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Horoscopes BY: DAWN DANIELS PHONE: (845) 548-8570 EMAIL: DDPSYCHICK@GMAIL.COM Aries - Mars is in your house of partnership. A spat with anyone you have a relationship with could go badly, causing damage that is hard to repair. You need more happiness in your life by adding more friends and spontaneity! Pay close attention to healthcare professionals’ advice; they will revitalize you. You may be offered an opportunity for more responsibility. Evaluate every detail before you accept the offer and regret it. 3, 9, 13, 17, 48, 50 Taurus - Venus is in your house of income. Do something creative at your work or on your own, and you will bring in extra income! Be sure to get enough rest as your energy level has been low due to stress. Take some me time to de-stress. Go for a walk or out to dinner with friends. Saturn in your relationship zone says it’s time to add excitement to your love life! 3, 10, 16, 22, 33, 40 Gemini - Mars in your wellness zone tells you to start taking care of yourself. It’s important and will make you feel great. Be careful around friends and loved ones: You have a very short temper this week due to stress! It’s smart to put feelers out about being promoted at work. Be sure to sell yourself! 3, 9, 13, 17, 24, 4 Cancer - Changes in your professional duties may be in the cards. Be flexible and the job you want may be yours. It’s time to think about ways to reach your wellness goal; you’ll be much happier. Romance has been lacking; however, this week it gets red hot, so enjoy! 2, 7, 41, 44, 48, 50 Leo - Venus is in your house of networking. Colleagues will be responsive to your ideas. Do your best to be prepared for their questions and you’ll soar. You have keep up your health plan; it’s showing, but don’t stop now, keep going! Romance has taken a back seat to your job. Plan an exciting night out and love will flow. 3, 6, 15, 23, 41, 50 Virgo - You have a good idea that will solve problems at work. It’s time to pitch it, and you’ll get the recognition you deserve! Tweak your health regimen. Romance has been a challenge, but this week you’re going to have an a-ha moment. Good times are ahead! 2, 7, 11, 21, 44, 51 Libra - Make time to discuss a goal with higher-ups. Delivering an appeal backed by logic and passion lays the foundation for concrete rewards. You may feel pressured to up the intensity of your workout. Be careful not to go overboard. Time to make plans to get away with loved ones. 3, 9, 10, 13, 17, 50 Scorpio - Work has been intense. You are about to throw down the gantlet over the direction of a project, but be both forthright and diplomatic and you’ll gain the support of higher-ups. Being honest about your desires will attract more romantic times.

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Stay on top of your health regimen and your results will improve. 3, 5, 17, 25, 37, 44 Capricorn - Mars is in your house of career, and work becomes very busy. But don’t worry – you’ll get a break soon. It’s time to plan a vacation to lower your stress level and reconnect with friends and loved ones. As busy as you are, still make sure that you keep up your exercise and eating plan. 2, 6, 17, 21, 48, 50 Aquarius - Make a bold move to assert yourself as the leader of a project at work. Trust in your abilities and others will follow, resulting in a big career move.

Mercury ends its retrograde, allowing you to reconnect with friends and loved ones. Keep up the good work on changing your lifestyle! 2, 7, 13, 17, 48, 50 Pisces - Work has been busy, but with your networking, you have earned praise for your collaboration with others. Enjoy the pat on the back; you’re capable of landing an even more thrilling payoff.

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ROSS MATHEWS

STILL THRILLED TO BE SPREADING THE IMPORTANCE OF HIV TESTING

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO

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LMOST A YEAR AGO I HAD THE HONOR OF INTERVIEWING THE ANIMATED TV PERSONALITY ROSS MATHEWS, WHO JUST COMPLETED HIS SECOND SEASON OF THE HIT SERIES “HELLO ROSS,” WHEN HE HAD PARTNERED UP WITH ORAQUICK, THE FIRST FDAAPPROVED ORAL SWAB, IN-HOME, RAPID HIV TESTING KIT. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING WITH ROSS, THIS YEAR’S GRAND MARSHAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE, AS HE CONTINUES HIS QUEST OF CONVEYING THE IMPORTANCE OF HIV TESTING TO THE COMMUNITY. A long way from the small town where he grew up, Ross’ adventures led him to begin his career as an intern on the “Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. Among his other credits include appearances on “Days of Our Lives,” “Interior Therapy,” “The View” and “Chelsea Lately,” E’s late-night talk show. He has also done the red carpet with Kelly Osbourne and proudly has a national best-selling book, “Man Up, Tales of My Delusional Self Confidence.”

While talking with Ross, I detected a sense of urgency...rather, a radiant passion and excitement about releasing his message of acting responsibly and finding out your HIV status, using the simplicity and convenience of OraQuick. It wasn’t as if he was simply endorsing a product, but rather unquestionably believing in OraQuick from the depths of his soul. Once again, I implore you to read the information carefully, as it could save your life.

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i Ross, how are you?

Fine, I’m super duper.

Thank you!

How have you been since we last spoke?

I’ve been so great; I’ve been so busy. I’m actually packing to go to New York right now. You’re in New York, aren’t you?

I am.

I’m gonna go there just for a day and then we have San Francisco Pride, which is so exciting!

So exciting!

I know.

Last year when you teamed up with OraQuick, we had an amazing conversation.

I remember.

Well, can you please refresh everyone’s memory? What exactly is OraQuick, and how does it work?

OraQuick is the way to know your status in 2014. There’s no excuse anymore. Dealing with the needles, the blood, the wait time and the panic...now you can do it in your own home in 20 minutes. You just swab your mouth. It’s the same test the doctors give, and it’s available in all drug stores on every corner or at OraQuick.com. In 20 minutes you will know your status. It’s revolutionary.

Since we last spoke, are there any statistics showing that OraQuick sales have escalated, possibly proving awareness has risen?

Well, I can tell you this: When I first started, when OraQuick first approached me, I wasn’t aware of the technology, and I was kinda shocked that I wasn’t.

I did a small test: I asked my friends, and they didn’t know about it either. But, I’ll tell you, in the past year I’ve been talking about OraQuick and how simple it is to know your status, and affordable, and quick because of OraQuick. As I travel the country and speak more about it, I’m finding personally - an unscientific study - I’m finding that people are much more aware of it. So I hope that translates into sales, but mostly I hope that’s translating into people being responsible in knowing their status.

Recently, I’ve had several younger kids from the club come to me and admit to using OraQuick. One even said it saved his life, because although he wasn’t positive he was scared that he might have been. After I yelled at him for being in the position to even be scared, I was glad he was aware of OraQuick.

That’s great. That really makes me happy. I have to tell you, because that’s why I did this in the first place, to let people know about something that just blew my mind - is that I didn’t know, I should have known. I would wanna know, and I’d want everyone I dated to know. Like on the third date, when you’re gonna get a little frisky, I’d say let’s have an OraQuick party.

Before cocktails we would both swab and then revisit in 20 minutes.

That’s a great idea, I love that.

Now, you’re a 19-year-old gay male who has taken the test at home, you’re all alone and you’ve just gotten a positive result.

Instead of freaking out, what can he do?

Well, he’s not alone. As much as he is alone ‘cause it’s home testing, he’s not alone because there is a 24-hour hotline that OraQuick provides where you can call and talk to someone, in both English and Spanish, who can actually do a few things.

They can make sure you did the test right, which you probably did ‘cause it’s so simple. They can be there for you so you’re not alone, and then also, more importantly, direct you to a multitude of places to go once you know your status. By the way, that’s how cool OraQuick is in terms of how they thought of everything.

This is really so people will know their status and know what to do once they know. That’s why I’m so impressed with the company, the brand, the product and the people behind it. When they came to me, I asked all these questions you are asking - what it is, what happens to a 19-year-old kid alone - and I was impressed with what’s available.

How much is it?

It’s around $40.

It’s not “nothing,” but I think it’s affordable for what it is, the

convenience of it. It’s available in a drugstore or OraQuick.com.

Is there anything new or different about OraQuick since we last spoke?

I’ve been traveling the country, and everywhere I go I talk about OraQuick. I’ll be at San Francisco Pride. I’ll be grand marshal talking about OraQuick all weekend in San Francisco.

The awareness of the product, the technology. The product is already perfect.

So you’re going to be grand marshal of the Pride parade in San Francisco?

Isn’t that exciting!

It’s so exciting. You must feel blessed. It’s amazing!

It is amazing; you know, it’s a dream. It really is, just because one of the reasons I started on my journey is I wanted #1 to be a talk show host and #2 I wanted to provide an example that wasn’t there when I was a kid. You know, growing up in a small farm town, I didn’t know what it meant to be, like, having a grown up that was gay. It wasn’t out there; it wasn’t on TV. Just being grand marshal means that people are noticing, which makes me very happy.

You’re so excited.

OH MY GOD, I’m so excited.

I can’t wait. For starters, I love San Francisco. I’m really good at waving. I’m good in a parade.

By the way, I recently saw your boyfriend. He’s so hot!

I know, right?!

I also saw you on The Food Network. You were hysterical.

I love The Food Network so much, ‘cause I love to cook, and when they asked me I was so excited. I got to stay for a whole day. It was really neat.

Ross, is there a sequel in the future for your best-selling book, “Man Up, Tales

of My Delusional Self Confidence”?

You know what, I just wrote the treatment. I was in New York last week, and I was talking to my publishers, and they loved the idea - so hopefully. I just have to figure out which publisher I’m going with, but yeah, there will be another book coming. That’s a great idea.

How about a movie?

Not yet, but you never know.

You’ve just completed your second season of “Hello Ross” on E. What’s going on with the show?

Well, we’re on hiatus. We just finished season two, and I’m so proud of the show - it’s so fun, so positive. So we are on hiatus for three months, and then E has a certain amount of time to decide to bring us back or not. I’ll tell you, no matter what happens, I’m still extremely proud of it.

You’re so funny.

I’m OK. You can always be funny and never once be mean. That means a lot to me.

Anything you would like to promote?

Mostly I’m just so appreciative of you helping us spread the word, the technology. I’m thrilled that in your area, your community people are using OraQuick and taking advantage of the technology. It means the work we are doing, all the campaigns, that it’s working. Hopefully we will see that because of this, the number of cases of HIV will decrease. Thank you for helping us. The word is getting out, and I’m so thrilled. I can’t even tell you. I’m thrilled, thrilled, thrilled.

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JOHNNY POOL

‘I Get Everybody Drunk in the Morning’

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HERE ISN’T ONE PERSON ON FIRE ISLAND (CHERRY GROVE) OR NEW YORK CITY WHO HASN’T HEARD THE NAME JOHNNY POOL. HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND AMAZING BARTENDERS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD! CELEBRATING HIS 50TH YEAR ON CHERRY GROVE, JOHNNY IS TRULY A LEGEND...AND NOW, HE HAS ALSO BECAME A RADIO PERSONALITY ON THE ELVIS DURAN SHOW ON Z100 IN THE MORNING. HE HAS LED AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING AND EXCITING LIFE, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFAMOUS BARTENDERS BALL EACH YEAR, AND HAVING ALSO BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE ICE PALACE WHAT IT IS TODAY. IT WAS A PLEASURE GAINING SOME INSIGHT AS TO THE ANIMATED PERSONALITY OF JOHNNY POOL. AS HE PUT IT HIMSELF ON THE EVE OF HIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, “I’VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAMOUS IN MY LIFE!”

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ohnny, when did you first come out to Cherry Grove?

I came out here in 1964.

I started as a pool boy.

At that time there was no bar at the pool. I used to get cocktails from the “Sea Shack,” a restaurant that used to be on the beach. Then over the years it kept getting bigger and bigger until I moved to a tent. Then I moved upstairs and made a bar on the outside, and then on the inside, and then it is what it is today.

That is what we all know as the Ice Palace.

I named it the Ice Palace. We had the biggest disco in the entire East Coast. I was there for 35 years, and I designed the bars in it. Then after 35 years, they let me go. They wanted to go in a different direction, and now its a “drag” place, which is nice. I was up there for the first time in 15 years for my 50th anniversary. I wanted to see what they did with the place, and I enjoyed it.

And then....

And then I came down here to Cherry’s, and I’ve been here for 15 years, and it’s been great. I’ve been here on the island for the ‘60s, the ‘70s, the ‘80s, the ‘90s and the 2000s, and recently in the past two years I’ve become a celebrity on the Elvis Duran show on Z100 radio.

How did that come about?

I was introduced to Elvis by his boyfriend Alex, who I’ve known since he was 18. He’s now 34.

They have been together for four years. After the first year of meeting him, he asked me to come on the show and start making drinks, and this is the third year, and it’s been going great. I love it. I get everybody drunk in the morning.

You also organize and host the famous “Bartenders Ball” each year in New York City. How did that begin?

About 38 (or 39, I gotta check) years ago, 12 of us (they are all dead now, except me), between New Jersey and New York bars started the Bartenders Ball.

Since then, Kath Hogan has been helping me with “Tree” and “China.” I pick a bartender of the year to honor and an icon of the year. Someone everyone knows that works with the gay community, and we pick a bar of the year. It’s a fun night; we all get together after the season.

It’s nice to get all dressed up and have a ball. And that’s what we do!

What does the future of radio hold for you?

Just to continue making drinks and enjoy. I love them; they are my family. I’m having the greatest time of my life. I’ve been very fortunate to have great friends and to be able to have done everything I’ve done in my life. I’m going to do this as long as I can.

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ou can visit Johnny at Cherry’s on the Bay in Cherry Grove on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from noon to 8 p.m. Don’t forget to get drunk with him on Z100 with Elvis Duran in the morning.

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