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Mineola residents object to height of proposed Lalezarian complex

BY JA M ES G A L L O W AY Shortly after 7 p.m. at Mineola’s third hearing on a proposal

by Lalezarian Developers to build a nine-story mixed-use building in the village, a woman stood at the microphone to tell the Board of Trustees the sentiment most repeated over the next two hours: “I think it’s high - way too high.”

The size of the Village Green project, and its likely effects on traffic, taxation and village aesthetic, was the target of most residents at a lengthy, crowded and often tense hearing.

A choice few residents, however, praised the proposal as a potential shot in the arm for a stagnating Long Island.

The New Hyde Park-based development company had initially proposed a nine-story building with 296 apartment units, a restaurant and retail space on the ground floor at 199 East Second Street

At the hearing, representatives of the company - which is currently building a 315-unit complex being on Country Road - said the company could eliminate 30 apartments in the front of the building so it would appear to have only eight floors, and reduce 45 parking spaces.

Despite the reductions, most residents remained opposed.

“Taking one floor off is an insult,” said the woman who called the proposal “way too high.”

Many also used the hearing to raise concerns about Lazarian’s 250 Country Road project and a 275unit development by Mill Creek Residential.

“We’re looking at almost 1,000 units. How confident are the developers that the rents are going to be strong enough to lease those out at the rate they want to lease them out?” one resident asked. “The 250 building is huge, a building of that size doesn’t belong on Second Street.”

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Agency deems crossings at Mineola, NHP dangerous

BY JA M ES G A L L O W AY Nassau County has dozens of street-level rail crossings - like the one in Westchester where a recent Metro-North crash killed

six people - and among those the Federal Railroad Administration deems most susceptible to accidents, five are in New Hyde Park and Mineola.

The Metro North crash in Valhalla, Westchester spurred a

series of reports on the dangers of street-level, or grade, crossings in media outlets and a proposal by Sen. Chuck Schumer to increase funding for crossing education and relocation.

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E.W. trustee hopeful Expecting to keep touts legal background 2% tax cap streak Jim Iannone sees benefit to understanding issues

Nagler to propose 1.47% hike in taxes

BY JA M ES G A L L O W AY

By JA M ES G A L L O W AY

James Iannone is an avid sports fan, but his first run for elected office isn’t much of race.

Iannone is running unopposed for trustee in East Williston for the seat of Caroline DeBenedittis, who decided not to seek re-election.

A resident of the village since 2009, Iannone, 41, said he fell quickly in love with East Williston and its tight-knit, small town feel.

“I’ve gotten to know a lot of my neighbors,” he said. “I like my neighbors, and I really like my community and I really want to succeed.”

Iannone grew up in Dix Hills and completed his undergraduate studies at Fairfield University, where he majored in politics. In 1998, he graduated from Emory School of Law. He spent the next five years working as a prosecutor in Queens County before going into private practice in 2004. He now shares an office space on Willis Avenue with his father-in-law, also a lawyer, who has lived in East Williston for more than 30 years.

Iannone said he thinks his law degree will inform his work as trustee.

“I think being an attorney does help me understand some of the legal issues the village faces,” he said.

His wife, Kristin, and he met in 1997 as interns together at the Nassau County District Attorney’s office. They married in 2001 He has three kids. The oldest, 10, attends Willits Road Middle School and his second oldest, 8, goes to North Side Elementary School. His youngest is 2.

A major sports fan – Mets, Islanders, 49ers – he said his typical weekend involves shuttling his children from one sport practice to the next.

Tall and soft-spoken, Iannone said that when he first moved to the village, a neighbor suggested

Mineola School District’s total tax levy for the next fiscal year is projected to be about $80 million, a 1.37 percent increase from 2014-15, Mineola’s superintendent said at the district’s Board of Education meeting Thursday.

The evening’s theme: The 2 percent property tax cap is not, in fact, as simple as 2 percent.

The 1.37 percent will make 2015-16 the eighth-straight fiscal year that the district’s tax levy increase will be at or below 2.5 percent, according to Mineola Superintendent Michael Nagler. Last year’s increase was 1.46 percent.

Despite this, the district should be able to maintain its current services and “have program enhancements” for others, in part due to the retirements of some high-paid teachers, Nagler said.

The district’s budget proposals will be unveiled at the next board meetings.

The district will not look to exceed the tax cap, Nagler said, which would require a 60 percent popular vote on the budget in May. The presentation said

James Iannone, 41, is running for trustee in East Williston he join the volunteer fire department, which in 2010 he decided to do in part as a personal challenge.

“Going through fire school was a little out outside my comfort zone because I’m not crazy about heights,” he said. “I thought it would be a nice way to serve the community and meet other village residents, and I’m really happy that I did it.”

Iannone said he is excited to work with the mayor and the trustees, most of whom he knows – Trustee Christopher Siciliano is also a member of the fire department – and helping the village resolve its water dispute with Williston Park, where his office is located.

“I would love to see if we could work out an amicable solution with Williston Park,” he said.

“I think both Williston Park and East Williston are great communities that need each other.”

In 2011, Williston Park board raised the price it charged East Williston for water from $2.99 per thousand gallons to $3.83 per

thousand gallons. Williston Park followed with an increase from $3.83 per thousand gallons to $4.33 in 2012.

The Village of East Williston trustees filed lawsuits against Williston Park following each rate increase following a breakdown in negotiations between the two sides in which both sides blamed the other. The two villages recently resumed negotiations in hopes of reaching a long-term agreement.

Iannone was careful to note that he isn’t entering the discussions with any preconceived notions.

“I’m a very good listener,” he said. “I’m open to the best ideas that are out there.”

And for Iannone, like his beloved Mets, it all comes back to teamwork in the end.

“I will listen to the opinions of the other trustees and the mayor, as well as the residents, and always try to put the village’s interests first,” he said. “I love the village and I want to keep the things that make it special here.”

the district’s total tax levy for 2015-16 will be $80,124,763, a roughly $1 million increase over the previous year’s levy of $79,045,241.

Had last year’s levy simply been multiplied by 2 percent, the levy increase would have been $1,580,905.

Several factors impact the tax cap, including certain tax exemptions, capital expense exemptions and payment in lieu of taxes. The largest factor, however, is that the multiplier is set at 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is less. For this year, inflation was at 1.62 percent.

A district’s growth, as assessed by the State Taxation and Finance Department, also plays a large part by adjusting the prior year’s tax levy based on significant new developments in the district, resulting in a higher overall tax levy.

For example, in Mineola, the state assessed a growth factor of 1.0027 percent, meaning that the prior year’s tax levy of about $79 million is multiplied by this number to create a slightly higher baseline for the district to calculate its next year cap on.

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Bierwirth, board on the same page Gournaris says board shares goal of smaller classes in crafting Herricks budget

BY JA M ES G A L L O W AY

For 2015-16, Herricks Superintendent John Bierwirth and the Herricks Board of Education share a common goal: more teachers, smaller classes.

Bierwirth’s recently issued budget recommendation puts a premium on hiring teachers to reduce class sizes, which board President Jim Gounaris said is also tops on the board’s agenda.

“The board’s priority first and foremost is to reduce class sizes for students,” Gounaris said.

“It was always about class sizes.”

Bierwirth’s memo, which represents administrators’ recommendations to the Board of Education, suggests the district could afford to add 15 total teachers spread between the elementary, middle and high schools and reinstate elementary school

class size caps that were suspended four years ago.

The Board of Education is ultimately responsible for drawing up the budget that voters decide in May, but Gounaris said that historically the board accepts the “vast majority” of the superintendent’s recommendations, with occasional modifications based on community input or new data.

In addition to adding teachers, Gounaris said he also supports the superintendent’s proposals to invest in technology, rebuild the transportation fleet and create a capital project reserve, which would require voter approval separately from the budget.

“We think it’s a good idea,” Gounaris said of the reserve in particular.

Overall, the memo projects 2015-16 to be a second-straight year of strong growth for Herricks after a restricting tax cap,

modifications, represents a giant step forward.”

The biggest boon for the district is a projected 3 percent drop in employer pension contributions, which represents likely savings in excess of $2 million dollars.

“That sort of change is dramatic,” Gounaris said. “It makes us wonderfully more financially available to return some of the programs that we’ve had, return some of the staff members we’ve had and lower class sizes - it’s huge.”

Gounaris said he believed the memo’s financial forecast through fiscal year 2018-19 to be “realistic” and “prudent.” The memo itself said its projecHerricks Board of Education President James Gounaris tions were “conservative.”

“We didn’t want to think we were going to ballooning pension contri“Last year we took a have more money,” Goubutions and the financial baby step forward,” Gou- naris said. downturn forced the dis- naris said. “But this year’s Though the district trict to eliminate nearly presentation, if accepted seems on the rebound, 100 positions. as is or with some slight Gounaris said it is impor-

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“We took a very methodical approach over the last few years in regards with the cuts, and we’re taking a methodical approach to restore programs and services,” he said. “If we bring something back, our intention is to bring them back to stay.”

Gounaris added that the strong forecast for the upcoming fiscal year makes it a good time for one-time expenditures.

Herricks Union Free School District has about 3,900 students and comprises five schools: Center Street, Denton Avenue, Searingtown, Herricks Middle School and Herricks High School.

The board’s next budget meetings will be Feb. 26 and March 12. A copy of the superintendent’s budget memo is available on the district’s website.

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Guilty plea in NHP cop shooting Cong Xu faces 30 years for shooting county police officer in hip after burglary in 2013

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A man charged with the 2013 shooting of a police officer in New Hyde Park pleaded guilty to two felonies Tuesday and received a sentencing commitment of 30 years in prison, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office announced.

Cong Xu, 22, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to assault in the first degree and burglary in the first degree, both B felonies, according to a district attorney spokesman.

He received a sentencing commitment of 30 years in prison from Acting Nassau Supreme Court Justice Philip Greta and is due back in court for sentencing April 2.

Xu, a Chinese national, had been facing charges of first-degree burglary, first-degree attempted robbery, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and first-degree attempted murder of a police officer.

According to the Nassau district attorney’s office, Xu was fleeing from a burglary in New Hyde Park when he shot Nassau County police officer Mohit Arora in the hip.

Renhang Qiu Arora, who was at the time 32 years old and a six-year veteran of the force, and another officer were responding to a 911 call by the homeowners of 241 Campbell St. to report a burglary in their home, police said at the time.

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he fled the premises. As Xu ran away from the officers, he turned and fired several shots from a handgun, hitting Arora in the lower abdomen.

A second suspect, Ren©hang Qiu, 23, also of Brooklyn, who the district attorney’s office said “aided and abetted Xu in the home burglary,” pleaded guilty in May to burglary in the first degree and received a sentencing commitment of seven years in prison, according to the DA’s office. He is due in court for sentencing on Feb. 23.

“Police officers risk their lives every day as they work to keep our communities safe from armed and dangerous criminals,” acting District Attorney Madeline Singas said in a statement.

“This burglar had a handgun when he entered a Nassau family’s home. Officer Mohit Arora responded and was shot protecting innocent civilians. As a result of Officer Arora’s heroism and today’s guilty plea, this defendant will no longer be a threat to others for a long time to come.”

Both suspects were caught following a search that included the use of a police helicopter. Police said Xu was apprehended on Flower Lane and Nugent Street. Qui was caught on Lakev-

ille Road at Sylvia Lane.

“We had an extensive manhunt at the time,” police spokesman Vincent Garcia said at the time.

The officers responding to the 911 call thought Xu was surrendering when he proceeded to run away and fire behind him, hitting Arora and fracturing his hip bone. Xu’s gun was recovered at the scene.

Arora was transported to North Shore Hospital to be treated for his injuries.

The owners of the Campbell Street home, Michael and Annie Chen, had been awakened in their upstairs bedroom by noise in the house and called 911.

Moments later, the Chen’s were confronted by Xu brandishing a 9-millimeter handgun, police said. Xu, police said, entered the house through a basement window.

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North Shore certified Less districts seeking as stroke center to beat cap: DiNapoli

BY B i LL SAN ANTONiO North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset has been certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest accrediting body for health care providers.

The hospital received the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and American Heart Association’s Heart-Check Mark as part of the certification. It is the only hospital on Long Island and among just four in New York to receive the rating.

“We are committed to providing the highest quality comprehensive stroke care to patients with cerebrovascular disease,” said Dr. Jeffrey Katz, North Shore University Hospital’s chief of vascular neurology and director of stroke.

“To receive this advanced certification as a comprehensive stroke center is a testament to our robust interdisciplinary team of specialists, including vascular neurologists, interventional neuroradiologists, cerebrovascular neurosurgeons, vascular surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, neurointensivists, rehabilitation services, social work, case management and nursing staff,” Katz said. “We are committed to excellence in stroke

care, offering aggressive and effective treatments for stroke, brain aneurysms, vascular malformations, carotid stenosis and other conditions.”

The certification is awarded for a twoyear period following an extensive on-site review process with Joint Commission officials, who make their recommendations based on hospitals that meet various stroke-related treatment and research benchmarks.

According to joint findings from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, stroke is the No. 5 cause of death among adults in the United States and is a leading cause of disability. Approximately 795,000 people suffer from stroke each year.

“By achieving advanced certification, North Shore University Hospital has thoroughly demonstrated the greatest level of commitment to the care of its patients with a complex stroke condition,” said Dr. Mark Chassin, the Joint Commission’s president and chief executive officer, in a statement. “Certification is a voluntary process and the Joint Commission commends North Shore University Hospital for successfully undertaking this challenge to elevate the standard of its care for the community it serves.”

BY B i LL S A N A N TON i O The frequency with which New York school districts have sought to exceed the state-mandated 2 percent tax cap has declined over the last three fiscal years, according to a report released last Wednesday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office.

According to the report, just 19 - or 2.8 percent - of the state’s 698 public school districts sought to exceed the cap in 2014-15, down from 44 - 6.5 percent that intended to bust the cap in 2012-13.

The report found that, although 79 districts looked to exceed the tax cap at least once in that three-year span, only one district tried to bust the cap in all three years.

The report, which also accounted for the amount of state aid each district received, also found that just 3.3 percent of districts deemed “low” or “average” in their reliance on state aid sought to exceed the cap, while only 1.5 percent of “high”-need districts in that span tried to bust the cap.

“Local school district officials are working hard to operate within the confines of the cap,” DiNapoli said in a statement. “As the cap fluctuates below 2 per-

cent, it becomes increasingly difficult to stay under the levy limit while also dealing with increased costs and uncertain state aid. If the past three years are any indication, however, school districts will continue to hold the line on taxes despite these challenges.”

The tax cap was introduced in 2011 as a means of curbing school spending. Under the cap, districts may increase taxes by 2 percent or its individual rate of inflation - known as an allowable tax levy limit - determined based on whichever figure is lower.

DiNapoli’s office found that 363 districts in 2014-15 had an allowable tax levy limit of more than 2 percent, while 62 districts could have increased their tax levies beyond 4 percent while remaining within the state mandate.

In 2012-13, 17 districts looked to surpass the tax cap, but that figure dropped to seven in 2013-14 and just five in 201415.

The Manhasset School District unsuccessfully sought to exceed the tax cap in 2013-14, failing to achieve the required 60 percent supermajority community vote. The district’s budget was then amended with a cap compliant with state mandates and approved.

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BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O Maine and Maryland have joined a multi-state effort to combat heroin distribution across the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office announced Thursday.

The two states join co-chair states New York and Pennsylvania and member states Massachusetts and New Jersey to form the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Heroin Task Force, which shares law enforcement resources and policing practices to curb use of the opioid.

Officials said more states are expected to join the task force in the coming weeks in a bid to combat the growing use of opioids throughout the country.

“Heroin traffickers are spreading addiction and death up and down the eastern seaboard. We cannot allow these criminals to escape justice by crossing state borders,” Schneiderman said in a statement. “By ex-

panding our task force to include Maine and Maryland, we are increasing our capacity to share information and resources across law enforcement agencies, which will make it easier to break up the multi-state drug rings that are poisoning our communities.”

Heroin-related deaths have increased in Maine and Maryland each year since 2011, according to Schneiderman’s office.

“The flow of heroin is not confined to one state, and fighting this scourge must not be confined to one state,” Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh said in a statement. “Sharing information and leveraging resources will produce real-time results. We are facing a public health crisis that demands our best work and our most creative solutions.”

Added Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills: “Cheap, readily available heroin is killing Maine’s youth. The criminals bringing it here cannot evade justice by simply crossing state lines.”

The task force formed in October 2014.

New York and Pennsylvania are co-chairing the initiative because their biggest cities, New York City and Philadelphia, are known as common distribution hubs, officials said.

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Police seek suspect Convenience store in in Subway robbery North NHP robbed

BY J A M E S G A L L O W AY Nassau County police are looking for a suspect who they said robbed Subway sandwich shop in Mineola at gunpoint Tuesday evening.

Detectives said a man armed with a handgun who they described as black and wearing a black jacket, gray sweatshirt, tan boots and blue jeans entered the Subway restaurant at 468 Jericho Turnpike and demanded money from the store em-

ployee.

The 23-year-old male victim complied, police said, and the suspect fled on foot northbound on White Road with an undisclosed amount of cash.

According to police, no injuries were reported and the victim was alone in the store at the time of the robbery.

Detectives ask that anybody with information about the crime contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

BY J A M E S G A L L O W AY Nassau police are searching for a suspect in the robbery of a convenience store in North New Hyde Park early Monday.

Detectives said a suspect described as a white male wearing blue jeans, a dark jacket, white gloves and a scarf covering his face entered the Grab and Go on Lakeville Road at 1:35 a.m. and demanded money from a store employ-

ee, saying he had a gun.

The store employee complied and the suspect fled the scene on foot with an undetermined amount in cash, police said. According to police, no gun was displayed and no injuries were reported.

Detectives are asking that anyone with information to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

Police say a man robbed a Mineola sandwich shop at gunpoint last week.

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BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O An endocrinologist was arrested last Wednesday for allegedly selling oxycodone illegally out of his private practice in Manhasset over a two-year period, federal prosecutors said.

Nicholas Kaloudis, 42, of Whitestone, Queens, faces up to 20 years in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute the Schedule II narcotic, which prosecutors said is often sold illegally as a substitute for heroin.

“A physician contributing to the epidemic of pain medication abuse is a prescription for disaster,” said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, of Manhattan’s Southern District, in a statement.

Kaloudis, who practiced at 1129 Northern Blvd., was arraigned Wednesday in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael H. Dolinger. The Southern

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Before his appointment, Wright served as attending neurologist at NSUH and LIJ Medical Center for 14 years, and as director of performance improvement at the health system’s Cushing Neuroscience Institute, according to the release. He is also an assistant professor of neurology at Hofstra school of medicine.

Wright has conducted studies related to carotid artery disease and stroke, the release said. His research has been published in publications such as the European Journal of Neuroscience, the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society for Neuroscience Abstracts.

Wright has also served in various elected positions at North Shore University Hospital, recently completing a term as president of the hospital’s medical staff society, according to the release. He is currently the presidentelect of the society.

After completing his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, Wright went to Tel Aviv to get his medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine. He is also a veteran of the Israeli Army.

Wright will work closely on research in his new role, according to the release, with Souhel Najjar.

Najjar was also recently appointed to his position as chair of neurology at Hofstra School of Medicine, and Lenox Hill and Staten Island University hospitals.

District’s Narcotics Unit is prosecuting the case, under the direction of Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex Rossmiller.

From 2013 through February, Kaloudis sold more than 1,000 oxycodone pills in exchange for cash, often charging hundreds or even thousands for patient visits that resulted in illegal prescriptions, according to Bharara’s office.

As part of an ongoing joint investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Health Care Fraud Task Force, prosecutors said they found some of the oxycodone was also being resold out of state, specifically in Virginia.

“Selling scripts for cash is not a victimless crime, and those who violate the oath of their profession in this way are directly contributing to the illegal distribution of drugs sold on the street,” FBI Assistant Director Diego Rodriguez said in a statement.

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BY B i LL S A N A N TON i O A Texas man was killed Sunday when metal beams carried in a tractor trailer he was operating penetrated the tractor’s cab as he attempted to avoid colliding with a bridge near I.U. Willets Road, state police said.

Police identified the motorist Tuesday as Javier Tapia, 53, of McAllen Texas, who they said mistakenly tried to exit onto the Northern State Parkway from the Long Island Expressway.

The tractor trailer, a 2007 Freightliner flatbed, did not strike the bridge,

police said.

Tapia was traveling eastbound when the accident occurred around 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, police said.

Police said Tapia was working for the Palos Hills, Ill.-based AAA Freight Incorporated and allegedly traveling toward Oyster Bay. Nassau County Police temporarily closed the eastbound side of the Northern State Parkway on Sunday from Exit 28 at Willis Avenue to Exit 31 at Glen Cove Road and eastbound at Exit 38 to the Meadhowbrook Parkway in wake of the accident.

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Henry Hildebrandt tells us his secret Everyone loves cute things and by far the cutest thing in Williston Park is Henry Hildebrandt, the cyclist on the tightrope that has been entertaining Hildebrandt’s customers for the last 40 years.

Zagat’s was so impressed with this charming antique toy that they made a special category for Hildebrandt’s called “Restaurant with Special Entertainment.”

When I chatted with owner Susan Acosta, who is also a person with considerable charm and magic, she told me that her long-term customers invariable ask for the waiter to let Henry cycle for them and Susan said she feels it conjures up all their childhood memories of coming to Hildebrandt’s when they were kids and enjoying those hot fudge Sundays smothered with that home-made whipped cream.

Oh goodness, the thought is enough to make me smile.

This antique toy that is so loved by the Hildebrandt loyalists is very much a talisman. Like the gold doubloon in Moby Dick, the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio or the ruby slippers in Wizard of Oz, Henry Hildebrandt contains magic, hope

and protection to all who encounter him and to all who he looks down upon from his perch.

This little toy is quite to opposite of modern day electronic entertainment which includes High Definition TV, Facebook stimulation and video games that are more real than life itself.

All this abundance and stimulation that we experience somehow leaves us empty and filled with more hunger. This we all know to be true.

Henry Hildebrandt is from another era which I would say needs a voice in today’s speeded up world.

And if Henry did have a voice this is exactly what he would be saying; “Well hello down there people.

Good to see all you folks enjoying your cheeseburgers with onion and tomatoes and those yummy looking ice cream Sundays.

Oh what’s that I see a table with four teenage girls here for lunch? Nice. But something seems wrong here.

Why are they all looking down at their cell phones and furiously punching keys with nimble fingers? And why aren’t they talking

though they were in sororities and had dinner together with the other women the entire meal was eaten in silence with each women interacting with their cell phone.

Both the women also said that they live in a hyper competitive environment with endless pressure to achieve.

So yes Henry is right to be worried and the young women are right to feel pressure and alienation and a sense of increasing isolation and even paranoia. Join

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to each other?

This seems odd to me.

Actually it seems sad to me. I wonder how they feel about it. My guess is I will never know.”

As so it goes with Henry and his observations.

Henry is smart and so is everyone else. My belief is that all people know all things. We all share in our modern day dilemma and it’s for speed and electronic stimulation.

Over the last two weeks I spoke to two young college women who told me the same thing that Henry said. They said that even

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And the most disturbing factor within all this is that despite everyone understanding that things are increasingly speedy and addictive and isolated and alienated no one seems to be able to do much about it.

We are all on this speeding train heading right into the future but no one has the guts or desire or ability to jump ship.

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Police academy II Manipulating crime stats long overdue OUR VIEWS

Last week Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced plans to construct a new training and intelligence-gathering center for the Nassau County Police Department. This is welcome news.

The center will be built on the campus of Nassau Community College in Garden City. The 12,000 square-foot facility, which will replace the outdated police academy in Massapequa Park, housed at the former Hawthorne Elementary School, won’t come cheap.

It is estimated that it will cost $40 million. We expect the price tag to grow by the time the facility opens in 2017.

According to county officials, $10 million for the project will be taken from capital funding. The rest will come from donations to the non-profit Nassau County Police Foundation and from asset forfeiture funds.

These funds, we assume, include money seized from drug dealers and white-collar criminals.

This is a worthwhile investment in the future of Nassau County.

In the 21st century the county needs a highly trained police force that is second to none. Police need the skills to cope with everything from gang violence and drug dealing to the growing problem of cyber crime which, although non-violent, is having a growing impact on quality of life everywhere in America.

These criminals think nothing of taking a person’s life savings with a few strokes on a keyboard. Keeping up with them won’t be easy.

We fully agree with Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter, who said in a statement, “Our current facility was built and designed as a grammar school, not a police academy. Good training is the key to disciplined, effective and fair policing and this new, upgraded and, most importantly, permanent facility will give us everything we need to provide the best and most up-to-date training to our members.”

Nassau County is one of the best places in America to live and do business.

To keep it that way we need a top-notch police force equipped with the best tools, training and technology money can buy.

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Torture statistics enough and they will confess to anything. Case in point, last week Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano said “Nassau is the safest large suburban county in the nation and we intend to keep it that way.”

He based that conclusion on statistics that he released in January which, he said, showed there had been only six murders in the county last year compared to 13 murders in 2013.

That is indeed good news, but it is only part of the story.

In fact there were 18 murders in Nassau County last year. In the Village of Hempstead, 11

people were murdered.

Mangano’s statistics do not include communities like Hempstead which have their own police force.

Crime declined 9.5 percent in Nassau County making it one of the safer places to live in America.

But Hempstead remains one of the most dangerous suburban communities in America due largely to gang activity.

We welcome the success in reducing crime, but crime and violence rates in Hempstead remain completely unacceptable.

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Obama’s Iran negotiations dangerous for U.S., Israel

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he upcoming visit of Prime Minister Netanyahu is proving highly controversial, even though he has addressed the Congress before, to bipartisan acclaim.

He was invited to speak by the elected leader of the House Of Representatives. It is up to Netanyahu to determine what’s best for Israel.

If the head of Israel believes his country is in mortal danger, he’s obligated to speak on this vital matter, as he put it, “not because I seek a confrontation with the president, but because I must fulfill my obligation to speak up on a matter that affects the very survival of my country.”

Our president’s policy is dangerous to both America and the world and what’s worse he’s planning to bypass Congressional approval of any agreement

with Iran.

Even the liberal Washington Post is deeply concerned about this, observing, “The Obama administration is signaling that it will seek to implement any deal it strikes with Iran - including the suspension of sanctions that were originally imposed by Congress - without a vote by either chamber.”

As former Secretary Of State, Henry Kissinger, has said, “a multilateral effort headed by the European Union and backed by six U.N. Security Council resolutions…began with the premise “to deny Iran the capability to develop a military option…to a new policy where these negotiations have now become an essentially bilateral negotiation between the United States and Iran over the scope of that (nuclear) capability, not its existence.”

Where are our New York senators?

Both of them appear to be hiding, afraid of offending our president and afraid to exert independent leadership.

Both senators did come out with statements regarding Iran, Israel and the Menendez Bill, but we’ve heard nothing from them since then.

Will Senators Schumer and Gillibrand agree to override a presidential veto of the Menendez Bill to re-impose sanctions?

Are they going to permit our president to sign an agreement with Iran without Congressional approval” We need to know now.

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Netanyahu speech undermines alliance

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would like to respond to the letter by Elizabeth Berney, Esq. printed in the Feb. 13 edition of the New Hyde Park Herald Courier endorsing the speech Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to give to Congress.

Ms. Berney began her letter by drawing a parallel between the story of Purim and Netanyahu’s visit.

According to her, just as Queen Esther had broken protocol to prevent the genocide of the Persian Jews, so must Netanyahu break protocol to prevent a worldwide apocalypse.

While certainly lurid, Ms. Berney’s comparison completely ignores the political reality of this controversy.

Netanyahu (incorrectly) sees his speech as an opportunity to show that he has strong influence over American foreign policy and that, if he were re-elected, he could wield that influence to protect Israel and discourage Iran from seeking a nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu also hopes that his speech will sabotage negotiations being held between Iran, the United States and several other world powers – negotia-

tions he feels the Iranians are not making in good faith.

As for House Speaker John Boehner and the Republican Party, their invitation to Netanyahu serves two purposes.

The first is simply to spite President Obama, who supports the ongoing negotiations and has promised to veto any attempt by Congress to impose new sanctions.

The second is to appeal to Jewish voters, who overwhelming vote Democrat, by painting the GOP as the pro-Israel party and demonizing Democrats who boycott the speech.

If your readers want proof that Netanyahu’s speech is not the black-and-white, bipartisan event Ms. Berney claims it to be, they need only ask former Israeli ambassador to the United States Itamar Rabinovich.

Rabinovich told Israel’s Ynetnews, “…Not only will [Netanyahu] fail to change American policy, but the limits of his power will also be exposed. Israel has always had bipartisan support in the United States. It mustn’t be dragged now into a party struggle.

Regrettably, House Speaker John Boehner, who invited Netanyahu, is using him

somewhat to butt the president.

They, too, are playing politics on our backs” (see “Ex-ambassadors urge Netanyahu to cut speech,” published Feb. 13, 2015).

In that same article, former ambassador Danny Ayalon stated, “…When this relationship [between the president and the prime minister] is shaken, our enemies get the impression that the United States no longer supports us. We’d do well to remember that the president is the one who imposes the veto in the U.N. Security Council and not the speaker of the House.”

Former ambassadors Moshe Arad, Sallai Meridor and Michael Oren agreed with Ayalon’s and Itamar’s assessment that the speech is a miscalculation.

Adding to the chorus of dissenters on Feb. 14 was leader of Israel’s Yesh Atid political party, Yair Lapid. He stated publicly that, “This speech causes real damage, not only to relations between Israel and the U.S., but to the justified struggle Israel has waged for years against the Iranian nuclear problem.”

Also on Feb. 14, conservative Web site WND published a lengthy interview with journalist Mike Evans, a personal friend

of Netanyahu, in which he described the speech as “a horrendous mistake” and a “lose, lose, lose” with “no winners at all” (see “Mideast Scholar: Netanyahu Speech May Cost Election”).

Despite Ms. Berney’s bold assertion that allowing Netanyahu to speak and passing new sanctions against Iran will prevent another Holocaust, none of that is true.

The truth is that we have one president; John Boehner does not have the authority to negotiate with foreign leaders or to use foreign leaders to actively undermine the Obama administration’s foreign policy.

Additionally, imposing new sanctions now would not strengthen the United States’ bargaining position; it may spur Iran to leave the table altogether.

That is not according to me; it is according to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman (the chief negotiator between the United States and Iran), who told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee just that.

Sherman has also publicly stated that failure of the negotiations would lead to a sharp and dangerous military escalation

between Iran and Western powers.

I’m not sure any of these facts matter to Ms. Berney, as her history working for and with the Nassau County and Queens Republican parties as a candidate, committeewoman and pro-bono legal counsel makes her a lessthan-objective source on this topic.

Ms. Berney ended her letter by asking your readers to contact senators Schumer and Gillibrand and pressure them to attend Netanyahu’s speech and support new sanctions.

I advise your readers to do the exact opposite. Contact your senators (and your district’s congressperson) and let them know you don’t want them to have any part in this badly executed farce.

Sen. Schumer can be reached by visiting http://www. schumer.senate.gov/contact/ email-chuck or calling (631) 753-0978. Sen. Gillibrand can be reached by visiting http:// www.gillibrand.senate.gov/contact or calling (631) 249-2825.

Matthew Zeidman New Hyde Park

Obama college plan would waste money

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want to personally thank President Obama for making every Democrat on Long Island extremely happy, when he unexpectedly, found the perfect way to get this Tea Party activist out of town for two years.

In his latest speech, sounding so compassionate and philanthropic, he found yet another way to spend our taxpayer dollars.

Reading off his teleprompter, he offered to pay for any two-year, out-oftown, community college that I choose to attend. How could I refuse?

Mr. President, I am 73 years old and in a little over six years, you’ve given me such wonderful benefits such as birth control, prenatal care, third-term abortions, paid-leave, Ob-gyn, free childcare, student loans, Pap smears, a higher minimum wage, and even a sex-change operation if I decide to try the Bruce Jenner approach.

Just when I thought there was nothing else you could offer me, you came up with this fabulous idea to further my education and at the same time, get me out of the hair of every member of the ACLU and Planned Parenthood on Long Island.

So, I gathered my family together and broke the news that I’m taking advantage of the president’s offer and I’m going back to school in the fall. Count me in. Where

do I register?

However, my wife did confide in me that she was really looking forward to the two-year break from my political ranting. But after 52 years of marriage, she assured me that she would be visiting me during homecoming.

Mr. President, I’m sure a member of “your team” must have told you during one of your weekly basketball games, that there are some unsettling problems facing our two-year, community colleges.

Now that I’m in the class of 2017, please try and come up with a spare billion or two and fix the problems before I register in the fall.

1 - At the present time, the average graduation rate at our community colleges is a minuscule 21 percent! That is not a misprint!!

Our four-year private colleges, on the other hand, graduate almost 70 percent.

To tell you the truth, I really don’t care about graduating since you are footing the bill whether I graduate or not.

Arne Duncan, your secretary of education, is busy fighting for Common Core, strengthening the teachers unions, and preventing charter schools, so perhaps you yourself can give up a fundraiser or two and try to improve the graduation rate.

This is one issue that an experienced

college professor like yourself could really requirement to “D” would make me and be of help. everyone in my new fraternity very happy.

Now that you have stopped ISIS in I know Mr. President, that community its tracts, got the economy rolling again, colleges provide a wonderful stepping prevented Iran from getting a nuclear stone for all those students not yet prebomb, made us energy independent and pared for a four-year curriculum. secured our borders, you must have lots Please ignore all those critics who say of free time. that the billions you want to spend would 2 - Did you hear that your own Con- be much better served if spent on improvgressional Budget Office projects that ing our high school’s ability to educate “free” community college will cost the tax these students. Scott Walker is so difficult payers $60 billion dollars! $60 big ones! to deal with. Isn’t he?

I know this is a tiny amount in your A little suggestion from this incombudget, compared to the $1 trillion dol- ing college freshman: If I were you, I lars in your student loan program. I just wouldn’t show this letter to any of those found out that New York as well as all the mean-spirited, hardened Republicans. other states, are responsible for an addiAll they are interested in are protional $20 billion dollars more!! grams which are necessary, produce reOh what the heck. Just add it to our sults, and are cost effective!! $17 trillion debt .

I know, Mr. President that I’m not the 3 - Now, let’s talk about the biggest first to tell you, but next to Jimmy Carter, problem I may face. It’s your minimum I now consider you to be one of America’s required grade point average that I must greatest presidents. maintain to keep my scholarship.

Keep up the good work. And thanks According to your preliminary plan, I for all your help. must maintain a 2.5 average!! That’s a A good idea would be to give each “C.” voter a Tesla a week before the next elecHow do you expect me to do this well tion. But, I’m sure you thought of that one and still frequent all those all-night pot already. parties, attend every home and away football game and have a very active social Dr. Stephen Morris, DDS life at the same time? You don’t expect me North Hills to study, do you ? Lowering the minimum

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

Eggstra! Eggstra! Read all about it!

So there I was, moping around the house, wondering how I was going to make this year’s Valentine’s Day celebration unique.

Maybe a meal which was entirely home-cooked for a change?

Nah, too shocking for my loved ones when what, of all things, should come to my rescue but the federal government!

And the single unlikeliest branch of it, at that.

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee - the folks who have brought us all a life without flavor - have a confession to make.

They are about to lift their ban - their fatwa, really - against dietary cholesterol. (My husband wants to know: “Does that make it a Fat-wa?”)

Finally, they admit they have no good reason for their rulings against dietary cholesterol.

In other words: Hallelujah!

At last, a brunch worth having!

I can’t help remembering a scene in the Inspector Gadget movie, where the evil Dr. Claw (Rupert Everett) has kidnapped Gadget’s love interest, played by

Joely Fisher, and tells her that he has had a crush on her since he was a pudgy nobody in her high school class.

Fisher’s character says, “I liked you better when you were fat!” at which point Claw’s whole face lights up and he yells, “Really? Bring on the brownies!”

Except for the prosthetic claw, and of course the evil-ness, I feel exactly the same way: “Bring on the eggs!”

Pete Whoriskey of the Washington Post was my harbinger of good news: He says the committee found that “cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a ‘nutrient of concern.’”

But what’s with this “nutrient of concern” stuff? That sounds, to me, rather grudging. Also like a bulletin the FBI would put out: “We have to consider that cholesterol is still a ‘nutrient of concern.’

Anyone with any knowledge of this sinister molecule should contact us immediately. We consider it armed and dangerous.”

Yeah. I’m stopping it - with my spoon. Because guess what?

For 40 years these idiots have

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A Look on the Lighter Side been warning us against practically everything, to the point where life almost wasn’t worth living, and it turns out they had no evidence for what they said.

None!

They’ve been studying this stuff for as long as the Israelites schlepped through the desert, and not a single consistent finding ever turned up.

Yet we believed, and we suffered. I remember some non-fat non-food imitation ice cream we served for some kid’s birthday party years ago. Even after we

scraped the leftovers into the sink and ran the hot water for 5 minutes, whatever-it-was still hadn’t melted.

“Yikes,” said my husband.

“Now I’m glad they didn’t eat that.”

“Whatever is it made of?” I asked. “Petro-chemicals?” Probably. The wax from the candles was a tastier treat.

The Diet Cabal still think cholesterol in your blood is bad - well, the “bad” kind is, anyway.

So keep taking your statins, if you’ve got ‘em.

But it turns out, there is just no significant connection between the cholesterol that is in your food, and what ends up being in your blood.

They hate to admit it, though. “Bummer,” said one panel member, when she learned they would not be issuing a recommendation about cholesterol.

I am glad they finally had the guts to stop the insanity. But they have a lot to answer for - four decades of misery, pitting cooks against their loved ones and sending us all into a joyless blizzard of guilt.

Year after year, doctors, dieticians, and free-lance busy-bodies repeated the cholesterol warnings, in spite of their having little to no basis.

What does this all remind me of? Oh yes, those 8 glasses of water we’re supposed to drink every day. Nobody is quite sure where that idea came from, either.

I have a theory. I think it’s aliens telepathically putting these beliefs in people’s heads. “First, we take away their will to live with that cholesterol nonsense.

Step Two, we keep them up nights worrying that they’re not getting 8 hours of restful sleep.

Third, for the final blow, we trap everyone in the bathroom with those 8 glasses of water a day, while we take over their planet!”

Nutty or not, my theory makes more sense than separating people from their favorite foods for a lifetime, for reasons that you can’t even demonstrate.

But our long national nightmare is over!

Is it too much to hope that next year, they’ll let us have bacon?

Wise advice on income inequality

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ecently, there has been a spate of correspondence between other letter writers and me about one’s right to keep earned income out of the hands of the government.

This is a classic conservative position which, stated simply, boils down to …I earned it; it’s mine; I should keep it!

Imagine then my surprise when I came across the following: “The growing disposition to tax more and more heavily large estates left at death is a cheering indication of the growth of a salutary change in public opinion.”

Further along, the author writes…”By taxing estates heavily at death the state

makes its condemnation of the selfish millionaire’s unworthy life.”

The only conclusion to be drawn from such sentiments is that the author is a radical on the lunatic fringe, hell-bent on giving people something for nothing.

Furthermore, everyone knows that handouts destroy incentive and promote indolence. Yet our leftist writer contends that the opposite is true…to wit, “Nor need it be feared that this policy would sap the root of enterprise and render men less anxious to accumulate…great fortunes.”

So who has penned these outrageous lines? One might think Barack Obama, but

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the writer’s style is dissimilar from that of our president. It might be Earl Browder who chaired the Communist Party in the U.S. from 1934-1945 or possibly Norman Thomas, six time Socialist Party candidate for president of the United States.

Actually, it’s none of the above. The author of this radical manifesto is Andrew Carnegie, captain of industry, steel magnate and noted philanthropist.

Like Bill Gates today, Carnegie argued that the affluent should act as a trustee of wealth, spending their fortune “on public purposes, from which the masses reap the principal benefit.”

Acting on his own advice, Carnegie

gave away $350,000,000 , established 2,500 public libraries world-wide and endowed organizations dedicated to research in science, education and world peace.

He did all this believing it was “the true antidote for the…unequal distribution of wealth.”

All quotations in this letter come from Carnegie’s “The Gospel of Wealth” written in 1889. Andrew…where are you now that we need you?

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

Letter-writer shows folly of community college plan

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esponse to Steven Morris Editorial: Free 2-Year Community College Education Master of Satire (and sadly, Truth!)

This weeks missile is probably one of your best!

I just hope they are willing Now that I’m 71 and retired, I’d be happy to get my free edu- to give me my diploma posthumously - the taxes will kill me cation.

Unfortunately, I think before I’m eligible! my taxes will probably go up Eric Spinner enough that I’d be paying not New Hyde Park only my own tuition, but yours and several others, too.

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My hometown’s ever-changing face

T

he recent Great Neck Historical Society presentation on past history of Great Neck held at Temple BethEl of Great Neck reminded me of my own journey.

My parents moved from Brooklyn in 1961 to the Terrace Circle apartments.

During my first year here, I attended the old Terrace Circle Elementary school which only served students up to the 3rd grade.

The following year, we moved to a home in the Lakeville area.

That started my journey through Lakeville Elementary, Great Neck South junior and senior High schools.

Many of the stores I patronized in the 1960s have become distant memories.

During those years, my parents would send me to Mangel’s Delicatessen on Northern Bouevard at the city line.

A dollar would buy milk, bread, a head of lettuce and still leave some change.

In 1964, a two story medical office building was built on the vacant lot next to Mangel’s Delicatessen. My dentists, Dr. Herman Belkin and Dr. Martin Wenig, practiced there for many decades.

There was a barber shop just around the corner. A haircut was a $1 or $1.25. The barbers were either World War II or Korean War veterans.

In those times, a crew cut was the norm. The liquor store at the city line succumbed to a fire several years ago. The site is now occupied by a Fedex store.

My first two-wheeled bicycle was purchased at North Shore Bicycle. It is now Brickwell Cycling today.

On the next block on the south side of Northern Boulevard one block west of the city line in Little Neck was a bakery.

Sundays, my parents would

send me out to buy rolls which were only 7 cents each. The Little Neck Movie theater was just 50 cents. There was a matron and children had their own section.

I also remember going to the movies at both the Playhouse and Squire Movie Theaters and shopping at Gertz Department store in Great Neck Plaza.

There was a bowling alley in Great Neck Plaza where the CVS Pharmacy stands today. I also frequented a second bowling alley, on Northern Boulevard one block west of Jason Avenue.

It has been replaced by a series of ten small storefront stores.

On the next block, Cutlers Lighting was originally a supermarket.

Down the block at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and Great Neck Road stood the original Scobee Diner.

This site is occupied today by Danny Automotive Group of Great Neck. On the corner of Buttonwood and Northern Boulevard was an Avis Rent a Car. Today there stands a newly open Maserati Auto dealership On the south side of Northern Boulevard where Auto Expo stands today was a Kosher Poultry Market.

You could buy a fresh chicken for a few dollars. Down the block was the old Copper Penny restaurant.

A Korean fast food restaurant took over the site several years ago followed by the Moonstone Modern Asian Cuisine restaurant today.

On Great Neck Road, adjacent to the Terrace Circle apartments, was a Sears Roebuck, Terrace Chemists, a old fashion luncheonette and supermarket.

Terrace Chemists is now Petlands Discount.

The Sears Roebuck has become the H Mart Plaza Indoor Mall. If you went upstairs to the management office at Sears, they would offer children a free lollipop.

The old luncheonette has become Mayflower Cleaners. I remember the great ice cream malteds and purchasing Newsday for a nickel.

In those days, Newsday cost five cents and was published Monday to Saturday with no Sunday edition. The original supermarket changed hands several times before becoming the H Mart.

I spent many hours at the Lakeville Library and fondly remember Ms. Tisdale. She was a friendly and supportive librarian.

Across the street was the Great Neck American Legion Post. A three-story office building housing the Great Neck Medical Group, NYU Langone Medical Center of Great Neck and Charles Schwab stands there today.

The Great Neck Veterans of Foreign Wars had a building on Great Neck Road located directly across the street from Cutter Mill Park. It was replaced by a three story small apartment building.

The old cleaners on Northern Blvd. would give kids a free piece of bazooka bubble gum. It evolved to AT&T today. The old Cities Service gas station, which changed its corporate name to CITGO has come and gone to be replaced by a small five store shopping strip.

My family physician Doctor Alexief on Jayson Avenue charged $20 for a visit. He kept my medical records on 3”-by-5” index cards. Lakeville Park at the corner of Pembrook and Concord Avenue which opened in the 1960s was built on a vacant lot.

My very first job was at McDonald’s on the corner of Northern Boulevard and Marathon Parkway. In those days, it was a simple menu of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries and milk shakes. The Big Mac was the new item of the day.

In 1970, my local chapter of the Young Americans For Freedom

(a conservative/libertarian youth group) hosted Honor America and Support Our Serviceman rallies during the height of the Vietnam War at the local Great Neck American Legion Post.

We attracted speakers such as the late Jewish Defense League founder Rabbi Meyer Kehan and many politicians including Republican Raymond Rice and Conservative Lolla Camardi, who were both running against then Great Neck Congressmember Democrat Lester Wolff.

They ended up splitting the opposition vote against Wolff in the November 1970 General Election. This gave liberal Democratic Congressmember Wolff another term.

After the shooting of four students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State, Ohio - Great Neck South High School, like many around the nation was shut down due to protests and teach ins.

In the interest of equal time, I convinced our principle to conduct a seminar for those who supported our intervention in Vietnam.

He wasn’t happy about classes having to be suspended twice within a few weeks.

Being a young conservative/ libertarian, it was swimming upstream with a handful of friends going against the always politically correct positions of faculty, other students and many Great Neck residents.

On July 4, 1970 - I organized two bus loads of over 100 participants from the American Legion Post to attend the national Honor America Day Rally in Washington D.C. In recognition for all of my activities that year, the local Great Neck American Legion post nominated me for a patriotic student award.

One Sunday, my picture with

award in hand made the front page of the old daily Long Island Press. This paper was Newsday’s chief competitor but went out of business in 1977.

I remember going to the Flushing World’s Fair in 1963 and 1964. We rode Schenck Bus, a private bus operator.

They extended their route from Glen Cove via Northern Boulevard in Great Neck to downtown Flushing, right up to the World’s Fair entrance.

In those days, the drivers made change and drove the bus at the same time. Nobody would dare bring soda or food on the bus or leave any litter behind. I would also ride the Universal Auto Bus route from Middle Neck Road to Great Neck Plaza and on to the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy.

There was also the Great Neck to Lynbrook route operated by Schenck Bus. Riding that route, I would switch for the Bee Line Bus and pay another fare taking me to either Hempstead or Freeport. There were no free transfers in those days.

I would also ride the original New York City Transit Q12A bus which ran along Little Neck Parkway.

In 1990 it was renamed the Q79 probably due to avoiding confusion with the Little Neck to Flushing Q12 route. The bus would take me to Union Turnpike and after short walk, to the old Glen Oaks Movie Theater along with Mays Department Store.

A transfer to the Q46 Union Turnpike bus provided connections to the Lake Success Shopping Center with a full Sears Department Store, other businesses and the adjacent bowling alley.

Larry Penner Great Neck

Inspiring story of compassion, its rewards

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was at Our Lady of Snows in Floral Park on Sunday Feb. 8 at the 9:30 a.m. Mass and the Rev. Kevin F.McBrien gave the homily that I found most inspiring and heart warming.

Father McBrien told of a young man going for his first job and had an interview and needed a tie. He went to Target in Raleigh, N.C. and was looking for a clip on tie but couldn’t find one so proceeded to ask the cashier who said they didn’t have

any right now.

He explained his problem was that he didn’t know how to tie a regular one. She than called over the menswear salesman to help this young man.

The salesman went out of his way to help this young man. He picked out the tie for him and went the extra mile and show him how to tie the tie properly.

He then taught him how to act at an interview.

First he told the young

stranger to give his prospected boss a firm handshake, than look him straight in the eye and explain why he wanted to work for his company.

Before leaving he told this young man to tuck in his shirt and to come back and tell everyone how he made out.

Many of the workers heard this conversation and cheer this young man on and wish him luck as he left.

Father McBrien said this

demonstrated an the act of kindness.

This story was videotaped by an employee and ended up on YouTube and went viral with 58,000 hits.

This story is a lesson to us all and that we should help our young people to be all they can be.

To make this a better world it takes just one act of kindness and to look beyond race and religion or background. You see the

future of the nation depends on our youth of today and how we teach them with many such acts of kindness to prepare them to lead our nation when the time comes.

Now by the way this young man ended up getting the job and in the video he did shake hands with his new employer.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

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Temple dialogue turns into Israel-bashing

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n Thursday evening Jan. 29, 2015, I attended an event at Temple Sinai of Roslyn that was advertised as a Jewish-Muslim dialogue.

The featured speakers were Dr. Faroque Ahmad Khan and Rabbi Jerome Davidson (Rabbi Emeritus of Great Neck’s Temple Beth El). Temple Sinai’s Rabbi Michael White also participated.

Approximately 70 people attended, mostly Jews and several Muslims.

Dr. Khan is a co-founder, director and past president of the Islamic Center of Long Island, a director of the Islamic Medical Association of North America and served on the Majlis al Shura (governing council) of the Islamic Society of North America. (Federal prosecutors named ISNA as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism funding trial, which detailed how ISNA and other entities located in the U.S. funneled millions of dollars to Hamas.)

I’ll start with the positive.

Rabbi Davidson spoke of commendable efforts by members of Temple Sinai and Beth El and the Islamic Center of Long Island to develop personal friendships and share celebrations over the past 20 years.

The event was also likely well intentioned.

Jewish-Muslim dialogue can be something very positive – if it is a true two-way street.

For instance, my physician ex-husband and I developed warm friendships with several Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and their families when we lived in a small town several decades ago.

We freely discussed and debated Middle East issues – while enjoying shared kosher meals and experiences.

Unfortunately, the Temple Sinai event turned into a one-sided anti-Israel anti-American propaganda session.

Abusing the Temple’s hospitality, Dr. Khan repeatedly falsely condemned Israel as an “occupation” and as the “root cause” of terrorism, and falsely condemned American officials and media.

No one was given an opportunity to counter Dr. Khan’s false statements.

Most Temple Sinai events include lively open Q&A sessions.

Oddly, however, although this event was advertised as a “dialogue,” live audience questions were not permitted.

Audience members were

asked to write their questions on cards – and the Temple’s rabbi asked a composite question based on the cards.

At the end of the evening, audience members walked out furious at Dr. Khan’s abuse of the temple’s forum and the lack of give-and-take dialogue.

Turning to Dr. Khan’s statements: Dr. Khan began by saying that he admired Jewish physicians.

Dr. Khan recalled leaving his home in Kashmir and coming to a town in Ohio for his medical training in the 1960s, and learning that an esteemed Jewish physician could not buy a home in the Ohio neighborhood where other physicians lived, because of anti-Semitic housing restrictions.

Ironically, a few minutes later, Dr. Khan condemned Jews for building homes in and living in Jerusalem and the “West Bank” (Judea and Samaria).

That’s quite a contradiction: Dr. Khan considered it to be wrong and anti-Semitic to keep Jews out of certain neighborhoods in Ohio, while demanding that Jews should be kept out of their ancestral Jewish neighborhoods in the Middle East.

There were also more contradictions.

Dr. Khan claimed that Muslims were historically tolerant towards Jews, and cited two examples: a rabbi was appointed foreign secretary of the Muslim caliphate in Andalusia in 919, and the Ottoman Empire welcomed Jews following the Spanish expulsion of Jews and Muslims in 1492.

Notably, Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria - where Jews lived throughout the millennia – were part of the Ottoman Empire.

In other words, Dr. Khan sang the praises of the Ottoman Empire’s “tolerance” of Jews living in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria – while Dr. Khan would deny Jews today the very same right.

Muslim-Jewish history is in fact complex.

Eras of tolerance were interspersed with Muslim slaughters, pogroms and persecutions of their Jewish citizens.

In the Ottoman Empire, it varied with the whims of the Sultan. In Mashad, Persia, in the 1830s, Muslims murdered Jews in pogroms and forbade Jews from practicing their faith.

In 1948-1950, hundreds of Jews were murdered in anti-Jew-

ish pogroms in numerous Arab countries, and Muslims drove out close to one million Jews from their homes in Arab nations.

Interestingly, while Dr. Khan cited the fact that one Jew reached a high position in the Islamic caliphate 1,200 years ago as a great example of tolerance, he failed to mention that Israel’s Arab citizens have achieved high positions in Israel today.

Israel has Arab cabinet ministers, Knesset members and Supreme Court judges.

By Dr. Khan’s own standards, Israel should be praised as a land of tolerance. Instead, Dr. Khan repeatedly condemned the Jewish State.

Dr. Khan portrayed Israel as a megalomaniacal entity, using the term “Greater Israel.”

Israel is actually approximately the size of New Jersey (the 5th smallest state in the U.S.). The surrounding Arab nations are 500 times larger than Israel. Israel also gave up areas that Israel won in defensive wars, including all of Sinai (and the oil fields Israel developed there at great expense) and large areas of Syria.

Dr. Khan also misleadingly stated that “it didn’t make a difference” if Israel’s “buffer” was 10 miles or 15 miles.

Israel in fact has no 10 or 15 mile “buffer.” A “buffer” is an additional zone beyond population centers.

The 1949 Armistice lines after seven Arab nations invaded Israel (often referred to as the “1967 borders”) left Israel with only a total of 9 miles of width at Israel’s narrowest point.

These “Auschwitz borders” would be indefensible today. It does make a huge difference if Israel’s total width is 9 miles wide or 15 miles wide. In the former case, every inch of Israel would be exposed to non-stop rocket attacks.

Dr. Khan also refused to state that he recognizes Israel as a Jewish State, or Israel’s right to exist.

Instead, he used the phrase that he “accepts the reality of Israel’s existence.” This is the same carefully crafted doublespeak that certain Arab leaders use to avoid true recognition of Israel.

It is like saying “I accept the reality of the existence of chicken pox (but I still want to eradicate it).”

Dr. Khan also falsely asserted that there is a Palestinian Arab peace partner – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Ab-

bas, and that Mahmoud Abbas is “as gentle as they come.”

In fact, “gentle” Mahmoud Abbas a/k/a Abu Mazen financed the PLO’s brutal massacre of Israel’s athletes at the Munich Olympics and obtained his PhD in Holocaust denial.

Abbas is currently joined at the hip in a unity government with the terrorist organization Hamas. (Since 1987, the U.S. State Department has designated Hamas as a foreign terrorist organizations.)

Abbas also officially glorifies and honors terrorists at every opportunity – including naming schools, public squares and sports teams after murderers, and having television specials honoring those who carried out the most heinous murderous terrorist attacks against innocent Israeli children and adult civilians.

This past summer, Abbas’s Fatah party bragged that Fatah has murdered more Jews than Hamas has.

Abbas’s official emblem for the Palestinian Authority is a map showing all of Israel supplanted by a kaffiyeh-covered “Palestine,” with a picture of Arafat holding a Kalashnikov rifle.

Recently, Abbas has been urging Arabs to commit more “car Intifada” attacks (attacks in which Arabs deliberately plow their cars or trucks into innocent Israelis; one such recent car attack murdered seven Jews including a 3-month old Jewish baby).

Abbas also refuses to negotiate with Israel.

Dr. Khan also repeatedly referred to Israel as the “occupation” and stated that he believes in a “one state solution.” Putting two and two together, this means that Dr. Khan wants a Palestinian Arab State that supplants all of Israel.

Those Jews who still believe in the fantasy that a Hamas-Fatah Palestinian State would live next to Israel in peace should take heed that the real agenda is to replace and destroy Israel entirely.

Dr. Khan also falsely claimed that the so-called Saudi Peace Initiative provided for “full recognition of Israel” if Israel “just” gave up the West Bank. I quickly shouted out: “That’s not true, it just says “normalization” which is not recognition, and it calls for millions of Arabs to overrun all of Israel.” (The Rabbi then threatened to throw me out if I spoke up again, so I silently resumed taking notes for this article.)

The “Saudi Peace Initiative”

(a/k/a “Arab Peace Initiative”) calls for Israel to evacuate to the indefensible 1949 Armistice lines, makes Jerusalem the capital of a Palestinian Arab state, and gives millions of Arabs who never lived in Israel a “right of return” to overrun the tiny remaining sliver of Israel.

In other words, this so-called “Peace Initiative” is a plan for Israel’s destruction.

Dr. Khan also falsely claimed that Jewish settlements covered 60 percent of a potential Palestinian State. The “settlements” (Israeli towns in strategically critical and historic Jewish areas) are in fact only comprise 3 percent of the “West Bank” – primarily in areas that no conceivable Palestinian Arab state would encompass.

Dr. Khan also falsely claimed that an anti-Israel propaganda film, “5 Broken Cameras,” showed “reality.”

This film condemns Israel for building the security fence – while ignoring that the security fence was built to stop the Second Intifada – after Arab Palestinian homicide bombers had terrorized Israeli citizens for 5 years.

From 2000-2005, Arab homicide bombers murdered 1,100 innocent Israelis and wounded and maimed 8,000 innocent Israeli citizens.

The film also falsely portrays Palestinian Arabs as engaged in “non violent resistance” - when in fact the Arab “protestors” hurled rocks and bricks at Israeli cars and soldiers. The film falsely makes it seem that the IDF (Israel Defenses Forces) responds harshly to peaceful protest – by splicing in scenes of singing “peace loving” protestors immediately before showing scenes of Israeli soldiers’ riot control responses – and by editing out (not showing) the Arab attacks on Israeli soldiers which really resulted in the riot control responses. The IDF soldiers involved asked Israel’s attorney general to bring slander and incitement charges against the film’s director.

Due to space limitations, this article will be continued next week.

Part 2 will discuss more of Dr. Khan’s false statements at the Temple Sinai event, including his comments attacking American officials and media and blaming Israel for violence perpetrated against innocent Israelis, and the event’s aftermath.

Liz Berney, Esq. ZOA Long Island-Queens Exec. Director

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Democrats play into Boehner’s hands

If you want to know why America has lost its power to dictate to the world, you need to look no further than the Republicans in Congress, who constantly undermine President Obama - even doing the heretofore unthinkable of ridiculing and contradicting him abroad.

Speaker John Boehner’s unprecedented invitation to Israel President Benjamin Netanyahu without consultation with the White House - at the behest of a Republican operative, Ron Dermer, who is now Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. - is a complete snub at the president, with terrible consequences.

I expect that Netanyahu will take to the floor of the Capitol in order to rail against Iran, raise the doomsday threat of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons - just as Netanyahu did when he last addressed a joint session of Congress, in 2011 - and appeal for an escalation of sanctions and even military action, even as Obama has made historic breakthrough in bringing the Iranian regime to the table to negotiate constraints over its nuclear program.

He will subtly - or not so subtly - call the President “naive”.

And it will provide for another round of right-wing politicians and talking heads, who on a score of domestic issues (immigration reform, health care, minimum wage) accuse him of being a “king,” a “dictator,” a “czar” and a Muslim one at that, ardently long for him to be more like their heroes: The man they accuse of being a “dictator” and a “king” (and a Muslim one at that), they chide for not being Vladimir Putin (a narcissist sociopath who has aspirations of restoring the Soviet Union), King Abdullah (how brave to send sorties against ISIL after the brutal burning of the Jordanian pilot!

Except that the U.S. is responsible for 80 percent of the 2,000 sorties that have been send to attack ISIL or Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (the general who toppled Egypt’s first democratically elected president, declared the Muslim Brotherhood an illegal enterprise, locked up political opponents including journalists, then “won” election with 97 percent of the vote).

The attacks on Obama’s “weakness” belie what has been accomplished and also the realities of a much more complicated situation that merely sending lethal weapons to Ukraine, arming rebels in Syria (which ones, precisely?), or sending American soldiers back into a ground war in the Middle East (where exactly?

Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia?).

They chide Obama for his actions, and when Obama goes to Congress for their blessing to use military force - as he did in Syria - they rebuff; they demand Obama send the “language” for a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force, then condemn it for being 1) too narrow and 2) too broad. Then they leave town.

The timing of Netanyahu’s appearance before a joint session of Congress is key - March 3 is just two weeks before elections in Israel It has been U.S. policy not to appear to tip the balance in foreign elections by providing such a forum to a

candidate, even the sitting leader.

“Unfortunately, your recent actions More significantly, it is a tactic by have distracted our nation and the world Boehner to rebut President Barack from an essential discussion about how to Obama’s opposition to new Iran sanctions achieve our shared goal of halting Iran’s while nuclear talks with Iran are under- nuclear weapons program.” way. which would blow up the U.S./Eu“While we have never wavered in our rope-Iran talks and put the plan to attend the Joint U.S. on a path to war with Meeting of Congress with Iran, as European leadIsrael’s Prime Minister, ers and the Congressional Benjamin Netanyahu, and Progressive Caucus have we support placing adwarned. ditional pressure on Iran But Netanyahu has through new economic strong connections to Resanctions to be triggered publican leadership - his should a political deal not preference for Mitt Rombe reached by the March ney, an old chum, was clear 24th deadline, we are exin the 2012 elections; he tremely disheartened by KAREN RUBIN even hired Ron Dermer, a your recent attempt to poPulse of the Peninsula Republican strategist, as liticize support.”

Israel’s Ambassador to the Here’s the thing: if the U.S. Indeed, some of the most orthodox Democrats attend the session, they underJews and ardent Zionists have tended to mine Obama’s foreign policy and his abilfavor the Republican party believing (er- ity to lead. This is a test of loyalty. roneously) that Republicans are stronger But let’s examine the essential premchampions of Israel. ise: should Israel dictate U.S. foreign poliThe facts on just who is the better cy? Israel has set as its No. 1 priority Iran, friend for Israel (just as which party is but is that the US priority, as ISIL expands most responsible for the national debt its reach and its brutality? and which party has proved better for the I happen to believe that Israel’s best economy) show that President Obama has interests are in achieving a negotiated sobeen one of the strongest supporters Israel lution to its nuclear ambitions, especially has ever had in the U.S. since Iran is subjected to international In fact, with Israel’s standing in the monitoring. world falling - inexplicably in light of unIf we would break off negotiations, relenting attacks - the U.S. has been the institute harsher economic sanctions only one keeping Israel from being cast that would only incite the Iranian people as a pariah in the world - something that against the U.S. (as Russians are), and Congressman Israel said Netanyahu really even move forward with military force (as worried about. senators John McCain and Lindsay GraThe upset comes, apparently, when ham are itching for), that would push Iran Obama tries to continue to be a neutral closer to Russia or China which are both broker, in order for the U.S. to continue to looking to ascend as global superpowers, have influence at the negotiating table be- further marginalizing the U.S., and only tween Israel and the Palestinians. And Ne- further complicate the ability to deal with tanyahu doesn’t help the situation when ISIL and Syria. he defiantly expands settlements in the The U.S. - and Israel - always have West Bank. the option of a military solution, if it does But Boehner’s action is not for the become apparent that Iran has a nuclear benefit of Israel. It serves his own political weapon and intends to use it. But that is calculation - it continues the Republican not the case. crusade to undermine Obama’s presidency Is Boehner suggesting that the U.S. and his presidential authority to make for- abandon negotiations with Iran in favor eign policy; it makes it look to the evangel- of more aggressive action? That is hard to ical wing and the Israel lobby that Repub- believe since he has proved a real coward licans are better “friends” to Israel than when it comes to taking a stand.

Democrats, and, as an added bonus, even Recall when President Obama went causes rifts within the Democratic party - to Congress for authorization to bomb indeed, the Democratic Black Caucus has Syria, after Syria crossed the “red line” of said it would boycott the speech in sup- using chemical weapons against his own port of the President, leaving Congress- people? man Israel and a few other Democrats Boehner punted - never took up the most closely aligned to Jewish causes, to resolution, but groused about it. seem to defy their President.

Then after Putin, taking up Obama’s Instead of boycotting the speech, threat, got Assad to get rid of the chemical Congressman Steve Israel (who says he weapons (a feat that Obama is not given will attend), Ted Deutch (D-Florida) and credit for), the Republicans chided Obama Nita Lowey (D-New York), wrote Boeh- for not following through with the miliner, harshly criticizing his moves as “par- tary action they did not vote on. tisan disregard of long-standing protocol” The same is true for the way they are and that his invitation - and not Netan- undermining Obama’s actions against yahu’s decision to accept - has created a ISIL. distracting rift in the US-Israel relationThere would be no ISIL if it were not ship. for the Iraq invasion, Abu Ghraib and “The stakes are too high to be playing Guantanamo - that provided the basis for political games when it comes to our na- recruitment to their “cause.” tional security and the security of Israel,” In fact, no one has proposed anything the letter reads. substantively different from what Obama

is doing because the saber rattlers know that Americans still have no appetite for sending our soldiers into a ground war. A key strategy for Obama is to get the “coalition of the willing” - Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE - and in fact, with ISIL atrocities mounting against their own people, they have stepped up their fight.

But Obama’s ability to coalesce a coalition depends on his leadership, and Republicans are undermining Obama’s leadership by insisting that Obama is a weak leader.

One Republican even accused Obama of being “complicit” with ISIL terrorists (actually many right wingers accuse Obama of being complicit with Islamists).

And the Republicans have had a conniption fit over the fact that Obama refuses to use broad brush “terrorists” with Islamists.

Indeed, this week the White House held a Summit on Countering Violent Extremism - wherever it occurs, and in a briefing call with journalists, one asked why the administration doesn’t simply use the term “Islamists.”

“Let’s be clear,” the senior administration official said, “We recognize that violent extremism spans many decades and has taken many forms. But we all agree that the individuals who perpetuated - who perpetrated the terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere are calling themselves Muslims and their warped interpretation of Islam is what motivated them to commit these acts. They’re not making any secret of that, and neither are we.

“But we are very, very clear that we do not believe that they are representing Islam. There is absolutely no justification for these attacks in any religion, and that’s the view of the vast majority of Muslims who have suffered huge casualties from the likes of folks like ISIL or al Qaeda. So you can call them what you want. We’re calling them terrorists. And the President is absolutely resolved to confront this threat. He’s made it clear that we’re at war with terrorist groups and he’s taken scores of high-level terrorists off the battlefield.

“So we are not treating these people as part of a religion. We’re treating them as terrorists. We call them our enemies and we’ll be treating them as such.”

Indeed, the opposite notion, that the West is at War with Islam, would put us on the battlefield with 1.6 million people.

This is the mistake that Bush made after 9/11 (and Republicans continue to make regarding Guantanamo) - declaring a War on Terrorism, and inventing “enemy noncombatants” not entitled to any judicial rights or protections from torture, rather than prosecuting them as criminals.

For his failure to declare war on Islam (as ISIL wants the West to do because that is how they get their recruits), Obama is condemned as being too “passive” - when in reality, he has a better understanding of the complex webs that feed terrorism, and the reality that combating violent extremists is not as easy as lining up fighters on one side against a uniformed battalion on the other (an obsolete notion, even during World War I).

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Continued from Page 20 The summit is just one element of a multivariate strategy to address violent extremism but is focused on the root sources that provide the breeding ground for people who become terrorists - poverty, lack of opportunity, alienation, propaganda - in fact, many of the same root causes of gang violence.

Indeed, the Copenhagen, Paris and Sydney killers were all radicalized in prison.

Does it surprise you that the summit features “best practices” reports from three American cities - Los Angeles, Boston and Minneapolis and seeks to engage faith leaders, community leaders and social media companies?

As dastardly as ISIL is, it is not an existential threat to the United States.

The 19 terrorists who perpetrated 9/11 were not an existential threat to the United States, though Bush/Cheney did their best to use 9/11 to undermine the foundations of government.

The Boston marathon bombers did not bring down our government or our civilization. Yet gun violence kills 33,000 people a year - a 9/11 each month - are killed by gun violence - a mother was shot dead in front of her own home because of a “road rage” incident - and this is not considered an existential threat.

Somehow, violence is more abhorrent when it seems to be motivated by some po-

litical agenda.

Yet the headcount of American extremists is rapidly moving up: the Oklahoma bomber, the massacre at a Sikh temple, and just last week, three young Muslims murdered in their apartment in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Also, as Quba Islamic Institute in Houston went up in flames - intentionally set, authorities believe - a retired firefighter posted, “Let it burn...Block the fire hydrant.”

And that’s only recent history, not taking into account the terrorism unleashed to stop the progress of civil rights.

Let’s not forget that when Obama did move to bomb Syria because of Assad’s illegal use of chemical weapons against his own people, it was Congress who thwarted him (Putin stepped in, momentarily being hailed as the peacemaker extraordinaire), and now the same Congressmembers mock him for not following through on his “red line” threat. (And yet, the actual objective, of forcing Assad to get rid of chemical weapons succeeded.)

It is Congress that has yet to take up the issue of authorized use of military force against ISIS, while at the same time chastising Obama as being too timid - except it turns out that he is not timid, that the US has led 2000 strikes against ISIS and that ISIS is being pushed back.

Yes, ISIS is metastasizing - in Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan - just as Al Qaeda

“franchises” sprung up in Iraq (where it had not existed before the Bush invasion), in the Arabian Peninsula, in Indonesia.

This is a different kind of warfare that demands a different kind of policy.

If anything, the “defenses” involve more use of intelligence, more intervention of radicalized individuals which brings new context to the NSA information gathering issue and will inevitably raise the specter of privacy and civil rights. (Isn’t hindsight a great thing when they say that a terrorist operated ‘under the radar? When the authorities are blamed for not monitoring the Boston bombers or the Copenhagen killer?).

Doesn’t this now require a new discussion privacy?

And when you drill down to what the Republican hawks are saying, it isn’t really pushing for more. Their strategy is to get the Jordanians to put boots on the ground. Get the UAE to fly. Get the Egyptians involved.

In September, Congressman Israel had just returned from an intensive trip to Israel, where he met with the highest levels of government.

Speaking at Temple Beth Shalom in Roslyn Heights, he said that Iran, not ISIS, poses the leading threat to Israel’s existence and warned that Israel is one year away from “bomb or bombing.”

But this is exactly what Netanyahu

said when he last appeared in front of Congress, in 2011: “Now time is running out. The hinge of history may soon turn, for the greatest danger of all could soon be upon us: a militant Islamic regime armed with nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu said.

But Netanyahu, in that 2011 speech, also said “Militant Islam threatens the world. It threatens Islam,” and that remark is truly prescient of what is happening today.

“Now, I have no doubt -- I’m absolutely convinced -- that it will ultimately be defeated. I believe it will eventually succumb to the forces of freedom and progress. It depends on cloistering young minds for a given amount of years, and the process of opening up information will ultimately defeat this movement. But like other fanatacisms that were doomed to fail, militant Islam could exact an horrific price from all of us before its eventual demise.”

In 2015, it isn’t Iran that is the most threatening, it is Islamic extremism.

If Congressman Israel attends the Netanyahu’s speech, rather than boycotting it as other Democrats do, he will play into Boehner’s hands of undermining Obama’s foreign policy and weaken his ability to actually lead internationally in order to accomplish the stated goal: irradicating violent extremism.

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This year’s theme by Curator Jill Rader Levine, “Women Of The World - Think Big!”, will display art from 57 award-winning artists and kick-off National

Women’s History Month in Nassau County.

All artwork will express a moment in the life of a woman - past, present and future, many with a global point of view.

This Free Community Event is on March 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive Building at 1550 Franklin Ave in Mineola.

Guests will enjoy a Gala Reception at 6 p.m. pro-

vided by some of Nassau’s finest restaurants, caterers and bakeries with musical entertainment.

The contest will be professionally judged by a panel of distinguished art professors and notable artists with prizes from local sponsors awarded.

The participating artists will be recognized for their ongoing activities in volunteerism and commerce in the art field.

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The Pink Floyd Experience The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury. com The Pink Floyd Experience endeavours to reproduce not just the legendary Pink Floyd stadium show, but “the true Pink Floyd experience” by keeping it intimate with an elaborate performance featuring a combination of music, sound and lights. The band features veterans musicians Tom Quinn, Gus Beaudoin, Randy McStine, Jesse Molloy, John Cox and Bob Sale.

Saturday, Feb. 21, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Camellia House Weekend Planting Fields Coe Hall Historic House Museum 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay 516 922.9200 • http://www.plantingfields.org

Monroe Martin Friday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m.

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Long Island Fire, rescue & EMs Mega show Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http://www.nassaucoliseum.com See the latest in Fire, Rescue and EMS equipment as hundreds of exhibitors descend on Nassau Coliseum Saturday and Sunday for the 2015 Fire, Rescue & EMS Mega Show. The annual event is New York State’s largest Rescue & EMS Expo.

Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.

The Daily show Writers standup Tour: “a Night of Political-ish Comedy” The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 • www.paramountny. com The Daily Show Writers Standup Tour is a nationwide comedy tour starring the writers and producers from behind the Daily Show.

Standup credits of performers include, John Oliver’s NY stand-up show, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Adam DeVine’s House Party, performances for the USO in Afghanistan and more.

Slated to appear are Adam Lowitt, Matt Koff and Travon Free.

The Annual Camellia House weekend features live music, walking tours of the Camellia House and activities for children. Coe Hall is open for self-guided visits. All activities inside the Camellia House are free including Quatrain,the Barbershop Quartet, Jack Smith (saxophone player) and short talks with Vincent Simeone & Henry B. Joyce. There will be watercolor workshops, kids crafts, storytelling with the Mad Hatter and magic shows at 12 and 1:30 p.m.. At 3 p.m., Charles Cresson will speak about camellias and other plants in the winter garden.

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.

The sing Off NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com This year’s edition of The Sing Off Live Tour, an evening of a cappella featuring groups from NBC’s hit TV show, features VoicePlay from season four, second season finalists Street Corner Symphony, The Exchange met on the set of The Sing Off in 2012, and special guests Blue Jupiter is an a cappella pop-funk singing group from New York City. Tickets are $69.50, $39.50, and $29.50.

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m.

Film: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Landmark On Main Street 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.org The 1961 romantic comedy based on the novella by Truman Capote stars Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and features Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney. Hepburn’s portrayal of Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric café society girl, is considered to be the actress’ most memorable and identifiable role. Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and winning two for Best Original Score and Best Original song for “Moon River.”

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Their performance will feature Rachmaninoff’s “Trio No. 1 in G Minor,” Turina’s “Trio No. 2 in B Minor,” Liebermann’s “Trio No. 3” and Trio Solisti’s arrangement of the Mussorgsky masterpiece “Pictures at an Exhibition.”

Trio Solisti, which marks its 10th year as ensemble-in-residence at Adelphi University, has forged its reputation as “the most exciting piano trio in America,” according to The New Yorker, with a performance style that combines exceptional virtuosity and penetrating musical insight. The acclaimed ensemble possesses a broad repertoire that encompasses most of the standard trio selections, as well as many new works by contemporary composers. This spring the group is doing a new recording of Russian trios by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, including Rachmaninoff’s beautiful Trio No. 1 in G Minor.

Founded in 2001, Trio Solisti brings together three of the most sought after artists of their generation – violinist Ma-

ria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia-Gerlach, and pianist Adam Neiman. The popular trio has earned a reputation for soulful and passionate performances marked by soloistic virtuosity, electric energy, seamless ensemble playing and thrilling abandon.

Trio Solisti have performed in major concert halls and cultural institutions across the country, including Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and more.

Their collaborations have included performances with Yo-Yo Ma, Mstislav Rostropovich, Leonard Slatkin, James DePriest, Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, The American String Quartet and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. For additional information, visit www.triosolisti.com.

Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at $35/$30, with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni.

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Elliman film series returns The Elliman Film Series returns for its second season to Soundview Cinemas in Port Washington this month. Each month the series will present exclusive film previews and behind-the-scenes conversations with filmmakers, actors, and film industry insiders.

The first film to be shown in the series will be “Wild Canaries” on Monday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. In this fun and comedic throwback to classic mysteries, newly engaged Brooklyn couple Barri and Noah set out to investigate the death of their elderly neighbor, but uncover some unsettling secrets along the way. There will also be a filmmaker Q&A after the film.

In March the series will offer “Cupcakes” on Tuesday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. As light and tasty as the title suggests, “Cupcakes” follows a diverse group of friends in Tel Aviv whose lives get

thrown into the spotlight when their song unexpectedly gets picked as Israel’s entry in the Universong competition.

Subscribe to all five films for $75, $65 for seniors. Individual tickets are $15 ($10 for students) in advance and $20 at the door Soundview Cinemas is located at 7 Soundview Market Place, Port Washington.

The Spring Furman Film Series, held at Bow Tie Squire Cinemas, 115 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, will debut on Thursday, March 12 with “Marie’s Story” at 7:30 p.m. The Furman Film Series previews the best new independent films and studio releases, followed by Q&As with filmmakers and industry professionals.

Presented with ReelAbilities Film Festival and based on reallife events, this is the story of Marie, a deaf and blind fourteen-year-old

girl. Without any other options, she is brought to the Larnay Institute where a young nun takes Marie under her wing and begins to help her to communicate with the world around her. Read more>> Subscribe now for six films and Q&As, plus special benefits including priority seating and discounts at local restaurants.

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takes place in venues throughout the North Shore of Long Island.

An annual event located in the Town of North Hempstead, the Festival celebrates the art and influence of cinema in the charming, historic towns and villages of Long Island’s Gold Coast. GCIFF events include screenings, workshops, conversations with prominent members of the film community, parties and a gala.

“Wild Canaries” will be shown on Monday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m.

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PATV kids book readings PATV will cablecast the new program; “Adventures with Mickey” featuring host Mickey Daly reading children’s books to the viewing audience on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. on PATV Channels 20 (Cablevision) and 37 (Verizon).

Daly is a young man with a talent for telling stories and he happens to be on the autism spectrum.

No two people on the autism spectrum are alike.

Each person has a unique ability. Daly’s gift is that he is able to easily memorize stories and create voices for the characters in the stories.

Daly’s passion for story telling, plus his talent for memorizing and creating voices for the characters have made him into a compelling storyteller.

Daly began reading stories to children at a local library. There he gained the confidence and experience to take it to the next level at PATV. Through his internship at PATV he hopes to entertain the audience and instill his love for books to the audience.Please check our Facebook page PATV Great Neck – North Shore for information and the latest updates at PATV.

In the PATV control room is Director of Technical Operations, Erica Bradley with host Mickey Daly on the monitor taping “Adventures with Mickey”.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m.

Film: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Friday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m.

Nicole Atkins Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.

Robert Klein Friday, March 13, 8 p.m.

Ben Vereen Friday, Apr. 17, 8 p.m.

Rhiannon Giddens GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Sunday, Feb. 1 - Sunday, April 5 Luba Lukova: Graphic Guts Internationally renowned, New York based Luba Lukova is regarded as one of the most distinctive image makers working today.

Transcending language, culture, and politics, her Graphic Guts collection features passionate visual reactions to many of the pressing issues of our time. The Opening Reception is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 1, from 4 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 21, 8 p.m.

Your Big Break: Young Musicians Showcase Join the Gold Coast Arts Center for the first round of up-and-coming talent — chosen from online submissions — who will perform for music business execs, producers, radio and TV personalities and more.

The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Friday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m.

Pink Floyd Experience Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.

Keb’ Mo’ Band Saturday, March 7, 8 p.m.

Los Lonely Boys Sunday, April 26, 8 p.m.

Miranda Sings NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http://www.nassaucoliseum. com Saturday, Feb. 21 Sunday, Feb. 22, Long Island Fire, Rescue & EMS Mega Show Saturday, March 21, 12:30 - 4 p.m. & 5:30 - 9 p.m.

Spring Craft Beer Festival Friday, March 27, 7 p.m.

Barry Manilow Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m.

Friday, April 17, 3 & 7 p.m.

Disney Live! Presents Three Classic Fairy Tales Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m.

Nitro Circus Live Wednesday, May 20, 7:30 p.m.

The Who Hits 50!

Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.

New Kids On The Block with special guests TLC and Nelly

NYCB THeatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Saturday, Feb. 21, 2 & 8 p.m.

Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles Wednesday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.

The Sing Off Friday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m.

Wynonna and Friends Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.

Masters Of Illusion Sunday, March 1, 8 p.m.

The Musical Box perform Genesis: Saturday, March 7, 8 p.m.

The Temptations & The Four Tops Sunday, March 15, 8 p.m.

ZZ Top Saturday, March 21, 3 & 7 p.m.

Spring Doo Wop Extravaganza Sunday, March 22, 3 p.m.

Lily Tomlin Thursday, March 26, 8 p.m.

Michael W. Smith Friay, March 27, 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 28, 8 p.m.

The Moody Blues Thursday, April 9, 8 p.m.

Zebra / The Mystic Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m.

Tom Wopat & John Schneider: Return Of The Dukes Sunday, April 12, 4 p.m.

The Price Is Right Live Stage Show Friday, April 17, 8 p.m.

Bob Saget Friday, April 24, 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m.

Bob Saget Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m.

Bill O’Reilly & Dennis Miller Saturday, May 9, 7 & 10 p.m.

The truTV Impractical Jokers “Where’s Larry” Tour Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.

Don Rickles Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m.

70’s Soul Jam Friday, June 5, 8 p.m.

Glays Knight Friday, June 19, 8 p.m.

The Midtown Men Friday, June 27, 8 p.m.

Happy Together Tour Saturday, July 11, 8 p.m.

Dion Saturday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m.

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Cafe Music at Dolphin - John Wilde, Shlomo Franklin Friday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.

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A&E Calendar cont’d MAIN GALLERIES Through March 8, 2015 China Then and Now China Then and Now brings together exemplary Chinese works of art from the classical, early modern and contemporary periods. The exhibition explores three millennia of one of the world’s most important artistic traditions from the perspective of American collectors on Long Island, such as Childs and Frances Frick and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler. The exhibition opens on Nov. 22, and remains on view through March 8.

SECOND FLOOR GALLERIES Through March 8 Long Island Collects the Arts of China An exhibition drawn from the holdings of Long Islanders whose collections include exceptional Chinese art in a variety of media. Many of these works have never or rarely-before been seen by the public.

PERMANENT COLLECTION GALLERY Through March 8 Louis Comfort Tiffany: Works on Paper Tiffany artworks from the museum’s permanent collection CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS GALLERY Through March 8 Gavin Rain A native of Cape Town, South Africa, Gavin Rain works primarily in a neo-pointillist style.

He cites two main narratives in his work: Hidden in plain sight, in which the subject cannot be seen until the viewer takes a few steps back; and Pseudo digital, in which the artist uses rows of dots in a pattern similar to television or computer screens. He credits Seurat, Russian avant garde art of the 1900s and the work of many architects as his main artistic influences. Rain’s work has been seen in solo and group exhibitions throughout the world.

March 21 to July 12 Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Nassau County Museum of Art presents its first comprehensive exhibition of permanent collection works in Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting. This presentation highlights patrons’ numerous gifts to the Museum over the last quarter century that have never, or rarely, been exhibited.

ONGOING Sculpture Park More than 40 works, many of them monumental in size, by renowned artists including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterness, George Rickey and Mark DiSuvero among others are situated to interact with nature on the museum’s magnificent 145-acre property.

Walking Trails The museum’s 145 acres include many marked nature trails through the woods, perfect for family hikes or independent exploration.

Gardens From restored formal gardens of historic importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre 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.

Sundays, March 1, 8, 22, 29, Family Tour at 1 p.m.

Family Sundays at the Museum Converse, collaborate and create together during our Family Sundays from 1 to 4 pm. Each week be inspired by exhibition based gallery conversations, and explore new art materials, vocabulary and ideas with our museum educator. Family Sundays provide children and the adults in their lives the opportunity to take time from their busy lives to reconnect while talking about and making art together.

New Projects are featured every week!

Saturday, March 7, 3 p.m.

Chinese Art and Long Island Collectors: A Curator’s Perspective Amy G. Poster, co-curator of China Then and Now, is Curator Emerita, Asian Art of the Brooklyn Museum. She presents highlights of the exhibition, focusing on extraordinary works collected by some of Long Island’s great aesthetes from yesteryear and today. A recognized expert of Asian art and culture, Poster is an independent curator and consultant who has published numerous scholarly catalogues and articles, including recent studies of early American collectors of Chinese art. Admission is $15 (members, $5) and includes museum admission. Register at nassaumuseum.org/events.

Thursday, March 26, 6-9 p.m.

The Art of Golf Nassau County Museum of Art presents a fun evening of networking, golf and games to benefit education programs at the Museum. To be held at the PGS Tour Superstore in Westbury, NY. For details and to arrange tickets, call (516) 484-9338, ext. 16.

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.

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Masters of Illusion to perform at Westbury The magic, excitement, spectacle and suspense of Masters Of Illusion Live! will be on display at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m.

Believe the Impossible! Nothing beats the experience of seeing a magic show in person. You’ll see grand illusions, levitating women, appearances and vanishes, escapes, comedy magic, sleight of hand and beautiful dancers…everything you could possibly imagine and performances that you never dreamed possible – all rolled up into a live show!

Only the best, most unique, amusing, astounding and amazing performers have been chosen to perform in Masters of Illusion. Masters of Illusion is a huge stage phenomenon born from the multi-award winning television series Masters of Illusion and from the World Magic Awards, which is recognized as the International Academy Awards of Magic. The live tour

premiered in September 2011 and is in its 4th season. The tour has played 105 shows in 68 venues, 28 states, five countries and three continents.

One of the exciting features of this magical experience is that the entire audience participates in a mind-boggling illusion and some lucky individuals even get picked to assist with illusions on stage!

The award-winning cast has been brought together to perform live to its Masters of Illusion’s huge worldwide television audience. Masters of Illusion will have new TV episodes airing in 2015 on the CW Network, and in more than 100 countries internationally.

Tickets are $69.50, $39.50 and $19.50 and are available online at www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at (800) 7453000 or at the Westbury box office. Event, date and time subject to change. Tickets are subject to applicable service charges.

Adelphi to present best of Broadway The Department of Music at Adelphi University is pleased to present the latest edition of its popular Best of Broadway series – “Tales of New York” – featuring a talented cast of 26 music and theatre students.

Directed by Michael Hume and accompanied by pianist Adrienne Borbély, the revue will take place on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 1, at 4 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, Adelphi University, Concert Hall at One South Avenue in Garden City.

Headlining “Tales of New York” are hits that were inspired by the heart and soul of the Big Apple itself. Included are songs, duets and ensembles from some of the most famous New York City musicals, including Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Fiorello, Company, On the Town and Rent. The

composers and lyricists featured in the revue read like a “Who’s Who of American Musical Theatre” – George M. Cohan, Rodgers and Hart, Frank Loesser, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Bock and Harnick, Burt Bacharach, William Finn and Jonathan Larson.

Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at $20, with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni.

For more information about all events at AUPAC and to purchase tickets, visit aupac.adelphi.edu.

Information is available at The Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at (516) 877-4000 or boxoffice@adelphi. edu.

Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1-6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

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Mead to head league Montreal troupe to play summer art program L.I. Children’s Museum The Art League of Long Island recently welcomed Marianne Mead to head its Summer Art Adventure Program.

As Summer Art Adventure Program Director, Mead will be spearheading a re-vamped program administering and teaching new activities at the program’s new location at a Half Hollow Hills elementary school.

Mead began her formal art education at the School of Visual Arts, moving on to earn her B.A. in Art History and M.S. in Art Education at Long Island University, C.W. Post campus.

She has been teaching art in Long Island public schools for 11 years. She currently teaches architectural design, industrial arts and studio art at Half Hollow Hills High School East.

She also taught sixth and eighth grade art at West Hollow Middle School.

In addition to her years of teaching, Mead freelances as a graphic artist creating promotional materials for her clients.

Marianne lives in Huntington with her husband Geoffrey and two sons.

The Art League of Long Island is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to broad-based visual arts education, providing a forum and showcase for artists of all ages and ability levels. To learn more about their programs visit www. artleagueli.org.

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Montreal’s acclaimed theater company Des mots d’la dynamite arrives at Long Island Children’s Museumwith “Where I Live,” a production created specifically as a child’s first theatrical experience. The March 4-8 performances in the LICM Theater represent the production’s US Premiere. Morning and afternoon performances will be offered for families, as well as a field trip offering for Pre-K and Kindergarten grade levels.

Des mots d’la dynamite (Words of Dynamite) specializes in theater for very young audiences.

While the intended audiences are small, show themes are anything but.

“Where I Live” intertwines songs, nursery rhymes and poetry with big existential questions, such as: Why are we here?

Who are we?

Where are we going?

Why are you my friend?

In this imaginative production, the characters Téqui (“Who-Are-You”) and Téoù (“Where-Are-You”) invite audience members to examine their place in the world - from their own body to their family, community, and finally to the planet we share.

The characters answer all these brainteasers like children, by playing, singing and dancing. Props and scenic elements used in this production are easily relatable to children: cardboard and wood blocks form houses, rags become puppets and flashlights are used to highlight items and create shadow games.

Artistic Director Nathalie Derome notes the special rewards in creating programs for the “under five” set. “Children are candid spectators who challenge us to listen actively and respond openly. It is exhilarating to make eye contact with such inquisitive youngsters,” she notes.

In selecting the production for its

audience, LICM Theater Manager James Packard, was drawn by the goal the production and the LICM Theater share.

“We both want to create experiences to introduce young children to the excitement of the performing arts,” he notes.

Packard was also drawn by the production’s “simple exploration of self” for young audiences and the blending of visual and literary elements.

“The production is a feast for the eyes and includes a beauty of movement and storytelling that will be very relatable to audience members,” he added.

LICM theater performances receive support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Des mots d’la dynamite’s tour is made possible with the support of Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des Arts du Canada and Conseil des arts de Montréal.

Performance Schedule & Pricing: Wednesday, March 4 through Friday, March 6 at 10:15 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Saturday, March 7 at 11:30 a.m. and Sunday, March 8 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m. (Frenchspeaking performance) Ages: 18 mos. – 4 years. Fee: $9 with museum admission ($7 LICM members), $12 theater performance only.

Since 1988, Des mots d’la dynamite has been a pioneer in the field of interdisciplinary arts, creating shows for small children and their families. The company has been seen throughout Canada, France, Italy, Cuba and the US and has performed for theaters, museums, artist-run centers, festivals, and other cultural events. Since 2008, they have focused on the relatively unexplored area of the Canadian performing arts: the very young audience (18 months to 5 years old).

US Premiere Poses Big Questions in Production for Young Audiences – Montreal’s Des mots d’la dynamite asks young children to explore big themes about their place in the world in “Where I Live.”

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The Genesis tribute band to play Westbury The Musical Box, the only group authorized by Peter Gabriel to perform Genesis live in concert, will be at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Sunday, March 1 at 8 p.m. Doors are at 7 p.m.

The group, formed in Montreal, Canada and take their name from the 1971 Genesis’ song, will recreate, note for note, the 1973 concert “Selling England By the Pound.” The band mostly covers the Peter Gabriel era of Genesis, incorporating visual effects and costumes that were featured in the original Genesis’ shows of the seventies.

“Selling England By the Pound” was Genesis’ fifth studio album and was released in October of 1973.

The “Selling England By the Pound Tour” began in September of 1973 and

ended in May of 1974 in New York City.

The Selling England set list comprised six eighths of the album (“After the Ordeal” and “Aisle of Plenty” were not performed), and a selection of live favorites including “Watcher of the Skies”, “The Musical Box”, “Supper’s Ready” and “The Knife”. “Horizons” and “The Return of the Giant Hogweed” were sometimes played instead of “More Fool Me” and “The Knife,” respectively.

Tickets are $39.50 and $59.50 plus applicable service charges 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 are subject to change. For more information, visit www.thetheatreatwestbury.com.

Artist shares methods at art league meeting Artist Robert Levi attended The Art League of Nassau County’s monthly meeting on Friday, Jan. 23, demonstrating how to paint color glazes in acrylic using thin layers of color to create a luminous effect.

He also talked about how to create frames using recycled materials. Levi generously donated an acrylic painting for the raffle that was won by ALNC member Suzie Alvey.

Levi has been a freelance illustra-

tor and designer since 2003. The Cooper Union graduate spent 35 to 40 years in advertising beforehand.

His illustration work can be seen in more than 10 Blues Clues books, based on the television show. He also has painted backgrounds for various cartoons.

A documentary film, “Turning a Corner” was presented at the Tribeca Film Festival, which is the story of Levi’s life.

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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.

are held once a week on Mondays from Jan. 12, through March 2. Equipment will be provided. “Strength for Life’s” Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist’s mission is to empower, inspire and strengthen by using exercise as a method of healing. Sessions are taught by Jacqui Errico, a Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist. To register for the program, please call Ms. Errico at (631) 675-6513. For information about the Breast Health Center at Winthrop, please call (516) 663-2556.

CAI-LI EDUCATIONAL INSURANCE SEMINAR The Long Island Chapter of the Community Associations Institute invites community homeowners from Condos, Co-ops and HOAs to attend an educational Insurance Seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. The seminar is hosted and sponsored by Belfor Property Restoration and will be held at 60 Raynor Avenue, Ronkonkoma. The topic “Insurance – How Communities Protect Themselves” will be presented by Andrew Nigri of GFI Insurance Brokerage, Inc., James D. Sutton, CPCU, AAI, CIC, President of James F. Sutton Agency, Ltd. and Christopher W. Duffy, CIC of Millennium Alliance Group, LLC. All questions will be welcome and light refreshments will be served. Reservations for the seminar should be made to the CAI-Long Island office at info@cai- li.org or telephone (631) 882-8683.

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 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.

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 nonprofit 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

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 email 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) 8298740 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) 523-5406.

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Williston Park Library From the Director: Our painting and carpet renovations are finally complete and we were able to reopen the library on February 5. The inclement weather set us back a few days, but there are just some things that are out of our control. We appreciate your patience during this time. Preparing the library for such a large project was not easy and would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of the library staff! James, Pat, Mary Ann, Kathy, Marion, Emily

and Mary did an AMAZING job, which included removing items and shelves from the walls, disconnecting all computers, and moving furniture and supplies into the Children’s Room so the staff was able to work.

Shelves were cleaned before materials were put back, and storage cabinets and office furniture were reconfigured to optimize the space. I’ve never encountered such a hardworking staff, and I appreciate and value them more than they can ever know.

Here are some new arrivals to the library: Lost & Found — Brooke Davis Same Sky — Amanda Eyre Ward Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins One Step Too Far — Tina Seskis Crash and Burn — Lisa Gardner Believer: My 40 Years in Politics — David Axelrod Obsession in Death — JD Robb

Twelve Days — Alex Berenson Secrets of Midwives — Sally Hepworth Spool of Blue Thread — Anne Tyler

ADULTs Friday @ the Movies Every third Friday of each month at 1 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Enjoy a leisurely afternoon and see a great movie.

children Story Hour for Tots Thursdays, January 8 through March 19 at 11 a.m. in the Children’s Room. Open to children ages 1-3 ½ years old. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

After School Story Hour Tuesdays, January 13 through March 17 at 4 p.m. in the Children’s Room. Open to children K-2nd grade. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Tiny Tykes I & II Wednesdays, February 4, 11, and

25 at 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Open to children 1 ½-5 years old. There is a $45 fee due at registration.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Lego Time Wednesdays, January 14 through March 18 at 4:30 p.m. in the Library. Open to children K+.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Pajama Story Time Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Library. Open to children of all ages. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

East Williston Library DAYTIME BOOK CLUB: “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry”

by Gabrielle Zevin – Tuesday, March 10 at 1:30 p.m.

EVENING BOOK CLUB: “The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square” by Rosina Lippi – Thursday, March 12 at 7 p.m.

Please register at the library.

The discussion is limited to 15 readers.

OLD WESTBURY GARDENS and NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSES: The passes are available to East Williston Library card holders. Each family pass (two adults and children under 18 years of age) may be borrowed for a threeday period. Passes may be reserved in advance.

LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY: Whatever your goal, LearningExpressLibrary’s resources will help you succeed. The various “Learning Centers” offer the information you need to achieve the results you want at school, at work, or in life. Are you looking for a new job? You’ll find an entire Learning Center dedicated

to helping you get the one that’s right for you. Visit us at www.ewlibrary.org TUMBLEBOOK LIBRARY: TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they’ll love. Visit us at www.ewlibrary.org

N0TARY PUBLIC: Hours are Monday & Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. Photo identification is required.

Documents to be notarized must be signed at the time of notarization, not before. You must bring your own witness if needed. Please telephone the Library to confirm a notary is available.

EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY: We are pleased to present a very unique Lego Collection.

Please visit this display in the lobby of the East Williston Village Hall.

Register for all programs by calling (516) 741-1213 or email us at ewpl@ewlibrary. org.

Mineola Public Library ADULTs

Please join us on February 26 and 27 for Boyhood.

Reiki Introduction Lecture; and, Reiki Healing Circle* Saturdays, Feb. 21 and 28 at 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join Karen Centola and Kathleen Gunning, two Reiki Master/Teachers for informative programs on the many benefits of the gentle healing art of Reiki.

Lectures for Your Financial Planning Needs—With a Personal Touch*: 1. Investing for the Fearful— Monday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m.

2. Tax Planning: …It’s How Much You Keep, Monday April 6 at 6:30 p.m.; and, for Money Smart Week 3. Making Your Money Work for You, Thursday, April 23 at 1:30 p.m.

Movies Show Times for our Feature Films are Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and Fridays at 11 a.m..

Chi Kung (Qigong) Medita-

tion* Tuesdays at 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., March 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31.

Yoga Classes* Mondays at 7 to 8:15 p.m., March 2, 23, 30; April 13, 27; May 4, 11.

Sahaja Meditation—Four Sessions* Mondays at 5 to 6 p.m., March 2, 16, 23, 30.

A Celebration of Irish Dance Saturday, March 7 at 12 p.m.

The Mineola Library will feature

students of The Donny Golden School of Irish Dance in a sparkling and colorful performance.

These multi-talented students will entertain you with their program of traditional Irish step dances accompanied by songs and lively Celtic tunes *Register at the Reference Desk or (516) 748-8488, ext. 2

be given.

Chat ‘n’ Chew Club — Wednesdays—remaining date: February 25 at 4 to 5 p.m. —Grades 5-12 — Open registration. Volunteer/ community credit will be given.

Toy Paramedics Volunteers — Grades 6-12—Open registration.

Volunteer/community credit will be given.

YOUTH

Teen Movie & Book Club Register at the Reference Desk.

Remaining date: Monday, Feb. 23, 4 to 6:30 p.m. Sign up for Teens 7th – 12th grade. Join us once a month when we watch

Volunteer Programs Adopt-a-Shelf Volunteers — Grades 6-12—Open registration.

Volunteer/community credit will

a movie that was inspired by a popular YA book. Enjoy snacks and drinks and a comparison discussion on the book and movie.

Meeska, Mooska, Mickey Mouse!

Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.

Children ages 2 and up with caregivers may sign up to attend. It’s the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse! Come and make an edible “Toodles,” play Mickey Mouse B-I-N-G-O and do the “Hot Dog Dance,” hot potato style!

Shelter Rock Library MUSEUM PASSES @ SRPL Shelter Rock Public Library cardholders can reserve a Museum Pass online for free admission to a variety of museums and gardens on Long Island and in New York City.

Go to www.srpl.org and pull down the Library Services Menu then go to Museum Passes. Click the Reserve Now link and look for the

red Request Pass button to see if the Museum Pass is available.

Your library card must be in good standing. Advance reservations will be accepted for the next 60 days (one Reservation per family every 30 days).

SHELTER ROCK PATRONS MAY RESERVE PASSES

FOR: American Airpower Museum • Children’s Museum of Manhattan • Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery • Cradle of Aviation • Garvies Point • Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum • Long Island Children’s Museum • Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) • Nassau County Firefighter’s Museum • Nassau County Museum of Art •

New York Botanical Garden • New York Historical Society and Library & Dimenna Children’s History Museum Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced today that in cooperation with the Shelter Rock Public Library, the Nassau County Offices for the Aging and Mental Health are coordinat-

ing a support group that is specifically targeted to respond to the needs of caregivers of older persons.

The group is led by Dora Lupo, LMHC, MAC, CASAC, Support Group Facilitator.

Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Shelter Rock Public Library, located at 165 Searingtown

Road, Albertson. The meetings are open to residents of Nassau County. This support group will provide an opportunity for participants to share experiences and to help one another. Persons interested in attending for the first time, or in need of additional information, please call (516) 227-8725.

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E.W. School District adopts calendar After two snow days that postponed both the January and February monthly business meetings, the Board of Education adopted the new calendar for the 2015-16 school year on Feb. 10.

You can view the new calendar on the district website at www.ewsdonline.org > hover on District Calendar on navigation bar > click on 15-16 Calendar Summary or view by clicking on this link – 2015-16 School Calendar Summary.

Reminder: Coffee with the Superintendent – Feb. 23 As I mentioned in my last newsletter, the evening Coffee with the Superintendent will take place when school reopens, on Monday, Feb. 23 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 450 at The Wheatley School. I look forward to seeing you there.

Wheatley Art Gallery There is new artwork displayed in the Wheatley Gallery from some of Wheatley’s art classes, Drawing and Painting 1, Photography 1, Portfolio, Advanced Portfolio Photography and Advanced Portfolio. If you happen to be at the school, the gallery is in the front lobby. If you can’t get there, you can view some of the artwork at the following link – Wheatley Art Gallery.

District Technology Fair Enhanced! – March 11 Thanks to the work of the District Technology Committee and with many thanks for financial support from the North Side and Willets Road PTOs, the District Technology Fair is taking on some new and enhanced offerings this year.

These new offerings further support our district-wide STEM initiative, identified as a priority of our five-year strategic plan.

In addition to the Technology Fair, students in grades 2-7 have been given the opportunity to participate in activities offered by the New York Hall of Science and a STEM class of their choosing, presented by our teachers.

Although the New York Hall of Science and the classes are only open to students in grades 2-7, everyone is invited to attend the Technology Fair which will also include seven STEM activities offered by the New York Institute of Technology in addition to demonstrations of how technology is being used in East Williston classrooms every day.

If your child is in grades 2-7, you should have received an

invite to register for the whole event. There are still about 30 seats open.

Please note that this is not a drop-off program; registered children must be accompanied by an adult.

Also note, this event, our District-wide Technology Fair, New York Hall of Science and NYIT will take place on March 11 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Willets Road. This time and venue is a change from the printed calendar in order to accommodate the new activities.

Staff Sharing Knowledge and New Ideas!

You may recall, way back in September, I wrote about our district hosting the first Long Island “EdCamp.”

EdCamp, a national initiative, is known as an “unconference,” designed specifically for educators and stakeholders involved in education. It is built on the principles of connected and participatory learning and strives to bring educators together to talk about the things that matter most to them, their interests, passions and questions.

During each month, our faculty and staff spend time before or after school in faculty and grade level meetings working together professionally and meeting on a variety of topics related to our educational program.

This past Tuesday, the Willets Road faculty conducted their faculty meeting as a series of professional development workshops modeled after the EdCamp Professional Development Conference format.

Faculty and administrators volunteered to conduct workshops that their colleagues could randomly choose to attend. The workshops were held in two separate 25-minute sessions to allow the participants to attend two different workshops.

The workshop titles included: 1) The 8 Minutes that Matter the Most: How do you begin and end your lessons? presented by Willets Road Principal Stephen Kimmel; 2) Topics in Technology; PLN, PLC, Twitter, GAFE, Chromebooks presented by instructional technology teacher Audra Beberman 3) The Google Classroom presented by physical education teacher David Burke; 4) #BookLove: Texts to Enhance Professional and Classroom Libraries presented by fifth grade teachers Monica Gibson and Lynn Flynn; 5) The Creativity Test: Part 1 & 2 presented by art

teachers Colette Hardy and Melinda Gomez; 6) The Benefits of Using the App “Remind” presented by fifth grade teachers Diane M. Viola and Maryann Rutter; 7) NoodleTools presented by librar-

Elaine Kanas Superintendent

ian Diane Ilkiw; and 8) Edmodo Snapshot presented by sixth grade teacher Ronald Roaldsen.

This was a great opportunity for staff to learn new technologies to enhance instruction and to share their knowledge with each other within the context of an ongoing professional learning community.

Students Travel to Italy Twelve Wheatley students departed this afternoon for a February vacation they will never forget.

They will be visiting Rome, Sorrento, Pompeii, the Island of Capri, The Vatican, Orvieto, Florence, Tuscany, Siena and Venice with Wheatley teachers Susan Vasselman and Pilar PrincipeFranco.

Aside from sightseeing, the cultural experiences include dancing the Tarantella, learning about regional specialties in an Italian version of Food Challenge and, weather permitting, a gondola ride. Buon viaggio!

Students participating include Olivia Braito, Samantha Cumming, Jennifer Dioguardi, Laura D’Angelo, Julia Haghighi, Jacqueline LaGinestra, Alana Leahy, Morgan Misk, Raffaela Palmieri, Ashley Saparzadeh, Andrew Schloss and Olivia Suppa.

Goals Meetings Continue Administrators and faculty continue the process I shared with you recently, reviewing district progress toward this year’s goals and beginning discussions about next year’s instructional goals.

Periodically, I will update you on our progress.

One of our big picture goals

is Goal No. 8: Continue Successful Science Learning for Students. This year a related SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time Bound) goal is to plan and pilot a LEGO Robotics Club for Grades 6 and 7 at Willets Road.

I am excited to share that this spring there will be a pilot LEGO Robotics Club offered for our 6th and 7th graders. Look for information regarding this club offering and registration process in the coming weeks.

This program also supports our STEM initiative.

Seventh Grade Research Presenters The results are in! Some of our students have been selected from among many fine candidates, to represent the East Williston School District at the “Junior Division” of the National History Day Regional Conference at Hofstra University on March 8.

The National History Day projects that have been carefully chosen for competition are an outgrowth of last year’s SMART goal to define and articulate specific skills in research and writing in Grades 7, 8 and 9 which will support success for the Grade 10 research paper. Congratulations.

The following students’ projects have been selected: Individual Websites: • Rebecca Sparacio (7th grade) (Elie Wiesel) • Ashley Vincenzo (7th grade) (Jonas Salk) • Emily Blumberg (7th grade) (Alice Paul) Group Websites: • Rebecca Zeltsman and Maggie Caroddo (7th grade) (Harriet Tubman) • Peter Cuomo and Theodore Koutsoftas (7th grade) (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Group Documentaries • Diya Shah, Alison Keller and Alison Amarain (7th grade) (Andrew Jackson) • Alex Horowitz and Ilana Nimkoff (7th grade) (Ruby Bridges) Group Projects: • Megan Kaye, Kaya Amin and Kavina Amin (7th grade) (Margaret Thatcher) • Rahul Ajmera and Brenden Resnick (7th grade) (Machiavelli) Individual Papers:

• Karen Li (7th grade) (Clara Barton) • John Scudero (8th grade) (Douglas MacArthur) • Brandon Zhu (8th grade) (Harry S. Truman) Congratulations and Commendations Student of the Quarter Congratulations to Daniel Schiesser who was named Student of the Quarter at BOCES Barry Tech.

Calendar Changes Occasionally, the district calendar has additions or changes due to weather or unforeseen scheduling conflicts. To receive notification when there are additions or changes from the printed calendar, you can access the email update/alert system sign-up on the home page of the district website at www. ewsdonline.org and follow the directions. You should check the Calendar box and press Save. If you have any questions about the sign-up, do not hesitate to contact me at checklas@ewsdonline.org or 333-1693.

Recent Calendar Changes The week of Feb. 23 – 27 will be Willets Road SPARK Week (not this past week as noted on the printed calendar).

On March 11: The DistrictWide Technology Fair will be held at the Willets Road School (not Wheatley as printed) and it will beginning at 5:00 PM (change).

On March 11: The BOE Budget Workshop No. 3 will be held at the Willets Road School in the Media Center (not Wheatley as printed) beginning at 7:30 PM. On April 17: The Wheatley Student Art Show will be in the Wheatley Lobby from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (not on April 24 as noted in the printed calendar).

On April 1: The Wheatley Tri-M presents Puttin’ on the Ritz – A Big Band Night will be held in the Wheatley Cafeteria from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (not on April 24 as noted in the printed calendar).

Have a Good Weekend and a Great February Break District and school offices will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week.

As always, don’t forget to email me at kanase@ewsdonline.org or call me at 333-3758 with any questions, suggestions and/or any topics you would like to see in this newsletter.

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Center St. kids do ‘Camp Runamok’

Center Street Teacher and Drama Club advisor Madeleine Maier, student performers and audience members Photo courtesy of the Mineola Union Free School District

Gotta Have Heart As Valentine’s Day approaches and hearts are aflutter, students at Hampton Street School in the Mineola Union Free School District have been using their hearts for something a little more heart-healthy. In an effort to raise funds for the American Heart Association, students participated in the classic Jump Rope for Heart program during their gym periods.

Typically raising thousands of dollars for the cause each year, these kindergarten through second-graders have been recognized for their contributions and commitment to the cause.

The Center Street School Drama Club recently produced their school play, “Camp Runamok” and held several presentations both in school and after school.

Students, parents and staff all enjoyed the wonderful music and dancing. This year, the Drama Club added a new twist, by taking their show on the road.

Along with co-coordinators teachers Madeleine Maier and Dominic Pa-

pagno, the students visited the Henry Viscardi School on I.U. Willets Road in the Herricks school district, and put on the show there for the students and staff at Viscardi.

For the student-actors, it was a chance to spread their wings and bring their play to a wider audience, and the students at the Viscardi school enjoyed it a great deal. It was a wonderful way for all of the students to share the joy of “Camp Runamok” in their community.

Herricks, Roslyn, E.W. adult ed registration There is still time to register for some of the many exciting courses and trips that are available to take this spring in the Roslyn, Herricks and East Williston Adult Education program.

This semester’s Theater trip is Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I on May 12 showing at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. Starring five-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara and acclaimed international film & theater star Ken Watanabe, the show promises to be an unforgettable delight.

An exciting trip Art & Design in Queens on May 1, with guides Franklin Hill Perrell & Debbie Wells, will take participants to the Noguchi Museum which includes a complex with 10 galleries and an open-air sculpture garden, the Queens Museum and the Flushing Meadows – Corona Park.

Art and Susan Zuckerman will be taking participants in their NY Hall of Fame and Food Tour in The Bronx and Westchester on June 4 on a combination food and history tour that includes alternatingly fascinating and delicious stops in the Bronx and Westchester.

Art and Susan Zuckerman are also presenting their “Armchair” Tour Series of New York History from the comfort of an Adult Education classroom. There are five lectures in this series and participants are invited to sign up for all or any number.

The first lecture on Feb. 26, Entrepreneurs, includes the stories of the most successful New Yorkers and how they made their fortunes. Check the Adult Education brochure for information on all the fascinating lectures in the series.

The Art Museum Tour Series offers two sections of 5 sessions each where participants can explore New York’s diverse art scene.

Roslyn Adult Education welcomes Lauren A. Kaplan as our new tour leader this spring. She is a PhD Candidate in art history at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and is working on her dissertation.

Lauren was introduced to museum education while interning at the Brooklyn Museum in 2003, and she has been teaching art history in museums and classrooms ever since.

The delicious Gourmet Chef

Demonstration Series resumes where you will enjoy a cooking demonstration from a professional chef and then a wonderful, leisurely luncheon.

The restaurants we are visiting in the series are The View Grill in Glen Cove on March 31, Pearl East in Manhasset on April 27, and Matteo’s in Roslyn Heights on May 20. You can sign up for one, two or all three with a discount if you sign up for all three.

Computer classes offered this semester are Computer Literacy A to Z, that has a beginner class and an intermediate class, Introduction to Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, and Getting the Most Out of Your iPAD, all taught by computer expert Terrylynn Bayon who is also teaching Digital Photo Editing this semester. There is also a course to help learn to use your digital camera, Digital Photography: Cameras & Composition.

Swimsuit season is coming and now is the time to get into shape through one of our numerous and varied exercise classes.

We offer Non-impact Aerobics, Stretch and Tone, Core & Balance Combo, T’ai Chi for Balance & Mo-

bility, Interval Training, Yoga, Pilates and Zumba. Beginner Tennis is still open and so is Golf.

If you want to dance your way to fitness there is Belly Dance, and Ballroom Dancing. At Herricks Community Center we have Basketball, Bollywood Lifestyles, Tai Chi Ch’uan, Hatha Yoga, Aerobic Kickboxing, and Zumba.

If you want to learn new games or skills, there’s Mah Jongg, Crochet, Knitting, Magic 101, Bridge for Beginners, Backgammon, and Jewelry Making. Take that art class you’ve always wanted try. We offer Drawing & Painting, Clay Sculpture, and Watercolor painting. Expand your horizons by taking a Humanities class, the Archaeology of Magna Graecia, Sicily & Southern Italy taught by Denise Gold, an instructor who has been with us for many years and has participated in numerous archaeological excavations or learn a new language such as Spanish, Italian, French or Chinese.

We continue to welcome residents of the East Williston School District and Herricks School District to our Adult Education family.

Residents of all three districts pay

the resident rate for course offerings and trips, and are eligible for senior citizen discounts, as well.

Classes are held at both the Roslyn Adult Education and the Herricks Community Center. Details are in the catalog. Register early as many courses have limited enrollment.

Registration forms can be sent via mail or fax. In-person registration is between 10am-3pm on weekdays. Instructions are on the form.

A $5 registration fee must be included. (Registrations will not be taken over the phone.)

The Adult Education office is in the Roslyn Public Schools Annex at 440 Round Hill Road, next door to Roslyn High School and across the street from the East Hills School (in the St. Mary’s building).

For information, call 801-5091 or visit us on line at: www.roslynschools.org and click on Community and then on Adult Education.

Please note: The Adult Education office will be closed for the winter recess from Feb. 16 to Feb. 20. You can still send in your registrations by mail or fax and they will be processed as soon as we return in the order they were received.

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Mineola Lions aid area not-for-profits

Pictured from left: Peter and Joanne Pergolis from Canine Companions, Lion President Ray Sikorski, Lion Matt Schwagerl and Lion Vice President Tom Jacoberger.

The Mineola Lions Club kicked off its 2015 charitable donations with presentations to Canine Companions and the Special Olympics. The club do-

nated $2000 to the Canine Companions for Independence. Canine Companions is a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of those with disabilities by

Pictured from left: Lion Matt Smith, Diane Colona, Special Olympics N.Y., regional development, President Ray Sikorski, Lion Rick Volpe, Lion John Broder, and Jennifer Cantone, Special Olympics N.Y. development specialist.

providing highly trained assistance dogs. Canine Companions trains four types of assistance dogs: Service Dogs, Skilled Companions, Hearing Dogs and Facil-

ity Dogs.

The Club also donated $1,000 to the Special Olympics, New York, Inc., Long Island Region. Special Olympics provides

year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-style sports for all children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Winthrop to hold Swim-A-Thon on April 22 The Winthrop Pediatric Swim-A-Thon takes place on Sunday, April 22 from 7 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Hofstra University Swim Center.

The 14th Annual Swim-aThon is raising funds in support of Winthrop- University Hospi-

tal’s Children’s Medical Center.

The proceeds from this fundraiser will go to the Child Life Program, which helps children and their families cope with the difficulties of a hospital stay.

Through the efforts of swimmers and their sponsors, the Swim-

A-Thon has raised more than $300,000 to date.

The Child Life Program at Winthrop-University Hospital has been designed to enhance the healing process, by providing a warm, inviting setting, comforting to both the patient

and the family.

Every patient room has accommodations for parents to stay with their sick child. There are recreation areas and special spaces to escape to for calm, quiet reflection. Siblings and relatives can feel comfortable when

visiting.

The Center has the latest in computer and educational facilities, creating an environment that is most conducive to healing and learning.

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NS-LIJ’s Kraut named to state PHHPC

Jeffrey Kraut, senior vice president for strategy and business informatics at the North Shore-LIJ Health System, has been designated as chair of the state Public Health and Health Planning Council.

The announcement was made by state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard J. Zucker. Kraut succeeds Dr. William Streck, who served as chair for the past 10 years.

Kraut, a resident of East Meadow, was appointed to the state Hospital Review and Planning Council in 2004 and served as its chair from 2007 through 2011, when it was merged with the Public Health Council to form the PHHPC. Since 2011, Kraut has served as its vice chair.

The PHHPC traces its origins to 1913 and today possesses a broad array of advisory and decision-making responsibilities with respect to New York State’s public health and health care delivery system. It is charged with adopting and amending the Sanitary Code and health care facility, home care agency, and hospice operating regulations.

The PHHPC also makes decisions concerning the establishment and transfer of

ownership of health care facilities, home care agencies and hospice programs. It makes recommendations to the commissioner of Health concerning major construction projects, service changes, and equipment acquisitions in health care facilities and home care agencies. It also advises the commissioner on issues related to the preservation and improvement of public health.

Kraut currently serves as a key member of the senior leadership team of the North Shore-LIJ Health System.

Beyond his role in leading the health system’s strategy and business informatics efforts, he serves as assistant professor of science education and associate dean for strategy at the Hofstra North ShoreLIJ School of Medicine. He joined North Shore-LIJ in 1994.

In addition to his significant activities in health policy, strategy development and analytics, Kraut has been a leader in fostering interoperability and sharing of health data through the development of regional health information organizations. He served as the founding chair of the Long Island Patient Information

Jeffrey Kraut Exchange and facilitated its merger with its New York City counterpart, NYCLIX, to form Healthix, the largest RHIO in New York State.

Kraut is a board member of the American Hospital Association’s Society for

Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and serves on the Standards Council of the Commission on Accreditation on Healthcare Management Education.

He was the recipient of the 25th Anniversary Leadership Award of The New York State Society for Health Planning, an organization of which he served as past president. He serves on various committees of the Healthcare Association of New York State, the Greater New York Hospital Association and on the board of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council.

Kraut is also involved in regional economic development and community building activities as a board member of the Long Island Regional Planning Council, Sustainable Long Island and The Brookville Center for Children Services.

He serves as a health policy advisor to the Long Island Index and ERASE Racism.

Kraut received an MBA in Healthcare Management from Baruch College/Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and is a graduate of Stony Brook University.

Lewis to lecture on being college ready at Adelphi Lorna R. Lewis will give a lecture entitled “Digging Deeper: Ensuring All Students are College and Career Ready” at Adelphi University on Thursday, March 5, at 5 p.m. in the Alumni House at 154 Cambridge Avenue in Garden City.

The lecture is sponsored by the Robert and Augusta P. Finkelstein Memorial Lecture Series and the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education.

Lewis is widely considered a leader in Nassau County education. She is currently the superintendent of schools in the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District. She also serves as president-elect of the Nassau County Council for School Superintendents and an executive board member of the New York State Council of School Superintendents.

Within the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District, Lewis has initiated a five-year tracking survey for graduates attending Nassau Community College.

The survey will monitor students in remedial classes, college graduation rates and other fac-

Pictured from left: Steve Chassman, J Positive Connections Peer Navigatorohanna Ramos and state Sen. Phil Boyle

LICADD lobbies in Albany

Lorna R. Lewis

tors that can help Plainview-Old Bethpage better prepare their students for college and careers.

Lewis has received numerous awards and honors from organizations across Long Island, including the 2012 Educator of the Year award from both the St. John’s University chapter of Phi Delta Kappa and the Long Island Black Educators Association.

Most recently, she was named a 2015 Nassau BOCES Education Partner, an award given to those who have had a profound effect on public education in Nassau County.

For more information on the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, visit education.adelphi. edu.

The Long Island Council On Alcoholism And Drug Dependence gathered a group of friends to travel to the state capital in Albany to advocate for families and individuals who are in recovery and who need to be in treatment on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

The topics of discussion revolved around sober home regulation and early prevention through education.

“Sober homes currently are not regulated,” said LICADD Executive Director Steve Chassman, who sits on the Suffolk County Recovery Home Oversight Committee. “In order to have an effective and inhabitable sober home there will need to be standards and practices that meet best practices and protocols.”

What is a sober home? A sober home is where individuals live after intensive treatment. They move into a home that is safe and free of drugs and alcohol and where they can embrace recovery. This supportive environment provides aftercare and a safe haven for individuals to take the steps needed to continue their journey and reintegrate into the community armed with the coping skills to manage everyday stressors and the pressures of everyday living.

The advocacy effort pressed on to address early prevention through education.

“Schools need access to funds to provide earlier education for increasing protective factors for children at-risk of developing substance abuse issues,”

said Teri Kroll, LICADD’s PUSH coordinator.

“Encouraging grass roots community partnerships to provide these services is an effective and low cost solution to a growing problem,” added Chassman.

State Sen. Phil Boyle, who headed up the Heroin Task Force in 2014, was in attendance. The task force hosted 18 forums across the state, had more than 2,300 attendees, and listened to more than 60 hours of testimony.

The information and insights from the Task Force resulted in crafting 23 pieces of legislation.

These bills supported by Republicans and Democrats will help to encourage prevention, enhance treatment options and strengthen law enforcement.

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Family, child assoc. seeking volunteers Family & Children’s Association, Long Island’s leading human care agency, is seeking volunteers for its Friendly Visitors program set to begin in May. Family & Children’s Association serves nearly 9,000 seniors each year providing case management, financial counseling, health insurance counseling and other support services. They will provide training and on-going support to volunteers enabling them to provide companionship and once-a-week visitation to a local, homebound senior.

Volunteers should be able to drive to various locations within Nassau County and commit to one hour per week of socialization with their senior.

“The Friendly Visitor program will add a much-needed socialization component to our cadre of services devoted to Long Island’s seniors,” said Family & Children’s Association President/CEO Jeffrey L. Reynolds.

“We assist many seniors’ goals of living independently in their homes and this program will support them in that effort.”

Those interested in volunteering should contact Family & Children’s Association by email at lstern@familyandchildrens. org or by phone at (516) 2921300, ext. 2239.

For more information on this event and Family & Children’s Association, please visit www.

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The Annual Senior Valentine’s Day Dance at Clinton G. Martin Park was held on Friday, Feb. 6. Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Bosworth, along with Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Councilman Peter Zuckerman, Councilwoman Lee Seeman and Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman, attended the festivities along with senior residents from throughout the Town. The event treated attendees to snacks, pizza and dancing.

Conferece targets keeping millennials on L.I. In partnership with the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, the Suburban Millennial Institute is convening leaders in government, business, and advocacy on Friday, March 13 to discuss how Long Island can retain its Millennial population.

Three moderated panels entitled “Work” “Live” and “Play” will discuss innovative and bold ideas for building a strong future with long-term economic growth on Long Island. The “Work” panel focuses on public sector jobs, “Live,” on private sector jobs, and “Play,” a panel of Long Island Millennial generation entrepreneurs.

Keynote speakers will be U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin and Joan Kuhl, founder of Why Millennials Matter Panelists will include: “WORK” panel: Moderator, Jack Schnirman, Long Beach City Manager with Errol Cockfield, Sr. VP Edelman Public Relations, Suffolk County Legislator William Lindsay III, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, Onika Shepherd, of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and Ryan Stanton of Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO “LIVE” panel: Moderator, Tawaun Weber, Vision Long Island Silvana Diaz, NoticiaLI Newspaper with Steven Kreiger, Engel Burman Group, Jason Lee, Urban League of Young Professionals and

Dr. Brad Sherman, Glen Cove Hospital, North Shore LIJ. “PLAY” panel: Moderator David Calone, Jove Equity Partners with Brendan Barrett, Sayville Running Company; Samantha Bifulco, TerraNut; Artie Perri, AWP Business Development Group; Alex Torpey, mayor of South Orange New Jersey; Veracity Media.

“We are excited and passionate about Millennial retention and family support on Long Island, and extremely humbled to have unity from so many notable leaders and organizations within the Long Island community,” states Skye Ostreicher, programs director at Suburban Millennial Institute. “We encourage any and all Long Islanders to get involved in our conference, which is the jump-off point to the greater, imperative conversation: we need to implement change in public policy to make Long Island a place for Millennials to work, live and play.”

The Suburban Millennial Institute is a non-partisan organization dedicated to finding public policy solutions that will make Long Island more attractive to those aged 18 to 34.

The conference, which is free and open to the public, kicks off at 8 a.m. and will run through 12:30 p.m., with refreshments served throughout the morning. Register for the conference at www.suburbanmillennial.com, and follow on twitter @SuburbanMillenn.

Seminar to focus on hiring developmentally disabled The Nassau County Local Economic Assistance Corporation will host a free seminar for business owners focusing on hiring developmentally disabled residents on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 8 a.m. at the Milleridge Inn in Jericho, announced Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano this week.

The free seminar will feature a panel of experts moderated by Nicholas Terzulli, the director of Business Development at the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency (IDA), who will discuss the benefits of hiring “differently-abled” individuals.

Panelists in attendance will include: · Sunita Manjrekar, director of Employment Programs at the Nassau County Department of Social Services; · Justin Dantzler, director Vocational Services at AHRC; · Ella Craanen, regional marketing coordinator, Adult Career and Continuing Educations Services Vocational Rehabilitation (Access VR); · Tom Rosicki, principal of the law firm, Rosicki & Rosicki, Associates, PC; · Richard Snyder, a recruiter at Astoria

Bank; · Roz Goldmacher, president of the Long Island Development Corp. and the Long Island Small Business Assistance Corp.

The panel will discuss the benefits of hiring the “differently abled,” which include free screening, free training, free continued job coaching and state tax credits.

The seminar will take place at The Milleridge Inn, located at 585 North Broadway in Jericho, and includes a continental breakfast. To RSVP, please email rsvp@nassauida. org or call (516) 571-1745.

Hempstead museum to host Black History Month celebration Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos and the African American Museum in Hempstead will host a Black History Month Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 21.

As part of the celebration, the Hempstead Postmaster will highlight the 2015 Black Heritage Stamp of Robert Robinson

Taylor, the first academically trained architect in the United States.

The event will also feature students from the Pat Kam School and Early Childhood Center who will portray great African Americans in New York and U.S. History, and special guest Colby Christina, an Audelco

award-winning actress.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to highlight the amazing work African Americans have done to advance our Country,” Maragos said. “Educating our children of the struggles so many individuals had to face will make for a fairer and more equal tomorrow.”

AARP dubs N. Hempstead ‘age friendly’ North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth announced this week that AARP has announced that it will designate the Town of North Hempstead as a member of the “AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities,” an indication of the Town’s commitment to improving the quality of life for seniors residing within North Hempstead.

The designation earns the Town of North Hempstead a place in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Network of Age Friendly Cities and Communities, a designation that allows North Hempstead access to WHO resources to better serve its aging community, including successful age-friendly strategies, planning tools, and other resources.

Supervisor Judi Bosworth said of the designation, “We care greatly about the aging members of our community and this honor bestowed by AARP reflects our commitment to keeping members of our community healthy and happy.

North Hempstead is now recognized as an international leader in preparing for the needs of the growing number of mature adults both today and in the coming decades.”

The Town of North Hempstead operates the Department of Services for the Aging, which administers the renowned Project Independence senior program which specifically focuses on ensuring that seniors can age in their homes with dignity, independence, and civic involvement.

“The Town’s Project Independence program is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for seniors in our Town by giving them the necessary resources to age in place,” said the Department’s Commissioner, Kimberly Corcoran-Galante.

“Receiving this designation from the AARP affirms that the programs offered by Project Independence are in fact helping make North Hempstead an ‘age-friendly community.’”

Project Independence programs include transportation to the supermarket and doctor’s appointments, home maintenance, social work services, fitness classes and other social opportunities. Seniors who wish to get involved in North Hempstead’s Project Independence activities can call 311 for more information.

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Housing funds drop in States team up to G.N., North Hempstead combat heroin sales

BY B i LL S A N A N TON i O Housing authorities operated by the Town of North Hempstead and Village of Great Neck will receive less funding this year than last from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

North Hempstead will receive $157,241 in 2015, a $2,091 drop from last year, while Great Neck’s $62,574 is $831 less than it received in 2014, according to the agency.

While New York received more than $356 million from the housing department, roughly $4.5 million went to 11 public housing authorities on Long Island.

Efforts to reach Great Neck and North Hempstead housing authority officials were unavailing.

Karen Brand, who chairs the Great Neck Housing Authority, told Newsday Monday that the board is “dependent on

government funding” but said she expects Continued from Page 8 further decline in the coming years. section of Queens and a Bronx apartment North Hempstead officials told News- served as headquarters for a heroin pipeline day in a statement that despite federal from Mexico that was broken up by multihousing dollars declining in the last sev- ple law enforcement agencies in December. eral years “our commitment to provide afThere were 159 fatal opioid overdoses fordable quality housing to our residents in Nassau County in 2013 and 87 in 2014, in the town has not wavered.” according to county statistics.

New York senators Charles Schumer In an interview with Blank Slate Media and Gillibrand lauded the housing department’s funds to the state, which are more than three times greater than the second most-funded state, Illinois, which had $115,854,322.

“All New Yorkers should have a place to live that is safe and affordable,” Gillibrand said in a statement. “This critical funding will help ensure Long Island families and seniors have access to safe affordable housing options and that the community’s needs are met.”

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last week, acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas called the influx of heroin use an “epidemic” in the county, echoing the sentiments of other county law enforcement and health care officials.

Singas said curbing heroin use and distribution would be a primary objective of her tenure as Nassau county’s top prosecutor.

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Nagler expecting to keep 2% tax cap streak Continued from Page 2 The assessed growth rate for Mineola has been controversial, as Board of Education President Artie Barnett has charged that the number is artificially deflated due to tax exemptions for large developments in the village.

The growth factor is a one-time assessment based on

growth that year, he said, so projects granted exemptions, like a 315-unit apartment complex at 250 Country Road, represent significant additions to the district without any impact on the tax levy.

Barnett said during the meeting that based on an assessment he received from the town, a proposed nine-story mixed-use

building for East Second Street would, if granted the same exemptions as previous developments, result in a $400,000 lower tax levy for the district the first year by bypassing the growth factor.

That $400,000, he said, compounded over the next 10 years totals about $9 million over the next 20 years.

“It makes a big difference,” Barnett added.

The district’s assistant superintendent for business did not respond to phone calls asking for a copy of the assessment.

At a packed public hearing on the proposal last week, most residents spoke up against the Second Street proposal, including for tax exemptions it could

be granted.

The Mineola Union Free School District is comprised of five schools: Hampton Street School, Meadow Drive School, Jackson Avenue School, Mineola Middle School and Mineola High School.

The Board of Education’s next workshop meeting is scheduled for March 5.

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Charles Berman Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. These workshops are available to review the grievance process and receive instructions on how to file property tax assessment grievance applications if you want to appeal your property’s annual assessment set by the Nassau County Department of Assessment.

COMPUTER KINDERGARTEN FOR GROWNUPS STARTING OVER SINGLES Tuesday, March 10 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. This For ages 40 plus is a slow-paced, userwith Marla Matthews, TV friendly class for first-time Host. Saturdays at 3 p.m. computer users. Using March 7 Win- dows computers, this Join this lively, stimulatunique class covers the ing, compassionate and basics in a way that even supportive discussion for the most inexperienced divorced, widowed — or user will understand. We any single adult age 40 will cover turning the plus!! Make new friends, learn new skills, find hope computer on, the desktop, using the mouse, openand inspiration. It’s never ing and closing programs, too late to start over! understanding win- dows elements, getting out of HOPEFUL SINGLES for ages 55 plus with Marla trouble and turning the computer off. All versions Matthews, TV Host.

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Mixed use plan sparks fear of heights Continued from Page 1 Jack Majkut, a member the Long Island union IBEW 25 for electricians, said that the electrical workers for Lalezarian’s other project were from the Bronx and questioned why local residents were not offered the positions.

“I can tell you at the people working on this project are not from Nassau or Suffolk,” he said.

Suzanne Gibbons said the proposal should be put to a village-wide vote, a request echoed by several later speakers.

“It is much too much of a decision for five men to make,” Gibbons said, referring to the village’s board of trustees. “It is our decision, and it should be our decision, not the decision of a board.”

Nearly every speaker had something to say about traffic, ranging from feelings that a mostly residential building would cause less congestion than a completely commercial one to concerns people visiting the complex would cause parking problems in the village.

Village of Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss said Mineola is “looking to conduct traffic studies” not just to determine traffic patterns but also to “see if we can figure out road configurations and better manage our roads.”

During the hearing, Strauss mostly opted to listen to the speakers rather than respond with his own opinions, often just thanking somebody for addressing the board and offering a point of clarification here and there.

“It’s important for us as a board to get the input of the residents, and that’s why we’re here,” he said at one point.

Several residents also called for the preservation of a Citi Bank building at the development site that would be razed if the project were approved.

“I want to see the Citi Bank building maintained,” said Susan Ghetti, a Mineola resident. “It may not be an historical landmark, but it’s part of our history.”

Ben Oliva was one of a handful of speakers in support of the

proposal. He read from a Newsday article about a recent study saying that Long Island could “stagnate over the next 25 years” if it does not expand multifamily housing.

“There are some positive things from these downtown revitalizations,” he said. “We can’t be afraid of it…we’re losing our young people. That’s our labor force; that’s our future.”

But even among those that were open to development of some sort, their concerns frequently returned to size.

“I am against this for the size,” village resident John Colbert said. “The majority of people here tonight are not going to say they’re disfavoring the apartments; they’re saying they disfavor the size.”

Mineola school board President Artie Barneet and Superintendent of Schools Michael Nagler have in previous meetings expressed sharp opposition to the development, citing the tax breaks Lalezarian has applied for that they said would tighten the

financial burden on the Board of Education and taxpayers.

Strauss has responded during a series of sharp exchanges with school officials that the number of school-age children who would live in the Village Green development was limited and the tax breaks would not

pose a financial burden on the school district.

Strauss and other trustees have said the project is consistent with the village’s master’s plan to revitalize downtown Mineola.

A fourth hearing is scheduled for March 11.

The developer shows residents his proposal following the hearing

Agency deems LIRR crossings dangeorus Continued from Page 1 Nassau County has 72 active grade crossings listed in the Federal Rail Administration’s databases.

Among those, the New Hyde Park crossings at New Hyde Park Road, Covert Avenue and 12th Street and the Willis Avenue crossing in Mineola all rank in the top 11 most likely to have an accident by the Federal Railroad Administration’s Web-Based Accident Prediction System, WBAPS. The Main Street crossing in Mineola is listed as the most 21st most likely, the Hillside Avenue crossing in East Williston is ranked 37th and the Lincoln Avenue crossing in Roslyn is ranked 63rd in the county.

New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lofaro said the village would be open to proposals to eliminate the grade crossings - if it were done the right way.

“How you do it is more the question than should you do it,” he said. “I think any at-grade crossing is unsafe.”

Several years ago, Village of New Hyde Park residents opposed a plan to add a third rail in New Hyde Park and eliminate two of the grade crossings. The plan would have required the acquisition and demolition of several New Hyde Park homes and raised

The LIRR grade crossing at Hillside Avenue in East Williston environmental concerns for the village, Lofaro said.

“I’m worried about propane and oils and chemicals being shipped by rails,” he said. “We don’t want more of that stuff traversing through the village.”

He added that the village would likely support a proposal that includes no “property takings” and keeps roadways open with the least interruption, like the elimination in 1998 of a grade crossing at Herricks Avenue in Mineola.

The crossing at Herricks Avenue in Mineola was the site of a crash between a train and van in 1982 that killed nine teenagers.

The elimination of the crossing

cost about $85 million.

“I think it’s (eliminating grade crossings) a very sensitive topic that requires very detailed planning and analysis,” Lofaro said.

“We spent days, months and years talking about the elimination of at-grade crossings.”

A higher Web-Based Accident Prediction System rating does not necessarily mean one crossing is more dangerous than another, the Federal Railroad Administration says.

And a review of the ratings and accident histories at the New Hyde Park, East Williston, Mineola and Roslyn crossings show that accidents remain both infrequent and unlikely.

The Web-Based Accident Prediction System predicts the number of accidents at a station in a year. WBAPS calculates the prediction using the five-year accident history of the crossing and basic data about its physical and operating characteristics, the Federal Railroad Administration says.

The rating does not consider sight-distance, road congestion or local topography.

Between the five New Hyde Park and Mineola crossings combined there were only four accidents - all involving pedestrians struck by trains - between 2009 and 2013, according to Federal Railroad Administration records available on its website. Three accidents involved pedestrians walking around lowered crossing gates, accident reports say. Police later ruled the fourth a suicide.

The Federal Railroad Administration website has no reported crossing accidents between a train and a vehicle at any New Hyde Park or Mineola crossing since the 1990s.

At the New Hyde Park Road crossing, which has the third highest Web-Based Accident Prediction System in the county and ninth in the state, the data predicts only 0.137 per year, which equals about one crash per 7.3 years.

For the Covert Avenue, Willis Avenue, 12th Street and Main Street crossings, WBAPS predicts 0.121, 0.112, 0.101 and .052 accidents per year, respectively.

The Web-Based Accident Prediction System predicts 0.040 accidents per year for the Hillside Avenue crossing in East Williston and 0.030 for the Lincoln Avenue crossing in Roslyn.

Village of East Williston Trustee Bonnie Parente said that during her tenure the board has not discussed proposals to eliminate the village’s sole grade crossing.

“It feels safe to me,” Parente said. “I have not had any issues with it. We are not aware of any issues.”

The most recent and only accident at the Hillside Avenue crossing in the railroad administration’s database was in 1978 when a pedestrian was injured by a train. The 0.040 accidents-per-year prediction for the crossing equals about one accident per 25 years.

Parente said the only thing that makes her nervous at the East Williston crossing is “when people try to beat the gates.”

The most recent accident in at the Lincoln Avenue crossing was in 1986 when a pedestrian was killed by a train, according to the database.

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Help Wanted AIRLINE CAREERS BEGIN here​​Get FAA approved Aviation Maintenance Technician training. Financial aid for qualified students- Housing available. Job placement assistance, Call AIM 866-296-7093 F/T NANNY NEEDED Looking for a caring, energetic and responsible nanny to take care of our 3 children (8,6 & 3). MonFri from 7:15a.m. to 6:15 p.m. in Garden City. Must drive (do not need to own car) and have excellent references. Spanish speaking a plus but not required.

Please call Pia at 917-860-8014 HEALTH CARE AIDE NEEDED URGENTLY Looking for healthcare aide assistant to take care of elderly people. CNA optional, $500 week. Send resume: atwoodblake61@yahoo.com HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS in high demand! Get hands on training and national certifications operating bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. Average $18-$22 hourly! Veteran benefits eligible! 1-866-968-2577 MARKETING DEMONSTRATOR PART TIME Talk with homeowners at various venues about their kitchen remodeling needs. No experience necessary. Will train on products and services. Competitive hourly + unlimited bonuses.

Reliable transportation needed.

Email resumes@kitchenmagic. com or call 631-240-4151 MOBILE ADVERTISING OFFICERS Needed. Drive with an ad and earn $300 weekly. We place ad on your vehicle for free and you earn $300 weekly when you drive your vehicle to your normal routine places. Contact: conceptcarwrap@gmail.com or text “Name and Email address” to 267-888-5244 to apply

Help Wanted STRATHMEYER FOREST TEMPORARY LABORERS Stratheyer Forest needs 18 temp laborers in Dover, PA from 3/22/15 to 12/31/15 $11.29​/ ​h r.

No experience required. Take inventory, grade plants, prepare trees and shrubs for digging by tying or wrapping; dig; wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and​/ ​o r staples; crimp wire baskets; lift, carry and load​/ ​u nload nursery stock; move or load supplies. Harvest Christmas trees, apply coded tag to tree limbs, use chain saw to make level cut for grad of tree; function as part of string baler team; load trees on dump truck; stack trees on truck or semi trailer and any other manual tasks involved in the production or harvesting of nursery stock and the maintenance of field and other production areas. Guaranteed offer of employment for a min of 3/4 of the workdays of the total work contract period. Employer will: provide necessary tools supplies & equipment at no cost to the worker, provide housing for workers who cannot return to their permanent residence at the end of the workday and reimburse the worker for transportation costs & subsistence to work site when worker completes 50% of the work period.

Report to or send resume to the nearest NYS Dept of Labor using job order # 8032055 TELEMARKETING / SALES POSITION P/T for Setauket based community newspaper group.

Enthusiasm and telephone work required. Experience helpful.

No nights or weekends. Please email resume: class@tbrnewspapers.com

SITTER NEEDED Wednesdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. as well as additional part time hours.

Must have own transportation and clean driving record. Please email me your experience with references if interested at gcbabysitter@gmail.com

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Situation Wanted

18 YRS. OF SERVICE in your area Please let us continue to serve you Companions, Home Health Aides​/​ Elder Care Nights, Days Child Care and Housekeeping Live In or Live Out Laborers, Housekeepers No Fee to Employers Evons Employment & Services 516-505-5510

CLEANING SERVICES FOR OFFICES OR HOMES. Available 7 days a week. Excellent references.

Own transportation. Gift Certificates available! Call 516-974-8959

ELDER CARE: CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE Nice, loving, caring and sharing home health aide looking for work to take care of the elderly. Live in. Experience and references. Please call Orlene 201-932-4152

45 YEAR GARDEN CITY resident is looking to run errands, grocery shop, drive to doctor, take to airport or anything else you need done. Cathy 516-741-1318 CARE GIVER: NEED A COMPANION or nursing assistant for your loved ones? Fear of your loved ones being alone at night or even eloping & need overnight companion care at home or in a health care facility? Call 516-410-9943 for a NY State certified nursing assistant with excellent references.

CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE seeking position for elderly companion. Daily care, errands, bring to doctor appts. etc. Reliable, responsible, caring. 20+ years experience.

Excellent references. Driver w/car.

Call 347-869-3927 or 718-7761343 Leave clear message.

CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE Honest, reliable and experienced seeking FT position Mon-Fri to care for the elderly. References available. Call Vera 347-339-6759 CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH Aide available Monday through Friday full time. 15 years experience.

References available. Please call 516-647-7089 CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE Trustworthy, patient & loving caregiver. 16 years experience in hospitals, assisted living facilities & private homes. Accompany to doctor, errands, personal care, etc. Excellent references. Call 347-233-5710

COMPANION/AID WANTED 516 328-7126

NEW YEAR-NEW CAREER GROUP SALES REPRESENTATIVE Fortune 500 company, voted top 30 places to start a career in USA by Business Week magazine, looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Must be enthusiastic and have strong work ethic.

Sales experience is welcome but not necessary. Extensive management opportunities available.

Unlimited earnings potential. Office located in Garden City. Call Bill Whicher 516-574-1064 PT AFTER SCHOOL NANNY needed. Looking for responsible, energetic and caring sitter to care for my two children in GC from 2:30-6:30 M-F. Must have excellent references and driving record. Please email nyc212mom@yahoo.com

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Agency seeks experienced workers who love working with the elderly.

Part time and Full time hours available.

Must have clean driver's license.

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CNA / HHA Certified, seeking employment day or night hours to take care of elderly. Honest, dedicated, many years experience. Driver’s license. Excellent references. Call 516-252-8965 CNA CERTIFIED EXPERIENCED woman seeking position to care for the elderly. Full time live in​/​live out. Excellent references. Available immediately.

Call Peggy 646-545-1296 EASTERN EUROPEAN HOUSECLEANER AVAILABLE to clean homes and apartments. Also has experience helping with your parties at home, serving, setting up, clean up. Excellent references.

English speaking. Reasonable rates. Please call 516-564-0139 ELDER CARE / HOME CARE Mature woman w/ experience and excellent references seeking position to take care of the elderly or ailing. Light cleaning, cooking also. Flexible days. Has own car. Local excellent references available. Please call Luisa 516-485-9215 or 516-4511781. Leave message.

ELDER CARE GIVER seeking live in or live out job. Flexible hours. Excellent references.

10 yrs experience. Call Maria: 516-732-2189 ELDER CARE: AIDE​/​COMPANION with 15 years experience available to care for elderly.

Days, nights, weekends. Own car. Excellent references. Call 516-353-1626

ERRAND GIRL SERVICE offering pick-up, drop off service for groceries, laundry, dry cleaning, pharmacy, etc. Tidy service, etc. Light cleaning, in-home meal planning and preparation. 516-902-5624 EXPERIENCED POLISH HOUSE CLEANER available. Good references, ability. Very honest, reliable, responsible and hard working. Own transportation. Speak English. Reasonable rates. Days​/​ hours flexible. I will do a good job.

Please call 516-526-2518 F/T COMPANION AVAILABLE Looking for someone to take care of your elderly parents in the comfort of your own home for peace and tranquility? 18 yrs. experience, references, driver w/ reliable vehicle. Please call 516-410-1892 FT ELDER CARE available for sick or elderly adults. Live in or out.

Certified w/ 12 yrs exp. Experience in all areas. Highly recommended.

Please call 347-517-3349 HHA CERTIFIED Seeking live in position Mon-Fri to care for elderly.

Honest, reliable. 27 yrs experience. References available. Contact: 347-777-3635 HOME CARE EXPERIENCED & RELIABLE Available woman seeks position Mon​​Fri evenings or pt​/​ft weekends. Will provide quality care for you or a loved one. References available. Please call Sonia 516-385-1455

FULL TIME POSITION

Front Desk/ Financial/ Insurance Care Coordinator General Dental Office Great Neck, New York

The ideal candidate is professional with an upbeat attitude, loves working in the Dental field and has an “I CAN” attitude. We are looking for a dedicated long term employee who will bring a strong positive personality to our practice to maintain existing patients and to help increase our new patient base too.

• Do you have an upbeat telephone voice?

• Do you meet challenges with enthusiasm and passion?

YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF DENTAL FRONT OFFICE AND FINANCIAL/INSURANCE EXPERIENCE.

You should be self motivated, patient oriented, computer and dental software literate and have strong communication skills. This position involves working on Saturdays from September through June and comes with a good starting salary and benefits. This job encompasses the following responsibilities: Filing and following up on Dental insurance claims, accepting payments, scheduling appointments and more.

To apply for this position you must e-mail your resume along with a cover letter to passesdental.marji@gmail.com Please include the following: 1. Explain why this position appeals to you.

2. Explain what you feel your special qualifications are. Be specific about your talents, experience or skills and what makes you uniquely qualified for this position. In other words, why should you be selected for an interview over all the other qualified candidates?

3. Include your salary requirements.

4. Include all your contact information and when is the best time to reach you should you be selected for an interview.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

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HOME HEALTH AIDE Certified.

Seeking position full time or part time, live in or live out. Experienced with excellent references !! Call Venessa 516-451-0141

GRAYCO PACK ‘N PLAY crib with bassinet, canopy, changing table with organizer $55. Grayco Pack ‘N Play playard playpen 38” red $40. Both items like new. Call 516-747-4711

HOME HEALTH AIDE certified, seeking position to take care of elderly. Flexible days/hours. Valid driver’s license & car. Experienced. Ref’s available. Please call 347-600-7991 HOME HEALTH AIDE/ NEWBORN CARE Kind, compassionate HHA seeking FT/PT position on weekdays, weekends or overnight. 25+ years experience. References available. Call Liz 516-590-5338 HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANER with many years experience and good references available 7 days with flexible hours.

516-632-0169, 516-499-1384 HOUSE CLEANING AVAILABLE Many years experience and good recommendations. Own car. Responsible and trustworthy. If interested, please call Marili anytime or leave message: 516-782-4162

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

tag sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@ atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

CHILDLESS YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE (she-30-he-37) seeks to adopt. Will be hands on mom/ devoted dad. Financial security.

Expenses paid. Call/text Mary & Adam 1-800-790-5260

INVITED SALES by TRACY JORDAN Live and Online Auction House, Estate Sales, Appraisals and Consignment Shoppe.

839 Stewart Avenue Garden City 11530 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales.com Mon-Fri 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 pre-bids are accepted at anytime.

Visit www.invitedsales.com and click on the online auctions tab.

Visit www.invitedsales.com to see pictures and information regarding our upcoming tag sales and estate sales. Our 50% off room is open everyday and includes items that have been in our shoppe for more than 60 days. To receive discount coupons and promotional information, join our email list. Text “invited” to 22828 and enter your email address when prompted. Consignments are taken by appointment to provide you with the best service.

Please call the shoppe at 516-2796378 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

UNPLANNED PREGNANCY? Caring licensed adoption agency provides financial and emotional support. Choose from loving preapproved families. Call Joy toll free 1-866-922-3678 or confidential email: Adopt@ForeverFamiliesThroughAdoption.org

YOU’RE INVITED! Wednesday, February 25 9:30am 159 Wright Road Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Many collectibles, furniture, dining room, china cabinet, bar cart, books, tools, cabinets, garage items and more.......Visit www.invitedsales. com for pictures and details!

HOUSE CLEANING SERVICES available. Residential and offices.

Weekly, bi-weekly or one time cleaning. Experienced. Referrals available. Call Elizabeth 516-305-2819 HOUSECLEANING Young Ukranian woman seeking cleaning/housekeeping jobs. Years of experience. References available. Call 516-567-5003 NANNY/BABYSITTER FT/PT w/ 10 yrs experience. Excellent references. Elementary teaching experience. See review in mommybites. com. Please call Angela 516-3300230 or 516-747-7609 or angelamargoth@yahoo.com

business opportunities WELDING CAREERS : Hands on training for career opportunities in aviation, automotive, manufacturing and more. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. CALL AIM 888-205-1735

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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

LONG BEACH WALKS SECTION Memorial Day through Labor Day. 3/4 Bedrooms, new Kitchen & Bath. One block to beach. Outdoor shower. No smoking. No pets. $18,000. Call 718-419-4603

LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646-996-7628

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

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

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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. $850/ 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 FLORAL PARK VILLAGE Great Location! Modern 2 bedroom second floor. Freshly painted. EIK, new bath. Includes garage. Includes heat. $1,600 516-851-4489 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

vacation rental GRAND BEACH ORLANDO ON LAKE BRYAN 3 bedroom condo.

3 baths, EIK, washer/dryer. Sleeps 8. 10 minutes to Disney. Available 3/21/153/28/15. $2,000. Call 516364-0864 OR 516-364-2972 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 ORANGE LAKE KISSIMMEE 2 bedroom condo. 2 baths, EIK, washer/dryer. Sleeps 8. 10 minutes to Disney. Available 4/4/15 4/11/15. $2,000. Call 516-3640864 OR 516-364-2972

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homes for sale GARDEN CITY TUDOR Mid block.

4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. CAC, fireplace. Walk to park and railroad. $959,000. NO BROKERS PLEASE. Call 516-382-1850

lots for sale ABANDONED FARMLAND! 6 acres, stream $24,900. Beautiful Christmas tree plantation, babbling brook, nice views, gorgeous country setting! Less than 3.5 hrs NYC. Call 888-479-3394 or NewYorkLandandLakes.com FORECLOSED LAND! 5 acres $14,325, 7 acres $16,415, 9 acres $19,100. Prime upstate NY location just off the NYS thruway! Buy all 3 for less than $49,000! Woods, dramatic views, town rd, utils, clear title, EZ terms! Call 888-905-8847 NOW!

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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

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 516-238-2112 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

health & fitness 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

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 BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME WITH SHUTTERS Now you can get them at an amazing discount! Call DESIGN SOLUTIONS for a free estimate. Can’t beat our prices. Call 516-491-8446 DEVLIN BUILDERS Since 1979.

We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS. No job too small. Bob Devlin 516-365-6685. Insured License H18C730000 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

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

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

services 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 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

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 ITALIAN & SPANISH LANGUAGE tutor available for one-on-one instruction. Teacher for over 25 years; middle school, high school and college level courses. Also, certified to teach Social Studies all levels. Call 516-384-5736 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 MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, PreCalc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314 ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ years experience, Critical reading, writing, grammar, essays. Lynne 625-3314 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. 516509-8174 wdctutor06@aol.com

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▼ LEGALS Notice of Amendment of The Mineola Agency, LLC was filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 11/25/2014 amending The Mineola Agency, LLC to Mineola Agency, LLC. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 365 Willis Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of B & B Volleyball, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/19/2014. Office loc: Nassau County. SSNY desig. as agent of B & B Volleyball, LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: B & B Volleyball, 382 Newbridge Rd., Hicksville, NY 11801. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 58 MCKINLEY AVE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/09/2014. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to the LLC at 15 Mary Lane, Roslyn Harbor, New York 11548. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU SONYMA, Plaintiff, against Michael L. Palumbo, Eileen A. Palumbo, Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 10/22/2014 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on 03/10/2015 at 11:30AM, premises known as 13 Nelson Street, Elmont, NY 11003 All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Franklin Square, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 35, BLOCK 29, LOT 826-828.

Approximate amount of judgment $147,680.56 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 4446/2012. Michael J. Annibale, Esq., Referee

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I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 3rd day of March, 2015 at 11:30 a.m.

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Old Westbury holds off Mount St. Mary The SUNY Old Westbury men’s basketball team survived a late rally by the Mount Saint Mary Knights on Saturday to earn a 61-53 Skyline Conference road win from Kaplan Center in Newburgh. With the win, Old Westbury (9-13) sweeps the season series with the Knights to climb to 9-6 in conference play, while sending Mount Saint Mary’s (7-16) league record to 6-10.

Reynaldo Walters made his second-career start and led the Panthers with 17 points, four assists and a career-high four steals. Floyd Leroy and Mark Gjonlekaj each followed with 10 points. Leroy nabbed four steals (tied career-high) to go with six rebounds while Gjonlekaj racked up eight rebounds, two blocks and one steal.

Omari Trebuse added eight points and four assists.

Gerard Nocera poured in a game-high 21 points

to pace Mount Saint Mary. Daniel Wolff and Stephen Steyer followed with 10 points apiece as Tyler McDine dished out a game-high nine assists to go with four steals.

Gjonlekaj connected on a three ball to open the scoring, giving Old Westbury an early 3-0 lead. Old Westbury would then commit four turnovers during a stretch which saw Mount Saint Mary take a seven-point lead off a 12-2 run. Old Westbury countered with a 14-3 run to grab a 19-15 lead which gave the Panthers the lead for good. Old Westbury’s first-half lead reached nine points and took a 32-23 edge into the break.

Mount Saint Mary scored three points to open the second half to slice its deficit to six points, 32-26, with 18:44 left. Old Westbury quickly responded with nine

unanswered points to go up by 15 points. Trebuse and Gjonlekaj combined to connect on back-to-back three pointers to extend Old Westbury’s lead to 19 points with 11:54 showing on the second-half clock.

Mount Saint Mary cut the deficit down to four points off a 21-6 run to make it a 55-51 game with 4:06 remaining. Kaleem Edwards’ jumper at 3:30 ended Mount Saint Mary’s run to give Old Westbury a 57-51 lead. Edwards then netted a free throw at 2:14 to put Old Westbury up 58-51.

Mount Saint Mary went cold down the stretch, misfiring on six-straight field goal attempts as Old Westbury hit on 3-of-4 from the free-throw line over the final 2:32 to secure the 61-53 victory.

Courtesy of Old Westbury Sports Information

OW women Post men show no Mercy in win fall, 64-60 B y T homas S cavetta

The SUNY Old Westbury women’s basketball team were unable to convert down the stretch as the Mount Saint Mary Knights closed out the game with a 5-1 run to secure Saturday’s 64-60 Skyline Conference win from Kaplan Center in Newburgh.

With the loss, Old Westbury (10-13) moves to 3-7 in conference play while the Knights (9-13) swept the season series to improve its league record to 4-6.

Nikki Alexander posted her secondcareer double-double by leading all scorers with a career-high 19 points in addition to pulling down 11 rebounds, one blocked shot and one steal to in defeat for Old Westbury.

Jasmine Robinson followed with 13 points and two steals and Clarissa added 11 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Raven Pentz added 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

Nicole Scicutella and Jessica Rini each scored 12 points to pace the Knights. Rini also recorded 11 rebounds and two blocks. Natalie Candarelli and Janae Graham chipped in with 10 points apiece.

Down 45-35, a free throw at 13:02 kick-started a 14-3 Panther run to put Old Westbury on top for the first time with a 49-48 lead with 6:12 remaining.

Bridgid McNeill’s free throws then gave Old Westbury a 57-54 lead before Scicutella’s triple knotted the game at 57 with 3:21 left.

Mount Saint Mary closed out the game with a 5-1 run to preserve the win as Old Westbury missed its final seven field goal attempts over the final 1:44.

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On Wednesday, February 11, the LIU Post men’s basketball team decimated Mercy College 85-57, in an East Coast Conference tilt at the Pratt Recreation Center in Brookville, New York.

After starting the contest on an impressive 24-8 run, the Pioneers (12-10) never looked back. The hosts shot the ball efficiently all night long, as they finished 49.2 percent (29-of-59) from the field and 40.0 percent (10-of-25) from three-point range. On the other hand, the Mavericks (7-14) couldn’t find their footing from the get go as the Pioneers kept the pedal to the metal.

Sophomore forward Greg Dotson collected 18 points, seven rebounds, five blocks and two steals. Senior guard P.J. Torres knocked down 16 points in 19 minutes of action off the bench. Junior

guard Dillon Burns racked up 11 points and dished out six assists. Freshman guard Aary Bibens pitched in with a 10-point outing. Junior guard Chris Orozco tallied nine points, five boards and a pair of steals.

The Pioneers returned to the floor on Saturday, February 14, and fell short to St. Thomas Aquinas by a final score of 68-64 in an East Coast Conference clash at Aquinas Hall.

Trailing 36-30 at the intermission, the Pioneers (12-11) jumped out on a 13-3 burst in the opening five minutes of the second half to give the visitor a slim 4339 advantage. Junior guard Dillon Burns buried a three to tie the game during the run, which shifted the momentum in favor of the Pioneers.

From there on, the two teams traded buckets, until the Spartans (16-9) tied the game at 53 apiece. Over the next four minutes, the hosts managed to grab a slight

edge. Although the Pioneers hung around and kept the game tight, the Mavericks iced it thanks to a pair of free throws via freshman guard Shaquille McFarlane at the six-second mark.

Sophomore forward Greg Dotson and senior forward Tyaun Williams each recorded a team-high 15 points and crashed the glass for eight rebounds in the defeat.

Burns finished with 14 points, three assists and two steals. Junior guard Chris Orozco tacked on five points, five boards and two assists. Sophomore guard Jared Hall made a contribution of five points and three rebounds. Senior guard P.J. Torres had another solid showing with five points, five assists and three boards.

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

Lady Pioneers top Mercy, fall to Aquinas B y M i chael O tero On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the LIU Post women’s basketball team (14-9) defeated the Mavericks from Mercy College (8-15) to win their third-straight East Coast Conference game. Their 7259 victory was powered by the reigning ECC Player of the Week, senior guard Chelsea Williams, who poured in a game-high 23 points in front of the Pratt Recreation Center faithful at LIU Post.

The Mavericks got the scoring started on the afternoon, but after that it was all Pioneers, as they went on a 20-2 run in the game’s first seven minutes, dominating in all facets of the game.

They kept their lead for the rest of the half, and extended their cushion to 23 points via a lay-up from junior guard Quanisha Ratley. The Pioneers headed to halftime up 41-26 on the scoreboard.

In the second half, the Pioneers didn’t let their foot off the gas, as they maintained a double-digit lead throughout the latter stanza. The Pioneers’ dominance was due in part to their tireless work on the boards. They out-rebounded the Mavericks by ten and were led by junior center Nyasia Davis, who grabbed 14

boards. To go along with her 23 points, Williams dished out eight assists, grabbed four rebounds, and blocked six shots. Senior guard Ashley Castle added 11 points to help out the cause.

The Pioneers returned to action on Saturday, Feb. 14, when they traveled to Sparkhill, N.Y. to face off against the Spartans from St. Thomas Aquinas College (11-14). The visiting Pioneers got behind the eight ball early, and couldn’t recover, losing by a score of 77-69.

For the game, senior forward Jessica Little had a team-high 15 points, while Williams scored 13 of her own. Davis added 11 points and eight boards, while Ratley chipped in with ten points.

As a team, the Pioneers never really got going offensively, explaining their low field goal percentage of just 34%.

For the Spartans, sophomore guard Samantha Burden had a game-high 18 points and grabbed six rebounds.

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

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