMORE RD. HEWLETT * gorgeous bar in the den. Includes a 12-1:30 Great two family home in SD ŚĞĂƚĞĚ ƉŽŽů ǁͬĂ ůŽǀĞůLJ ƉĂƟŽ͘ EĞǁ #14. Totally renovated in 1988. CAC, roof, CAC, alarm & updated Gas, Full Finished Basement, Wood windows – WP SD-Move In ŇŽŽƌƐ͕ &W>͕ džĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ͘ ŽŶĚŝƟŽŶΖ $915K $525K 200 HEWLETT NECK RD. HEWLETT 381 EVERIT AVE. HEWLETT HARBOR * NECK * 1-3 Exquisite 6br CH colonial ϭ͗ϯϬͲϯ͗ϬϬ 'ƌĞĂƚ >ŽĐĂƟŽŶ͘ >ĂƌŐĞ w/enclosed sun porch, Entertaining corner property. SD#20 6 bedroom, EIK, Den w/fpl. Situated on a 3 bath expanded ranch. Make it your ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ƉƌŽƉ͘ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ Ă dream home! CAC, Gas, Wood huge IGP $1.5M Floors. $747K
109 LONGWORTH AVE. WOODMERE * 2-4 Found their dream home ready ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ͊ >ĂƌŐĞ ĞŶƚƌLJ ƚŽ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů spacious living space - FPL; Formal ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂ͘ &ĂďƵůŽƵƐ ǁŽŽĚ ŇŽŽƌƐ $375K 670 FLANDERS DR. N. WOODMERE * 12-2 New to market. 3 br, 2 ba. full ĮŶŝƐŚĚĞĚ ďĂƐĞŵĞŶƚ $540K 150 WILLOW RD. WOODSBURGH * ϭͲϯ ĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŚŽŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ master suite. $950K 210 W. IVY HILL RD. WOODSBURGH * 1-3 Gorgeous brick 7 br, 5.5 ba CH Colonial with over 4600 sq’. Full ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ďĂƐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ͕ 'ŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ views. $1.650M
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Oceanside
Townhouse. Low Taxes & Maintenance. 3 BR, 2.5 bth. X-large Master Suit $465K
Expanded Ranch. O/s Property. 5 BR, 4 bth. Marble Baths. Spacious Property With Beautiful 20X40 IGP. $972K
New To The Market. 4 BR, 3.5 bth. Totally Renovated Colonial. IGP, Sauna. SD#14 $879K
Renovated Splanch, 4 BR, 2.5 bth. Bright And Sunny. 15 Skylights, Deck With Hot Tub.View Of Open Bay! $1.485M
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Old Woodmere
Renovated Expanded Ranch. 5 Br, 3 bth. Master BR On The 1st Floor. Large High Ceiling Basement $1.099M
Exp. Ranch. Large 4 BR, 2.5 Bth. XLarge 100X110 lot. 5 Skylights. Wood Burning Fpl. Central Alarm $649K
Lawrence Ranch, 6 BR, 3.5 Bths, New Kosher Kit, GP, Golf View. Close To Houses Of Worship. $1.350M
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Hewlett Bay Park Updated Raised Ranch.6 BR, 5.5 bth. 1.25 Acre Park-Like Setting. IGP. Enclosed Patio W/Built-in BBQ. $1.649M
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THE FIVE TOWNS 5K RUN The third annual Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Five Towns 5K Run/ Walk will be held this Sunday in support of Beit Halochem rehabilitation centers in Israel. Come out to support disabled Israeli veterans and victims of terror. The kids FunRun begins at 9:30 a.m. and the regular race begins at 10:00 a.m. Please arrive between 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. for registration and check-in. The race will be held in North Woodmere Park, located on the corner of Branch Boulevard and Hungry Harbor Road in North Woodmere. For more information and to register please visit www.5towns5K.org. A YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT AT HEWLETT-WOODMERE PUBLIC LIBRARY The John S. and Florence G. Lawrence Foundation presents A Young People’s Concert this Sunday with Maestro, Dr. Paul Shelden and the Northwinds Symphonic Band. Dr. Shelden will host and co-conduct 32 members of the Northwinds Symphonic Band, joined by conductor Helen Bauer, in presenting an interactive, fun and educational family concert. The concert begins at 2:30 p.m. and is free, but tickets are required. Please call (516) 374-1967 ext. 231 for ticket availability and policies. The HewlettWoodmere Public Library is located at 1125 Broadway in Hewlett. COMMUNITY CPR CLASS The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) is hosting a series of CPR classes for the community including parents, grandparents, housekeepers, babysitters and more. Participants will learn basic CPR and proper usage of Automated External Defibrillators). Accidental injuries, includ-
ing choking and drowning, are the leading cause of death in children and send over 16 million kids a year to the emergency room. Be prepared with CPR skills. The event will be held at HAFTR’s elementary school, located at 33 Washington Avenue in Lawrence. The cost is $25 per person and the event starts at 10:00 a.m. For more information, please call (516) 5693370 ext. 504.
Monday, April 30 REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE FIVE TOWNS The Five Towns Democratic Club is sponsoring a voter registration event this Monday in the Boehm Room of the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. The Nassau Board of Elections Voter Outreach Unit will be there to assist residents who wish to register to vote or learn more information about Absentee Ballots. The evening’s program also includes a presentation about the proposal to privatize the Nassau County Sewage Treatment System by “We The People Save Our Waters.” The event starts at 7:30 p.m. For more information, please call (516) 3307799.
Tuesday, May 1 BRANDEIS SCHOOL ART SHOW The Brandeis School will be holding a school-wide end-of-the-year art show at the Peninsula Public Library this Tuesday. Artwork from Brandeis students will be on display at the library beginning with the opening event on Tuesday evening, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The Peninsula Public Library is located at 280 Central Avenue in Lawrence. For more information, please call the Brandeis School art teacher Madeline Bavli at (516) 375-3293.
We welcome submission of events of interest to the community. Please email your event information, including any photos to Events@StandardLI.com.
MALVERNE CINEMA
350 Hempstead Avenue, Malverne, NY - (516) 599-6966 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | 1hr 35min | Rated PG | SAT&SUN: 1:30pm Bully | 1hr 34min | Rated PG-13 | FRI&SAT&SUN: 2, 7pm Footnote (Hearat Shulayim) | 1hr 43min | Rated PG FRI&SAT: 2, 4:30, 7, 9:45pm | SUN: 2, 4:30, 7, 9:10pm Monsieur Lazhar | 1hr 34min | Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:30, 9:45pm | SUN: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:20, 9:10pm Damsels in Distress | 1hr 38min | Rated PG-13 FRI: 2, 4:30, 7, 9:45pm | SAT: 4:30, 7, 9:45pm | SUN: 4:30, 7, 9:10pm Inside Hana’s Suitcase | 1hr 28min | Documentary FRI: 4:30, 9:45pm | SAT: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:40, 9:45pm | SUN: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:20, 9:10pm Unraveled | 1hr 20min | Documentary | FRI&SAT: 4:30, 9:45pm | SUN: 4:30, 9:10pm
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321 Merrick Road, Lynbrook, NY - (800) 326-3264 ext. 624 The Three Stooges | 1hr 32min | Rated PG FRI&SAT: 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:15pm | SUN: 1:10, 3:50, 6:40 The Hunger Games | 2hr 22min | Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 12:50, 4, 7, 10pm | SUN: 12:50, 4, 7pm Think Like a Man | 2hr 2min | Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10pm | SUN: 1:15, 4:10, 7:10pm Safe | 1hr 35min | Rated R | FRI&SAT: 2, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40pm | SUN: 2, 4:30, 7:20pm The Raven | 1hr 43min | Rated R | FRI&SAT: 1:45, 4:20, 6:50, 9:30pm | SUN: 1:45, 4:20, 6:50pm The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D | 1hr 28min | Rated PG FRI&SAT: 3:40, 9pm | SUN: 3:40pm The Pirates! Band of Misfits | 1hr 28min | Rated PG FRI&SAT: 1, 6:30pm | SUN: 1, 6:30pm
SUNRISE MULTIPLEX CINEMAS
750 West Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream, NY - (800) 315-4000 The Lucky One | 1hr 41min | Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:45, 10:10pm, 12:35am | SUN: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:45, 10:10pm The Hunger Games | 2hr 22min | Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 12:50, 4, 7:05, 10:05, 11:30pm | SUN: 12:05, 12:50, 3:10, 4, 6:35, 7:05, 9:40, 10:05pm The Three Stooges | 1hr 32min | Rated PG FRI&SAT: 12, 2:20, 4:35, 6:50, 9:20, 11:45pmSUN: 12, 2:20, 4:35, 6:50, 9:20pm Think Like a Man | 2hr 2min | Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 12:35, 1:30, 3:30, 4:15, 4:45, 6:30, 7, 7:35, 9:20, 9:55, 10:25pm, 12:10 12:45am SUN: 12:35, 1:30, 3:30, 4:15, 4:45, 6:30, 7, 7:35, 9:15, 9:45, 10:25pm The Five-Year Engagement | 2hr 4min | Rated R FRI&SAT: 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50pm, 12:30am | SUN: 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50pm The Cabin in the Woods | 1hr 35min | Rated R FRI&SAT: 12:10, 2:25, 4:40, 7:10, 9:25pm, 11:50pm | SUN: 12:10, 2:25, 4:40, 7:10, 9:25pm Safe | 1hr 35min | Rated R FRI&SAT: 12:15, 2:35, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40pm, 12:05am | SUN: 12:15, 2:35, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40pm The Raven | 1hr 43min | Rated R FRI&SAT: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10, 11:45pm | SUN: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10pm Chimpanzee | 1hr 53min | Rated R FRI&SAT: 12:30, 2:30,4:30, 7:30, 9:35pm | SUN: 12:30, 2:30,4:30, 7:30, 9:35pm The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D | 1hr 28min | Rated PG FRI&SAT: 5, 7:15, 9:30, 11:40pm | SUN: 5, 7:15, 9:30pm The Pirates! Band of Misfits | 1hr 28min | Rated PG FRI&SAT: 12:10, 2:40pm | SUN: 12:10, 2:40pm 21 Jump Street | 1hr 49min | Rated R FRI&SAT: 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20pm, 12:40am | SUN: 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20pm Chimpanzee | 1hr 18min | Rated G | FRI&SAT&SUN: 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:35pm Wrath of the Titans 3D | 2hr 0min | Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 1:25, 3:55, 6:45, 9:05, 11:25pm | SUN: 1:25, 3:55, 6:45, 9:05pm Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | 1hr 35min | Rated PG | FRI&SAT&SUN: 12, 2:15pm
AMC LOEWS FANTASY 5
18 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre, NY - (888) 262-4386 The Lucky One | 1hr 41min | Rated PG-13 | FRI&SAT&SUN: 11:20am, 1:55, 4:35, 7:25, 10pm The Five-Year Engagement | 2hr 4min | Rated R FRI&SAT&SUN: 10:45am, 12:10, 1:45, 3:15, 4:45, 6:15, 7:45, 9:20, 10:45pm American Reunion | 1hr 53min | Rated PG-13 | FRI&SAT&SUN: 7:40, 10:30pm Mirror Mirror | 1hr 46min | Rated PG | FRI&SAT&SUN: 11:25am, 2, 4:50pm Chimpanzee | 1hr 18min | Rated G | FRI&SAT&SUN: 10, 12:15, 2:35, 5, 7:20, 9:40pm
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Late Night Humor
The Best of This Week’s Post 11pm Wit
Jimmy Fallon
David Letterman
“Time magazine has come out with their 100 most influential people issue, and Newt Gingrichis not on the list. In fact, he’s not even on the list of the 100 most influential Newts.”
–Jay Leno
“For the first time in 40 years, more Mexicans are leaving the United States than are coming to it. Not because of our economy. Because they’re sick and tired of explaining that Taco Bell isn’t real Mexican food.”
–Conan O’Brien
“Mitt Romney has launched a new drive to appeal to Hispanic voters. Unfortunately, his new slogan is ‘Mitt Romney — I probably employ one of your cousins.’”
–Conan O’Brien
“President Obama is proposing to keep student loans cheap as a way to appeal to college students. And if that doesn’t work, Obama’s going to resort to his second proposal, ‘free pizza in my room.’”
–Conan O’Brien
“Congress is expanding its probe into the Secret Service scandal. Congressmen want to know how this could happen, who was responsible, and do those ladies take Discover cards.”
–Conan O’Brien
“I’m enjoying this Secret Service scandal. It turned out to be a frisking that got out of control.”
–David Letterman
“One of the Secret Service agents had this woman, and the deal was $300 and he gave her $30. I’m thinking, now wait a minute. I’ve got no problem with a guy trying to save taxpayer dollars.”
–David Letterman
“They estimate that a billion people participated in Earth Day activities. Then they all went back to driving their SUVs to the gym.”
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“In conjunction with Earth Day, the Dutch electronics company Philips released a
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“One of the agents involved in the scandal was on Sarah Palin’s detail in 2008 when he was running for vice president. And he posted a picture on his Facebook – apparently he had a little crush on her – of him standing behind her kind of smirking and saying, ‘I’m checking her out.’ Which is more than you can say for the McCain campaign.”
–Bill Maher
“President Obama is gearing up for his presidential campaign. He’s creating a new series of ads. The first ad boasts “just last week my Secret Service created jobs for 11 Colombian women.”
–Conan O’Brien
“Conservatives are now criticizing President Obama because as a child in Indonesia he sometimes ate dog meat. But on the plus side, Obama is now polling very well among cats.”
–Conan O’Brien
“Google, I am shocked. You stole people’s personal information without their permission? That is Facebook’s job!”
–Jon Stewart
“Political analysts are saying that President Obama doesn’t want to be too critical of the Secret Service because their agents protect him every day — which explains why today President Obama said it was fiscally responsible to refuse to pay the prostitute.”
–Conan O’Brien
“It now appears that as many as a dozen members of the Secret Service were involved in that Colombian prostitution scandal. Now six of the agents have been reassigned. The other six are now party planners for the GSA.”
–Jay Leno
Say You Saw it in The Standard
Emily Blunt and Jason Segel star in The Five-Year Engagement, out in theatres this Friday, April 27
New on TV Monday, April 30 Death Row: The Final 24 Hours: DISC 10:00 p.m. This special Discovery Channel presentation takes a look at the final moments leading up to an execution. The one-hour special paints a picture though insider interviews from the people who work on Death Row, including chefs and guards, of the final hours of a convicted killer’s life. The show will explore the different methods of execution in the present day and throughout history, from hanging to lethal injection. A Death Row chef will share different requests for the last meals of some of these ill-fated inmates, shedding light on the fact that the meaning of the last meal goes way beyond just ingredients. From the long walk to the last meal, Death Row: The Final 24 Hours will take you through the final moments leading up to an execution, complete with stories of execution errors and a detailed schedule of what it’s like to live out the final moments of a Death Row prisoner.
New in Movies Friday, April 27 The Five-Year Engagement: Rated R. The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall team up again for the irreverent comedy, The FiveYear Engagement. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Rodney Rothman (Get Him to the Greek) looks at what happens when an engaged couple (Jason Segel and Emily Blunt) keeps getting tripped up and pulled back on the long walk down the aisle of engagement. Segel stars as Tom, the half of the couple who can’t seal the deal and Blunt stars as Violet, his fiancée. After Tom proposes, a series of events keep delaying the marriage. At
the beginning, Tom’s best friend Alex (Chris Pratt) gets Violet’s sister, Suzie (Alison Brie) pregnant at their engagement party. The pair get married before Tom and Violet get to the altar, making the first obstacle to Tom and Violet’s nuptials. This romantic comedy is sure to entertain as viewers watch the ups and downs of love, from engagement to the big day.
Friday, May 4 Marvel’s The Avengers: Rated PG-13. Marvel Studios presents The Avengers – the Super Hero team of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges threatening global safety and security, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to save a world that is teetering on the brink of disaster. He spans the globe in a daring recruitment effort and hires a top-notch team to combat the enemy and restore peace to the world. Starring Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as ace archer Hawkeye.
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CLASSIFIED Help Wanted Advertising Telemarketing: Cutting-edge full-color weekly newspaper in Nassau County has opening for an effective, experienced and ambitious phone sales professional. Position entails telemarketing sales of display and directory advertising to area businesses. Prior experience required. Good prospecting and closing skills essential. Friendly, pleasant work environment, great group of people. Great product to sell. Base plus commissions. Part-time/flex-time OK. Contact Maury at 516-341-0445 or maury.warshauer@standardli.com. Ad Sales: Sitting around waiting for that next big opportunity? Getting bored of daytime TV, Facebook and job sites? Looking for a challenge, want to make a few dollars and work with some nice people? If you can sell and know something about the media, we’ve got a really spiffy weekly newspaper and website in an affluent part of Nassau County that is looking for a couple of cando, know-how-to-close ad salespeople. You’ll earn a base salary and commissions right from dollar one and you’ll have no end of support and encouragement. Zap us with your resume and cover letter. We can start you right away and get you off your couch with a reason to get up and get dressed in the morning. Please send resume and cover letter to Ads@standardli.com. General Studies Teacher: 5 Towns Area Boys’ Yeshiva seeking middle school teacher for ‘11-’12 school year. M-TH from 2:00-4:30. Please send your resume to teachersearch11@gmail.com HAFTR: Middle School Teaching Positions for 2012-2013 Academic year: F/T Language Arts Teacher, F/T Technology Instructor, P/T Math Instructor, F/T and P/T Judaic Studies. Email resumes to robrand@haftr.org Physical Therapy Assistant: (PT/FT) for a Physical therapy office in Five Towns. If interested please call 516-6505756 Secretary/Bookkeeper: Everyday P/T. Must know Quickbooks & Quickbooks Payroll. You should be friendly and organized. Salary neg. Office in Hewlett. Fax resume to 516-812-7607
Real Estate for Sale Atlantic Beach: Spacious 3BR, 3 Bath Splanch, Large Den, Lovely Property...$599K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Cedarhurst: Mint 5BR, 2 Bath Hi-Ranch, Den, Enclosed Porch, Possible Mtr/Dtr W/Permit...$539K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Cedarhurst: Cedar Bay Park-totally renovated mint condition 4 BR split level. Main floor bedroom and bath. New windows, new roof, marble baths, finished basement. Great yard. Must see. Walk to all. Ask $599k. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Cedarhurst: Tremendous potential large 5br, 2ba home with indoor pool for someone who wishes to swim yeararound. $499,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Cedarhurst: 8Br, 3Bth Colonial. Large Rms .Situated on over ½ Acre. Red! $697K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Cedarhurst: Lg Colonial. 6Br, 2.5Bths. Double lot. Near all.$749K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Cedarhurst: Charming 3 bdrm col ,attic ,basement, lg rooms $410K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Cedarhurst: Expanded cape with main level den 3 bdrms $349K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 East Rockaway: Great Starter Home! Renovated 2BR,1 Bath, New Eik, Lr W/Fpl, Bsmt, Walk-Up Atiic, SD# 20...$350K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 East Rockaway: Warm & Welcoming 3 BR Home with LR/ Fpl,FDR,Den/Fpl, Kitchen & Bsmt. Charming Front Porch, Lovely Prop in SD#20,CAC,HW Flrs..$399K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 East Rockaway: 4 BR, 3 Bth Exp Ranch in Waverly Pk Area(SD#20).LR,FDR,EIK, Den/Fpl & Huge Fin Bsmt. Oversized Property w/ Deck Off Kit $629K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 East Rockaway: Two Floor Rental. Both Floors Have 2 Bedroom, Kitchen, Bath, Full Size Laundry Machines. Zoned For Business/Office Or Residential. Very Motivated. $299,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 East Rockaway: New to market. 4br, 2ba split. SD#20. Large Den. Great location. $537,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 East Rockaway: Enjoy The Natural Beauty Of This Contemporary Waterfront Home. Open Layout Brand New Oil Burner And Water Heater, New Roof And Air Systems, Koi Pool. Owner Very Motivated $645,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 East Rockaway: Diamond Condition Colonial With Extended First And Second Floor. This Home Was Completely Renovated Within The Last 10 Years. $799,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Far Rockaway: Spacious 3 bdrm home + den attic, basement $400’s MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Garden City/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 ELLIMAN 917-548-7106 Hewlett: Coop, Outstanding 2BR, 1 Bath Renovated PreWar Building...$229K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Hewlett: FIRST TIME ON Market! Spacious 3 BR,2 Bth Coop, LR,FDR,New Gran/Wood Kit/Breakfst Nook,Enclosed Porch & Patio,SD#14, Priced to Fly!... $249K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: NEW! 4 BR, 3.5 Bth CH Colonial w/ Lagre EIK & Den, LR/Fpl,FDR,& Fin Bsmt.Beautiful Property, SD#14 $599K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: 2 BR, 2 Bth Co-op in Hewlett Townhouse. 24 Hr Drman, Valet Pkg, Near All $390K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: REDUCED!!2 BR,1 Updtd Bth Co-op Apt, Ind Pkg, Stor,Terrace, Near All $134K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516238-4299 Hewlett: NEW TO MARKET! Sunny 1 BR, 1 Bth Co-op Apt, Ind Pkg,Terrace,Storage,Near Shops, LIRR,Worship..$95K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: Large Traditional Charming Colonial In Old Woodmere Erea.4 Large B/R, Over Size Kitchen,3 Full Bath. Near Transportation, Shops, Library And Houses Of Worship $439,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Great two family home In SD #14 Totally renovated In 1988. $555,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Mint 2 Bedroom 1 Bathroom Unit. Shows Light & Bright. Updated Open Kitchen, High Hats, New Neutral Carpet, Wired For Cable, Skylight. Washer & Dryer In Building. Garage Parking & Storage Included. Near All, School Distict#14, Motivated Seller!!! $109,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Large 2 Bedroom. 2 Bath apartment with E.I.K, Attic and private terrace. $127,500 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 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: Townhouse, 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. $219,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Immaculate two bedroom townhome in a quiet location. CAC, Full Basement, Gas. Walk To Train. Also for rent! $2800/month or $499,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 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 Bay Park: REDUCED! Private 1.25 Acres Waterfront Property. 4 BR,3.5 Bth Exp Ranch with Open Floor Plan. Chef’s EIK/Great Rm, Main Flr Master Suite, Bi-Level Deck & Hot Tub, 135 Ft Bulkhead..$2,995,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Bay Park: GATED Estate Property on Over 2 Acres Overlooking Pond. Mint 6 BR, 4.5 Bth CH Colonial Has it All! New IG Pool, Outdoor Kit, Builders Home..$2,950,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 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.
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$1.695M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett/East Rockaway: NEW TO MARKET!! 3 BR,3 Bth CH Col on Lovely St in SD#20,Fin Bsmt..$569K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: Renovated 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Split in SD#20.Updated Gran EIK w/ Sliders to Deck, Lg. Family Rm/Enclosed Porch,Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Garage,CAC..$647,500 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: Spac 5BR, 2.5Bth CH Col, Huge EIK/Great Rm/Fpl, Fin Bsmt, CAC, SD#20.......$689K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: PRICE REDUCED! 4 BR,3.5 Bth Colonial on Oversized Property in SD#20(Waverly Pk)..$629K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: REDUCED!! Immaculate 4BR, 2.5Bth Col, Cul de Sac. Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Gar, SD#20 $629K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: NEW!! 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, Rent $10,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 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 $3,650,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous location in Heart of Hewlett Harbor, 6BR, 3.5Bth Exp Ranch,Listening to All Offers All Offers $899K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: 8 Br, 9.5 Bth Col on manicured. 1.25 ac. Huge nu kosher EIK, Enormous rooms. 3 flrs of living space plus full finished bsmt. Tennis Ct, IGP, cabana w/ kitchenette, 2 full Bths.Every amenity. $2.55M JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 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 Floors, In Desirable Waverly/Lynbrook School District. Owner Motivated * Price Reduced! $747,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 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: Extremely spacious main floor living area plus beautiful den with sunroom. Large master suite with attached spa room opening to the grounds. 4 bedrooms total with 3 full baths. $950,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous Center Hall Cape In Prestigious Hewlett Harbor. Pristine Condition With Beautiful Harwood Floors. For The Discriminiting Buyer $995,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous 6 bedroom, 3.5 bath. *Outside of the home will be freshly painted. A Must See. This is a sprawling home; great for gatherings, family and fun. $999,000 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 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: REDUCED!!Country Style Colonial on over 1/2 Acre of Manicured Property w/ IG Pool. 5 BR, 4.5 Bth, Spacious Rms,SD#14..$849K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Move Right Into This Mint 6BR, 4.5Bth Country Style Dutch Colonial, Full Fin Bsmt, Near All, SD#14 $1,499,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 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! $949,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Prestigious 6br center hall colonial situated on a magnificent property. Huge In ground pool. Enclosed sun porch. Great entertaining EIK. Den with fireplace. *The home is in great condition. $1,500,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Spectacular Young Brick 7Br English Manor Home, Custom Built. Boasting Magnificent Architectural Details. Formal Living Room, Formal dining room, 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: 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 516-569-4980 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 516-569-4980 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 Park: Spacious Apt with large entry and fabulous bonus room. private terrace. Debbie Borgia $225,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 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: Free standing mixed use bldg, 2 stores 2 apts, parking lot $599K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-2390306 Lawrence: Renovated 4 BR, 3 Bth Split in Estates Area on Over 1/2 Acre w/ IG Pool, Just Redone EIK,Bths, Windows,Doors,.. $1,100,000, Rent $6000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Lawrence: Magnificent, totally renovated manor home on 2 country acres. Oversized elegant rooms, new EIK, secluded private pool, carriage house, 3 br, 2 bath. All redone. Master suite with sitting room and his/hers baths. Too many amenities to list. Must see this exquisite home $2,675,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: Lovely sunny apartment in move in condition recessed lighting, huge bedroom, closets galore, washer and dryer in the unit. Personal terrace. $300,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: THE PLAZA: 2br 2ba in Prestigious building w/24hr doorman, security, indoor parking & pool. Elevator, laundry room & storage on the same floor, Many closets $439,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: Coop, 2BR, 2 Fbth, Lg Lr/Dr Combo, Enlsd Terrace, Elevator Bldg, Unit On 1st Flr...$155K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Coop, Ovsz 3/2BR, 2 Fbth, Open Flr Plan, Lg Terrace, Undrgrd Pkg...$229K PUGATCH REALTY 516-2953000 Lawrence: Lovely Sunny 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath Condo, Handicap Accessible, Washer/Dryer, 24hr Doorman, Elevator Building…$195K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 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)7918300 Lawrence: Co-op, Elevator building, 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Lr/ Dr, New Kit, Hardwood floors. $149,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Lawrence: Coop, Garden Apt, Large 1Bedroom w/lg foyer, Lr, Dr, Kit $89,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Long Beach: Price Reduced!!2 BR, 2 Bth Renovated Oceanfront Co-op w/ Terrace Overlooking Pool, New Gym, 24 Hr Security..$379K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516238-4299 Lynbrook: Top Floor Unit In A Very Desirable building. hardwood floors under the new carpet, Large closets. New IGP and gym. Air conditioned building. Heat/ Water included in monthly maintenance. Laundry facilities on each floor. New EIK. New bathroom. Large closets. $229,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 North Woodmere: Totally renovated 3Br, 2Bth Ranch. Lg Mstr Bed W/Bth. Sd#24 $427K JANKALMAN.COM 516569-5651 North Woodmere: Spacious updated Hi-Ranch. New Roof/Driveway/Pavers walk way/Porch. Deck. CAC, Low Taxes $525K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 North Woodmere: FIRST TIME ON MARKET!! 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Raised Ranch in SD#14. Cathedral Ceiling LR,FDR,Family Rm, CAC..$439K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 North Woodmere: 4 Br,3 Bth Hi Ranch w/ Waterview,
Sunny EIK, Spac Rms, CAC, Low Taxes..$499K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 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: Lovely 4BR, 3 Full Bath Raised Ranch, Den, Updtd Eik, CAC, Low Tax...$525K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Rockville Centre: First Time On The Market Mint Colonial In Sd #21. 4 Br, 3 bth. $849K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Woodmere/Hewlett Neck: 1 acre lot for sale. Walk to all. Call for details. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516569-4980 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: Academy area. C/H col. 4BR, 3bths, fully renovated, new hardwood floors, large set-back property, beautiful quiet street. Motivated seller, no brokers. Asking $689K 917-584-1883 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! $350,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Lovely Split in immaculate Condition. 3 bedrooms.2 bathrooms, LR ,DR, EIK. Beautiful Lower-Level Den, 2 Car garage. Beautiful brick walkway and porch plus brick patio. Walk to all. Room to expand. $395,000 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: Stately brick CH colonial overlooking golf course, water views and rolling grounds. Marble foyer, den plus library. Two sided fire place. Master suite with dressing area; Six additional bedrooms 5 1/2 bath. Full finished basement. Deck with bar. Immaculate condition. $1,785,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: NEW!! 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 ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Woodmere: BIG PRICE REDUCTION!!Over 4000 Sq Ft Trad CH Colonial, 5 BR, 4.5 Bth on Acre,Fin Bsmt,Near All, SD#14...$1,275,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Woodmere: NEW EXCLUSIVE!! 4 BR, 3 Bath Colonial on Oversized Property in SD#14.Spacious Rooms & Lots of Room For Expansion. Full Bsmt w/ Hi Ceiling, 2 Car Garage. Near All. $639K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-2384299 Woodmere: Cedar Glen Condo, 3 BR, 2.55 Bth,LR/ Fpl,FDR,Patio off EIK,LR/Fpl,FDR,Fin Bsmt,Gar, SD#14...$499K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Woodmere: 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 ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Lg 2Br, 2Bth Co-op. Eleg Pre-War. Top Flr unit with 9ft. Ceilings H/W flrs. Renovated Eik. $185K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 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 Familly Attached...$619K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 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 516569-4980 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 516569-4980 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: 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. $125,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Woodmere: Coop, elevator building, Studio w/lots of closets, Kit, Bth $45,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300
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1:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $825,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 10 Wyckoff Pl, 4/29, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $599,000, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, (516) 238-4299 566 Rica Lane, 4/29, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $600,000, Milky Forst Properties, (516) 2390306 563 Donald Ln, 4/29, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $649,000, Lori & Associates LI Realty, (516) 791-8300 1044 Westwood, 4/29, 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $569,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 149 Woodmere Blvd, 4/29, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, P.O.R., Milky Forst Properties, (516) 239-0306 1026 Dartmouth Ln, 4/29, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $499,000, Marjorie
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Immigration Debacle Hits The Supreme Court CONTINUED FROM P. A8 The reality is that this country should be willing to offer temporary work visas to agricultural workers under an expedited process that allows them to travel into this country to work and allows control of their numbers. This will allow farmers to get the help they need, protect the workers from horrendous conditions and
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Now like it or not, we need the workers and the Federal Government had better get cracking at figuring this out for once and for all. As for the question before the Supreme Court as to whose court this ball should be played on, I hope they uphold the law, because, the economic realities, like Prohibition, will eventually lead to most of these laws going away anyway.
CONSERVATIVE VOICE
McCarthy Says She Now has Vision: It Must be Election Time CONTINUED FROM P. A8 great disrespect for the intellect of her constituents. She states in the piece she is working on legislation that will “make it illegal to gouge Americans at the gas pump.” I thought this already was “Illegal?” It is Carolyn McCarthy and her Democrat Party, because of their ineffective leadership that have caused gas prices to explode the way they have. This comes right out of the Democrat handbook (blame big oil) which says blame greedy corporate America so people won’t see how it is they who have failed consumers. The Democrats have done everything possible to deter and dissuade investment in exploration and delivery of domestic energy resources. They’ve been anti-pipeline, anti-drilling, anti-coal and strangely, pro-nuclear. Meanwhile the Democrats don’t want to talk about the high percentage in the cost of every gallon of gas that is paid in sales and other taxes to government. So who is gouging who? Has Ms. McCarthy offered to roll back or rebate these onerous taxes? It is the government, of which Congresswom-
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keep the economies in these states viable. Instead, we are building a fence through the Southwest, as if a fence ever stopped anyone anyway. We must realize that the Latino populations, which are the most affected by these laws, are coming here to overcome horrible economic conditions in their home countries and are providing work that no one else is willing to do.
an McCarthy is an entrenched part that continues to gouge the public. Also, in her “Progress Report” it is even harder to try and understand Ms. McCarthy’s “vision for Long Island.” Please look at this mailer; it says so much about what Ms. McCarthy thinks of us. She wants to create the illusion that she is actually doing something. In reality she has no answers and no vision and has NEVER had a vision for anything let alone for Long Island. In her report, the segment entitled “Vision for Long Island,” she says she is forming an “economic advisory board” to come up with ideas to make Long Island more economically viable. Is she kidding? Forming an economic advisory board is not a “vision.” And what value would any such board provide for the taxpayers of Long Island? We have numerous business organizations such as the Long Island Association that we can consult to provide all the ideas we need to move Long Island forward. But I assure you, lowering property taxes would be their very first recommendation. Ms. McCarthy is clearly out of touch with the needs of her commu-
nity which she has supposedly been serving now for almost a decade and a half. What Ms. McCarthy really needs to do, is undo some of the legislation she hoisted upon our nation such as the onerous job killing albatross of Obamacare and the other legislation she has supported that has shackled business and the entrepreneurial spirit of Americans. It has been these policies and those of the Democrat Party that have kept us in a recession for years longer than others in our nation’s history. With all that is facing our nation, this is the kind of silly, ridiculous taxpayer-funded mailer that is more of a campaign piece than a serious effort to discuss the real issues facing us and to provide valuable information to the public. The reason it is not more informative is that Ms. McCarthy has nothing of substance with which to share with her constituents. Ms. McCarthy really should retire and let someone else with the passion and desire to make real change go to Washington DC and fight for the American people and the families of the 4th Congressional District.
DEAR THAT'S LIFE
“Cuz It’s Not My Time” CONTINUED FROM P. A8 used to smash a car window to rescue a driver in trouble. It worked perfectly. We were able to unlock the car doors and I climbed into the back seat. As the driver continued to seize and thrash, I asked someone to go through her purse and find out her name. I talked to her, asked her if she knew where she was, and told her she would be okay. She couldn’t respond or meet my gaze and I repeated myself over and over until the seizure stopped. The police and ambulances arrived quickly. I was still in the car when they got there. With blood coming from her mouth and glass everywhere, the driver finally looked at me and asked, “What happened?” “You’ve been in an accident,” I said, “but you are going to be okay.” Then I climbed out of the car, saw the scene and my wallet spilled all over the ground. I began to shake. Only then did I realize the story
could have had a very different ending. I called my husband and started to cry. Business owners and shoppers quickly filled the area. One restaurateur whose shop was just a few feet away recognized me. She asked if I was okay – but I was not. “I was standing right there,” I said, pointing to the spot. “If I had been here 30 seconds earlier, I would have been hit.” Over and over, I found myself repeating the same thing. Had I been on the sidewalk, or parked right next to the van, or been closer to the nail salon door, the driver might not have been the only one rushed to the hospital. Instead, I had not a scratch. Going to see my friend before her interview saved my life. And as I shared this with the restaurant owner standing beside me, she looked at me and said, “G-d loves you, G-d loves you, G-d loves you,” as my tears steadily increased. My husband got there just a few minutes later, while a sea of emergency responders con-
tinued working. I was sitting on the ground and he helped me up and hugged me tight. “I could have been right there,” I said, pointing again to the rubble. “But you aren’t,” he said, smiling. “You are right here.” Finally, with the driver on her way to the hospital, and the car removed from the storefront, it was time to go. I reached into my pocket for my phone and texted my friend, reaching her right before her interview. “You literally saved my life,” I typed, adding that I would explain later. “Now you know what you’re going to write about this week,” said my husband with a smile, but I shook my head. “My column was basically done,” I said, “and to be honest – this is crazy I could have done without.” There is never a bad time, however, for someone to say that G-d loves you. And while I appreciated hearing it, a Hallmark card would have done just fine. I am sure there’s one for that, too.
THE ZEITGEIST WITH HOWARD BARBANEL
From Grim to Great: The Israeli Miracle at 64 CONTINUED FROM P. A9 I saw a squadron of Israeli fighter jets fly low over our group and I saw the blue Star of David on the wings and tails. At that moment, I felt I saw the metaphorical finger of God manifesting itself before my eyes – as the people who were nearly killed
to extinction were defending their home from the clouds. In my countless trips since, invariably one small miracle after another reveals itself, whether they be grape vines growing out of the Negev sands or seeing Albino former Soviet Jewish soldiers patrolling Jewish holy sites with former Ethiopian Jewish
comrades or beholding the enduring sanctity of the Western Wall, it never ceases to amaze. Israel Independence Day was this week and the Jewish people through God’s good grace, haven’t had it this good in two thousand years. We live in privileged times and we are a most privileged generation.
SOAPBOX
Whose Profile is This? CONTINUED FROM P. A9 column, the only resolution to this problem must come from the home. Children feel their parents anxiety and take it on as their own. Sometimes the messages conflict, the parents for the most part are liberal minded and
accepting of others, but then one of those others wants to buy the house next door or convert that house to a Shul. The kids see the conflicting attitudes and remain conflicted themselves. There is no magic potion to make this go away. While we have progressed on the issue of race we know in-
stinctively it is not enough. We have institutionalized and codified race relations but have failed our own consciences. I cannot say I support a specific plan of action but I know that we can do better. This is America and in America we ask questions first and shoot later.
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Yummy Springtime Cooking with Maple Syrup BY EILEEN GOLTZ
a roasting pan. Spoon about 2/3’s of the glaze over the top of the stuffed breast. Roast for 30 minutes. Remove the turkey from oven and pour the rest of glaze over the breast and roast an additional 25 to 35 minutes or until the stuffing is hot and the turkey is cooked. Serves 6 to 7
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or some reason most people associate the taste of maple syrup with fall and winter foods. That’s just wrong because maple syrup is harvested in early spring. In parts of Indiana, Michigan and other northeastern America states people are tapping (drilling a small hole in the tree) collecting the sap, boiling it down and producing maple syrup and then turning it into maple sugar, maple fudge, maple candy and lots of other yummy delicious maple treats. Not all maple syrups are the same. In fact the different grades and colors available all taste slightly different. The earlier in the season you collect and process the sap the lighter in color and flavor the maple syrup will be. As you get further into the tapping season the syrup becomes darker and the maple syrup ends up with a deeper maple flavor. Maple syrup will stay just fine for months at room temperature if it’s sealed, unopened container. However, once you open the bottle, can or in my perfect trip down memory lane, the Log Cabin, you need to refrigerate it. Cooking with maple syrup is sort of like cooking with honey. However, because of its complex nature you will need to adjust the recipe to accommodate its unique properties. Like honey it can be substituted for sugar and tends to cling to the side of any measuring cup you use. I suggest you lightly spray the measuring cup with a non stick spray before you pour it into the measuring cup. In baking, to replace 1 cup of sugar use 3/4 to 1 cup maple syrup and decrease the liquid required in the recipe by 2 to 3 tablespoons (there’s water in the syrup) and add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (maple syrup is acidic and baking soda helps neutralize it and lets the batter to rise properly. You don’t need to add the baking soda if the recipe in-
Submitted by Jenni Martoki Seattle WA.
MAPLE WALNUT APPLE BREAD
Maple Glazed Stuffed Turkey Breast cludes buttermilk, sour cream or sour milk because these ingredients will do the same thing the baking soda will do. One last maple syrup note. Maple syrup is expensive but oh so worth the price. A little goes a long way. So please don’t cheap out and buy those faux “maple flavored table syrups” and “pancake syrups” that sit right next to the real honest to goodness maple syrup. They are sugar, water, corn syrup and flavoring. Yeech, not good for you and they taste blah! Splurge a little and buy the real stuff. A little goes a long way and really, who ever heard of syrup made of pancakes or tables.
MAPLE PECAN CHICKEN STRIPS • 6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts cut into strips • 1 egg • 1/3 cup maple syrup • 1 1/2 cup chopped pecans • 1/4 cup flour • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon ground pepper • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine • 1 tablespoon olive oil In a bowl combine the pecans, flour, salt and pepper. In a bowl combine the egg and maple syrup and whisk to combine. Dip the chicken strips into the egg/ maple syrup mixture then roll the strips into the nut mixture. Heat a large skillet and add the
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oil and butter. Cook the coated chicken strips 8 to 10 minutes or until the strips are golden and the center is done. Serves 6
MAPLE GLAZED STUFFED TURKEY BREAST • 1 boned turkey breast (3 to 4 lbs) • 2 cups pears, chopped • 1/4 cup of dried cranberries or cherries • 2 tablespoons pine nuts • 1/4 cup bread or cracker crumbs • 2 tablespoons chopped green onions • 1 egg, beaten • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste Maple Glaze • 2 tablespoon butter or margarine • 1/2 cup maple syrup • 1/4 cup orange juice Preheat oven to 400. Cut the turkey breast in half lengthwise without separating the two pieces (butterflied). In a bowl combine the pears, cranberries, pine nuts, green onions, bread crumbs, salt and pepper and egg, mix and set aside. In a small saucepan combine the butter, maple syrup and orange juice. Bring the maple mixture to a boil then immediately reduce them mixture to a simmer. Cook the glaze for about 5 minutes and then remove it from the heat. Stuff the turkey breast and place it, seam side down to hold the stuffing in on a meat rack in
the walnuts. Mix to combine but don’t over mix. Spoon the batter into prepared pan and sprinkle the top with the cinnamon, sugar, remaining walnuts. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until top is golden and a tooth pick poked into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool on a cooling rack in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes then turn the loaf out on a cooling rack and let cool to room temperature. Makes one loaf.
Submitted by Carla McRudey Marion IN.
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2 cups flour 3/4 maple syrup 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/3 cup milk 1/3 cup sour cream 1/3 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten • 1 cup grated apples
fin cup pan and set it aside. In a bowl combine the flour, corn meal, baking powder and salt. In another bowl combine the eggs, milk, maple syrup, corn and melted butter. Mix to combine. Combine the egg mixture with the flour mixture and mix just to combine. Do not over mix. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups and bake about 15 minutes. Brush the tops of the muffins with the remaining 2 tablespoons ma-
Maple Corn Muffins ple syrup. Bake an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Cool slightly and then remove. Makes 12.
MAPLE VINAIGRETTE
Maple Walnut Apple Bread • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped apples • 3/4 cup chopped walnuts, divided • Cinnamon/ sugar for sprinkling Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 9×5 loaf pan. In a larger bowl combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Mix to combine and then set aside. In a small bowl combine the sour cream, milk, maple syrup, eggs, melted butter and vanilla. Whisk to combine and then add the milk mixture into the flour mixture. Add the grated and chopped apples and half of
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1 1/3 cups flour 2/3 cup cornmeal 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 eggs, beaten 2/3 cup milk 1/3 cup maple syrup 1/2 cup melted butter 1 cup frozen or canned corn drained • 2 tablespoons maple syrup for glaze Preheat oven to 350. Using a non stick spray grease a 12 muf-
• 4 oz. rice wine vinegar • 2 oz. Balsamic vinegar (yes you have to use Balsamic for this recipe) • 1 teaspoon minced garlic • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon pepper • 1/3 cup maple syrup • 1 1/3 cup olive oil In a blender or the bowl of a food processor combine the rice wine, balsamic vinegar, garlic, parsley, salt and maple syrup. Process to combine. Add the oil and process to combine. Add more maple syrup to adjust the taste as needed for sweetness. Makes approx 2 cups.
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