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County police taking precautions at Jewish-owned businesses By B i LL SAN ANtONiO Nassau County police have taken “precautionary measures” at Jewish-owned businesses and houses of worship in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris last week despite no apparent threat being made against the county, officials said Tuesday. The announcement came shortly after police and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced that crime in the county had decreased 25 percent overall since 2009 and that major crimes dropped 9.5 percent from 2013 to 2014. Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter said patrols have increased near Jewish institutions since a gunman stormed a kosher delicatessen in east Paris on Friday morning two days after an apparent jihadist attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which has a history

of publishing political cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. On Monday, a swastika was discovered engraved onto a glass panel at the Long Island Railroad station in Cedarhurst, which has a large orthodox Jewish population. Long Island Railroad stations are out of the jurisdiction of Nassau County police. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the maintenance of the train stations, has its own law enforcement agency that monitors them. “This kind of behavior will not be tolerated in Nassau County,” Krumpter said, adding that he would be in favor of the increased use of security cameras throughout Nassau if county officials and analysis deemed them necessary. Mangano, a Republican who was first elected in 2009, said the county crime rate is at its lowest point since Nassau began recording crime statistics in the 1960s. Continued on Page 56

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Four Great Neck students named Intel semifinalists By A dA m L i d g e t t

a friendship and a disease. Beeferman said her interThe research that earned est in studies that led to her reGreat Neck North High School port “Intracellular Crosstalk in senior Monica Beeferman one Protein Aggregation of E. coli of the district’s four semifinal Cells: An Examination of the selections in the 2015 Intel Sci- Proteostasis Network,” began ence Talent Search began with when she was in eighth grade

and wanted to better understand a friend’s severe form of muscular dystrophy. “There are proteins in all cells that fold to maintain stability, and there is a shape each protein folds in to determine Continued on Page 56

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Residents raise red Arts center pillar flag on Plaza parking Jay Furman dies Raise concerns about outcome of village study Board member dies at 72

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Business owners and Great Neck Plaza residents voiced concerns Wednesday about parking recommendations a consultant made in December to alleviate parking congestion and limited available spots within the village. “I ask the board to move to make the report public, as is customary from time to time, and let public review report,” Great Neck Plaza resident Jonathan Stein said. Stein - who has announced he is running for Great Neck Plaza trustee - said he was concerned that a parking report given last month would not be made public and lead to increased meter rates. Village Mayor Jean Celender said no official report was made and that the parking consultant, Jerry Giosa of Level G Associates, only made a series of recommendations to the board about how to alleviate its parking concerns. Celender said the recommendations were only preliminary findings, the meeting announcement was made public and that information on the preliminary findings were disseminated through the village’s digital newsletter. “Level G Associates, a parking consultant hired in August, conducted field observations, we worked out a scope of work for him to do and did his research,” she said. “He met with the [Great Neck] Chamber of Commerce and presented preliminary study findings. He didn’t present a report. He’s working on developing a report to present.” Giosa told trustees in December that the main issues the village faces are employees of local businesses using spaces allocated for shoppers, a dearth of merchant parking and insufficient turnover of vehicles in existing

Longtime Gold Coast Arts Center board member Jay Furman died on Jan. 4 due to complications from lung cancer. He was 72. Furman, a real estate developer and Manhattan resident who acquired the building that houses the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck in the 1990s, left behind a legacy of philanthropy that extended from Manhattan to Great Neck, said Regina Gill, the center’s executive director. “He was always there to advise and he was here for the conversations back in the day when we were trying to figure out how to get out of the church,” she said. Gil said she was told that someone had bought the only movie theater in town and that she and Furman should get in touch with each other. Before the center moved into its current location at 113 Middle Neck Road,

Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender addressed concerns some village residents and business owners raised about parking at Wednesday’s meeting spaces. He did give some recommendations – including shortening parking time on Middle Neck Road from a two-hour limit to an hour and a half, increasing parking fees to 50 cents per hour and shortening the parking limit in Gussack Plaza from its current four hours. The board took no action at the time. Trustee Ted Rosen said if and when there is a report give to the board, its contents will be made public, and that any change to local laws would go through a public hearing process. “[Stein’s request] implies the report would not be made public,” Rosen said. “I don’t understand why someone would think it would not be made public.” Local business owners also expressed their concerns to the board about how the parking sit-

uation is adversely affecting their businesses. Mark Wolf of Camp and Campus, located at 42 Middle Neck Road, said the meters should stay at their two-hour limit, but the cost to park should be increased. He said there isn’t any turnover in the lots, and that it has a negative impact on businesses. Steven Dann, owner of Steven Dann, a shoe store located at 81 Middle Neck Road, said reducing the meters to an hour and a half time limit would be an issue for businesses. “People are always on edge in the store,” Dann said. “There is a stigma about parking in Great Neck.” Dann said the village needs a place where patrons of downtown businesses can park without the worry of getting a ticket.

it was housed in a church. “So we set up a meeting that took place in 1996,” Gil said. “In September of that year we were able to move into that space. He was a board member from that year on.” Gil said Furman had been involved heavily in the arts center since it started. Furman’s funeral was held Jan. 6 at Central Synagogue in Manhattan. Condolences can be sent to Furman’s family at 1060 Fifth Ave., Apt. 11A, New York, N.Y. Furman was the sponsor of the Furman Film Series, a part of the arts center that previews independent and large studio films, which are followed by questions and answer sessions with film industry professionals. The series was founded in 1995. Gil said the film series was already being produced when Furman got involved with the arts center, but eventually acquired his namesake after Gil reContinued on Page 50

Jay Furman, board member of the Gold Coast Arts Center, died Jan, 4 due to complications from lung cancer.

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County fights overdoses with Narcan Free certification program offered in administration of opioid overdose revival agent BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO It had been 35 days since her son’s funeral, a solemn end to his six-year addiction to heroin and prescription drugs Oxycontin and Xanax, a mother named Lee told a mostly filled auditorium at Herricks High School on Monday. She had just arrived home from the store, where she bought warm clothing and anything else the young man might need during his latest attempt at detoxification and sobriety, when she said her mother’s intuition told her to drop everything and go upstairs. She found him lying on the bathroom floor, his skin turned blue – overdosed and cold before she could reach for her Narcan kit and revive him, much less call an ambulance. “By then, it was no use,” she said through tears. “He was already gone.” The tale jolted one of the first Nassau County-sponsored

Narcan training seminars of 2015, a harrowing reminder of addiction cutting deeper than the troubled people seeking an escape from life’s struggles. Lee said she probably couldn’t have saved her son be-

cause he was alone when he used for the last time. Text messages she later found in his cell phone hinted that his overdose was meant to be fatal. But the mere presence of Narcan in her home, and Lee’s ability to use it, reflects a changing of the guard in the way New York State has approached the distribution of the revival agent amid spiking opioid use across America. In 2006, the state Legislature approved a law clearing nonmedical professionals of liability

The contents of a free Narcan kit provided by Nassau County upon completion of its certification program. in using Narcan on a person suspected of overdosing. It passed two more bills in 2011, one establishing a registry to document monitor patients who fill opioid prescriptions and another decriminalizing misdemeanor drug possession for people who call 911 to assist an overdose victim.

In 2012, Nassau County became certified in the state’s overdose responder program, enabling its Office of Mental Health & Chemical Dependency to offer free Narcan certification clinics and information sessions amid record fatal heroin and opioid overdoses that year (154).

There were even more, 159, in 2013, but fatal opioid overdoses dropped to 87 in 2014, according to county statistics. Residents who attend the sessions are eligible to receive certification to administer Narcan, also known as Naloxone, and receive free kits provided by the county, which include two doses of the drug in the form of a nasal spray. Narcan may also be administered through injection. “[Heroin and opioid use on Long Island] is the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Lorretta HartleyBangs, a social worker with the North Shore-LIJ Health System’s Community Treatment Center in Mineola who spoke during a panel discussion about Narcan Monday. County health officials at the sessions teach attendees the warning signs of a potential overdose, which include uncontrollable nodding, an inability to respond to stimulation, heavy gurgling or gasping for air and skin, lips and nails that turn blue Continued on Page 50

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G.N. Park commissioners sworn in Bob Lincoln elected Great Neck Park District Board chairman, Cilluffo joins board

By A da m L i d g e t t Great Neck Park District Commissioner Bob Lincoln was elected chairman of the park district Board of Commissioners at its meeting Thursday, and newly elected commissioners – Frank Cilluffo and former board chairman Dan Nachmanoff – were sworn in. Lincoln gave a short state-ofthe-parks address after he was elected chairman, saying that the park district is financially stable, has infrastructure in good condition and is able to operate in 2015 without a tax increase or user fee increase. Lincoln also said the parks district is looking forward to another successful year. “Work is underway to open a brand new indoor play area at Steppingstone Park so that young children can once again enjoy park activities yearround,” Lincoln said. “We will continue to plant trees so that each park has a variety of species of different ages; this will protect their beauty and ambiance from loss due to storms, disease and

Great Neck Park District commissioners Frank Cilluffo, Dan Nachmanoff and Bob Lincoln sad but necessary removal when trees become decayed and unsafe.” Lincoln also read aloud a letter from Sharon Epstein, one of the four people to run for the open park district commissioner spot in December that Frank Cilluffo won, in which she outlined

some concerns she had during the special districts election process. Epstein wrote in the letter that her pole watchers saw some of the election inspectors were people who had openly endorsed certain candidates running for open seats, and that an

unregistered voter was allowed to view the list of registered voters to see if they were on the list. Epstein also wrote in the letter that the date of the election – Dec. 9 – could be improved, especially considering the shortened daylight and the bad weather that came with this years election day. Lincoln said the timing of the special district election is governed by town law, and must be the second Tuesday in December. He also said the district has looked into the feasibility of having longer voting hours during the day, but that nothing has been done concretely. Lincoln said the district is going to appoint a focus committee to address a specific list of things in the election rules the district thinks need to be clarified and tightened. “There are other issues - among these several issues [brought up by Epstein] - that came up during the election,” Lincoln said. “There were a number of issues identified during the process that should be clarified and in some cases changed.”

Lincoln was not more specific on what issues the proposed committee would address. He did say the committee would be four or five people at maximum, some of whom have already been approached. The people that would be on the committee, Lincoln said, would be people who have demonstrated objectivity, have had minimal participation in the park district and that it would not include candidates or commissioners, although Lincoln said he thought candidates should be at least interviewed. “The election was well run, it was fair and it was objective,” Lincoln said. “The results speak for themselves - people came out and voted. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make them better.” Cilluffo, a retired New York City police officer, won in December the two-year seat vacated by Ruth Tamarin with 621 votes, defeating Epstein, former president of the Parent-Teacher Association at E.M. Baker Elementary School and founder and owner Continued on Page 66

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Mangano pans OTB town plan seeks to video gambling plan speed vendor pay By A dA m L i d g e t t Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano on Tuesday joined a growing number of local officials in expressing opposition to the Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation’s plan to house a video gambling parlor in the vacant Fortunoff building at The Source mall in Westbury. “While I have no jurisdiction over the matter and given the many questions to be addressed, I stand with residents in opposition to Fortunoff as the site of gaming in Nassau and have made my position known to OTB,” Mangano said in a statement. The parlor, which is expected to hold up to 1,000 video slot machines, would occupy 15 percent, or 30,000 square-feet, of the roughly 200,000 square-foot building. OTB officials have said they expect the parlor to open in 2015. The four-story building housing the gambling parlor will feature restaurants and a food court in the building’s remaining space, OTB has said. Administrative offices will also occupy the space. Mangano joins Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Viviana Russell and Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray in opposing the plan,

which was announced Dec. 30. Both Russell and Bosworth have said the plan lacks transparency and didn’t have any community input. The Fortunoff building is located in the Town of Hempstead, but Bosworth has said adjacent communities in the Town of North Hempstead will be adversely affected, such as Carle Place, Westbury and New Cassel. Bosworth has said she wants OTB to halt any current discussion on the plan until OTB can bring the discussion out into the light more. Murray wrote a letter to OTB saying that she opposed the casino because of increased traffic, parking and the negative impact it might have on natural resources and municipal services. OTB officials have said that they have a history of working with people in surrounding communities. The new facility, they said, will create 200 jobs, revenue for the county and bring economic revitalization to the area.

By B R yA N A H R e N S Vendors selling to the Town of North Hempstead will soon to able to receive and spend their paychecks immediately due to a new system which will send payments directly to bank accounts, according to Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth’s office. The program, which the town is calling the Automated Clearing House, will save money on envelopes, stamps, postage fees, paper checks and online wire payments, Bosworth said in a statement. “The utilization of the Automated Clearing House is just another way the Town is embracing technology to boost efficiency and save taxpayer money,” she

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said. The program, set to begin on Jan. 16, will save an estimated $26,000 a year based on 100 vendors taking advantage of the program, town officials said. Town officials said the savings would increase as more vendors signed up for the program but said savings ranged from vendor to vendor. The vendors for the Town offer a variety of services, including paper goods and contracted items. Previously, checks were mailed out every two weeks and would have to be manually deposited, Bosworth said.. “We are pleased to be able to offer this service to our vendors who provide the Town such important services,” she said.

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DiNapoli takes oath, touts record G.N. resident returns to Hofstra to mark beginning of third term as state comptroller BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

Great Neck Plaza resident Thomas DiNapoli took the oath of office on Sunday to mark the beginning of his third term as New York state comptroller. During an inauguration ceremony at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse at Hofstra University, at the Mineola native’s alma mater, DiNapoli was administered the oath by state Supreme Court Justice Sharon Gianelli before an audience of family and about a hundred local elected officials. “Thank you for joining me on this journey to meet the challenges of our time, to bend history together, to write the history of our generation and to ensure that New York’s best days are yet to come,” said DiNapoli, 60, a Democrat. In his remarks, DiNapoli championed his office’s crackdown on government corruption as well as its restoration of the state pension fund, now valued

at more than $178 billion. “My work continues to partner with law enforcement and prosecutors across our state to keep a bull’s eye on corrupt officials,” he said. “My message is simple – if you steal from taxpayers, you will pay.” DiNapoli was re-elected to a third term in November, receiving 57.09 percent of the vote over Republican Robert Antonacci. The comptroller first entered politics in 1972, winning a trustee position on the Mineola Board of Education at 18 years old. He later spent 20 years in the state Assembly from 1987-07, representing the 16th district before taking office as comptroller. “It’s a great day for Tom,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat, who was one of several guest speakers during the inauguration. “He worked hard at whatever he did, but he had public service in his bones from the very beginning.” Hofstra’s setting for Sunday’s inauguration served as

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with an honorary doctorate from the school in 2008. DiNapoli received his master’s degree in human resources in 1988 from The New School’s

Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions. In his welcoming remarks, Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz thanked the comptroller for supporting the school over the years by working as an adjunct professor and regularly inviting undergraduate students to his Albany office. “To say that we are proud to welcome Tom back is a bit of a misstatement because to us, he never left,” he said. DiNapoli, who is unmarried and does not have children, was joined onstage by his nieces, nephew and father, who is now in his 90s. His brother, James DiNapoli, led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance and Rev. Msgr. Brendan Riordan of Saint Aloysius Roman Catholic Church of Great Neck, provided the invocation. The ceremony concluded with a benediction from Rev. Calvin O. Butts III of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City and president of SUNY College at Old Westbury.

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Russell Gardens approves budget

By A da m L i d g e t t The Village of Russell Gardens Board of Trustees voted Thursday to approve a $1,940,259 budget for the 20152016 fiscal year - a $264,000 increase over the current year that Mayor Steven Kirschner said was mostly due to the village’s decision to refurbish its tennis courts. “I try to overestimate expenses and underestimate income, that way we make sure we

don’t come up short,” Kirschner said. We don’t want to be running around in February 2016 run out of money.” The budget for the coming year – which will begin March 1 - calls for a total of $1,940,259 in revenue and spending, compared to $1,675,296 in the 2014-2015 budget. The revenue includes a $150,000 state grant for the tennis court improvements and a $50,000 grant for a shed on

Vivian Lane, according to the budget. “[The increase] is all about resurfacing the court,” Kirschner said. “On the income side we’re hopeful and expecting to get a $150,000 grant toward the $220,000” projected to be spent on tennis court refurbishment. Kirschner said in December that the village decided to spend the $220,000 to refurbish the courts, located on Wensley Drive, because people will want

to use the courts more if they look better. Kirschner said the project will be an extensive overhaul of the tennis courts, including a new drainage system, sprinkler system and fencing. He said the courts have not been maintained as they should have been for 30 to 40 years. The village voted to purchase the courts in 2013 from Russell Gardens Association, a homeowners group.

Kirschner said that the total amount of money the village is collecting from real estate taxes will be the same as last year, and that 99 percent of people will pay the same amount of taxes to the village. Some expenses have been lowered in this year’s budget, including the amount the village would pay for legal counsel – this year’s budget calls for $15,000, and the 2014-2015 budget Continued on Page 56

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Objections to OTB site fail to impress The protest against the opening of a “gambling parlor” at the now vacant Fortunoff building at The Source mall at Westbury raises important questions about the right to community input in ventures that bridge private enterprise and government. Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Councilwoman Viviana Russell and Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray have sent letters to the Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation asking them to halt their plans to a create a gambling parlor with up to 1,000 video slot machines and table games. Whether by intent or coincidence the proposed project was introduced in the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day when the state legislature was in recess. Bosworth contends that this violates the principle that calls for transparency in government and she is demanding a greater opportunity for community input. She claims “Old Country Road [where the shopping center is located] already has such huge traffic issues as it is, and so many residents are concerned this [casino] will further impact this. It’s actually just a baseball throw away from a residential area.” Statements like this coming from Bosworth and Westbury Mayor Peter Cavallaro, who argued that the parlor would be located within “a few blocks of at least 300 single-family homes and less than a mile from three schools,” only serve to weaken the case of the opposition. The traffic concerns are dubious at best. The Source Mall is a popular shopping center just down the road from the Roosevelt Field Shopping Center, both of which draw large numbers of people. The Source

Mall lost its anchor when Fortunoff went bankrupt. OTB has made a deal with Fortunoff bondholders and lenders who took ownership of the mall in 2012. At the time of the foreclosure auction no buyers wanted to pay off the $128 million debt on the site. It is not a stretch to suggest that this deal could save the mall from closing – like so many have in recent years – and thus save hundreds of jobs. According to OTB, the gambling activity will take less than 15 percent of the four-story building. “The remaining portions of the structure,” it said in a statement, “will feature first-class amenities such as restaurants and a food court, administrative offices and extensive surveillance and security.” OTB projects the site will generate nearly $20 million in annual revenue for OTB and the county. We don’t see how Bosworth and others can justify turning their backs on a proposal that will create substantial revenue for the county. What would they put in its place? The one challenge to the plan that might make sense could be based on concern that the increase in gambling opportunities is not a healthy thing for the county or the state. State-run lottery games are already playing a major role in the state budget. The kind of gambling parlor that OTB envisions will only succeed when people gamble over their heads and lose large sums of money. But Bosworth and others are not opposed to gambling, they just don’t like the proposed location of the OTB casino and what they say was a lack of notice in and input about the site’s selection. OTB said it selected the Fortunoff site “after extensive considerations were given to each and every site offered. This facility

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provides a centralized location with ample parking and easy access to major thoroughfares as required by the New York State Gaming Commission.” Newsday reported on a Westbury resident who said “this location is too close for comfort. We are not opposed to casinos. Just don’t put it there” on a Facebook page she helped create to oppose to the casino plan. In a letter that she sent to OTB, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray said she opposes the casino because of increased traffic, parking and the impact on natural resources and municipal services, such as water, sewage and garbage. And, she said, she is also concerned about a possible increase in crimi-

nal activity. Of course any business that might use the property would create a draw on water, sewage and garbage while generating new traffic. Is Murray suggesting that the site remain closed until the entire mall fails? Does she have statistics that show an increase in gambling activity at other OTB parlors? These leaders have already given the people who elected them a voice on this issue, even if their arguments don’t hold water. The real public input will come when and if the casino opens. If it prospers it will be because the public welcomes a new gambling opportunity. At the same time millions of dollars will be generated for the

county budget. This is a far better plan than the school-zone speed cameras. At least here the victims will be willing. And, hopefully the future of the entire shopping center will be secure. We agree that surrounding towns and village should be notified with sufficient time to comment about large commercial developments that effect them. And to be honest, we are concerned about the growing number of gambling opportunities. But the objections raised by Bosworth et al. have failed to persuade us to oppose the OTB plan. The potential benefits that might be generated by the casino outweigh their concerns and ours.

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All religious leaders should condemn terrorist violence

aris, France was attacked last week by jihadists whose demented mentality had massacred many at the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper office. My heartfelt prayers go out to their co-workers, families, and friends, as well as all the people in France who are mourning the lost of their fellow country men and women. Said and Cherif Kouachi, brothers who went on a killing spree because they dislike what was said and depicted by this newspaper as an attack on Islam. I found this egregious and nefarious act of barbarism to be completely intolerable. I believe no man

or woman has the right to kill another for what they say. I may not agree with what someone has to say but I will defend their right of free speech. These evil-doers are home grown and come out of many different countries and train to kill. These people must be stopped or many more innocent men, women and children will surely die. All the religious leaders of the world must stand up and shout in a loud voice and say,” We’re mad as hell and will not take this anymore.” All religious leaders must condemn these acts of violence as evil and does not represent something required from ones higher power.

Free speech must be defended at all costs’ or we will enter an era of despair, agony and desolation. When freedom dies man ceases to exist. As such humanity must not appease nor capitulate to these perpetrators of evil who have no regard for the sacredness of human life. As for myself, I will not be afraid to speak out against those who commit these heinous acts of evil against humanity. For I have a voice and I intend to use it. In closing let me say to the people of France and that is we feel your pain. Viva La France! Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

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Cuomo shows leadership in fracking ban

onsider what mankind has done to our home, planet Earth! We have polluted much of our world and it’s oceans, even the peak of Mount Everest! The governor, in preventing fracking, has taken a bold stand

for New Yorkers if not the world. America is over represented among nations in contributing to climate change. It is up to our elected officials to ameliorate this situation. While natural gas is cleaner than coal or even petroleum, it’s

use pushes us closer to sever climate disruption. Those who claim that the economic gain from fracking is worth the risk are short sighted. They may not be concerned about chemicals potentially fouling our water supplies.

They might consider that expanded use of fossil fuels are bringing our planet closer to the tipping point where hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, for example, become more common occurrences. On the other hand, economic

loss from banning fracking could be more than offset by the expansion of wind and solar industries. I applaud Gov. Cuomo for his action on this critical issue. Gary Warren Roslyn Heights

Barnett strikes out on criticism of village

can’t believe [Mineola Board of Education President] Artie Barnett is still in the game. Time after time he has proven how not to represent a school board president. Strike One: First he starts accusing our village officials of being less than transparent and accusing them of “not notifying them on two existing projects with a letter-writing campaign that was exhausting to read. He somehow thinks he is owed a personal invitation to the village meetings via Fed Ex - which

wouldn’t matter because according to Barnett and Dr. Nagler the eight delivered and signed for notifications never arrived. Strike Two. He attends a village meeting (that I attended personally) and witnessed him yell and shout about our village officials again asking why the school board was not notified of past hearings ( four-five years ago ). He is very aware of how an agenda works - yet he berated our village officials with matters not on their current meetings agenda!

(Try that at one of the school board meetings.) Strike Three: The disgusting comments directed at the members of our police departments!!! Our school board vice president’s attempt to cover for him was even more insulting !!(I attended that meeting as well). He and he alone should have addressed the comments he has made to our village officials, the erroneous facts in his letter writing campaign, and lastly his comments directed at the police dept. It’s

time he “owns up” instead he sits there and let’s the V.P. cover his ass - which only made the entire school board look like idiots. Well hopefully they got a lesson on what not to do when you publicly call out a village official or disrespect an entire police department. Not once even after written proof of being notified by the IDA - did he mention it again . How many chances should he get? He needs to step down before

he destroys more of the hard work and credibility our school board has achieved. If he keeps it up - they will not be able to recover. The school board is on a life raft ...like many of us, with a hole or two that we can keep an eye on and work hard to bail out the water to keep us afloat. Barnett is their anchor...in more ways than one . A. Medina Mineola

County throws out cameras with bath water

n Dec. 15 the Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously to repeal the law establishing the controversial school-zone speeding camera program. As someone who fell prey to this program, I should be happy but I am not, and neither are many others. Let me explain why. The law per se was not the problem and repeal is not the solution. I resent the terrible manner in which the law was implemented. The school-zone camera program was ostensibly intended as a public safety law to protect our children, a laudable goal. Many of the county’s schools are close to major roadways and traffic on the nearby roads should be strictly regulated during school hours. Proper implementation could have been easily achieved: an unobstructed view of school-zone warning signs, including warnings painted in the roadway itself; flashing lights on the signs to attract driver attention; and realtime digital indicators mounted with the warning sign so that drivers can self-monitor their speed. Cameras should be permanently installed and positioned so as to photograph both the car’s license plate and the digital speed indicator sign are in the

photographs thereby providing visual confirmation of the excessive speed. If these rules had been followed throughout the county, this program would not have been controversial. Unfortunately, only a very few school districts complied with these rules. The inept, overly aggressive, and premature implementation tells us the real intent of the school-zone camera program – revenue enhancement designed to help fill the gap in the County’s FY2015 budget adopted in May 2014. According to the LIHerald. com, the Nassau County Legislature approved $2.98 billion in spending for FY 2015 (September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015) based on the following anticipated revenues totaling $2.9572 billion: $832.2 million in property taxes, $1.15 billion in sales taxes, $975 million from other sources (federal and state aid, fines and forfeitures, and county departments). The school-zone camera program was an add-on approved by unanimous vote of the Legislature to fill the approximately $23 million deficit. The need to quickly optimize revenue explains why the program went live during the summer of 2014 despite the fact that schools were not open and warning lights had not been in-

stalled. American Traffic Solutions, an Arizona-based company, was hired to operate the county’s speed camera program and was slated to receive 38 percent of all fines and penalties collected. The county issued $80 speeding tickets, consisting of a “VIOLATION FINE: $50 fine + DRIVER RESP. FEE: $30,” whatever that is. The county Legislature’s independent office of budget review reported that, from Sept. 2 through Nov. 21, the school-zone speed camera program generated 400,308 tickets, bringing in a potential $32 million in fines and fees. Of this, the county would net $24.4 million, if all violations were paid, and American Traffic Solutions would be paid $7.6 million. Thus, from the Legislature’s point of view, the program was very successful. From the driving public’s point of view, the program was little more than a confiscatory tax disguised as a traffic violation. The public outrage should have been no surprise. Robert Sinclair Jr., manager of media relations for AAA New York, the vote to remove the cameras is a “tacit admission that the program was a money-grab from the start.” “When there is no apparent connection between enforcement

and traffic safety, the public loses trust in its government.” With or without repeal of this law, the anticipated FY2015 deficit is very likely to be larger than the anticipated $30 million. Sales tax revenues have decreased significantly, well over 5 percent, in FY2013 and FY2014 but the Legislature nonetheless projects a 3-4 percent increase for FY2015. If sales tax revenues continue to drop, if revenues from fines are not realized (which is certain without the school-zone camera program), if aid decreases because of state and federal budget constraints, Nassau County’s FY2015 will have a serious short-fall. This explains why the county refuses to dismiss the outstanding tickets issued after Sept. 2 and return all revenues collected, something that infuriates those hapless drivers ensnared by this misguided taxation program. I for one feel used and abused by my elected representatives. So how is the deficit gap to be filled? That’s obvious – more ridiculous stopgap measures. Options under discussion are electronic billboards along the Long Island Expressway, increasing a 911 surcharge on landline users, getting state approval for

reimbursement of police costs to patrol the LIE, and decreases in the subsidy to the Nassau University Medical Center. Nassau County has $3.8 billion in outstanding debt, or about 130 percent of annual revenues. Interest payments alone are anticipated to be $368 million the FY2015 budget. What a mess! How long do they think that the same old band-aids can be used to stop a hemorrhaging wound? We need a surgeon wielding a sharp scalpel if we are going to cut spending and pay off the debt. It should be clear to all that by repealing the school-zone law the Legislature acted solely to quell public outcry and mollify voter anger before next fall’s election. It will not work with me and probably not with most of you as well. The members of the Legislature should learn a lesson from the November 2014 election. Nassau County is one of the most highly taxed counties in the United States and the public will not put up with any more taxes no matter how they are disguised. Our legislators must demonstrate fiscal responsibility or the voting public will elect others who will! Dr. Corinne A. Michels, Ph.D.

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A loo k o n the li g hter si d e

Just babble while you work Do you remember bed-time reading? I do. Mostly, I remember what a struggle it was, wrangling two boys into pajamas, through the perils of toothbrushing and into bed so that I could read to them before “lights out.” Still, every night I tried, because reading to your children is good for them. Or so I always believed. Well, no more! You can throw out all those books — and while you’re at it, the Baby Mozart and Bach recordings, too. You can also forgive yourself all the botched attempts at family dinners. Turns out, according to the latest research, that the single best way to stimulate your child’s brain is just to chatter at them, about nothing much at all, while going about your day! Who knew? Apparently, researchers in Ireland recently studied the effect of showing pictures versus reading books to 9-month-old infants, and tested the babies’ cognitive perfor-

mance. What they found was that, while reading to babies did indeed work better than just showing them pictures, both activities were outperformed by simply talking, informally, to the little ones through the course of the day. Or, as Snow White might have sung it, “Babble While You Work.” Of course, there are a lot of questions about this finding - starting with, exactly how does one test the cognitive abilities of a 9-month old? (“Quick, what’s the square root of pi? No, pi, not pie!”) Also, since anything you read to a baby is likely to be a picture book, anyway, what is the difference? I should probably care about all of that. But I don’t. That’s because my mind is already boggled over the possibilities this opens up. Finally, in spite of all my parenting failures, my kids have a shot at genius, after all! Because - stay with me, here; I know you’ll find this hard to believe, but - babbling

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A Look on the Lighter Side at them is something I can do. In fact, if that’s all it takes, it makes me wonder - could this be the secret to success? I think about little Orville and Wilbur Wright, in Dayton, Ohio in the late 1800s. Susan Catherine Wright had five other children, besides those two. Surely she was far too distracted just keeping them all alive to sit down and read to anyone.

“Can’t you make yourselves useful?” she must have said to them, many a time. And they did. Or take the case of young Alexander Graham Bell, growing up in Scotland. “This is how you hang out the laundry to dry,” his mother told him, again and again. “You must take care with the line, or it gets tangled up. Are you listening, Alex? Alex! Come here, I want you!” Or look at Benjamin Franklin. He was the 15th of 17 children sired by Josiah Franklin. Seventeen children! There couldn’t have been a scrap of time for bedtime stories. “We need to poke up the fire, it’s so cold in here! Someone better go out in the rain for more wood. And Ben, quit trying to read in this dark, you’ll ruin your eyes!” It’s no wonder that Franklin went on to invent the lightning rod; bifocal glasses; and the Franklin stove. “So what do you think?” I ask my high school student. He is fully

absorbed in feeding the fire in our non-Franklin fireplace with the remains of an English paper. “You need to make sure that none of the coals fall out on the carpet,” I tell him. “Uh huh,” he replies. “And remember we load the dishwasher from back to front before running it, every night.” “You bet.” “Plus, don’t forget to tie the elephant up in the garage, when you’ve finished waxing the green beans.” Of course, Mom,” he replies, not even looking up. I used to worry I hadn’t done enough reading to my kids when they were little. They’ve never heard of “Great Expectations,” “Moby Dick,” or half the classics - and I don’t see how they ever will. But my husband says I am not to worry any more. “Looks like you’re doing just fine,” he says. We’re in good shape, because I can babble with the best.

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Mario Cuomo not worthy of sainthood

here is more to the recent passing of former Gov. Mario Cuomo. He was not a reformer, but rather a proud product of the Queens County Democratic Party clubhouse machine. After losing the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in 1974, Gov. Hugh Carey appointed him Secretary of State in 1975. During his race against then Congress member Ed Koch for New York City Mayor in 1977, there were Vote for Cuomo not the

Homo” posters all over town. Mario was never above using class warfare as an issue to divide and conquer. Remember his reference to Republican gubernatorial candidate Lew Lehrman’s expensive watch during a debate in 1982? Lehrman was a self-made millionaire who was the founder of Rite Aid drug store chain. One of Mario’s claim to fame was being a great orator and debater. In 1986 Mario followed the infamous Rose Garden strategy in

his race for a second term. His opponent was unknown and under financed. The late Republican Westchester County Executive Andrew O’Rourke had to carry a cardboard cutout of Cuomo to debate. In the end, Mario agreed to one token debate at the 11th hour. In 1992, Mario had no problem signing off on the reapportionment plan for new state Assembly and state Senate district lines based upon the 1990 census. This bill preserved and expanded the Demo-

crats control of the state Assembly, along with preserving the Republican majority in the state Senate by gerrymandering of district boundaries. So much for good government reform of state government legislative districts. When it came to supporting public transportation, rather than increase the level of state support by billions under MTA Five Year Capital Plans, it was Mario who started the trend of having state authorities like the MTA borrow

rather than providing hard cash contributions. The same was true by increasing the level of state spending and long term debt by hiding it off line under many other state authorities rather than the general budget. We all mourn for the loss of anyone’s father. Mario is not worthy of sainthood. He was a mere mortal, like the rest of us. Larry Penner Great Neck

Shootings in France shows threat to Jews When hearing of the slaughter/anti-Semitic pogrom in France last week of the 4 Jews (including two college-age boys) at a kosher supermarket and the assassination of 12 journalists at Charlie Hebdo last week, I kept thinking about a lovely French Jewish couple who I met last summer while protesting the Met Opera’s anti-Semitic opera production. The couple told me that they had fled France ten years ago, because even back then, they could see the anti-Semitic writing on the wall. At the time they left France, their friends and relatives all told

them that they were alarmist and crazy. The couple told me that now (last summer), their friends and relatives frequently call them to say that they were right to leave. And that was well before the most recent attacks - the targeted anti-Semitic home invasion robbery and rape of a French Jewish woman in December, and the slaughters last week - which have left thousands of French Jews anxious to leave France. French Jews used to call their friends and relatives in Israel whenever there was a terrorist attack on innocent Israelis, asking “are you

okay?” Now the shoe is on the other foot, and French Jews are receiving the calls from Israel asking “are you okay?” It’s sad how “seeing the handwriting on the wall” has become so necessary. Weeks before the recent attacks, the Zionist Organization of America/ZOA listed as the NUMBER ONE item on its platform in the upcoming World Zionist Congress election - which determines priorities for Jewish Agency, JNF and other groups’ funds: “Rescue Jews Endangered by Global Anti-Semitism: The Zion-

ist Organization of America (ZOA) slate will ensure that the Jewish Agency has the resources needed to rescue and assist Jews all over the world who are in grave danger because of increasing Muslim attacks on Jews. This is a critical lifesaving priority now. We need your vote for this.” Many of the other slates running in the World Zionist Congress election are focused on funding their own particular group’s institutions. This is certainly understandable, especially in normal times. But, in light of what is going on in the world, this is the time to put

personal institutional issues and interests aside, and to focus on, and direct communal resources towards saving lives. The voting starts this week any Jew age 18 or over can vote. I hope that people will vote for the Zionist Organization of America slate - see http://zoa.org/zoa-slatein-the-world-zionist-congress-elections/. We will soon have a VoteZOA.org website also. Elizabeth Berney, Esq. (Long Island-Queens Executive Director, Zionist Organization of America)

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Unitarian congregation 2 arrested in to explore gun violence G.N. burglary BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock will explore the frequency of gun violence in the United States during a Jan. 30 panel featuring various state and national activists and state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Great Neck). The event, entitled Gun Sense in America, seeks to analyze what congregation officials consider an epidemic of gun violence amid unchanging federal gun control laws. Local activist Aaron WatkinsLopez will moderate the panel, which will consist of Schimel, Leah Gunn Barrett, executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence; June Rubin, founding member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America; and Lois Schaffer, an author and activist. The program is free and open to the public. Attendees will receive tips for reducing gun violence. According to a Federal Bu-

reau of Investigation report published in September 2014, there were 160 active shooter incidents in America from 2000-13, an average of 11.4 per year. In those incidents, 486 people were killed and 557 were wounded. The term “active shooter,” according to the report, describes a shooting in progress whereupon law enforcement officials may be required to bypass protocol to respond to the incident. According to FBI figures, 8,454 people were murdered with firearms in 2013, the latest year for which statistics are available. The issue garnered mainstream media attention in 2012 following mass shootings in Aurora, Colo. and Newtown, Conn. The Obama administration pushed for federal gun reforms, but a bill that included expanded background checks on firearm purchases was defeated in the Senate in April 2013. The state Legislature in January 2013 approved a fast-tracked gun control law, commonly called the NY Safe Act, which has garnered a reputation as one of the

strictest pieces of state legislation of its kind. More recently, lawmakers from the Republican-controlled state Legislature have called for amendments to the Safe Act, but to little avail. Each panelist scheduled to participate in the congregation’s event has personal ties to the issue. Schimel, now in her fifth term representing the 16th state Assembly district, served on the board of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence for 20 years, while Rubin and Schaffer’s activism was inspired by their victimization by gun violence. Rubin was robbed at gunpoint at a store she once owned in Miami, Fla., and from there began the “Mother’s Dream Quilt,” a national campaign of the grassroots organization Moms Demand Action to advocate for gun violence prevention. Shaffer, a Great Neck resident, is the author of the 2013 memoir “The Unthinkable,” which details the murder of her daughter Susie in St. Louis, Mo. in 2008.

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Two New York City teenagers are in police custody for allegedly burglarizing residences in Great Neck Estates and Flower Hill in October. David Jimenez, 16, of Flushing, Queens and Tomas Rios, 16, of the Bronx both face seconddegree burglary charges for incidents that took place Oct. 7 and Oct. 28. Jimenez, who was arrested shortly after the latter incident in October, was found to be in possession of what police identified as cocaine and was also charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. Rios was arrested Tuesday by New York City police after an investigation found he was involved in both burglaries, detectives said. On Oct. 7, a 22-year-old man arrived at his North Clover Drive residence in Great Neck Estates to find Jimenez standing in the front door and Rios in the kitchen, police said. The man yelled out at Jimenez and Rios, police said, and

the two fled on foot. Police did not disclose whether anything was removed from the house. The second incident took place at a Bayberry Ridge residence in the Village of Flower Hill. Two people arrived at their residence around 7 p.m. on Oct. 28 and found Jimenez in the driveway, who fled the scene on a bicycle, police said. When they went inside, police said, the two victims found their bedroom had been ransacked. Responding officers located Jimenez on Port Washington Boulevard about an hour later and arrested him. Jimenez was arraigned on Oct. 29. Rios was arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead. Reach reporter Bill San Antonio by e-mail at bsanantonio@ theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x215 and on Twitter @ Bill_SanAntonio. Also follow us on Twitter @theislandnow and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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Great Neck Estates trustees on Monday continued to question various parts of a conditional-use permit application for a second Shop Delight Glatt Kosher supermarket proposed for construction at the site of a former Rite Aid Pharmacy on Middle Neck Road. The board voted to continue the hearing at a later date after analyzing issues with noise, odor, parking and traffic concerns posed by village trustees and residents. Trustees said they would also like to determine what issues involved other government entities that have approval power over the application such as Nassau County and the state health department. But trustees said the village should act as the lead agency on the application because it is most directly involved with the proposal. “This board feels that there

are major issues that we are not able to fully identify yet and need to be flushed out further,” Village of Great Neck Estates Mayor David Fox said. “Before we do that there are other agencies that might be involved and we want to find out whether or not they see any issues on their side.” The application for the supermarket, proposed for 154 Middle Neck Road, was first brought before the board of trustees during its December meeting. It would be the second Shop Delight supermarket to open in Great Neck, joining a smaller location about 10 blocks away on Welwyn Road. Residents last month questioned the potential impact a second supermarket would have on traffic, sanitation and parking. Engineers for the applicant, Great Neck Gourmet, Inc., said last month the Welwyn Road store has an average of 89 customers during peak hours, while the proposed location could ac-

commodate up to 125 people during the same time period. The store currently has a fiveyear agreement with the Great Neck Parks District that allows shoppers to use the Shoreward Drive parking lot at Welwyn Road across the street from the supermarket at certain times. Under the plan, which was intended to alleviate parking and traffic problems in the area, shoppers leave their keys with attendants from Woodhaven-based Progressive Valet Parking Corp. At Monday’s meeting, one resident brought up a supermarket that she apparently remembers standing in the same spot many years ago that she recalls doing no harm to the community. Another resident said that it is common for people to be skeptical about an application for a new business within the village. “But everyone is complaining that Mill Neck Road is dying,” the resident said. “A New business? A supermarket? What could be better?”

By A da m L i d g e t t The Great Neck Board of Education voted Monday to change the language of their policy on students with disabilities to go beyond just getting a diploma. “The single revision modification of language in introductory paragraph is to clarify the primary focus of special education as addressing the needs of individual student,” board Trustee Susan Healy said. The primary focus on special education under the board’s new language is to “ensure the individual needs of students with disabilities are addressed in order to maximize their potential for future success.” The previous focus called for the district “to ensure that capable students with disabilities meet local and Regents diploma requirements.” The board also did a first reading to amend the policy on the use of the school district’s credit card. Policies go through three readings before adopted.

After a recommendation from the district’s internal auditor, the policy on credit card use will be changed to reflect the current procedure on authorization of the card’s use, according to the agenda. The policy states that the assistant superintendent for business and the director of transportation are responsible for reviewing all monthly credit card statements. School Superintendent Tom Dolan said the district only has one American Express credit card that is required for the use of E-ZPass and is used on very rare occasions. “A couple of alarms could go off when we talk about credit cards,” Dolan said. “The board does receive a bill every month and they approve it every month. Rest assure there is only one card.” The policy also states that the monthly credit card statement is reviewed by the superintendent and forwarded to the board.

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The Town of North Hempstead collected a record $86,054 in permit fees from film productions in 2014, nearly twice as much as the $42,288.75. it collected in 2013, town officials said Friday. “The filming industry continues to be a drawn to North Hempstead because we are a beautiful and diverse area that is infused with unique downtowns and storefronts, waterfront homes, historical mansions and bucolic scenery,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a statement. “Filming here in North Hempstead benefits the local economy and showcases all we have to offer.” The town issued 70 permits in 2014, doubling the 38 filming permits approved in 2013. North Hempstead issued 22 filming permits in 2012. Town officials attributed the increase in permits issued and applications due to state tax incentives offered to television production crews who use locations in New York. North Hempstead officials said 49 television programs filed applications through the state’s Film Production Tax Credit program, which yielded $1.85 billion in spending throughout New York and added 119,000 jobs to the economy. Several high-profile television series filmed in North Hempstead in the last year, including the CBS series “Blue Bloods” at the Iceland skating rink in New Hyde Park and the USA Network series “Royal Pains” at various storefronts in the Village of Roslyn. Feature films, including “Louder Than Bombs,” starring Jesse Eisenberg, and “The Outskirts,” with Victoria Justice, also used the town as a backdrop. “It’s very difficult to do a full day, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or whatever it may be, driving three hours to the Hamptons,” Mike Fucci, a location scout for “Royal Pains,” told Blank Slate Media in June.

“So we look for places like Old Westbury or Muttontown that are very much like the Hamptons but are only 45 minutes from New York City.” North Hempstead officials said the Old Westbury Gardens and Sands Point Preserve in Port Washington are among the most frequently used sites in the town for film shoots. Kim Kaiman, the town’s executive director of business and tourism, said in a phone interview with Blank Slate Media Friday that although the town does not handle applications from crews seeking to film within incorporated villages in North Hempstead, her office has often referred locations scouts to the proper contacts in those communities. “Those figures in no way reflects just how many crews in the industry have come to our area,” she said. In 2013, the portions of the film “This is Where I Leave You” were shot in a cul-de-sac in Manhasset’s Village of Munsey Park that had previously been used for the CBS series “The Good Wife.” Last year, North Hempstead locations were also used for the Investigation Discovery program “Scorned: Love Kills.” Theodora Christakis, a producer with Optomen Productions which produced “Scorned,” said in a statement that her crew has had a positive experience working within the town and alongside Kaiman. “Every person from the town who helped coordinate our shoot was attentive flexible and helpful. Kim Kaiman’s knowledge of production was tremendously helpful - besides finding a location that fit our visual needs, she was mindful of our production needs as well,” she said. “Overall, we had an excellent and successful experience filming in North Hempstead, and it has definitely become one of my go-to places for location scouting.”

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Start Your Day The Paleo Way When going “Paleo”, one of the first things my clients ask me is, “What will I eat for breakfast?” Because the Paleo diet eliminates grains, dairy products and most starches, breakfast may seem like a challenge. However, almond meal and almond flour are considered a staple as well as organic cage free eggs, coconut milk and nitritefree lean pork products. The following recipes are easy to prepare and delicious. I guarantee you will not miss your oatmeal or toast. Please give them a try, you will be glad you did. Recipes Serves 4 Slow Cooker Almond and Apple Cereal Berry Pancake Souffle Pumpkin Pancakes Ham and Egg Cups

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liquid thickens. 3. While the berries are cooking, use an electric mixer to beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. 4. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks for 1-2 minutes by hand with the vanilla and cinnamon. Gently fold the yolks into the egg whites. 5. With the heat under the fruit still at medium, spread the egg batter evenly on top of the fruit. Cook 2 minutes without touching, then place the pan in the oven. Bake for 10-12 minutes

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Arts league exhibit for society members The Art League of Long Island is pleased to display works by members of the Long Island Chapter of the Sumi-e Society in an exhibit titled “The Music of Nature” in the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery’s upper level Jan. 31 through Feb. 17. An artists’ reception takes place Sunday, Feb. 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. Sumi-e is a style of East Asian painting practiced for well over one thousand years. Sumi-e, the Japanese word for black ink painting, is an art form that strives to capture the essence, the Chi, of the life of the subject in the painting, evoking the poetry of nature. The artist uses the ink freely with a controlled brush stroke. The goal of the brush painter is to use the brush with both vitality and restraint ...constantly striving to be a better person because their character and their

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Lotus Pond No.2, ink and watercolor on paper by Sung Sook Setton

who appreciate East Asian art. The exhibit will display Sung Sook’s works along with her fellow member artists: Phyllis Bocchicchio, Fumiko Carle, Carolyn Clarke, Meryl Greene, Maryann Kane, Talat Jaleel, Terry Kimmel, Harriet Margulis, Betty Nolan, Rita Palmeri, Kelly Roth, Laurie Samara- Schlageter, Judith Sutton-Fagan, and Dot Zammit. Sung Sook is also an instructor of East Asian Brush Painting at the Art League of Long Island. The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery is open free of charge Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 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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schools where parents and students can visit the school(s) they think they might be interested in and get a tour of the facility, be introduced to the teachers, meet some of the current families and children and generally learn about the academic, spiritual, social and physical development programs.

to everyone without regard to race, religion or national origin. A religion class is a requirement, students participate in Liturgies, and faith is an integrated part of daily activities, but many schools have a significant population of students who attend because of the quality of the education alone.

nurturing environment for learning, more individualized attention to each student’s learning needs, an outstanding extracurricular program and the level of partnership established with parents. Will attending a Catholic elementary school help my child get into a prestigious Catholic high school? Attending a Catholic elementary school isn’t the only way to get into a Catholic high school, but it is still the best way. The Catholic high schools are open to all students and typically have a very significant number of students from a public school background. Students qualify for Catholic high school through a test for 7th 8th graders that is administered in October of each year. Typically the students from Catholic elementary schools are best prepared for the academic rigor, the integrated program of faith and values, and the service orientation of the high schools. Virtually all of the students from Catholic elementary school (99%) are admitted to a Catholic high school with the vast majority getting into the school that is their first choice.

What should parents look for during their visit? Many parents of current students tell us that their decision was emotional and based on a feeling of warmth and caring they got during their visit. Others are more analytical and make direct comparisons based on the results on standardized test scores and high school admittance history. Regardless of how you make your decision, the schools are ‘open books’ during this week, providing Is there a difference in tuition to at- whatever information prospective families tend a different school? Long Island’s desire to support their decision. There is also Catholic Elementary schools set their own a series of video interviews on the licathoHow can I learn more or choose the tuitions, so they vary slightly, but there is no licelementaryschools.org web site where curschool(s) I would like to visit? There is a penalty for choosing a school outside of your rent parents offer their advice on how to get resource for families on the Internet that prothe most out of your visit. Parish or town if you are a Parishioner in the vides a very complete picture of the Catholic Diocese. The system of schools is an asset When parents select Catholic elemen- elementary school experience. It features an here on Long Island for all of the families of tary school, what are the most frequently interactive map that is your guide to each of the Diocese and for all of the families of Long cited reasons? The reasons that are most Long island’s distinctive Catholic schools, and Island. frequently mentioned are; academic excel- that lets you view the geographic options for Are non-Catholics welcome in the lence, the reinforcement of the values lived your children at http://licatholicelementaschools? The schools are welcoming places at home, Catholic religious identity, a safe, ryschools.org As a prospective family, do I have an ‘assigned school’? One of the first differences you will notice about Catholic school is that you get to select the school that you believe your children will be most successful in. There is no direct ‘assignment’ based on where you live and most school districts provide busing to the school of your choice within a 15 mile radius.

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Nassau County’s Catholic Elementary Schools and Open House Schedules St. Christopher School - Baldwin 15 Pershing Blvd, Baldwin 11510 • (516) 223-4404 • www.stchris-school.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:30am - 2pm Tuesday, January 27: 9:30am - 11:30am

St. Rose of Lima School - Massapequa 4704 Merrick Rd, Massapequa 11758 • (516) 541-1546 • www.stroseschool.net Open House: Tuesday, January 27: 9:30am -10:45am, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Regional School - Bellmore 2341 Washington Ave, Bellmore 11710 (516) 785-5709 • www.steas.com Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 1:00pm; Monday, January 26: 9:30am - 10:30am (Pre-K - 2nd grade), 10:00am - 11:00am ("Our Time"); Tuesday, January 27: 9:30am 10:30am (Nursery); Wednesday, January 28: 10:00am - 11:00am ("Our Time")

Notre Dame School - New Hyde Park 25 Mayfair Rd, New Hyde Park 11040 • (516) 354-5618 • www.ndsnet.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - 1:00pm; Monday, January 26: 9:30am - 11:00pm (N-8); 1:00pm - 2:00pm (N-8)

St. Raymond's School - East Rockaway 263 Atlantic Ave, East Rockaway 11518 (516) 593-9010 • www.srsny.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - 1:00pm. By appt. during the week. Our Lady of Victory School - Floral Park 2 Bellmore St, Floral Park 11001 (516) 352-4466 • www.olvfp.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:30am (after Family Mass); Tuesday, January 27: 10:00am-11:00am The De La Salle School* - Freeport 87 Pine St, Freeport 11520 • (516) 379-8660 • www.delasalleschool.org St. Anne's School - Garden City 25 Dartmouth St, Garden City 11530 • (516) 352-1205 • www.stannesgcschool.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 1:00pm- 3:00pm St. Joseph School - Garden City 450 Franklin Ave, Garden City 11530 • (516) 747-2730 • www.st-josephschool.com Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - noon

Holy Child Academy* - Old Westbury 25 Store Hill Rd, Old Westbury 11568 • (516) 626-9300 • www.holychildacademy.org St. Dominic Elementary School - Oyster Bay 35 School St., Oyster Bay 11771 • (516) 922-4233 •www.stdomsob.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 1:00pm (after Family Mass); Monday, January 26: 9:00am - 11:00am St. Peter of Alcantara School - Port Washington 1321 Port Washington Blvd., Pt Washington 11050 • (516) 944-3772 • www.stpeterspw.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 9:30am - 11:00am; 1:00pm - 3:00pm Tuesday, January 27: 9:30am - 11:00am St. Agnes Cathedral School - Rockville Centre 70 Clinton Ave, Rockville Centre 11570 • (516) 678-5550 • www.stagnes-school.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 12:30pm; Tuesday, January 27 and Wednesday, January 28: registration for K-7, 8:30am - 10:30am Maria Regina School - Seaford 4045 Jerusalem Ave, Seaford 11783 • (516) 541-1229 • www.mariareginaschool.org Open House: Thursday, January 22: 6:00pm - 8:00pm (Early Childhood focus); Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - noon; Tuesday, January 27: 10:00am to 11:00am

All Saints Regional Catholic School - Glen Cove 12 Pearsall Ave, Glen Cove 11542 • (516) 676-0762 • www.asrcatholic.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:15am -1:15pm

St. William the Abbot School - Seaford 2001 Jackson Ave, Seaford 11783 • (516) 785-6784 • www.stwilliamtheabbot.net Early Childhood Presentation, Thursday, January 15: 7:00pm; Nursery, pre-K and K visitation, Wednesday, January 21: 9:00am - 10:00am; Open House: Sunday, January, 25: noon - 2:00pm

Holy Family School - Hicksville 25 Fordham Ave, Hicksville 11801 • (516) 938-3846 • www.hfsli.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:30am (after Family Mass). By appt. during the week.

St. Edward The Confessor School - Syosset 2 Teibrook Ave, Syosset 11791 • (516) 921-7767 • www.stedwardconfessor.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 1:00pm; Wednesday, January 25 by appt.

Our Lady of Mercy School - Hicksville 520 S Oyster Bay Rd, Hicksville 11801 • (516) 433-7040 • www.olmshicks.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:45am-2:00pm

St. Martin De Porres Marianist School* - Uniondale 530 Hempstead Blvd, Uniondale 11553 • (516) 481-3303 • www.stmartinmarianist.org

Long Beach Catholic Regional School - Long Beach 735 W. Broadway, Long Beach 11561 • (516) 432-8900 • www.lbcrs.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 12:30pm

Holy Name of Mary School - Valley Stream 90 South Grove St, Valley Stream 11580 • (516) 825-4009 • www.hnomschool.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:30am - 1:00pm; Wednesday, January 28: 10:00am - 11:30am

Our Lady Of Peace School - Lynbrook 21 Fowler Ave, Lynbrook 11563 • (516) 593-4884 • www.olpschoollynbrook.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:30am (after Family Mass); Monday, January 26, 9:30am - 10:45am (Nursery, Pre-K and K)

St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope Regional School - Westbury 101 Maple Ave, Westbury 11590 • (516) 333-0580 • www.stbolh.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 2:00pm - 3:30pm (meet in the school chapel); Tours: Monday, January 26 through Thursday, January 29: 10:30am

Our Lady of Lourdes School - Malverne 76 Park Blvd, Malverne 11565 • (516) 599-7328 • www.ollmalverne.org Open House: Sunday, January 25th: 10:30am - noon

St. Thomas the Apostle - West Hempstead 12 Westminster Rd, West Hempstead 11552 • (516) 481-9310 • www.stthomasschool.net Open House: Sunday January 25: 11:30am - 2:00pm; Monday January 26: 9:00am -11:00am, New Registration 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Our Lady of Grace Montessori* - Manhasset 29 Shelter Rock Rd, Manhasset 11030 • (516) 365-9832 • www.olgmanhasset.com St. Mary's Elementary School - Manhasset 1340 Northern Blvd, Manhasset 11030 • (516) 627-0184 • www.stmary11030.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: noon

St. Aidan School - Williston Park 510 Willis Ave, Williston Park 11596 • (516) 746-6585 • www.staidanschool.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - 12:30pm *Private Schools

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A place where values are learned and lived. Our schools prepare children for life’s journey. Strong spiritual values are a living part of a child’s daily activities at every Long Island Catholic elementary school. Your child is nurtured in a unique community environment where vital interaction with other children, families, and the parish reinforces enduring moral beliefs and a respect for others. Your child also gains the knowledge, skills, and self-esteem for future success in an innovative setting where academic rigor is enhanced by an array of cutting-edge learning resources. To learn more about Catholic Schools Week OpenHouses (1/25-31), and to find a school near you, call 516-678-5800 Ext. 258 or go to www.LICatholicElementarySchools.org

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The value of Catholic School Education B y Dr e w Bogner, Ph.D. President, Molloy College

Our 66th Summer!

Most parents have similar hopes and dreams for their children. They want them to be happy, to be successful and to live an ethical, moral and consequential life. Everyone wants this “trifecta of success” for their children and, in fact, I hear this from parents all the time. The question is, what is the best way to get them there? As with most things, it starts at the beginning. You would not build a new house on a shaky, thrown-together foundation. That early decision – made at the very beginning of the building process – would have an impact on everything that followed. And so it is with education. But what makes Catholic education unique? From the beginning, Catholic education teaches students that there is a spark of the divine in all of us. This is something that is talked about at school, with a corresponding emphasis on respect for all people. Science and math are important, but academic subjects are studied as a way to bring about the betterment of God’s world. This emphasis on values and how each of us is important to God is a framework that

students will carry with them for a lifetime. I see it so clearly in many of our students. They travel, for example, not to sight-see but to help rebuild earthquake-ravaged Haiti. They go to post-Katrina New Orleans to help those who have lost their homes. Or they spend time at a camp in West Virginia, helping some of our country’s poorest children. When I speak to our graduates at Alumni weekends or various college events, they tell me about their early Catholic education and how it enabled them to get into one of our nationally ranked programs, which launched them into the career they had always dreamed of having. Just as important, they talk about the moral foundation that a Catholic education provided them and how this value system has influenced them throughout their young lives. These young professionals talk to me about God, their sense of right and wrong, and their responsibility to make a contribution to society. More often than not, they tell me that these values were instilled in them at a very early age in Catholic school. We owe it to our children to give them a foundation that will last a lifetime. Why consider Catholic schools for your children? Because, in doing so, you are putting in place the very foundation that will prepare them to build a life full of meaning.

If a college degree counts, Catholic schools deliver

Our 66th Summer!!

According to a report released in January, 2014 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), students graduating from Catholic high schools were nearly twice as likely as their public school counterparts to receive their college degree. In turn, degree recipients were ultimately more successful in securing a job and realizing higher earnings. A National Center for Educational Statistics Study The study, reported on in the February issue of the CAPE Outlook newsletter from the Council for American Public Education, identified 10th grade students from public, private and Catholic high schools in 2002 to participate in the study. Ten years later, in 2012, the study re-visited with those same students. By 2012 the students were in their midtwenties. The percentage of degree-recipients varied significantly by the type of high school attended, with 31.1 percent of public school sophomores reaching a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 61.9 percent of sophomores from Catholic high schools and 57.1 percent of those from other private high schools. The College Degree Is Just the Start of the Advantages The survey went on to document subsequent advantages of higher salaries and lower unemployment. Students who didn’t seek or attain a degree in the 10 years of the survey faced an unemployment rate of 17

percent in 2012, with an additional 10 percent saying they were out of the labor force entirely (i.e., not looking for work). By contrast, only 4 percent of students who were able to attain a bachelor’s degree said they were unemployed. The students who completed their degree programs also had higher incomes. One-third of the students with degrees reported salaries of $40,000 or more in 2011, compared with 21% of those who earned an Associate’s Degree, and only 14% of the students who had not earned a degree. The Catholic School Difference Although not part of the survey, the dramatically different results are cause for some speculation about ‘why’? Why would almost twice as many students from Catholic schools achieve their degree? While national Catholic school academic results regularly exceed their public counterparts by enough to claim some academic advantages…. Catholic schools don’t have twice-as-much information to impart to their students. That pretty much leaves character development, study habits and self-confidence, all intended byproducts of a Catholic education, as the likely causes. In Catholic school, from elementary school forward, the goal is to educate the whole child, in mind, in body and in spirit. If the results of this study are any gauge…. It’s working!

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ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL

ADVERTORIAL

At St. Francis Prep, we pride ourselves on our strong academic program. Students who come here know they will receive outstanding preparation for college; they know they will be challenged to achieve the best they can. A major component of our academic program is our strong core curriculum. Every student at St. Francis Prep takes a rigorous sequence of college preparatory courses. In addition, students have the opportunity to take advanced and specialty courses in every academic area. These include honors classes, Advanced Placement and college credit courses, and upper-level electives in art, business, computer science, music, and religion. This aspect is the greatest strength of the curriculum at St. Francis Prep: we offer a strong traditional academic core combined with the opportunity to pursue areas of special interest at a sophisticated level. Students and parents can find our full course book at the school web site: www.sfponline.org. As you look through the course book and the other materials on our web site, you will get a sense of the challenging and enriching courses you can look forward to taking as a student at St. Francis Prep. We do not track students at St. Francis Prep. Students may be enrolled in one or several honors classes. From year to year, there is much movement into and out of honors classes. After freshman year, selection for honors classes is based solely on achievement in classes taken here. Such a system rewards your hard work and allows for a great deal of flexibility.

The ideals of a Franciscan education are based on the Four Golden Links: our aim is to help students achieve the best they can in their intellectual, spiritual, physical, and social development. Our curricular and extra-curricular programs are designed to offer you many opportunities to challenge yourself, explore your strengths, and nurture your talents. We field junior varsity and varsity teams in just about every major sport. We also have an extensive intramural program. We sponsor about 100 clubs and activities, ranging from Model U.N. and Speech and Debate Team to language and culture clubs. Our award winning Science Research Program has yielded Intel Semifinalists for thirteen of the last fifteen years. This year two of our students Natalie Correa and Ariana Gopal have been awarded this prestigious honor for their research. We like to say there is something for everyone here. Our goal is for students to graduate from St. Francis Prep as well-rounded individuals ready for college and continued lifelong learning.

Check our website for

Tour Dates & Buddy Days. High school is for four years but Prep is forever.

If you choose to attend St. Francis Prep, you will become part of a rich tradition that extends back over 150 years. That tradition includes, of course, academic excellence. It also includes being part of a caring, active, spiritual community. It means availing yourself of the complexity and diversity of our extensive athletic, intramural, and extra-curricular programs. It means being challenged, supported, nurtured, and guided as you continue to grow and explore your many God-given talents. Look at our web site to find more information. You can call the school at 718-423-8810, ext. 229, for further information.

Franciscan Heart. Family Spirit. Limitless Possibilities.

ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL

6100 Francis Lewis Blvd. Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 (718) 423-8810 www.sfponline.org

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Holy Child Academy . . .

Holy Child Academy. It Really Is Different! Preschool, Lower & Middle Schools

Amazing Place. Holy Child Academy is an independent Catholic school for girls and boys from preschool through eighth grade located on 14 wooded acres in Old Westbury. Beyond that, it’s an . . . Amazing Place! Throughout the school you can’t help but notice the excited chatter in the stairwells. The smiles and high-fives in the hallways. The kids at Holy Child are remarkably happy to be in school. They like each other—and like their teachers. But don’t be misled. Behind those bright eyes and quick footsteps, there’s real growing going on. Holy Child provides an environment with small classes and extraordinary, experienced and accomplished teachers and leaders. It’s a place that helps a child find his/her “voice” and develop strong habits of learning. Holy Child instills faith and commitment with beautiful facilities to learn and grow in. The students learn to become teammates and study partners, friends and spiritual brothers and sisters . . . for life. We believe uniforms set kids free. Singing grace makes lunch more nourishing. And every child deserves a healthy start in a peaceful place, where they can learn timeless values and valuable skills to build on.

Three Schools in One!

Sunday, January 25th 11:00 am to 2:00 pm • • • • • • •

Holy Child Academy – an independent Catholic School. Average class size is 15. French, Spanish, and Latin for every student. Music, art, and theater classes for every student. A beautiful, leafy, 14-acre campus. Physical education for all students every day – plus a wide assortment of interscholastic sports. State-of-the-art computer and science facilities.

Announcing the Kevin P. O’Sullivan Middle School! Holy Child Academy Amazing Place!

25 Store Hill Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568 • (516) 626-9300 www.HolyChildAcademy.org

Preschool

Lower School

O’Sullivan Middle School

Students admitted at each division. Come and see Holy Child Academy, or visit our website at www.HolyChildAcademy.org for more information.

Open House: Sunday, January 25th 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 25 Store Hill Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568 516-626-9300

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Notre Dame School

For more than sixty years, Notre Dame School has been educating hearts and forming minds in New Hyde Park. Education must always be more than academics. While academic achievement is a fundamental goal of our school, it is not the only one. We follow the NYS Common Core curriculum and standards, but we also provide our children with memorable life experiences. Education is about the formation of persons, not merely providing them with information. Our moral obligation as Catholic educators is to encourage children to apply knowledge in ways that will make the world a better place. We commit ourselves to developing our studentsí intellectual gifts and fostering their spiritual growth. We promote the importance of putting the needs of others before our own immediate wants. Our faithfilled environment offers us the ability to put all of this together. We begin each morning by praying as a school community. Classes host monthly school liturgies at First Friday masses, as well as other prayer services in which the students are active participants. They can be readers, leaders of song, altar servers, or present the gifts at the altar. Special prayer services include our Thanksgiving service, Advent, Christmas pageant, Stations of the Cross in shadows, the Feast of the Epiphany and Lent. Our students come to us from a diverse range of cultures, beliefs and abilities. Those cultures and beliefs are respected and abilities supported or enriched. Our goal is to provide our students with the skills needed to succeed in a highly literate society, and then, as responsible faith-filled members of that society, to use those skills to create communities that actively promote social justice. Children of other faiths have the opportunity to share their beliefs as well. Our days are filled with many exciting activities and learning events. Learning does not just take place in one classroom. Our children enjoy a variety of ìspecialî classes. We have a full time Art teacher, Technology teacher, Physical Education/Health teacher and Librarian. We also offer Italian, Spanish and Music classes. Our hallways are beautifully decorated with studentsí artwork representing various artists and cultures. Our Physical Education teacher plays a variety of games, teaches important teambuilding skills and stresses good sportsmanship. Our Music teacher provides opportunities for children to freely express themselves through rhythm and movement which are incorporated in school-wide performances. Our stage lighting new sound system will certainly enhance our school productions! If students would like to continue their education and love of music, we offer band lessons through Paul Effman for grades three to eight. Our smallest students have a special playground just for them. Our students in Pre-K through grade 3 also have a special playground. We have an indoor play space for use in inclement weather. Thanks to the generosity of our school families, we are able to broadcast our morning announcements throughout the school! We have our very own closed circuit TV systemóIPTV! Our videoconferencing room has also been very busy! Students in all grades enjoy the experience of interacting with people all over the world. Lessons are enhanced through visits to museums, science labs and zoos. All parents are welcome to join us whenever their childís class has a conference scheduled. Each classroom has two new desktop computers. Our lab has been updated and we have a Mac station with laptops and iPod Touch players. We have 42 iPads available for small group or individual work. All classrooms, kindergarten to eight, are equipped with integrated SmartBoards. Early Childhood classes also have access to a SmartBoard in the video-conferencing room. Our building has wireless connectivity. We have many wonderful events and programs which we would like to share with you. We would love for you to see us ìin action.î Please feel free to call the school to schedule a tour. Caryn Flores Durkin Principal

Kara McCarthy Assistant Principal 25 Mayfair Road 516.354.5618 www.ndsnet.org

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet. org Friday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m. Joan Osborne Saturday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m. Josh Ritter Friday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. The Pedrito Martinez Group Saturday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. Judy Gold Friday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. Jonathan Groff Wednesday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m. A Conversation with Antigone Rising Friday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Black Violin Saturday, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. On Your Radar with WFUV’s John Platt Sunday, Feb. 8, 2 p.m. Paper Bag Players in HOT FEET Friday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Nicole Atkins Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. Robert Klein GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Thursday, Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. “The Mafia Only Kills in Summer” at Furman Film Series A subversive, irreverent feature debut about Arturo, a young boy whose obsession with the Mafia’s casual presence in his city of Palermo, Sicily surpasses even his passion for Flora, the beautiful schoolmate who remains his love interest until adulthood. Saturday, Jan. 31, 8 p.m. Your Big Break: Young Musicians Showcase Join the Gold Coast Arts Center for the first round of up-and-coming talent — chosen from online submissions — who will perform for music business execs, producers, radio and TV personalities and more. Sunday, Feb. 1 - Sunday, April 5 Luba Lukova: Graphic Guts Internationally renowned, New York based Luba Lukova is regarded as one of the most distinctive image makers working today. Transcending language, culture, and politics, her Graphic Guts collection features passionate visual reactions to many of the pressing issues of our time. The Opening Reception

is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 1, from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m. “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” at Furman Film Series Internationally renowned, New York based Luba Lukova is regarded as one of the most distinctive image makers working today. Transcending language, culture, and politics, her Graphic Guts collection features passionate visual reactions to many of the pressing issues of our time. The Opening Reception is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 1, from 4 to 7 p.m. The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury. com Saturday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m. Extreme- Pornograffitti Live 25th Anniversary Friday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m. The B-52s Friday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Hannibal Buress Thursday, Feb. 19, 8 p.m. Leon Russell Friday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m. Pink Floyd Experience Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. Keb’ Mo’ Band Saturday, March 7, 8 p.m. Los Lonely Boys Sunday, April 26, 8 p.m. Miranda Sings NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http://www. nassaucoliseum.com Sunday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. Fleetwood Mac Sunday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m. Marc Anthony Friday, March 27, 7 p.m. Barry Manilow Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m. Nitro Circus Live Wednesday, May 20, 7:30 p.m. The Who Hits 50! NYCB THeatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. (516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury. com Friday, Jan. 23, 8 p.m. KC & The Sunshine Band Friday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m. Andrew “Dice” Clay Saturday, Jan. 31, 8 p.m. Chris Tucker Sunday, Feb. 1, 1 p.m. Jack Hannah’s Into The Wild

Live Friday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Lisa Lampanelli Saturday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m. Spandau Ballet Thursday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m. Foreigner Friday, Feb. 13, 8 p.m. Louder Than Love Valentine’s Ball Saturday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Kathy Griffin Sunday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m. Lee Brice Saturday, Feb. 21, 2 & 8 p.m. Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles Wednesdayday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. The Sing Off Friday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Wynonna and Friends Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. Masters Of Illusion Sunday, March 1, 8 p.m. The Musical Box perform Genesis: Saturday, March 7, 8 p.m. The Temptations & The Four Tops Sunday, March 15, 8 p.m. ZZ Top Saturday, March 21, 3 & 7 p.m. Spring Doo Wop Extravaganza Sunday, March 22, 3 p.m. Lily Tomlin Thursday, March 26, 8 p.m. Michael W. Smith Friay, March 27, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 8 p.m. The Moody Blues Thursday, April 9, 8 p.m. Zebra / The Mystic Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m. Tom Wopat & John Schneider: Return Of The Dukes Sunday, April 12, 4 p.m. The Price Is Right Live Stage Show Friday, April 17, 8 p.m. Bob Saget Friday, April 24, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m. Bob Saget Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m. Bill O’Reilly & Dennis Miller Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m. Don Rickles Friday, June 19, 8 p.m. The Midtown Men Saturday, July 11, 8 p.m. Dion THE DOLPHIN BOOK SHOP & CAFE 299 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop.com Friday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m. Back to Rock Night Nassau county museum of art

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Winter Harvest of Artists 2015

A&E Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 41

The popular Winter Harvest of Artists exhibition will be on view from through the end of January at b. j. spoke gallery, located at 299 Main Street, Huntington. The Winter Harvest of Artists, which fills the entire gallery with exciting new artworks created by local Long Island artists and gallery members, is a non-juried exhibition. A few of the artworks in this year’s Winter Harvest of Artists, waiting to be hung throughout the gallery. A partial list of the Local Long Island Artists included in the Winter Harvest: Kimberly Androlowicz, Dawn Balnis, Christine Barbella, Dolores Caporale, Phyllis Congilio, Karen Cunningham, Audra Donroe, Charles E. Hackett, Shari Jacobs, Barbara Jo Kingsley, Cherry Stewart Josephs, Joanne Lefsky, Benton Scheonmaker, Bernard Springsteel, Susan Tiffen and Mary Webb.

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perfect for family hikes or independent exploration. 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Gardens (516) 484-9338 • http://nasFrom restored formal gardens saumuseum.org of historic importance to quiet MAIN GALLERIES little nooks for dreaming away Through March 8, 2015 an afternoon, the museum’s China Then and Now 145 acre property features China Then and Now brings many lush examples of hortitogether exemplary Chinese cultural arts. Come view our works of art from the classical, early modern and contem- expanded gardens and beautiporary periods. The exhibition ful new path to the museum. explores three millennia of one EVENTS of the world’s most important Through March 8(with exceptions for specific programs) artistic traditions from the FILM: The Other Eye perspective of American colThe Other Eye is the first film lectors on Long Island, such about artist Liu Dan, China’s as Childs and Frances Frick and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler. The major modern-day exponent exhibition opens on Nov. 22, of ink painting. A selection of and remains on view through the artist’s work is on view in March 8. the museum’s current major SECOND FLOOR GALLERIES exhibition devoted to the arts Through March 8 of China, from earliest times to Long Island Collects the Arts the present. In The Other Eye of China we see a remarkable glimpse An exhibition drawn from the into Liu Dan’s creative process holdings of Long Islanders as he creates a large-scale whose collections include landscape. Filmmaker Fan exceptional Chinese art in Xiaochun, has customized a variety of media. Many of a 15-minute excerpt for the these works have never or Museum from her longer rarely-before been seen by documentary film about Liu the public. Dan’s work. Free with MuPERMANENT COLLECTION seum admission. Reservations GALLERY not needed; first come, first Through March 8 Louis Comfort Tiffany: Works seated. Thursday, Feb. 5 from 1 to 2 on Paper Tiffany artworks from the mu- p.m. Brown Bag Lectures: Riva seum’s permanent collection Ettus CONTEMPORARY COLLECBring a sandwich and TORS GALLERY enjoy lunch with friends as Through March 8 Museum Docent Riva Ettus Gavin Rain A native of Cape Town, South presents an informative talk on the extensive range of art Africa, Gavin Rain works primarily in a neo-pointillist style. included in China Then and He cites two main narratives Now. Afterward, join the 2 in his work: Hidden in plain p.m. public exhibition tour. sight, in which the subject Free with museum admission. cannot be seen until the Reservations not needed; first viewer takes a few steps back; come, first seated. and Pseudo digital, in which Sunday, Jan. 18, 1-4 p.m. the artist uses rows of dots in China Comes to a Gold Coast a pattern similar to television Mansion or computer screens. He In celebration of the museum’s credits Seurat, Russian avant exhibition China Then and garde art of the 1900s and the Now, join us for a Scavenger work of many architects as Hunt throughout the Mansion his main artistic influences. and embark on a journey Rain’s work has been seen through time, exploring in solo and group exhibitions ancient and contemporary art throughout the world. from China. Create imaginaONGOING tive Shadow Puppets, play Sculpture Park More than 40 works, many of traditional Chinese games, and join in on a Fan Dance workthem monumental in size, by shop by the Chinese Cultural renowned artists including Center -- learn some dance Fernando Botero, Tom Otterness, George Rickey and Mark techniques along with some simple Chinese words. MuDiSuvero among others are situated to interact with nature seum admission plus $8 per on the museum’s magnificent family materials fee. Reservations not needed. Please note: 145-acre property. this event is in place of Family Walking Trails Sundays at the Museum. The museum’s 145 acres Long island children’s include many marked nature museum trails through the woods,

11 Davis Ave, Garden City (516) 224-5800 Museum Hours: Daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated). Museum admission: $12 for adults and children over 1 year old, $11 seniors, FREE to museum members and children under 1 year old. Additional fees for theater and special programs may apply. For additional information, contact (516) 224-5800. Kids in the Kitchen Join us as we mix things up in the kitchen to stir an interest in kitchen creativity and healthy eating. Each week, we’ll be making an easy and yummy, kid-friendly snack that they make from start to finish. This week, kids will be making quesadillas. Ages: 3-5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members). Tuesdays 11:30 a.m. - noon. stART (Story + Art) Join us each week as we read childhood classics and introduce new favorites; followed by literature-inspired activities and crafts. Ages 3 to 5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members). Wednesday from 11, :30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Music and Movement Join us for a musical morning that gets little bodies moving; pick up a musical instrument and add your voice to our sing along songs session. Ages: 5 and under. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members). Friday 11:30 a.m. - noon. Community Connections Every day, people in the community are helping to make our lives easier. Join us each week as we explore the lives and daily routines of a different community helper. Children will build on their vocabulary as they are introduced to job specific words through songs and activities. Each class will include a hands-on, themed activity to reinforce information shared during class. Ages: 3-5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members). Saturday, Jan. 17, Sunday, Jan. 18, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Messy Afternoons We’ll be up to our elbows in oobleck, clean mud and slime … and we hope you’ll join us for the type of artistic activities that everyone loves, but not one likes to clean-up after. Except us! Ages: 18 months to 4 years. Free with museum admission.

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Community Calendar 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) 869-6311 to register for the presentation or for more information.

National Geographic’s “Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World’s Most Extraordinary Birds”. The second part will be a presentation by NSAS co-president Jennifer Wilson-Pines on “Birds and Climate Change”. This program is sponsored by the North Shore Audubon Society. For more information on this organization, see web site www. northshoreaudubon.org.

with an attorney who volunteers to provide a half-hour private consultation on any topic of concern. The next Senior Citizen Free Legal Consultation Clinic will be held Thursday, Jan. 15, 9:30 to 11 a.m. at NCBA, 15th and West Streets, Mineola. This popular free program regularly fills up quickly. Registration is required by calling 516-7474070.

ART CLASS Grades 1 to 6 - Students and parents are invited to Miss Elieen’s Free Art class on Monday, Jan. 26, from 6 to 7 p.m. at LISMA, 1125 Willis Ave., Albertson. Registration Required. Participants will receive $50 off for spring semester registration. Call for more details. (516) 625-3455

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Archaeological Institute of America, Long Island Society lecture “3rd Millennium BC Irrigation Management in Southern Mesopotamia”. Cuneiform documents highlighting the connection and importance of efficient irrigation systems creating political power. Sunday, Jan, 11, at 2 p.m. Breslin Hall, Room 105, Hofstra University. Fee $5 to non-members. Information call (631) 420 1564 or www.aia-lis.org

NORTH SHORE AUDUBON SOCIETY Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. at Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Ave., Manhasset,. Free Admission. Double feature. The first part of the program will be a viewing of

FREE LEGAL ADVICE FOR SENIORS The Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) provides free monthly legal consultation clinics for Nassau County residents 65 or older. Seniors have the opportunity to meet one-on-one

BREATH, BODY, BALANCE Winthrop-University Hospital’s Breast Health Center will offer “Breath, Body, Balance,” a six-session program combining Yoga, Tai Chi and QiGong for women with breast cancer. The free program will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Pediatric Conference Center located in the lower level of the hospital at 259 First Street in Mineola. Classes will be held on the following Thursdays: Jan. 15, 22 and 29; Feb. 5 and 12. Women who have a history of breast cancer or who are in current treatment are welcome to attend. The sessions will begin with breath work, and continue with soft stretches. The workshop is finished with a time of sitting quietly, to use visualization and relaxation to enhance calm and well-being. Sessions

are taught by Helen Lein, A certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher. Registration is required. To register, please call Ms. Lien at (516) 465-2452 or e-mail thinkanddo.net@gmail.com. For information about the Breast Health Center at Winthrop, please call (516) 663-2556. STRENGTH TRAINING Winthrop-University Hospital’s Breast Health Center will offer a new Strength Training program facilitated by a Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist from the non-profit organization, “Strength for Life.” The free program is open to women who have a history of treatment for breast cancer or who are in current treatment. Sessions will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Dr. Martin Spatz Conference Center Room A, located in the lower level of the main hospital at 259 First Street in Mineola. Classes are held once a week on Mondays from Jan. 12, through March 2. Equipment will be provided. “Strength for Life’s” Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist’s mission is to empower, inspire and strengthen by using exercise as a method of healing. Sessions are taught by Jacqui Errico, a Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist. To

register for the program, please call Ms. Errico at (631) 675-6513. For information about the Breast Health Center at Winthrop, please call (516) 663-2556.

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Winthrop-University Hospital’s Breast Health Center is offering a support group for patients with metastatic breast cancer from 10:30 am to 12 p.m. on the following dates: January 15 and 29; February 12 and 26; March 12 and 26. Sessions will be held at 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 438 in Mineola. Meetings will include a variety of topics including, but not limited to: dealing with the side effects of treatment; managing fluctuating emotions; finding balance; intimacy and relationship issues; the significant of integrating wellness activities into your lifestyle. Individuals joining the group are invited to talk, share and learn in a safe, warm and confidential environment. The support group is free, but registration is required. For information and to register, please call Michelle DeCastro, LMSW at (516) 663-2556.

HOW TO CHALLENGE YOUR PROPERTY ASSESSMENT Join Charles Berman, Town of North Hempstead receiver of taxes, on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 1 p.m. as he presents a Property Assessment Grievance Workshop. He will briefly review the assessment process, explain how to fill out the grievance application, and provide tips on filling out the form. Please bring your 2016/2017 Notice of Tentative Assessed Value that you will receive from the Nassau County Department of Assessment in early January 2015. Staff members will be on hand with applications for your convenience. 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) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail singlesassociationofli@yahoo. com.

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Printmaking contest kicks off in Huntington This past Friday evening the Huntington Arts Council hosted the Opening Reception for “Making an Impression III”, Juried Printmaking. Jess Mann’s etching with chine colle, entitled “Vulture Silhouette” won Best in Show. Honorable mentions were awarded to Beth Atkinson for “Bond,” a solar plate etching, Bar-

bara Jo Kingsley for “Dust Devil,” a serigraph, and Annie Shaver-Crandell’s monotype entitled “Three Days Old.” The opening was well attended and the participating artists were given the opportunity to discuss their medium of choice and explain the printmaking process that resulted in their work.

Artists Mary Brodersen, Monika Camillucci, Kathy Cunningham, Dawn Daisley, Elizabeth Ehrlichman, Grace Jara, Kate Kelly, Julia Lang-Shapiro, Margaret Minardi, Susan Tango, Constance Sloggatt Wolf and Rebecca Zablocki also participated in the show. “The breadth of artistic expression is exemplified by the prints in this exhib-

Chuck von Schmidt, Juror & Jess Mann, Best in Show Winner

it,” said Juror Chuck von Schmidt. “Not only is there great diversity in imagery, but the range of different techniques further demonstrates why this medium attracts artists of every discipline. Printmaking encourages experimentation, and this exhibition confirms that.” Perhaps best known for his crystal sculpture, “The

Ideals of Aaron,” presented to Pope John Paul II in 2005, von Schmidt’s work has also been included in exhibitions in the Anchorage Art Museum, the Islip Art Museum, the Nassau County Art Museum and the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. The artist, who has won numerous awards and honors, has work featured in the

Best in Show: Jess Mann “Vulture Silhouette”

permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum and the Neuberger Museum at SUNY Purchase, among others. A graduate of Cooper Union and Brooklyn College, von Schmidt was on staff and faculty of both institutions after receiving his degrees. In 1977, he was a visiting lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design, in conjunction with a solo show of his prints/ sculptures. He is presently an adjunct professor in the Art Department at New Jersey City University. “Making an Impression III” will be on display in the Main Street Gallery through February 9. The Main Street Gallery hours are Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. For additional information on the exhibit and other Huntington Arts Council events please visit www.huntingtonarts.org or contact HAC at (631) 2718423.

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park district talks parking congestion By A dA m L i d g e t t Great Neck Park District commissioners discussed the possibility Tuesday of plotting out where permit holders for district commuter parking lots live in Great Neck in an attempt to alleviate future parking congestion. “If we look at ridership now and the number of spaces now – if ridership goes up 10 percent it’s reasonable to think the demand [for parking] will go up 10 percent,” board Commissioner Bob Lincoln said. District commissioners said they need consider how ridership might grow at the Great Neck station of the Long Island Rail Road with the extension of the LIRR into Grand Central station in coming years. Lincoln said this could include plotting the physical location of parking permit holders in the area to see if there are any clusters of people, which might lead to finding an alternative to everyone parking in the lots. Lincoln also said the district would like to start tracking the time of day the lots are filled, which varies between the winter and summer months. “I’m not saying we track it every day, but we should look at counting,” Lincoln said. “That helps us determine what the demand is.” The commissioners spoke at the end

of the year about the need to begin talking more about their parking concerns. It was suggested that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority be contacted in the near future to come in and talk to the district about exactly what will happen with the LIRR Grand Central extension. The project, which would bring LIRR trains to Grand Central Station has been in the planning stages for years, with an original opening date of 2009. Lincoln said the district is not looking to get into the commuter bus business, but that a good alternative to the parking lot may be getting some people to take a van to the LIRR station. He said nothing is set in stone yet, and that he plans to talk to some of the village mayors about the issue. “Don’t get concerned that we’re looking to build six-story garages,” Lincoln said. “The reality is if ridership goes up, there might be an increase in traffic, and we have a responsibility to try and analyze what alternatives might be out there.” Lincoln said the district has been involved in parking in Great Neck since just after World War II, and that a 2004 survey showed that people think the district should still be involved in parking. The district owns three lots at Canterbury Road, North Station Plaza and Shoreward Drive.

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Great Neck Library Board of Trustees Meeting The Great Neck Library Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Station Branch Library, Gardens at Great Neck, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level). All are welcome. Seeking Candidates to Serve as Great Neck Library Board of Trustees Appointees on the Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee is responsible for presenting to the Great Neck Library Association membership a nominee to fill the specific office of each outgoing Trustee and of each outgoing member of the Nominating Committee. At its Annual Reorganization Meeting on Jan. 27, the Great Neck Library Board of Trustees will ap-

point two (2) Association members to serve on the Nominating Committee. Interested Association members should send a letter and resume so stating by Tuesday, Jan.20, 2015 to: Library Director’s Office Great Neck Library Station Branch 26 Great Neck Road (2nd Level) Great Neck, NY 11021 All persons eighteen years of age or older, who are residents of the Great Neck School District and are either valid Great Neck Library card holders or registered voters with the Nassau County Board of Elections, are members of the Association. Take Two Film Series at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library prepares for renovations. The next film matinee

in the winter Take Two film series will be shown on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, The Gardens at Great Neck, 26 Great Neck Road, 2nd level (near Waldbaum’s). Everything old is new again. These films with similar themes made years apart – endure, captivate and delight over and over again. Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for information on the films scheduled. Doors open at 1:30 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. Nature’s Rx: Organic presented by Gary Feldman

Gary Feldman will present Nature’s Rx: Organic, at the Station Branch Library. Join Gary Feldman for an eye-opening program about our food choices when he presents Nature’s Rx: Organic on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. at the Station Branch Library, Gardens at Great Neck shopping center, 26 Great Neck Road, (2nd level). Learn the connection

between industrial agriculture’s departure from nature and the decline of our well-being. Feldman will teach you the crucial differences between organic and conventional food. Learn about organic standards and how organic food is grown. Find out the correlation between how conventional food is grown and why so many of us develop brittle bones. Feldman will show you the various organic certifications to look for on food labels, how to decode produce stickers, and the most reasonably priced and nutritious food choices. Gain a new perspective on the food we eat. Feldman has 22 years in the nutrition field. He created an innovative nutritional supplement specialty retail catalog and is a continuing education instructor in food and agriculture.

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 e-mails 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.

Great Neck Park District programs Nature Program: Stepping Stones Lighthouse Sunday, Jan. 25, at 3 p.m. join us at Great Neck House for a fascinating presentation of the Stepping Stones Lighthouse, by the Great Neck Historical Society. They will be highlighting our own local lighthouse and the current grassroots efforts to restore it. Call (516) 4820355 by 1/19 to register. No children under 16 years of age are permitted to attend. Defensive Driving Classes at Great Neck House Great Neck House will have the next Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Class on Saturday, Feb. 7. The classes run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To sign up for class or for more information, please call Great Neck House at (516) 482-0355. Great Neck House Weekend Movie The film, The HundredFoot Journey (2014), will be shown at Great Neck House Friday, January 23 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24 at 5 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. It is directed by Lasse Hallstrom and stars Helen Mirren, Om Puri and Manish Dayal. The Kadam family leaves India for

France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory’s Michelin-starred eatery. It is rated PG and runs 122 minutes. Admission to Great Neck House requires a park card. Sunday @ 3 Series Sunday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. the Paul Joseph Quartet will perform unique jazz arrangements of classical music. This Quartet has extensively compiled a variety of American Songbook composer-themed programs featuring Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Kern, Ellington as well as holiday jazz. Admission to Great Neck House requires a park card. Sled Hill or Cross-Country Skiing After a snowfall, grab your sled and head over to the corner of Red Brook and Kings Point Roads where you will find Sled Hill in Kings Point Park. Sled Hill does not operate until after a snowfall has ended, for safety reasons. It is open from first to last snowfall during the winter season from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on holidays, weekends and snow-related school closings; 3 to 5 p.m. on school days. If you prefer, there are more than five acres of trails for hiking and cross-country skiing in Kings Point Park. Only Park District residents with a valid park card will

Enjoy an interesting afternoon at Great Neck House listening to the Great Neck Historical Society’s presentation about the Stepping Stones Lighthouse. be admitted to all parks and facilities in the Park District. For more information call (516) 482-0355 or visit www.greatneckparks.org. Great Neck House Winter Class Registration Come into Great Neck House or call for a detailed

list of adult and children’s classes available at Great Neck House. Classes begin on Monday, Feb. 23. Registration is on a firstcome, first-served basis during regular registration department hours at Great Neck House. Nonresident registration fees apply. Please call (516)

Adults and children are welcome to register for skate lessons at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink! 482-0355 for further information. Skate Lessons at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink The Great Neck Park District Skate School offers programs that are designed to develop a skaters’ natural ability and encourage future athletes.

Call to learn about private or group lessons at (516) 487-2975, ext. 114. The next semester for group classes begins on Tuesday, Jan. 20; registration is ongoing. Private lessons may be arranged with a professional and can be taught during any of our many public or freestyle sessions.

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G.N. Plaza looks for next great poet By A da m L i d g e t t

Are the you the next American...poet? Contestants in the Village of Great Neck Plaza’s 5th Annual Poetry Contest will find out if they are at least among the best in Nassau County, Suffolk County, Queens and Brooklyn on March 31 when the village announces the results of their contest. “It was just something to support the arts,” Brian Hetey, the Village of Great Neck Plaza mayor’s assistant, said of the contest. “Poetry is very popular – there are a lot of poetry groups around, so we like to do our part in the Plaza and have our own

little poetry reading.” Hetey said the contest is an opportunity to for people who don’t publish professionally to get some recognition for their talent. Hetey said the contest, which is being held in conjunction with Long Island Traditions, will be accepting submissions until the end of January. The contest is open to anyone 18 years old or older in Nassau County, Suffolk County, Queens and Brooklyn. Submissions can be sent to the Village of Great Neck Plaza, 2 Gussack Plaza, P.O. Box 440, Great Neck, NY, 11022, Attn: Poetry Contest. Hetey said the village typically receives about 50 submis-

sions a cycle, and that the Village likes to make the contest as competitive as possible, hence the inclusion of all of Long Island in the submission scope. “If there are talented people…we figured why shorten it to people only from here,” Hetey said. “Everyone wins when good poetry is on display.” Contestants can send in three unpublished poems on whatever subject they like that do not exceed 30 lines, according to a release from the village. The poems must be single-space typed and have a title. Two copies of each submission should be sent in – one that is anonymous and one with the name and address of the poet,

the release said. A cover sheet should also be given with the name, address, phone number and email address of the poem, along with the title of each poem submitted, the release said. This year, noted poet Joshua Mehigan will judge the contest, Hetey said. Mehigan’s first book, “The Optimist,” won the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and his second book “Accepting the Disaster,” was published in July. “He’s very well known in the city,” Hetey said. “He’s very well know in the poetry and we’re lucky to have someone of his status judge the submissions.” Winners of the contest will be announced on March 31 on the village website, according to

the release. They will also get to ready their poems aloud at the Great Neck Plaza courtroom on April 19 at 2 p.m.. The first place winner will receive $150 and a 20-minute reading on awards day, while the second place winner will receive $74 and a 10-minute reading and the third place winner will get $50 and a five-minute reading, according to the release. There will also be two honorable mentions, who will be invited as well to read their poetry. The top three poems will also be placed throughout the village, such as Village Hall and the Great Neck Long Island Rail Road station waiting room, for a month.

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Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Legislative Aide to Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Sabereh Samet, and Mayor of Great Neck Plaza Jean Celender welcomed Advanced Medical Health Services to their new state-of-the-art medical center in Great Neck on December 22nd. Advanced Medical Health Services has two offices in New York; their other office is located in Forest Hills. Pictured from left: Legislative Aide to Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Sabereh Samet; Mayor of Great Neck Plaza Jean Celender; Medical Director and Founder of Advanced Medical Health Services Dr. Roya J. Hassad; Town Clerk Wayne Wink and patients at the grand opening of the Great Neck office of Medical Health Services.

It’s not too late to register for winter classes. Great Neck Public Schools Community Education (formerly “The Adult Program”) remains at 30 Cumberland Ave. in Great Neck, and is still reachable by phone at (516) 4414949, and by e-mail at gncontinuinged@greatneck.k12.ny.us. A few offerings are highlighted below. For a complete listing, please visit www.greatneck.k12. ny.us and click on the Cumberland icon. Detailed information on current courses is available in the online catalog. Fitness & Dance — Renew, rejuvenate, and stay active this winter with fitness and dance classes. Choose from many options: Zumba, line dancing, Tai Chi, Pilates, yoga, cardio fit, bal-

‘Flapper’ slide program to be viewed at G.N. Temple On Tuesday, Jan. 27, the Sisterhood of Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck, 11024, welcomes Louise Caruso to present a slide program about Tamara de Lempicka, an artist of the Flappers’ Age. Tamara de Lempicka is depicted in the book Flappers by Judith Mackrell. She was part of the artist’s community in Paris and painted all her life. Caruso, a lecturer and independent scholar, has presented her slide programs all

over the island and has won praise for her fascinating and educational presentations of artists and art movements. She comes back to Temple Emanuel by popular demand. A light lunch will be served at noon and the slide show will begin at 1:15 p.m.. Send your donation check of $25 for Sisterhood members and $30 for nonmembers to Doris Rosman 12 South Circle, Great Neck, NY 11021 before January 22. For any questions, call Doris Rosman at (516) 482-7181.

let, aerobics, ballroom dancing, water exercise at the South Middle School pool and dance movement for those with Parkinson’s. Be Creative — Create something special. We have jewelry making, stone sculpture, printmaking, drawing, watercolor, pastels, painting, pottery, collage and patchwork. Sing or Learn Piano or Enjoy Games—Play bridge, canasta, mah jongg or chess. Literary Discussions — Join lively discussions of Shakespeare, Greek and Roman literature, short stories, baseball, Supreme Court decisions, or art and artists in our monthly film series. There’s something for everyone. We hope you’ll become part of our community.

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North High to present one-act plays North High School Junior Players will present Paired Up — a thespian show consisting of two, one-act plays directed by 12th-grade students — on Thursday, Jan. 22, and Friday, Jan. 23, in the school auditorium, 35 Polo Road. Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m. The plays to be performed each evening will be: Line, by Israel Horovitz, and Windshook, by Mary Gallagher. Line is Horovitz’s first play, produced in 1967. It is an absurdist drama about five people waiting in line for an event. Each character uses his/her wiles in an attempt to be first in line, getting more and more vicious as the play continues. A revival of Line is the longestPhoto by Bill Cancellare running play in Manhattan and the longest-running Off-OffNorth High’s Junior Players will present Paired Up on Jan. 22 and 23, at 7:30 p.m. Broadway show, having played

continuously at the 13th Street Repertory Theater since 1974. Line will be directed by Zachary Canter; assistant director will be Stephanie Pearl. Windshook was commissioned by San Francisco’s Actors Conservatory in 1996. When Marlin Carroll sells the family farm without telling his son, he sets in motion a trap for his two children, the idealistic Rafe, and the strong Ruby, who cling with equal stubbornness to their opposing dreams. Windshook will be directed by Henry Kishner; assistant director will be Kayla Gonzalez. For tickets, please contact Jonathan Gellert, drama teacher/director, at (516) 441-4743, or at jgellert@greatneck.k12. ny.us.

G.N. principals celebrate Knitters making 200th school anniversary hats for charity

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Hats knit by volunteers brought comfort and warmth to persons in need during the holiday season.

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As part of John F. Kennedy School’s celebration of the Great Neck Public School’s 200th Anniversary (1814–2014-15) and the school’s 50th Anniversary (1965–2015), a special gathering was held of the school’s principals, past and present. Grouped in front of the school’s 200th Anniversary bulletin board, from left: Kathleen Murray, assistant principal, 2014–present; Dr. Sue Schulman-Kincaid, principal, 1996–2011; Ronald Gimondo, principal, 2011–present, and assistant principal, 2006–11; Grace Warner, Kennedy’s first principal, 1965–1984; Catherine Moore, principal, 1984–96; and Karlene Reilly, assistant principal, 1984–2006. To view the GNPS/TV-produced video of this recent historic visit, go to http://tv.greatneck.k12.ny.us/jfk.html. See thoughtful reminisces by Grace Warner, Catherine Moore, and Sue Shulman-Kincaid.

GNPS Community Education (formerly The Adult Program) is the venue for “Charity Knitting in the Round”—a group of enthusiastic volunteer knitters who carefully and lovingly produce hats and scarves that are distributed through the organization, Care To Knit. This fall, the group made hats that were distributed to needy individuals. They are currently knitting red scarves for February Red Heart Month. Guided by

Desiree Shar, a Great Neck resident and talented craftsperson, registrants are assisted with patterns and given technical support and advice. For information about joining the spring session of “Charity Knitting in the Round,” please call GNPS Community Education at (516) 441-4949. The group will be knitting for chemotherapy patients, babies in neonatal (NIC) units, veterans, and persons living in shelters.

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Minister to speak G.N. Park employee at MLK service retires after 39 years Rabbi Michael Klayman, president of the Great Neck Clergy Association and senior rabbi of Lake Success Jewish Center, announced this week that the Natalie M. Fenimore, minister for Lifespan Religious Education at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, will be guest speaker at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Service of Tribute, Sunday, Jan. 18, at 3:30 p.m., at Saint Paul A.M.E. Zion Church. This year, Fenimore will offer the talk: “What Martin Luther King would say today — and what we might say to him.” The service, which will be hosted by the Kathleen N. Edwards, pastor, and the congregants of the Saint Paul A.M.E. Zion Church, traditionally includes readings by members of the Great Neck Clergy Association and music offered by the church choir. Fenimore was called to Shelter Rock in 2013, having served Unitarian Universalist congregations in Maryland and Virginia as Minister of Religious Education and Parish Minister. She holds a M.A. from Hood College and a Master of Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary. She is a candidate for the Doctor of Ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary. She is a Credentialed Religious Educator, Master’s Level and currently serves on the Board of the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Trauma Response Ministry and on the UU Minister’s Association Professional

Reverend Natalie Fenimore will be guest speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Service of Tribute at Saint Paul A.M.E. Zion Church on Sunday, Jan. 18. Guidelines Committee. She is a past-president of the Liberal Religious Educator’s Association and the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Council on Cross Cultural Engagement and Journey Towards Wholeness Transformation Team. “Religious education is central to Unitarian Universalism… a process of giving an outline for living,” Feinmore said. “Religious education encompasses all aspects of learning and growing.” All members of the community are invited to attend the Interfaith Service in recognition of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. The Saint Paul A.M.E. Zion Church is located at 119 Steamboat Road, Great Neck. For information, call (516) 4660569 or (516) 482-5701.

military technologist to speak at temple Israeli military technologist Tomer Havia will speak at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck on Sunday, Jan. 25. The title of Havia’s lecture will be “Israel’s Iron Dome and the Multi-layered Defense System.” The lecture is presented by the Brotherhood as part of its continuing “Breakfast & Lecture” series. The community is welcome to attend this informative presentation. Havia, a systems engineer and social entrepreneur, has worked for many years with the State of Israel’s military technology sector as an innovator, de-

veloper, implementer and consultant. He most recently spent four years with the Ministry of Defense. Previously he worked as a systems engineer with the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and served as a Captain in the IDF for seven years. Breakfast before the lecture begins at 9 a.m. and Havia’s lecture will start promptly at 10 a.m. Breakfast is $10 for Temple Beth-El members and $15 for non-members. The lecture is free to Temple Beth-El members and $10 for non-members. Please RSVP to Temple Beth-El of Great Neck at (516) 487-0900.

After more than 39 years, Robert Wanczowski (better known as Bobby) has retired from the Great Neck Park District. It all began at the Parkwood Ice Rink back in October of 1975 when Wanczowski was 16 years old and a junior at Great Neck North High School. Every summer and holiday break since, he worked at Parkwood learning the ins and outs of running the pool, ice rink and tennis facilities. In January 1981, Wanczowski was hired as a full-time employee where he had an active role in the growth and changes that took place in the park district throughout the years. The Wanczowski family had a long history here in Great Neck. Both Wanczowski’s maternal and paternal grandfathers worked for the Walter P. Chrysler estate. Ironically, that estate later became Steppingstone Park and

Robert Wanczowski it’s where Wanczowski had been Park Supervisor from 1991 until 1996. From there, under the guidance of Superintendent Richard Arenella, Wanczowski became the Maintenance Supervisor for all Great Neck Park District parks starting at Allenwood Park and all parks south. In 2002, Wanczowski was brought back to Park-

wood Sports Complex where he worked closely with then Deputy Superintendent Peter Renick, primarily taking care of the purchasing for the parks among so many other tasks. He continued to work with Superintendent Peter Renick until the day he retired. Wanczowski wrestled with the idea of retiring, not knowing if he would be ready to let go of his life’s work at this time. But as fate would have it, he decided it was time and he is now able to give his full attention to those things he enjoys most, including spending more time with his wife, Nancy and their dog, Monroe, golf and photography. The most exciting venture he has in front of him is his plan to move to North Carolina. The Park District Commissioners and staff all wish him the best. Good luck, Bobby.

Temple hosts program on Jewish-Muslim relations Dr. Faroque Khan and Rabbi Jerome Davidson will be speaking at Temple Sinai of Roslyn on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. as part of a program entitled “Building Bridges: Jewish-Muslim Relations.” A Muslim physician and medical professor partnered with a Long Island rabbi more than two decades ago to begin an ongoing local dialogue between Muslims and Jews. Professor Faroque Ahmad Khan, active in the Islamic Center of Long Island, has worked for many years with now-retired Rabbi Jerome Davidson of Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, to help their Muslim and Jewish congregants learn from each other. Despite global geopolitical turmoil that has put Jews and Muslims in confrontation, this local dialogue has survived and prospered since the early 1990’s

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because it was built on trust and friendship at the level of family. Dr. Khan, who directs international collaboration for the Islamic Medical Association of North America, lectures yearly to students at Hebrew Union College in New York about JewishMuslim Relations. Davidson is an esteemed Rabbi in the Reform Movement.

The entire community is welcome and encouraged to attend and there is no charge. Temple Sinai of Roslyn is located at 425 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights, NY. For more information about the above program, Temple Sinai, or its many wonderful programs, please contact Ethel Liebeskind at (516) 6216800 or visit www.mysinai.org.

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Christie, Cuomo scuttle P.A. reform

They make the oddest couple - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Republican, chair of the Republican Governors Association, and New York Gov. Chris Cuomo, Democrat, both with presidential aspirations. But perhaps that is also what makes them comrades in arms - frenemies, as it were, political enablers, joined at the hip, at least for now. They share ostensibly equal control over the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, “the largest transportation system and infrastructure in the world.” What a base of political power. And it is clear that neither wants to give up that power - quietly, almost secretly, on a Saturday afternoon during the Christmas holiday, they jointly vetoed legislation that passed unanimously through both state’s legislatures - that’s four houses which voted unanimously to adopt legislation that would have imposed accountability and transparency on the authority. And for many, it is the case-in-point that proves there is little difference between Democrats or Republicans when it comes to political power. I’ve been suspicious of why Cuomo made no comment about the 2012 politically directed lane closures on the George Washington Bridge (“Bridgegate”) - by now clearly an act of political retribution. Why did New York’s authority on the Authority do nothing while it was happening, did not question, did not investigate. Why did New York State go along with former Port Authority chairman David Samson’s funding of New Jersey projects that had nothing to do with the Port Authority (like the Atlantic City airport and the Rockefeller real estate development project in Hoboken). Was Cuomo looking to similarly tap Port Authority funding for New York proj-

ects not strictly part of the Port Authority? ment the broad reforms package recomIt’s as if these two are in cahoots with one mended by the Special Panel, recommendations which will mark a new beginning another. Indeed, though both were well aware and form a basis for meaningful reform for of the reform bill that was going through decades to follow.” The two governors were said to “accept their Legislatures and could have imparted their own recommendations at the time, and endorse the transparency legislation, they waited until the Christmas holiday - Senate Bill No. 2183 (First Reprint), and when everyone was otherwise occupied S6718C/A8785C, but with some sensible changes to eliminate confusion and New York’s legislature that would be caused by the was ending its term and there bill as currently drafted.” would be little opportunity to So why didn’t they have override - to announce their that input while the Legisveto and offer their own set of latures were preparing their recommendations. bills? [Note: I have put forThe timing is stunning ward a series of questions to and suspect. Governor’s Press Office weeks Lost in the discussion is KAREN RUBIN ago and have yet to receive the fact that the governors Pulse of the Peninsula any reply, nor as the Port never actually contradicted Authority’s press office responded to my what the legislation would have done. In fact, the legislation did not address emailed questions.] This is what the governors said their the structure of the Port Authority, as the governors’ recommendations do. The leg- proposal would accomplish: “The recomislators were focused on injecting account- mended changes will make it easier for inability, transparency, and public participa- dividuals pursuing public records under the law. The governors continue to embrace the tion into the Authority. “Both Governors embrace the spirit and previously announced Freedom of Inforintent of the extensive reforms contained in mation policy, which ensures access to the the omnibus pending legislation, Senate Port Authority’s records under both States’ Bill No. 2181 in New Jersey and A3944C/ laws, and the recent practice of strictly limS7721 in New York,” the joint press state- iting the use of executive sessions for Board ment says. “However, to more fully execute deliberations and using public meetings on reform in every area of Port Authority whenever possible. “ [The flaw here is that operations, management, and transparen- it isn’t specified how long the Port Authority cy, they are asking their respective Legisla- has to keep records at all.] “Additionally, the Port Authority has tures to review the extensive analysis and insights contained in the Special Panel’s been instructed to prepare a revised Code report to guide the crafting of broader and of Conduct to drive a renewed focus on ethmore comprehensive reform legislation. ics and compliance throughout the agency, Therefore, while neither Governor is ap- and the governors are calling for the creproving the legislation as passed, they are ation of a chief ethics and compliance ofurging their respective Legislatures and the ficer position to ensure the highest ethical Port Authority to work with them to imple- conduct.”

In fact, what the legislation called for is basically what every other state authority is subject. The Port Authority alone has operated as its own fiefdom. But the governors sidestepped all of it, and instead, out of thin air, said they “accepted accepted the comprehensive and wholesale changes recommended by the Bi-State Special Panel on the Future of the Port Authority. At its core, these changes call for restructuring the agency’s overall operations, and returning “the Port Authority fully to its original mission – developing and maintaining the world’s largest transportation system and infrastructure. “The structural reorganization of the Authority will create clear lines of responsibility and accountability that start with its leadership. A single Chief Executive Officer - to be hired as expeditiously as possible based on a national search directed by the Board of Commissioners - will replace the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director. The current Chair and Vice-Chair roles will be modified in one of two ways. Either the Chair and the Vice Chair positions will be replaced with two Co-Chairs, one recommended by each Governor, for election by the Board of Commissioners, or the chairmanship will be rotated between the two states on an annual basis. Either approach promotes a long-term balance between the policy interests of the respective states, and present a more equitable model to the public stakeholders of the Authority. The CEO and either Co-Chairs or rotating Chair and Vice-Chair will constitute the Office of the Chair, a senior operations committee. “Organizational changes to the Agency to demand increased accountability is only part of the Special Panel’s recommendaContinued on Page 55

Gold Coast Arts Center board member dies Continued from Page 2 alized Furman had come to the series so frequently. “Jay Furman was one of a kind. It was one of the things emphasized by just about every speaker at his funeral,” Gil said. “His depth of knowledge was staggering, there was nothing he couldn’t talk about it.” Gil also said Furman was

heavily involved with New York University, his alma mater. He was on NYU Law School’s board of trustees, helped build what is now known as Furman Hall, and backed the Furman Public Policy Scholarship Program. Gil also said he was on the board at Jazz at Lincoln Center. He also helped support the Center for Human Rights and

Global Justice and the Center on Law and Security, according to NYU’s website. “He wasn’t just about giving kids the money,” Gil said. “If he gave you a scholarship, he invited you to dinner, he followed you throughout your college career. He wanted to see what you could do.” Furman owned property

in 39 states and Puerto Rico through the firm he ran, RD Management, according to Wikipedia. Between 1993 and 2006, Furman had developed or acquired more than 125 properties, according to Wikipedia. At the time of his death, Wikipedia said, he was managing about 20 properties. Furman also reportedly had interests in

more than 150 shopping centers, office buildings and hotels. Gil said that all the inspiring adjectives one could use to describe him cannot adequately describe the unique person Furman was. “I lost a personal friend,” Gil said. “We lost a great champion.”

County fights overdoses with Narcan Continued from Page 3 in color. Attendees are also taught an eight-step process to administering Narcan that begins with attempting to stimulate the potential overdose victim, calling 911 and conducting CPR before

using the revival drug. A revived overdose victim will often immediately feel withdrawal symptoms and want to use again, so officials tell seminar attendees to let them know emergency medical technicians are on their way.

“It’s frightening to see your child on the ground, not breathing. You may forget how to dial 911, but that’s what we’re here for, to talk you through it,” said Mike Seltzer, president of the Nassau County Police Medic Association.

If both doses of Narcan have been used, county officials tell attendees to contact the Office of Mental Health & Chemical Dependency to receive additional doses, rather than purchase them from local pharmacies. The county also keeps re-

cords of overdoses in which Narcan is administered. According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 10,000 instances have been reported across the country since 2006.

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Bosworth schedules second State of Town North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth will deliver her second State of the Town address on Friday, Jan. 30 at 1:15 p.m. at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links, located at One Fairway Drive in Port Washington. The address is open to the public and is free of charge. Bosworth, who has recently completed her first year in office, will speak about her administration’s many accomplishments during 2014 and her goals for her second year in office. “It’s rewarding to look back at the progress that we have made on so many issues in such a short time,” Bosworth said. “I am really looking forward to sharing my vision for several future initiatives as well.” Some topics Supervisor Bosworth plans to include in her address are the strides made to improve the Town’s Building Department, a visioning plan for the waterfront and the continu-

ing improvements to the Town’s infrastructure. The State of the Town address is part of a luncheon program hosted as a public service by the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset, called “Lunch with the League.” 2015 marks the 30th year that the League is hosting the luncheon and State of the Town address. There is a $35 charge for the luncheon. Check-in and light refreshments begin at 11:15 a.m., with lunch starting promptly at noon. The deadline for registration is Thursday, Jan. 22. To attend the luncheon, contact the League of Women Voters at (516) 767-1897 or (516) 627-0831. For more information on the State of the Town address, please call 311 in the Town of North Hempstead or dial (516) 869-6311 if calling from outside the Town.

MARTINS SWORN IN

Senator Jack M. Martins (R-7th Senate District) was recently sworn in for his third term as New York State Senator for the 7th Senate District. “I thank the residents of our community for again entrusting me with the privilege of representing them in Albany,” Martin said. “It’s an honor which I will continue to cherish. We’ve made tremendous progress over the last four years, but there’s a lot of work still left to be done. I look forward to continue working to keep New York State moving forward.”

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Nassau County to host blood drive In recognition of National Volunteer Blood Donor Month, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano is partnering with the Nassau County Department of Health, United Healthcare and NuHealth in supporting a blood drive to assist those in need. The blood drive will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at United Healthcare, located at 250 Fulton Avenue, Suite 121, in Hempstead. “I am proud of this partnership which helps save lives and promotes the importance of blood donation,” Mangano said. “A single blood donation may help save the lives of three people, and I encourage all who are good health to consider giv-

ing back this New Year.” For more than 40 years, January has been recognized as National Blood Donor Month. The need for blood locally is constant, but due to inclement weather, holiday travel schedules and illnesses, January is often a difficult month to recruit people to donate blood. Donating blood is a simple lifesaving gift, and takes approximately one hour. To participate in this drive, donors must be in good health, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be 17 years of age or older. No appointment is necessary. For additional information, contact the Nassau County Department of Health at (516) 2279675 or United Healthcare at (516) 680-9580.

Assessment grievance deadline North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth was recently a featured guest on the “Project Independence and You” radio show which airs Fridays at 12 p.m. on WCWP 88.1 FM. The show’s first program of the year welcomed new host, John Ryan. He spoke with Bosworth about an array of topics which include the 2015 Town budget, the Town’s most recent initiatives for veterans, Project SAFE, technological advancements through Project Independence including Virtual Health, and more. The entire interview can be accessed online at www.tonhprojectindependence.net.

Individuals who wish to challenge their assessment must file an application with the County’s Assessment Review Commission (ARC) before March 2, 2015. ARC is an independent agency, separate from the Nassau County Department of Assessment, which reviews taxpayer requests for assessment corrections. ARC’s

mission is to review the valuation set by the Department of Assessment and reduce the assessment if the valuation is excessive. Applications and additional information can be obtained by visiting ARC’s website at www. nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/ ARC/index.html or calling ARC at (516) 571-3214.

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Women’s Honor Roll breakfast set for March 26 North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Town Clerk Wayne Wink announced that the 22nd Annual May W. Newburger Women’s Roll of Honor Breakfast will be held on Thursday, March 26. This year’s breakfast will take place at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links in Port Washington from 8 to 10 a.m. The Town will be receiving nomination applications for the 2015 Women’s Roll of Honor up until Wednesday, Feb. 18. “There are so many outstanding women in North Hempstead who make such a difference in their respective communities and go above and beyond for the benefit of others,” Bosworth said. “I encourage everyone to nominate deserving North Hempstead residents that have distinguished themselves in

our Town.” “I am proud we have the opportunity to honor outstanding women for their great contributions to North Hempstead,” added Wink, also the event chairperson. “Each year women throughout The Town work for the betterment of their community and deserve to be recognized for their efforts.” Since 1994, North Hempstead has held the Women’s Roll of Honor breakfast to recognize women who have made a contribution to their community, or have accomplished a significant achievement through public or private efforts. Anyone interested in submitting a name for consideration can call 311 or log-on to the Town’s website www.northhempsteadny.gov and download the application form.

All the winners from the 2014 Women’s Roll of Honor with Town officials.

Nassau County CPS shines light on youth trafficking, eploitation

Nassau County Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs and Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton.

Children’s Protective Services, a division of the Nassau County Department of Social Services, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, Office of Youth Services, the Police Department, Probation Department, The Safe Center LI and Family and Children’s Association, are raising public awareness regarding youth trafficking and commercial exploitation of youth. Through a grant from New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Nassau County DSS was awarded $112,500 to create a Safe Harbour program designed to address trafficked and commercially exploited youth. Nassau County’s Safe Harbour Project is a countywide, coordinated, multi-system, long-term strategy to enhance the identification, protection and service delivery for children who are victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation, and to provide services to best meet their individual needs. Each year, it is estimated that over 100,000 children in the United States are at risk of being trafficked for commercial sex. While youth in any community can become a victim of trafficking and exploitation, certain youth are at greater risk. Youth at-risk often

have unstable family situations and have little or no social supports. Runway and homeless youth, children involved with child protective services and foster care, as well as Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender youth are also at increased risk for exploitation and trafficking. “Nassau County is dedicated to addressing the service needs of children at-risk of, or victims of, sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation,” said Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano. “Together, we are eradicating trafficking and exploitation of youth while assisting victims with the Safe Harbour Project.” “As evidenced in [Mangano’s] commitment to raise public awareness regarding family violence, he is equally passionate about making the public aware of youth who are victims of trafficking,” DSS Commissioner John E. Imhof said, “We need to continue to raise awareness in all communities.” If you know a child who may be in danger, call The Safe Center at (516) 542-0404. In situations involving imminent danger, dial 911. For more information, e-mail: Safe.Harbour@hhsnassaucountyny. us.

The 2015 Ms. New York Senior America Pageant is seeking contestants over the age of 60,with stage talent. Auditions will be held on Jan. 17 and Feb. 14 at the Massapequa Library, located at 40 Harbor Lane in Massapequa Park. The 2015 Ms. New York Senior America Pageant will take place on May 3 at Hofstra University. The pageant returns to Nassau County for a second year in a row after having been held in Suffolk County for many years. The New York Senior America Organization features 15 women contestants aged 60 years or older, who best exemplify the qualities of the modern dynamic senior. The winning 2015 Queen will receive a $1,000 cash prize. An array of talent will be on display, including sing-

ers, dancers, and musicians. The pageant consists of four categories: a personal interview; a recitation of their philosophy of life; an evening gown presentation; and a talent performance. The judges will select the “Queen and her Court” and the winner will go on to Atlantic City in October to compete with queens from other states for the coveted National Crown and title of Ms. Senior America. Reserved seating for the 2015 Ms. New York Senior America Pageant is available for $25 per person. Group rates are available. To purchase tickets, please call Dolores Meglio at (631) 249-0258. For more information please visit the website www.newyorksenioramerica.org.

Jacobs thanks staff at holiday party Ms. NY Sr. Pageant auditions begin Chairman Jay Jacobs and the Nassau County Democratic Committee held a Thank You Party at Stango’s at the Orchard in Glen Cove on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The party was not just a celebration of the holidays, but was a way to thank all of the staff and volunteers who worked tirelessly throughout the 2014 election cycle. In addition, the party marked the Committee’s Annual Food Drive, which collected close

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Christie and Cuomo scuttle P.A. reform Continued from Page 50 tions to maintain trust with the public it serves. Governors Cuomo and Christie are embracing initiatives to increase transparency of the Port Authority’s deliberations and operations. “ “As part of their actions today, Governors Cuomo and Christie are seeking to enact bi-state legislation consistent with the Special Panel’s Report. To that end, the Governors are acting uniformly on the pending Port Authority legislation of both states.” “The recommendations put forward by the bi-state panel include important reforms to address the Port’s inefficient and outdated governing structure and will help bring new transparency and effectiveness to the agency as it approaches its tenth decade of service,” Governor Cuomo stated in the press release. “I am pleased by the work and recommendations issued by the bi-state panel, and look forward to a new era for the Port Authority.” “These changes reflect the need for a profound and necessary re-imagining of the Port Authority governing structure, operations, and transparency in its oversight of the world’s largest transportation and commerce network,” stated Governor Chris Christie. “Governor Cuomo and I have remained advocates for reform at the Port Authority and are encouraged by these recommendations from the bi-state panel.” We asked legislators in both New York and New Jersey to explain the differences between what their reforms proposed and what the governors have put forward. The vetoed bills would have created an office of inspector general, required financial disclosure, annual audits of the agency, restricted lobbying, mandated public hearings, created whistleblower protection and imposed direct fiduciary responsibility upon the commissioners. “All of these provisions in one way shape or form are elements of existing laws in New York and or New Jersey,” said state Assemblyman Jim Brennan (D-NY), one of the legislation’s sponsors. “There is no justification or rational basis for rejecting them.” And it seems that the governors are still using the Port Authority as a weapon for political control - Indeed, the report advocates eliminating overnight service on the PATH train, and “potentially partnering with a third-party operator.” Hoboken mayor Dawn Zimmer, who was at the center of the Bridgegate firestorm when she accused the Christie administra-

tion of extorting political support in exchange for Sandy aid, called any potential service reduction “short-sighted.” “I think it’s going to hurt the small businesses of the state of New Jersey, I think it’s going to have an impact on the future development opportunities in New Jersey, it’s really going to hurt the people who take public transportation,” Zimmer told WNYC. “It’s unbelievable.” “24/7 transportation system is lifeblood of this area,” said WNYC’s Brian Lehrer. It would seem that Christie is again pulling the levers, with Cuomo serving as an enabler (and who knows what Cuomo has used the Port Authority for). But the way things stand, the governors could eliminate the nighttime PATH on their own. “It’s a decision the governors can make over coffee one morning,” said state Assemblyman John Wisniewski, chairman of the New Jersey Assembly’s transportation committee, adding, that’s why these reforms are needed. The governors tried to shield their power play making the claim that their “alternative” reforms came from recommendations of a commission they created. (Where have we heard that before?) • Governors Cuomo and Christie are requesting each and every commissioner to tender an offer of resignation to be considered by their respective governor. • Creating a single chief executive officer to replace the executive director and deputy executive director. • Modifying the chairperson’s role with the creation of co-chairs or a rotating chairmanship between the two states on an annual basis. • Creating a chief ethics and compliance officer. • Reforming the Port Authority’s public-records and ethics guidelines, fully consistent with each state’s open public records laws. • Adopting a new mission statement to refocus the authority on its original core mission of developing and overseeing regional transportation infrastructure. • Reinstating the Port Authority’s regional leadership role by initiating a comprehensive planning effort in 2015 with a strategic vision focused on expanding and developing new regional transportation capacity. • Investing in the region’s airports in a manner that ensures that these vital facilities are equipped to serve as the gateway to the region for travel-

ers and goods from around the world. • Prudently divesting existing real estate holdings and restricting future real estate investments to those integral to the Authority’s core transportation mission. • Pursuing the construction of a new Port Authority Bus Terminal to meet the increasing requirements of this vital element of the Trans-Hudson transportation network. • Modernizing Port Commerce facilities to increase their efficiency and maximize the potential of the ports as the premier portal for cargo entering the United States. • Seeking an improved operating model for the PATH rail system, including potentially partnering with a third-party operator, to enhance the PATH’s operational performance and reduce its financial deficit But the governors’ “reforms” and the legislators’ are not mutually exclusive - they refer to two different things. Assemblymember Jim Brennan (D-Wf) who championed the reform legislation in New York, outlined specific points that the vetoed PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act of 2014 would do that the Governors’ recommendations would not: • Require commissioners of the Port Authority to exercise direct oversight of its executive officers. • Require commissioners to perform their fiduciary duties as board members; to exercise independent judgment and act in the best interest of the authority, its mission and the public served by the Authority. Commissioner is required to certify in writing acknowledging their duty of loyalty and care to the authority and its mission, including disclosing any conflicts that may impair their independent judgment. • Require the financial statements of the Port Authority to be certified by its top officials; • Require specific information to be included in its annual report, such as: its audited financial statements, a schedule of outstanding bonds and notes, a compensation schedule of its officers and policymakers; • Specify that all meetings of the Port Authority are public meetings; sets forth the process and the grounds for declaring an executive session of the board; and require minutes to be taken in all meetings of Port Authority. • Create an Inspector General; require officers and employees of the Port Authority to report any suspected corruption,

fraud, criminal activity or conflict of interest committed by another Port Authority officer or employee to the Inspector General; • Prohibit a commissioner from discussing or voting on any matter in which there may be a conflict of interest. • Require commissioners, officers and certain employees file financial disclosure statements. • Require the Port Authority to: • Follow specific procedures for disposing of its property, including requiring the Authority to provide an annual list of all real and personal property disposed of, and procedures for disposing of property at below market value; • Conduct a needs assessment and public hearings in both states before voting to raising tolls and fares; • Prepare a capital strategy plan listing all projects initiated by the port authority, their expected cost, and source of funding. The port authority is also required to report quarterly on the status of each project, including meeting cost and construction targets. • Require an independent study be conducted to identify waste or abuse; • Establish a whistleblower program; and • Establish rules relating to contacts with lobbyists. “They paid $1 million to a consulting firm that told them they should be in transportation business, and need a new tunnel under the Hudson [a project which Christie cancelled when he came into office but usurped the federal money in order to prevent increasing gasoline taxes], and end nighttime Path service,” she said. She stressed, “they are talking about two different things what the governors tried to set up (and I use ‘set up’ in its negative connotation) was that somehow these are alternative proposals, and theirs is better. These proposals have nothing to do with one another. “What they are talking about here is structure - getting out of real estate business - I happen to agree with that. However, I’m not going to agree to it if in fact we don’t have laws in place that will require that if they are deciding to sell the World Trade Center, all the financial issues around that sale are not done publicly, and with no law in place, we have no guarantees.” The legislation, worked out collaboratively by legislators from both states, “passed unanimously by four houses of the legislatures of two states, and these two gov-

ernors got together for lunch one day and decided against.” “These are the same two governors who manipulated the toll hikes, that got together and said ‘Let’s have the Port Authority ask for more money than they need and we’ll come in like knights in shining armor and make sure the increase isn’t as big.’” “The governors manipulated everybody again - it’s about power, patronage, the Port Authority as a piggy bank, special projects money. “It’s very disappointing that the reform bill was not signed into law. The veto is without merit.” Brennan stated. “The measures included in the bill were no different than those already being applied to other public authorities. Each measure was aimed at providing greater transparency and accountability to an authority that has come under growing public scrutiny over the years, as abuses and scandals accumulated. I vow to continue to work with my colleagues here in N.Y. as well as in N.J. to see that real reform comes to the Port Authority.” With politics being the way they are, it was considered unlikely that New Jersey’s legislature would override Christie’s veto, even though that legislature is still in office this year; New York has a new legislature (with the Senate now in Republican control, so their process has to start all over. Still, the New Jersey legislature seemed determined to try, and both state legislatures seemed bent on introducing new legislation to obtain the transparency, accountability and public participation they believe is necessary for the Port Authority. Honoring Gov. Mario Cuomo We pay respects to Governor Mario Cuomo who died on New Year’s Day, just hours after his son, Andrew, made his second inaugural address. Mario Cuomo is properly being hailed as a progressive, if not a lion, who epitomized all that the American Dream was supposed to be about. Born to Italian immigrants who labored hard so their children could have a better life, he never forgot his humble beginnings. My favorite quote attributed to Cuomo is “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Calling his father, progressive but practical, a humanist, in his eulogy Governor Andrew Cuomo said his father was “the keynote speaker for our better angels.” I resist the temptation to contemplate how Gov. Mario Cuomo would have dealt with the Port Authority reform.

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Four Great Neck students Intel semifinalists

Continued from Page 1 how the protein will function,” she said. “When you have one that doesn’t fold correctly, you get diseases, such as Parkinson’s Disease…and other neurodegenerative diseases.” Her project, as well as projects by Great Neck North High School senior Jessy Lin and Great Neck South High School’s Robbin Jang and Jay Zussman, made her one of 300 semifinalists announced by Intel on Wednesday. Semifinalists will receive a $1,000 award and an additional $1,000 will go to each semifinalist’s high school. Intel will name 40 finalists on Jan. 21 who will then compete in Washington D.C. from March 5-11 for three medals of distinction awards of $150,000, three $75,000 second-place awards and three $35,000 thirdplace awards. All finalists receive at least $7,500. Winners would then attend a black-tie gala at the National Building Museum on March 10. Lin’s project, titled “Topdown and Bottom-up Interaction in Spoken Word Recognition,” investigates how prior knowledge of words and what someone is hearing impacts that person’s perception of a word, she said. Lin said she has always had an interest in the scientific process. “I got really into math in middle school,” Lin said. “I liked the idea of having a project of my own to do.” Both Beeferman and Lin participate in the school’s sci-

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ence research seminar, a course a student can take throughout their years at Great Neck North. The senior section of the class has less than 10 people in it, and Beeferman and Lin have both been in the seminar since their freshman years. The projects the two did for the Intel competition required two summers of intensive research at university laboratories. Beeferman said she did her research at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst both this past summer and the summer before, and Lin said she did hers one summer at New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering and one summer at Columbia University. “I just reached out to professors in the area,” Lin said. Beeferman said in her second summer doing research she was living as though she was a college student already. “I was completely independent,” Beeferman said. “I was living on my own, making my own meals and everything.”

The goal for Jang’s project, titled “Synthesis and observations of novel acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitors: precursors to bivalent compounds,” was to find new ways to design and synthesis drugs to combat diseases caused by bacteria, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, she said. “I was interested in how drugs work,” Jang said. “Most drugs that fight bacteria work the same way – they target bacterial proteins. A lot of drugs used to combat infections combat the proteins.” Jang said she designed several chemical compounds to be drugs and tested them in bacteria, seeing how effective they were in killing the bacteria. At Great Neck South, Jang said, most of the work was done independently, but with teacher guidance. Jang said she worked at the Tonge laboratory at Stony Brook University during the summer on her research and continued her

Jessy Linn and Monica Beeferman of Great Neck North work at school in the fall. She said she has always had a general interest in science, but that it wasn’t always so intensive. “My interest started with science documentaries on TV, and in middle school I got into the core sciences,” Jang said. “In high school I enrolled during freshman year in the research class.” Jang said the Great Neck School district is very competitive, especially when one sees other people winning awards. She said she was shocked when she found out she was an Intel finalist. “I was an okay student, but not top of the top,” Jang said. “Intel isn’t just about the project – it’s also about essays, and you have to send in your high school transcript. I just didn’t think I could compare to other students who were also applying to Intel.” Zussman, whose project title was “Zip1 C-terminal phosphorylation promotes Zip1-Sgs1 in-

teraction in meiotic cells,” said it can be intimidating to be around so many talented people in the school district, but that he tries to focus on accomplishing his own goals. “Though there were fleeting moments of doubt and of insecurity, I’ve tried to keep myself strong through all of that by making sure I’m staying close to what I believe in and staying true to my ambitions.” Zussman’s project is all about meiosis, the special type of cell division that creates sex cells. Zussman said he discovered a mechanism that allows for the formation of sex cells even as errors accumulate in the cell division process, which can lead to disorders such as Down Syndrome. “I’ve always been really fascinated with how existing life can be applied to new life,” Zussman said. “I wanted to learn more about life and how it functions and how complex organisms can build offspring.”

County crime down, terror concerns up

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“This really is a great testament to the work our officers do day in and day out,” he said. The announcement comes more than a week after the New York City Police Department released data that said major crime in the city was down 4.6 percent in 2014 and had the lowest number of homicides since the de-

partment began tracking crime statistics using the database CompStat in 1993. Krumpter said crime in nearly every major category in Nassau County decreased from year to year except for sexual crimes, of which he said five were recorded in 2014. Police said that 2014 saw a 53 percent decrease in murders,

a 36 percent reduction in robberies and a 32 percent decrease in burglaries. Crime within the Third Precinct, which operates within the Town of North Hempstead, also declined 4.9 percent in 2014, police said. Police officials said major crime within the precinct decreased 8.97 percent in the first

six months of 2014, with sharp decreases in robberies and stolen vehicles and a slight rise in grand larceny. Krumpter declined to comment on the status of a homicide investigation into the shooting death of Mineola resident Oscar Granados on Sunday. During a press conference on Monday, police officials said gambling may

have played a role in his death. When asked about whether police presence would increase if a plan to build a casino at the former Fortunoff site in Westbury were to come to fruition, Krumpter said the department would “police the county as a whole.”

Russell Gardens trustees approve budget

Continued from Page 10 called for $25,000. Kirschner said this also related to what the village is doing with tennis court renovation. “Last year we had a tremendous amount of legal expenses

negotiating with the [Russell Gardens] Association” Kirschner said. “There was a lot more legal work. We don’t anticipate having to do that anymore.” One of the significant increases though in spending

comes in property purchases. This year, the village budgeted to spend $325,000 in this year’s budget, and $300,000 in last year’s, but In the 2013-2014 budget, the village only spent $21,600.

Kirschner said the purchase price of the tennis courts and the section of the park the village obtained was $925,000. The village paid an initial $10,000 deposit, but the plan was to make three payments over the course

of three years. Kirschner said the village made the first of three payments last year. This year’s payment will be the second.

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County faces $72M sales tax shortfall tivity in the area during the third and fourth quarter of the year. “The decline in the first half Nassau County will end of the year can reasonably be atthis year with $71.7 million less tributed to the end of the spendthan budgeted in sales tax rev- ing boost for Sandy recovery,” enue, County Comptroller George Maragos said in a statement. Maragos said in a statement Mon- “Stripping out the Sandy boost however, the first two quarters day. But the decline of 6.2 percent represent almost no growth from in sales tax revenue is less severe the first half of 2012, two years than the county had feared earli- earlier, and only 2 percent full er, Maragos said in the statement. year growth over 2012.” Maragos said in the statement Maragos said the slump is due to a leveling off of economic ac- that this year is the first year since

By A da m Lidgett

2009 that sales tax revenues declined. He also said it is the first time sales tax revenues declined during a period of economic expansion. Sales tax, he noted, is the biggest source of revenue for the county, accounting for about 40 percent of the money it receives. “Normally, the county would have expected to be 7 percent higher in 2014 than 2012 assuming the historic sales tax average growth of 3.5 percent annually during economic expansion,”

Maragos said. “Flat consumer income growth and shifts to online purchasing continues to look like the new norm causing uncertainty in future sales tax growth that will require more conservative budgeting.” Reach reporter Adam Lidgett by e-mail at alidgett@ theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203. Also follow us on Twitter @theislandnow and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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Cuomo announces tax credit plan BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a $1.66 billion property tax credit plan on Wednesday that he said would provide relief to more than 1.3 million taxpayers across the state when fully implemented. The plan is the first piece of the governor’s “2015 Opportunity Agenda” and will be included as part of his 2015-16 budget, according to a news release

from Cuomo’s office. The proposal is meant to build upon the state’s property tax cap enacted in 2011 and property tax freeze, which was implemented in 2014, the governor said. “We have no future as the tax capitol of the nation,” Cuomo, a Democrat, said during a news conference at Hofstra University also attended by Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, both Republicans.

“We capped property taxes and froze them,” Cuomo said. “Now it’s time to cut them.” New Yorkers eligible for the program include those who live within a tax cap-compliant municipality and whose incomes fall below $250,000 and whose property tax burden exceeds 6 percent of their annual income, an estimated 1.3 million people, according to the governor’s office. The credit is valued at up to 50 percent of the total by which

their tax burden exceeds that six percent figure, a $950 average, Cuomo’s office said. Approximately 207,250 Nassau County residents would qualify for the program, according to Cuomo’s office, for an average $1,208 credit. Residents whose income is less than $75,000 and qualify for the program would save a maximum of $2,000. Those whose incomes are between $75,000 and $150,000 would save between $1,500 and $2,000.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlines his property tax credit plan during a presentation at Hofstra University on Wednesday.

New Yorkers with incomes between $150,000 and $250,000 could save between $1,000 and $1,500. The proposal also includes a credit for New Yorkers who rent their homes. Those eligible include taxpayers with incomes up to $150,000 and whose property tax burden whose rent exceeds six percent of their annual income. Approximately 1,000 New Yorkers would be eligible for the program.

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▼ LEGALS Notice of Formation of Marquis Business and Technology Solutions, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/28/11. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228, the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. GNN 140801 6x 12/12, 19, 26, 2014 1/02, 9, 16, 2015 #140801

Notice of Formation of Gould 28 West 26 Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/25/14. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 60 Cutter Mill Road, Ste. 303, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful activity. GNN 140850 6x 12/12, 19, 26, 2014, 1/02, 9, 16, 2015 #140850

Notice of Formation of Sterling SRF Internal I LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/26/14. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 Great Neck Road, Ste. 408, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful activity. GNN 1408851 6x 12/12, 19, 26, 2014, 1/02, 9, 16, 2015 #140851

Notice of Formation of STERLING GP SRF I LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/26/14. 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, 111 Great Neck Road, Ste. 408, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful activity. GNN 140852 6x 12/12, 19, 26, 2014, 1/02, 9, 16, 2015 #140852

Notice of Formation of Sterling Barwis Method LLC amended to Sterling Barwis Methods LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/25/14. 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, 111 Great Neck Road, Ste. 408, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful activity. GNN 140858 6x 12/12, 16, 26, 2014, 1/02, 9, 16, 2015

Notice of Formation of STERLING VC VII LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/14. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 Great Neck Road, Ste. 408, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful activity. GNN 140911 6x 12/26, 2014, 1/02, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015 #140911

Notice of Formation of Irving Rose, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/31/14. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 199A West Shore Road, Great Neck, NY 11024. Purpose: any lawful activity. GNN 140919 6x 1/02, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2/06, 2015 #140919

LEGAL NOTICE RUSSELL GARDENS ADOPTS BUDGET Please take notice that at a Public Hearing held on January 8, 2015 the Board of Trustees of the Inc. Village of Russell Gardens adopted its budget for the fiscal year commencing March 1, 2015 showing appropriations for estimated expenses and estimated revenues for said year. A copy of said budget is available at the office of the Village Clerk in the Village Hall, 6 Tain Drive, Russell Gardens,Great Neck,NY where it may be inspected by any interested person during regular office hours. Dated: January 16, 2015 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES INC. VILLAGE OF RUSSELL GARDENS STEVEN B.KIRSCHNER MAYOR CHRISTINE BLUMBERG VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER GNN 140960 1x 1/16/2015 #140960

Notice of Formation of BONGIORNOPJS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/6/15. 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, 75 Steamboat Road, Great Neck, NY 11024. Purpose: any lawful activity. GNN 140962 6x 1/16, 23, 30, 2/06, 13, 20, 2015 #140962

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Notice of Formation of Apple Adjustment Group, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/4/14. 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, 505 Northern Blvd., Ste. 309, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: any lawful activity. GNN 140909 6x 12/26, 2104, 1/02, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015 #140909

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Nachmanoff, Cilluffo sworn in as park commissioners Continued from Page 4 of Body Dynamics Inc., who had 383 votes along with insurance broker Eileen Falk, who received 153 votes, and North Shore Hebrew Academy executive board member Laura Cohen, who received 278 votes. Nachmanoff won his term of three years with 782, defeating former guidance counselor and physical

education teacher Neil Leiberman, who received 325 votes, and North Shore Décor owner Jeffrey Meier Stein, who got 171. Lincoln also said the district plans to hold a series of community meetings to discuss the future of the parks. The district did this last in 2004, Lincoln said, with the purpose of reviewing the programs of

the district and the desires of district residents. “Part of the process will be consideration of cost and how programs should be funded,” Lincoln said. “But, the park district belongs to our residents; their input is essential to ensure that, as commissioners, we fully represent their interests.”

Great Neck Community Calendar FREE ESL/CITIZENSHIP CLASSES Free access to legal counsel at St. Aloysius R. C. Church, 592 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck. Classes run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To register, please call (516) 8673580. REAP REAP, retired, energetic, active people, meets Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Cumberland School, 30 Cumberland Ave., Great Neck. At 9 a.m., Significant Issues will be discussed by various members of the group. The Business Meeting will commence at 10:30 a.m. “My Opinion” will be offered by Irma Wolin. Alyce Drabkin, speaker of the day, will discuss “The Man Behind the Scream.” We break for lunch at 12 p.m. Join us; bring your lunch! Current Events discussion will take place at 12:30 p.m. led by Milt Rosen. Refreshments, coffee and tea are served. The Short Story club and Science Club will meet at 1 p.m. TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum will host a second public meeting to address traffic calming improvements for Cutter Mill Road in Great Neck on Monday, Feb. 2. A presentation including proposed solutions will be given by Nassau County officials and there will be an opportunity for the public to ask questions and provide comments. The meeting will be held at the Great Neck Plaza Village Hall located at 2 Gussack Plaza, Great Neck, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING SHABBAT SERVICE The Black-Jewish Dialogue of Temple Beth-El and Mount Olive Baptist Church invites all to attend the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat Eve Service at Temple BethEl, 5 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, on Friday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Please join us as we welcome guest speaker U.S. Rep. Steve Israel. The service is the culmination of a year of dialogue between members of the two religious institutions and others in the Great Neck-Manhasset community. This year we honor the late Roslyn Wiener, longtime co-chair of the Black-Jewish Dialogue. The performance of the Interfaith Choir, under the direction of Nigel Gretton and Cantor Lisa Hest, is a highlight of the service. The community is welcome. For further information, please contact the Beth-El office at (516) 487-0900. Womanspace A discussion group devoted to issues concerning women. Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck. New members welcome. For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 4875844. Lions club hearing aid program The Great Neck Lions Club is pleased to announce their participation in “Lions Lend An Ear,” a program of the Nassau County district of Lions Clubs International. The program provides hearing aids and related products and services at no cost to hearing impaired

individuals who qualify based on financial need and communication need. Great Neck Lions Club is asking the local places that accept donated eyeglasses to accept used hearing aids as well. Note: The hearing aids should be placed in the eyeglass collection boxes located in all the Great Neck Libraries as well as offices of the Village of Russell Gardens, Village of Great Neck Plaza and the Village Hall on Baker Hill Road. 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. LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK The club meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at Bevanda Restaurant, 570 Middle Neck Road at 12 p.m. If you would like to attend or become a member of the Lions Club, contact fernweiss@aol.com or (516) 829-5192. ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS The Rotary Club of Great Neck currently meets every Wednesday from 8 to 9 a.m. in the boardroom of TD Bank, 2 Great Neck Road. Community residents and business members are welcome to visit Club meetings and discover how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back service to the community while networking

through Rotary. For further information please see: www.clubrunner.ca/ greatneck/ or call (516) 487-9392. GNPS NOTICES FOR FEBRUARY Tuesday, Feb. 3 • Great Neck North Middle School, Grades 6 Winter Concert, 7:30 p.m., 77 Polo Rd. Info: 441-4551. Wednesday, Feb. 4 • Great Neck South High School presents The Diary of Anne Frank, 7:30 p.m., 341 Lakeville Rd. Ticket info: 441-4873. Thursday, Feb. 5 • Great Neck South High School presents The Diary of Anne Frank, 7:30 p.m., 341 Lakeville Rd. Ticket info: 441-4873. Friday, Feb. 6 • Great Neck South High School presents The Diary of Anne Frank, 7:30 p.m., 341 Lakeville Rd. Ticket info: 441-4873. Saturday, Feb. 8 • Great Neck South High School presents The Diary of Anne Frank, 7:30 p.m., 341 Lakeville Rd. Ticket info: 441-4873. Monday, Feb. 9 • Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education Public Action Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Cumberland Adult Center, 30 Cumberland Ave. Recognition of Village School students. Info: 441-4001. Thursday, Feb. 12 • Great Neck North High School Valentine Soirée concert, 7:30 p.m., 35 Polo Rd. Info: 441-4751. • Great Neck South High School Chamber Music Recital, 7:30 p.m., 341 Lakeville Rd. Info: 4414851. Wednesday, Feb. 25 • Great Neck South High School Music Night, 7:30 p.m., 341 Lakeville Rd. Info: 441-4851.

Sports

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USMMA women fall short against York The USMMA women’s basketball team lost to non-conference foe York College, 61-59, on Monday night in Queens. The defeat drops the Mariners to 2-10 overall, while the Cardinals improve to 4-9. Senior Demi VanDerWal led Merchant Marine with 15 points and four steals, while freshman Tichina Carmon recorded her second-consecutive double-double with 12 points and a gamehigh 13 rebounds. Sophomore Julie Mall scored nine points and classmate Kelsey Hofmann led all players in the game with five assists. For York, senior Tamika Taylor notched a game-high 20 points and brought down a team-best 10 boards. Junior Angelika Ruggiano chipped in with 13 points. The Mariners held the advantage early in the contest before the teams swapped leads five times in a span of three and a half minutes from 16:02 to 12:33. The Cardinals took the game’s biggest lead to that point

11-point advantage, 33-22. Merchant Marine fought back to within five points three separate times in the first four minutes of the second half and then came within on, 39-38 at 13:37, after completing a 16-6 run with a layup by sophomore Rachel Wehlburg. After falling back down by five points, 51-46 at 6:48, USMMA went on to tie the score at 53-53 at 4:31 before taking a lead on a layup by Carmon at 3:18. York answered with a layup by Ruggiano and Carmon nailed a free throw to put the Mariners back up. That was the last lead they would hold however, as the Cardinals finished the final 1:23 with a 6-3 run. The USMMA women’s basketball team is back in action on Wednesday night when they play host to nationally ranked Landmark Conference opponent The USMMA women’s basketball team Scranton. at 10:19 when a three-point play cut the deficit back down to one to take a 13-point lead, 28-15, Game time is scheduled for by senior Stayce Kay Muirhead with five straight points, but and eventually went into the 7 p.m. at the Liebertz Gymnamade the score 16-10. USMMA York responded with a 12-0 run locker room at halftime with a sium in O’Hara Hall.

GNPD Bears open 2015, seek new players With the second session beginning Jan. 5, the Bears are off to a great start in the new year. The practices continue to take place three times a week, offering the hockey players a mix of drills and skills. On Fridays at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink, an intramural competition is played or an outside team (ie: New Hyde Park’s Iceland, Port Washington Edge, Freeport Arrows) challenges the

Bears to a game. It keeps the players on their toes and gets their adrenaline pumping for the win. The second trip for the season for the shootout at the Nassau Coliseum is scheduled for Saturday, March 28 at 1 p.m., when the Islanders will play against the Anaheim Ducks. The Bears are always looking for interested new hockey players. If interested or have any questions call Dan at (516) 487-2976, ext. 128.

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