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Bosworth touts 1st year gains, budget

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Cites progress in building department, transparency in State of the Town BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Judi Bosworth began the second year of her tenure as North Hempstead town supervisor the way she began her first - with a major snowstorm to touch down on the region just as she prepared to deliver a major speech. So in her second State of the Town address Friday, Bosworth looked to former Town Supervisor May Newburger’s 1995 speech - the second of her nine-year stint in the position - for inspiration, as North Hempstead continued to dig itself out from Winter Storm Juno. “Battling 17 snow storms is a rugged beginning, but it gave me basic training for what would be a tough and rewarding year,” Bosworth told a luncheon of elected officials and guests of the Port Washington-Manhasset chapter of the League of Women Voters at the Harbor Links Golf Course, before revealing she had been reading

Newburger’s words. “...I guess some things don’t change,” she added, “even 20 years later.” Bosworth, a former Nassau County Legislator and Great Neck Board of Education official who was elected town supervisor in 2013, said her administration would continue to achieve goals of increased efficiency and transparency in its second year, as many town departments have eliminated the use of paper and more information has become available on the town’s website. But those were minor accomplishments, she said, as even larger initiatives toward those goals were met in the previous year. Bosworth touted the announcement of the town’s $125 million 2015 budget prior to the November elections, going offscript to say that “everything we do has fiscal ramifications.” “You have a right to know Continued on Page 60

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Emily Lutz, of Carle Place, performing at the “Your Big Break” showcase at the Gold Coast Arts Center Saturday. She will advance to the finals on April 18.

Four Great Neck mayor positions up for election B y A d am L i d g ett Mayoral positions in four out of the nine villages in Great Neck are up for election in March, along with trustee seats in six of the area’s villages.

The seats of Russell Gardens Mayor Steven Kirschner, Thomaston Mayor Steven Weinberg, Great Neck Estates Mayor David Fox and Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy will all be voted on in elections on

March 18. The four villages with mayoral races will also have trustee races along with the villages of Kensington and Great Neck Plaza. The first day to file indeContinued on Page 60

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Masri attempted assault Great Neck man conviction overturned honored at funeral State says court shouldn’t have allowed misdemeanor Military groups support member B y A d am L i d g ett

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The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division has overturned the conviction of Sasha Masri, a Saddle Rock resident and former candidate for trustee who was found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of attempted assault against Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy, according to court documents filed on Jan. 28 The Appellate Division ruled that the Supreme Court should not have accepted Nassau County prosecutors’ request to consider the misdemeanor charge without also considering four other charges files against Masri including felony assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon. “Contrary to the People’s contention, there is no reasonable view of the evidence that the defendant attempted to assault the complainant, but was unsuccessful in doing so,” the decision said. Masri, who unsuccessfully ran for Village of Saddle Rock trustee, was sentenced in August 2013 to serve a year of probation after being found guilty of attempted assault in July 2013. Shams Tarek of the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said the DA’s office is considering its options in responding to the court’s decision. Prosecutors said at Masri’s trial that after an October 2012 Village of Saddle Rock Board of Trustees meeting Masri caused

Roger Levy, a Great Neck resident of 33 years who died Jan. 26, did not have just one military order honor him at his funeral Sunday, but four. Representatives of the Old Guard of the City of New York, Veterans Corps of Artillery of the State of New York, 9th New York Field Artillery Regiment, the American Legion and the Knights Templar all appeared at Levy’s military funeral, honoring a man who was a member of not only all of these organization, but was also a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. Ellen Levy, Roger Levy’s wife, was with her husband for 43 years until his death. She said that the ceremony was beautiful and unbelievable at the same time. “When you have a military funeral, and you are presented with the American flag, that is something you will never forget,” Levy said. “I have my father’s flag too and it’s still in the showcase – it’s such a beautiful thing.” Roger Levy died at 71 due to a heart-related illness. Ellen Levy said all she wants

Sasha Masri was sentenced in August 2013 to serve a year of probation after being convicted a month earlier of the attempted assault of Village of Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy deep lacerations to Levy’s head and fractures to Levy’s shoulders after a physical confrontation. The confrontation began when Masri approached village Trustee David Schwartz after the meeting, to ask him about an outgoing audit of village finances. Witnesses said that after Marsi made his request, Levy who considered Masri a disruptive presence at village meetings - began to belittle Masri, and the two started to swear at each other. Differing accounts in arguments made by defense attorney

Robert McDonald and Assistant District Attorney Christine Geier’s say Masri either slapped Levy with an open hand or punched Levy in the face with keys in his hand. The defense said Levy was motivated by anger and a desire to discredit Masri, and that Levy’s injuries were not a result of Masri’s initial blow. But prosecutors cited medical testimony from the surgeon who treated Levy to show his injuries came from a sharp object, such as Masri’s keys. Levy pleaded the Fifth Continued on Page 61

is for the organizations that came to the funeral to be recognized. She said she wants people to know that the chapel where the funeral took place was full of soldiers. “I just want an acknowledgment of the service,” Ellen Levy said. “I don’t even care if you put [her husband’s] name in there, I just want the organizations to be recognized.” Jim Whalen, who is the Commanding Officer of the 11th New York Regiment, which helps put together the military funerals, was also a close friend of Roger Levy. Whalen said that while the two-person flag fold standard at military funerals is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, the 11th Regiment funds the firing party and a bugler. “We’re a non-funded volunteer organization,” Whalen said. “We work pro-bono – totally people’s generosity.” Whalen said Levy served in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps, a military branch that does vehicle maintenance and supports the troops with transport. Continued on Page 61

C O RR E C T I O N : In a Jan. 30, 2015 issue of the Great Neck News, New Hyde Park Herald Courier, Williston Times, Roslyn Times and Manhasset Times, an article about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority projecting increased ridership on the Long Island Rail Road after the East Side Access project is done stated that the Colonial Road Bridge is located in the Village of Kensington. It is in fact located in the Village of Thomaston.

The American Flag is folded at Roger Levy’s military funeral

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DiCamillo retained as library prez Will stay in position until renovations of Great Neck Library Main Branch library finished B y A d am L i d g ett

In a break from precedent, the Great Neck Library Board of Trustees decided to retain Marietta DiCamillo as the board’s president for a third year while the Main Branch library project is being completed. DiCamillo, along with the other board members, will serve in their present capacities throughout the year, the board decided at its reorganization meeting Wednesday. Chris Johnson, interim library director for the Great Neck Library, said the standard library policy is to not have a trustee serve in the same office for more than two consecutive years. Johnson said the library has guidelines that say a third term can be allowed to should there be certain circumstances, which she said the building project counts as. The terms of Great Neck Library trustees are for four years, but the offices get reconfigured every year. “We have a policy change

that was specifically extended through the construction,” DiCamillo said. “It’s just for another year term. I have three more years [on the board] and I plan to serve out the rest of the three years.” Johnson said she believes this is the first time board members did change their positions on the board in the library’s history. The Main Branch, located at 159 Bayview Ave.,will be closed for a year so repairs can be made to the building. The repairs will be funded by a $10.4 million bond approved by the voters in the Great Neck library system. The three branches have expanded their hours in response to the closing of the Main Branch. The Station Branch, located at 26 Great Neck Road, and the Parkville Branch, located at 10 Campbell Street, are now open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Marietta DiCamillo has been retained as the Great Neck Library Board of Trustees President The Lakeville Branch, located at 475 Great Neck Road, is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and will be closed Sundays. At the meeting, Robert Schaufeld officially took the

place of Janet Nina Eshagoff on the board - the long change in the board’s structure. Eshagoff did not run for re-election. Eshagoff was the board’s president during the failed effort to get a $20.8 million plan to revamp the Main Branch approved by voters. During the

failed effort, Eshagoff’s son, Great Neck North High School alumnus Sam Eshagoff, gained national attention for running a SAT cheating ring. DiCamillo said Eshagoff will be missed, and that Schaufeld will be a good new addition. “Janet has done a phenomenal job with everything she has touched over past eight years,” DiCamillo said. “We wish her lots of luck.” Besides the renovations to the Main Branch, DiCamilo said, she is looking forward to creating three new committees to help modernize the library. These committees will help redesign the library’s website, change some of the library’s programming and reconfigure the library personnel. “We’ll have this brand new library but we’re still operating under an old manner,” DiCamillo said. “We need a new structure.” The reconfiguring of the departments, DiCamillo said, would include having a social media department.

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Shooting, robberies possibly related In both instances, the suspect allegedly entered the station armed with a black handgun and demanded cash from the attendant. During the initial New Hyde Park robbery, police said the suspect fired a round into the counter before fleeing on foot northbound along Abraham Lane. When he robbed the Thomaston station, police said, the suspect fired a round into the wall. An undetermined amount of cash was stolen from both gas stations, police said. An investigation is ongoing. Police have requested that anyone with information regarding the robberies contact the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. Calls will remain anonymous.

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO The shooting death of a gas station attendant in Jericho on Wednesday is being investigated in connection with two armed robberies that took place earlier in the week in Thomaston and New Hyde Park, Nassau County Police said. At a news conference on Thursday, Nassau police identified the gas station attendant as Hany Awad, 56, of Levittown. His body was discovered lying on the floor behind the counter of the BP gas station at 39 Jericho Turnpike with an apparent gunshot wound to the torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Nassau County ambulatory medical technicians around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night. The incident is being investigated as a homicide, police said. Police spokesman Kenneth Lack told reporters Thursday the incident may be tied to robberies that took place at BP stations in Thomaston and New Hyde Park during Monday’s

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OTB nixes plans for Westbury casino Bows to opposition from neighboring residents backed by town and county officials By B I LL SAN ANTONIO

Officials from Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. said Saturday they would no longer seek to open a video gaming parlor at the former Fortunoff building in Westbury in light of major opposition from residents and local elected officials. “While we firmly believe that this site would have received all of the necessary approvals, it is clear that the level of opposition from the surrounding neighbors and their elected representatives no longer made the Fortunoff ’s property a viable option consistent with [Nassau Regional OffTrack Betting Corp.]’s long-term business model,” Nassau OTB general counsel Arthur Walsh said in a statement, according to Newsday. Walsh told Newsday that OTB would seek an alternative location for the proposed parlor, which would include 1,000 slot machines and table games. The announcement came a day after the towns of Hemp-

north Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Town Clerk Wayne Wink protest with demonstrators outside the proposed OTB site in Westbury in January. stead and North Hempstead, the Village of Westbury and a local civic group received a temporary injunction in state Supreme Court against the opening of the OTB site, alleging the proposed casino violated Hempstead town building code. In a statement, North Hemp-

stead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said she was “pleased that OTB listened to the voice of the people and did the right thing.” This is proof that mountains can be moved and casinos halted when residents and elected officials work together on an issue they feel passionately about,”

Bosworth said. “There’s a collective sigh of relief in the Carle Place-Westbury-New Cassel community today.” Bosworth, North Hempstead Town Clerk Wayne Wink and Town Councilwoman Viviana Russell (D-New Cassel) were among the elected officials that joined in protests of the proposed site in the last month. Though the proposed site near the Source Mall in Westbury is located within the Town of Hempstead, Bosworth has said that 955 North Hempstead residences are located within half a mile of the site, and 2,830 within one mile. Officials from Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola also voiced opposition to the plan last Thursday, saying in a statement that the gaming parlor would congest traffic on Old Country Road. “We believe that it will significantly increase traffic congestion in the area and in doing so will pose a serious health threat to the local residents and surrounding communities. Old

Country Road is clearly one of the most heavily traveled in the region,” said John F. Collins, the hospital’s president and chief executive officer. A potential casino near Roosevelt Field threatens to bring traffic to a standstill and make it impossible for ambulances and those needing emergency medical care to get to Winthrop quickly,” Collins added. Norma Gonsalves, the Nassau County Legislature’s presiding officer, also joined the opposition Thursday, saying in a statement that “the impending lawsuit makes it increasingly clear that an unbridgeable chasm exists between the parties on either side of the issue.” “Accordingly, I believe we have arrived at the time when Off-Track Betting must bow to the will of the people and consider abandoning its pursuit of the Fortunoff site,” Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) said. “That is an outcome that I and the Republican majority on the county Legislature would warmly welcome.”

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Estates to further review market plan B y A d am L i d g ett

The Village of Great Neck Estates Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to further review the impact a possible second Shop Delight market might have on parking and traffic on the area. Great Neck Estates Mayor David Fox said there are many issues that would need to be resolved before the building could be constructed at its proposed location at 154 Middle Neck Road at the site of a former Rite Aid pharmacy. “There are a lot of issues with parking, traffic on Middle Neck Road, where the trucks are going to be,” Fox said. “And beyond the scope of these, there are also issues or noise and delivery hours.” The idea to fill the fill the vacant 14,500 square-foot, twostory space initially came before the board in December. It would be second Shop Delight market in Great Neck, less than 10 minutes away from the current store on Welwyn Road. Alan Stein, an attorney representing Great Neck Gourmet Inc., the applicant’s official corporate, said he was disappoint-

ed with the board’s decision, as it puts the project on hold. “We understand the issues,” Stein said. “But we aren’t opposed to have a meeting and delve into this all together – we’re ready to work with all the parties to help mitigate the perceived impacts.” Fox said the issues are not going to be so easily worked out by a simple meeting. He said many residents have come to meetings to oppose the building of the Glatt kosher market, and that it would only be fair to them to look at the issues more closely. In January, the board voted to continue the hearing after analyzing issues the new store may present, such as noise, odor, parking and traffic. The board said they wanted to figure out if any of these issues would have to involve other entities, such as Nassau County or the state health department. Engineers for Great Neck Gourmet said in December the Welwyn Road location has an average of 89 customers during peak hours. They said the new location could accommodate about 125 during the same

We aren’t opposed to have a meeting and delve into this all together – we’re ready to work with all the parties to help mitigate the perceived impacts. Alan Stein attourney representing gn gourmet inc.

hours. The Great Neck Park District has a five-year agreement with the current store that allows shoppers to use the district’s Shoreward Drive parking lot near the store during certain times through a program in which shoppers leave their keys with attendants from the Progressive Valet Parking Corp.

of Woodhaven. The plan was intended to alleviate parking problems in the area. Great Neck Estates residents have in the past few months said their biggest concerns were with traffic congestion as a result of more delivery trucks. Residents have also said they are concerned with sanitation and waste disposal at the proposed store. Representatives of the market have said at past village meetings that Great Neck Gourmet is considering traffic-calming measures with its application, such as a valet parking service and transporting stock between stores by van rather than by truck. The board voted to schedule a scoping session for the project at their March 9 meeting where members of the public can express their concerns. Also at the meeting, the Great Neck Historical Society awarded the Great Neck Estates Village Hall with a plaque acknowledging its historical significance. Great Neck Historical Society Secretary Leila Mattson said at the meeting the Dutch Co-

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North Shore-LIJ honors MLK legacy B y A d am L i d g ett In an effort to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to public service, the North Shore-LIJ Health System collected food for various food banks throughout New York, and also gave out scholarships to students interested in pursuing biology as a career Jan. 23 in Great Neck. The health system awarded two high school students $2,500 each in scholarship money during the health system’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration ceremony at their corporate office in Great Neck Friday, said Alexandra Zendrian, spokesperson for North Shore-LIJ. Valdemar Wany and Adenike Adeyemi-Jones, both of Uniondale High School, received the money toward their college education. Both Wany and AdenikeAdeyemi were part of the North Shore-LIJ Medical Scholars Pipeline Program, an initiative the health system offers to increase diversity in the field of healthcare, Zendrian said. Zendrian said has been about a dozen students in the

Michael Dowling, CEO of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, with the scholarship recipients program since its inception in 2010. “Never underestimate your potential,” said Michael Dowling, president and chief executive officer of North Shore-LIJ, to the students, according to the re-

lease. “Set the bar high and then raise that two notches.” Both students said they intend to go to college to study biology, according to the release. This is the second year North Shore-LIJ has honored Martin

Luther King’s legacy by having a food drive at some of the health system’s sites. Barbara Felker, North ShoreLIJ’s vice president of diversity and community engagement, said the health system collected

more than 12,000 pounds of food that will be distributed to Island Harvest, City Harvest and the Food Bank for Westchester. North Shore-LIJ also awarded three children of employees within the health system for collages, essays and videos they made to honor Martin Luther King, according to the release. The children noted for their projects included fifth-grader Chloe Porter, fourth grader Sarah Hao and seventh-grader Sebastian Barkan. Porter was awarded an iPad, while the other two received Barnes and Noble giftcards. “The awarding of these scholarships and the Dr. King contest exemplify the health system’s commitment to the communities it serves and we look forward to seeing the great things these people will accomplish in the future,” Felker said. Reach reporter Adam Lidgett by e-mail at alidgett@ theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203 and on Twitter @ AdamLidgett. Also follow us on Twitter @theislandnow and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

Saddle Rock gets funds for signs to new poles,” Birnbaum said. The funding is intended to help make The Nassau County Legislature voted street signs more visible to emergency velast week to provide $40,000 to the Vil- hicles in the village. The county agreed in November to lage of Saddle Rock to buy and install new give $30,000 each to the villages of Kensstreet signs in the village. Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birn- ington and Great Neck Estates to help imbaum (D-Great Neck) worked with the prove street signs and streetscapes. Nassau County Executive’s Office and the village to push for the funding, according to a release from Birnbaum’s office. The Legislature approved the request Jan. 26 as part of an inter- municipal agreement between the county and the village, the release said. “I am glad that the Village of Saddle Rock will receive funds which will be used to replace old faded street signs with larger more vis- Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum and Village of ible signs attached Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy

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League of Women Voters still needed As I sat listening to North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth deliver her “State of the Town” address, in which she itemized a formidable list of significant accomplishments in her first year in office and laid out the priorities for 2015, I was reminded how important the League of Women Voters is. This is the 30th year that the League of Women Voters of Port Washington and Manhasset has sponsored the State of the Town message. I remember when it was held in the historic George Washington Manor in Roslyn, and now is held in the town’s own Harbor Links country club. We depend upon our local leagues for candidates night - an imperfect forum to be sure, but still the only opportunity most voters have to see candidates side-by-side, faceto-face, answering their questions in public, where they can be held to account (citizens have to do a better job of asking questions, though, and also to turn out). The league also holds important seminars and programs: The league will be hosting “Democracy for Sale: Money in Politics” (Thursday, March 19 at the Port Washington Public Library, at 7 p.m.), which will feature speakers from Demos, Common Cause, Capital New York, and Hofstra University. But when the Supreme Court issued the McCutcheon decision, lifting aggregate limits on campaign contributions, which in conjunction with Citizen United, turns candidates into commodities for sale, it was Moveon.org, Public Citizen, CWA, Sierra Club, Common Cause, Food & Water Watch, Demos, Free Speech for People, People for the American Way that organized the protest, not the league. The league has basically settled on a role as helping to inform the electorate - producing a guide for new voters in New York State (“First Vote”), “They Represent You,” a directory of public officials, and usually the invaluable Voters Guide (which they now have trouble finding funding to publish). The fact that only 37 percent of registered voters turned out for the 2014 midterms - effectively means that 20 percent of eligible voters dictated the Republican majority in Congress. That is not just an indictment of voter apathy, but also the strategies put into place to obstruct access to the polls, to turn off voters. It also suggests that voter enrollment and the rolls are as messed up as the immi-

gration system: the fact that dead people are tions. “What does my vote matter?” But that is not the only way that our not removed, that people re-register when they relocate but are not removed from the votes are suppressed. In fact, if you can buy the Senate seats in a low-population state former location. We also don’t know how many votes are like North Dakota, you can take over the Sendiscounted altogether - not counted for be- ate, or buy Representatives in low-cost media ing over or under. And we don’t know how states like North Carolina and control the many are intimidated from going to the polls House, which nullifies our votes in New York. The league reminds us that our vote is a or mislead because of misinformation going right, and a responsibility. It out about penalties for votis also a privilege as many of ing with outstanding parking us whose families come from tickets, false date or time or countries where we were opplace of voting, destruction pressed and disenfranchised of voter registration forms (which is just about everyall of which should be prosone), should recognize. In ecuted as felony crimes for fact, every woman should “stealing” someone else’s savalue how hard-fought the cred right to vote. right to vote was. The fact is, we don’t acAnd if we don’t exercise tually know the percentage KAREN RUBIN it, we will in fact be conturnout of eligible voters. Pulse of the Peninsula sumed by oligarchs, who are All of this cries out for able to insinuate themselves the local Leagues to be more active in their communities, not hosting quiet with the people who make the laws and set the policies that the rest of us must live by. luncheons and talks to “the choir.” So far, it is said that no matter how much I wish the League of Women Voters would return to its roots: the great defender the Kochs spend (they are on record as sayof the right to vote, protecting and expanding ing they will spend $889 million in the 2016 elections), there is still the rest of us. A bilvoting rights. I wish that wherever voting rights or lionaire’s vote is still only one vote. But that isn’t actually accurate, either access to the voting booth were threatened, men and women would come out in 1920s not when the money goes to destroying opdress, waving placards, shaming those politi- ponents, distorting positions, lobbying legiscians who would use their power to under- lators to put obstacles in front of voters (like mine the rest of us, reminding all of us about moving polling places to be hard to reach how important our ability to cast a ballot is, for “certain” populations and allocating too how the one-person, one-vote is our only de- few voting machines in “certain” neighborfense against a billionaire being able to exert hoods). Because of gerrymandering, Democrats political power equivalent to the amount of who win do so by much greater margins than money spent. I wish the leagues would recognize their Republicans - an indication of how districts power, as a truly grassroots organization in are packed or cracked in order to get the delocal communities. They can rally that power sired result. And of course, because of the electoral to support one another, using social media. As it is, the Kochs and the Roves are college, where in all but two states, all the counting on people not paying attention, be- electoral votes go to the candidate who wins ing willfully ignorant, and apathetic, domi- the state’s popular vote, there really isn’t a nating the media to perpetrate lies about “one person, one vote” power. Now, there is issues and candidates, so that people retreat a move in some Republican-controlled states to that meaningless old saw, “All politicians to take away popular voting for Senator and are the same,” “The candidates are alike” or return that vote to the state legislatures, even more absurdly, “There is no difference where the party will control. Founded by the suffragettes to win and between the parties.” There is even a calculation to so disillu- expand women’s right to vote, the League sion voters - to make them so frustrated and has been one of those central entities underdisaffected - they will not turn out for elec- pinning communities, like the volunteer fire

department, the Rotary, the chamber of commerce. We take what the Leagues do for granted, but we feel its absence when there is no Candidates Night, or no Voters Guide for an upcoming election. We take the League of Women Voters for granted to such extent that the Great Neck league has dissolved altogether, as so many of the members who were the life and blood of our local league have passed on. Many Great Neck people - along with people from Roslyn and other communities have now gravitated to the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset, which should change its name to more accurately reflect (and attract) membership. The league, which notes that its membership is open to men, has diminished clout, overshadowed by the scores of special interest groups and think-tanks funded by some billionaire, with paid staff. The league is still a membership organization operated by volunteers. Bless each and every one. And the league seems to have lost its clout because people seem to take voting rights for granted - certainly the woeful levels of turnout demonstrate an engrained apathy. But I would suggest low turnout reflects how our voting rights - indeed the entire election process - are under siege, and the leagues are needed more than ever. This is due to a perfect and purposeful storm of campaign finance system that has put elected office up for sale; the decline of mainstream media; and literal assault on voting rights. The Supreme Court’s Citizen United and McCutcheon decisions opened floodgates to dark and dirty money; the mainstream media landscape has become increasingly subject to political partisanship (for the same reason of who buys ads, and who, therefore not only dominates the conversation but holds sway over editorial content), the rise of so-called “independent” media (internet and social media) resulting in people self-selecting their sources that serve to reconfirm their own prejudices and beliefs, resulting in an astonishingly ill-informed (willfully ignorant) electorate. We are seeing a direct assault on voting rights, ranging from bullying local Leagues from registering new voters, especially high school students; photo ID laws that disenContinued on Page 61

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After Sheldon, then what?

Judi Bosworth’s OTB ‘victory’

We thought the day might never happen. Finally the hammer has come down on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The second most powerful man in New York State politics has stepped down after being arrested for allegedly using the power of his office to make millions of dollars for his private law practice. United States Attorney Preet Bharara has made it clear that this is just the beginning as his office works to clean up the “caldron of corruption” in Albany. But what concerns us more than the millions of dollars in payoffs that Silver allegedly took in is the political system in state government that made this corruption possible. At the moment the fate of every piece of legislation is controlled by three people: the governor, the Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader. Each has the power to block any piece of legislation, no matter how sensible or how much political support it has. For years, to get anything done, legislators knew they had to kiss the ring of Sheldon Silver, a man who was not a great friend of Nassau County. The rules in the Assembly and Senate must change. That needs to be given the highest priority. With Silver gone, this can and must happen. One man or woman must not possess the power to block legislation. Gov. Cuomo has said he will not sign a state budget that does not include a plan for eliminating corruption in state government. This would be a good place to start. In addition limits must be set on how much state legislators can make in outside employment. Many now see their work in Albany as a part-time job while they make thousands, even millions at law practices or real estate. The potential for conflict to interest is obvious. There are reports that Bharara’s office is looking at the outside income of state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. The Rockville Center resident works for a law firm Uniondale that specializes in real-estate litigation. According to a published report, “in 2013, Skelos reported being paid between $150,000 and $250,000 by the firm.” The people of New York deserve leaders who feel honored to represent them in the State Senate or Assembly and see their work in Albany as a full-time job.

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Faced with overwhelming political opposition, the Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. has backed off its plan to build a mini-casino in the vacant Fortunoff building in Westbury. Judi Bosworth, who just began her second year as the North Hempstead Town Supervisor, was emotional about the decision. “I have never felt such heartfelt, passionate and coordinated concern before. This is democracy in action.” And her counterpart, Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, said she was grateful that “OTB listened to the will of the people.” Some accomplishment. The casino would have created

more than 200 new jobs while revitalizing a shopping mall. In addition it would have generated millions of dollars in much needed revenue for a county that is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. In a statement OTB said, “It is clear that the level of opposition from the surrounding neighbors and their elected representatives no longer made the Fortunoff property a viable option.” For OTB, it’s back to the drawing board. Belmont Park appears to be the most likely alternative. Until last week that was not a possibility because it’s just a few miles up the road from the Resorts World Casino

at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. (By the way, Resorts World reportedly earned $800 million last year.) Now that former Speaker Sheldon Silver, a defender of Resorts World who did not welcome the competition, is out of the way, there is no one to block that from happening. But Bosworth and Murray didn’t know Silver was on his way out when they began their campaign to “just say no” to 200 jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars. We hope the two will work just as hard on finding a comparable source of revenue for Nassau County taxpayers as they did in opposing the mini-casino in Westbury.

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Hail the conquering New England Patriots

uper Bowl XLIX was truly a clash of the Titans. New England Patriots under coach Bill Belichick vs. the Seattle Seahawks under coach Pete Carroll fought many hard games to get their teams to this most important day.

That is so very true. A day where both teams enNow for that I congratulate the gaged in a battle of epic proportions. Both teams struggled to win New England Patriots for a hard the prize. But as in any battle or fought game. Kudos, Patriots you’ve game there can only be one winner. done good ! As once was written by Stanley Ralph Ross,” The thrill of victory... Frederick R. Bedell Jr. the agony of defeat.” Glen Oaks Village

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from the desk of assemblyman charles lavine

Legislature badly in need of reform

he experience of having served as chairman of the Assembly Standing Committee on Ethics and Guidance and as co-chair of the New York State Legislative Ethics Commission over the past two challenged filled years has given me a unique insight into our current ethical crisis. With each and every instance of corruption, the public’s faith in our governmental institutions decreases and cynicism, the easiest and least courageous response, increases. To me, once a child of the Kennedy era, government is nothing less than the organizational extension of community, with public corruption cutting at the very heart of our sense of community itself. The New York State Assembly is now in the process of selecting a new speaker. There are currently four announced candidates. Each is a friend and each has the capacity to well serve the Assembly and the people of the State of New York. Each candidate has indicated an interest in some type of reform dealing with ethical conduct. While it would not be appropriate for the chair of the Ethics Committee and the NYSLEC to advocate for any one of these candidates, it is

highly appropriate that I ask each to address the following proposals: Reform: In discussions with many Assemblymembers over the last days, it becomes obvious that the word reform has many meanings and seems, like beauty, to be in the eye of the beholder, ranging from new district office furniture to term limits to the return of member item discretionary funding. Some of my colleagues want to adopt reforms immediately. While this desire may be a natural reaction to our crisis, there is absolutely no unanimity on the form these reforms should take. I believe that any meaningful effort at reform demands embarking on a true partnership with our citizens and can only be produced after the Assembly has listened to the voice of the people. Public hearings must be conducted throughout the state to learn the opinions of our fellow New Yorkers, including good government experts. New Structure for Assembly Ethics Committee: A. The Standing Committee on Ethics and Guidance is provided for in the Assembly Rules. It’s jurisdiction, however, is essentially limited to investigating claims of sexual harassment and retaliation and mak-

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ing appropriate recommendations to the Speaker. It is unique among all Standing Committees in that it is the only committee that is completely bipartisan and acts only with consensus of its four Republican and four Democratic members. The committee’s chair serves as well as co-chair of the bipartisan Legislative Ethics Commission. This committee is indispensable and its members and I are extraordinarily proud of the demanding work it has performed. No committee has met more in the past two years. It is, however, very mislead-

ing for the people of the State of New York to believe, based on the Committee’s name (i.e., “Ethics Committee”), that it has general jurisdiction over all matters of ethics. I suggest that a new Committee should be provided for under the Assembly Rules known as the “Committee on Civil Conduct and Guidance,” which Committee shall have the present Committee’s jurisdiction over matters of sexual harassment/retaliation and guidance. B: The Assembly Rules must be amended to provide for the formation of a new Committee to be known as “The Assembly Standing Committee on Ethics,” vested with the original jurisdiction of reviewing and vetting all proposed legislation dealing with ethical issues. This committee should have the power to conduct hearings, issue reports and recommendations and be fully staffed. Assembly Staff: The New York State Assembly is truly fortunate to have the services of a first rate central staff of dedicated professionals including, but not limited to, bill drafters, analysts, lawyers, statisticians and economic experts. We rely heavily on these talented professionals and could not function without them. They do the real heavy lifting, often going with-

out sleep for days during budget preparation and late session negotiations. Our staff is passionately dedicated to the Assembly as an institution. One need only look at their faces these last days to see how demoralized they are. I became chairman of the Ethics Committee during the stormiest days of the Vito Lopez crisis, at the very moment our then speaker announced that Assembly staff would no longer be an integral part of the Ethics Committee’s process. I know too well the dangerous disadvantage of having to work without being able to count on the professionalism and institutional knowledge of staff. We cannot allow anything similar to occur again. I will want to know how the speaker candidates intend to restore and strengthen and confidence of the Assembly staff. As an institution that has served the interests of the people of our State since the days of our revolution, the Assembly now needs to repair itself, and our next speaker must be able to provide the leadership necessary to begin this process of healing. Charles D. Lavine Member of Assembly

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French set example for peaceful march

uring one of our many trips to France, my wife and I sauntered through the Arc de Triomphe, and down the Champs-Élysées. Three weeks ago, we watched as millions of fearless French citizens and their supporters marched down these very same Parisian streets, expressing their “Liberte, Equalite and Fraternity.” This time, romance was the farthest thing on their minds. Arm-in-arm, they were protesting the brutal Islamic terrorist assassinations of the editors of their satirical newspaper and the killing of two french policemen, three Jewish shoppers and a Jewish shopkeeper at a kosher supermarket. They didn’t forget the wounding of the eleven others either. Watching this peaceful, law-abiding rally unfold, I could not help but compare it to our own Occupy Wall Street and Ferguson demonstrators, who chose to express their own outrage by burning down private property, blockading our streets and bridges, shutting down and destroying local businesses and threatening the very lives of the police officers who were there to protect them. Looking back, its hard to believe that their out-of-control rampage was a reaction

to a grand jury decision and a hatred for corporate America and the police. I doubt if these demonstrators will ever understand that Gandhi, Martin Luther King and so many others, taught us that unconscionable criminal behavior was counterproductive to the very causes they espoused. Fifty international leaders marched with the french people that day, all putting their very own lives at risk. French President Hollande of course was there. British Prime Minister Cameron was there. Also marching were German Prime Minister Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Renzi, Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyaho. Palestine President Abbas was even there, as was Jordan’s King Abdullah and Queen Rania, the Turkish Prime Minister and the United Arab Emirate’s Foreign Minister. Every important world leader was there, except “you know who”. A week later, that’s right, a week later, the White House finally conceded that President Obama’s “not showing up” was “probably a mistake”. - Tell that to the French people whose very freedoms of speech and the press were threatened!!

- Tell that lame excuse to the families who lost their loved ones in the carnage. - Tell that to the Jews who are so afraid of another holocaust. - Tell that to the American people, who feel that only through our standing side by side with our allies, can we hope to eradicate Islamic terrorism. What a blunder, Mr. President! Talk is cheap!! Why? Mr. President ? Why weren’t you there? 1 - Was it because you might have had to label the sadistic killers as the radicle Islamic terrorists that they were? 2 - Would you have described the slaughter at the office of “Charlie Hebdo” as just another example of “workplace violence”? 3 - Was the point blank killings of the two police officers understandable and justified because of some Charlie Hebdo cartoons? 4 - Maybe it was just the work of a few, isolated misguided radicals? Right, Mr. President ? You must be smoking some of that stuff you fought so hard to legalize? To make Obama’s international miscue even more upsetting was that the day after

the march, his absence was not even mentioned in the New York Times! What happened to that proud, historic newspaper? “All the news that’s fit to print” yea, right ! I guess they too “probably made a mistake.” They made sure to give Obama all the publicity he wanted when he sent A.G. Holder to Ferguson. Not mentioned either in The New York Times was that the widows of the two slain New York City police officers were not even invited to attend the State of the Union address. Let’s get back to what the “Leader of the Free World” was actually doing while France, our oldest ally, was in turmoil. Showing a distorted sense of timing and priorities, he was in Tennessee diligently working on another one of his government giveaways. This time it was a “free”, two-year Community College for every “needy” student. Only someone so fixated on their own political agenda could think of two-year colleges at a time like this. Dr. Stephen Morris DDS North Hills

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A loo k on the li g hter si d e

Double trouble and then some with drones Pity the poor drone opera- least the potential for damage was limited to people who had One drunken idiot crashes some clue as to what jeopardy his drone into the South Lawn of they were in. Then came the drones. At the White House and suddenly all droners everywhere get a bad first, they were purely a matter for news reports and military jarname. It’s so unfair! Once upon a time, there was gon: “There was another drone no such thing as a drone. (Well, strike in the Arabian peninsula other than the male bees who sat today….” Then some genius had a around the hive eating honey for zero work, and the fictional club bright idea: Hey! If it’s good invented by English writer P.G. enough for killing terrorists in Wodehouse for the British aristo- the Arab world, it’s good enough for all of us here at home! Worse, cratic equivalent.) Back in the old days, if you some other genius sold it to him. Worst of all, the authorities wanted to fly a small mechanical object by remote control, you who ought to have put a stop to had to go to a hobby store, plunk such a thing, sat back instead down a chunk of change and and said, essentially, “What buy one, and probably assemble could happen?” Before you cite me rules and it yourself. Then you had to find a safe, regulations, don’t bother. It is authorized place where you clear that nobody was thinking could learn to fly your gizmo, things through. From the moment drones mastering the etiquette of sharing the airspace with your fel- became available to any fool low hobbyists. You could make with a credit card, it should have yourself quickly unpopular if you been obvious that the single bigdidn’t master the niceties of not gest thing drones were going to destroying other people’s equal- do was cause trouble. Oh, sure, people had grand ly expensive equipment; but at tor!

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A Look on the Lighter Side ideas: drones could deliver your pizza! Drones could deliver your newspaper! Drones could walk your dog on a rainy day! (Actually, that one is my idea, and I’ve got it all worked out, right down to the small incendiary devices that once the drone has moved your dog a safe distance away - target and vaporize any need for doggy bags. “Doggie Drones, Patent pending.”) Drones could deliver your packages from Amazon

containing other drones! They could do other things too, I suppose. They could spy on your neighbors. They could hover near the runway watching planes land. Perhaps drones could even catch a home run ball for you at the game, hovering over the bleachers. But the trouble with the world is that other people live in it, too. And far too many of them think they have all the same rights as you. All those spy drones could be spying on you. The drone someone else wants to fly at the airport might be in the way of your flight when it’s trying to land, as recently almost happened at LaGuardia. Oops! Or your drone might be knocked out of the sky, at that baseball game, by somebody else’s. There could be hundreds of the things, all dipping and swooping like a flock of seagulls, each trying to snatch that gamewinning ball at the World Series. How selfish of all those other ball-snatching drones, getting in

the way of yours! If drones ever are authorized for pizza delivery, who’s going to guarantee they don’t crash into someone who’s out for a jog? (“Thirty minutes and no decapitated heads, or it’s free”?) We can’t all be as pro-active as that kangaroo on You-Tube that noticed a drone getting too close and punched it right out of the sky, What a drone was doing flying around near kangaroos is beyond me - but that only proves my point. Who would think that’s a good idea in the first place? It’s no use asking people to exercise a little common sense, because anybody flying one of these things has already proven, in spades, that they have none. What I don’t understand is why these problems weren’t obvious to all the relevant authorities from the very beginning. Anybody who ever had a 10-year-old - or who ever was a 10-year-old - should know that if a thing is idiotic, and can be done, it will be done to excess. That goes double for drones!

from the d es k of senator j ac k martins

Thinking is hard work, but needed Just mention a tax break and New Yorkers’ eyes light up with sheer joy. You can’t blame us. We pay some of the highest property and personal income taxes in the country. That’s why Gov. Cuomo’s most recent proposal for a nearly $1.7 billion tax credit known as a “circuit breaker” was initially met with such enthusiasm. I was initially enthusiastic about it too, but having examined it more closely, I’m afraid I have to throw a bit of cold water on what isn’t really a well-thought out plan. They call it a “circuit breaker” because it’s supposed to kick into effect when there’s a tax overload for an individual property owner. (I can hear the one-liners already: “That means it’d be on 24 hours a day, Jack!)” I get it – but wisecracks aside, the plan ties receiving the tax credit to household income and in a nutshell, it works like this - In order to be eligible, homeowners would first have to make less than $250,000 a year in gross income. Next, their property taxes would have to exceed 6 percent

of that income. And last, but not least, they would only be eligible if their community did not pierce the tax cap by raising taxes more than 2 percent. And that’s my first concern. Gov. Cuomo very shrewdly makes his plan contingent upon your community’s remaining faithful to the 2 percent tax cap with hopes that taxpayers like us will pressure local officials to do so. While that is indeed a noble intention that sounds clever on paper, let’s examine the real world outcomes. What happens if your county, town, or village officials go ahead and pierce the cap? In that unfortunate scenario, the taxpayers are penalized twice over! First they’ll have to pay the tax increases and then, through no fault of their own, they’ll be barred from receiving the tax credit even if their incomes make them eligible. In essence, the governor’s plan punishes the taxpayer who would like nothing better than to keep their taxes in check.

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One might even call it a bit of municipal blackmail that unjustly uses taxpayers as leverage. My second and much more pressing concern involves the broad and completely ill-defined income eligibility guideline. Simply put, the plan takes absolutely no other elements of financial situation into account. I ask you plainly, when have you ever heard of any government tax credit or refund program operated with so little information? Quite frankly, this is shaping up to be nothing more than a “gimme”

to some who might otherwise not need assistance. The fact is, under this plan, there will be numerous beneficiaries whose incomes clock in just below the $250,000 threshold but who purchased their homes at much lower prices years ago. Many have paid off their mortgages, have no dependents and already receive healthy STAR benefits. With so few draws on otherwise healthy incomes, one might argue that the tax credit would better serve low-income seniors struggling to stay in their homes and middle-class and working poor couples in their prime earning years who are paying huge, hyper inflated mortgages and supporting school age and college-bound children. For them, true incomes are far more meager and hardships greater. Also, many of those who would otherwise qualify (like many seniors) wouldn’t see a benefit because given their limited, fixed income, there simply is no tax liabil-

ity against which to use the credit. It just doesn’t make good financial sense. But the solution is a simple: Expand eligibility guidelines and use already established tools like tax records to achieve a true picture of need and target assistance. Only then will we use New York’s very limited funds wisely and achieve the most good. Last but not least, where does Cuomo’s plan leave our STAR property tax credits? Thus far, the proposal lacks details and some think tanks have argued that a circuit breaker should replace the popular program. I disagree but we have yet to hear vital details as to how, if at all, the governor plans to mesh the two. Messy details to be sure, but the kind that often fall through the cracks and end up hurting instead of helping. My mom always says, “thinking is hard work.” It is indeed, but to keep New York on an upward trajectory, every plan – especially one that involves billions of taxpayer dollars – must be well thought out.

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Government manages storm well

egardless of how bad the storm turned out to be last week, there is a good side to how it was managed. In all of the areas where the operation of motor vehicles was banned during the specified times, there should have been zero collisions, bodily injuries and fatalities. None!

There should have been substantial savings for those whose duty it is to respond to emergencies. It might be a good model to use in future situations of this kind. It could be said that the only losers were such as the medical profession and body shops who lost ‘business’ as a result. We don’t have to be concerned

about that. Interestingly, right after the ban ended, though I did not see it happen, I imagine that one of those Ultimate Driving Machines must have been going south on Roslyn Road in Mineola and when attempting to turn right westbound onto Second Street instead skidded and ended in the snow bank against the south

curb: speeding no doubt as per the driving conditions. No matter how bad it is, the speeders are out there. I noticed how the weather forecasters were getting ‘flaky’ about how bad it would be: such as the wind gusts would be much lower than originally predicted. Later, one was almost choking on his words keeping up the

image of the ‘great storm.’ I got the ‘drift’ of that too. The center of the low pressure area was too far off shore. The northern movement and rotation were too slow to produce the predicted dynamics in most of our area. Charles Samek Mineola

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et us all rejoice in celebrating the 102nd Anniversary of Grand Central Terminal, which first opened on February 2, 1913. Contrast this with the late, great Penn Station Terminal which was destroyed in the name of progress in 1962. Fast forward, 53 years later. Penn Station is still a shell of its former glory. There is no natural lighting, decent food court, gourmet food shops, upscale stores or quality restaurants. Most Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit commuters rush in and out each day. Grand Central Terminal has high ceilings, natural light, a food court, gourmet food shops, upscale stores and great restaurants such as the Oyster Bar. Not only do Metro North commuters have a real terminal, but they are joined on a daily basis by thousands of people who work nearby and patronize the great food court, quality restau-

rants and stores. LIRR commuters just have a station. Few people who work nearby Penn Station stops by during the day to patronize any of its commercial establishments. LIRR riders from Great Neck, New Hyde Park, Herricks, Williston Park, Albertson, Searington, Garden City, Manhasset, Roslyn and other neighborhoods in eastern Queens, Nassau and Suffolk County look forward to 2023 when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Eastside Access project provides a direct connection to Grand Central Terminal via the 63rd Street tunnel and reaches beneficial use. We can then join our Metro North comrades in utilizing this great institution to and from work. In 2014, according to an audit by state ComptrollerTom DiNapoli the revenue service date for Long Island Rail Road access to Grand Central Terminal had appeared to slip yet again - this

was also known as the Gimbel’s passageway. Gimbels was Macy’s chief competitor at Herald Square. They closed in 1986. This passageway still stands dormant. It is a forgotten underground link between Penn Station and Herald Square. It was once a 800-foot pedestrian concourse providing an indoor connection to the 34th Street Herald Square IND and BMT subway, along with PATH station complex. Further, there was an adjoining nearby underground passageway starting at 34th street which ran along 6th Avenue, going as far north as 42nd Street. Many avoided the rain and snow by using this indoor path. Both passageways were closed many decades ago by New York City Transit and the LIRR, due to security issues. If reopened today, Amtrak riders along with New Jersey Transit and LIRR commuters would have easy underground connections to the Broadway N, R & Q and 6th Avenue B,D, F & M subway lines along with PATH, rather than walking outside on the street exposed to both inclement weather and heavy vehicular traffic. less with more - owing to the By using either the subway fact he had more political hacks or walking, riders would have diin his administration than most rect access to both midtown and governors of New York State. East Side Manhattan along either the Broadway, 6th Avenue, 42nd, Morton Perlman 53rd, 59th or 63rd Street corriGreat Neck dors, served by numerous subway

time from 2020 to 2023. Perhaps it might be useful in 2015 to look for other low cost easy to implement alternatives in the short run. Consider transit riders disappointment that a proposal submitted by one of New York City’s developers, Vornado Realty Trust, to pay for construction to reopen the old Hilton Corridor, also known as the Gimbel’s passageway was never completed. They had offered to do this in exchange for a city zoning variance to construct a high rise office building at 7th Avenue and 32nd Street. While the zoning variance was approved, Vornado Realty Trust never moved forward with construction of a high rise office building. This was due to a weak market for potential renters. Until some time in the 1970s, both Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and New Jersey Transit riders exiting east at Penn Station had a direct underground passageway known as the Hilton Corridor. It

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n Larry Penner’s article in the 1/16/15 edition of the Great Neck News, Gov. Mario Cuomo had many shortcomings. My recollection of his relationship with civil service em-

ployees is his motto: “Do more with less.” You can’t do more with less if you are doing a fair’s day work, something he couldn’t understand. Maybe it’s because he did

lines and stations. Why wait for the LIRR to provide access to Manhattan midtown East Side via Grand Central Terminal? The most recent recovery schedule for the MTA’s East Side Access project calls for revenue service opening to the public starting in 2023. How disappointing that the old Hilton corridor, which previously provided transit options for thousands of rush hour commuters remains unused after so many decades. The Vernando Trust developers proposal to reopen and widen it from some points where it narrows to 9 feet was $50 million. Converting the total length to 15 feet wide could cost up to another $100 million. This seems like a reasonable investment of $150 million out of a proposed $32 billion 2015 - 2019 Capital program plan for a significant transportation improvement that could benefit thousands of transportation riders. There is still time for the MTA to consider adding this project to the proposed 2015-2019 Capital Plan which has yet to be approved by Albany. Diogenes is searching for the first public official or MTA Board member to speak out in favor of this project. Larry Penner Great Neck

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The streets of NYC come to LIU Post Art Museum By B E N d I K S OE r E N E N Street artists gather to create a travel through the evolution of graffiti and art with a new exhibition at LIU Post’s Steinberg Museum of Art on the second floor of Hillwood Commons on the Brookville campus. More than 35 artists are on display, with photos, graffiti painted directly on the walls, on white board, traditional canvas, digitally. Exhibit curator Ryan Seslow has created a museum space reminiscent of the graffiti boom of the 80’s and 90’s, and he has incorporated new technology to show it. “We’ve gathered artists from five generations here, with the oldest being in their seventies, and youngest at 23,” said Seslow. “It’s the first time anyone has had this kind of street art in a proper museum space.” Seslow, who is an artist and professor in LIU Post’s Art Department and a longtime street artist, has four of his own pieces in the show. The pieces vary in terms of medium. One wall is covered by photographer Henry Chalfant, who’s known for his work in documenting graffiti, breakdance and hip-hop culture. The piece consists of small cutouts of subway cars from the 80s and 90s, covered in different motifs. “He’s got over 800 of them, and that

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Romantic locales ideal for Valentine’s Day Part of the excitement of Valentine's Day is taking the person you love to a romantic locale. Romantic tourism continues to be big business, according to Conde Nast. While much of the romantic retreats that take place are honeymoon-related, there are some couples who want to share their love in a romantic spot other times of the year, like Valentine's Day. If budget is no obstacle, then it is easy to jet off to Paris or Rome, two of the world's most romantic locales. Many find, however, that they will need to settle on a romantic location much closer to home for reasons of practicality. But just because you're spending the big day in your own backyard, that does not mean it will diminish the mood of the event. The following is a listing of tourist-friendly and romantic places in select areas across North America. •Los Angeles, California: The City of Angels boasts stars and memory-makers galore. For a unique perspective on the area,

The Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas is a popular tourist mecca and romantic place to spend Valentine’s Day. take to the skies in a Zeppelin Air Tour. This is the only airship in the United States licensed for commercial passenger transport. Aim for the sunset tour, which is supposed to be the most romantic. •Washington, D.C.: Take a cruise along the Potomac River on The Spirit of Washington dinner cruise ship. Enjoy the sights of the city while feasting on a delicious meal. •Columbus, Ohio: Tour the

Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Garden amid twinkling lights and evening entertainment. In 2011, the conservatory offered chocolate and wine tastings for Valentine's Day. Check local listings to find out about plans for 2012. •Scottsdale, Arizona: Did you ever imagine you could take a gondola ride in the middle of the dessert? At the Hyatt Regency Resort at Gainey Ranch, individuals can take romantic rides

on the waterways at the resort via gondola and then go on to enjoy a magical dinner. • Galena, Illinois: Travel to this charming, historic town on the Mississippi River if you're from the greater Chicago or Cedar Rapids area. The majority of the buildings in this town are on the National Register of Historic Places and there are plenty of mansions to explore. •Toronto, Canada: Toronto is affectionately known as the entertainment capital of Canada, boasting many renowned restaurants and theaters. For those planning to spend V-Day in Toronto, you may want to include a stay at the Hotel Le Germain, which is known as much for its style as its service. •Cape May, New Jersey: People who live in the Northeast looking to escape the bustle of city life might consider an excursion to Cape May, the southernmost point in New Jersey. The town is known as the Oldest Seashore Resort, and in the off-season there's bound to be an empty

beach to stroll. Whale-watching tours, bed-and-breakfasts and nearby wineries make this place an ideal romantic escape. •San Antonio, Texas: The Riverwalk is one of Texas' most popular tourist attractions. There are breathtaking views there and plenty of excellent shopping. Find a myriad of restaurants in which to enjoy a romantic meal. •Montreal, Canada: Considering French is the primary language spoken in this city in the Quebec province, Montreal may be the best way for North Americans to experience a touch of Europe without traveling overseas. A visit to the majestic Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal is magical in itself. Take a stroll through the cobbled streets of Old Montreal and pop into a cafe for delicious crepes. It's easy to experience a touch of romance close to home. For Canadians traveling into the United States and vice versa, be sure to have a current passport necessary for border crossings.

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Explore poetry for sentiments of love "How do Ilove thee? Let me count the ways." - Elizabeth Barrett Browning Come Valentine's Day, many people feel compelled to spout words of love to those they care about. However, it may have been some time since they engaged in a little creative writing. The option to select a massproduced, store-bought card instead can be very tempting. Poetry has long been the means to deliver words of affection. Throughout history poets have professed desire and love through the stanzas of their poems. From Emily Dickinson to W.H. Auden to Lord Byron to The Bard himself, William Shakespeare, many writers can base a portion of their fame on memorable love poems. There are many different types of poems, but it doesn't take a lot of knowledge to produce an amateur attempt at a love poem this Valentine's Day. Here are some of the betterknown types of poetry and their rudimentary components. Acrostic: This type of poem is one in which the first letter of each line of poetry spells out its own word. These types of poems are often written based on a person's name or a sentiment, such as love. Ballad: A short narrative poem that features stanzas of two or four

lines with a refrain. The last words of the second and fourth lines often rhyme. Epic:This type of poem is a long narrative usually celebrating the adventures and achievements of a hero. Epigram: If your Valentine has a sense of humor, try an epigram. This poem is short and satirical, ending with a humorous statement or a sarcastic punchline. Etheree: This poem is 10 lines, where each line has a certain number of syllables, from 1 in the first line to 10 in the last. Free Verse: This type of poem does not have any specific rules, leaving the flow of words and line breaks entirely to the poet. Haiku: This poetry is formed of unrhymed verses that follow the 5-7-5 pattern of syllables. Limerick: Having originated in Limerick, Ireland, this is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines. Quatrain:A poem consisting of four lines of verse with a specific rhyming scheme. Sonnet: This type of poetry features 14 lines in iambic pentameter with a particular rhyming scheme. There are many different ways to express emotions through poetry. Explore the different styles and find one that fits for you.

Did you know? "Love" is a powerful word that describes one of the most potent human emotions. The word is believed to have evolved from the Proto-IndoEuropean's word "leubh," which described care and desire nearly five thousand years ago. The word was incorporated into Old English as "lufu," a noun meaning "deep affection" and a verb "lufian" meaning "to be very fond of."

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“America’s Got Talent” and “Dr. Oz Show” performer, Dr. Bob Baker, will be appearing in the Rubenstein Auditorium at Temple Beth Sholom on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 5 p.m.. Dr. Baker, a gastroenterologist/internist with the North Shore-LIJ Medical Group in Great Neck, is also highly regarded as a ventriloquist and comedian. He will be bringing his collection of dummies, including: Mrs. Lucille Goldman, Zoltan the Redoubtable, Oscar Makyne and Sigmoid Colon. Besides performing on national television, Dr. Baker has been featured in many New York City and Long Island comedy clubs,

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property features many lush examples of horticultural arts. Come view our expanded gardens and beautiful new path to the museum. EVENTS Through March 8(with exceptions for specific programs) FILM: The Other Eye The Other Eye is the first film about artist Liu Dan, China’s major modern-day exponent of ink painting. A selection of the artist’s work is on view in the museum’s current major exhibition devoted to the arts of China, from earliest times to the present. In The Other Eye we see a remarkable glimpse into Liu Dan’s creative process as he creates a large-scale landscape. Filmmaker Fan Xiaochun, has customized a 15-minute excerpt for the Museum from her longer documentary film about Liu Dan’s work. Free with Museum admission. Reservations not needed; first come, first seated. Long island children’s museum 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. Fridays, 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Kids in the Kitchen Join LICM as we introduce kitchen fun in our newest Early Childhood workshop. Each week, we’ll be making an easy and yummy, kid-friendly snack that they make from start to finish. They’ll practice using real cooking tools like small mixers and toaster ovens in their recipes -- of course, adult help will be required. Join us as we mix things up in the kitchen to stir an interest in kitchen creativity and healthy eating. Ages: 5 and under. Materials Fee: $4 with museum admission ($3 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. Saturdays & Sundays, 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. Tuesday Feb. 10 through Friday, Feb. 13, 2:30 to 4 p.m.

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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. FREE LEGAL CONSULTATION 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 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 Wednesday, Feb. 11, from 9:30 – 11 a.m. at NCBA, 15th and West Streets, Mineola. This popular free program regularly fills up quickly. Registration is required by calling (516) 747-4070. ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA LECTURE Dr. Angelique Corthals, professor and scientific director of the BioBank of Department of Pathology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine will deliver a lecture titled: “Wrath of the Gods: Deceased and Diseased in the Ancient World.” New forensic and DNA analysis helps us understand how 500 year old Argentinean mummies died. The lecture will be held in Room 105 inside Breslin Hall at Hofstra University on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. There is a fee for non-members. For Information please call (631) 420 1564 or visit www.aia-lis. org. RE-ENTERING THE WORKFORCE The Town of North Hempstead is presenting an employment workshop for resident job seekers age 60+ at the Clinton G Martin Park. Topics will include resume preparation, job search techniques and interviewing skills. Services are free of charge. The date is Wednesday, March 11. The facilitator is Sari Flesch, employment specialist. For further information please call (516) 869-6311, Project Independence. 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) 6756513. 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 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. 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. YOUR WIDOWED SOCIAL GROUP The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280. WELL SPOUSES OF THE Chronically ILL AND DISABLED Meets the second Wednesday of each month at St. Charles Rehab Center, located at 201 I.U. Willets Road (corner of Searingtown Road) in Albertson at 7 p.m. Free admission. Call Rose at (516) 829-8740 or e-mail at rosebirdlady@aol.com for more information. CANCER SUPPORT FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE Notre Dame’s Cancer Support Group meets every other Friday at 9:15 a.m., and lasts approximately two hours. It is located at 9 Aberdeen Road, New Hyde Park (sign says: Emmaus House of Prayer). This is about one block north of Hillside Ave. and slightly east of New Hyde Park Road. The group facilitator is Judy Coste. Admission is free. If you will be attending, kindly call Coste at (631) 5235406.

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Muttontown Preserve ‘An evening with Kal to offer guided tour Penn’ at Adelphi U. The Muttontown Preserve will present a guided Nature Walk entitled, “Winter Trek,” on Sunday, Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Approximately three miles long, the “Winter Trek” tour will focus on a variety of environments in the preserve, including wetlands, wooded trails, and open fields. The tour guide will also discuss the various plants and animals located throughout the preserve. Comprising 550 acres of fields, woodlands, ponds

and estate grounds, Muttontown is Nassau County’s largest nature preserve and one of the most beautiful settings on Long Island. The preserve includes miles of marked nature trails with local wildflowers, trees, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Muttontown also has several structures, including the renovated Chelsea Mansion, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The walk is $5 and be-

gins at the Bill Paterson Nature Center on the preserve. Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. Muttontown Preserve is located on Muttontown Lane, south of 25A, in East Norwich. For more information please call: (516) 571-8500. For more information about the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums, please call: (516) 572-0200 or visit the website at: www. nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

Adelphi University will host “An Evening with Kal Penn” on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom in the Ruth S. Harley University Center at Adelphi University. Penn has a wide range of experience spanning the arts, politics and education. Penn is best known for his various roles in film and television. He has had recurring roles on “House,” “24,”

and “How I Met Your Mother,” and is currently filming “Battle Creek,” a new detective show premiering March 1 on CBS. He hosts “The Big Brain Theory,” a reality competition to find the nation’s brightest engineer, on the Discovery Channel. Penn is also known for his role as Kumar in the Harold and Kumar franchise and films such as “The Namesake.” Although many celebri-

2nd annual ‘Love Ball’ at Westbury Feb. 13 The Second Annual “Louder Than Love Ball,” featuring Stevie B, TKA, George Lamond, The Cover Girls, Judy Torres, Noel, Soave, Nayobe, The Sugar Hill Gang, and Lisette Melendez, with music by Party 105.3’s Vic Latino and DJ Chef, will take place at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Friday, Feb.13 at 8 p.m. Doors are at 7 p.m. Stevie B headlines this star-studded freestyle concert starring 10 of the hottest acts of the 80s/90s free-

style era. Stevie B will be performing his number one smash hit, “Because I Love You (The Postman Song),” as well as other hits like “Love & Emotion” and “I’ll Be By Your Side.” The show also features George Lamond (“Bad of the Heart”), The Cover Girls (“We Can’t Go Wrong”), TKA (“Louder Than Love”), Lisette Melendez (“Together Forever),” Judy Torres (“No Reason To Cry”), The Sugar Hill Gang (“Rapper’s Delight”), Soave (“Crying

Over You”), Noel and Nayobe. Pre-show music will be provided by DJ Chef and Vic Latino from Party 105.3. Tickets are $99.50, $69.50 and $49.50 and are available online at www. ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at the Westbury box office. Event, date and time subject to change. All ticket prices are subject to applicable service charges. For further information, please visit www.thetheatreatwestbury.com.

Two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin will perform a special Valentine’s Day Concert at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. Griffin is a towering figure on television, on tour and in publishing. She breaks through the entertainment clutter with her universally recognized brand of pull-nopunches comedy. She recently made history with her sixth consecutive Grammy Nomination and a Best Comedy Album win for

“Calm Down Gurll.” Griffin has written and starred in 20 televised comedy specials, draws huge audiences on New Year’s Eve

Folk series to feature 2 L.I.-based artists

Long Island-based singersongwriters Cathy Kreger and Steve Robinson share the bill during the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s monthly Hard Luck Café series at the Cinema Arts Centre (423 Park Avenue, Huntington) on Thursday, Feb. 19. The 8:30 p.m. concert in the Cinema’s Sky Room will be preceded by an open mic at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 ($10 for Cinema Arts Centre and FMSH members). For more information, visit www.fmsh.org or call (631) 425-2925. Kreger is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who has co-hosting CNN’s New Year’s been performing throughout Eve Special with Anderson the Northeast for nearly 30 Cooper, and was recently years. Armed with only an acoustic guitar and a voice as named the new host of E!’s “Fashion Police.” Tickets are $69.50 and $49.50 and are available online at www.ticketmaster. com, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at the Westbury box office. Event, date and time subject to change. All ticket prices are subject to applicable service charges. For further information, please visit www.thetheatreatwestbury.com.

‘Queen of Mean’ at Westbury on Feb. 14

ties have supported politics in various ways, Penn is one of the only actors in recent memory to put his film career on hold to work full time in politics. In 2009, Penn began working full time as the associate director at the White House Office of Public Engagement. During his time, he served as the liaison to AsianAmerican and Pacific Islander communities and worked on a number of other social initiatives, including ones related to “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and increasing financial aid. Tickets are available at the Lucia and Stephen N. Fischer Box Office in the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (AUPAC). Tickets are free for students with a valid Adelphi University ID; all other tickets are $10.

clear as cool water, she delivers more pure music per minute than a bevy of roadhouse rockers. Her musical style is a combination of adult contemporary and old blues, with an alternative folk flair. Kreger turns folk, rock, blues, and pop influences into a lyrical and melodic style that is as passionate as it is polished. From the time she was a girl, Kreger has had the continuous inspiration of her musical parents, who were touring folksingers. She realized at a young age that there was an opportunity for her to provide the safe place that comes from reaching inside yourself and exposing your own emotions -- giving people the ability to experience theirs. This was the

power she found in herself, the power that still drives her today. “When I’m at a show,” she says, “I like to be stretched like a rubber band, to laugh, to cry, to be entertained. That’s what I try to do on stage. If you’re interested in feeling your emotions, you’ll want to be at my show.” Robinson is a native Long Islander whose engaging songs are informed by his varied life experiences -- as a carpenter, English teacher, fisherman, truck driver, landscape foreman, air traffic controller, union rep, computer programmer, and more -- combined with his life-long love of music and performing. A self-taught guitarist, he has developed his own unique finger style which combines driving rhythms with tasteful licks and smooth slide work. His music is firmly rooted in the blues, and breathes fresh life into tunes influenced by acoustic Americana, old-time jazz, soul, rock, pop, and country. Robinson represented Long Island at the prestigious 2008 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN as a winner in the 2007 Long Island Blues Challenge.

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Trendy exercises to rev up workouts

xercising consistently is a great way to get healthy. For those who find their workout routines monotonous, switching up exercises and embracing some of the newer, trendier fitness regimens may be a way to maintain your momentum at the gym.

High-intensity workouts

High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, is a concept behind some of today’s most popular exercise programs. HIIT combines cardiovascular and strength-training movements into a concentrated workout designed to keep your heart rate elevated. HIIT workouts blend bouts of intense exercise with either rest or low-intensity activity. These workouts seem to promote faster weight loss than prolonged workouts at moderate paces. While HIIT is functional, it is not best for those who have preexisting orthopedic injuries or serious cardiovascular conditions. But many people enjoy a stronger heart and improved muscle tone from HIIT workouts.

Kettlebells

These weighted cast-iron workout tools can be an interesting addition to strength-training workouts. But their utility does not stop there. Using kettlebells during any physical activity will increase the amount of fat burned and can provide a full-body workout. Kettlebells come in different weights, and newcomers are urged to start out gradually and build up in weight as they become more familiar and toned.

Trampoline cardio

For those who want to both shake up their workouts and lift their moods, jumping on a trampoline can do just that. It’s difficult to be in a bad mood when bouncing around like a kid on a trampoline. Trampoline classes are turning up in some upscale gyms, where each participant has his own individual trampoline. Routines mix in different choreography and small hand weights to promote a fun and effective cardio experience.

Water aerobics

Swimming isn’t the only thing you can do in a pool. Water workouts are ideal for those with muscle and joint pain because the buoyancy of the water reduces stress on these areas, while providing enough resistance for a deep workout. Workouts may begin in chest-deep water and progress to deeper water for added resistance. Some gyms now offer aqua cycling classes that combine water aerobics with spinning.

Dance and hip-hop classes

ZUMBA® classes have been popular for quite some time. But many health clubs offer additional classes that employ dance to burn calories and tone muscles. Some gyms have developed their own cardio-based dance classes that get people moving to music in a fun way. Routines are fun and fast-moving, which may make them feel less like a workout and more like a social event.

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Cyclists to raise money for research BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O More than 800 people are expected to lace up their sneakers at Equinox of Roslyn on Sunday and participate in this year’s Cycle for Survival, an national fundraising effort for rare cancer research and clinical treatment options. The event will be held across 13 cities and attract an estimated 20,000 cyclists, event organizers said. Since the event’s inception in 2007, Cycle for Survival has raised more than $58 million to study and treat rare cancers, which include those of the thyroid, brain, ovaries and pancreas, among others, officials said. Event organizers said rare cancer research is typically underfunded, often leaving patients with limited treatment options. Sunday’s event will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and mark Cycle for Survival’s fifth consecutive year at Equinox of Roslyn, located at 90 Northern Blvd. in Greenvale. All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, rated the No. 1 hospital for cancer care in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. Sloan Kettering owns and operates Cycle for Survival. Equinox, with 73 locations throughout the country, acts as the initiative’s founding partner. Participants cycle in last year’s Cycle for Survival fundraising initiative at Equinox of Roslyn.

Great Neck Library Author Talk/Book Signing Rick Ehrlich’s A Little Consideration Rick Ehrlich, Great Neck South teacher, will talk about and read from his book, A Little Consideration, on Sunday, February 8 at 2:00 p.m. at the Station Branch Library, 26 Great Neck Road, Gardens at Great Neck (upper level). Over the past 20 years, Richard Ehrlich has kept track of life’s smallest moments, following Ralph Waldo Emerson’s philosophy that the meaning of life can be found by giving “a little consideration” to the things that take place around us every day. Borrowing that phrase for his title, A Little Consideration, Rick has compiled personal essays that reveal the constants of his daily routine. He shares his memories of gathering palms for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and wearing his father’s prayer shawl. He makes sense of those moments by drawing from Jack Kerouac and Paul McCartney, as well as the Talmud and the Bhagavad Gita. Born in Brooklyn, Rick grew up in Long Beach, has been teaching high school since 1986 and began teaching at Great Neck South in 1997, where he now teaches 9th and 10th grade. Rick

will sign books which will be available for sale at the event. Photo: Great Neck South teacher, Rick Ehrlich will visit the Station Branch Library to talk about and sign copies of his book, A Little Consideration. Take Two Film Series at Station Branch Films 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, February 12 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.

Great Neck South teacher, Rick Ehrlich will visit the Station Branch Library to talk about and sign copies of his book, A Little Consideration. AARP Tax Help at the Parkville Branch AARP Tax Preparers will be at the Parkville Branch each Wednesday beginning February 4 through April 8 to assist in preparing and filing simple State and Fed-

eral tax returns online only. You must have an appointment and bring all relevant tax papers. Registration for Tax Assistance appointments began on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 10 a.m. and continues. Call the Parkville

Branch at (516) 466-8055, ext. 273 for more details or to make an appointment. SAT Prep Course Registration The SAT Prep Course,

taught by NYS certified math and verbal skills experts, is being offered at the Station Branch Library on Mondays, March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 13, and 20 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Continued on Page 54

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Great Neck Park District programs Nature Program: Birding Basics for Beginners Saturday, February 7, at 1 p.m., this hands-on program at Steppingstone Park (80% indoors) will introduce adults to birds and their adaptations. You will also receive information on where to go and what to do to learn more. Binoculars are recommended. Call (516) 4820355 now to register. No children under 16 years of age are permitted to attend. Great Neck House Weekend Movie The Calvary (2014) will be shown at Great Neck House Friday, Feb. 6 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 7 at 5 & 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. It is directed by John Michael McDonagh and stars Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd and Kelly Reilly. After he is threatened during a confession, a goodnatured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him. It is rated R and runs 102 minutes.

Admission to Great Neck House requires a park card.

played their first game of the second session on Friday, Jan. 23 against Port Washington. The Sunday @ 3 Series Bears amazed onlookers Sunday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. with their passing, skating Israeli-born Ricky Pen, and shooting techniques, who can sing in 16 difwinning 14 to 5. The next ferent languages, will game will take place at perform at Great Neck the Andrew StergiopouHouse. Ricky is able to los Ice Rink on Friday, play six instruments and Feb. 6 at 5:45 p.m. All has performed throughout are welcome to attend. Europe and Israel. Admis- For those hockey players, sion to Great Neck House ages 5 to 12, interested in requires a park card. honing their hockey skills, join us from 9-10 a.m., Great Neck House Winter Monday, Feb. 16 through Class Registration Friday, Feb. 20, for HoliCome into Great Neck day Hockey Clinics. Full House or call for a equipment is required. detailed list of adult and Pay by the day or by the children’s classes availweek. Non-resident fee able at Great Neck House. applies. Call (516) 487Classes begin on Monday, 2976, Ext. 128 for more Feb. 23. Registration is on information. a first-come, first-served basis during regular regis- February Holiday Skate tration department hours and Tennis Camps at Great Neck House. Monday, Feb. 16 through Non-resident registraFriday, Feb. 20, the Great tion fees apply. Please Neck Park District is ofcall 482-0355 for further fering a skate camp at the information. Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink and a tennis camp Bears Hockey and Febru- at the Parkwood Indoor ary Holiday Clinics Tennis Center for children The Great Neck Park Dis- ages 6 through 17. The trict Bears Hockey Team skating program includes

Israeli-born Ricky Pen will be back at Great Neck House to entertain you. on and off ice instruction, crafts, games and lots of fun! Fee per day for Park District residents: $100/ non-residents: $125. For more information call (516) 487-2976; ext. 114.

Learn about birds and their adaptations at Steppingstone Park (80 % of this program takes place indoors).

The tennis camp has two sessions you can register for: 12 to 3 p.m. or 3 to 6 p.m. and includes instruction, games and match play. Park District resident fee is $55 per

day/$240 for the week; non-resident fee is $65 per day/$295 for the week. Call the Tennis Center at (516) 829-9050 for more information.

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. 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.

Continued from Page 53 In-person registration will be held on Monday, Feb. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Station Branch Library, 26 Great Neck Road, Gardens at Great Neck (2nd level). Arriving early is recommended. Telephone registration for any remaining openings begins

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) 7458050.

LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd., Manhasset at 12 p.m. If you would like to attenda meeting and learn more about our club, please contact fernweiss@aol. com or call (516) 8295192. 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 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.

Great Neck Library on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. by calling Station at (516) 466-8055, ext. 218. Advanced registration is required. High school juniors and seniors, and those who have not taken this course in the past will be given priority. Students should bring a calculator, pen or pencil, and

a notebook to class. There is a $25 fee per student for the course (fee includes the textbook), which consists of six sessions. A minimum enrollment of thirteen students is required for the course to take place. Contact Courtney Greenblatt, Young Adult Librarian, (516) 466-8055, ext. 218 for

further information. 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 cancel-

lations. 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.

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GNPS parents approve Chamber music at South High special education In a recently released survey conducted by the New York State Education Department, Great Neck Public School parents overwhelming approved of the special education services their children received and their involvement in those services. Over 96 percent replied “Agree” or better, or “Frequently” or better, to the 25 questions posed. (Positive answers could be “Agree,” “Strongly Agree,” or “Very Strongly Agree,” or “Frequently,” “Almost Always,” or “Always.”) Questions were divided into five categories -- school efforts to partner with parents, teachers

and administrators, the school, impact of special education services on your family and parent participation. The survey was conducted during the 2013–14 school year. Parents received the survey by mail or via the Internet. The State’s goal was that 88 surveys be returned. Great Neck more than tripled that with 298 surveys being returned. The percent of Positive Parental-Response Rate set by the State was 90. Great Neck’s Rate was 96.6 percent, bettering the State’s target by over 6 percent. Dr. Joseph Hickey, assistant

superintendent for special education and pupil services, commented on the survey and Great Neck’s special education program. “I am very pleased with the extremely high parental-response rate by Great Neck Public School parents. We are very fortunate to have a Board of Education that demonstrates an incredible commitment to our special education students. This commitment, along with parental support and a highly qualified and dedicated staff, allows us to develop and provide outstanding programs, ones which we continually strive to improve.”

South High School will present its Chamber Music Concert on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the school, 341 Lakeville Road. Featured will be students from the school’s Chamber Music Society. The program could not be confirmed at press time, but it is anticipated that these works will be performed: “Premier trio en Sol,” Andantino con moto allegro, by Claude Debussy; “String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, ‘Serioso,’” Movt. 1: Allegro con Brio, by Ludwig van Beethoven; Robert Schumann’s “Der Nacht”; “Quintet in C major, Op. 163,” Movt. 1:

Allegro ma non troppo, by Franz Schubert; “Tarantella, Op. 6,” Presto ma non troppo, by Camille Saint-Saëns; “Tarentelle Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano,” Allegro brilliante, by Phillipe Gaubert; and “The Mother Goose Suite” for two pianos, by Maurice Ravel. Students will perform under the direction of Michael Schwartz, performing arts department head/instrumental music teacher, and Dr. Pamela Levy, vocal music teacher. For further information, please contact Mr. Schwartz at (516) 441-4851, or at mschwartz@greatneck.k12.ny.us.

G.N. kids named essay winners

Supervisor Bosworth with the student winners, School District officials, and Kevin Waters from Cablevision (far right)

Three Great Neck South High School students were selected by Cablevision as winners of their annual Hispanic Heritage Essay contest. This year Cablevision received 493 essays from both middle and high school students across the Tri-State area. In total, there were eight winners, with Grand Prize, First Prize, Second Prize and Third Prize winners at both high school and middle school levels.. The Great Neck winners were Great Neck South Middle School 8th grader Kristin Hon, who walked away with $2,500 and the grand prize; 7th grader Shin-Young Park, also from Great Neck South

Middle School, who was the first place winner and won an iPad; and Great Neck North High School 11th grader Julia Rietbroek, the third prize winner who won a Kindle Fire. North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth stopped by the schools on January 21 to commend the students. “The Town of North Hempstead is such a diverse place and it is so important that all of us learn to embrace the different cultures that exist among us,” Bosworth said. “Cablevision helped nearly 500 students to learn that lesson this year.”

“Take Note”—GNPS Community Ed Catalog

The Great Neck Public Schools Community Education Spring/Summer catalog arrives in mailboxes next week. Look for the bright, bulletin boardthemed cover. The GNPS Community Education (formerly The Adult Program) catalog is filled with more than 400 classes. A Day-by-Day listing at the front of the catalog will help you locate your schedule preferences. Most classes meet at the Cumberland Building, 30 Cumberland Ave. (halfblock south of Northern Blvd.), off Lakeville Road. Online registration is available via our Web site. Begin at the school district Web site, www.greatneck.k12.ny.us, and click on the scrolling Cumberland link. You may also register

by phone, at (516) 441-4949. Fitness—New sports options include golf, tennis, and community volleyball. Fitness Program and Boot Camp & Kettlebells add to the expansive exercise list, including: Zumba, line dancing, body workout, aerobics, hand-weight training, Pilates, cardio-fit, water exercise (at South Middle School pool), Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Yoga, seated exercise, ballroom, ballet and dance movement for those with Parkinson’s. Fine Arts & Crafts—New this semester: Drawing Caricatures, Paint Your Home, and Chinese Brush Painting. They join drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, pastels, watercolor, pottery, clay sculpture, stone sculpture, handweaving, silversmithing,

patchwork, charity knitting, and jewelry (fused glass, crystal, and metal clay). Foreign Languages—Learn or improve foreign language skills in: Hebrew, Italian, French, Yiddish, Spanish, Chinese, and Latin. Technology—We’ll assist you with your smart phone, iPad, digital camera, social media, Web-site design, blogging, eBay, animation, software, and more. One-on-one training is also available. Performing Arts—Opera Appreciation and Community Theatre are new. Singing for Fun, Cumberland Chorus, Cabaret Workshop, and piano, continue to be favorites. Special Events & Trips—Art and Artists Monthly Movies;

Mah Jongg and Canasta Dinners; a performance series, “Broadway in Your Own Backyard”; linedance events: “Get in Line for Fun: An Intro” and “Line Dance Boot Camp”; Music on the Mountain at Mohonk; Woodstock and the Sixties, an overnight to the Beautiful Berkshires; and wine and beer tastings on the East End, just to name a few of our outstanding trips. Pa r e n t / G r a n d p a r e n t / Child—Mommy & Me Yoga, Pottery, Digital Photography, and Chess. Kids & Teens—Chess for kids, and Driver Education and SAT & ACT Preparation for teens. Writing, Literature, History—Reading like a Writer, The Write Spot, Write Your Story Now, Write Your Heart Out, and

Poetry provide guidance to writers. Greek and Roman Literature, World Literature, Shakespeare, and the Joy of Reading Book Club offer discussion for avid readers. An ESOL class for reading and conversation is also offered. Baseball memories, the Supreme Court, and modern Islam provide historical perspectives. Games—Bridge, Canasta, Chess, and Mah Jongg instruction for first-time players, as well as for experienced enthusiasts. Home & Well-Being—AED and CPR, fly without fear, conflict mediation, dating essentials, financial planning, dog training, defensive driving, and REAP (Retired Energetic Active People).

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Speaker to talk Israel at Great Neck temple

Gadi Taub will be guest in the pulpit at Temple Emanuel, Friday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Gadi Taub will be the guest speaker at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck on Friday Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The Israeli writer will offer a talk entitled: “The Campaign to Delegitimize Israel.” Taub has a longstanding relationship with the Emanuel congregation, which looks forward each year to welcoming him back to its pulpit for an up-to-the-minute assessment of the situation in the Middle East. All members of the community are invited to attend the Sabbath Eve Service. The Sisterhood of Temple Emanuel will sponsor a Sabbath dinner at 5:45 p.m., preceding the service, to which congregants and all members of the community are invited. The donation for dinner is $30 per member,

$35 per non-member and $18 per child, 12 or under. R.S.V.P. by February 6. Call 516-482-5701 for further information and to make your reservation. Taub was born in Jerusalem and earned a B.A. in History and General & Interdisciplinary Studies from Tel Aviv University. He was awarded a Fellowship at Rutgers where he completed his Ph.D. in American History. He is the author of fiction, for both children and adults. His book “The Witch from 3 Meltchet Street” received the Ze’ev Prize for children’s fiction, and his book of essays, entitled Dispirited Rebellion: Essays On Contemporary Israeli Culture, was widely influential in Israel. His articles have appeared

in The New York Times, Dissent magazine and The New Republic, as well as various European newspapers. He is also an op-ed columnist for Israel’s largest daily, Yediot Ahronot. Taub teaches in the Department of Communications and the School for Public Policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His book, “The Settlers and the Struggle Over the Meaning Of Zionism,” was published in the U.S. by Yale University Press. He is also the author of the bestselling novel “Allenby” that was made into a television series. Temple Emanuel of Great Neck is located at 150 Hicks Lane. For further information, please call (516) 482-5701.

PATV to air Ervin Drake encores The late Ervin Drake of Great Neck was an acclaimed composer/lyricist who was inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 1983. His most memorable songs include “It Was a Very Good Year”, “Good Morning Heartache”, “I Believe” and “Quando, Quando, Quando”, as well as the score of the Broadway play, “What Makes Sammy Run?”. PATV will cablecast special encore presentations of his guest appearances over

the years on producer Bonnie D. Graham’s programs: “Something to Talk About: Remembering Sinatra” and “Senior Moments: The Happy Ones: “What Makes Ervin Drake Run?” and “Remembering Sinatra” – Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24, Fridays at 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27. All three programs will air every Saturday in February at 5 p.m., Feb. 7, 14, 21 and 28.

Ervin Drake (R) with co-hosts Ruth Dolgow (L) and Bonnie D. Graham in 2006 on “Senior Moments: The Happy Ones - Episode #95”.

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North High to host G.N. student selected Valentine soiree for honors ensemble The Valentine Soirée at North High School will take place on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m., in the school auditorium, 35 Polo Road. There will be performances by the Chorus, Long Island Sound, Jazz Ensemble, and other groups. The Chorus will sing “Two Shakespeare Settings,” “The Winner Takes it All,” from Mamma Mia, a big-band swing classic, “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” The Long Island Sound will sing Meghan Trainor’s “All About that Bass,” featuring a student bass player, Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight” and “Nowadays,” from Chicago. Senior Choristers, a select group of twelfth-graders, will perform “Sun and Moon,”

from Miss Saigon, “Take Me or Leave Me,” from Rent as well as other pieces. The North High Jazz Ensemble will perform “My Funny Valentine” and “My Romance,” both by Rodgers and Hart. A chamber duo will perform Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata for Violin and Piano,” Movt. 1. Principal Bernard Kaplan will perform an original piece for guitar and voice. The Soirée will be under the direction of Janine Robinson, choral director, and Joseph Rutkowski, instrumental music director. The public is warmly welcomed to this event and is encouraged to wear Valentine red, in the spirit of the evening. For more information, please contact Dr. Robinson at jrobinson@ greatneck.k12.ny.us.

An additional student from South High School has been selected to perform at the biennial 2015 NAfME AllEastern Honors Ensembles, on April 12, in Providence, Rhode Island. She is Helena Woroniecka, an eleventhgrader who will play violin in the AllEastern Orchestra. Helena was previously selected to play violin and viola in this year’s All-State Music Festival, and was a member of a chamber quartet that performed last year in the Young Musicians Concert at Lincoln Center. Helena’s instrument music teacher at South High is Michael Schwartz, fine and performing arts department head. At All-Eastern, Helena will join

Elora Aclin, from South High School, and Emily Gold, Leerone Hakami, and Casey Poon from North High School. Announcement of these four outstanding All-Eastern musicians appeared in a previous edition of this newspaper. Selection to All-Eastern Honors Ensembles is one of the highest music honors a high school student can receive. At All-Eastern, student musicians will spend three days rehearsing challenging music that will be performed under the leadership of a prominent conductor. NAfME, the National Association for Music Education (formerly known as MENC) sponsors All-Eastern.

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Club to continue Temple to showcase eyeglass collection history of Great Neck The Great Neck Lions Club is continuing its collection of used eyeglasses via collection boxes in all the libraries and also in several Village offices. Great Neck residents have donated thousands of pairs of used eyeglasses. These glasses are brought to a center that will read the prescription, refurbish the glasses so they are ready for free distribution to the needy.

According to the World Health Organization, 153 million people have uncorrected refractive erros such as near or far-sightedness. Most of these vision impairments are quickly diagnosed and easy to treat with corrective lenses. Still, millions of people in developing nations are pushed deeper into poverty simply because they don’t have glasses.

Join the Brotherhood of Temple Beth-El of Great Neck and the Great Neck Historical Society on Sunday, Feb. 8, for an enlightening presentation, “The History of Great Neck and Temple Beth-El of Great Neck.” Members of both the Great Neck Historical Society and the Temple will share insights and information about Great Neck’s history and that of Beth-El, the

first Jewish congregation to be founded in Great Neck. The presentation will first provide an illustrated history of Great Neck from its native beginnings through the War years as well as the origin and earliest years of Temple Beth-El. The community is welcome to attend both the bagel breakfast at 9 a.m. and the lecture, which will begin at 10 a.m. The

cost of the breakfast and lecture for Temple Beth-El members is $10 and $15 for non-Temple members. The lecture alone is free for Temple members and $5 for nonTemple members. To RSVP or for further information, contact the Temple office at (516) 487-0900. Temple Beth-El of Great Neck is located at 5 Old Mill Road, Great Neck.

1,000th Issue Payam Weekly Magazine recently celebrated the publication of its 1,000th issue. Payam Cultural Society, based in Great Neck, is a not-for-profit organization that creates a weekly magazine in Farsi for Farsi speaking individuals worldwide. On behalf of the Town, Councilwoman Anna Kaplan presented a citation honoring them for reaching this milestone achievement. Pictured from left: Editor Behnaz Dilmanian, Kaplan and Hooshang Zereh.

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Town hosting ‘Vacation Recreation’ for kids The Town of North Hempstead, in conjunction with the Department of Parks and Recreation, will be hosting a “Vacation Recreation” program for children during the February school break. “The vacation recreation program offers fun and engaging activities for a ‘staycation’ in your own backyard,” said Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “We are excited to be holding this program at two of our Town facilities for our residents and their families.” The “Yes We Can” Community Center will be hosting Scooter Basketball, Arts & Crafts, Volleyball, Wii Games, Trivia and more on Tuesday, Feb. 17, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The program is free for facility members; there will be a charge of $5 for non-members. The program will also be held at Michael J. Tully Park on Wednesday, Feb. 18 and Thursday, Feb. 19 beginning at 1:30 p.m. Activities will include a screening of the movie “Boxtrolls,” Bingo & Board Games, a magic show with David Levitan and pool time. The program is $7 each day per child. For the pool time segment, children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. The Vacation Recreation program is for school children ages 6 and older. Pre-registration is required and can be completed at Michael J. Tully Park, Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. or Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please call 311 or visit www. northhempsteadny.gov.

Children enjoy a film during the Town of North Hempstead “Vacation Recreation” Program.

ROA to host talk on PSEG conflict Conner to receive Reach Out America will once again present a speaker on a timely topic for residents of the North Shore communities at it monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock. Reach Out America’s Environmental’ “Green” Committee has supported the Town of North Hempstead in its opposition to PSEG LI’s installation of 80 and 85 foot utility poles. The poles extending from Port Washington to Great Neck contain pentachlorophenol (penta), a hazardous chemical. PSEG LI is suing the Town over its ordinance requiring it to place warning notices on the toxic poles. The conflict has spilled over into 2015. ROA’s guest speaker will be attorney Michael Scotto, a native of Port Washington and a sole practitioner with a focus on white collar criminal investigations and monitorships. He will address the current conflict between the Town of North Hempstead and PSEG LI.

For more than 20 years Scotto was an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office. He has had experience as a prosecutor of street crime as well a complex criminal cases involving corruption and organized crime influencing the New York City Construction Industry. Scotto has served as a Member of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Ad Hoc Task force on Corporate Monitors and has lectured for the Nassau County Bar Association . He may bring his experience and expertise to Nassau County as a candidate for the office of District Attorney. There will be a Q and A following his presentation. Reach Out America’s regular meeting with reports of current actions on key social and political issues will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 11. The UU is located at 48 Shelter Rock Rd. in Manhasset . All are invited. Refreshments. For further Information please call (516) 4665333.

County seeking sr. citizen nominees Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano is seeking nominations for Nassau County’s Senior Citizen of the Year. This annual award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding concern and action for human services and community involvement relating to any age group. Nominations are being accepted through Wednesday, March 18. “There are so many seniors who have dedicated themselves to enriching the lives of others,” Mangano said. “While this award pays tribute to only one resident, I commend all of our senior citizens

for the vital role they play in our communities.” To be eligible for the award, a candidate: Must be at least 60 years old and presently living in Nassau County; May not be an employee of any organization, unless in an unpaid, volunteer position; and Must be submitted on an official application form. Those who have already received the award are ineligible, while those who were nominated but did not receive previous awards may be re-nominated. All nominations will be reviewed by a panel of judges from the Advi-

sory Council to the Office for the Aging. This award will honor one of the many individuals who have made outstanding personal contributions for the enrichment of the lives of others. Nominations for Senior Citizen of the Year may be made by individuals or groups. A For more information, an application or submission, please call (516) 227-8919 or email Michele.Greenblatt@hhsnassaucountyny.us. Nominations can also be mailed to: Awards Committee, Nassau County Office for the Aging, 60 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Suite #260 Uniondale, NY 11553-3691.

Angel Ball honor

The Long Island Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence Inc. announced the 28th Anniversary Angel Ball Honoree Humanitarian Award is Tara E. Conner, former Miss USA. Conner is a television personality and recovery advocate. Through her work, she shares her experience, strength and hope with audiences throughout the United States. Conner was crowned Miss USA in 2006. During December of that year, she entered the Caron Treatment Center and completed 30 days of treatment for alcohol and drug addiction. She has since celebrated eight years of sobriety. “It’s so important to understand that addiction is a family disease,” said Conner. “I experienced this firsthand within my own family. But I’ve also learned that through treatment and recovery you can break the cycle.” LICADD is working to put a stop to the increase in addiction and the tragedies that result from it. Children and families are being devastated and LICADD offers a solution with preventive education and support services to help break the cycle. LICADD’s co-chair of the Angel Ball is Jay Matuk, board member

and principal at Cold Spring Harbor Junior/Senior High School. Matuk has spent over three decades working in our public schools as both a teacher and building leader. For the last nine years he has served as the Principal of the nationally ranked Cold Spring Harbor Junior/Senior High School in Suffolk County. Matuk has presented at several statewide and national educational annual conventions and has facilitated workshops for Hofstra University and Queens College. Matuk is also an adjunct professor at the C.W. Post Graduate School of Education. LICADD will mark 59 years of service to the Long Island community with another gala at the Garden City Hotel featuring the sound of the Joel Sikowitz Swing Orchestra. The event preparations begin on March 3 at the Angel Ball Kick-Off Celebration, held at Kellenberg Memorial High School hosted by Rev. Philip Eichner, S.M. For 28 years, this annual event has brought together parents, educators and leaders in government, law enforcement, and the treatment field in support of LICADD’s programs. Tickets to this year’s Angel Ball are $500 and are available online or via phone at (516) 747-2606.

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Child & Family Guidance Center receives donation The Fortunoff Backyard Store has made a campaign contribution of $7,500 to North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center to support its mission of restoring and strengthening the emotional wellbeing of children and families. The donation was made as part of a new campaign initiative to succeed the Campaign for the Next Generation that raised $2.5 million. “This contribution from the Fortunoff Backyard Store will be

used to strengthen our capacity to provide universal access to mental health care to children and families of all socio-economic backgrounds,” said guidance center Executive Director Andrew Malekoff. “As government support wanes we are depending, more and more, on the community to take ownership in the Guidance Center. Our campaign is aimed as sustaining our services well into the future. We thank the Fortunoff Backyard Store for their

generous support.” North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center is the pre-eminent children’s mental health agency on Long Island. The Guidance Center leads the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education, and advocacy. “The Fortunoff Backyard Store is proud to make this contribution that helps our community as it helps the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center expand

REMEMBRANCE CANDLE

In commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day, Auschwitz survivors light remembrance candle Sunday at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County. Lighting the candle is Alex Rosner, along with (from left) Annie Bleiberg, Claire Heymann and Werner Reich. HMTC provides cultural and education programs that preserve the lessons of the Holocaust and promote tolerance. Visit HMTCLI.org.

its important mission,”said Fortunoff Backyard Store CEO Bernard Sensale. “The Fortunoff family has long supported their good work, and we’re happy to help continue that effort”. The guidance center helps families to raise healthy children and works with kids (ages 0-24) who are troubled, in trouble, or causing trouble and parents who need help in these stressful times. Difficulties range from depression and anxiety,

developmental delays and school failure, from substance abuse to family crises stemming from illness, death, trauma, and divorce. The center offers outpatient mental health counseling and teen drug abuse and prevention services. For more information about the guidance center, please visit www.northshorechildguidance.org or email: development@northshorechildguidance.org.

Adelphi hosts 7th annual African-American Read-In’ Adelphi University will host the 7th annual “African American ReadIn” on Wednesday Feb. 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Fireplace Lounge (lower level) in the Ruth S. Harley University Center, 1 South Avenue, Garden City. Works by African American authors will be read aloud to promote literacy and culture as a part of the University’s celebration of Black History Month. Adelphi Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Gayle D. Insler will read an excerpt from one of her favorite African American authors. Eleanor Simmons Vaughn will read from her first book, “Mama, I Just Didn’t Know.” Past readers include Hemp-

stead Town Councilmember Dorothy L. Goosby, who will return this year, and Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, among other guests and authors. Notable authors recognized in previous years include Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, Tony Medina, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Iyanla Vanzant, Edwidge Danticat, John Steptoe, Ysaye M. Barnwell and Ntozake Shange as well as Adelphi students who penned original poetry. This event, produced by the Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies, is free and open to the public and everyone is encouraged to participate. RSVP to cabcs@ adelphi.edu if you are interested in reading or have questions about other Black History Month events.

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Bosworth touts first year gains

Continued from Page 1 what the budget is before you step into the voting booth on election day,” she said, adding the budget was “fiscally conservative” while maintaining town programs. In addition, Bosworth said she was proud of a restructuring of the town’s building department - a one-time campaign goal - and praised applicant advocate Lauren Summa and buildings department Commissioner John Niewender for their efforts in the last year. In 2015, Bosworth said she would push for even more significant building department reforms, including an online program that would enable applicants to check the status of their applications and various initiatives to cut down on wait times on plan reviews. “We are optimistic about achieving these goals, as more and more residents give us feedback that they are receiving

better answers, more accurate information and real assistance from our building department,” she said. “Yes, we have more work to do,” Bosworth added, “but we are on our way to a building department that is user-friendly, thoroughly professional and more efficient and responsive.” Bosworth said she would continue to combat two ongoing disputes that were “bookends” to her first year in office - the installation of 200 80-foot utility poles sprayed with the pesticide “penta” and a plan to open a 1,000-slot video terminal gambling parlor at the site of the former Fortunoff building in Westbury that would be withdrawn on Sunday. The North Hempstead town council last fall passed legislation requiring the removal of decommissioned utility poles Bosworth said 137 had been removed since - as well as another law requiring utilities identify

the use of penta. Bosworth said she has also called upon the Environmental Protection Agency to ban penta altogether, saying, “There’s no place in this community or any community for such a toxin to be used on an easily accessible object, within reach of school children, pedestrians and even pets.” With regard to the proposed gambling parlor, Bosworth said the town was one of several municipalities to file a lawsuit against the Nassau Regional OffTrack Betting Corp. for a temporary injunction against the acquisition of the Old Country Road site. Though the site is located within the Town of Hempstead, Bosworth and other town officials have spoken at rallies against the use of the site, whose opponents also included Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, Nassau County Legislator Norma Gonsalves (R-East

Meadow) and Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola. “Contrary to what OTB officials say, all the studies in the world can’t turn a bad idea into a good idea, and this is a colossally bad idea,” Bosworth said. Bosworth said one of the most significant aspects of her 2015 agenda would come from protecting water resources. In her speech Friday, she called on the state to form an oversight mechanism to determine the long-term stability of Long Island’s water supply as well as for New York City to analyze the health impact a plan to reopen several dozen wells in Jamaica, Queens would have on Long Island residents. She said she would also continue to seek housing for senior residents, saying the town is exploring housing initiatives at the old Grand Street property in New Cassel as well as a proposed development near Community Drive in Manhasset.

“It’s so important to be able to provide our aging residents with safe and secure places to live, so they are not priced out of the community that they themselves helped build,” Bosworth said. In the next year, Bosworth said the town would continue to improve its parks and facilities using its 2014 capital plan and nearly $8 million in state and federal grants. Notably, she said the town would focus on creating a longterm plan to revitalize North Hempstead Beach Park and begin work to the Roslyn Country Club Park District. “As tough as it sometimes was, this has been a wonderful and challenging job for me, and I hope to continue,” Bosworth said in her concluding remarks, again borrowing Newburger’s words. “There’s still so much to do - some of it tough, some of it easy - but all of it rewarding.”

Six Great Neck villages see elections

Continued from Page 1 pendent nominating petitions for the elections is Feb. 3, and the final day to file is Feb. 10, according to the New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials. All terms are for two years. Great Neck Plaza has two open trustee seats – those held by Gerry Schneiderman and Lawrence Katz. Both have said they will run for re-election. Great Neck attorney Jonathan Stein recently announced he intends to challenge Schneiderman and Katz. Stein, who said he decided to run in November but didn’t announce it publicly until early this

year, criticized the current Great Neck Plaza leadership in a recent interview, saying they had failed to adequately address the number of empty storefronts in the village and put “Band-Aids” on issues. Stein also appeared before the village board in early January, saying he was concerned with the parking issues Great Neck Plaza faces. Schneiderman has been a trustee since 2000, and served as chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 1982 until 2000. Katz has been a trustee since 2012, and served as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 2010 until 2012. Village of Great Neck Plaza

Justice Neil Finkston’s spot will also be up for election. Great Neck Plaza trustees each receive $10,000 a year in salary, Great Neck Plaza Clerk and Treasurer Patricia O’Byrne said. The mayoral and trustee positions in the other villages with upcoming elections do not receive a salary. In Kensington, Alina Hendler and Darren Kaplan’s trustee seats will be up for election, said village Clerk and Treasurer Arlene Giniger. Giniger said both Hendler and Kaplan have said they will run, but have not yet formally submitted their petitions.

In the Village of Russell Gardens, the seats of Kirschner and two trustees – Martin Adickman and Jane Krakauer are open, village Clerk and Treasurer Christine Blumberg said. Blumberg said both Adickman and Krakauer have been trustees for a number of years. Kirschner would be serving his second term consecutive term as mayor if elected. He also served as mayor from 2003 to 2009, and has been a trustee for two decades. Adickman has served on the board since 2003. Krakauer has served since 2009. Two trustee spots are open in Saddle Rock – those for trustees Mark Collins and David

Schwartz – as well as the seat for mayor, currently held by Levy, said village Clerk and Treasurer Hinda Goldman. Collins has been serving as trustee since 2005 and Schwartz has served since 2011. Besides the mayor’s spot, Great Neck Estates will see elections in two trustee spots, held currently by William Warner and Sidney Krugman, said village administrator Kathleen Santelli. Thomaston will see three elections as well, one for the mayor’s spot, held by Weinberg, and two trustee spots, held by Gary Noren and Jill Monoson, village administrator Barbara Daniels said.

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League of Women Voters still needed

Continued from Page 13 franchise women, minorities, the young and the old, and urban voters; the lack of standards for where polling places are located and the number of voting machines they provide; constraints on early voting and absentee voting, and the complete absence of “truth in advertising” as well as a totally impotent Federal Elections Commission. (When you think about it, New York State has the most abominable election practices of all, with voting limited to a single day and constraints on absentee voting, coupled with the now notorious opportunities for public corruption.) It’s the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, yet our voting rights have never been more under attack, the obstacles to voting more sophisticated - in Texas, 600,000 were disenfranchised for the lack of “acceptable” photo ID (gun permit, okay; college or government ID, no good, and if heaven forbid your married or divorced name differed from your drivers’ license, you are out of luck. As for voting registration? in Texas, getting proper ID is almost as hard as getting an abortion - they deliberately locate centers where they are hard to reach for urban residents without a car. The shenanigans go on and on: in North Carolina, they closed a campus polling place and placed it where it could not be safely reached by college students, who would have to walk a mile along a highway; in Ohio and Florida, they put too few voting machines in a site, forcing people, even centenarians, to stand on line for hours. In Florida, they threatened the League of Women Voters with prosecution for registering high school students. And there seem

to be no penalties (it is just a political game), for tearing up voter registration cards, or sending false information about where and when to vote, or intimidating voters with criminal prosecution for unpaid tickets or even deportation if they dare vote. In New York State, Bard college students were taken to court and challenged for voting at their campus, because they received Christmas cards and had clothes stored at their parents’ home. With Big Data, the political strategists who now pull the strings to gerrymander districts can draw boundaries around individual houses based on how people are likely to vote (as happened carving a district around Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg’s house). And now, Republican strategists, concerned about the rise of minority voters who are repelled by the Republicans’ anti-minority, antiimmigrant, anti-poor stance, are moving to manipulate the electoral college in order to eradicate that inconvenience to taking over the White House (the last obstacle to being able to buy the White House is the number of people who come out to vote). What is their plan? In states that are dominated by Republicans but have voted for Democrats for President (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin), they plan to change from all the electoral votes going to the candidate who wins the state’s popular vote, to a proportionate allocation of electoral votes. Now if all the states do it (and New York State has passed legislation to go to proportionate electoral votes once 33 states do the same), it would be a much fairer system

(Gore would have won the 2000 presidential without manipulating Florida’s electoral votes since he won the popular vote by a considerable margin, and actually won Florida, also, if the Supreme Court would have allowed the recount which was required under Florida’s constitution, and the recount would not have been necessary except for the pregnant chads and purged voter lists). But the Republicans’ plan is to do it only for those states, in Republican control, that would otherwise give all their electoral votes to the Democratic candidate. But even without manipulating the electoral college to take the White House, the more immediate and do-able strategy is to buy enough seats in the House and Senate to make an veto-proof Congress, in effect making the p[resident irrelevant as they are doing to Obama now with lawsuits challenging his executive action (no such lawsuits during the “Unitary Executive” era of Republican presidents who used hundreds of signing statements to negate Congressional actions). The billionaires are well underway, realizing (as I predicted two years ago), that they only had to buy small states and states where the media is cheap, like the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Maine, Rhode Island, Minnesota - and they know how to do that because they have already managed to out-spend and oust popular Senators such as Russ Feingold in Wisconsin. These are the issues where the League of Women Voters should be focusing its attention. And what I am advocating - using social media, protesting - is not expensive or even require that much time. It only requires vigilance.

The league, which is completely nonpartisan, has become bogged down with other issues - and has the most ridiculous system for coming to “consensus” before it comes to any position whatsoever, largely because it is so careful to be completely nonpartisan. It took years for the League to come up with a position on Climate Change, and it hasn’t had a smidgeon of impact. But the league, being a truly grassroots organization in communities across the country (as opposed to the “astroturf” activist groups that are actually funded by special interests), is in the best position to fight for voting rights, fair elections and campaign finance reform. They are in the best position to rally around a state or local League - let’s say in Michigan where the change to the electoral college is being proposed in time for the 2016 election - use their social media networks, and organize protests and rallies that should at the very least bring shame onto legislators who so unabashedly and nakedly try to undermine the democratic process. They should be lobbying for standards concerning voting machines (including requiring audits to disclose whether the machines or tabulations are hacked), voting hours, polling places, and new legal penalties that would really punish anyone who rips up voter registration cards, sends out notices with erroneous election time, date or places, or tries to intimidate voters, such as threatening arrest for voting with outstanding parking tickets, or intimidating voters who have moved but not reregistered in their new neighborhood. The league can be most effective in informing people, particu-

larly young voters who are mobile, move around a lot and don’t necessarily re-register at their new location, and their rights to register and to vote. I am told, for example, that young people have the right to vote where they registered in their childhood neighborhood, or if they register where they attend college yet the Republican operative John Ciampoli, who became Nassau County attorney and manipulated the county’s redistricting, challenged Bard students from voting at their campus based on the fact they received Christmas cards and had clothes stored at their parents’ house and for moving dorm rooms without re-registering; he also intimidated them from voting if they did not change their drivers’ license address or pay in-state taxes. In North Carolina, students were threatened that their parents would lose eligibility for state aid if they voted. The League of Women Voters needs to step up and be the ones to clarify the rules for registration, especially for young voters who relocate every few years. It is also important for renters (another reason why Republicans have eliminated “home ownership” from their concept of the “American Dream”), who tend not to feel so engaged to a community. That’s one reason why voting turnout in the U.S. is so abysmally low - it’s that the voting rolls are not purged of people who die (giving rise to the myth of dead people voting), or who move away and register somewhere else. They should also take on the issue of “truth in advertising,” exposing ads that are patently false. The league does not even know their power. I wish they would.

PSEG submits plan for rate increases Continued from Page 2 Amendment when asked about the village’s finances during the trial. Efforts to reach Masri and Levy were unavailing.

The trial brought to light documents showing auditors were concerned about some of the Village of Saddle Rock’s financial packages, including Levy’s cashing of village checks written out to a contractor

owned by a personal friend. The auditing firm Satty, Levine and Ciacco prepared an audit of the village’s finances for the fiscal year ending in February 2012. The firm sent a memorandum to the village highlighting

missing invoices, questionable charges on the village gas card, an unaccounted purchase of a laptop and checks to a contractor personally cashed by Levy as issues. A Nassau County District At-

torney’s investigation into the village’s finances determined in January 2014 that Levy committed no criminal wrongdoing in his handling of the village’s finances.

G.N. resident gets military honors at funeral Continued from Page 2 “He was a proud patriot,” Whalen said. “He loved the military.” Whalen said the 11th regiment does the military funeral service

upon request, and serves Nassau County as well as Suffolk County, Queens and Brooklyn. Elliot Rosenblatt, whose daughter went to school with Levy’s daughter, said each of the organiza-

tions did a special presentation, and the whole ceremony lasted more than an hour and a half. Rosenblatt said the room at Riverside-Nassau North Chapel was packed full of people.

“It was a very moving event. They had a color guard and someone playing the bagpipes,” Rosenblatt said. He said he saw ranks of full colonels there, and everyone was

in dress uniforms to honor one of their own. “He was friendly – a very outgoing person,” Rosenblatt said of Levy. “It was always nice to get together with him.”

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buyer’s guide ▼ antiques

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▼ real estate, service directory Wanted to Buy CASH BUYER! Buying ALL Gold & Silver coins, Stamps, Paper Money, Comic Books, entire collections, Estates. Travel to your home. Call Marc in NY 1-800-959-3419 LOOKING TO BUY! Records, oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

TAG SALE GARDEN CITY Mahogany Bedroom set w/ 4 poster, 3 cedar chests, Golden Oak 1920’s attractive sideboard, round table, dry sink, desk & rocker. Lovely old bric a brac, Lladros, copper planter, 2 mink coats, oak chairs, drop leaf table, 4 elegant high stools w/ backs, window treatments, patio table & chairs, home & garage tools, refrigerator & much more! PLEASE JOIN US!! 116 Stratford Ave (off Nassau Blvd) Saturday, Feb 7, 9am-4pm TOP CASH PAID FOR OLD GUITARS! 1920’s thru 1980’s. Gibson, Martin, Fender, Gretsch, Epiphone, Guild, Mosrite, Rickenbacker, Prairie State, D’Angelico, Stromberg. And Gibson Mandolins/Banjos. 1-800-401-0440 *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-7468900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@atstewartexchange.org www. gardencityhistoricalsociety. org INVITED SALES by TRACY JORDAN Live and Online Auction House, Estate Sales, Appraisals and Consignment Shoppe. 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City 11530 516-2796378 www.invitedsales.com Mon-Fri 10-6pm Sat 10-5pm, Sun 12-5pm Located next to the La Quinta and behind the Garden Gourmet Deli. Live Auctions Monthly! Free walk-in evaluations for items to be considered for Live Auction every Thursday 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary. Auctions are live every Wednesday from 8am-8pm and prebids are accepted at anytime. Visit www.invitedsales.com and click on the online auctions tab. Visit www. invitedsales.com to see pictures and information regarding our upcoming tag sales and estate sales. Our 50% off room is open everyday and includes items that have been in our shoppe for more than 60 days. To receive discount coupons and promotional information, join our email list. Text “invited” to 22828 and enter your email address when prompted. Consignments are taken by appointment to provide you with the best service. Please call the shoppe at 516-279-6378 to schedule an appointment or email pictures of your items to info@invitedsales.com. We can provide fair market values on any item that you may want to sell, consign or enter into auction. If you need advice on hosting a sale, selling an item or liquidating an estate, please call Tracy Jordan at the shoppe or directly at 516-567-2960 YOU’RE INVITED! Thursday, February 12 9:30am 2018 Ladenburg Drive Westbury, NY 11590 Dining Room, Kitchen and Bedroom furniture. Tons of tools, tubes and electronics, old TV’s and radios, clothing, costume jewelry, rugs, books, records and more... Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details!

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

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

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

real estate for rent GARDEN CITY HOUSE SHARE Large Master Bedroom beautifully decorated & furnished. Use of all common areas of house. Cable tv, utilities, washer/dryer included. Walking distance to LIRR. No smoking, no pets. No overnight guests. Females only. $875/ month. Call 516-477-4240

Apartment For Rent FLORAL PARK VILLAGE First floor, 5 rooms. Includes kitchen (dishwasher), FD, office, 2 bedrooms, use of basement w/ washer/dryer hookup. Use of yard & 2 parking spaces. SD#22. $1,950 month + utilities. Call Rose, Ford Realty 516-655-7501 MANHASSET: STUDIO apartment, 2nd floor, separate kitchen and bath, deck, off street parking. 2 blocks to LIRR, no smoking/pets. $1,395 plus utilities. 516-627-9254 MINEOLA 2nd floor, 2 bedroom, kitchen, dishwasher, living room, bath. Walk to RR, hospital, courts, etc. Free parking. Separate utilities. $1,650. Telephone 516-7476392 or 516-280-4870

Out of Town Real Estate BOYNTON BEACH FLORIDA Condo. Furnished 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, on Intercoastal. 3rd floor of 4 story building, elevator. Clubhouse, 2 pools, washer/dryer. $1400 per month. Available for March and/or April. 516-510-9666

Vacation Rental OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full /partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Real Estate. 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com

Lots for Sale ABANDONED FARM ABSOLUTE LAND SELL OFF! 4 acres, views, $17,900 6 acres, stream, $24,900. Just west of Cooperstown. State land, ponds, apple trees & woods! buy before 1/31 and we pay closing costs! ez terms 888-905-8847 newyorklandlakes.com BANK REPO’D LAND! 10 acres $19,900! Awesome mountain views, hardwoods, private bldg site, long rd frontage, utils! No liens or back taxes. Terms avail! Call: 888-479-3394 NOW!

land wanted NEW YORK HUNTING LAND WANTED! Earn thousands on your land by leasing the hunting rights. Free evaluation & info packet. Liability coverage included. Bringing landowners & hunters together since 1999. Email: info@basecampleasing.com Call: 866-309-1507 BaseCampLeasing.com

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IASO in Home Physical Therapy. Great physical therapists, excellent results. Outpatient physical therapy services in your home. Medicare covers the cost. We treat: balance problems, debility, joint replacements, CVA, back pain, vertigo, dizziness, etc. Free consultation. 800-803-3385 www.iasorehab.org

MATHEMATICS TUTOR: Grades 5-11, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Regents Prep. Knowledgeable about the Common Core. Certified teacher. Contact: Kathleen 516-426-8638 or kjomalley91@gmail.com

A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www.ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405

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

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

Tutoring CHEMISTRY Tutor. NYS Certified Teacher with arts background can explain concepts for all learners. Curriculum gets harder in spring. Call or text the Chem Lady @ 516-469-6864

SPANISH TUTOR: High School, College, Spanish Grammar Specialist, Trimester/Comprehensive, FLACS (Regents) Exams. William Cullen, M.A., M.B.A., S.D.A. Chaminade, Fairfield University Alumnus. 516-509-8174 wdctutor06@aol.com

Instruction PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow. Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com

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

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/ DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential /Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125 JUNK REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION: 5% off any job, any type, any 2-3 pieces to entire house. Residential, commercial. Free estimates. References. Bonded and insured. Delivery service available. Henry 516-523-0974 NEW YORK MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Joan Atwood, PH.D. An experienced therapist makes all the difference. Teen anger management groups now forming. Individual, couple, family therapy and anger management. 516-764-2526. jatwood@optonline.net www.NYMFT.com TEEN ANGER MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SKILLS GROUPS FORMING. Experienced therapist. Call 516-770-4085

Home Improvements AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Repairs & Maintenance *Handyman & Remodeling *Vanity & Kitchen Cabinet Installations *Furniture Assembly & set up *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 22 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Owner Operated Call BOB 516-741-2154 FINER INTERIORS: Kitchens, bathrooms start to finish; floors stripped, waxed, installed or repaired; painting, sheet rocking, carpets cleaned and repaired, upholstery cleaning. Richard Lopez 516-330-2226

HANDYMAN Meticulous & Reliable Serving GARDEN CITY & Surrounding Area since 2003 Repairs & Installations of all Types Built-in Bookcases, Woodworking, Carpentry, Crown Moldings, Lighting, Painting, Wallpaper and More. 30-year Nassau County Resident. Many References Lic #H01062800 Insured Call Friendly Frank 516-2382112 anytime E-mail Frankcav@ optonline.net HAS YOUR BUILDING SHIFTED OR SETTLED? Contact Woodford Brothers, Inc. for straightening, leveling, foundation and wood frame repairs at 1-800-OLD BARN. www. woodfordbros.com. Suffolk Cty- License #41959-H Nassau Cty- License #H18G7180000 LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646-996-7628 SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain/rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

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▼ LEGALS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 714 Seneca Realty LLC. Arts of Org. filed by the Department of State of New York on: 09/24/2014. Office loc: County of Nassau. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o BRG Management LLC, 150 Great Neck Road, Suite 402, Great Neck, NY 11201 GNN 140998 6x 1/23, 30, 2/06, 13, 20, 27, 2015 #140998

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

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

PUBLIC NOTICE OF COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that I shall on the 17th day of February, 2015 through the 20th day of February, 2015, beginning at 10:00 o’clock in the morning each day, in the Legislative Chambers, First Floor, Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building, 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York, sell at public auction the tax liens on certain real estate, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party in interest in such real estate shall have paid to the County Treasurer by February 13th, 2015 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 percent per six month period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in Section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. As required by Section 5-44.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code, the County Treasurer shall charge a registration fee of $100.00 per day to each person who shall seek to bid at the public auction as defined above. A list of all real estate in Nassau County on which tax liens are to be sold is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at http:/ / w ww.nassaucountyny. gov/ D ocumentCenter/ V iew/ 10577 A list of local properties upon which tax liens are to be sold will be advertised in this publication on or before February

12th, 2015. Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in Braille, large print, audio-tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 Ext. 13715. Dated: January 2015 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and /or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership. The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate. However, it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer

and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk. The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale. Dated: January 2015 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER Mineola, New York GNN 140947 2x 1/30/2015 & 2/06/2 015 #140947

Notice of Formation of 260 Court LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/22/15. 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 141063 6x 2/06, 13, 20, 27, 3/06, 13 #141063

LEGAL NOTICE BID #1-2015 February 19, 2015 at 11:00 AM The Village of Thomaston is seeking bids for purchase of one (1) New Schwarz A7000 Regenerative Air Sweeper as per bid specifications. For information call the Village Hall (516) 482-3110 MondayFriday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Village of Thomaston reserves the right to waive any informality in the bid, or to accept or reject any bid which in the opinion of the Board of Trustees is in the best interests of the Village. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TURSTEES Barbara J. Daniels, Village Administrator GNN 141067 1x 2/06 #141067

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Sports

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USMMA women earn first Landmark win The USMMA women’s basketball team won its first Landmark Conference game since February of 2013 Saturday, defeating Goucher College, 57-48, at the Gophers’ Decker Sports & Recreation Center. The Mariners move to 3-15 (1-11 Landmark) with the victory, while Goucher falls to 4-15 (0-11 Landmark). Freshman Tichina Carmon led USMMA with a double-double, notching a team-high 16 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Freshman Samantha Drake contributed a career-high 14 points and eight boards in just her second start of the season, and senior Demi VanDerWal added 11 points and eight boards. The Gophers led for nearly the entire opening half. Their largest advantage came at 8:10 of the first, when a layup by Ezeani made the score 17-8 in favor of the home squad. The Gocuher lead didn’t fall below five points again until the last bas-

ket of the first half, a layup by Carmon, brought the Mariners within just three points, 29-26, where the score remained into the halftime break. In the second half, Drake drained a layup at 18:56 and VanDerWal nailed a three-pointer at 17:15 to give USMMA its first lead since the early stages of the game. The Mariners went on a 17-6 run to start the half and built up an eightpoint lead, 43-25, by 10:19. Despite the lead falling to just four points under a minute later, Merchant Marine kept the Gophers from coming back down the stretch. The advantage hit double-figures with just 36 seconds remaining, allowing the Mariners to cruise to the victory. Goucher junior Amaka Ezeani led all players in the game with 17 points off the bench, while also grabbing down a teambest seven rebounds.

The USMMA women’s basketball team won its first Landmark Conference game since February 2013 Saturday.

Mariners score 67-62 win USMMA wins two on track

The USMMA men’s basketball team defeated Goucher College in a close affair, 67-62, on Saturday night at the Gophers’ Decker Sports & Recreation Center. With the victory, their second in a row, the Mariners improve to 5-14 (2-9 Landmark), while Goucher falls to 3-17 (2-0 Landmark). Sophomore Matt Miller scored 21 points for the second consecutive game, while junior David Smith added 18 points and nine rebounds. Junior Scott Dennin picked up his first double-double of the season with 10 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. For his performances in the Mariners’ two Landmark victories this week, Miller was named the league’s men’s basketball athlete of the week on Monday. For the

complete release from the Landmark Conference, click here. The Gophers also had three players recorded double-digits in scoring, led by sophomores Chris Outing and Tre Galloway III, who both scored 16 points apiece. Senior Alex Noble added 14 points and classmate Brian Morton II brought down a team-high eight rebounds. The game featured 15 lead changes throughout the 40 minutes, but the Gophers held the advantage during the latter stages of the opening half, building the lead up to as many as four points on three separate occasions, including with 1:40 remaining. However, a layup by Dennin at 1:34 followed by a pair of free throws by Miller at 59 seconds tied the score up at 34-34 before halftime.

The USMMA men’s track & field team competed at the Wesleyan Invitational this past Saturday at the Cardinals’ Bacon Field House. The Mariners had two runners place first in their respective events and had five top-five finishes throughout the day. Freshman Austin MacElrevey crossed the finish line first in the mile run in 4:40.22 and also placed second in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:50.13. Senior Tomas Sanchez won the 400-meter run in 52.00. In the pole vault event, freshman Blasé Neumann placed second with a 4.10-meter vault (13’ 2.25”) and classmate Frank Brophy was third in the 1,000-meter run, just behind MacElrevey, in 2:51.01.

Finishing in the top 10 in their respective events were seniors Matthew Pastuszak, who came in eighth in the 800-meter run (2:06.42), and Collin Putnam, who placed 10th in the triple jump, jumping 11.20 meters (36’ 9”). The USMMA women’s track & field team also took part in the Wesleyan Indoor Invitational and had three runners place in the top-five in their respective events and one other top-10 finish. In the 600-meter run, freshman Alex Miller came in fourth place with a time of 1:48.95 and classmate Kaylee Kilbert was right behind in fifth in 1:51.24. Freshman Sheridan Jones placed fifth in the 1,000-meter run in 3:39.29 and Kilbert was seventh in the event with a time of 3:47.34.

Great Neck Froggies swim against Syosset Stingrays On Sunday, Feb. 1 at 9:30 a.m., the Great Neck Froggies Winter Swim Team competed against the Syosset Stingrays at Syosset High School. The Froggies, comprised of approximately 75 swimmers, gave it their best shot, but Syosset was triumphant. The team competes four to six times a season culminating with a championship competition, which will take place this year on Saturday, March 28 at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in Eisenhower Park. The Froggies practice four times a week; Monday and

Wednesday at Great Neck North Middle School and Tuesday and Thursday at Great Neck South. The next meet is on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Great Neck South Middle School at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and cheer the Froggies on. All those who are between the ages of six and 16 are welcome to participate. Registration for the summer Froggies season begins Memorial Day weekend at the Parkwood Family Aquatic Center. If you would like more information, call (516) 487-2975, ext. 129.

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