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School bond vote to take place Dec. 3

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Classroom renovations, conversion of bus garage part of $22.6M plan

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Residents next Wednesday will get the chance to vote on whether to approve the Manhasset School District’s $22.6 million capital plan and corresponding $19.96 million bond.

The plan, developed over the last year by district administrators, the Board of Education and a longterm capital planning committee spearheaded by residents, calls for renovations to three school buildings, the transformation of the district’s bus garage into a freestanding central administration office and an overhaul of Memorial Field.

The Board of Education has also authorized a $2.4 million transfer from its 2010 capital reserve fund to finance the reconfiguration of the interiors of science classrooms and the use of $250,000 donated by the Manhas-

set School Community Fund for the installation of air-conditioning throughout the district.

District officials have said the majority of the work being considered would take place between June 2016 and August 2017, but the referendum was proposed for a December vote so that construction could begin as early as next summer and because the district is retiring debt at the conclusion of the 2014-15 school year.

The board initially planned to bond $20,926,270 of a $23,176,270 capital plan, but trustees in mid October eliminated projects they agreed were of low priority after residents expressed doubts during a public hearing about whether the Manhasset community would agree to issue bonds greater than $20 million just two years after district voters initially rejected a proposed school budget that exceeded the stateContinued on Page 52

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Munsey Park seeks zoning opinion in M-LWD litigation

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

of Zoning Appeals on Monday questioning the legality of a proposed Manhasset-Lakeville An attorney hired by the Water District project to replace Village of Munsey Park Board its water tower there.

William Hurst, special of Trustees presented arguments before the village’s Board counsel to the Munsey Park

board of trustees from the Albany firm GreenbergTraurig, said he believed the village zoning board had the right to review the water district’s plans based on previous cases in which govContinued on Page 52

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Parking biggest issue Sauvigne accused for parks candidates of ducking debate Three seek commissioner position up for election He says Altmann lacks the facts

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

Matthew Falcone

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO The three candidates seeking the Manhasset Park District commissioner’s position up for election next month have each identified a dearth of parking within the community as the primary issue facing the district in the next few years.

But in recent interviews with the Manhasset Times, incumbent Commissioner Jay Hernandez and challengers Matthew Falcone and Kenneth Weigand varied in how they would more adequately divide parking spaces among commuters, local businesses and non-residents.

“I think we need to find a way to move around those spaces or reassign parking spaces to take advantage of them as needed,” said Hernandez, who was appointed park commissioner by the Town of North Hempstead in March 2014 following the resignation of former Commissioner John Regan, who moved out of Manhasset.

“No one in our town wants to put up a parking garage, so for me it’s a matter of studying and identifying where we need the parking spaces,” he said.

Hernandez, a 22-year

Lisanne Altmann, a Great Neck resident running for a commissioner’s position with the Manhasset-Lakeville Water and Fire District, has accused challenger Mark Sauvigne of dodging an attempt by the Port Washington-Manhasset chapter of the League of Women Voters to unite the candidates for a debate in advance of the Dec. 10 special district election.

In an e-mail to Blank Slate Jay Hernandez Ken Weigand Media on Monday, Altmann said she received notice from the League of Women Voters Manhasset resident who was Catholic Church.

“I know how to get the best that Sauvigne has not replied to a salesman and negotiator for various international banks for out of people, even those who phone messages or e-mails from more than 30 years, is seeking don’t know what talents they the league to schedule a debate.

League of Women Voters his first three-year term to the have. I can tell right away how a person is. I’ve been doing this all rules require both candidates in park district. a two-candidate race to be presHe is a also a member of the my life,” Falcone said.

Falcone said he would like ent for a debate to take place.

Strathmore Vanderbilt Country At least two candidates must Club and is in charge of its for- to open a discussion about the ward planning initiatives and in community’s parking problems be present for a debate in a the past has coached his daugh- before Manhasset residents and three-candidate race.

“There’s a lot at stake in ters’ basketball, soccer and vol- allow them to provide their posthese smaller elections - millions sible solutions. leyball teams.

Additionally, he said he’d of dollars of taxpayer money and “I have been [with the park district] for seven months now, like to see the installation and important issues like water qualand I can see the value that I can maintenance of beautification ity and support for our volunteer add, so I thought I would run for efforts throughout the area, and firefighters,” Altmann said. “The the office myself to continue to would use his abilities as a ne- fact that he can’t be bothered to implement things I think need to gotiator to reach solutions and show up and speak to these issues is really appalling.” compromises in disputes. be done,” he said.

In an attached e-mail sent by “I don’t know all the details, Falcone, a 40-year Manhasset resident, is the commander whatever their problems are, of the American Legion Post but with my personality, I’ll get 304, having served in the U.S. things done,” Falcone said. “I Marine Corps in the early 1960s. don’t know the intricacies the Currently retired, he spent way [the commissioners] do, but his career as a superintendent I know what the problems are. I of various electrical contracting can get [solutions] going, that’s companies based in the New what I know.”

Weigand, a Village of MunYork City area.

He is also past president of sey Park resident, is a lifelong the Keystone Club of New York, Manhasset resident who now the Bayview Civic Association, manages facilities contracts for the Futurian Society of New York Canon Solutions America, an exand a past grand knight of the tension of Canon, Inc. “I’m used to dealing with Knights of Columbus, and serves Continued on Page 51 Mark Sauvigne as an usher at St. Mary’s Roman

Altmann, Judy Jacobson, the voter service director of the League of Women Voters’ Port Washington-Manhasset chapter, said she has “done everything possible to contact Mark Sauvigne” and left her contact information.

“I am very sorry to say that there will not be a debate,” Jacobson said.

The Manhasset-Lakeville Fire and Water District covers Manhasset and portions of Great Neck and north New Hyde Park.

Sauvigne, a Munsey Park resident and Manhasset Park District commissioner, denied that he was ducking the debate, saying in an e-mail that Altmann did not have all the facts.

In her e-mail, Altmann, a former Nassau County Legislator who is now an account executive for PSEG Long Island, slammed Sauvigne for his campaign platform of increased transparency between Manhasset-Lakeville and residents.

“Now I guess if he was running on a platform of less communication that not showing up would make sense,” she said.

“But he’s running on more communication with constituents, more transparency - not less. In fact it’s the only opportunity for voters to have a chance to ask him questions in a public forum before the elections.”

Lisanne Altmann

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Combining gift giving with charity Local not-for-profits receive money under Port Washington jewelry store’s program

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

Shortly after the September 11 attacks more than 13 years ago, North Shore jeweler Glenn Bradford decided to join the relief effort.

Roughly three weeks after two Roslyn firefighters and a police officer died while responding to the falling World Trade Center, Bradford cut checks to the local fire departments that were split between the grieving families.

As New York continued to recover that spring, Bradford and his then-Village of Roslyn shop partnered with the early incarnation of the Manhasset-based Tuesday’s Children to provide relief and funding to the sons and daughters of Long Islanders who died in the attacks.

Bradford enlisted his clients in both instances to donate a portion of their purchases toward his cause, a tactic he has utilized in his philanthropic efforts ever since.

“What happened was, we raised a substantial amount of

money for Tuesday’s Children that put them on the map,” said Bradford, who now operates a shop with his wife Sharyn in Port Washington.

“It was a total grassroots effort,” he added. “We began doing more of them semi-annually, for the [2004 Thailand] tsunami.

It’s just gotten bigger and bigger every year.”

Bradford called the annual event “Shop for Charity,” and this year has organized 19 local charities to feature various raffles and donation opportunities that he said could raise more than $50,000.

“We live and breathe philanthropy,” Bradford said. “It’s in our business DNA and it’s in our personal DNA.” The charities involved are: Community Chest of Port Washington, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Friends of the Port Washington Library, Friends of the Sands Point Preserve, the Glen Cove Boys and Girls Club, Hearts of Port Washington, Landmark on Main Street, the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation, the Long Island Council on

Washington Library Foundation, the Port Washington Parks Conservancy, Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington, Tuesday’s Children and the Women’s Fund of Long Island.

The event began on Nov. 15 and will run through Christmas Day. During Shop for Charity, Bradford will be donating 10 percent of sales from his shop’s “Buddha,” “Love Locket” and “Diamond Dust” collections, 5 percent of other sales, 25 percent of Bradford’s e-gift cards and Sharyn’s fine art as well as 100 percent of the event’s raffle for various prizes. Raffle tickets are $25 each or five for $100.

The raffles will be drawn during a Dec. 3 cocktail event at Bradford’s shop at 279 Main St. in Port Washington from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

“This is all about local charity and local Main Street being a Glenn and Sharyn Bradford in the jewler’s Port Washingston store. winning formula for a healthy, vibrant and philanthropic comAlcoholism and Drug Dependen- Spectrum Designs Foundation, munity for us to raise our famicy, the Nassau County Museum the Port Washington Children’s lies. We’re all in this together,” of Art, NCRT of Glen Cove, the Center, the Port Washington Bradford said.

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Viscardi president gets national award

BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O John D. Kemp, the president and chief executive officer of the Viscardi Center, has been named the recipient of this year’s Dole Leadership Prize, given annually by the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, the center announced on Wednesday.

The award recognizes an individual or organization whose public leadership inspires others, according to the Dole Center, named after the former Republican senator and presidential candidate.

Kemp will be awarded the prize, which includes a $25,000 award that Kemp plans to donate to the Albertsonbased center, during an interview-style event at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas on Dec. 14.

“I am humbled to have been chosen by the senator to receive this year’s Dole Leadership Prize and to join an elite group of past recipients who have made positive impacts on the lives of people around the world,” Kemp said in a statement. “I have dedicated my life to improving the quality of life for all people with disabilities and it is my hope that this distinction shines the spotlight on the Viscardi Center and the work it does every day to build the leaders of tomorrow and contributing members of society today.”

Kemp, who uses four prostheses,

Kemp was asked in 2012 to serve on the state’s Ready Commission, which prepares to maintain health care, transportation, communication and energy services in future disasters.

He joins former South African President Nelson Mandela, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, former Ukranian President Viktor Yushchenko, former U.S. Health Secretary and current University of Miami President Donna Shalala, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, former U.S. senators Howard Baker (R-Tennessee) and George McGovern (DSouth Dakota), former Polish President Lech Walesa and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (DGeorgia) as past recipients of the award.

“As a wounded veteran and tireless advocate for disability rights, Sen. Dole has taken a personal interest in Mr. Kemp’s outstanding service to the disabilities community,” said Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute. “Sen. Dole and the Dole Institute are passionate about highlighting the unique work and inspiring life of Mr. Kemp and what he has acViscardi Center President and CEO John Kemp complished for the disabilities movement. holds degrees from Georgetown Univer- has served on the Medicaid Commission He simply couldn’t be more deserving of sity and the Washburn University School and the U.S. State Department’s Advisory this award.” of Law. He has also been a board mem- Committee on Persons With Disabilities.

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READERS WRITE

Manhasset school bond a good plan

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e urge members of the Manhasset community to vote yes on the school facilities bond proposal.

Voting will take place on Dec. 3 between 6:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. at the high school gym.

We are members of the Long-Term Facilities Planning Committee, a group of citizens who, last spring, took an indepth look at the school facilities, met with school administrators, and made recommendations to the Board of Education about priorities.

The committee was open to all Manhasset residents and ultimately represented a diverse cross-section of the community, including both long-time and newer residents, and residents with school age children and without. The committee members had a broad range of professional expertise.

The Dec. 3 proposal reflects the four priorities that emerged from our discussions.

First, some infrastructural repairs including roof repairs at Munsey Park, playground surface replacement at Shelter Rock, and toilet reconstruction at both elementary schools are pressing and cannot be postponed. We proposed approximately $2.9 million in infrastructural repairs.

Second, our district’s science classrooms are outdated and too small to accommodate our student population.

Many lack appropriate storage. Most of the labs haven’t been updated in many years and lack adequate space for laboratory experiments, which is especially problematic for regents, honors, and AP courses, which have all moved to require increased scientific experimentation.

The bond would fund approximately $3.4 million in renovations to our science classrooms.

Third, our arts and music spaces are too small. Students take band, chorus, and orchestra in makeshift spaces with poor acoustics and little or no storage area.

The art classrooms are too small and inappropriate for

our advanced placement offerings. To create space at the secondary school within the existing buildings, we proposed converting the now-obsolete bus garage into administrative offices, thereby freeing up classroom space.

The bond proposes approximately $7.2 million for music and arts classroom renovation and relocation. Converting the bus garage would cost an additional $3.2 million.

This was the least expensive means of creating additional classroom space at the high school, and, in our view, the only practical option.

Fourth, student cafeterias need attention.

The Munsey Park cafeteria is inadequate for the school’s population. Because the serving area is cramped, students are forced to wait in the hallway on long, slow-moving lines and are rushed to eat.

The secondary school cafeteria is overcrowded, and the bond would expand the seating area there. The bond would also install air conditioning in the cafeterias at all three schools, the cost of which is being offset by a grant from the SCA. Cafeteria renovations included in the bond total approximately $4.5 million.

Finally, the bond would renovate Memorial Field, which has been neglected for years. A regulation sized sod field, new tennis courts, and a new storage and toilet facility will be installed at a total cost of approximately $1 million.

Overall, for a home assessed at $1.008 million (the average value of a Manhasset home), the bond will cost $134 per year. Passing the bond in December will allow construction to begin in the summer of 2015.

Over the past month, the MPSA has taken two main tacks in advocating against the bond.

The first is an argument that the district’s enrollment projections are slightly overstated, and that the school population will slightly decline after continuing to rise for the next

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two years. Even if this were true, the bond will remain necessary. Since 1997, the district’s population has risen from 2,492 to 3,366 students. We saw firsthand and heard from students how overcrowded our arts and music spaces are.

A modest drop in enrollment would not significantly reduce overcrowding, and is utterly irrelevant to the need for bringing our science classrooms up to modern standards.

The second is a lie. The MPSA has repeatedly said that it will cost $10 million to convert the bus garage. They have continued saying this despite multiple public statements by Superintendent Cardillo, spreadsheets published by the district, and explanations by our committee that the actual cost is $3.2 million. Again, this is far and away the least expensive, most effective means of creating new classroom space. The MPSA’s persistence in misrepresentation in our view exposes this anonymous organization as having a destructive agenda.

We note that no member of the MPSA joined the LTFPC, though membership was open to all.

In the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings, Manhasset High School ranked in the top 100 in the entire nation.

Districts maintain excellence only through sustained investment. Our schools are Manhasset’s greatest resource, a source of civic pride, and help to sustain our property values.

These great schools - and the children who attend them - deserve our support.

Please vote yes on Dec. 3.

John Anderson, Andrew Baranello, Paul Baumgarten, Erika Craven, Molly DePietro, Shauna Devardo, Pat Downey, James Gavin, Mike Hastava, Blaine Klusky, Kim Kuester, Missy Leder, Evan Mandery, Nick Pappas, John Walter Long-Term Facilities Planning Committee

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School bond offers intangible benefits I am writing in response to the misleading information and some responses regarding the bond proposal for Manhasset Schools that would fund various capital improvement projects. I was concerned about some ideas that were written. Some background information includes: Shelter Rock school has had no major capital improvements for over 25 years.

Munsey Park school has had no major capital improvements for 18 years when the new wing was added in order to have basic classrooms for students.

The secondary school has had some renovations to locker rooms but no renovations to science rooms or the arts rooms.

Enrollment has increased 11 percent in seven years (or greater than 300 students).

Graduating class sizes will increase 25 percent in five years based on current enrollment in each grade.

Current classroom sizes and building space was not built to accommodate the current student population size.

Proposal for the science rooms: Since the first day my children attended the Munsey Park elementary school, I was a bit dismayed at the sight of the science lab.

Yes, it has lab tables and chairs but there is an abundance of wonderful examples of science as well as class materials that have no place to be stored.

Because it’s a small room, class periods are limited for each grade to actually experience learning about science in a lab room. I believe, in some grades, they can only spend 1/2 their year in the lab due to scheduling conflicts and lack of room. It certainly has been proven that America has fallen drastically behind in the sciences and math.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, “The United States has become a global leader, in large part, through the genius and hard work of its scientists, engineers and innovators.

Yet today, that position is threatened as comparatively few American students pursue expertise in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics

(STEM)—and by an inadequate pipeline of teachers skilled in those subjects.”

I have been exposed to science and engineering my entire life.

My parents are both in the sciences as a physics professor and chemist and have seen and experienced the importance of sciences and their existence in a curriculum.

Proposal for music/arts rooms: There are many thoughts about the arts program. The orchestra room for lessons is outdated and extremely small in both the elementary schools and the secondary school. I imagine that conducting sectional lessons in such rooms is stressful and not efficient because the children have limited sitting and standing space.

District instruments have to be stored in outdated closets and shelves which are located in busy hallways and where they are at risk of being damaged or misplaced.

It is plainly obvious when you visit the music and art rooms that there simply is not enough room. What about some space to store equipment that the teacher could use, instead, for actual music performance?

Enlarging these rooms or restructuring them would allow for a better learning environment as well as create a more inviting environment for the students and teacher.

Perhaps it would lead to an increase in the percentage of younger students pursuing the arts. The music room located in the secondary school is equally outdated and tight in size. Orchestra students squeeze into spaces too small to draw their bows.

Being a cellist, the experiences of performing and practicing in modern and updated rooms is not easily quantifiable but empowers the musician to play and learn.

Proposal for Cafeterias: These rooms are severely overcrowded and inefficient.

Currently, the children must wait in long lines outside in the hallways of the Munsey Park school to purchase a lunch because there is no room for a line inside the Cafeteria.

Being young children, they may talk in line which results in disruption of impor-

tant lessons that teachers are trying to give in their classrooms that are located next to the cafeteria.

It is difficult for adults to stand completely quiet for 10 minutes while waiting for their meal never mind children aged 12 and under. In addition, the inefficiencies greatly reduce the amount of time a child can actually enjoy their lunch and socialize with peers since a large amount of time is spent standing in line.

School is a place where children grow academically and socially.

Regarding a person’s letter to the editor, they appear to be against the bond and have ideas to deal with the issues that would require no funding.

They indicated that it is not necessary to touch the fine arts classrooms because the expansions and improvements are not “sorely needed” and “...our students have continually performed strongly in these areas in their current facilities without consequence”..... This opinion probably would change if they were able to see the current condition of the music and art rooms during an active rehearsal or lesson and experience the conditions as if they were a student practicing or sketching in the room.

Similar to the arts proposal, they stated there is no need to update or enlarge the science rooms.

They wrote, “...we believe better quality teachers are needed for success not larger rooms. Quality teachers create great schools, not wider hallways and floors.”

Their opinion on quality of teachers has some merit, but it isn’t the only piece of the equation. They have not articulated any data which would show the impact of quality of teachers versus improving facilities.

Both are a part of the equation. More so, if we follow their opinions to not consider the projects, they need to prove (quantitatively and qualitatively) all of the positive impacts that their reasoning will have on the future quality of our students’ education.

It appears they believe- “If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it...”

But how do they know that the quality of education won’t improve in these areas if the proposed projects are made?

As far as the important qualitative benefits, they lead to many questions.

Isn’t it important to improve your facilities for the benefit of the teachers and students? Doesn’t that impact learning settings?

Our arts program has unbelievable talent. The chamber orchestra is phenomenal.

Many of the players attend pre-Julliard.

Wouldn’t students feel even more empowered when they have a proper room with a teacher who can fully utilize the space to teach and hold rehearsals?

Isn’t there a possibility that their performances in various school “competitions” would improve even greater with the proper setting to practice? I am very impressed with our students who are interested in the sciences and submit experiments to national competitions.

Wouldn’t young students benefit from performing experiments in a more updated science lab where they can discuss results and learn in an actual “scientific” setting?

Wouldn’t we, perhaps, have even more children who participate in the arts, take an interest in science, and be “healthier” since they have a longer moment to enjoy a meal with friends during rare downtime?

Again, these types of benefits are hard to quantify, but am certain they would benefit the students and teachers.

These comments are my own thoughts.

I have observed the situations and conditions of the rooms myself when volunteering for lunch duty or attending open houses,etc.

The district’s review committee has probably considered these points, but I felt the need to express them as a member of the community and a parent who is concerned about the unsubstantiated claims that have been made.

Sandra Tauckus Manhasset

Take it from us, the school is needed

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he Manhasset Student Senate supports the bond proposal and urges residents to vote yes.

If successful, the bond vote will allow students to enjoy renovated science classrooms, bigger music and art rooms, and less crowded eating areas.

Besides additional infrastructural improvements at all three schools, the bond will also allow for the renovation of Memorial Field, which will benefit the Manhasset community as a whole.

As students at Manhasset, we have experienced limitations and many hardships due to

space constraints. Many of us are heavily involved in the music department, and we frequently feel uncomfortable because of the physical limitations of the band, chorus, and orchestra rooms.

Our teachers spend a great deal of class time positioning musicians in a way that is safe and comfortable for the entire group. Instrument storage is inefficient, and bowing accidents (in the case of orchestra) are common.

Chorus students often have to stand outside of the chorus room when practicing because the room is too small. In addition, all three music rooms have

poor acoustics, which is detrimental to the development of young musicians.

Art students feel the same way about the space constraints in the art classrooms. Students in the AP art class cannot comfortably create their portraits because there is often not enough room for the models to be displayed.

The art rooms are crowded and hot, and it’s very difficult for students to move around freely and fluidly.

In terms of the science classrooms, experiments often cannot be properly performed due to space constraints. The fluidity

of movement between lab tables is hindered, and students in the back of the classrooms are often pushed up against the lab tables and have trouble hearing the teacher.

The Manhasset Student Senate has been discussing the bond issue at all of its meetings, and the student representatives have been disseminating information about it throughout the entire Manhasset student body.

The Student Senate hopes to engage the entire community in promoting the bond for the sake of the well-being of Manhasset students. We as students feel that it is important to share our

hopes and concerns with the Manhasset community, for this is a cause we all deeply care about.

We strive for excellence, and excellence comes with communication, support, and communal effort.

We would like to invite all school and community members to vote for the school bond, which will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 3, from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the high school gym.

We hope you will support us in our effort to make our school a better place.

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Manhasset Library Friday, Nov. 28 1 p.m. - NO BRIDGE Location: Community Room Monday, Dec. 1 9 a.m. - YOGA with Beth* For Manhasset Residents.

Location: Community Room 10:15 - 11 a.m. - Mommy & Me Yoga Contact: Children’s Room.

Monday, Dec. 1, 8, and 15 (Ages 2-3 years (with caregiver). Licensed instructor Beth Lipset will lead children and their caregivers through a series of one-on-one simple yoga poses. Come relax, bond with your child, and have fun! This program will be held in the Community Room. Registration begins Monday, Nov. 10 at 9 a.m. Please note that registration is now only online. Spots will no longer be reserved for in-person registration.

Please call or stop by in advance if you need assistance registering.

Location: Community Room 1 p.m. - # EARTH with Dr. Bill Thierfelder: FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHALES In Hawaii, where new land is born as volcanic rock, another birth takes place. This program follows the first year of that remarkable life: A baby humpback enters the world and joins the 3,000 or more whales that congregate here each winter to mate and give birth in protected bays and coves. We then move to the krill-rich waters of Alaska where we watch the summer feeding season. The youngster has only a year to learn the subtleties of whale society before she is left by her mother to continue her education on her own. A remarkable story that’s truly inspirational.

This series focuses on

the natural wonders of our planet, on important scientists who help us discover that planet, and on important social events and discoveries that change the way we view our home world. Dr. Thierfelder is a Docent at The American Museum of Natural History. Location: Community Room 7 p.m. - Film with Alba Foreman: WORDS & MUSIC (2013 - 111 min.)

An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important. Starring Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche. Location: Community Room Tuesday, Dec. 2 11 a.m. - EXERCISE with Mary Lou* For Manhasset Residents.

Location: Community Room 2 p.m. - ITALIAN MANNERISM: BRONZINO & PARMIGIANINO with Ines Powell Mannerism is an art style that emerged in Italy about 1520 in Florence, overlapping with the last years of the Renaissance.

The term derives from the Italian word maniera, meaning simply style, and is sometimes referred to as the stylist style. Mannerist artists emphasized complexity and virtuosity over naturalistic representation. Mannerist paintings often display bright and unnatural colors, unclear pictorial spaces and distorted human figures. Agnolo di Cosimo, called Bronzino (1503-1572), was the leading Mannerist painter of mid-16th-century Florence. Bronzino is chiefly famous for his stylish portraits of the leading citizens of Florence.

Parmigianino, whose real name was Girolamo Francesco Maria Maz-

zola, (1503-1540), was the principal artist of the city of Parma where he was born. Parmigianino practiced a very personal and elegant form of Mannerism that was disseminated throughout Europe through his etchings.

Location: Community Room 7:30 p.m. - For Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors: COLLEGE PREP 360 with Joie JagerHyman The Friends of the Manhasset Library (FOL) present Author and Renowned Expert on the College Application Process Dr. Joie JagerHyman. Dr. Hyman will give a free lecture on keeping track of your college admissions timeline and discuss and sign her book B+ Grades A+ College Application.

Learn how to present your strongest self, write a standout admissions essay, and get into the perfect school for YOU...

Even with less-than-perfect grades. Complimentary refreshments will be provided. Location: Community Room Wednesday, Dec. 3 9 a.m. - ZUMBA with Alina* For Manhasset Residents.

Location: Community Room 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. League of Women Voters Board Meeting Contact: Judy Jacobsen / Jane Thomas. Location: 2nd Floor Conference Room 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

- LOWV Membership Meeting Contact: Judith Jacobson at (516) 627-0831. Port Washington/Manhasset League of Women Voters.

Location: Community Room

12:30 - 2 p.m. - DAR North Riding Chapter Board Meeting

Location: 2nd Floor Conference Room 2 p.m. - Friends of the Library Board Meeting Location: 2nd Floor Conference Room 6 - 7 p.m. - ZUMBA with Alina* For Manhasset Residents.

Location: Community Room 7 - 8 p.m. - Tot’s Night Out Contact: Children’s Room.

Wednesdays, Dec. 3, Jan. 7 Ages 18 months - 5 years (with caregiver). Youngsters (with caregiver) will enjoy crafts, movement activities, and songs in this interactive and fun monthly class. This program is completely full, including the waiting list. Location: 3rd Floor Children’s Room Thursday, Dec. 4 9 a.m. - YOGALATES with Carolyn* For Manhasset Residents.

Location: Community Room 10 - 11 a.m. - Toytime Contact: Children’s Room at (516) 627-2300 ext.

301. Thursdays, Dec. 4, 11, 18. Ages 6 months 2.5 years [30 months] (with caregiver). Enjoy playtime, songs, and stories! Location: 3rd Floor Children’s Room.

1 - 4 p.m. - Manhasset Adult Chess Club* Contact: Howard Horner at (516) 365-8565. *Limited Space. Registration Required. Please call Harold Horner. Location: 2nd Floor Conference Room 2 p.m. - Johnny Mercer, Lyricist To The Stars with Dr. Kolb From the 1930s to the 1960s Johnny Mercer served as an occasional composer and all-time lyricist involving himself in the creation of more than 1,500 songs. A career that began in New York as a lyricist for the Paul Whiteman orches-

tra, subsequently moved him to the West coast and associated Mercer with composers Richard Whiting, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, and Henry Mancini among others. The winner of four Academy Awards for Best Song, Mercer had modest success on Broadway in the 1950s with Top Banana, Li’l Abner, and Saratoga.

Some of his best-known songs include Hooray for Hollywood, One for My Baby (and One More for the Road), Ac-CentTchu-Ate the Positive, On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, Laura, Come Rain or Come Shine, Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home, Autumn Leaves, That Old Black Magic, Moon River, and many others! Dr. James Kolb is Hofstra University Professor of Drama and Dance. Location: Community Room 7 p.m. - French Conversation Group* Contact: Vera Ely at veraeli@optonline. net. Pre-registration is required. Converse with native speakers and strengthen your foreign language skills. Foreign Language Groups meet in the 2nd Floor Conference Room monthly. These are not language lessons, so a basic foundation in the foreign language of your choice is required.

Please see flyers in the lobby. Location: 2nd Floor Conference Room Friday, Dec. 5 9 a.m. - EXERCISE with Mary Lou* For Manhasset Residents.

Location: Community Room 10 - 10:45 a.m. Play Hooray!

Contact: Children’s Room.

Friday, Dec. 5, 12, 19.

Ages 2 - 4 years (with caregiver). PlayHooray classes are interactive,

energetic, and fun, fun, fun! Children and caregivers will do a variety of activities, use instruments, and say hello to a special guest, Molly Mouse. Location: 3rd Floor Children’s Room.

The registration period has not begun.

1 - 3:30 p.m. - Bridge for Advanced Beginners* Registration began Oct. 17. Fee: $75 - ten 2-hr. classes Instructor: Sue Weiss. Location: Community Room 3:30 - 6 p.m. - Art Exhibit Takedown Contact: Amy Finkston at amyprint@yahoo.com. Location: Community Room 4 - 5 p.m. - SEPTA Gifted & Talented: Challenge Island!

Contact: MPL Children’s Room (516) 627-2300, ext.301 or mplkids@gmail. com. Due to popular demand, the Manhasset SEPTA Gifted and Talented Programming is bringing back Challenge Island. Challenge Island presents vast arrays of exciting challenges set on thematic islands which reinforces STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).

Registration required at ManhassetSEPTA@gmail. com. Location: 3rd Floor Children’s Room 5 - 6 p.m. - SEPTA Gifted & Talented: Challenge Island!

Contact: MPL Children’s Room (516) 627-2300, ext. 301 or mplkids@ gmail.com. Due to popular demand, the Manhasset SEPTA Gifted and Talented Programming is bringing back Challenge Island. Challenge Island presents vast arrays of exciting challenges set on thematic islands which reinforces STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).

Registration required at ManhassetSEPTA@gmail. com. Location: 3rd Floor Children’s Room

Manhasset Community Calender SEPTA GIFTED/TALENTED CHALLENGE ISLAND Four week enrichment program running that promotes creative and critical thinking skills in children while reinforcing science, technology, engineering and math.

This free program is open to all elementary aged students. Held on Dec. 5 in the Manhasset Public Library’s Garden

Room (3fl). Registration is required by emailing ManhassetSEPTA@ gmail.com.

bookshop on Sunday. Dec. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. No registration needed, only cameras required!

DOLPHIN BOOK CLUB The Dolphin Bookshop & Cafe, 299 Main St., Port Washington, hosts a booksigning event featuring author Bridgett M. Davis on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m.

Santa will be making an appearance at the

WINTER DREAMS The Women’s Club of The Congregational Church of Manhasset, 1845 Northern Boulevard, Manhasset, will hold its Christmas Program Monday, Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. in the church’s North Lounge. In “Winter Dreams,” historian

required.author Monica Randall, through commentary and slides, will bring to life the magic and enchantment of the winter season as it was celebrated in a by-gone era, including some of the most renowned mansions of Long Island’s North Shore garlanded in snow and displaying the exquisite Christmas decorations that adorned these magnificent homes.

Refreshments served. All areas are handicapped accessible. Call (516) 627-4911 for additional information.

PROJECT INDEPENDENCE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Are you grieving the loss of a spouse? Are you feeling overwhelmed with sadness and not knowing how to cope with your feelings? Learn more

about the grief process and coping skills with other supportive people who are sharing the same experience. Meetings take place the first and third Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Located at 80 Manorhaven Blvd. Port Washington. ( For those 60 and over).

Registration required.

Please call 311 or (516) 869-6311 to register or for more information.

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Surgeon arrested N. Hills to distribute for insurance fraud emergency backpacks

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO A Manhasset man faces up to seven years in prison for defrauding six insurance companies out of more than $25,000 by billing for medical services out of his private practice in Flushing, Queens and as the director of surgical residency at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway that he did not provide, Queens County prosecutors said.

Dr. Stanley-Sangwook Kim, 41, pleaded not guilty before Queens Criminal Court Judge Michelle Armstrong Wednesday on various counts of insurance fraud, grand larceny, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, falsifying business records and scheme to defraud, according to the Queens district attorney’s office. He is due back in court on Dec. 10.

“To a dishonest health care provider, a patient’s medical data is like having access to their credit card - and can be far more valuable as people scrutinize their credit card statements much more closely than they do explanation of benefits printouts,” Queens County

District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement. “Today’s criminal charges send a clear message to those who attempt to fleece the system for their own personal gain that law enforcement’s fight against insurance fraud is ongoing and that those who cheat will be sought out and prosecuted.”

Kim’s attorney, Martin Geduldig, said Thursday his client plans to fight the charges.

Kim has been accused of submitting fraudulent insurance claims of more than $63,000 to Atena, Cigna, United Healthcare, Optum Health Care, Health Plus and Affinity Health Plan for 13 patients - many for incision of rectal abscesses - between May 2012 and September 2013. Prosecutors said he was reimbursed $25,060 from the carriers.

Aetna launched an investigation into Kim’s practices when one of the clients reported she was billed for medical services that were never performed, prosecutors said.

Aetna then referred its findings to the Department of Financial Services.

Four stars for Herricks TV studio

BY B R YA N A H R E N S Herricks High School teacher Chris Brogan attended the Herricks Board of Education meeting to make a presentation on the TV Studio program he oversees at the high school but got more than he expected - high praise.

“I think the world of him,” Superintendent of Schools John Bierworth said. “He has done amazing things with these students.”

Brogan’s program incorporates students in producing highquality programs for cable television companies such as Verizon Fios and Cablevision, Bierworth said.

The studio produces video of the schools football games, concerts and graduation ceremonies, he said.

“He’s done an amazing job running the program with barely any funding, Bierworth said. “If we had the money, we would give it to him.”

He said that while Brogan’s program is an educational opportunity for students Brogan ensures that the programs are of the highest quality for the television stations.

“There’s a pretty high level of production quality that the stations expect,” Bierworth said.

In other news: The district introduced Christine Finn as the new superintendent for curriculum and Instruction in place of Deirdre Hayes who is retiring in December.

Finn is currently the superintendent for curriculum and Instruction in the Carl Place school district.

Reach reporter Bill Bryan Ahrens by e-mail at bahrens@ theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x204 and on Twitter @ BryanSAhrens. Also follow us on Twitter @theislandnow and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

BY B R YA N A H R E N S About 350 backpacks filled with survival supplies will be distributed to Village of North Hills residents who attended an emergency management seminar in September, trustees said Wednesday.

The backpacks, which cost $38 each and were purchased from ProPac Inc., will contain batteries, a blanket, nutrition bars, flashlights and a radio, officials said.

The village plans to hold additional seminars going forward but no dates have been set yet, Village of North Hills Mayor Marvin Natiss said.

“The turnout was great, we had over 100 people show up,” Natiss said.

Natiss said the village began bulking up its emergency management system well before Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

The village installed a backup generator five years ago to assist residents whose homes lose power.

“People will come in, they’ll charge their phones, their computers,” Natiss said.

The backpacks will be ordered in increments, Natiss said.

He said the village would be prepared to order more backpacks in the future.

Additional emergency man-

agement seminars have been planned, but Natiss said they have not yet been scheduled.

In other developments: • Trustees said North Hills’ code enforcement officers have reinstated a practice of checking the identification of patrons using the village’s shuttle bus service.

Though the service is exclusive to North Hills residents, Natiss said four non-residents were found to have used the shuttle.

• Trustees discussed beautification plans for village hall and areas of North Hills, which include the planting of trees and shrubbery due to the lose of trees during Hurricane Sandy.

Ex-NBA star Chris Herren to talk drugs at Herricks

BY B R YA N A H R E N S Former NBA player Chris Herren will be presenting to Herricks students and parents his story of 14-year drug addiction on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Herren gave his presentation on Long Island last March at Manhasset High School and founded The Herren Project, which in 2012 launched “Project

Purple” to encourage people to stand up to substance abuse.

Herrens presentation will chronicle his substance abuse, which began as a freshman in Boston College and followed him to his being drafted by the Denver Nuggets in October of 2000.

Herren’s presentation “unguarded” will be presented at 12:15 p.m. in the Herricks

High School gymnasium and is crafted specifically for a young audience, Herricks assistant basketball coach Dan Doherty said.

Following this, will be a second presentation at 7.p.m. in the auditorium where Herren will present ways in which to tell if a child is struggling with drug addiction, Doherty said.

“It’s a very moving and powerful presentation,” he said.

Health system leases retail space near hospital

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

Under the 30-year agreement, Waterstone Retail would modernize the space for the The North Shore-LIJ Health eventual opening of doctors ofSystem has leased space it main- fices, health system spokesman tains at 600 Community Drive Terry Lynam said.

At the conclusion of the to the Needham Heights, Mass.based Waterstone Retail Devel- lease, the health system will take ownership of the 252,000 opment, officials said.

square-foot building, built upon nine acres of land, Lynam said.

Efforts to reach Waterstone Retail Development officials or the current ownership group that oversees 600 Community Drive were unavailing.

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Town honors civic association president

Richard Bentley, the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations’ president, receives the Town of North Hempstead’s inaugural “Community Champion” award prior to the council’s meeting last Wednesday.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board presented the first ever Community Champion Award to Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations President Richard Bentley at Manhasset High School during a ceremony on Nov. 12.

“Richard Bentley is Mr. Manhasset,” Bosworth said. “He is a wonderful example of what it means to give back to one’s community. Richard has devoted time and energy to making his hometown a better place to live for everyone and I am so proud to present him with the first ever Community Champion Award on behalf of the Town of North Hempstead.”

The Community Champion Award highlights the actions of local citizens such as civic

Bentley was honored based leaders, community activists, spiritual leaders, law enforce- on his work in helping to expand ment personnel and others. The the Civic Association’s website Town encouraged residents to (www.manhassetcivic.org) and maintaining open channels of communication with the County and Town to better serve residents. As the president of the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations, he has been instrumental in working with the Town on many important projects, such as Manhasset Valley Park, Plandome Pond Project, and the Plandome Road repaving and lane lengthening projects near Northern Boulevard.

For information on nominominate individuals who they nating someone to be the next believe have made a significant Community Champion in North achievement or had a substan- Hempstead, log on to www. tial impact on the Town and/or northhempsteadny.gov/communitychampion. their community.

Annual Christmas Manhasset Rotary tree lighting Dec. 4 past prez joins board HealthCare Chaplaincy Network, Inc. announced this week that Ted Mageau of East Williston, an insurance executive, has joined the board of directors of this national organization.

Mageau is a manager of The Center for Wealth Preservation in Syosset, a financial planning division of the MassMutual Financial Group. He is also an independent general

The Annual Manhasset Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held once again this year at Mary Jane Davies Green in Manhasset on Friday, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m., and will welcome hundreds of members of the community for a ceremonial kickoff to the holiday season.

The program will feature a Pledge of Allegiance led by the Manhasset American Legion, a blessing from local clergy, a performance from the Manhasset High School Brass Choir, awards for the

winners of the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce’s Poster contest and the lighting of the tree. There will also be an appearance by Santa following the tree lighting.

Attendees will be treated to hot chocolate and cookies.

The event is sponsored by: The Town of North Hempstead, the Manhasset Park District, the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce, and the Manhasset Lakeville Fire & Water District.

agent for more than two dozen life, long-term care, disability and annuity insurance companies.

“We are pleased that Ted Mageau is joining HealthCare Chaplaincy Network at this important juncture in the organization’s evolution,” said Rev. Eric J. Hall, HealthCare’s president and CEO. “His business acumen and his appreciation of our mission will serve us

well as we continue to grow.”

Mageau’s earlier career included 25 years at MetLife, where he was managing director and director of brokerage in the company’s Roslyn office.

Mageau is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. He is a past president of the Manhasset Rotary, and a former alumni advisor at St. John’s University in Queens.

Thank You! The Port Washington Youth Council Teen Center sent out a big “thank you!” to the members of the Plandome Heights Women’s Club for donating board games, Nintendo Wii games, dvds and snacks as part of their annual Philanthropic Drive. The Teen Center, run by Youth Council director Michael Donnelly, provides regular activities for young people in grades 6-12. This year’s philanthropic drive also benefited the Port Washington’s Parent Resource Center with donations of infant and child clothing, as well as other baby and toddler items. Pictured: Youth Council Teen Center members showing their appreciation for the PHWC donations.

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Girl Scouts collect 1,100 pounds of food Girl Scout Troop 527 conducted a food and goods drive last June for Long Island Cares. King Kullen allowed the scouts to hold their drive at their Manhasset location while Long Island based company Babyganics very generously donated a whole bin of baby supplies. The girls were able to collect over 1,100 lbs. of non-perishable food and goods from the community as a result. The girls in troop 527 are Courtney Aspinall, Sophia D’Angelo, Kayla Deosaran, Caitlyn Kim, Jordyn Mannino, Lauren Moschitta, Reed Pelton, Jessica Thalheimer, Emily Treacy, and Isabel Vigliotti.

Metered parking to be suspended in Port

Metered parking on Main Street will be suspended in Port Washington on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 29, in order to encourage residents to shop locally, Town of North Hempstead officials announced last week. This effort is in conjunction with the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce. Parking will also be free in parking lots that day as is normally the case on weekends.

The Town is a proud sponsor of this year’s Small Business Saturday which is a joint partnership between Women Impacting Public Policy and the Small Business Saturday Coalition. This is a national

effort to drive consumers to shop at local independently owned businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Additionally, as occurs each holiday season, metered parking will be suspended spanning from the Port Holiday Magic event on Dec. 4 through Dec. 24. This includes Main Street as well as Port Washington Boulevard, Carlton Avenue, Haven Avenue, South Maryland Avenue, and Irma Avenue. Areas where parking is free will be denoted by red bags over the parking meters.

For more information, please call 311.

The Town kicks off Small Business Saturday with Port Washington community and business leaders (From left): Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Councilman Peter Zuckerman, Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, CoPresident of the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce Mitch Schwartz, 1st Vice-President of the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce Debbie Greco, Executive Director of Greater Port Washington Business Improvement District Jim Kallenberg, Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio, Councilwoman Viviana Russell, Councilwoman Lee Seeman and Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman.

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‘Hitler’s Secret Weapon’ lecture at HMTC How did Hitler sell the idea of genocide to the German people? How did he use mass communication to turn ordinary citizens into Nazis? And what implications does this have for the way media is used today?

The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center, located in Glen Cove, is sponsoring a lecture by its scholar-in-residence, Dr. Linda Burghardt, on Friday, Dec. 5, at 10 a.m.

The presentation is entitled, “Hitler’s Secret Weapon,” and the public is invited.

In this presentation Burghardt will tell the story of the multi-faceted media assault on the Jews in the Holocaust - how it was powered, why it worked, how it was created, and what it says about mass communication today.

Using archival photos and artwork, Burghardt will reveal the inner workings of the media machine that fueled the attack and introduce the masterminds who pushed the German populace along on a wave of fear and

hatred.

She will show how the media campaign, the forerunner of today’s modern marketing programs, successfully streamlined the messages to target every audience in Germany: workers, professionals, the upper classes, housewives, even children.

Burghardt is a journalist and author from Great Neck.

She worked as a freelance reporter for The New York Times for 15 years and is the author of three non-fiction books.

Her articles and essays have appeared in newspapers throughout the U.S., and she has lectured to both national and international audiences.

Burghardt, holds a Ph.D. from LIU Post and is the daughter of Holocaust survivors from Vienna.

The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center is located on the Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove.

More information is available at (516) 571-8040 or HMT- An illustration from a children’s book printed in Germany in 1938 CLI.org. and Dr. Linda Burghardt (inset).

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County, Marines team for toy drive Nassau County has teamed up with the United States Marine Corps for the Toys for Tots Holiday Gift Drive. New, unwrapped toys will be collected through Friday, Dec. 19.

“Nassau County is proud to join together with the U.S. Marine Corps for the annual Toys for Tots Holiday Gift Drive,” said County Executive Edward P. Mangano. “With the community’s support and generosity, together we can give children the gift of a magical holiday season.”

Toys for Tots Holiday Gift Drive drop-off boxes for new, unwrapped toys will be located at the following Nassau County locations:

Pal-O-Mine Equestrian, a private, not for profit organization providing a comprehensive therapeutic equine program using horses to facilitate growth, learning and healing for children and adults with disabilities, was recently awarded $10,000 from the Long Island Community Foundation. The funds are earmarked for Pal-O-Mine to work with Hope for Youth to identify eight young men from Nassau and Suffolk Counties to participate in Pal-O-Mine’s 12-week program, “Creating Alternative Options for Young Men” and for a one day training for Hope for Youth staff about the concepts of the program.

Mineola: • One West Street, Main Lobby •1550 Franklin Avenue, Main Lobby of Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building • 1490 Franklin, Nassau County Police Department, 2nd Floor Training wing • 240 Old Country Road, Main Lobby • 262 Old Country Road, Main Lobby of District Attorney’s Office

• 400 County Seat Drive, Nassau County Probation Department, Director’s Office • 200 County Seat Drive, Health Department Uniondale: • 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Department of Social Services, outside cafeteria Westbury: • 1194 Prospect Avenue, DPW/ Fire Marshal, 2nd Floor Reception East Meadow: • Eisenhower Park, Main Lobby of Administration Building • 100 Carman Avenue, Main Lobby of Corrections/Sherriff ’s Department Hempstead: • 40 Main Street, in front of Suite C Office • 16 Cooper Street, Main Lobby of Traffic and Parking Violations Agency For more information about Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museum, please call: (516) 572-0200, or visit the website at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

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Turkey grease Friends square off for being collected GCP fire commissioner B y A dam L idgett

Those wishing to get rid of their leftover oil and grease from Thanksgiving can do so by giving it to the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District.

The district is once again collecting oil leftover from the holiday to be converted into biofuel, the district said last week in a press release.

The collection is part of the district’s “Food for Fuel” program in which cooking oils are converted into biofuel for use at the district’s plant at 236 East Shore Road, as part of the districts energy savings initiative.

District Commissioner Jerry Landsberg said the fats and oils are also bad for the sewer systems.

“The grease not only sticks to the sewer pipes in your homes and business, but also under the street,” Landsberg said. “It is equivalent to cholesterol clogging the arteries.”

Landsberg said knowing how to properly dispose of used cooking oil is a significant benefit to the protection of the local environment.

Excess oils can be found in meat fat, cooking oils and mari-

nades, the district said. The district said when people pour these items down a sink drain or flush them down the toilet, they stick to the inside of sewer pipes, reducing the space in the pipe and causing blockage, which the district wants to stop, according to the release.

Other “problem substances,” the district said, include shortening, butter, margarine and some other dairy products.

When the oil cools after cooking is done, residents should collect all the excess grease and oil and put it in a sealable container, according to the release.

The district will pick up the grease and oil for free, pouring it into a collection vessel for transport.

For more information on the pickup call the district at 516-4820238 or visit its website at www. gnwpcd.com.

The Great Neck Water Pollution Control District serves residents and businesses in the villages of Saddle Rock and Kensington, part of the Village of Great Neck and those parts of Thomaston, Great Neck Plaza east of Middle Neck Road, as well as all unincorporated areas north of the railroad and a part of Manhasset.

BY B R YA N A H R E N S Peter Chimenti said he has known current Garden City Park Fire/Water District Commissioner Augustine Carnevale for 34 years but is now opposing Carnevale in a race for commissioner because he now feels now it is time for change.

“It’s time to get new blood in there,” Chimenti said.

Chimenti, who has been a resident of New Hyde Park for 48 years, served in the Garden City Park Fire Department for 34 years and is a former fire chief.

“My experience as a firefighter, my positions as a leader and manager, and my integrity are the qualities needed to be an effective commissioner,” Chimenti said.

Chimenti said he retired in 2006 from the NYPD as a sergeant after 22 years on the force and now works for the MTA’s Department of Security as a special inspector.

“I’m not naive to how businesses operate,” Chimenti said.

Carnevale, who has been a resident of New Hyde Park for 51 years and commissioner of the Garden City Park Fire/Water District for 12 years, said he wants to complete the work he has begun.

Carnevale currently works for Ready Mix concrete in Brooklyn.

As commissioner, Carnevale said, he has refurbished five of the six water pumps in the district with new filters, something he says is vital.

“Long Island water is particularly susceptible to contaminants,” he said. “I think we’re ahead of the curve.”

In the next three years Carnevale plans to refurbish the final water pump, he said, something he expects will cost around $2 million.

“I really care for this community,” Carnevale said. “It’s important to have clean drinking water.”

He said the district recently purchased two new fire trucks and two new ambulances.

Chimenti said he wants to scrutinize the way the district purchases new equipment.

“I want to keep costs down while also buying the highest quality equipment,” he said. “I have a lot of new ideas to work with the district.”

The election will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m on Dec. 9.

Residents who are registered voters and live within the Garden City Garden City Park Fire/Water District area, which includes parts of Manhasset Hills, parts of New Hyde Park, parts of Mineola, parts of North Hills, parts of Roslyn, parts of Williston Park, parts of Albertson and parts of Garden City can vote at either Denton Avenue School at 1050 Denton Ave. or at the Garden City Park Fire Department headquarters at 2264 Jericho Turnpike.

Reach reporter Bill Bryan Ahrens by e-mail at bahrens@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x204 and on Twitter @ BryanSAhrens. Also follow us on Twitter @theislandnow and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

Herricks football team aids stricken student

BY B R YA N A H R E N S When the Herricks High School football team heard of a fellow student suffering from leukemia last year they joined together with the school and community to raise money.

This year they decided to do it again.

In October, students sold bracelets, Tshirts and baked goods during the Herricks football game against Long Beach on Oct. 2 as part of Herricks Tackles Leukemia.

“It went very well,” football captain Mark Marciano said. “Everyone was really excited to be a part of this.”

The event raised $2,400 in donations that went to Memorial Sloan Kettering Pediatric Division in honor of the Herricks student, who wishes to remain anonymous, to help treat and research cancer, Herricks football coach Mike Yoo said.

“Everyone was touched, they felt the significance of it, the staff, the school community, I’m proud of it,” Yoo said.

The players, cheerleaders and students wore orange shirts with the word “believe” printed on them, the football team’s slogan, and bracelets with the pediatric division’s logo on them, a color that represents leukemia awareness. Both were provided by the athletic boosters, said Kevin Dowd, president of the athletic boosters.

“We try to help in any way we can,” Dowd said. “That was the least we could do.”

Dowd said more than 220 shirts were

made for the event and that there had been support even outside the community.

“Even the other team’s parents donated money,” Dowd said. “People would buy a soda for $1.50, give us a ten and tell us to keep the change.”

Last year, Herricks ran the same fundraiser, raising $3,000 for the student, assistant coach Dan Doherty said.

“It’s a great thing to do and we plan to do it again next year for the student,” Doherty said.

Parking top issue for parks commish candidates Continued from Page 2 conflicts, issues and getting them resolved,” he said. “The daily work that I do will give me the ability to handle the issues and complaints and concerns with residents within the community.”

He also said the park district should monitor illegal parking he said he sees along Plandome Road and increase its non-com-

muter weekend parking rates as an additional revenue source.

“There’s only so much that we can do and focus on, but I’m open to exploring new opportunities for purchasing new parking lots within the community,” he said.

Weigand said the park district should explore a strip of parking spaces located directly

behind Mary Jane Davies park that are operated by the Town of North Hempstead and often go unused.

Weigand also said he would support the demolition of the park district’s headquarters at 62 Manhasset Ave. for the creation of more parking spaces there, an initiative the current commissioners have considered before.

“I think we’re taking up a tremendous amount of space for a facility that’s outdated and if we’re able to identify a different location, we’d be in a much better position,” he said.

Hernandez said he would seek to incorporate modern technologies into its parking meters, so employees do not have to collect the quarters accumulated

from the meters each week.

“I’m a forward thinker, it’s just in my nature,” he said. “I don’t look for things for today or tomorrow, but how they will be affected three years down the road. I think about problems and why they surface.”

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Voters to decide fate of $22.6M capital plan Continued from Page 1 mandated tax cap.

To determine projects for inclusion in its forthcoming bond proposal, the district’s long-range planning committee – comprised of residents and assisted by district administrators and architects – toured Manhasset’s three school buildings throughout the spring and early summer.

Projects were then prioritized based on their apparent necessity and potential cost during subsequent committee meetings.

The district completed $31.85 million in infrastructure improvement projects from 2006-13 financed primarily through a previous bond.

District officials have said a major priority of the proposed capital plan would be to enhance space at Manhasset’s three schools, either

through wall removal or building extensions, which would accommodate enrollment projections through the end of the decade.

The board has also created a list of projects for which funding may be appropriated if the capital plan is completed for less than the $22,609,870 projected cost, including a $68,000 exterior door replacement at the Manhasset Secondary School, a $294,000 districtwide toilet reconstruction and $1 million in new asphalt.

Included in the capital plan is a $2,199,800 project to expand the space of five science classrooms at the Manhasset Secondary School by removing walls and some storage areas and a $375,000 project to convert a computer lab at the school into two classrooms to be used as a computer lab and technology room.

Science department chair Theresa Curry said during a board presentation in September the renovations would expand class space to a minimum of 1,200 square feet.

Curry said the district would like to have 1,300-1,400 square feet of classroom space available.

The district has also proposed more than $252,000 in science classroom and laboratory reconstruction at Munsey Park Elementary School and more than $348,000 in science classroom upgrades at Shelter Rock Elementary School to meet growing academic rigor.

The plan also includes a $6,215,976 renovation and relocation of music and art classrooms at the Manhasset Secondary School to a section of rooms on the second floor currently used by the district’s central administration.

The central administration

office, comprised of about 20 district employees, would move to a facility at the Manhasset Secondary School used as a bus garage.

The garage would be renovated for $3,231,600, officials have proposed, and buses would be stored off-site.

Officials have said a proposed $2,346,000 kitchen renovation to clear additional storage spaces at the Munsey Park Elementary School cafeteria so students would not have to line up in the hallways near classrooms, disturbing nearby classes.

A $1,752,477 renovation and 1,300 square-foot extension to the Manhasset Secondary School’s 5,635 square-foot cafeteria was also included in the capital plan, in an effort to cut down on student congestion at lunch tables.

Between 315-358 students eat

lunch during the secondary school’s fourth and seventh periods, figures principal Dean Schlanger said in September are high even though upperclassmen tend to leave campus to buy food.

The addition would eliminate six parking spaces from the school’s rear lot. Air-conditioning units would be installed on the roof of the cafeteria extension, financed by a $240,000 gift from the Manhasset School Community Association.

More than $1 million has been proposed to plant a sod athletic field at Memorial Field and install DecoTurf on four tennis courts there.

In addition, the board has proposed to construct a new storage facility and bathroom and relocate a basketball court at the site to the Manhasset Secondary School.

Munsey seeks zoning opinion in M-LWD suit Continued from Page 1 ernment entities have litigated over claims of immunity from zoning laws in undertaking major projects.

Hurst specifically cited a 1988 dispute between Monroe County and the City of Rochester, which he said set precedents regarding the public review of building and engineering plans.

But, Hurst said, the village board would rely on zoning board’s opinion in determining whether the water district would have to abide by village building regulations in constructing the proposed tower.

The zoning board hearing was scheduled to determine whether Manhasset-Lakeville would be immune from the village’s zoning code, as the water district has asserted since introducing the water tower project late last year.

The Manhasset-Lakeville Water District declined to participate in the zoning hearing.

A five-page letter signed by Christopher Prior, an attorney for the firm Ackerman, Levine, Cullen, Brickman & Limmer LLP, which is representing the water district, was sent to Munsey Park village counsel Robert Morici on Nov. 21 and submitted to the zoning board Monday calling the hearing “inappropriate, untimely, invalid and unlawful.”

In his letter, Prior said the water district has kept the village and Munsey Park residents informed of its intentions to replace the water tower through scheduled public hearings and regular district meetings, thus waiving a balancing test in court of the two sides’ interests in controlling the project’s development.

Prior also said the zoning board lacks jurisdiction because no application for construction

of the water tower has been filed to the village’s building department.

“The BZA’s authority under village law...is to reverse or affirm, to modify any order, requirement, decision, interpretation or determination by the village administrative official charged with enforcement of the village code,” the letter states. “...Accordingly, the BZA has no jurisdiction to conduct this hearing.”

During his remarks to the zoning board, Hurst said of the water district, “They have a position, the village has a position, and ultimately we’ll work our way through the issues and come up with a determination.”

The zoning board did not discuss the matter during the public portion of Monday’s hearing.

The water district has proposed replacing the current 500,000 gallon-capacity tower

located on Eakins Road in Munsey Park with one of the same 165-foot height that holds 750,000 gallons.

Residents and village officials at public hearings have requested Manhasset-Lakeville explore the feasibility of constructing a ground-level tank that they said would be safer and more aesthetically pleasing.

The current tower is one of the district’s two elevated water storage tanks that distributes water across the 10.2 square miles in Manhasset and parts of Great Neck and New Hyde Park served by the Manhasset-Lakeville Water District.

The proposed tower would cost $3.2 million that the district intends to pay for using money in its capital fund. Officials have said a new tower would increase the water district’s annual operating costs by approximately $90,000.

The village filed for a temporary restraining order against the water district in late July, saying Manhasset-Lakeville officials had not adequately sought alternatives for the project.

Manhasset-Lakeville officials have said that the current water tower does not comply with building and safety codes, while the proposed tower would meet regulations and be able to withstand extreme weather conditions in the future.

The water tower was last rehabilitated in 1998, and the water district has since made regular repairs to curtail its corrosion and deterioration.

But citing recent analysis and testing conducted by H2M Architects + Engineers, water district officials have said the tower would have to undergo major rehabilitation in the next few years or be replaced completely.

community news

County bar association offers free clinics

Nassau residents continue to struggle with the prospect of losing their homes in mortgage foreclosure. Superstorm Sandy only exacerbated from situation.

Fortunately, help continues to be available at the Nassau County Bar Association’s Free Mortgage Foreclosure/Sandy Recovery clinics.

The next two clinics will be held Monday, Dec. 8 and Monday, Dec. 22, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Nassau County Bar Association, located at the corner of 15th and West streets in Mineola, two blocks south of the bus and train stations.

NCBA’s clinics allow homeowners con-

cerned about foreclosure matters or who are already in the foreclosure process involving property in Nassau County, to meet one-onone with a volunteer attorney for free legal guidance and referrals to other free resources, such as mortgage modifications, loan restructuring, bankruptcy, financial planning assistance, services for lower income households and emotional support. There are no income restrictions to attend the clinics.

In addition to the volunteer foreclosure attorneys, homeowners may be directed to bankruptcy attorneys as well as other clinic participants including Nassau/Suffolk Law Services, NY Legal Assistance Group, Pro

Bono Program of the Financial Planning Association as well as HUD-certified housing counselors from Community Development Corporation of Long Island, Hispanic Brotherhood of Rockville Centre and American Debt Resources.

Attorneys can also answer Sandy victims’ questions regarding homeowner, flood, property damage and automobile insurance claims; FEMA, debt deferral, consumer protection and landlord-tenant issues, as well as providing additional assistance from Catholic Charities, Visiting Nurse Services of New York Disaster Distress Response Program, FEGS Counseling Services

and Architects for Humanity.

Bi-lingual attorneys fluent in Spanish are on site, and attorneys bi-lingual in other languages, including Russian, Haitian Creole, Korean, Chinese, Hindi and American Sign Language, may be requested when making reservations.

Reservations are requested by calling the Bar Association at (516) 747-4070. Attendees are asked to bring their mortgage documents or other important papers and correspondence to the clinic.

This program is funded through the state Attorney General Homeownership Protection Program.

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Notice of Formation of Aim High Consulting, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/2014.

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Mangano honors Kids Helping Kids program Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today recognized Kids Helping Kids by Kids Way Inc. for their “Making a Warmth of Difference” Winter Apparel Program.

Kids Helping Kids a Long Island based 501 (C) (3) not-forprofit organization, was founded in 1997 by a 9-year-old “kid” Robert AJ Eslick son of the organizations executive director, Bob Eslick.

Kids Helping Kids encourages young people under the age of 18 to get involved in philanthropy noting their members have spent thousands of volunteer hours via a variety of programs with a vision, dedication and a drive that addresses various community and individual needs.

This year marks the 11th Annual “Making a Warmth of Difference” Winter Apparel Program, which has benefited thousands of children and families on Long Island and beyond.

The program focuses on collecting new and branded winter apparel rather than used to give to children and families in need.

Kids volunteered their services by separating and packing thousands of units of winter apparel to distribute to children and families who do not always receive something special, new branded apparel that will keep them warm.

Since 2004 Kids Helping Kids

by Kids Way, Inc. has distributed $1.8 million in branded winter apparel.

During the 2014 holiday season, the organization will deliver more than $400,000 in new branded winter apparel through their “Making a Warmth of Difference” program.

All brand-new coats and winter related apparel received by Kids Helping Kids, Kids Inc., is 100 percent donated to agencies such as Nassau County Department of

Social Services, C.A.S.A ( Coordinated Agency for Spanish Americans) The Mary Brennan INN, the Education & Assistance Corporation, Circulo de la Hispanidad, Family & Children’s Association, and the Salvation Army.

“I applaud Kids Helping Kids

by Kids Way, Inc. and the terrific job they have done of making a difference on many levels in the lives of so many children and families throughout Nassau County,” Mangano said. “I am thankful that Nassau County can join Kids

Way Inc. in this valued program to provide an opportunity for children most in need stay warm during the cold months upon us.”

“Many Long Island families are still facing very tough economic times, and this apparel will most certainly come in handy during the cold winter months,” said Eslick.

For more information on Kids Helping Kids by Kids Way, Inc. call (516) 249-9449 or email happykidsclub@aol.com.

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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano welcomed Dr. Libby O’Connell, chief historian of the History Channel, to the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building where O’Connell debuted her new book, “The American Plate: A Culinary History in 100 Bites.” The public in attendance along with living historians from various eras, and Long Island social studies teachers were provided cuisine samples from Thomas Jefferson’s recipe for mac and cheese to sampling oysters, the “fast food” of Long Island Native Americans. The recipes, all prepared by Oheka Castle’s executive chef Christopher James Cappello and staff, provided a culinary tour of O’Connell’s book. “More than Thanksgiving turkey and gravy, today our American plate allows us to reflect on our memories of those no longer here but whose love is still found in the recipes they left behind and the food they graciously served us,” Mangano said.

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Collins leads Post to stellar season B y B rian R iley The LIU Post football team concluded an incredible season last week, filled with comebacks, heartbreaks, and exceeded expectations. After two consecutive losing seasons, the Pioneers turned it around this year winning their first Northeast-10 Conference Championship since 2006 and making their first appearance in the NCAA tournament in nearly 10 years.

The No. 6 seeded Pioneers lost to third-seeded Virginia State, 28-17, in a first-round clash Saturday at Rogers Stadium.

Much of the credit for this season’s success is due to head football coach, Bryan Collins. Before the season even started and months before training camp was in sight, Collins had the depth chartboard wide open, preparing for the season ahead.

On the railing of the depth chart sits a dirty old horseshoe that Collins found during a jog around the LIU Post campus prior to last season. Collins picked it up, hoping it was a good luck charm, after going 5-11 during the 2012-2013 season.

Collins, who is also the head Athletic Director for LIU Post, thought a little luck might be needed.

During the fall season, Collins enters the campus athletic center at 8 a.m. and leaves at 12 p.m. Collins, a husband and a father of two, struggles during the sea-

son to see his family.

“Unfortunately, there isn’t much balance. You sacrifice certain things for your career,” Collins said.

Collins played middle linebacker throughout his high school and college careers. At St. John’s University, he won the Dr. Peter Vitulli Award, which is given to athletes with the most perseverance and courage. Collins graduated with a Business Management degree from the university.

It was a year after graduation that he realized an office job wasn’t the route for him. Although he hoped that an NFL team would give him a call, they never did. But, Collins was committed to making a living out of the sport he loved.

In preparation for a career in football, Collins returned to his high school alma mater, Saint Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, as an assistant coach.

After several years of coaching there, Collins ultimately got the head-coaching job at LIU Post in 1998.

Perseverance is a trait Collins has continually exhibited throughout his life.

He recently celebrated the seven-year anniversary of his kidney transplant. Collins had surgery in the off-season, and never missed a game.

Collins is not just a coach, but a teacher as well.

“It’s great to stand in front of a group of young men and look into their eyes

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Coach Bryan Collins in the huddle.

and they’re looking back at you, and you just feel they are paying attention to what you have to say,” Collins said.

Mike Sollenne, junior offensive lineman for LIU Post, gets to listen to his speeches firsthand.

“He’s a yeller sometimes, but every coach is,” Sollenne said. Despite his first two seasons being losing ones, Sollenne finds comfort in Collins’ past success.

During his first eight seasons as head

football coach at LIU Post, he led the Pioneers to a 73 -17 record. He also supports a 5,000-hour community service goal for all of LIU’s student-athletes.

“We are so fortunate to be able to play [and] with service you appreciate what you have,” Collins said. “Communication is paramount to every relationship.”

As a middle linebacker in college, it was his responsibility to communicate with his team and it was his responsibility to make adjustments. Collins uses those same communications skills in his role as athletic director. It is clear that Collins’ love for sports has rubbed off on his children, including his daughter, Megan, who played four sports in high school.

Collins also expects his players to progress off the field, according to Ian Schraier, a 2007 graduate of LIU Post who is now their Director of Athletic Media Relations. Schraier has firsthand knowledge of that commitment, since his office is footsteps away from Collins’.

“Collins pushed me when I was a student working in the office, and now as an employee,” Schraier said. Collins responded, “If you’re staying the same, you’re getting worse.”

This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer. com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

St. Mary’s defeats St. Peter’s, moves to 3-0 The Church of St. Mary CYO Boys basketball program kicked off week two of the season.

After a grueling opening weekend, St. Mary’s 5th grade (Cozzi/Perfetto) ran their record to 3-0 against a tough opponent in St. Peter’s, Port Washington.

The boys started the game frenetically with a smothering man to man defense led by Matt Perfetto, Alex Cozzi and Hunter Panzik. This effort enabled St. Mary’s to jump out to an early lead.

St. Peter’s responded with a half-court press, but tremendous ball movement led by Michael Lasalle, Joey Terenzi and Brendan Trotta increased St. Mary’s lead to double digits at the end of the first half.

St. Peter’s was determined to not go away quietly and started the second half with a big run which cut St. Mary’s lead to nine points. Dillon Magee, Peter Vorillas, Tommy Tsongas and Chris Diskin weathered the storm and settled down with strong rebounding and good ball movement on offense. St. Mary’s continued to work hard in the second half and emerged victorious with a final score of 35-17.

The 4th grade team (Noone/Petersen) played to a win against St. Boniface, Sea Cliff. This was the team’s first away game and the boys were extraordinary. The entire team played great defense, had many fantastic passes. Team members are Patrick Albanese, Gabriel

Alcaraz, Aidan Haggerty, Tommy Higgins, Brian Noone, Jack Petersen, Alexander Robson, Grant Valentine, Matthew Varela and Theo Vorillas. It was a great team effort and fun was had by all.

St Mary’s 8th grade (Saville/Quinn) beat Holy Spirit, 64-36. The offense was led by John Mastando, who scored 28 points, Jay Schlaefer (13 points) and Thomas Santella and Thomas Blaney, who each scored six points.

St. Mary’s defense forced numerous turnovers and dominated the boards, with major contributions from Nick Quinn, Will Allen, Jack Saville, Chris Carillo, John Whelan and Alex Racanelli. The team awaits the return of Ross Tortora, who was injured in a previous victory over St. Peter’s.

St. Mary’s 8th grade team 7 began their title defense with a 48-33 win over Holy Family, Hicksville. Led by Noah Semple (12 points/8 rebounds) and Steven Vlahakis (7/4) and outstanding defense by Eddie Arnold and Joseph Mulholland (2 pts., 2 steals), the defending champions battled through a tough first quarter before pulling away. Duncan Barcelona (3 pts), Patrick Weber (3 pts., 2 steals), Timmy Kiggins (7), Steven Salerno (5), Joe Locurto (6) and Charlie Young (4). With defensive stalwart Louis Perfetto and sharpshooter Chris Themelis on the DL, the team aims to play tough until their return.

St. Mary’s 8th grade (Hannan) squeaked by a stout

St. Gertrude’s, Bayville team, 36-33. It was a defensive struggle throughout. Julian Brown and Matt Cozzi paced the scoring and Andrew Pogue drained a crucial 3 pointer down the stretch.

4th Grade (Byrne/Pidherny) bested St Aidan, Williston Park. St Mary’s played disciplined defense and moved the ball well on offense. The players did a skillful job distributing the ball and overall it was a team effort on offense. It was a very competitive game and after taking an early 10-point lead St Mary’s held on.

St. Mary’s 8th Grade (Chellaram) started the season strongly with two victories on their double header this past weekend. In their season opener at home the team beat St. Boniface, 36-26. Leading them to victory was Leo Tsartsalis (10 pts, 6 rebounds), Stelio Katopodius (6 pts, 5 assists), Kyle Grant (6 pts, 3 assists), Dino Chellaram (9 assists, 5 steals), Nico Miradoli (4 pts), and Demetri Mc Nulty (4 pts).

In their second game, the team beat St. Ann, 45-26.

It was an all-round effort from the all the players, with additional contribution from Luca Parisi (4 pts),Ryan Muni (5 pts, 8 rebounds), Michael Polis (4 pts), Adam Stefan(4 pts, 3 rebounds). The unselfish play from Dino Chellaram (14 assists, 5 steals) and excellent defensive effort by Bryce Thalhemier, Matt Abrankin and Dan Desantis allowed the team to pull away in the second half.

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