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Chimenti, Carnevale seek GCP fire, water, Derenze, Dolan seek NHP fire BY B R YA N A H R E N S Voters on Tuesday will be voting on contested commissioner positions in the Garden City Park Fire and Water District and in the New Hyde Park Fire District. New Hyde Park resident Peter Chimenti, who has served in the Garden City Park Fire Department for 34 years, is challenging Commissioner Augustine Carnevale, a New Hyde Park resident who is serving in his 12th year as a commissioner in the Garden City Park Fire and Water District. New Hyde Park resident Stephen Derenze is challenging current Commissioner Michael Dolan, who is seeking his second term in the New Hyde Park Fire District. Garden City Park Fire and Water District commissioner terms are for three years while New Hyde Park Fire District terms are for five years. Chimenti has known Carnevale for more than 34 years

but is now opposing Carnevale because he feels it is a time for change. “It’s time to get new blood in there,” Chimenti said. Chimenti, who is a former Fire Chief of the Garden City Park Fire Department, said his previous experience will make him a successful commissioner. “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 retired from the NYPD as a sergeant in 2006 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 currently works for Ready Mix concrete in Brooklyn, said he wants to complete the work he has already begun. Continued on Page 66

first graders celebrate Thanksgiving at Denton Avenue School. see photos and story on Page 47

Sauvigne, Altmann battle for M-L fire and water seat BY B i LL SAN ANtONiO Village of Munsey Park resident Mark Sauvigne, a bond trader and current Manhasset Park District commissioner, will square off against former Nas-

sau County Legislator Lisanne Altmann, a Great Neck resident who works as an account executive with PSEG Long Island, in the race to succeed Andrew DeMartin as Manhasset-Lakeville Water and Fire District commissioner.

The Manhasset-Lakeville Water and Fire District covers Manhasset and parts of Great Neck and New Hyde Park. Sauvigne in an e-mail interview last month said he is running on a platform in which Continued on Page 56

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Talks with teaching NBA star lectures assistants at impasse on drug addiction Herricks turns to mediator for contract negotiations BY B R YA N A H R E N S

Herricks Superintendent of Schools John Bierwirth and school board President James Gounaris announced last week that negotiations between the board and 62 teaching assistants have reached an impasse. Bierwirth said it was determined that neither side could progress any further with negotiations on a new contract to replace the previous contract, which expired on June 30. “It was done jointly,” Bierwirth said during the school board’s regularly scheduled meeting. “We lament that we have not been able to negotiate.” Gounaris said that negotiations have been arduous due to the limitations of the district. “As we have said before, we have nothing but appreciation and respect for our staff. Nevertheless, the fiscal climate, the tax levy cap and a number of other factors complicate negotiations and make it difficult or impossible to accommodate certain proposals. It was our hope that having tackled the tough issues with the other units, we would able to do the same with the teaching assistants,” Gounaris said during a Nov. 20 school board meeting. Negotiations between the board and Herricks Teacher Association, which represents the teaching assistants, have been ongoing since July. The Herricks board and the teachers association settled a four-year contract in June for 346 teachers. Bierwirth said that the next step in negotiations with the teaching assistants involves bringing in a mediator from the Public Employee Relations Board to advise negotiations. “The two sides are far apart,” Bierwirth said. “What the board wants and is willing to settle on is quite different than what is be-

Herricks Superintendent of Schools John Bierwirth ing asked for.” Bierwirth said that an exact date for the next meeting between the two side has not been decided but that negotiations may begin within the next month. “We are mindful of the fact that additional bargaining units will be up for negotiation in the coming months,” Gounaris said. “The board will respect the process and continue working toward a fair agreement with the assistants, while keeping in mind the financial constraints on the district and its taxpayers, as well as the upcoming contracts.” Efforts to reach Herricks Teachers Association President Nidya Degliomini regarding negotiations with the teaching as-

Herren shares personal struggle

BY B R YA N A H R E N S Basketball player Chris Herren had an hour and 10 minutes before a game in which he would be announced for the first time as the point guard for his hometown Boston Celtics when he picked up his phone and told his Oxycontin dealer “My dream is about to come true and I don’t think I can do it without you.” Herren said he was at a point where his body needed the painkiller and was checking his phone every 10 minutes for his dealer to arrive. When the dealer ran into traffic, Herren said, he ran into traffic to meet with him. When he made it back, Herren said, it was too late for him to hear his name announced as the starting point guard. “Only six people in Celtics history ever heard those words,” Herren said. “And I missed them, I don’t remember them.” Herren was invited by the Herricks School District to tell his story twice at Herricks High School on Tuesday - earlier in the day to the high school class and in the evening to parents and members of the community.

sistants were unavailing. Degliomini, who succeeded Jane Morales as Herricks Teachers Association president last year, described the negotiations with the teachers as a “long and arduous task” with “a lot of give and take” - an assessment that Gournaris seconded. “Over the past several months, the Board has concluded negotiations for a new contract with the administrators and the teachers. Although difficult, the parties were able to come to agreement on terms that we believe are fair to both sides,” Gounaris said during the board meeting. Gounaris said in July the terms of the contract in July Continued on Page 56 Chris Herren

He said he was surprised by the relatively small number of parents in attendance during the evening presentation in light of the large numbers of e-mails he received from the students he had spoken to at the earlier session. But, he said, even if his presentation touched a small crowd it meant something. “Even if its just 10 people its worth it,” he said. Herren was the subject of the Emmy-nominated 2011 ESPN 30-for-30 documentary “Unguarded,” which chronicled his drug use and recovery. That same year he started the Herren Project, which helps to provide assistance to those suffering from addiction. Herren said his addiction began during a party, when he was sold a small, yellow pill for $20, he said, something he brushed off as trivial. “I laughed, I said ‘I can’t believe you’re getting away with charging $20 for one pill’,” Herren told the audience in the Herricks High School auditorium on Tuesday. “I had no idea that this decision that day was about to Continued on Page 56

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Gerard Leeds, founder of CMP Media, dies Great Neck resident launched National Academy for Excellent Teaching at Columbia University By A da m L i d g e t t Entrepreneur, philanthropist and Great Neck resident Gerard Leeds died at his home on Nov. 27, according to reports. He was 92. Gerard and his wife Lilo, who survives him, launched in 1971 CMP Media, Inc., which became a leader in publishing business newspapers and magazines and providing information, and Internet services for high-tech businesses, according to the Alliance for Excellent Education’s website. The company became known throughout the years for its socially responsible policies as well, including their on-site infant and child care services, according to the book they co-wrote, “Wonderful Marriage: A Guide to Building a Great Relationship That Will Last a Lifetime.” Gerald and Lilo met at an Adirondack Mountain ski lodge in 1950, and were married in 1951. They had five children and 13 grandchildren, according to the book. After turning the business over to their sons, the Leeds founded the Institute for Student Achievement in 1990 to help at-risk middle and high school students in low-performing school districts, according to the alliance’s website. In 1999, the company was sold to United News & Media for $920 million, according to multiple media outlets. Now known as UBM, the company operates from offices across the globe. Gerard and his wife also founded the Alliance for Excellent Education in December 1999. They both served as the first chair and vice-chair of its board of directors, respectively, according to the alliance’s website.

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Gerard Leeds with his wife Lilo.

The company was well known for its socially responsible policies, including for its on-site day care center. The Leeds also recently launched the National Academy for Excellent Teaching at Columbia University’s Teacher College, according to the alliance’s website. The academy brings together prominent faculty, experts and teachers to reinvent how the U.S. upgrades the skills and knowledge of high school teachers in order to have higher student performance, according to the alliance’s website.

Gerard was also on the board of the Schott Foundation for Public Service, according to the foundation’s website. Leed’s journey, however, began in more dire circumstances. He and his wife Lilo both escaped from Nazioccupied Germany in 1939, according to the alliance’s website. Leeds was a “ dedicated philanthropist committed to helping Holocaust survivors, as well as the entire Jewish community,” UJA-Federation of New York said on Legacy. com in the New York Times. He eventually earned his bachelor of arts and science and an honorary doctorate from Adelphi University and a masters of arts and honorary doctorate from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, according to the alliances website. Always committed to education, Gerard taught at Long Island University and Hofstra University, as well as lectured to MBA students on socially responsible business management, according to the according to the alliance’s website. Leeds and his wife have both been the recipients of many awards, thanking them for their service. Some of these include the Socially Responsible Entrepreneurs of the Year, the Long Island Association Humanitarian Award and Outstanding Philanthropists of the year for the Long Island chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, according to the alliance’s website. Gerard and his wife have said they hope their work in education can return some of the success they earned in America back to society, according to the foundation’s website. Both were also named on the list of “100 Who Shaped a Century” in a report by Newsday.

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New restaurant brings a taste of NYC BY B R YA N A H R E N S

When Nick Johnson opened The Clubhouse in New Hyde Park he said he wanted to bring Manhattan-style dining to Long Island without the high prices of New York City food. “Not a lot of people decide to do these types of things in this area,” Johnson said, who opened his restaurant with co-owner Thomas Lee on Nov. 17. “Long Island only has corporate and diners but nothing in between.” The Clubhouse, located on 377 Denton Ave. as part of the Spring Rock Golf Center serves as more than just a hangout for the golf crowd, Johnson said. “There’s a little bit of something here for everyone,” Johnson said, who currently lives in Manhattan. “I picture this as a hangout.” Johnson said he became involved with the food industry when he was 16 years old working as a bus boy in a Cheesesteak Factory and later moving on to work in food management at a resort restaurant in Switzerland for six years having studied hotel management in college. Johnson later opened a Bareburger in Manhat-

tan’s Hell’s Kitchen before pursuing his own business. “I just like being in restaurants,” he said. Johnson, originally a California resident, said his partner, Lee, found the New Hyde Park location upon Johnson’s return to the country and said it had a lot to offer. “I like the amount of parking this location has,” Johnson said. One of the perks of being located on the golf course, Johnson said, is not having to worry about noise. “We can be as loud as we want because we’re secluded,” he said. The Clubhouse offers a very specific menu with a twist, Johnson said. “We’ve arranged our menu in a very creative way,” he said. “Everything on our menu is made fresh, by ourselves and not frozen.” The restaurant offers outdoor dining during the summer season along with music to contribute to the Manhattan-style atmosphere, Johnson said. Johnson said opening a restaurant like the Clubhouse has always been something he thought about. “We always wanted to do this,” Johnson said. “We just didn’t have the opportunity until now.”

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NHP man picked to head building dept. BY B i LL S A N A N tON i O New Hyde Park resident John Niewender, an 11-year veteran of the Town of North Hempstead’s building department, has been appointed the department’s commissioner, town officials said Wednesday. The appointment ends a six-month search for the department’s permanent commissioner. Following the resignation of former Building Commissioner Kevin Cronin in May, Michael Levine was appointed acting building commissioner. Niewender, also a 10-year commissioner of the New Hyde Park Fire District, starts as building commissioner effective Dec. 10. “I am appreciative of Supervisor [Judi] Boswrth’s confidence in me to direct the building department and its 45 employees,” Niewender said in a statement. “I am looking forward to continuing to improve service and efficiency as we serve the residents of North Hempstead.” Niewender was most recently the department’s acting deputy commissioner. He was previously the department’s chief building inspector and has also investigated illegal housing within the town. As building commissioner, Niewender will be tasked with enforcing town and state building codes on property, buildings and construction.

John Niewender “The town’s building department requires the leadership of a knowledgeable and dedicated commissioner who is well-respected in his field and that person is John Niewender,” Bosworth said in a statement. “John has been working so diligently to implement my administration’s goal of providing exemplary customer service to the residents and professional contractors who use our services. I am confident that he

will help move the building department forward.” The department in recent years has been embroiled in controversy. In 2008, former Building Commissioner David Wasserman and three North Hemsptead employees were indicted for accepting bribes for their rulings within the town. Charges against Wasserman were later dropped. Cronin, who announced his inten-

tion to resign in early April, told Blank Slate Media at the time that “it was time to move on,” as he was hired in the wake of the scandal. In his time as commissioner, Cronin said it has become easier for residents to attain permits, expediting a process that once took up to 14 months. “We instituted many changes that we believe were for the better and I believe I am leaving the department in a lot better shape than I found it,” Cronin said. “We had to rebuild the morale of a badly demoralized department. It was a monumental task.” Nevertheless, Bosworth and Town Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio each made building department reform a primary campaign objective in their race for town supervisor last year. Upon taking office in January, Bosworth hired Lauren Summa as the building department’s applicant advocate to assist residents applying for building permits and help the residents complete building applications. Soon after, Bosworth established mobile evening hours for Summa to meet with residents outside Town Hall as part of the supervisor’s plans to make the building department more efficient and “user-friendly,” as she promised during her campaign and in speeches after taking office.

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Debates are vital part of democracy Ignorance is not bliss. On Dec. 9 voters will go to the polls to select a new commissioner for the Manhasset Lakeville Water and Fire District, two Great Neck Park District commissioners, one commissioner for the New Hyde Park Fire District and one for Garden City Park-New Hyde Park Fire District. They will do so without a complete picture of the candidates. The voters, the few who show up, will often be pulling levers for people who they know next-to-nothing about – unless they happen know one of the candidates personally or are avid readers of weekly newspapers – for positions that they know little about. This is not how a democracy is supposed to function. The cure for this dysfunctional day at the polls is simple: Each candidate who is not running unopposed should have agreed to at least one public debate. The candidate could open that debate with a statement that begins something like this: “This is who I am and this is why the commissioner position is important and this is why I am the best woman (man) for the job.” If the debate were covered by local television, it’s not likely that large numbers would watch, but those who did would be armed to make an intelligent decision. As usual the League of Women Voters has made a credible effort to schedule debates in the upcoming elections. According to Judy Jacobson with the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset, only three candidates said they would participate in debates no matter what – Neil Leiberman, who is running for the three-year commissioner position in the Great Neck Park District, Sharon Epstein, who is running for the twoyear position and former Nassau County Legislator Lisanne Altmann who is running for a commissioner position on the Manhasset Lakeville Water and Fire District. Lieberman, a former guidance counselor and physical education teacher, and the husband of Great Neck News columnist Karen Rubin, said his opponent, current park Commissioner Dan Nachmanoff accepted a revised invitation to debate on Dec. 3. He then cancelled. Nachmanoff said when he agreed to the debate he had forgotten he was scheduled to be at the Greater New York Dental meeting that same day. Lieberman said the candidates could have rescheduled for the original Dec. 1 date. Not happy that the debate was called off, Leiberman said, “We need more participation from people [in the parks district]. One of the ways is to allow them to see us debate on TV.” Nachmanoff replied that he did not have control over the proposed debate, and that it was being run entirely by the league, not the parks district. He added that most people in the parks district know both him and Leiberman. Altmann said she agreed to debate her opponent, Mark Sauvigne, but he dodged the opportunity. Sauvigne said he was willing to debate but communications problems between him and the League of Women voters prevented it from happening. If people want to run for public office, they should be willing to take part in a debate so that the voters who care will be able to know clearly how they see the position that they are running for and where they stand on important issues. In 2014 there is no excuse for not debating. The League of Women Voters is willing to go to great lengths to facilitate these debates. If TV coverage is not available, the print media will be there. In addition the debates can easily be posted on the Internet. If the districts are going to ask voters to come out on a cold December night, they should make sure the voters have the information they need to make an informed decision. Otherwise they may as well just put all the names in a hat.

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Erect stop sign for red-light cameras READERS WRITE Criticism of the school zone camera program is rampant. As implementation grows, and more and more are being ticketed, the public simply cannot allow enforcement to continue without answers to the questions that will justify continuation of what looks like an arrogant, badly planned and unreasonable program that could be fraught with technical problems. We need to mount an organized protest and demand answers to the many questions that have arisen. Apparently prior protests have not been heeded. On a personal level, my daughter and I are suddenly criminals, wild speed demons, deserving of expensive repeated

penalties. In the space of a week or two, we received a total of six summonses, more than we have ever gotten in a total of 99 years of driving. Neither of us has ever injured anyone with our cars. Machines are not infallible, they do not reason, and it is possible that those who use them have not put much thought or common sense into their use. I suspect that the punishment does not fit the crime. As a longtime advocate of worthy causes, I hope to enlist others to try to find a solution for what is purported to be a safety problem in a fashion that thus far has created other problems.

I might add that there is also a problem with yellow and red light cameras. If you want to join me in exploring a reasonable solution, feel free to email me at esconfino@gmail.com. I think we will need to find a public venue at which we can plan a campaign. We need to hear from many more victims. We need to persuade public officials to listen to what citizens want. On every level of government, I might add, we are not being heard. Esther Confino New Hyde Park

Ferguson verdict no excuse for violence Grand Jury in Ferguson handed down their decision and police officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted for the shooting of Michael Brown. Now that caused much rioting and burning of Ferguson. Well all I can say is that some in Ferguson felt violence made it right because they opposed the decision. That is not the way to go and is not the American way.

There are other ways and that includes through an open discussion concerning race relations and through the courts. And burning one’s own town to the ground and looting does not get it done. As Bruce Springsteen in his song “Jungle Land” states, “Outside the street’s on fire in a real death waltz, between what’s flesh and what’s fantasy.”

Well it doesn’t have to be like that, so why can’t we get along? It’s time for the town of Ferguson to rebuild with understanding, discussion, hope, prayer, and forgiveness. Remember this too: Evil thrives when good people do nothing. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

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G.N. ed board falls Israel accepted short for veterans blame for Liberty At its recent November meeting, the Great Neck School Board deferred action on school tax relief for veterans. The members of the board wrestled with the issue of transferring recovery of reduced tax revenues to non-veteran Great Neck taxpayers. The board indicated that it would make its decision at the next December board meeting. In 2013, the New York State Legislature passed and the governor sign legislation permitting the school districts to afford school tax relief for veterans who served during carefully defined periods of war. As much as a 25 percent reduction for those who served in combat areas, 15 percent for service in non-combat areas. As significant number of school districts located on the “Gold Coast” adopted these tax-relief provisions that benefit veterans. Many of these districts have income and wealth profiles that are comparable to Great Neck’s. Some districts have estimated that

the additional tax expense for the “average” non-veterans homeowner would range from as low as $20 per year to slightly more than $100 per year. When you examine how “assessed value” of homes in the Great Neck villages has increased in recent years – mine increased $25,000 from 2014 to 2015 – the veterans tax transfer does not seem onerous. And unstinting support of school budgets over the years has been an integral reason for increasing home values. Also, I would suggest that tax-exempt entities of which there are many might offer to make some voluntary payment to the Great Neck School District in lieu of taxes. Veterans’ service made it possible for these entities to exist and continue to grow! Urge the school board to approve veteran school tax relief for now. Gerald Peretsman Great Neck

In 1980, the U.S. sent Israel a bill for Added information on the Israeli at$17 million for ship damage. Israel paid tack of 8 June 1967 on the USS Liberty. Our U.S. lawyers sent Israel a bill for $6 million and the case was closed. killing our sailors. Israel paid it because it A short time later the Liberty was sold was such a good deal. for scrap for $100,000. Each effected family received $25,000 William Hothan plus $10,000 for each child over the age of 5. Floral Park Our lawyer figured under 5 they Legion 1089, VFW 8031 would not be effected. (Go figure).

USS Library charges are an attack on Israel How much longer must readers have to tolerate wild accusations against Israel by the anti-Israel lobby? These people are constantly referring to totally unconfirmed speculation instead of documented facts as justification to accuse Israel of deliberately attacking the USS Liberty. Even if there was credence to their accusations (which is extremely unlikely) this ac-

tion would pale into total insignificance with the Arab extremists’ actions against the U.S. in recent years. Have the 9/11 attacks against the U.S., which claimed 3,000 innocent lives, already been forgotten? Michael Ellis Great Neck

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Continuing critical senior services One of my favorite things about being supervisor of our town is interacting with our wonderful, community-minded town residents. Our seniors make up almost 25 percent of the town’s population. During my first year in office, I have had the opportunity to meet with so many senior groups from all corners of our town. I have been struck by how engaged in local government our seniors are and how they truly care about our community. The senior population of the Town of North Hempstead has done so much to build our town into one of the most desirable places to live and retire in America. I believe an important element of being town supervisor is serving all the people, including our seniors who made the town what it is today. It is a priority to continue to provide seniors with all of the outstanding services and programs that the Town of

North Hempstead’s Project Independence senior program has to offer. I am pleased to state that our 2015 budget, unanimously passed on Oct. 29, is a balanced and fiscally conservative plan that stays under the New York State tax cap, qualifying most taxpayers for a tax rebate on their New York State taxes. Most importantly, it does not impact any services or programming. Our Project Independence Program will continue to be a national role model by providing numerous benefits that seniors have come to enjoy, including free transportation to the supermarket, discounted transportation to medical visits, social work services, exercise classes, a handyman program, and more. As always, the goal of Project Independence is to allow our seniors to age in place comfortably and remain in their familiar surroundings near family and friends.

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As we continue to hear stories about baby boomers who are now becoming seniors, having to move off of Long Island, we are steadfast in our commitment to providing and building on these meaningful services. This is also why the town is in the process of supporting the creation of two affordable senior housing projects at the former Mount Olive Baptist Church property in Manhasset

and at the former Grand Street school property in New Cassel. A recent addition to our lineup of senior services is the Project SAFE program, led by our senior program consultant John Ryan, and Department of Services for the Aging Commissioner Kimberly Corcoran-Galante. This series of seminars is designed to educate seniors about the prevalence of scammers who try to part seniors from their money and include expert panels such as law enforcement professionals who are there to give seniors insight into some of the warning signs of potential scammers. The program also features financial professionals as well as attorneys, and medicare specialists who can provide helpful information on how to manage and understand your finances as you age. That is such a critical element of aging on Long Island that can be difficult and even scary to take on alone. These

workshops have already occurred before the Williston Park, Great Neck, Herricks and Carle Place senior groups and will be ongoing in 2015 at many more locations. The weekly Project Independence radio show will also feature a Project SAFE segment each and every week, which can be heard on WCWP 88.1 FM Fridays at 10 a.m. I encourage you to log on to the town’s website at www. northhempsteadny.gov or call 311 in the town for information on dates for 2015 or call to have a seminar scheduled at your community facility. We are proud of what Project Independence has accomplished but are always looking to do more. Feel free to contact us by calling 311 with any ideas about how we can continue to enhance our senior services.

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Don’t judge the cobbler too quickly Once upon a time, there was a cobbler whose child ran around town without any shoes. “Look at her,” one villager whispered to another. “Barefoot again! And her father a shoemaker! Is he so lazy he can’t make his own daughter one pair of shoes?” “Maybe he’s just greedy,” continued a third, “and wants to make sure he profits off every pair.” “In any case,” they all agreed, “it’s disgraceful.” The cobbler heard the whispers, and joined a support group that included the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick-maker. It was led by a humor columnist. “We’re all here,” said the columnist, “for the same reason. We’re all experts at our jobs, but we can’t get our own families to respect us. Here I am, a professional writer and editor, and my children won’t take my advice on so much as a comma in their college essays. What do those admissions officers think when they see nothing but runon sentences? I’m glad I kept my maiden name.”

“You think that’s bad?” said the baker. “At least you didn’t have Children’s Services crashing your twins’ birthday party, accusing you of starving them to death. And what did they find? Not one but two birthday cakes – a fire truck, with candy-cane ladders and whipped-cream extinguisher, and a unicorn wearing a princess hat.” “Your kids didn’t like that?” “Not MY kids. And not my wife, either. She’s always on some carb-free diet that means she can’t eat anything I make, and she says the twins are both allergic to gluten.” “Maybe they are,” said the candlestick-maker. “I don’t think so! Not when I find empty bags of Oreos in the kitchen trash, and enough bread crumbs in everyone’s bed to mark out a marathon for Hansel and Gretel! It’s just my baking that makes them sick… apparently.” The baker snapped the pretzel he was holding. “What about me?” rumbled the butcher. “My kid won’t touch anything I make for her. Steak; hamburger; lamb chops; even chicken. She won’t eat any of it.”

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A Look on the Lighter Side “She’s on a hunger strike?” “Oh, no, she eats plenty – she’s in the candy shop all the time – just nothing of mine. Says she’s ‘Vegan,’ whatever that means. I think it’s short for ‘I hate you, Daddy.’ ” “Sounds like you live in my house.” The candlestick-maker spoke up. “I’ve tried everything: long slender tapers; big chunky candles; scented; colored; every size and shape. My kids won’t use them. Through the blackout, I lit every house in town – except my own.” “How’d you manage?”

“They made flashlights and a crank-up lantern. They even went to bed early! Anything, so as not to use the old man’s products.” “And you know what’s the icing on the cake?” added the baker. “It’s hearing all the gossip about my bad parenting. I can hear it! I just can’t refute it.” “Exactly!” The cobbler finally roared into life. “If I hear that expression one more time - how ‘The cobbler’s child has no shoes’ - I think I’ll explode! It’s so unfair! Please. My wife and daughter are out shopping; come over and see for yourselves.” They followed the cobbler across the street, to his home. Once inside, he took them up to his daughter’s room. “Look!” he said, flinging open a closet that formed the entire back wall of the room. Everyone gasped. They had never seen such an array of footwear: every shoe imaginable, from dance slippers to snow boots to running shoes to strappy heels, row upon row, in every color of the rainbow plus silver and gold…and in every size, clearly sitting untouched since

the day of his daughter’s birth. “How can she resist?” murmured the columnist, stroking some ruby slippers. “She says she’s ashamed to be seen in home-made shoes. She only wants store-bought – ‘So I can look like everybody else!’ But why look like everybody else, I ask, when everybody else wears junk? Still, winter is coming so I finally let them go to the mall. I just needed someone to see!” And with that, the cobbler collapsed, sobbing, between the tap shoes and the espadrilles. “There, there,” said the baker. “We understand. What say we all head back and polish off my latest batch of snickerdoodles?” “With some lamb chops,” offered the butcher. So they stayed up and ate by cinnamon-scented candlelight while the moderator read them her columns. Moral: Don’t judge the cobbler until you’ve walked a mile in a pair of his shoes!

from the d es k of se n ator j ac k marti n s

The hall closet holiday challenge My wife and I just spent this fine Saturday morning sorting through the hall closet. Yes, you heard me correctly: the dreaded hall closet where coats, jackets, broken umbrellas, and mismatched shoes go to die; the black hole that gobbles up and forever conceals all that we so foolishly deposit in it; the booby trap packed so tightly that just removing shin guards can cause an avalanche of epic proportions. And here’s the worst part: it was my idea. Now just to be clear, neither the dumbfounded look of surprise on my face nor the large Dunkin Donuts coffee I brought her prior to my suggestion did much to endear the idea to my wife but we tackled it for the sake of two really good causes and I’m asking you to do the same. First is the annual New York

Cares Coat Drive. This venerable nonprofit aims to collect 100,000 gently used coats for distribution to needy New Yorkers this winter. That may sound like a lot but in reality, if even half of the people reading this column were to donate just one coat, we’d have nearly 25,000 of them. And if your family is anything like ours, you probably have quite a few that have been relegated to the dust bin, forgotten or outgrown by children who need a new one every year. I realize it’s not easy at this busy time of year to start digging through closets, but it’s only going to get busier as the holiday rush will soon sweep over even the most even-keeled among us. Would it be possible to carve an hour out of your week to look for coats that can be donated? There are a number of convenient drop off locations in our

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area. In fact, many of our local auto dealerships serve as collection centers or you can visit www.newyorkcares.org/coatdrive to find one nearest you. Not only will you finally get around to cleaning out some closets, but in doing so you will make what could be a miserable winter a lot more bearable for a neighbor in need.

And while you’re at it, might I ask that you also look for toys or games that have been unopened? I just kicked off my annual Holiday Toy Drive that invites neighbors and community organizations to donate new, unused toys to Winthrop University-Hospital’s Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Center. Those of you who are parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, already know well the smiles of eager children as they tear open new Christmas toys. You also know that unlike when we were growing up, many of those toys remain unopened in a toy room or basement somewhere. Can you imagine the world of good one of those toys would do for the spirit of a sick child? I won’t sugarcoat this for you. For some of these little ones, it looks to be a grim holiday season from inside those

hospital walls. But there is a team of caring professionals at Winthrop who work tirelessly to improve their spirits as well as their health. Will you give them a hand? This isn’t some far off place you hear about on late night TV. This is our local hospital, where many of us have gone for care and these children are our neighbors. You can drop off toys at my district office at 252 Mineola Boulevard in Mineola or call us at (516) 746-5924 for more information. Friends, I’ll put it plainly. The holiday season will not be so cheerful for everyone. But if you consider taking the “Hall Closet Challenge” you just might make the holidays a bit brighter right here in our own neighborhood.

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I miss my old neighborhood diner I MISS MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD DINER It was a sad day for Lakeville and Great Neck residents four years ago today when Scobee Grill in neighboring Little Neck closed their doors for the very last time Sunday night, Nov. 28, 2010. Growing up in the neighborhood during the late 1960s and early 1970s going to Scobee was part of my life and of many others. Twenty years ago, I met my wife on a blind date at a booth in Scobee. We had returned every year on the anniversary of our first meeting. My wife and I made our final visit on the last day of operations. How disappointing that the site until a few months ago still stood vacant today. Four years later construction is under way which will support a new bank and dentist’s office. Within several blocks on Northern Boulevard in Little Neck are four other banks, three dentists’ offices and 20 additional vacant firstand second-floor storefronts. On very cold winter nights or hot summer days, rather than eat at home we would walk a few blocks over to Scobee. Over time, we have gotten to know many of the staff on a first name basis. Eating at there was like joining your family for a good

home cooked meal. Frequently, the portions were so generous that we had a doggy bag to take home providing a second meal the next day. Over the past decades, we witnessed many other changes to our neighborhood. On Northern Boulevard, our old Bowling Alley, the original Scobee Dinner, the mini-Sears Roebuck on Great Neck Road, North Shore Bicycle, Little Neck Movie Theater, Bill’s news stand, the old 5 & 10 Virginia Variety, Patrick’s Pub, Little Neck Inn, Villa Bianca, Villa Bianca Bakery, Nelsons, Subway, Staples, several supermarkets along with other stores have come and gone. Five years, our good friend Sal, owner of Sal’s Pizzeria – decided to retire. Many people didn’t realize how knowledgeable he was about life, business, government and politics. We always urged him to run for public office, but he had a full time job to worry about. Walking down Northern Boulevard in the evenings, my wife and I see fewer people dining out and shopping, except on Friday and Saturday nights. Years ago, we would never see any vacant storefronts. Today, there are many. In these difficult economic times, it is especially important to patronize our remaining lo-

cal neighborhood businesses. My wife and I along with many Great Neck neighbors are regular patrons of the local community stores in neighboring Little Neck on Northern Blvd. from Glenwood Street at the City Line to Marathon Parkway. Why drive and waste time? There are so many great local businesses. Leave your car in the driveway, save some gas, say hello to neighbors and take a walk around the neighborhood to get some exercise. We frequent North Shore Hardware, Greek Isles, Little Neck Pharmacy, Queens County Savings Bank, Chef Joe’s Marathon Food Shop, King Wok, Capital One Bank, Stop and Shop, Aunt Bella’s Italian Restaurant and others. We don’t mind occasionally paying a little more to help our local businesses survive. Don’t forget your cook and server at your favorite local neighborhood restaurant. We try to tip 20 percent against the total bill including taxes. If it is an odd amount, round up to the next dollar. If you can afford to eat out, you can afford an extra dollar tip. When ordering take out, don’t forget to leave a dollar or two for the waiter or cook. Trust us, it is appreciated. Remember these people are our neighbors. They work

long hours, pay taxes and provide local employment. If we don’t patronize our local community stores and restaurants to shop and eat, they don’t eat either. This helps keep our neighbors employed and the local economy growing. With the loss of both the Seville Diner (Douglaston) and Scobee Grill is the lack of a good neighborhood diner. I have enjoyed many excellent meals for decades when frequenting any one of many local diners. Over the years, we have seen the demise of the Gold Star (Bayside), Sage (Elmhurst), Saravan (Flushing), Palace (Flushing), Future (Fresh Meadows), Fame (Jamaica) and other diners. Diners have been part of my life from teenage years to today. Eating out is a periodic ritual with either friends or family. Portions are generous. Who never took a doggie bag home with leftovers to eat the next day. Between the customary soup, salad, rolls, coleslaw and pickles along with the main course - dinner could satisfy the heartiest appetite. Many time, we bagged our desserts to go. Neighborhoods all over Queens and Nassau have seen changes over time.

Many new immigrant groups sometimes favor their own ethnic foods and restaurants. Diners have also lost customers over time to numerous fast food restaurants. Many of their menus have expanded to also include breakfast items and a greater variety of items to select from for lunch or dinner. Remember these people are our neighbors. Our local entrepreneurs including John Papas of the Dolphin diner in Hillcrest and others who own and operate diners have continued to invest in our community creating new employment opportunities without the assistance of federally-funded taxpayers’ stimulus dollars. They work long hours, pay taxes and provide local employment. If we don’t patronize our local restaurants, they don’t eat either. Why not honor the found memories we had at the Scobbes Grill along with the Gold Star, Fame, Future, Palace, Sage, Saravan, Seville and other diners which have come and gone by continuing to patronize our remaining diners. Let us toast the memories of good times gone by at Scobee Diner and make sure we don’t lose any more. Larry Penner Great Neck

Now is the time for greater tolerance A December Message From the Great Neck Clergy Association December ushers in a season of joy and solidarity for many faith groups throughout our country. Aside from the material aspect of gift giving, each faith will highlight the expressions and buzz words which reflect the holiday spirit: Peace, good will, understanding, mutual respect and honor. Unfortunately, these expressions often represent ideal rather than reality. The ongoing tensions in Ferguson, Missouri remind us about the evils of a racial inequality which still persists in the United States. Escalating terrorism not

only poses a global threat, but it leads to a climate of suspicion; whereby too many of us succumb to the dangers of racial profiling. Throughout the world, we ignore egregious human rights violations as if they reflect inevitable tensions which have no resolution. Even within our own Great Neck community, we co-exist with people of various religious and ethnic groups, yet we demonstrate little interest in getting to know one another. In the name of religion we become intolerant; rejecting the holiday message of brother and sisterhood which our specific faiths purport to teach and uphold.

We preach absolutes; denigrating anyone whose faith ‘conflicts’ with our own. We condemn what we do not know or understand. More disturbing is the fact that we have no desire to understand… This season, I hope we can begin to heal the wounds which obstruct peace on earth and good will toward our neighbors. Instead of merely speaking and preaching, maybe we can take time to listen and to learn from one another. Instead of self-righteous indignation directed at anyone who dares to believe in a manner different from our own, maybe we will pledge to understand the tenets of other faith groups with tolerance and open-minded-

ness. Instead of hostility in word and in action, maybe we can transform such hostility into a call for honest and respectful conversation. Perhaps our conversation will not yield agreement, but at least it will enable us to sit down together in friendship and mutual respect. Instead of cavalierly quot-

ing phrases about international understanding; I hope this season we pledge to embrace those phrases as a means of bringing the world closer together. Rabbi Michael Klayman Lake Success Jewish Center Great Neck Clergy Association

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Man receives kidney in time for Thanksgiving BY B R YA N AHRENS Christian Ohlsen said the first thing he looked forward to after receiving his new kidney was eating Thanksgiving dinner. “I’m looking forward to eating creamed onions and stuffed shells again,” said Ohslen, who had suffered a kidney disease since the age of 14 Ohlsen told his story on Wednesday at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset as he, his husband Shaun Coride and his donor, Robert Joy, who is Coride’s uncle, dug into a pumpkin pie. Joy donated what surgical director Ernesto Molmenti said was “one of the best kidneys he’s ever seen,” to Ohlsen, a Moriches resident, on Oct. 22 at the hospital in Manhasset after his kidney started to fail. “I can’t even say how blessed we are that my uncle did something like that for us,” Coride said. “I wasn’t expecting him to do that. During his time with the disease, Ohlsen said, he wasn’t able to eat foods high in phosphates, such as cheeses. He also wasn’t able to eat certain fruits and vegetables such as oranges,

From left: Ernesto Molmenti, Christian Ohlsen, Shaun Coride and Robert Joy bananas and asparagus but said he was able to handle his eating limitations. “I’m not a picky eater,” Ohlsen said. Ohlsen said he is but one of many in his family who suffer from polycystic kidney disease, which is an inherited disorder in which clusters of cysts develop in the kidney. “There are so many members of my family living with PKD,” Ohlsen said. “My father has already gone through a transplant

because of PKD. Two of my aunts have this disease and one of my uncles has already passed away as a result.” Ohlsen said he is the third generation of his family to suffer form the disorder. “We now know that a relative’s baby has been diagnosed,” Ohlsen said. “That’s four generations in one family.” Joy, a Pennsylvania resident, said the decision on whether to donate the kidney came at time when he and his wife wanted to

adopt another child. “Whether or not I would be able to do the surgery was a big decision,” he said. “We had to consider financial struggles and taking off work.” Joy said his wife Mary pushed him to make the decision and not wait. “Thank God we didn’t,” Joy said. Ohlsen said that the disease is much more common than people think, affecting over 600,000 Americans and 12.5 million peo-

ple worldwide. Molmenti said that PKD is a difficult disease to diagnose due to its association with other health problems such as high blood pressure. Ohlsen said he can now rest assured in that his new kidney will not be affected by the disease. “I just have to take my medications and eat properly now,” he said. “I look forward to being able to eat anything now.” Both Ohlsen and Joy said the surgery was a very smooth process. “The staff made us feel phenomenal,” Joy said. “We joked the whole way to the operating room.” Joy and his family, including their new daughter. were present during the press conference on Wednesday along with members of Ohlsen’s family. Molmenti said that the outcome of the surgery represented the ideas of the holiday season. “Thanksgiving is about good health, good family and good food. Donors like uncle Robert are permanently inscribed in the book of life. They bring joy to those who are in need. And now, there is a happy ending,” he said.

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Man, woman identified in Hillside arrest BY B R YA N AHRENS Police have identified a man and woman who were arrested last Monday afternoon on Hillside Avenue in Williston Park after car chase that began in Bayside as Casey Newman, 21, and Ryan Farrish, 19, both of 377 37th St. in Lindenhurst. Newman and Farrish were charged with tampering of physical evidence, criminal possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance, police said. Farrish, who was driving a green SVU vehicle, is addition-

ally being charged with reckless endangerment, acting in a manner injurious to a child of less than 17 years old, possession of a forged instrument and reckless driving, police said. The two were discovered at approximately 2:45 p.m. on the corner 94th Avenue and Francis Louis Boulevard in Queens in a green SUV with a forged Florida License plate, police said. When the two were asked to stop, they refused and fled eastbound towards Nassau county, police said. During the pursuit, police said, an unidentified controlled substance was thrown out

the window in various locations. Police said that during the pursuit the vehicle nearly struck pedestrians in a school zone, including children. After their arrest, police said, they discovered that the two were in possession of gravity knives, a weapon with a concealed blade in its handle. The pursuit ended in front of the Bank of America branch on Hillside Avenue in Williston Park where an officer in a silver SUV pulled over the vehicle. Police from the Third Precinct assisted New York City police in the arrest.

Casey Newman was arrested on Hillside Avenue in Williston Park last Monday afternoon

Symposium to be held to aid war veterans BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO A symposium next Friday at LIU Post will chronicle the plight facing returning war veterans across Long Island as they assimilate back into civilian life, seek treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and addiction and re-enter the workforce stateside. Community Strong, hosted

in a partnership between the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc., Bridge Back to Life and LIU Post, has been set for Dec. 12 at the college’s Hillwood Commons at 720 Northern Boulevard in Greenvale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Our hope is to de-stigmatize psychological injury, increase awareness of post-deployment psychological health issues, disseminate information regarding

available resources and foster family, community and troop resilience,” said Josh Harel, a clinician at the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. “Using this play to forge a common vocabulary for openly discussing the impact of war on individuals, families and communities will be aimed at generating compassion and understanding between diverse au-

diences,” he said. The symposium will include a team of experts to offer guidance and resources to address a plethora of issues facing veterans, like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, family reintegration, military sexual trauma and employment issues, according to a news release, as well as ways of engaging with and supporting members of the military, veterans and their family members.

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Sewanhaka H.S. holds International Night Students from Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park dressed in traditional ethnic garb and brought their unique talents to the stage at the high school’s annual International Night. Sponsored by the World Languages Department, the show featured diverse performances by students that embodied different world cultures. Audience goers were enthusiastic as they watched high-energy dance performances, including a Bollywood-themed dance, a Chinese dance and a Latin Rhythm dance. Students who opted to sing did so in French and Italian and received rousing applause from fellow classmates and their families. Student Sonia Padilla-Ortega served as emcee for the show. Principal Debra Lidowsky said the aim of the event was to have representation from all the groups of students who attend school at Sewanhaka and to show as much cultural heritage as possible.

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Bosworth celebrates with Joy Fu seniors North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth joined with members of the Chinese American Association of North Hempstead’s Joy Fu Senior Group for their annual Thanksgiving celebration on Nov. 24 at Michael J. Tully Park. The organization meets on Mondays throughout the year from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features activities for members including ping pong, Mah Jong, chess, arts & crafts, exercise and cultural education.

Pictured from left: Mrs. Diep, Mrs. R. Moy, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Lin at the Joy Fu Senior Group’s Thanksgiving celebration.

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Rallye kicks off coat drive New York State Senator Jack Martins joined Rallye Auto Group Vice President Nick Toomey to kick-start the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association Coat Drive on behalf of New York Cares. Long Island’s Rallye Auto Group donated 220 new coats, valued at $20,000, to kick-start the auto dealers’ campaign. Rallye is one of more than 60 new car dealerships participating in this year’s coat collection drive. The new coats were presented to Nefisah Sallim, community partner relations manager at New York Cares.

“It’s a real privilege to be a part of New York Cares Coat Drive,” said Toomey. “We are grateful to all our Rallye staff and customers who donate their lightly used coats in such large numbers to help others. Last year, our stores alone collected over 1,500 coats.” “As the cold weather approaches thousands of New Yorkers are forced to make a choice this winter between buying a warm coat and putting food on the table, heating their homes, or meeting other basic survival needs,” said Mark Schienberg, president of the Greater New York Automobile

Dealers Association. “I’m proud that new car retailers across Long Island and beyond are once again stepping in to help.” In addition to the working poor, thousands of homeless New Yorkers will also need a coat to help them negotiate the harsh realities of winter—without a place to store their coat during the summer, 90 percent of the homeless population will rely on a donated coat to keep from freezing this winter. New York Cares is New York City’s largest volunteer management organization, running programs for 1,300 non-profits, city agencies, and public schools.

Pictured from left: Nick Toomey, Rallye Motors vice president; Tracey Toomey, Rallye training director; Donna Athenas, Rallye human resources director; Nefisah Sallim, community partner relations manager, New York Cares; state Sen. Jack Martins; Mark Schienberg, president, Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association.

Pictured from left: Pastor John Gravania, James Hodge of the Martin Luther King Community Center of Long Beach, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Pastor Jee Hoon Song, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, Ann De Michael, Peter Sobol of The Five Towns Community Center, and Deborah Weinrib of Woodmere.

A turkey tribute Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano thanked Pastor Jee Hoon Song of the Arumdaun Presbyterian Church of Bethpage, Gourmet Glatt in Cedarhurst, Keyfood in Woodmere, Trader Joe’s in Hewlett, Eastern Meats in Franklin Square for donating more than 200 turkeys and trimmings for Nassau County families most in need this Thanksgiving. Pastor John Gravania arrived with turkeys and food to be distributed on behalf of the Connect Church in Bellmore. “Thanksgiving is a time to gather with friends and fam-

ily to celebrate all we have to be thankful for,” Mangano said “On this day, we are reminded to appreciate the gifts of liberty and freedom which are not only precious, but also worthy of protection and care. We are truly fortunate to live in a nation that provides every individual the freedom to pursue the American Dream. With the holiday season underway let us be thankful for all the brave men and woman of the United States Armed forces who serve and protect these rights. Their courage and dedication must always be respected and remembered.”

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Marking 10 years of honoring veterans Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano was presented with a 10th Anniversary jacket from Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warriors (NCFF-OWW) members Michael J. Kushner of the Stewart Manor Fire Department, Bill Graham of the Garden City Fire Department and Steve Grogan of the Lynbrook Fire Department for his support of Operation Wounded Warrior. The jacket celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior and depicts two firefighters in turn-out gear helping to carry a soldier in combat gear. This logo symbolizes the efforts of Nassau’s firefighters aiding and assisting wounded warriors. The three people who posed for the photo depicted in the new logo are Lynbrook firefighters who are all in the military. The soldier dressed in combat gear in the center is US Army First Lieutenant Steven Liguori, who was wounded in battle in Afghanistan. The firefighter on the left is James Tucker, a Navy Corpsman, and the firefighter on the right is U.S. Marine Matt Amato. Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior is

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano (second from left) is presented with a 10th Anniversary Jacket from Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warriors members Michael J. Kushner, Bill Graham and Steve Grogan a non-profit 501(3C) organization centered on providing needed items and gifts of appreciation to the wounded men and women of our armed services.

NCFF-OWW works closely with military representatives of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington D.C., Womack Army Medical

Center in Fort Bragg, N.C. and the Naval Hospital in Camp Lejeune, N.C. Together, they ensure that useful clothing, personal entertainment electronics

and get well cards are properly channeled to recovering service personnel. NCFF-OWW is comprised of firefighter and EMS volunteers who conduct numerous fund raising events throughout the year to help meet its goals and enjoys the cooperation of the fire departments of Nassau County. Each year’s efforts culminate with a personal visit of NCFFOWW representatives to each of the military hospitals to meet with and express our gratitude for the sacrifices that these brave wounded warriors have endured for our country. During the first week of December each year, these Nassau firefighters travel in caravans to the two military hospitals in North Carolina and to Bethesda in Maryland to bring Christmas presents and cheer to those wounded receiving medical care and rehabilitation. In addition to collecting items and visiting our wounded service personnel, NCFF-OWW organizes, on behalf of the Nassau County fire service, welcome home greetings to local soldiers and marines who have recovered from serious injuries. For more information on the organization, please visit http://www. ncff-oww.org.

Volunteers needed for PWS study at Winthrop Winthrop-University Hospital’s Clinical Trials Center and Dr. Moris Angulo, chief of the Division of Pediatric Genetics at Winthrop, are recruiting volunteers with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) to participate in research study of an investigational medication. The goal of the study is to find

out whether the investigational medication decreases total body fat mass and improves food-related behaviors in obese patients with PWS. To be eligible for the study, participants must be: • diagnosed with PWS • age 12 to 65

• obese (body mass index 30 to 60 kg/m2 for age greater than 18 or body mass index great than the 95th percentile for ages 1217) • living in a family home environment or group home less than half time with a consistent primary caregiver

• willing to come to the study site for all study visits (9 visits across approximately seven months) Eligible participants will receive study-related medical examinations, research medication (or placebo) and laboratory tests at no cost while they are participat-

ing in this clinical research study. Travel expenses for visits to the study site will be covered. To find out if you may qualify or for further information, please call the Winthrop-University Hospital Clinical Trials Center at (516) 663-9582 or e-mail clinicaltrials@winthrop.org.

Free language program for low-income Candlelight Evenings families being offered by LIC/LISMA return to Old Bethpage The LIC/LISMA Language school, located at 1125 Willis Avenue, Albertson will once again be providing a free program to young children of low income families in Nassau County. The purpose of the program is to improve a student’s language skills and enable to them to receive extra help completing their homework, especially when their English language skills make it hard for them to do so. The program is designed to help students integrate more easily into mainstream classrooms. Public schools have sought to bring immigrant students up to proficient levels within three years; however, this philosophy contradicts language research, which shows that students need five to

seven years in academic programs to reach proficiency. As a result, more and more children are being placed in mainstream classrooms before they are ready. The LIC/LISMA Language program strives to provide educational opportunities to these children regardless of their ability to pay. The school firmly believes that no child should be denied the opportunity to reinforce his learning skills and to be successful in school. This program is free for low income residents of Nassau County who are either US citizens or possess a Green Card. For more information on how to apply for this valuable program, please contact the Long Island Conservatory at (516) 625-3455.

Candlelight Evenings at Old Bethpage Village Restoration will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 20 and 21 and Friday, Dec. 26 through Tuesday, Dec. 30 from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Old Bethpage Village Restoration provides visitors with a unique and wonderful opportunity to step back in time and experience life in a recreated mid-19th Century American village set on more than 200 acres. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Entrance fees are: $10 for adults, $7 for children (5 – 12), seniors and volunteer firefighters. Children under 5 are free. Old Bethpage Village Restoration is located at 1303 Round Swamp Road in Old Bethpage (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway). For more information, please call: (516) 572-8401. For more information about Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museum call (516) 572-0200 or visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

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Transsiberia set to rock Christmas Trans-Siberian Orchestra will wrap up 2014 by performing their rock opera “The Christmas Attic” live on Thursday, Dec. 18 at The Nassau Coliseum. “The Christmas Attic” features one of the band’s most popular songs “Christmas Canon.” Surprisingly, it is the only album of The Christmas Trilogy never to be performed live. “After kicking off the New Year in front of two million fans at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, followed by our second European tour, the band felt that a perfect way to end the year would be to perform the only rock opera from the trilogy that has never been seen live,” said TSO creator, lyricist and composer Paul O’Neill. “Some of the songs off The Christmas Attic have never been played live. As I have always said ‘it is fun to write the songs, it is fun to record them, but they are never really completed until we perform them in front of a live arena audience.’ Of course the second half of the

show will feature, TSO iconic classics and fan favorites, such as ‘Wizards In Winter,’ ‘Requiem’ and ‘Christmas Eve/ Sarajevo 12/24’”. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s rock opera, “The Christmas Attic” will be re-released, to coincide with the tour, complete with bonus tracks, as well as a special vinyl edition. The album’s (and stage production’s) narrative begins on Christmas Eve, when a young girl’s cu-

riosity leads her to a night of mischief and magic. She decides to sneak up into the attic of her parents’ home while she should be asleep and there discovers a magical doorway to the past in the form of a mysterious trunk filled with ornaments, toys, old records and bundles of handwritten letters. A startling discovery in one of the letters, leads to an unlikely adventure. TSO, which celebrated its 15th year

of live shows last year, has consistently ranked in the Top 10 for yearly gross revenues and attendance, according to touring industry trade Pollstar. The group has played more than 1,600 shows for more than 11 million fans, and in the process, cemented itself as one of the world’s biggest arena rock acts. This ongoing success is due to TSO founder Paul O’Neill’s vision. O’Neill has melded the sound and fury of rock with the storytelling of Broadway to create a unique amalgamation he calls “rock theater” that leaves crowds of all ages speechless. As in all previous years, a portion of all ticket sales will go to benefit select local charities. The consistent growth of TSO’s touring popularity has increased the group’s contributions and, to date, TSO has donated more than $11 million to local charities.

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with light refreshments and live guitar music. Pre-registration for the event is required. For more information, contact Sharon Lerman, LCSW, at (516) 734-8203. ProjeCT iNdePeNdeNCe Care GiVer suPPorT GrouP Learn new ways of coping with demands of care giving and gain a better understanding of your relationship with your loved one (over age 60). meetings take place on the first and third thursday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Located at 80 manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington. Registration required. Please call 311 or (516) 8696311 to register for the presentation or for more information. For TriVia LoVers At 7 p.m. two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. glen Cove. Call (516) 625-8804 for information. siNGLes assoCiaTioN oF LoNG isLaNd For information on events, please call (516) 8250633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com. Your widowed soCiaL GrouP the group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, garden City. there is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 4819280.

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Gifts to keep kids engaged S tore aisles are filled this time of year with every must-have gift retailers can advertise. Children often plead and beg for the hottest toys weeks ahead of the holidays, hoping to find their requests wrapped up come the big day. But once the gift wrap is torn away and kids have played with their presents for a day, some already grow bored with their new belongings and cast them aside. Certain toys are not engaging enough to warrant extended periods of play — no matter what the advertisements boast. No gift-giver wants to spend money on a present only to have it collecting dust days later. With that said, employing these strategies can help anyone select a gift that will continue to inspire and excite children long after the holiday season has come and gone.

don’t believe the hype. It’s easy to fall hook, line and sinker for ultrapopular trendy gifts. While such gifts may have popular appeal, that does not mean they’re a perfect fit for your child. When shopping for youngsters come the holiday season, choose a gift because your child will truly enjoy it and not because it’s the trendy item of the year. focus on the play factor. Too often shoppers get caught up in toys’ appearances. Instead, think about how the toys will work with select gifts that will have a longer shelf life, guaranteeing more opportunities for play.

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imaginative play. The more a child can envision himself doing with a particular toy, the more likely he or she will exhibit a continued interest in that toy. look for minimal bells and whistles. Kids often find toys that leave more room for imagination more interesting than toys that are loaded with gadgets. Children prefer to make up their own stories and create modes of play that are more about what they like rather than the “right” way to play or win. choose gifts that grow. Shoppers want to select gifts that are ageappropriate for children so they will be safe during play time. But shoppers also should look for toys and activities that can be modified and grow with the child as he or she ages. A game that gets progressively harder through levels or a toy set that can be supplemented as kids grow older may make good gifts. Musical instruments also can grow with a child, as the instruments become easier to master with practice. figure out the child’s interests. Toys that cater specifically to a child’s interests will be the most warmly received. It may take going the extra mile to find a gift that matches a child’s interest rather than picking up the first trendy gift you see, but the results will be well worth it.

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Give the gift of indulgence this holiday season

he holiday season is rife with tradition. Families have their own unique traditions, whether it’s gathering at Grandma’s to enjoy a holiday meal or singing carols together around the neighborhood with friends who live nearby. One tradition that seems to have made it into many families’ holiday celebrations is indulging in delicious baked goods. Desserts are a big part of the holiday season, when many people relax restrictions on their diets to enjoy some of their favorite cookies and cakes. While such delicacies are often served at dinnertime, homemade baked goods also make great gifts come the holiday season. Whether a friend or family member is a fully devoted foodie or simply a person who loves a decadent dessert, gifting homecooked baked goods is a great way to show your loved ones just how much you

appreciate them. This holiday season, give the gift of decadence by cooking up the following recipe for “Sticky Chocolate Gingerbread” courtesy of Maxine Clark’s “Chocolate: Deliciously Indulgent Recipes for Chocolate Lovers” (Ryland, Peters & Small).

Put the molasses in a pan and heat gently until hot, but do not allow it to boil. Remove the pan from the heat and add the chocolate. Stir until melted. Sift the flour, ground ginger and salt together in a bowl. Add the stem ginger and toss it around in the flour until every piece is coated. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Beat in the eggs, then the molasses and chocolate mixture and finally the flour mixture. Dissolve the baking soda in the milk and gradually beat this into the batter. Pour into the prepared cake pan, scatter with the crystallized ginger, if using, and bake for 45 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 F and bake for another 30 minutes. (If using the oval pan, cook for about 45 minutes at the higher temperature, then about 1 hour at the lower temperature, as it will be deeper.) A metal skewer inserted into the center should come out clean. Let cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a wire rack and let cool completely. When cold, store in an airtight container for at least a couple of days to mature and become sticky. Don’t worry if it sinks a bit in the middle — this is normal.

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Effectively manage your credit this holiday season

pending is synonymous with the holiday season. According to the U.S. Census Monthly Retail Trade Survey, spending rose throughout the holiday season in 2013, when consumers spent more than $300 billion in the month of December alone. If spending and the holiday season go hand-in-hand, so, too, does January and the financial hangover that results from having spent so much in November and December. Many consumers find themselves in considerable debt come the new year, having decided to put many of their holiday purchases on plastic when the season was in full swing. But just because the holidays are a season of spending does not mean the first months of the new year need to be an exercise in extricating yourself from debt. The following are a few ways shoppers can effectively manage their credit this holiday season. Don’t use credit just to earn bonuses. One way to fall into significant debt is to justify your use of credit cards as a great way to earn miles, points or cash-back bonuses. While such rewards can be appealing, if you’re afraid that you will overspend this holiday season if you put everything on plastic, then don’t do so just so you can earn bonuses. Credit cards should only be used when you have enough money to pay off a balance in its entirety before you incur any interest charges. Those rewards might be tempting, but they’re not as valuable if you overspend and end up paying substantial interest charges. Avoid retailer credit cards. Retailer credit cards also entice shoppers with deals. When purchasing items in-store, customers often are asked if they would like to earn a percentage off of their purchase by signing up for a retailer credit card. Such discounts may fall anywhere between 10 and 20 percent, a deal that many men and women may find too tempting to resist. However, retailer credit cards often come with much higher interest rates than standard credit cards. Unless you know you can pay off the balance immediately, decline the offer to sign up for a retailer credit card, opting instead to pay for your items with cash or a preexisting card that carries a much lower interest rate.

Use only one card. Using multiple cards when making holiday purchases is a great way to lose track of how much you have spent. Even though the Internet makes it easy to check balances on all of your cards multiple times per day, managing credit is still easier if you only need to log in to a single account to monitor your holiday spending. Make a daily effort to monitor that spending, as it’s free to view your balance online and such monitoring can greatly reduce the likelihood that you will overspend.

Don’t exceed your credit limit. One of the biggest yet most preventable mistakes consumers make come the holiday season is exceeding their credit limits. Exceeding your credit limit not only means you will have a rough month of January when the bills come due, but such a mistake also has a more long-term effect, as your credit score suffers anytime you exceed your limit.

Know your interest rates. Though it’s best to only use a credit card when you know you can repay the balance in full when the bill arrives, some consumers simply must carry a balance. In such instances, know the interest rate held by a particular card before you swipe that card to make a purchase. Some cards hold variable interest rates, which means the interest charged back in June may be far lower than the interest you will be charged in January. Before using any of your credit cards, determine which one holds the lowest interest rate and use that one when making holiday purchases. Though spending might be synonymous with the holiday season, consumers need not accept credit card debt as a harsh reality of January. Taking steps to manage credit effectively when holiday shopping can make January a more enjoyable time of year.

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ew holiday shoppers can resist a great deal. Whether it’s heavily discounted merchandise on Black Friday or last-minute sales for shoppers who procrastinate, there are deals to be had from the start of the holiday season until its unofficial end sometime around New Year’s Day. But not all deals are what they seem. Many a shopper has swiped their card on a gift for a loved one only to find out later they overspent or didn’t read the fine print and subjected themselves or their friends and family members to potentially costly fees. The following are a handful of things shoppers should consider before making any purchases this holiday season. Restocking fees As thoughtful as holiday gifts may be, many are ultimately returned. Recipients may already have similar items at home or find a particular gift does not suit their personal styles. Because returns are so common, shoppers should read the fine print before buying gifts to ensure their purchases are not subject to restocking fees if they must be returned. Restocking fees can apply to any product, but they are most often applied to electronics. A restocking fee is a charge the person returning the gift must repay upon bringing the gift back to the store or mailing it back to the warehouse. Restocking fees often apply to items that are not returned in their original factory-sealed box, and these fees can be exorbitant, sometimes as much as 20 percent of the cost of the product. So before buying that big-ticket television or appliance, holiday shoppers should ensure the item’s recipient will not be subject to a considerable fee if he or she decides to return the gift. Extended warranties Many items come with manufacturer warranties that cover damaged items

for a predetermined period of time. But many shoppers want to go the extra mile and buy extended warranties that protect the products for longer periods of time. While that’s good in theory, studies from Consumer Reports have shown that products rarely break within the time period covered by extended warranties, meaning shoppers are simply buying a false sense of security they’re unlikely to ever use. When considering an extended warranty, first research the product you want to buy by reading customer reviews of the product on popular sites such as Amazon.com. Such sites can offer valuable insight with regard to how reliable products are. If multiple reviewers note that a given product has never given them a reason to reconsider their purchase, then you likely don’t need an extended warranty. If you still want the extra protection, read the fine print of the extended warranty so you know just what it does and does not cover. Return policies Because so many gifts are returned once the holidays have come and gone, it’s important to understand a retailer’s return policy before buying a gift for a friend or family member. In-store purchases may be subject to different return policies than items bought online, which may need to be returned via the mail, a potentially costly expense for the gift’s recipient depending on the size of the gift. Try to shop only at stores with flexible, consumer-friendly return policies so your friend or family member does not have to jump through hoops just to return the gift. Resisting a holiday deal can be difficult. But shoppers should first read the fine print before making any purchases so they can rest easy knowing they made the best decision possible.

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he holiday season generates a lot of waste, and many things contribute to this excess of trash this time of year. Thousands of paper and plastic shopping bags end up in landfills after the holiday season. Reusable cloth bags can limit the amount of bags tossed away, and users of plastic bags can recycle those bags at appropriate receptacles. Four million tons of waste is attributed to shopping bags and wrapping paper. Recycling paper or looking for reusable items in which to wrap gifts can cut down on paper waste. Approximately 33 million live trees are cut down and sold in North America each year for Christmas. If you use a live

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arents often find themselves waiting in long lines to snag the hottest toys for children’s holiday gifts. Shoppers arrive at retail stores in droves to grab the newest video game consoles or must-have dolls or action figures. From Cabbage Patch Dolls of the 1980s to the Elmo craze of the 1990s, every generation seems to have its own “musthave” holiday gift. This year, holiday shoppers may want to start shopping early if they hope to land any of the following items that figure to be this year’s hot toys. “frozen”-themed toys: Mega-retailer Walmart predicts that toys inspired by the smash hit film “Frozen” will continue to be hot commodities this holiday season. To meet demand, the retailer already is stocking up on the popular characters and other products banking on the popularity of the film. If the special girl in your life is still enamored with all things “Frozen,” it’s a smart bet to start your holiday buying early this year.

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“Hunger Games” athletic items: Fans of the “Hunger Games” trilogy, be it the books, movies or both, are familiar with lead character Katniss’ prowess with a bow and arrow. Bows inspired by the movie are in demand and will appeal to both girls and boys testing their archery skills. beats by dr. dre: Music-lovers still consider these headphones must-have

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Art League to host Holiday tours set for day of family fun Chelsea Mansion The Art League of Long Island is hosting what is expected to be the first of many annual Inbeon Con’s on Long Island on Saturday, Dec. 13. Inbeon Con is a day of family-friendly activities where visitors can connect with and support local New York artists, attend panels, participate in family play contests and take advantage of kids’ art and creativity room. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Workshops and panels will cover everything from character/creature design to self-publishing. There will be cosplay contests where one can win free prizes for best costume, as well as cosplay photo shoots. Original art will be offered through comic art auctions or purchase works shown by guest artists. Guest artists scheduled to appear include: Eric Hutchison, Ryan Browne, Jim O’Riley, Will Falcone, Tom Travers, Kelly

Gordon (a.k.a. McKel Supreme), Jennifer Scrimenti (a.k.a. J Scribble), Rebecca Fedun, Jason Pittman, Desiree’ Pittman, Derwin Roberson, Jorell Rivera and David Miller. Inbeon Con was created for artists by artists with a focus on education to succeed in the fields of both fine and commercial art. A portion of the event’s proceeds goes to support the Art League of Long Island, a not-for-profit art center serving Long Island since 1955. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $25, $20 if purchased in advance online at http://inbeoncon.com. Children under 10 are FREE with an adult ticket. The Art League is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. For more information call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli. org.

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A “Come Home for the Holidays” tour at Chelsea Mansion will take place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Dec. 5, 6, 7 and 12, 13, and 14. There will be two tours per day from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 – 3 p.m. Come enjoy holiday tours of Chelsea Mansion dressed in the finest holiday decorations, followed by traditional holiday music and light refreshments. Admission is: $15 per guest, $10 for seniors and children under 12 years old. \]\ Guided tours are limited to 25 guests per tour. Reservations are required, please call (516) 571-8551 to reserve your spot on the tour. Chelsea Mansion is located at: 34 Muttontown Lane, East Norwich. Located on the 550-acre Muttontown Preserve, Chelsea is a 40–room mansion listed on the National Register of Historic Places (in 1979). The home was built by Mr. and Mrs.

Benjamin Moore in 1924 and is an outstanding example of the design ideas prevalent during the latter part of Long Island’s Gold Coast era. A blend of French, English and Chinese influences, the mansion provides a sense of mood, elegance and charm, while achieving well-proportioned, livable interior spaces. Comprising of 550 acres of woodlands, ponds and estate grounds, Muttontown is Nassau County’s largest nature preserve and one of the most beautiful settings on Long Island. The preserve includes miles of marked nature trails with local wildflowers, trees, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. In winter, residents can enjoy the cross-country skiing trails that are available when weather allows. For further information, please call the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museum at: (516) 572-0200 or visit the website at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/ parks.

Adelphi frosh to debut in original production The freshman class of the Department of Theatre at Adelphi University will take to the stage for the first time to showcase their talents in an original production called “Te Deum for Young Comedians” on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, Black Box Theatre, One South Avenue in Garden City. The production “Te Deum for Young Comedians” is a cross between Michael Bennett’s “A Chorus Line” and Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass.” In lieu of a plot, this musical takes its format and order from the traditional Roman Catholic ritual of a public act of Thanksgiving. It consists of solo songs, ensemble numbers and monologues.

The piece celebrates and honors a life in the theatre by dramatizing the joys, sorrows, dreams, fears, successes and losses that young performers-in-training will endure if they continue to travel this path. This original musical was written by Adelphi faculty member Kerry Prep and his mentor, the late former chair of the Department of Theatre, Jacques Burdick. Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at $5. For more information about all events at AUPAC and to purchase tickets, visit aupac.adelphi.edu. Information is available at The Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at (516) 877-4000 or boxoffice@ adelphi.edu. Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1-6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

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The new Nassau County Christmas Village at Milburn Lake, located behind the Coral House at 70 Milburn Ave. in Baldwin will officially open on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 5:30 p.m. with illumination of the village’s Christmas Tree. Visitors can enjoy arts and crafts, shopping, holiday music, a fire pit and s’mores, bounce castles, horse and buggy rides, and free hot chocolate and cider. Festivities continue at Milburn Lake

on the following days: Sunday, Dec. 14 from 12 to 6:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19 from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 from 12 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21 from 12 to 6 p.m. For information on additional upcoming holiday events around the County, please call Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museum at: (516) 572-0200 or visit the website at: www. nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

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Hillside Public Library School Supplies 4 Kids: The library will be collecting school supplies to help the Garden City Park School address student budget shortfalls. The following are needed: backpacks, crayons, colored pencils, No. 2 pencils, scissors, composition/marble notebooks, loose-leaf paper, post-it notes (3x3), expo markers, black sharpies, markers, glue sticks, plastic two-pocket folders, baby wipes, pencil bags (8x5), iPad earbuds and iPad stylus. Please drop off your donations during Hillside Library hours between Monday, December 1st and Sunday, December 14th. The library’s hours are Monday-Friday: 10 a.m. – 8:45 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.; Sunday 12 – 3:45 p.m. We thank you for your kind generosity in this worthy endeavor. Holiday Toy Drive There are more ways to access library event information than ever: For online access and program registration, go to the Library’s website @ http://hillsidelibrary. info/events. You need to have your library barcode number for registration. For programs which require a fee, you have seven days, from the time you register, to bring in your check. Online registration for Out-of-district patrons

begins two weeks after the initial registration date. Registration opens on specified dates for each program and remains open until the class fills. The library subscribes to several museum passes for the enjoyment and entertainment of our patrons, holders of Hillside Library cards in good standing. There are specific loan periods for these passes and they can be reserved up to one month in advance. For a complete list of the passes to which the library subscribes, go to the library’s website http:// hillsidelibrary.info The library collects used cell phones (with their chargers) for charity. Also, the library collects reading glasses. The Donation Boxes are on the First Floor. We thank you. Meeting The Hillside Public Library’s board of trustees will meet on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 155 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park at 7:30 p.m.

programs Concert - Folk Songs for the Holidays Friday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. Join us for an uplifting family program of musical pleasure with renowned folk singer Caroline Doctorow. Lis-

ten to beloved standards such as Winter Wonderland, Frosty the Snowman, Dreidel Song, Let It Snow and Deck the Halls,as well as some of her original holiday songs and instrumentals. Register with your library card at hillsidelibrary.info/events Free Blood Pressure Screenings Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A Registered Nurse will conduct screenings. No appointments necessary. Zumba Monday, Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. Online Registration opens at 10am for Hillside Public Library Patrons. Online Registration opens Monday,

Dec. 22 at 10 a.m. for Out of District Patrons. Sessions will meet on Mondays, Jan. 5, 12, 26 & Feb. 2, 9, 23 & Mar. 2, 9, 16 at 11:30 a.m. Fee $31.50 (nine classes) by check or MO, only. Movies at Hillside The Big Sleep. 1946. 114 minutes. Monday, Dec. 8 at 1:30 p.m. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone. Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer. Career Connections Job Club Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2 to 4 p.m. Moderated by Bob Simmons,for unemployed persons. This

week’s topic is: 6 Job Search Myths--Facts to Propel Your Job Hunt

YA/children YA Art Club Friday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. Grades 5 and up. Help decorate our Young Adult room by creating fun art projects with Ms. Ambadjes. Projects will be displayed and given back at the following class. Must be preregistered. Snuggle Tales Story Time (Monday Sessions) Monday, Dec. 8 at 1:15 p.m. Ages: 12 months-36 months Stories, songs, movement fun and a craft. Caretaker or Parent must attend.

Contact: Children’s Services 355-7850 ext. 317. Wednesday, Dec. 10, evening session at 7 p.m. Crafts on the Go Monday, Dec. 8 at 4:30 p.m. All ages. An adult must accompany children. Create a holiday or winter craft. **No registration. Materials while supplies last. Tales for Tykes Story Time fun for children ages: 3 years-4 years. Children must be born on or before Oct. 1, 2011. Sessions will meet on Dec. 9 and Dec. 16 at 1:15 p.m. Story & Craft Explorers Stories, games, and craft fun for all our 4-6 year old friends. Children must be born on or before Oct. 1, 2010. Sessions will meet on Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. Reindeer Craft Workshop Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. Grades: K – 4. Registration begins December 1st for Hillside patrons. Registration opens Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. for out-of-district residents.Create a festive foiled crafted Reindeer decoration. $2 Materials Fee - Please pay at the door on the day of the program. Children’s Movie: Polar Express Friday, Dec. 12 at 4 p.m. Children must be preregistered and accompanied by an adult.

Community Calendar HOLIDAY SHOW “Holiday Songfest” will take place on Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. at The William Gill Theatre at Village Hall in New Hyde Park. Tickets are available at Village Hall Monday through Friday between 8:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. The tickets are $3 per person. HOLIDAY ICE SHOW SPECTACULAR A showcase of figure skating programs by Metropolitan Figure Skating

Club Skaters and guests will be held at Iceland, 3345 Hillside Ave, New Hyde Park, on Tuesday, Dec. 9 starting at 4 p.m. The event will be followed by fun skating and a holiday meal. COMMUNITY HANUKKAH LIGHTING The Lake Success Jewish Center will hold its annual Community Hanukkah Lighting on Wednesday, Dec. 17. The lighting begins at 6 p.m. and will be followed by Hanukkah refreshments as well as games for students. The entire community is invited

to attend. Prior to the lighting the community is invited to a special program with renowned puppeteer Len Levitt. Levitt has been entertaining and educating for three decades. He is the co-creator of several Jewish family series and has performed in films like “Men in Black.” The show begins at 5 p.m.. The Lake Success Jewish Center is located at 354 Lakeville Rd. in Lake Success. For more information please call the synagogue office at (516) 466-0569.

HOLIDAY FAIR Temple Tikvah of New

Hyde Park will hold its annual Holiday Fair on Sunday, Dec. 7, Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There will be a variety of reasonably priced items for children and adults to purchase. Highlights include handcrafted jewelry, toys, books & gift items for Hanukkah and other occasions;Temple Tikvah borders the tip of Nassau and Queens. It is conveniently located at 3315 Hillside Avenue in New Hyde Park. For further information call (516) 746-1120.

FREE CHRISTMAS CONCERT All are invited to a very special night of holiday music hosted by the Christ Lutheran Church in New Hyde Park. The event takes place on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m. at 300 Hillside Drive South. This year’s program again features award-winning writers and performers Annie and Jenna Pasqua. We are also introducing the inspirational voice of Kiana Wiliams as well as

other talented groups of musicians and singers. Refreshments to be served afterwards. For more information, please call the church at (516) 746-4889 or visit our website at www.christchurchnhp.org. SINGLES ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND Bowling on Saturday, Dec. 27, at 7 p.m. Herrill Lanes, 465 Herricks Road (between Hillside Avenue and Herricks Road), New Hyde Park Continued on Page 45

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Shelter Rock Library MUSEUM PASSES @ SRPL Shelter Rock Public Library cardholders can reserve a Museum Pass online for free admission to a variety of museums and gardens on Long Island and in New York City. Go to www.srpl.org and pull down the Library Services Menu then go to Museum Passes. Click the Reserve Now link and look for the red Request Pass button to see if the Museum Pass is available. Your library card must be in good standing. Advance reservations will be accepted for the next 60 days (one Reservation per family every 30 days). SHELTER ROCK PATRONS MAY RESERVE PASSES FOR: American Airpower Museum • Children’s Museum of Manhattan • Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery • Cradle of Aviation • Garvies Point • Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum • Long Island Children’s Museum • Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) • Nassau County Firefighter’s Museum • Nassau County Museum of Art • New York Botanical Garden • New York Historical Society and Library & Dimenna Children’s History Museum Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced today that in cooperation with the Shelter Rock Public Library, the Nassau

County Offices for the Aging and Mental Health are coordinating a support group that is specifically targeted to respond to the needs of caregivers of older persons. The group is led by Dora Lupo, LMHC, MAC, CASAC, Support Group Facilitator. Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Shelter Rock Public Library, located at 165 Searingtown Road, Albertson. The meetings are open to residents of Nassau County. This support group will provide an opportunity for participants to share experiences and to help one another. Persons interested in attending for the first time, or in need of additional information, please call (516) 227-8725.

programs SKYPE & CHATTING ONLINE Monday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. Learn how to set up and use Skype and instant messaging programs such as Google chat and Yahoo Messenger. Get the webcam running for video chat! Registration for Shelter Rock patrons begins Nov. 17 at the Reference Desk. Non-residents permitted if space al-

lows on December 1. SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT The Vic Vincent Group presents A Musical History Tour of Rock & Roll, Doo Wop, Pop and Holiday Show Sunday, Dec. 14 at 3 p.m. Hear some of your favorite tunes from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Lead vocal- ist, Vic Vincent, will perform on keyboard and guitar, Jimmy the “K”, on trumpet, saxophone and vocals and Bill Chimento, on drums and backup vocals. BERNARD H. BURTON LocaL author A Letter to My Grandchildren and Other Correspondence: Reminiscences of a Holocaust Survivor Friday, Dec. 5 at 1:30 p.m. Bernard Burton and his parents escaped Nazi Berlin and traveled to Spain and Cuba before joining relatives in the United States. He will take you for a vivid look at a world witnessed by a Jewish child under Hitler, a refugee in Cuba, an American soldier occupying his native German soil and ultimately an adult, grandfather and survivor. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP

with Marguerite Dilimetin, Group Facilitator, Nassau County Office for the Aging and Mental Health Wednesday, Dec. 17 from 2:30 to 4:30p.m. This support group is designed for all caregivers. It provides an opportunity for participants to share experiences and help one another. No one should be alone! First time attendees or for additional information, please call (516) 227-7055. AFTERNOON ART TALK The Glory Of Velázquez with Ines Powell, educator, Metropolitan Museum of Art Friday, Dec. 12 at 1:30 p.m. Diego Rodrigo de Silva y Velázquez is one of the greatest artists of the Western world. He went to Madrid, where his fame as a portrait painter grew rapidly and he was appointed the court painter. After meeting with Rubens, Velázquez went to Rome to study. Due to the fact that he painted very slowly, only about 130 of his works, have survived. Learn about the man and his art in this interesting lecture.

YOUNG ADULT ATTENTION TEEN ADVISORY BOARD (TAB) MEMBERS

The next TAB meeting is on Thursday, Dec. 11 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room. TAB is for registered members in Grades 7 – 12. TAB works together with the YA Librarian to improve library services for teens. ORIGAMI FOLDS for WINTER FUN Thursday, Dec. 18 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Join our teen origami experts and the YA Librarian as we use colored paper and fold it into models for fir trees, birds, snowflakes, boxes and more. Note: Time should permit you to learn at least three folds. Registration begins on Dec. 4. WINTER DECORATION Monday, Dec. 22 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. with Joanne Manning. Create a handmade winter decoration with Joanne’s help. You’ll use brightly colored paper and sparkles to make this festive centerpiece. Registration begins on December 8.

CHILDREN PLAYHOORAY KIDS Families with children ages 2 – 4 years are invited to participate in a fun-filled program of music and movement. Monday, Dec. 8 at 10:30 a.m.

Registration begins Monday, Nov. 24. JAMMIN’ JITTERBUGS Shake, Rattle and Roll musical program for children ages 18 months – 5 years. Thursday, Dec. 18 at 10:30 a.m. Registration begins Thursday, Dec. 4. GREAT BEGINNINGS This program of stories, simple songs, fingerplays and rhymes is designed for children ages 12 – 23 months with a parent or caregiver. Registration began Monday, Oct. 20 for children born between Dec. 1, 2012 and Nov. 1, 2013. Choose one of the following sessions: Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 13 – Dec. 11 Mondays at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 17 – Dec. 8 Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m. Nov. 18 - Dec. 9. WHALES in the WINTER/ ARCTIC SNOWGLOBES For Grades 1 – 5 Friday, Dec. 5 at 4:30 p.m. Learn about the wondrous world of whales and find out how they survive in freezing waters. Touch real whale bones, try a blubber experiment, see an Inuit snow carved knife carved from a walrus tusk and make your own wintry whale snowglobe. Registration began Friday, Nov. 21.

Community Calendar Continued from Page 44 for ages 25 plus. $6 per game. No charge for shoes. Social gathering afterwards at the Omega Diner, Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park. Call (516) 465-3953 for information. AMERICAN THEATER DANCE WORKSHOP Adult beginner ballet classes on Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Adult Ballet classes Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. are at the American Theater Dance Workshop, 999

Herricks Road, NHP. (516) 248-6420. NEW HYDE PARK ENTERTAINERS SENIOR CHORUS Like to sing? The chorus group is welcoming new members. Meetings are Mondays from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Clinton G. Martin Park. Call (516) 775-8118 for info. IRISH LANGUAGE & GAELIC CULTURE CLASSES Using Progress in Irish and Buntus Cainte Lessons, students enrolled

in Molloy College’s Irish Studies Language Program will be able to progress from true beginner to advanced Irish speaker while learning about Gaelic Culture. A total of eight classes will be required to receive certificate of completion. Classes run Saturdays, Sept. 27, through Jan. 17, 2015. Please contact Catherine Tully Muscente at 516.323.4710 or cmuscente@molloy.edu for further details regarding price, time and dates. NEW HYDE PARK EN-

TERTAINERS SENIOR CHORUS Like to sing? The chorus group is welcoming new members. Meetings are Mondays from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Clinton G. Martin Park. Call (516) 775-8118 for info. FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors. Monday through Saturday. Garden City,

Roslyn and Great Neck. Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050. Tuesday NIGHT BINGO Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5253 will host bingo on Tuesday nights from 7 to 11 p.m. The top prize is $1,500 with additional cash prizes totaling $1,700. Admission is $4 at the post, which is located at 155 Searingtown Road in Albertson. ADVICE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS

“Saturdays with Sabaa”: Breast cancer and lymphedema education and tips from the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program. Physical therapist Sabaa Mundia, a blogger for the Facebook site of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is offering useful tips on the site every Saturday. To access the information, visit #saturdayswithsabaa and https://www.facebook.com/ adelphibreastcancerhotline. To reach the hotline call (800) 877-8077. You are not alone.

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Notre Dame kids give thanks in November The month of November is a time when many reflect on the blessings in their lives, give thanks for those blessings, and share blessings with those in need. Notre Dame students have so many blessings to be grateful for. In the beginning of November, Notre Dame Principal Mrs. Durkin celebrated 40 years of being in Catholic education. This milestone was celebrated at a mass that was attended by the student body, teachers and a few surprise guests/family members. The students made footprints with kind words to Mrs. Durkin describing how she has touched their hearts. The blessings and gratitude continue this month as the Notre Dame Grade 8 students received their school rings. It was explained that a ring is a symbol of commitment. For the soon-to-be graduates, it is a commitment to remember. Their school ring will remind them of all of their happy memories that they have had at Notre Dame School. The Eighth Grade students are blessed with a phenomenal catholic education and lifelong friendships. Finally, the month is complete by sharing blessings with others. Many Notre Dame families provided donations, which were brought to St. Brigid’s Food Pantry. Student Council members were pleased to load over fifteen boxes of food for those in need. Students are quick to learn that one of the greatest gifts is that of giving.

Center St., Denton Ave., Searingtown at PEAK Festival Fourth grade students from Center Street School, Denton Avenue School and Searingtown School attended the 12th annual PEAK Festival at Molloy College on Saturday, Nov. 15. “PEAK” (Parents, Educators and Kids), a pre-All County day of music making and fun for fourth graders throughout Nassau County is an annual event sponsored by the Nassau Music Educators Association. Herricks students were accompanied by their parents and teachers: Jane Gold-

schlager, from Center Street; Jennifer Kiang, from Denton Avenue; and Briana Cangemi, from Searingtown. Goldschlager was one of the clinicians at this year’s festival, co-conducting a chorus of 300 voices. Kids spent the morning in workshops, chorus, African drumming, Bollywood and square dancing, a capella singing and making music on classroom instruments. After lunch, in a sharing session, students performed for their parents in the Madison Theatre.

Center Street student participants

Searingtown student participants

Denton Avenue student participants

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DENTON MUSICIANS SELECTED

Denton Avenue School had 22 5th graders accepted into Nassau County Division 1 West All-County Band, Orchestra and Chorus. The students are pictured with Denton chorus teacher Louise O’Hanlon and Denton orchestra teacher Stefanie Lanuto.

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Denton Avenue holds Student Council elections

Denton students in grades four and five had their first opportunity to participate in the democratic process during the Denton Avenue School Student Council Elections held last week. The Student Council candidates for president and vice president directed excellent campaigns–designing original campaign posters and slogans designed to persuade the vot- Student Council Advisor, Daria Roulett, introduces ers to cast their votes for the candidates running for office in the Denton them. Avenue School Student Council Elections. The Student Council orpaign speeches and excellent public ganized a “Meet the Candidates” assembly to provide the voters with speaking skills. Principal Haley would like to recogan opportunity become informed citizens. The candidates impressed the audi- nize Student Council Advisors Daria Rouence of students, teachers and parents lett and Debbie Basini for organizing the with their well written persuasive cam- elections.

D E N T O N C E L E B R AT E S T H A N K S G I V I N G Denton Avenue School teachers were busy preparing their classrooms for Thanksgiving celebrations last week. First graders learned about the first Thanksgiving celebrated by the pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe to mark the colony’s first harvest. The children, dressed as pilgrims and Native Americans, recited poems and sang songs celebrating popular Thanksgiving traditions. Audience members were delighted by their heart-warming performance, which also showcased their Spanish skills and clever choreographed dance steps. Mrs. Haley would like to thank the first grade teachers at Denton and music teacher Jodie Robertson for producing a memorable Thanksgiving presentation.

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Denton students help ‘make a difference’ The students in Patti Clark and Lisa Parisi’s classes at Denton Avenue School welcomed staff and students at the school’s main entrance on Make A Difference Day with a music and song designed to inspire students, families and faculty to take positive steps toward making a difference in the world. Music teachers Louise O’Hanlon and Jen Kiang helped to teach their classes the song, “Make a Difference.” Denton band leader Mark Bligh and orchestra teacher Stefanie Lanuto taught the music to a group of band and orchestra members. Bridget Stout and the rest of the NY iEARN crew came out to help the classes create and post messages of inspiration.

Adult Ed hosting ‘Armchair’ tour

Carey High School FBLA President Michelle Ferrulli selected her favorite decorated basket donated for the club’s food drive contest.

Carey students hold food drive contest

Students in H. Frank Carey High School’s Future Business Leaders of America Club sponsored a food drive contest at their school to help provide local families in their community with a Thanksgiving meal. As part of the contest, students requested baskets from classmates, teachers and faculty, sports teams and other club members, which included all the staples of a Thanksgiving Dinner.

Donors were also asked to decorate the outside of their baskets to be judged by the student body, with the winning team receiving a free breakfast courtesy of the FBLA Club during the month of December. Thanks to the generosity of the Carey school community, 55 baskets, which included nonperishable food items and gift certificates for turkeys, were donated to local organizations and families in need.

Roslyn, Herricks and East Williston Adult Education is offering a course, “Armchair” Tour: Ethnic New York on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 11. New York Historical guides Art and Susan Zuckerman will lead a tour of the many sites in New York City that trace the history of the Italians, Jews, Chinese and other ethnic groups that have given the city and surrounding area its unique character. From Ellis Island where

many immigrants disembarked upon arriving in America, to the neighborhoods of the Lower East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy and others where new immigrants settled, this tour of ethnic history will span centuries and large areas of the city – all from the comfort of an Adult Education classroom. Residents of Roslyn, East Williston and Herricks School Districts pay the resident rate for this course which is held in the Roslyn Public Schools Annex at

440 Round Hill Road, next door to Roslyn High School and across the street from the East Hills School (in the St. Mary’s building). Registration forms can be sent via mail, fax, or in person between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays at the Annex. A $5 registration fee must be included. (Registrations will not be taken over the phone.) For information, call (516) 801-5091 or visit www.roslynschools.org.

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C AT D O C V I S I T S P E T C O Dr.Marielle Penyy of The Cat Doctor, located at 2221 Hillside Ave., visited Petco of New Hyde Park last week and answered question from patrons and distributed vouchers for free pre-holiday exams. Penyy is pictured with Donna Macchio.

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South Middle show slated for Dec. 9, 10

The South Middle School music department is proud to present Winter Concert 1 on Tuesday, Dec. 9, and Winter Concert 2 on Wednesday, Dec. 10. Both Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m., and will take place in the school’s auditorium, 349 Lakeville Rd. The Dec. 9 Concert will feature seventh- and eighth-graders in the Senior Orchestra, Senior Chorus, and Senior Band. Classical selections to be performed will feature music by Handel and Tchaikovsky. Popular works will be by Warren and Dubin, Kander and Ebb, and Stephen Schwartz. Photos provided by the Sewanhaka Central High School District The evening will end with a medley of holiday favorites. Kacie Candela and Emilios Papas were selected as Carey High School’s Seniors of the The Concert on Dec. 10 will Month. feature the sixth-graders in the Orchestra 6, Chorus 6, and Band 6. Selections will feature music by Handel, Tchaikovsky, Stephen H. Frank Carey High School M Music honor societies. He is where she has earned several Sondheim, Robert Lopez, John in Franklin Square is pleased to a true leader and serves as the “Best Delegate” and “Outstandannounce Emilios Papas and Ka- vice president of the Musical, co- ing Delegate” awards, and as cie Candela as its Seniors of the vice president of Model United executive director of SewanNations and sports editor of the haka District’s Model UN. In adMonth for October. dition, she is a drum major for Papas is a top performer in yearbook. Candela has showcased the Marching Band, treasurer of the classroom and has been inducted into the National, For- her vast leadership abilities as Stage Crew and secretary for the eign Language, English and Tri- co-vice president of Model UN Senior Band. South High School’s Winter Concert 1 will be held on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m., in the school auditorium, 341 Lakeville Road. Nine vocal and instrumental groups will offer an evening of exciting music. The concert is free and the entire community is invited. Performing groups and their anticipated musical selections follow. The Jazz Band will perform “Happy,” from Despicable Me 2, “Dancing In The Street,” by Marvin Gaye, and “Jump, Jive An’ Wail,” by Louis Prima. A Capella will sing “Some Nights.” Jazz Choir will offer “Almost Like Being In Love.” South Singers will present “Keep Holding On.” The String Orchestra will perform “River Flows In You”; “Allegro Vivo” from Concerto Grosso Opus 6, #5, by George Frideric Handel; selections from Photo by Bill Cancellare Enchanted (“True Love’s Kiss,” Theatre South’s Improv Troupe will be performing on Friday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m., at South “Happy Working Song,” “Andalasia,” “So Close,” “That’s How You High School, 341 Lakeville Rd. During the performance, students improvise and create Know”); selections from Carmen

Candela, Papas named students of month

Edmondson, and beautiful folk music from around the world. The evening will conclude with a rousing rendition of “Winter Wonderland.” Instrumental students are taught by Department Head Alan C. Schwartz and Mark Boschen. Choral students are taught by Shelley Willcox. Andrew DeNise is the teaching assistant of the music department. As always, the Concerts are free and, Mr. Schwartz says, “They present perfect opportunities to introduce children from pre-K through grade 5 to the music they may be performing in the near future. The Concerts are brief; each is just over one hour. And they promise to be fun!” For further information, please contact Mr. Schwartz at 441-4651 or at aschwartz@ greatneck.k12.ny.us.

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characters and scenes based on ideas from the audience. The public is encouraged to attend Improv, always a popular event, to enjoy a spontaneous production by a talented cast. For tickets, please contact Thomas Marr, drama teacher/director, Theatre South, at 441-4873. Improv troupe, seated, from left: Jack Doremus and Jonathan Schindler. Standing behind them, from left: Russell Katz (co-captain), Kelly Gragossian (co-captain), Isabella Malfi, Hanna Zaretsky, and Noah Harouche. Missing from photo: Shayna Fishkin, Nathan Vallejo, and Benjamin Weber.

by George Bizet: Carmen Suite (“Les Dragons d’Alcala,” “Habanera,” “Seguilla,” and “Les Toreadors”); and Bond…James Bond (“James Bond Theme,” “Live and Let Die,” “Nobody Does It Better,” “Goldfinger,” and “Skyfall”). Men’s Chorus will sing “Love Potion No. 9.” South Sisters will perform “Next To Me.” Musical Theatre will perform “Coasting.” The Concert Band will perform “Le Sabre” (Concert March), “Lexicon,” Eiger “A Journey to the Summit,” and “Brazilian Sleigh Bells.” Winter Concert 1 will be under the direction of Michael Schwartz, performing arts department head/instrumental teacher; Mark Boschen, concert band/instrumental teacher; and Dr. Pamela Levy, vocal music teacher. For further information regarding this concert or other musical activities at South High, please contact Mr. Schwartz at 441-4851 or at mschwartz@ greatneck.k12.ny.us.

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T U R K E Y D AY C E L E B R AT I O N Garden City Park School kinderkids celebrate Thanksgiving with their annual feast of shared goodies and by dressing up as Native Americans and Pilgrims.

NHP-GCP students give back to the community The New Hyde Park-Garden City Park will contribute to others from the followSchool District has always been coming activities: food drives, turkey trots, mitted to producing students who are Toys for Tots, Ronald McDonald House contributing members of society as part Drives, Read-A-Thons, Mittens and Hats of our mission statement. That mission for Kids and Walk-a-thons, runs, Jump Rope for Heart and begins with the entire birthday party collecdistrict staff volunteertions. ing in the community As superintendent, for fund raising events I am extremely proud and service to the less of our students and fortunate. Most recently, staff. Not only have they during this holiday sealearned the Golden Rule son, teachers, admin– Do Unto Others As You istrators and support Want Others To Do Unto staff all worked together You, but they demonto raise funds for an ill strate that rule throughchild in the Garden City out the season and durPark School. Other staff ing the year. members at the district As we continue this office created an entire holiday season, I chalThanksgiving meal to a Robert W. Katulak lenge each of you as district family from soup Superintendent of Schools, readers of this paper to to nuts inclusive of a turNew Hyde Park-Garden City follow the example our key and gift cards. Each Park School District students have set and school in the district reach out at least one held either food drives, time this season to help turkey trots or Thanksgivsomeone less fortunate. ing meals for families in each school. I wish all of you a Blessed and HapThen, there are our students. Each child has learned that their calling is to py Holiday Season and hope you enjoy help the less fortunate. During this sea- the traditions you celebrate during this son, they have contributed to others and month.

Sewanhaka board recognizes honored students Members of Sewanhaka Central High School District’s Board of Education honored students for their academic and musical achievements at its recent board of education meeting. Kacie Candela of H. Frank Carey High School, Anjali Abraham of New Hyde Park Memorial High School and Shahzaib Saleem of Sewanhaka High School were recognized for being named semifinalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. The board also celebrated Carey seniors Mia Ciulla and Samara Khan, Floral Park senior JoAnna Ast, New Hyde Park seniors Camille Bangug, Allison Montvidas, Joseph Nolan, Tyler Pelaez and Floril Thomas, and Sewanhaka senior Dorothy Yu for being named Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Program for exceptional academic promise. Pelaez was also selected as a 2014-15 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar. In addition, Elmont Memorial High School seniors Harold Ekeh, Jordan Gairey, Ashley Simon and Luce St. Surin were honored for being named Outstanding Participants in the 2015 National Achievement Scholarship Program. Students selected by the New York State School Music Association to participate in and serve as alternates for the All-State Music Festival at the 2014 NYSSMA Winter Conference on Dec. 4-7, were also honored at the meeting. Congratulations to Elmont Memorial’s Jermaine Carroll and Qubilah Sterling, Floral Park Memorial’s Therese Azzara, Jainam Doshi and Ryan Slavin and New Hyde Park Memorial’s Taylor Giallanza and Camille Bangug.

Luce St. Surin, Jordan Gairey and Ashley Simon with Elmont Memorial High School Principal John Capozzi.

Shahzaib Saleem with Sewnahaka Principal Debra Lidowsky.

Carey Principal Valerie Angelillo with Samara Khan and Mia Ciulla.

New Hyde Park Memorial High School Floral Park Memorial High School PrinPrincipal Dr. Richard Faccio with Taylor cipal Dr. Kathleen Sotille withJoAnn Giallanza. Ast.

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Continued from Page18 seems, for African-Americans. “The difference is simple, and it’s the difference in almost every case of police violence perpetrated on innocent citizens. He was black. Many African-Americans and Latinos alike see these open-carry folks like the ones above and think, ‘Hey, if white people are walking around with guns like that, maybe I need to ... ‘ I know I have. But as soon as we think it, we scoff, laugh or smirk to ourselves because we know what the outcome would be if we expected the same “ “This isn’t just a what-if scenario. This is not conjecture. Consider this 2012 incident at an Ohio gas station: A white man entered a store openly carrying his weapon. Police confronted him. No weapons were drawn, and there were no commands to give up the gun, just a stern conversation. He was asked to provide identification, but he refused and was then arrested ... and then released. Alive. The charges were eventually dropped, and he is now suing the police department for $3.6 million. I wish John Crawford could file a suit.” What if Michael Brown did have a gun, for his own Second Amendment right? (Missouri has no state licensing requirements for the possession of a rifle, shotgun or handgun, and no permit requirement to purchase a gun, though the limits carrying a concealed weapon to those with a permit.) What would you bet, if blacks and Latinos started openly carrying guns, instead of the 1,500 laws introduced since Sandy Hook (over 100 enacted with two-thirds expanding gun rights (to schools, churches, bars, open carry), there would be a rush to enact gun control laws, just as there were in 1968, in the midst of Civil Rights and anti-war protests, when modern gun control efforts began with the Gun Control Act? But gun control efforts have lagged as the weapons have become more sophisticated, more lethal and Congress has refused to re-authorized the ban on assault weapons which expired in 2004. During this holiday season - this season of joy and good will toward men, of family gatherings, childlike innocence and charity - when guns having been flying off shelves, let’s review the state of our well-being: On Nov. 23, just four days before Thanksgiving, a Tallahassee man who had made previous threats against police set his house on fire and ambushed the first sheriff’s deputy who responded, fatally shooting the deputy and wounding another before he was killed by a police officer who happened to live nearby. This tragedy was reminiscent of the Christmas Eve massacre in Webster, New York, when four fighters were lured to a burning building and then two were murdered and two others seriously wounded by a man who never should have had access to a gun, wielding a Bushmaster AR-15, the same gun as used in the Sandy Hook school massacre. (This massacre helped put New York State’s SAFE Act over the finish line, despite years of opposition to gun violence prevention measures.) The Tallahassee murder happened just two days after a police shootout at Florida State University left a gunman dead after

he wounded two students and an employee as hundreds studying inside the library fled or took cover in panic. I imagine that the three wounded people’s lives have been changed forever. Since the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, Conn., there have been at least 92 school shootings in America - including the horrific shooting in October by a 14-year old Jaylen Ray Fryberg, “a popular freshman at Marysville-Pilchuck High School,” who without warning opened fire in the cafeteria, immediately killing two students and critically wounding three others before turning the gun on himself. Ultimately, four of his victims died. In a matter of seconds, Fryberg fatally shot four people. That’s the difference with guns. They are lethal. It only takes an instant to be overcome with rage or irrationality to snuff out multiple lives, even one’s own. Where did this child get the Beretta .40-caliber handgun? The reporting obsessed over his cryptic postings to find some excuse (bullying? racism? a crush gone unrequited?) but no one asked where he got the gun. It was finally mentioned that the gun, a “highcapacity” weapon, was traced to Fryberg’s father. “Fryberg was an avid outdoorsman who liked to go hunting and had guns,” CNN wrote in a profile of how the teenager went from “Home Coming Prince to School Killer:: “Just three months ago, he posted a picture to Instagram of himself holding a rifle, along with the words: ‘Probably the best BirthDay present ever! I just love my parents!!!’” Whoever enabled Fryberg - or any minor - to obtain the gun used in such heinous crimes should be held accountable, even as associates in a crime where a police officer is murdered are prosecuted for murder as if they pulled the trigger - even as - and especially because - the NRA blocks any kind of safety enhancements that would prevent a gun from being operated by anyone other than the authorized owner (you now have fingerprint locks on smart phones and bank accounts, why not ‘smart’ guns?). How many of these school shootings, with unbearably tragic deaths of young people, are the result of a kid getting access to a gun from their home? Columbine. Sandy Hook. Marysville-Pilchuck High School, Berrendo Middle School in Roswell, NM. “A 12-year-old boy who wounded two students when he opened fire with a shotgun at a New Mexico middle school took the firearm from his home, modified it and planned the attack in advance, police said,” reported Alex Dobuzinskis of Reuters (Jan. 15, 2014). The list goes on and on of middle school and high school students who obtain guns and commit mayhem. Now add the tragic shootings at college campuses - places where young people are supposed to feel safe but instead are sitting ducks, snuffed out for no reason. In June, “A man armed with a shotgun opens fire at Seattle Pacific University, killing one student and wounding two others. The suspect, Aaron Ybarra, 26, is not a student at the college. He was subdued by a student security guard and taken into custody.”

Just days before Thanksgiving, “Three Florida State University students were shot and wounded inside the school’s Strozier Library early Thursday morning by a gunman who was an alumni of the school and a lawyer, according to a law enforcement official,” foxnews.com reported on Nov. 20. Google “school shootings & student shooter & gun from home” and 341,000 results come up. Not to mention the needless deaths of children because of criminal neglect by their parents or guardians: “9-Month Old Shot By Father Cleaning Illegal Gun In Brooklyn,” Andrew Hart of The Huffington Post posted on Nov. 22. Just a couple of months earlier, on Oct. 24, fox59.com reported, “Baby dies after being shot in head during gun-cleaning accident in Kokomo” (Indiana). “Today in America, unsecured guns in the home kill hundreds of children a year through unintentional shootings, suicides and tragic school shootings. But legislation alone is not enough to address the nearly 1.7 million children who live in a home with a loaded, unlocked gun. What we need is a cultural shift in the country, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence declared. I think we need more than that. We need to hold parents and guardians responsible when they do not secure their weapons, or are so cavalier in allowing young children use lethal weapons, like that 9-year old girl who accidentally killed Charlie Vacca, a gun instructor, at a firing range in Arizona in August, when she was given an Uzi, a submachine gun, to shoot. “Our dad would want you to know that you should move forward with your life,” Elizabeth, one of his daughters, says in a video. “You should not let this define you.” How charitable. How sweet. So far this year, there have been more than 47,000 incidents of gun violence (http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/) out of these, 1,428 were for “self-defense”. Now compare this fractional number to 1210 children killed, 48 police officers killed; 626 murder/suicide (make that 627 including the Black Friday murder-suicide at a Nordstrom’s store in Chicago); 1837 home invasions. three have been 11,442 deaths by gun violence - more than the number of soldiers killed in more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Gun violence prevention advocates put the number of gun deaths at 33,000 a year, probably because they also include suicides, so easily, instantly and efficiently accomplished by gun, while other methods have a reasonable chance of survival). I’m sick to death of the fraudulent excuse of a Second Amendment “right” to possess a gun, especially since the Second Amendment, written in 1791 when singleball muskets were the most lethal weapon, states “well-regulated” (so regulation is implied) and applies only to guns for a militia “necessary to the security of a free State” - to protect the government, not to overthrow it. What is more, none of the 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights are absolute (think about Fourth amendment protection against illegal search and how women are subjected to medically unnecessary

vaginal probes before they can obtain an abortion or the first amendment right to free speech when Florida doctors are prohibited from discussing gun safety with parents of their patients). All of this is evidence of the reality of the charge by Dr. Vivek Murthy, Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General, that gun violence is in fact a matter of public health - and for that reason, the NRA, with its control over lawmakers, has blocked his confirmation for more than a year, just as the NRA has blocked any steps toward universal background checks (keep in mind that the agency has so little funding, it only has 600 officials to do the checks anyway), limits on the ammo clip capacity (100 rounds, no problem) or assault weapons, or even smart guns. And gun registration? They have rebuffed any national database, any ability of the federal government to share information or even keep the applications beyond a few days, or even the collection of statistics on gun violence. Dr. Murthy’s confirmation is something that Harry Reid, while he is still Majority Leader, should push through, now that the Senate Blue Dog Democrats no longer have to fear losing their seats (they already have). Call Sen. Schumer at 202-224-6542 and Sen. Gillibrand at 202-224-4451 and demand a vote. But the gun violence prevention advocates (Pro-Life, you might say), should take clues from the Pro-Life people who have incrementally whittled away at women’s Constitutional right to choose (Constitution, shmastitution and isn’t it ironic that the same who would claim “pro-life” in making abortion unavailable, if not illegal, defend rampant gun violence and put impediments to voting rights by requiring the expense of acquiring the documentation to get the voter ID? They should seek laws that require fun-holders have insurance against liability for accidents (you are required to have insurance if you have an automobile), raise taxes on gun purchases that pay for background checks and go into a victims fund, require that guns have “smart” technology so they can only be used by the permitholder. And impose criminal penalties for those whose negligence results in gun violence - just as bartenders are now liable if a drunk driver kills someone - including parents whose guns are used in violent acts and gun dealers whose inventory manages to “disappear”. Something has to be done. And of course, it won’t happen federally in the Republican “We Love Guns” Congress - that is, unless blacks and Latinos start exercising their Second Amendment rights as openly as whites - then you might see a rush to passing universal background checks. In the meanwhile, does Obama dare to do anything further by executive action - as he did after the Senate failed to pass universal background checks, despite the fact over 90% of Americans wanted it - perhaps using the Federal Commerce Commission? How many holiday dinner tables in this season of joy, good will toward men and Thanksgiving will have an empty chair?

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G.N. doctor charged with stealing info: D.A. By A da m L i d g e t t A Great Neck doctor was Wednesday for allegedly stealing the protected personal and health information of nearly 100,000 patients, the office of the District Attorney of Nassau County said Wednesday. James Kessler, 38, is charged with unauthorized use of a computer, second degree unlawful duplication of computer related material and petit larceny, the office said. He faces a maximum of one year in jail, the office said. “Physicians are regularly entrusted with the health and well-being of their patients, so the abuse of trust in this case is particularly outrageous,” Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said. “New York State’s privacy and larceny statutes should be reformed so they can apply to more kinds of personally identifying information - in the meantime, my office will continue to work with partners like the NCPD to make the protection of personal data a priority and hold lawbreakers accountable for their actions.” Between about Jan. 17 and April 24,

Kessler improperly accessed the computer system of NRAD Medical Associates and copied private information of 96,998 patients, while he was a radiologist at NRAD, the DA’s office said. NRAD, which has multiple locations in Nassau and Queens counties, became aware of the breach in April and notified all the patients that had their information compromised in June, the DA’s office said. The DA’s office said a search warrant uncovered Kessler’s hard drive, which contained approximately 97,000 NRAD patient records, as well as NRAD patient billing dates, NRAD corporate credit card information and NRAD IT information. The office said that New York State personal identification information statutes do not cover the information found in Kessler’s possession, as the patient records consisted of only personal identification and medical information, not financial information. The DA’s office said there is no indication that Kessler used any information to open accounts, make purchase or obtain property in the name of NRAD patients.

Hospital announces vascular program By A da m L i d g e t t The North Shore-LIJ Medical Group recently announced the launch of a new program to aid people with vascular problems more thoroughly. “The North Shore-LIJ Medical Group Endovascular and Vascular Access Program provides patients with a wide variety of services that they can receive under one roof,” Omid Rahmani, medical director of the practice, said. “We are elated to provide these high-quality services to the people of Nassau County and Queens.” The group announced last week it will be able to treat better patients who require dialysis, treatment for peripheral

arterial disease, placement and maintenance of chemotherapy ports and treatment for venous diseases. The practice where the care will be provided is located at 1999 Marcus Ave., Suite M9. The practice has 80 years of experience, the group said. Four physicians make up North ShoreLIJ’s Endovascular and Vascular Access Program, the group said. It also partners with other North Shore-LIJ anesthesiologists, interventional radiologist and other physicians, the group said. The practice is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, the group said. To make an appointment, patients can call 516-233-3777.

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Dem leaders hold 2nd Turkey Giveaway Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs and Vice Chair Tom Garry, of Harris Beach, sponsored the second annual Turkey Giveaway event on Thursday, Nov. 20, at Kennedy Memorial Park in Hempstead for members of the community. In collaboration with The New Hempstead Democratic Club President Wayne Hall, Jr. and Vice Chair Andrena Wyatt, the Nassau County Democrats gave away more than 275 turkeys along with all the fixings such as stuffing, cranberry sauce, and candied yams for a great Thanksgiving meal. The event also included dinner for all attendees along with music, trivia, and a chance to discuss issues of the community with Democratic Party Leaders. “As a political leader, it is my duty to serve the people of the community,” Jacobs said. “The Nassau Democrats are always looking for more ways we can give back to those in the community and events like this offer us a great way for us and the com-

munity to stay more connected in a positive way.” Last year’s event featured Democratic Party Leaders, local community leaders and elected officials giving away turkeys, but

did not include a dinner. This year, The New Hempstead Democratic Club wanted to promote more communication between elected officials, party leaders and members of

the community so they worked to add a sit-down dinner that could add more of a mingling component. Jacobs, Garry and other party officials were there personally

handing out turkeys to people who made advanced reservations. “It was a great event,” Garry said. “Having party leaders personally give away turkeys is not only a nice gesture, but it gives the party a face that people can remember and not just think of the party as a political organization. I enjoyed getting to know people and discussing ways to improve the community over a nice meal.” “When the people see the Nassau Democrats working for them in their community it sends the right message that the party is not just a vehicle for getting candidates elected, but an organization of like-minded community members that builds relationships, fosters ideas and takes care of each other.” Jacobs added. “We’re always thankful of the enrichment the Hempstead community gives us and the Democratic Party giving a turkey and a hot meal is just one little way we can reciprocate back to the great people of Hempstead.”

LICADD to host four-day veterans symposium The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc., in partnership with Bridge Back to Life and LIU Post, will host a full-day symposium aimed at building community and addressing the needs of our military and veteran communities on Long Island. The symposium will take place on Friday, Dec. 12, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at LIU Post – Hillwood Commons, located at 720 Northern Blvd., Greenvale. Attendees who are from the military or a veteran and their family members are welcome to attend at no charge. Experts will provide attendees with

professional guidance, advocacy and resource navigation to address the issues of PTSD, family re-integration, military sexual trauma, community resources and employment issues. Credentialed service providers will offer practical information, instructional strategies and professional techniques for engaging and supporting military personnel, veterans and family members. A unique aspect of the Community Strong Symposium will be a presentation of Theater of War by Outside the Wire. This open-forum reading of the classical works of Sophocles in a town hall-style

format is focused around highlighting the experiences of warriors and the potential impact of war and service on them, their brothers and sisters, and their families. Theater of War presentations promote community dialogue and embody one of the prime goals of this Symposiumto help us on Long Island create communities that both welcome and understand the experiences of warriors and veterans among us. For more information please see http://www.outsidethewirellc.com/projects/theater-of-war/overview. “Our hope is to de-stigmatize psy-

chological injury, increase awareness of post-deployment psychological health issues, disseminate information regarding available resources, and foster greater family, community, and troop resilience” said Josh Harel, clinician at the Council. “Using this play to forge a common vocabulary for openly discussing the impact of war on individuals, families, and communities will be aimed at generating compassion and understanding between diverse audiences.” To sign up for this symposium, please visit http://www.communitystrong.ezregister.com.

Wink, Zuckerman appear on NHTV’s ‘Talk of the Town’ North Hempstead Town Clerk Wayne Wink and town Councilman Peter Zuckerman recently stopped by the North Hempstead Television Studio in Westbury for a filming of the NHTV sit-down talk show “Talk of the Town.” Wink, who took over as Town Clerk in January after being elected last November, discussed his career in government as well as many of the services the Town Clerk provides such as marriage licenses, dog licenses and various permits. He also spoke about the programs his office runs and a recent spike in film permits in the town. Zuckerman, who was

recently elected earlier this month, discussed his career in government. He also spoke about several issues important to the residents of his district, including: the Roslyn Country Club project, a traffic safety initiative on Roslyn Road and various capital improvements, including the parking lot of the Roslyn Train Station and improvements to Clark Botanic Garden. The interviews will begin airing the week of Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. on NHTV. NHTV is Channel 18 or 63 on Cablevision or Channel 46 on Verizon FIOS. The episode can also be viewed on www.mynhtv.com.

Town of North Hempstead Clerk Wayne Wink with host Ryan Mulholland on NHTV’s “Talk of the Town.”

Councilman Peter Zuckerman talks with host Ryan Mulholland on NHTV’s “Talk of the Town.”

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COMMUNITY news

NS-LIJ collects developmental honor The North Shore-LIJ Health System’s training plans for future leaders earned recognition from the National Center for Healthcare Leadership as one of the Best Organizations for Leadership Development (BOLD), the health system announced last week. North Shore-LIJ has put a great deal of effort and resources into developing its leadership team. Employees are encouraged to attend a wide variety of classes at the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) in Lake Success to augment their management skills and understanding of the industry. North Shore-LIJ’s CLI also developed a High Potential Program, including 47 physicians who completed two years of coursework last January. These physicians are in areas across the health system and a new class of High Potential Program participants began training in January, 2013. An administrative/clinical High Potential Program began in 2008 and includes a year of coursework. “We can’t be successful without unbelievably strong clinical leadership – in other words, people like you,” North Shore-LIJ CEO and President Michael Dowling told the first class of physician High Potential Program participants during their graduation ceremony last January.

In addition to the High Potential Program, a dedicated leadership orientation was created this year for new North Shore-LIJ leaders. A website, http://nslijleaders. com, has also been created with resources for leaders and a leadership rally was held in May to help inspire the group. Inspiration also comes from several awards the health system bestows on those who demonstrate leadership qualities and excellence, including the President’s Award in the areas of patient experience, teamwork and innovation; and the Everyday Hero Award for those who go above and beyond outside of the workplace as well as in the health system. “An organization relies on strong leadership to help it constantly evolve to meet the latest demands of the marketplace,” said Joseph Moscola, senior vice president and chief human resources officer at the North Shore-LIJ Health System. “We want to give both our current leaders and future ones the tools and education they need to provide the invaluable leadership that has helped North Shore-LIJ remain innovative and a provider of high-quality care.” North Shore-LIJ was one of the top 10 recipients of this distinction.

Outpatient care at new access program offered Patients who require dialysis access maintenance and repair; diagnosis and treatment of peripheral arterial disease; placement and maintenance of chemotherapy ports; and treatment for venous diseases including varicose veins can now receive this care as outpatients at the North Shore-LIJ Medical Group Endovascular and Vascular Access Program in Lake Success, the health system announced Monday. The practice, located at 1999 Marcus Ave., Suite M9, in New Hyde Park, has a collective 80 years of experience and uses board-certified anesthesiologists for all of its procedures. “The North Shore-LIJ Medical Group Endovascular and Vascular Access Program provides patients with a wide variety of services that they can receive under one roof,” said Dr. Omid Rahmani, medical director of the practice. “We are elated to provide these high-quality services to the people of Nassau County and Queens.” The North Shore-LIJ Medical Group Endovascular and Vascular Access Program has four dedicated physicians in addition to the North Shore-LIJ anesthesiologists, interventional radi-

Members of the North Shore-LIJ Medical Group Endovascular and Vascular Access Program, North Shore-LIJ Health System leadership and local elected officials come together for the Endovascular and Vascular Access Program’s ribbon cutting. ologists and other physicians the practice partners with. Patients using this outpatient facility also benefit from being near LIJ Medical Center in New Hyde Park and North Shore University Hospital

in Manhasset if they require care at those facilities. Among those participating in the Endovascular and Vascular Access Program’s ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday night

were Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, Hempstead Village Mayor Wayne Hall Sr. and Town of North Hempstead Councilwomen Anna Kaplan and Lee Seeman.

The practice is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information or to make an appointment, call (516) 233-3777.

Meyer Suozzi scholarships awarded to 4 Long Island vets Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., has awarded scholarships to four Long Island veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and are now enrolled at Nassau Community College. The effort, which began in 2011, recognizes local veterans who are continuing their education after returning from service. The Meyer Suozzi scholarship committee was

chaired by A. Thomas Levin, chair of the Local Government, Land Use and Environmental Compliance practice and the Professional Responsibility practice, and past president of the NY State Bar Association. The scholarship awards ceremony will be held Thursday, Dec. 11 at Nassau Community College. “It’s inspiring to assist our veterans as they transition into civilian life,” said Meyer Suozzi English & Klein

managing attorney Lois Carter Schlissel. “These recipients are very driven towards their chosen career paths, and we wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.” The spring semester scholarship recipients were: Alexander Espinal of Farmingdale; Ryan McCauley of Glen Cove; Trenton Winkler of Long Beach; Ken Felber of Hicksville.

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Candidates for M-L water and fire seats clash Continued from Page 1 “accountability and transparency equals trust” and that despite considering himself a fiscal conservative, he would support the district spending to replace outdated equipment. He added that the fire district would also benefit from constant recruiting and he would explore tuitionassistance programs at the county and state levels for volunteers. “There is no reason someone can’t do a summer internship at the fire or water district and not be able to get college credit for that,” he said. “Is this not as important as doing an internship on Wall Street?” Altmann, who served six terms with the Legislature from 1995-07 and prior to that served as an assistant to former U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Queens), said in an e-mail she would also advocate for increased transparency between Manhasset-Lakeville and the villages it serves and said she plans on reaching out to each of the village mayors in the next few weeks to discuss the issues she thinks face the district. “To me, the more public participation, the better,” Altmann said. “That’s just how I operate.” If elected, Sauvigne said, he would increase transparency by listing minutes of public commissioner meetings on the district’s website and push back meetings from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. so more residents would be able to attend. Sasuvigne said he was motivated to run after the water district erected a 190-foot communications antenna atop its elevated water tower within the Village

of Munsey Park - a project that cost more than $200,000 – and the two sides later became embroiled in litigation over the replacement of the water tower. “It sounds to me as if they need a voice of reason to get involved,” he said. Altmann said that based on her understanding of the project, attained through attending Manhasset-Lakeville meetings, the district came to the decision that best balanced its financial needs with those of its infrastructure and residents living in the area. But she added that communication between the water district and the Village of Munsey Park could have been more frequent in conceiving the project. “If you take a look at Long Island, we have so much aging infrastructure and so much government,” she said. “There has to be a point where municipalities have to communicate with each other and come up with the most mutually-beneficial solutions to these issues, and it’s better if you don’t have to do that in court.” Altmann last week accused Sauvigne of avoiding a debate with her that would have been conducted by the Port Washington-Manhasset chapter of the League of Women Voters. In an e-mail to Blank Slate Media last Monday, Altmann said she received notice from the League of Women Voters that Sauvigne has not replied to phone messages or e-mails from the league to schedule a debate. League of Women Voters rules require both candidates in a two-candidate race to be present for a debate to take place. At least two candidates must be present for a debate in a three-candidate race.

“There’s a lot at stake in these smaller elections millions of dollars of taxpayer money and important issues like water quality and support for our volunteer firefighters,” Altmann said. “The fact that he can’t be bothered to show up and speak to these issues is really appalling.” In an attached e-mail sent by 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. In an e-mail Wednesday, Sauvigne said he was notified by Manhasset-Lakeville on Nov. 19 that Jacobsen was trying to contact him and e-mailed Commissioner Donald O’Brien to forward his contact information to her. He called Altmann’s accusations that he was avoiding a debate “unfair and untrue,” but said debates in special district elections rarely give voters a sense of the issues or the candidates’ platforms. “I have always been willing to discuss any issue and answer any question,” Sauvigne said. “While my opponent has chosen to spend her time attending a spattering of water district meetings, I have been busy talking directly to the residents of the district, meeting with the Munsey Park trustees and speaking to our county and state officials in an effort to resolve the real problems facing the district, including finding a home for the district’s ambulance unit and laying the foundation for a much needed sense of inter-municipal cooperation in the district.”

Herricks talks for new contract at standstill Continued from Page 2 were hammered out in a marathon nine-hour bargaining session on June 19 that ended at 2:30 a.m. the following morning. The school board and the teachers union had unsuccessfully attempted during sometimes acrimonious discussions to negotiate a modification of the teachers’ contract over the past three years as the district contemplated layoffs under the pressure of the state-mandated tax cap. During that time, the Herricks board eliminated 63 teaching jobs in the district. The contract calls for a wage freeze for 97 percent of the district’s 346 teachers in the 2014-15 school year and increases of 1 percent in each of the three successive years. The teachers will also receive state-mandated “step” increases based on years of service in the first two years of the contract with the first increase going into effect in

February 2015. Teachers who have not received step increases for the past five years - representing 3 percent of the teachers - will also receive “step” increases in the first year of the contract. The teachers’s previous contract, a five-year deal expired on June 30, included salary increases of 2 percent, 2.5 percent, and 2.75 percent in the first three years and 3 percent increases in the final two years. The new contract also calls for increases in teachers’ contributions to health insurance coverage. In the first year, teachers would pay 20 percent of either individual or family coverage. The teachers’ contributions would rise to 21.5 percent in the second year, 23 percent in the third year and 25 percent in the fourth year. Retired teachers would have to pay the same percentage as active teachers. The contract terms also include a $2,000 reduction in the starting salary for newly hired teachers in the dis-

trict. “We worked together with honesty and integrity. We were aware of the constraints the district was under with the 2 percent cap and the state mandates,” Degliomini said in July. “We wanted to maintain the wonderful school district we have.” In March, the board came to an agreement with the Herricks Association of Administrators and Supervisors as well, where a three-year contract was negotiated for 24 administrators. The contract was negotiated over three months between January and March 18, when the memorandum between the two sides was signed, according to Karen Hughes, president of the Herricks Association of Administrators and Supervisors. “I would say that everybody that was participating in the negotiation acted in a professional, respectful way,” Karen Hughes, president of the Herricks Association of Administrators and Supervisors said in March.

NBA star lectures on drug addiction woes Continued from Page 2 change my life forever.” Herren said he would soon go from a $20 dollar pill to a $25,000 Oxycontin habit, a decision that would send him spiraling into suicide attempts, heroin addiction felony charges and the near-loss of his family. His road to addiction began when he was offered a position on one of Europe’s top basketball teams, he said, and on his way to Italy smuggled 300 80 milligrams Oxycontin tablets in his luggage. “The 300 80s that I had smuggled were in there with the best intentions,” he said. “I met this doctor in Boston and we agreed on paper that every day I would cut my milligram down and after five months I would shake it. Unfortunately painkillers don’t play that way.” His addiction lead to him running out of pills and substituting his withdrawals with heroin, he said.

“I had two choices today, I said. I either get help or get high,” he said. The worst past of it, Herren said, was answering to his son. “Why do you want to be my daddy anymore,” his son had asked him. “When I was young I thought I had all the answers and now I couldn’t answer a 5-year-old.” Herren, who said he has been sober since Aug. 1, 2008, advocates for a drug-free lifestyle and informs parents of how to help their children be aware of drug abuse. He said he began smoking and drinking in the basements of friends in his hometown in Massachusetts. His friends’ parents, he said, told him the basement was a safe environment. “Some people never leave those basements, it wasn’t safe,” he said. “Why was it that I had to drink and smoke

to feel cool enough to walk into that basement?” Herren said much of the feedback he received from his presentation to the high school class earlier in the day had to do with feelings of inadequacy. “I don’t think we put enough emphasis on the kids that are able to be themselves,” he said. “I think we glorify the idea of basement raves.” Herren said that not all facilities are suitable for each individual problem, citing his own father. “My father recently became suicidal in past months and is addicted to a beer can,” he said. “Bringing him to a facility with people in their 20s who are suffering from harder drug abuse isn’t going to help him.” Herren said that the battle against substance abuse begins with education and that it is not enough to show kids the final days of substance abuse but to show them the first days.

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HOSTESS PART TIME UPSCALE CHINESE RESTAURANT GREAT NECK Friday, Saturday, Sunday 4-9pm Greet customers, take names for waiting list, seat customers. Call 917-375-5528 or email: TLeebb@aol.com AIRLINE CAREERS BEGIN here Get FAA approved Aviation Maintenance Technician training. Financial aid for qualified students- Housing available. Job placement assistance, Call AIM 866-296-7093 LEGAL: Process Server, full time, seeking well organized, detail oriented individual for office assistant in Mineola. Position entails phones, data entry and working with several commonly used computer programs. Quick Books a plus. Email resume to: LRadler@courtsupportinc.com NEW YEAR-NEW CAREER GROUP SALES REPRESENTATIVE Fortune 500 company, voted top 30 places to start a career in USA by Business Week magazine, looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Must be enthusiastic and have strong work ethic. Sales experience is welcome but not necessary. Extensive management opportunities available. Unlimited earnings potential. Office located in Garden City. Call Bill Whicher 516-574-1064 SEEKING WELL DRESSED ENTREPRENEURIAL women who are natural networkers, enjoy flexible work hours and are committed to building a financially rewarding fashion business. Contact: Phyllis Levy, District Manager plevy@carlisleetcetera.com TEACHER & SECURITY AIDES: Sewanhaka Central High School District seeking part-time teacher aides to work with students. $15.85 hour. Security aides, appropriate certification necessary$16.20 hour. Send resume to ktaylor@sewanhaka.k12.ny.us

Situation Wanted

CAREGIVER AVAILABLE FT/PT. Available immediately. 20 years experience. Live in or out. Able to run errands. Excellent references. Valid driver’s license & own car. Please call Lorraine 646-269-9540 or 516-214-6785

DIRECT HOME CARE AIDE currently seeking night position FT /PT 11pm to 7am (no daytime hours) to care for your elderly. Over 20 years experience including Alzheimers or CP cases. Excellent references. Own car. Call Nicola 516-670-2975

CERTIFIED CNA / EMT with 15+ seeking position to care for the elderly or disabled. Able to administer medications, drive to appointments, run errancds, etc. Honest, reliable. Available anytime. Driver with car. References available upon request. Please call 718-885-6572 CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE Trustworthy, patient & loving caregiver. 16 years experience in hospitals, assisted living facilities & private homes. Accompany to doctor, errands, personal care, etc. Excellent references. Call 347-233-5710 CLEANING AVAILABLE for homes, apartments & offices. Monday-Saturday. Excellent references. Honest, reliable, trustworthy. Years of experience. Also available for Spring & Fall cleaning, cluttered closets, messy garages. Experienced in organizing. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed! Call Cathy 516-582-9682 CLEANING SERVICES FOR OFFICES OR HOMES. Available 7 days a week. Excellent references. Own transportation. Gift Certificates available! Call 516-974-8959 CLEANING SERVICES I clean houses and offices. I have affordable rates and great references. I do it allmove ins and move outs, all rooms and facets of home and office cleaning. No job too big or small. Contact Luis 516-451-6225 COLLEGE STUDENT HOME for break available full time from December 13 through February 1. Garden City area. Has car, drivers license, CPR certification, experience. Please call Emily 516-232-6256

CAREGIVER AVAILABLE Experienced woman seeks full time position to care for your sick or elderly loved one. Live in. Very reliable, non driver, references available. Call May 516-292-2662

ELDER CARE AVAILABLE full time, live out, Mon-Fri to care for female patients. Trustworthy, reliable. 10 yrs experience. Driver w/ own transportation. References available. Call Esme 516-850-0669 ELDER CARE AVAILABLE Live in /Live out, 10 yrs experience, references. Will cook, clean, laundry, etc. Please call Pauline 718-413-0941 ELDERLY COMPANION MALE available for live in/live out position, preferably for male client. Hardworking, honest, reliable, punctual. Driver’s license. Call 954-670-7298 NURSE’S AIDE / COMPANION available full time with 20 yrs experience. Seeking position to care for your elderly loved ones, with light housekeeping. Excellent references. Flexible hours. Call Gloria 347-777-5808 RELIABLE FULL TIME BABYSITTER available immediately. Impeccable references from Garden City family. Can drive. Infant CPR certified. Can help with reading, writing, math. Over 10yrs. experience. Call 347-654-9274

Announcements MAH JONGG PLAYERS WANTED: Tuesday & Thursday evenings, my Lake Success home, fun game, no snowbirds please. Call Toby 516-353-0172

IF YOU USED THE BLOOD THINNER XARELTO

and suffered internal bleeding, hemorrhaging, required hospitalization or a loved one died while taking Xarelto between 2011 and the present time, you may be entitled to compensation. Call Attorney Charles H. Johnson 1-800-535-5727

BABYSITTER / NANNY available for live in or live out position 5 days a week. Experienced. References available. Call Cecelia 347-553-3944 CARE GIVER: Live in or out, experience in Alzheimer/Dementia, insulin, glucose levels, hospice, personal hygiene, light cleaning/ cooking, accompany to appointments. Please call 203-243-1358

EASTERN EUROPEAN HOUSECLEANER AVAILABLE to clean homes and apartments. Also has experience helping with your parties at home, serving, setting up, clean up. Excellent references. English speaking. Reasonable rates. Please call 516-564-0139

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marketplace LESTER BABY GRAND PIANO Walnut. Ivory keys. Excellent condition. $4,000. Call 516-248-6142

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Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@ atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org WILLISTON PARK: Christmas specials from The Thrift Shop sponsored by Resurrection and St. Aidan Churches. Jewelry, fine clothing, some designer labels, good condition, reasonable prices, household items. Thursdays 9:30am-1:00pm. Saturdays 10:00am-2:00pm. Resurrection Church, corner Campbell Avenue and Center Street. Please call 516-746-5527

Tag Sale INVITED SALES by TRACY JORDAN Live and Online Auction House, Estate Sales, Appraisals and Consignment Shoppe. 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City 11530 516-279-6378 www. invitedsales.com Mon-Fri 106pm Sat 10-5pm, Sun 12-5pm Located next to the La Quinta and behind the Garden Gourmet Deli. Live Auctions Monthly! Free walk-in evaluations for items to be considered for Live Auction every Thursday 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary. Auctions are live every Wednesday from 8am-8pm and pre-bids are accepted at anytime. Visit www. invitedsales.com and click on the online auctions tab. Visit www. invitedsales.com to see pictures and information regarding our upcoming tag sales and estate sales. Our 50% off room is open everyday and includes items that have been in our shoppe for more than 60 days. To receive discount coupons and promotional information, join our email list. Text “invited” to 22828 and enter your email address when prompted. Consignments are taken by appointment to provide you with the best service. Please call the shoppe at 516-279-6378 to schedule an appointment or email pictures of your items to info@invitedsales.com. We can provide fair market values on any item that you may want to sell, consign or enter into auction. If you need advice on hosting a sale, selling an item or liquidating an estate, please call Tracy Jordan at the shoppe or directly at 516-567-2960 YOU’RE INVITED! Thursday, December 11 9:30am 149 Luquer Road Port Washington, NY 11050 Furniture, household items, outdoor furniture, clothing, train accessories, decorative and more... Visit www.invitedsales. com for pictures and details!

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▼ Marketplace, pets, real estate Tag Sale YOU’RE INVITED! Tuesday, December 9 9:30am 69 Country Club Drive Port Washington, NY 11050 Furniture, glassware, collectibles, garage and more..... Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details! YOU’RE INVITED! Wednesday, December 10 9:30am 76 Pine St Garden City, NY 11530 Furniture, collectibles, books, basement, garage and more...... Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details!

pets

Pet Services A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-505-9717 DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256

Doggie Day Care & Walks Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553

automotive

Auto For Sale 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY LE, 6 cyl with only 24,000 miles! Original owner, no accidents. Charcoal grey exterior, grey interior with lightly tinted windows. EXCELLENT CONDITION INSIDE & OUT. $13,495 negotiable. CALL 516-616-0146 (leave message) VOLVO 2004 S80 4 door sedan. Classic blue, V6 engine, leather interior. Mint condition. 103,000 miles. Great car! Family moving overseas. $5,000. If interested call or text 516-413-2343

Autos Wanted DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Makea-Wish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!

real estate for rent

Apartment For Rent ATRIUM PLAZA TOWNHOUSE LR/DR, EIK, 2 Bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, EE garage. Credit check required. $2,600 per month. Carmel Quill, Broker. Call for appointment 516-732-6049

MINEOLA 2 bedrooom off Mineola Blvd. Clean, excellent condition, second floor, sunny, parking, quiet, suitable one or two. Convenient to transportation, Courts, hospital, Churches, etc. Excellently maintained. $1,650. Telephone 516-747-6392 or 516280-4870 NASSAU RESIDENCE Private entrance. New lower level 1 bedroom, kitchen, living room, closets. All utilities. Credit check. Walk to LIRR/buses. No pets/smoking. $975. 516-488-1346 VALLEY STREAM: 2nd floor, own entrance, 2 bedroom, 1 new bath, renovated kitchen, dinette, living room, near LIRR, no smoking/ p ets. $1,800 includes gas/ h eat. 516-317-3165 or 516-825-6832

Condo/Co-op For Rent

Homes for Rent FRANKLIN SQUARE 3 Bedroom home. Quiet neighborhood. Garage & driveway. $2,000/month + utilities. Call 516-640-5889 Leave message

Room For Rent GARDEN CITY HOUSE SHARE Large Master Bedroom beautifully decorated & furnished. Use of all common areas of house. Cable tv, utilities, washer/dryer included. Walking distance to LIRR. No smoking, no pets. No overnight guests. Females only. $950/month. Call 516-477-4240

VERO BEACH, FLORIDA Newly renovated two master bedroom/ bath unit located in the exclusive and private Grand Harbor. Available only for month of January 2015. The included Club Membership provides access to two championship golf courses, oceanfront beach club, tennis courts and swimming pools. The Mediterranean style clubhouse offers three dining rooms, full fitness center, men’s and ladies’s card and locker rooms and golf and tennis pro shops. Monthly rental only $6,500. Call 516-996-5735. To see photos go to www.vrbo.com/651048

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ATRIUM PLAZA DUPLEX CONDO for Rent or Sale by Owner. EIK, LR/ D R, 2 Bedroom, 2 1/2 Bath, office, basement, indoor parking, garden terrace. All new HVAC, wood floor, new 1/2 bath, new appliances. $2,800/ month rental or sale $365k. Call 516-413-6025 GARDEN CITY 7TH ST Luxury building, doorman, elevator, no pets. Includes gas/ h eat/ h ot water. Monthly rents from $2,7003,975. Indoor parking available. Immediate occupancy. Broker Fee. 516-873-6464/ 516-8504468/ 631-748-8044 Christine

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Computers TECHNICAL COLLEGE STUDENT -Chaminade graduate- will clean up your computer. Home theater hook-ups, networking. Eliminate viruses, adware, spyware, etc. Custom computer builds. Computer instruction also available. Reasonable Rates. Call Phil at 516-830-3366 or email at Phil@PMLtech.com.

Home Improvements AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Repairs & Maintenance *Handyman & Remodeling *Vanity & Kitchen Cabinet Installations *Furniture Assembly & set up *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 22 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Owner Operated Call BOB 516-741-2154 DEVLIN BUILDERS Since 1979. We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS. No job too small. Bob Devlin 516-365-6685. Insured License H18C730000

Administrative Assistant P.T. Blank Slate Media, a fast-growing group of 5 award-winning weekly newspapers and website, seeks energetic, detailoriented person to enter subscription and display advertising orders, answer phone, file and process e-mail correspondence. Office conveniently located at 105 Hillside Ave., Williston Park – half a block east of Willis Avenue Flexible hours. Opportunity to move to full time.

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Meticulous & Reliable Serving GARDEN CITY & Surrounding Area since 2003 Repairs & Installations of all Types Built-in Bookcases, Woodworking, Carpentry, Crown Moldings, Lighting, Painting, Wallpaper and More. 30-year Nassau County Resident. Many References Lic #H01062800 Insured Call Friendly Frank 516-2382112 anytime E-mail Frankcav@ optonline.net

LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ years experience. Critical reading, writing, grammar, essays. Lynne 625-3314

STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516-538-1125 www. strongarmcleaningny.com

HAS YOUR BUILDING SHIFTED OR SETTLED? Contact Woodford Brothers, Inc. for straightening, leveling, foundation and wood frame repairs at 1-800-OLD BARN. www. woodfordbros.com. Suffolk Cty- License #41959-H Nassau Cty- License #H18G7180000 LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646-996-7628 SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain/rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

Painting & Paperhanging JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

Transportation A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State Specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ Experts. Boxes Available. Free Estimates. www.ajmoving. com 516-741-2657. 114 Jericho Tpke. Mineola NYDOT# 10405

Tutoring CURVEBREAKERS TEST PREP provides customized one-on-one tutoring and small classes for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, CHSEE and more. Gain a competitive advantage. Call for free consultation 516728-1561 email info@curvebreakerstestprep.com ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT/ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading Comprehension and writing proficiency, 917-5998007 or email: dianegot@gmail. com LongIslandTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student. MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, PreCalc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

TUTORING GRADES K-6 Sharpen skills to assure a successful school year. Experienced K-6 NYS certified teacher wants to tutor your child in your home or mine. Call Joanna 516-835-8131

Instruction PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow. Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone. NYSSMA expert with 30+ years experience. Totally individualized instruction. In my home or yours. Call 516-437-7173

Cleaning MASTER CLEANING: A complete home service by reliable professionals. Home, apartments, offices. Carpet cleaning, window wash, floors stripped and waxed, move in, move out, attics, garages, basements, rubbish removal. All cleaning supplies included. Free estimate. 516-8298137. Call 516-770-0514

Services COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/ DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/ C ommercial. Bonded/ I nsured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125 JUNK REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION: 5% off any job, any type, any 2-3 pieces to entire house. Residential, commercial. Free estimates. References. Bonded and insured. Delivery service available. Henry 516-523-0974

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NEW YORK MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Joan Atwood, PH.D. An experienced therapist makes all the difference. Teen anger management groups now forming. Individual, couple, family therapy and anger management. 516-764-2526. jatwood@optonline.net www. NYMFT.com TEEN ANGER MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SKILLS GROUPS FORMING. Experienced therapist. Call 516-770-4085

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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: APOLLONION, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 10/08/2014 Office location: County of Nassau. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 37 Winchester Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030 NHP 140711 6x 11/14, 21, 28, 12/05, 12, 19, 2014 #140711

Notice of Formation of ZJM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/11/2014. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 15 6th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Purpose: any lawful purpose. NHP 140775 6x 11/28, 12/05, 12, 19, 26, 2014, 1/02/ 2015 #140775

Notice of formation of SHILPRAMAN L.L.C. a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/23/14. Office Location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to SHILPRAMAN L.L.C. 114 Robby Lane, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. NHP 140796 6x 12/05, 12, 19, 26, 2014, 1/02, 9, 2015 #140796

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extended hours at the Lakeville branch Library the Lakeville Branch, located at 475 great Neck Road, will now be open on Friday evenings until 9:00 p.m. Follows are the new great Neck Library Branch hours in effect while the main Library Building prepares for renovations. When one door closes, other doors open at your great Neck Library. the Library continues to provide services, materials, and programs without interruption, and Library staff looks forward to assisting you at the three branch locations. New Hours at the Branches Station Branch the gardens at great Neck 26 great Neck Road, (2nd level) monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

tuesday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. (Open Sundays through June 14, 2015)

Lakeville Branch 475 great Neck Road, great Neck monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Closed

Levels teen Center New Locations and Hours: Station Branch – Fridays & Saturdays, 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. Saddle Rock Elementary School (10 Hawthorne Lane, great Neck 11023) – mondays thru thursdays, 4 to 10 p.m. (Levels operating schedule will vary according to school holidays.)

Parkville Branch 10 Campbell Street, New Hyde Park monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday Film Matinee at station branch All film matinees will now be held at the Sta-

tion Branch while the main Library is being renovated. the next film matinee will be shown on thursday, december 11 at 2:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, the gardens at great Neck, 26 great Neck Road, 2nd level (near Waldbaum’s). Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for information on the films scheduled. doors open at 1:45 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited. Priority seating is given to great Neck School district residents. Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other id showing your great Neck School district address. ten minutes before the film begins non-residents will be seated if space permits. Please do not hold seats. Great Neck Library

Closing/Cancellation information online Library patrons connected to the internet are asked to check the website: www.cancellations.com for Library weather related closings/program cancellations. in order to access this service, Library district residents can log on to cancellations.com, type in their zip code or great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings. in addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic emails from cancellations. com when the Library has posted any information. this is a great way for Library district residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

Candidates vie for district seats in elections “I think my experience in the fire depart“I don’t think everything is being done that Continued from Page 1 As commissioner, Carnevale said he refur- could be,” he said. “More mobile technology ment, working with emergency medical serbished five of the six water pumps in the dis- should be implemented, information on-hand vices and the police department brings me the trict with new filters, something he said is vital. such as computers for chiefs to help them when education I need to serve as commissioner,” Derenze said. “Long Island water is particularly suscep- they’re on calls.” Dolan said in the letter that he obtained Dolan, who has served in the New Hyde tible to contaminants,” he said. “I think we’re Park Fire Department for 46 years, said that the free smoke detectors donated by the Nassau ahead of the curve.” County Firefighters’ Museum and Education In the next three years Carnevale plans to district requires more transparency. “Having meeting minutes posted on the Center to be donated to senior citizens. refurbish the final water pump, he said, someDolan, who served in Vietnam, and his website is no longer an exception, its an expecthing he expects will cost around $2 million. “I really care for this community,” Car- tation, which is why in doing so, is truly the son, Michael Dolan Jr., were arrested in midJuly 2012 for allegedly stealing the nevale said. “It’s important smoke detectors. The charges were to have clean drinking walater dropped by the Nassau Counter.” ty District Attorney’s office. He said the district purNassau County Supreme Court chased two new fire trucks Judge James McCormack said and two new ambulances there was no evidence that Dolan during his tenure. had taken the 65 smoke detectors Chimenti said he wants from the fire department for his to scrutinize the way the disown personal gain and eventually trict purchases new equipreturned most of the smoke detecment. from left to right: Stephen Derenze, Michael Dolan, Augustine Cartors to the museum. “I want to keep costs “To set the record straight, down while also buying the nevale and Peter Chimenti first assumptions can be false, gohighest quality equipment,” best interest of the district residents and taxhe said. “I have a lot of new ideas to work with payers, and for the Board of Fire Commission- ing forward, we need to learn to separate facts the district.” ers as well,” Dolan said in a letter submitted from opinions,” Dolan said in the letter. “Facts The election will be held from 4:30 p.m. to to Blank Slate Media by his daughter, Deirdre are provable, objective and clear which is why in every court, from criminal, civil and appel9 p.m. on Dec. 9. Dolan. Residents who are registered voters and Dolan said in his letter that he has worked late, have all ruled favorably on my behalf, live within the Garden City Park Fire/Water to reduce high water hydrant rental fee costs based on sound legal ground, not technicality.” Dolan said in the letter that if re-elected he District area, which includes parts of Manhas- by bringing together neighboring fire commiswould “move forward in his efforts to do more set Hills, parts of New Hyde Park, parts of sioners. Mineola, parts of North Hills, parts of Roslyn, Derenze said that he still believes the dis- with less, protecting taxpayers from waste and parts of Williston Park, parts of Albertson and trict is paying too much for its water and plans mismanagement of valuable district funds.” The election will be held from 1 p.m. to 9 parts of Garden City can vote at either Denton to change that going forward. Avenue School at 1050 Denton Ave. or at Gar“I want to redo the rates the district has to p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Registered voters of the New Hyde Park den City Park Fire Department headquarters at pay,” he said. “It’s too high.” 2264 Jericho Turnpike. Derenze has worked in the New Hyde Park Fire District, which covers certain portions of Derenze, who is currently a police officer in Fire Department for 32 years and has worked New Hyde Park, can cast their vote at the New Floral Park, said that the New Hyde Park Fire in EMS since 1982 and as a part-time paramed- Hyde Park Fire District headquarters at 1555 Jericho Turnpike. District is not living up to its potential. ic since 1991.

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The Herald Courier, Friday, December 5, 2014

Bailey’s buzzer beater bounces Merrimack B y Tho m as S cave t t a Trailing by a point with just seconds remaining, LIU Post freshman forward Jasmine Bailey beat the buzzer with a layup that gave the LIU Post women’s basketball team a 6665 win over Merrimack College on Saturday, Nov. 29 in North Andover, MA. Throughout majority of the contest, the Pioneers found themselves fighting an up-hill battle against the Merrimack Warriors, despite jumping out to an early 7-2 lead. After senior guard Chelsea Williams hit a jumper with just over 15 minutes to go in the first half, Merrimack went on a 16-0 run to grab an 18-7 advantage, with just over seven minutes to go in the half. Later, Williams knocked down two free throws just before the half ended, and the Pioneers went into the break trailing 35-22. Williams and senior guard Ashley Castle led the way for LIU Post in the first half. Both guards scored six points apiece. Junior center Nyasia Davis recorded seven first-half rebounds. Senior guard Chloe Rothman paced the scoring for the Warriors with a team-best 13 first-half points. In the latter stanza, the Pioneers came out shooting as they tried to chip away at the deficit. Merrimack extended their lead to 14 (50-36) after Allison Wagner hit a three with 13:16 to go in regulation, but LIU Post responded in a colossal way. The Pioneers answered with a 22-5 run to take a 58-55 lead with just over six min-

utes left in the contest. Bailey led the way during the spurt, scoring seven points. Junior guard Khea Gibbs added five, while Williams netted four. Castle and junior guard Quanisha Ratley each added three points. Both teams traded leads until Rothman gave Merrimack a 65-64 edge with just eight seconds remaining. Then, with time winding down, Castle missed a shot in the paint, but Bailey was there to gather the offensive board and sink the buzzer beater, giving the Pioneers the 66-65 win. Castle led the Pioneers with 17 points, going 4-of-7 from three-point range. Williams added 16, while Bailey contributed nine points. Davis collected 10 rebounds and amassed six points. Rothman led all scorers with 19. Aria Johnson contributed a doubledouble, scoring 13 points and bringing down 10 rebounds for the Warriors. Head basketball coach Deirdre Moore and her Pioneers squad retured to the court Sunday and fell to Assumption College, 7459, ending the team’s three-game winning streak. Williams led the Pioneers with a gamehigh 21 points and has now scored 20-plus points in four out of the team’s five games this season. 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.

Chelsea Williams sinks a jumper.

Photo Credit: Kimberly Toledo

Penn St. inks Carey’s Spillane H. Frank Carey High School senior Nick Spillane has signed a Letter of Intent to play lacrosse at Penn State University, the Sewanhaka Central High School District announced this week. Spillane will play for the Nittany Lions under the direction of coach Jeff Tamboroni. He’s a three-time All-County athlete and a four-year starter for the Carey

Seahawks. As an attackman, Spillane has totaled more than 150 points in his career. He also earned an honorable mention as an All-American athlete as a junior. The Sewanhaka Central High School District along with the administration at H. Frank Carey High School congratulates Spillane on this wonderful achievement.

GNPD Bears skate at Coliseum The Great Neck Park District Bears hockey team spent an exhilarating afternoon watching the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Nassau Coliseum on Saturday, Nov. 22. Before the game began, the Bears teammates got permission to stand outside the Islanders’ locker room and “hifive” the hockey team as they made their entrance onto the ice for the game. But what made the day extraordinary was the shoot-out the Bears got to participate in between first and second periods in front of the thousands of Islanders fans

at the Coliseum. There were approximately 15 skaters present for the event, giving each player several chances to shoot into the goal. The excitement level was over the top. The Bears are looking forward to the next trip to the Nassau Coliseum on Saturday, March 29, when they will cheer on the Islanders during a game and once again have the chance to feel like VIP’s and participate in another shoot-out. Anyone interested in joining the Bears Hockey Team can call (516) 487-2975, Ext. 128 Nick Spillane signs a Letter of Intent with Penn State University. for more information.

68 The Herald Courier, Friday, December 5, 2014

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