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G.N. parents angered by anti-Semitic post Image posted to private South H.S. Facebook page

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PHOTO PROVIDED BY ALAN MINDEL

An image of a child apparently photoshopped to be depicted as Adolf Hitler with a swastika armband was published Sunday to a private Facebook page for freshman students of Great Neck South High School.

An image of a child made to appear to look like Adolf Hitler with a swastika armband and the caption “I’d rather be gassing Jews right now” was posted on a private Facebook page for Great Neck South High School freshman students on Sunday, sparking outrage among parents.

“The school has an incredible demographic of a cross section of people. It’s a highly competitive school and there are lots of different ethnic groups in school,” said Alan Mindel, a Village of Lake Success trustee and father of a Great Neck South freshman.

“What I find incredible is that except for one elective in

12th grade that teaches something about the Holocaust, there is no mention of it,” he said, noting the image was brought to his attention by his daughter.

“Even in the World War II discussions, it’s glossed over.”

The image, sent to Blank Slate Media by Mindel, shows a young girl seated next to a young boy with a mustache similar to the one worn by the German dictator and wearing an armband bearing a swastika, both of which appear photoshopped onto the photo. The phrase, “I’d rather be gassing Jews right now,” appears above the boy’s head in the photo.

The image was published to a Facebook page called “Freshmen!!! Class of 2018,” which only users who are also Great

Neck South students are eligible to join, and removed a few hours later, Mindel said.

The photo was attributed to a Facebook user named “Jooyoung Lee,” which, due to Great Neck South’s predominant Jewish American and Asian-American student population, raises the possibility that the pseudonym was intended as an aspersion against the school’s ethnic demographics.

Mindel said he and other Great Neck South parents were outraged by the image, which he attributed to a lack of adequate education within the district about the Holocaust.

The district has disciplined students in the past for posting inappropriate things online in Continued on Page 57

Parents support G.N. North Middle principal’s tenure

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Great Neck North High School auditorium at Monday’s Board Parents of Great Neck North of Education meeting to endorse Middle School students filled the North Middle School Principal

Anael Alston for tenure - apparently in response to Alston being considered for a job in another school district.

A letter of support for Alston – who was hired as North Middle School principal in 2012 - was read to the board by Bali Lerner, the former president of the

Great Neck North Middle Parent Teacher Organization, who presented 500 copies of the letter signed by parents.

Lerner said parents have wanted to show their support for Alston for long time, and because they have not yet heard what the of status of his tenure is yet, they decided to come to the

meeting Monday.

“Dr. Alston has demonstrated the values of a true Great Neck School leader. He has fostered a partnership with faculty and staff, parents, students and the community at large,” Lerner said, reading from the letter. “He has provided new and ample opContinued on Page 57

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Burglars ‘organized, 6 village elections, professional:’ police 1 contested race Several possible suspects being investigated

Plaza trustees see opposition

ended after Stein demanded that he and Schneiderman engage Great Neck voters went to a one-on-one debate and Schthe polls Wednesday to decide neiderman demanded that Katz between three candidates vy- be included in a debate modering for only two open seats on the Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Trustees – the only contested race among the six villages holding elections in Great Neck.

Though results were determined too late for publication in this week’s Great Neck News, full coverage is available on the paper’s website, www.theislandnow.com, and will appear in its March 27 edition.

Great Neck lawyer Jonathan Stein challenged Great Neck PlaLawrence Katz za trustees Gerry Schneiderman Sean McCarthy, inspector of the Nassau County Police Department’s 3rd Precinct, addresses an and Lawrence Katz. They were audience at Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park on Wednesday. joined on the ballot by Great Neck Plaza Village Justice Neil Since the start of the year, the burglaries, citing a similar Finkston, who ran unopposed.

BY B I LL there have been 19 burglaries - 15 string of incidents in late 2009 Stein has criticized the curSAN ANTONIO in January, three in February and in Manhasset Hills that led to a rent Great Neck Plaza leadership, saying they have failed to A series of burglaries that one through March 11 - that Mc- similar forum.

She said the 3rd Precinct, adequately address the number have taken place throughout Carthy said fit the pattern of incithe North Shore in the last year dents being investigated, through which was created in place of empty storefronts in the vilwere likely conducted by an which burglars dressed as utility of the former 6th Precinct in lage and put “Band-Aids” on is“organized, professional, meticu- workers patrol a neighborhood Manhasset during the Nassau sues. He has also expressed conCounty Police Department’s cerns about parking issues in the lous” group of career criminals, and enter unoccupied homes.

“It has slowed down a great 2012 consolidation of precincts, village. said Sean McCarthy, inspector of He has engaged in a series the Nassau County Police Depart- deal, but it hasn’t gone away has so far done a “remarkable Gerry Schneiderman ment’s 3rd Precinct, last Wednes- completely,” McCarthy said, at- job” in the North Hempstead of heated exchanges with Schtributing the slowdown to heavy community, but added that stop- neiderman, who two weeks ago day.

McCarthy told a forum of snowfall during the winter. “... ping crime takes a community demanded that Stein retract what Schneiderman called libelabout 200 people at Clinton G. Sometimes, mother nature is effort.

“We have to be proactive,” ous statements Stein made in Martin Park that the department our greatest ally.”

The community forum was Bosworth said. “We have to his campaign literature about a is investigating several possible suspects, but said he could not organized by the Town of North make sure that we’re partners $2,500 payment made to consuldisclose how many people are be- Hempstead and attended by with the police, partners with tant hired by the village to study ing investigated, or detail how po- members of the Port Washing- each other, taking care of our parking congestion downtown. lice have narrowed their search, ton Police Department, among homes and we’re also being vigi- On his website, he characterdue to the ongoing investigation. 10 local departments that assist lant with what’s going on across ized Schneiderman’s support for He said two arrests were the 3rd Precinct, as well as rep- the street, next door. This is all the contract with Level G Associates as “Trustee Schneiderman made in June and November resentatives from state Assem- so important.”

McCarthy said the public’s Caught Urging $2,500 Payoff by 2014 that led to brief lulls in the blywoman Michelle Schimel and frequency of burglaries, which be- state Sen. Jack Martins’ offices. help in providing tips to the Plaza Board” in the headline of Jonathan Stein North Hempstead Town Su- department is crucial to the in- a release. gan in New Hyde Park and WillisSchneiderman, who criti- ated by the League of Women ton Park early last year but picked pervisor Judi Bosworth said in vestigation, as officers have colup again in the Munsey Park and her opening remarks that the as- lected little physical evidence in cized Stein’s lack of previous Voters.

Flower Hill once police increased sembly was a “unique forum” to the way of DNA, hair, clothes and involvement in the village, and Stein has criticized Katz for patrols in the southern portions of join community leaders and lo- other items that may have been Stein then challenged each oth- being an absentee trustee and a Continued on Page 53 er to a debate. The debate talks cal law enforcement in curbing the precinct.

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Author sets third novel in Great Neck Novelist, psychologist writes about maintaining Jewish traditions in modern America B y A d a m L i d g e tt Great Neck author and clinical psychologist Andrew Kane said he got his idea for his latest novel, “The Night, The Day,” while treating a former resistance fighter who served in Europe in World War II. “As I was treating him, it came to me - what if he wasn’t who he said he was?” Kane said.

The story just developed in my head.”

Kane, who has a private practice in Lawrence, said in his novel the man who said he was a freedom fighter turned out to be a Nazi.

“The Night, The Day” is Kane’s third novel, but the first to be set primarily in Great Neck.

The book is scheduled to be released on March 31. Some of “The Night, The Day” also takes place in France in World War II, Kane said.

Kanes’s first two novels – 1995’s “Rabbi, Rabbi” and 2015’s “Joshua. A Brooklyn Tale” – both had New York City settings.

Kane said he did not have a reason for setting the novel

in Great Neck and making the characters Great Neck residents other than the fact that he currently lives in Great Neck.

“I think everything’s the same everywhere you go,” Kane said.

Kane, a clinical psychologist by trade, moved to Great Neck 16 years ago with his wife and his two children, Max and Jessica.

Originally from North Woodmere, Kane said he moved to Great Neck because his wife Debbie is originally from Great Neck.

Being a writer while having a day job requires a great deal of sacrifice, he said, and he has much less time to do other things although he is helped by his schedule as a psychologist.

Most of his patients come to see him either before the go to work or after, allowing Kane to write throughout most of the day. He said he also often writes late into the night, and sometimes on Sundays as well.

Kane said while his previous novels had been more dramatic family stories, his latest work

has a higher level of intrigue. He described his new work as more “spine tingling” than the rest of his work.

No matter the plot, all of Kane’s novels deal with the Jewish experience in America, and more specifically the conflict that comes from maintaining one’s Jewish traditions within the modern American culture.

He said he draws on his own experience growing up in a firstgeneration Jewish-American home.

“My grandparents all came from Europe,” Kane said. “I grew up in a staunchly identified Jewish home. On some level stories about Jews in America always appealed to me and fascinated me. Those were the stories I wanted to tell.”

It is difficult to have a traditional mindset in modern society, Kane said, but he said there is something positive about maintaining ones identity in a world of distractions.

He uses the example of Shabbat as an antidote to a world where people are “overContinued on Page 57

Great Neck author, psychologist to release third novel “The Night, The Day” March 31

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School board unveils $216M budget

B y A d a m L i d g e tt The Great Neck School Board of Education unveiled a $216,441,071 preliminary budget for the 2015-2016 year Monday, a 1.11 percent increase over the previous year’s $214 million budget.

Board Vice President Larry Gross said the school district has maintained all its programs with no significant change despite an increase in the tax levy that is one of the lowest the school district has seen in years.

“These are exceptionally difficult times for education in New York State,” Gross said. “Great Neck was able to keep its fiscal house in order.”

School district Assistant Superintendent for Business John Powell said the district’s efforts to keep costs down was aided by a reduction in the amount the district must pay into the teacher’s retirement system of the employees retirement system.

According to the preliminary budget, the school district expects to pay $3,947,310 into the employee’s retirement system $259,908 less than in the 20142015 budget – and $13,202,107 into the teachers retirement sys-

Great Neck School Board Vice President Larry Gross said the budget increase of 1.11 percent is one of the lowest in years tem - $3,483,690 less than in the previous budget.

Powell said when Wall Street retirement portfolios do well, the school districts don’t have to pay as much into the retirement systems. The contribution rate for the teachers retirement system went from 17.53 percent top 13.26 percent, and the rate for the employees retirement system dropped from 20.1 percent to 18.2 percent.

“There’s an inverse relationship to how well Wall Street does to how much we have to pay into

the systems,” he said.

Powell said one of the largest increases proposed for the budget is the $3.4 million for increased salaries and new teachers.

Powell said Common Core class size and special education requirements compelled the school district to add 23.5 new teachers, the half coming from a part-time teacher.

He said 13 of the new teachers were hired last year, but they had not been accounted for in the 2014-2015 budget. He said 10

additional teachers were hired this year, and were also added to this year’s proposed budget.

The amount the district has to pay for bussing students is also planned to drive up budget expenditures, Powell said. The school district will have to pay about $10.2 million to bus its students, $357,656 more than the district did last year, Powell said.

“We contract out our transportation, and each year our contract with the outside companies goes up by the consumer price index,” Powell said. “We take on additional routes as new kids move into the school district.”

Health insurance for district employees was also budgeted to increase for the 2015-2016 year by about 5 percent, or $1,034,815. The budget projects the district would have to pay about $19.5 million for health insurance, according to Powell.

Powell said the state issues a health insurance plan that reflects the rising cost of health care, and that the cost for health insurance goes up every year.

Property taxes still account for the majority of the school district’s revenue, Powell said, which accounts for 92.17 percent of the proposed budget.

But the school district also receives a significant sum of money from schools outside the Great Neck School District who send their kids to Great Neck schools, Powell said. About $1.3 million is projected in the preliminary budget to be earned in 2015-2016 – about $300,000 more than the district budgeted for last year, Powell said.

The school district will typically get about $2 million from these programs, but Powell said he only budgeted for $1.3 million because he does not have a final list of students who would be coming from out of the district, and did not want to over budget.

Powell said other school districts will send their students to Great Neck if that school district cannot provide a certain service, such as special education, speech therapy or occupational therapy.

“Other schools will send their students here because there are services they can’t provide,” Powell said. “They may not be able to hire one teacher for a student’s needs, so they send them here where we can provide the service at a significant reduction in cost.”

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Islanders in cards for State of the County In address, Mangano says Nassau working to finalize plans for NHL practice facility

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano in his “State of the County” address Wednesday announced his administration is close to finalizing plans for a public-private partnership with the New York Islanders to construct a practice facility and administrative office for the National Hockey League Club, which will play home games at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center beginning this fall.

Mangano told an audience at the Twin Rinks at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow that the facilities would “cement the Islanders in Nassau and provide hope that we will witness their full-time return when they see the magnificent new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.”

“We will work to make that a reality,” he said. “Whether they know it or not, we’re going to continue to try to keep our sports team here.”

A development group run by Barclays chief executive officer Bruce Ratner won a 2013 bid to redevelop the Nassau Coliseum

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano delivers the annual “State of the County” address on Wednesday at the Twin Rinks at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. and its surrounding area, known as the “Nassau Hub,” and overtake the property’s operations once the Islanders leave.

The plan for the Islanders was one of several initiatives set forth

by Mangano in his address.

He highlighted a proposal for a Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at the Nassau Hub to continue the development of a health care industry that he said is quickly becoming the largest employer on Long Island.

Sloan Kettering, he said, would bring approximately 250 jobs at a $150,000 average salary.

Financial details of both projects were not disclosed.

Mangano attributed declining unemployment - down to 4.1 percent from 5 percent last year and 7 percent in 2010, which he called the best in the region - due primarily to the expansion of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, Winthrop-University Hospital and Nassau County University Medical

Center.

He also touted future economic growth due to the retention of businesses like DealerTrack, whose new office building in Lake Success would generate approximately $3 billion toward the county economy and create more than 300 jobs, and Hain Celestial, which is also moving its international offices to Lake Success, as well as a film industry that has generated approximately $250 million annually.

Mangano said his administration was committed to developing a premiere sports entertainment complex at the Nassau Hub as well as constructing more affordable housing units from unused office buildings located near mass transit stations.

In his five years in office, Mangano said his administration has created more than 3,500 apartments and lauded successes with apartment housing in Hempstead, Great Neck, Farmingdale, Mineola, Roslyn and Westbury.

He also said the county is currently exploring housing opportunities in Baldwin, Lynbrook and Valley Stream in an effort to

keep young families from leaving Nassau.

“The fact is, today’s starter home for many families is actually an affordable apartment,” he said.

Mangano also championed the sixth straight year of freezing property taxes for Nassau County residents who earn less than $500,000 a year, cutting approximately $330 million in what he called wasteful government spending as well as reducing the size of the county’s operations by about 20 percent.

“We are on the road to being the most financially secure county in the region,” he said.

Mangano said the county would also generate revenue from its forthcoming police training facility at Nassau Community College, a $40 million project to be paid for by asset forfeiture funds from the police department, donations from the Nassau County Police Foundation and the county’s capital plan, through national police conventions planned there.

“My administration’s determination to save taxpayer dollars through public-private partnerships is working,” he said.

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Tilles reappointed to Board of Regents B y A d a m L i d g e tt The state Legislature voted March 10 to reappoint Roger Tilles as Long Island’s representative to the New York State Board of Regents, according to a press release from state Sen. Jack Martins’ office.

Tilles, a Great Neck resident, will serve his third five-year term on the board, having first been elected as a Regent in 2005, according to state Department of Education’s website.

He was elected in a 155-16 vote, according to Christopher Schneider, communications director for Martins.

Tilles has been a frequent critic of the Common Core learning standards the state has implemented, condemning the use of test scores to rate teachers. He has also criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo for not taking responsibility for the problems with Common Core.

“Roger Tilles has a wealth of experience with education; he knows our schools, knows our children, and is always willing to work with everyone to give our kids the quality education they deserve,” Martins (R-Mineola) said.

“Equally as important, he has been one of the lone voices of reason on the Board

in dealing with the challenges of Common Core. “ While he has praised the Common Core standards as being a step in the positive direction for education, Tilles has criticized the initiative’s rollout for beginning Common Core testing before the state curriculum was actually finished. He has said that the exams are being used in a punitive rather than a diagnostic manner.

Tilles was born and raised in Great Neck, where he was educated in the Great Neck Public School system, according to the state Department of Education website.

A member and past President of Temple Beth-El, he is also on the Board of the Jewish Outreach Institute.

He is also chair of the Association for a Better Long Island, past acting Chair of the Long Island Regional Planning Board and past chair of the Long Island University Board of Trustees.

Regents Kathleen Cashin and Lester W. Young were also re-elected on March 10, according to a statement from the state Assembly.

Newcomers Beverly L. Ouderkirk, Catherine Fisher Collins, Judith Johnson and Judith J. Chin were also elected.

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Cuomo reforms ruining education

Westbury High School was overflowing the other night - the auditorium was standing room only, so they had to use the gymnasium, as well.

Teachers, parents and students from throughout Long Island were there to send a message to Gov. Cuomo, whose proposed “education reforms” are aimed at destroying public education so that it can be privatized.

Many of the speakers were students, whose personal stories could bring tears students who came to this country as youngsters unable to speak a word of English, now Intel Science semifinalists, or who had personal challenges now journalism prize winners, young people who were able to find the best parts of themselves and flourish, with high hopes and ambitions for their future.

And there was a really curious appeal from a student who has ambitions of going to an Ivy League school and eventually becoming a doctor: because of budget cuts, the class day has been cut short by a period.

That means that students have to give up their lunch in order to get their credits to graduate or take extracurriculars. Extracurriculars have largely been cut, so, she asks, how is her application to an Ivy League school to compete with other students who can list teams, and clubs and music?

And it is curious because a big part of Cuomo’s reforms is designed to shift resources away from public schools to charter schools - which are “public” in the sense

they use public money but are able to op- take the “cream of the crop.”

Charter schools do not have the same erate outside of the micro-managed rules set by the state. A big “appeal” of charter proportion of special needs students, Engschools is that they are able to have lon- lish language learners, the poorest children or homeless children, or the ger days, and longer calendar students with behavioral and years - because they don’t have emotional problems. to deal with pesky union work They don’t have to follow rules. the mandates that so constrict The fact that teacher turnpublic schools, and they start over in charter schools is even off ahead of the game because worse than in public schools, the families who push for that charter school movetheir children to go to charter ment - a for-profit model - is fischools value education, leavnanced by billionaires like the KAREN RUBIN ing behind the families and the Waltons, the Kochs, Eli Broad Pulse of the Peninsula students who do not. (See “Do - which also are financing Teach for America (a model that brings in charters ‘cream’ students? you bet! http:// Ivy League students for two or three years www.uft.org/news-stories/do-chartersand then they are gone), and are not above cream-students-you-bet) On the other hand, New York State’s dictating curriculum (anti-climate change) and are also heavy donors to political cam- charter school industry and the lobbying groups are all interconnected. paigns, are not mentioned.

The charter school industry - that seems In fact, they stopped saying that charter schools are “more cost effective” - because to revolve around Eva Moskowitz and her they don’t have to account for spending, Success Academy company, former New they take the per-pupil cost of the public York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein now school district, and don’t offer a fraction of with Murdoch’s News Corp’s Education Diviwhat is available to students in public school sion, Eli Broad, Carl Icahn and the Waltons) settings, not to mention, they occupy pieces gave $2 million to Cuomo’s re-election camof public school buildings without paying paign. No wonder the Lt. Governor Kathy rent, and they tap the least experienced Hochul was out with the rally in Albany on March 4, financed by a charter advocacy teachers at the lowest pay rates.

Yet charter schools have not been group, Families for Excellent Schools.

“We are here to send a message,” said shown to be more successful than public schools, even though they have tended to Kathy Hochul, the lieutenant governor,

speaking from the Capitol’s snowy steps with a backdrop of charter school supporters. “A message that failure is not an option.”

Here’s a solution: if Cuomo wanted to advance charters without harming public schools, he would allow charters to open everywhere as private schools and tell the billionaires to give their $4 million they have paid into political campaigns directly to the charter schools, and keep taxpayer money in public schools.

Expanding charter schools, making it easier to fire teachers, withhold tenure, close public schools and hand over the reins to private operators, and steer public money to parochial schools are the essence of Cuomo’s education reform.

And he is not above extortion to get his way, telling state legislators that unless they adopt his education “reforms,” school aid will be increased just 1.7 percent (that’s $377 million, barely in line to keep up with inflation, not to account for increased enrollment or changes in student population); but if they adopt his “reforms” he will increase education spending by 4.8 percent.

Meanwhile, the governor has yet to restore millions of dollars in state aid (the so-called Gap Elimination Adjustment) that were stripped when the state had its budget crisis after the 2008 Great Recession (a fact that newly named state Commissioner of Taxation Kenneth Adams, formerly in charge of the state’s Economic Development Continued on Page 56

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Mangano’s wishful thinking In his State of the County address Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano raised the possibility that the Islanders might one day return to Nassau County. Is this really possible or are visions of sugar plums dancing in the county executive’s head?

Mangano said his administration is close to finalizing plans for a public-private partnership with the New York Islanders to construct a practice facility and administrative office for the National Hockey League Club, which will play home games at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center beginning this fall.

And then he said that when the Islanders see “the magnificent new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum … we will witness their full-time return. We will work to make that a reality. Whether they know it or not, we’re going to continue to try to keep our sports team here.”

Barclays Center was built by Bruce Ratner, the same man who won a 2013 bid to redevelop the Nassau Coliseum and its surrounding area, known as the “Nassau Hub.” According to his contract Ratner will control all programming decisions at the renovated Coliseum. Why would he agree to the Islanders returning to Long Island when they are a major part of his plan for Barclays?

Much as we would like to, we cannot imagine a scenario in which the Islanders will play again in Nassau County. Barclays is a magnificent arena easily accessible to Long Island and New York City fans.

Bill Daly, the NHL’s deputy commissioner, told Newsday, “We have been given no indication by the Islanders, or by anyone else, that the move to Brooklyn is or will be temporary.”

Nassau Interim Finance Authority, a state oversight board, said “NIFA would want to see a cost and benefit analysis to see if [the continuing relationship with NHL] is a financial boon or burden to the county’s bottom line.”

But Mangano has news for NIFA. “We are on the road to being the most financially secure county in the region,” he declared.

He must know something they don’t know.

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OUR VIEWS The state is in the process of emerging from the dark ages when it comes dealing with crime committed by people under the age of 18.

Gov. Cuomo’s Raise the Age plan would move the age of criminal responsibility to 17 in 2017 and 18 in 2018. The state Legislature would have to approve the plan which has the support of Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), who was Nassau County district attorney.

Today New York is one of only two states that routinely try juveniles as adults. Each year 50,000 16- and 17-year-old kids are tried as adults in sate courts.

For decades New York has recognized that young people under the age of 18 are not adults. They can’t sign a contract, buy cigarettes or alcohol. But they can go to a state prison.

This does not mean that a teenager 16 or 17-years-old should not be held accountable for her or his actions. Indeed they should.

Kids this age can commit very adult crimes. But that doesn’t make them adults.

In fact the kids that age who commit crimes are most often less mature than their counterparts.

They need to be a dealt with by a system whose focus is chang-

ing behavior, not punishment.

That’s the mission of the Family Court.

If the experts are right, and we believe they are, a more intelligent approach to juvenile justice like the one proposed in Raise the Age, will make the state a safer place.

Chances are that a young person under the age of 18 who goes to an adult jail or prison only learns to be more of a criminal.

They come out worse than when they went in and are prone to recidivism.

Critics see Raise the Age as the state going soft on crime.

They are wrong and 48 states agree.

GOP senators’ Iran letter shows how party has fallen

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ad enough that Speaker Boehner invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress on March 3 in what some construed as a deliberate effort to undermine the president, the Secretary of State and the other nations attempting to arrive at an agreement with Iran.

Now the other shoe has dropped. Forty-seven Republican senators sent an open letter to Iranian leaders suggesting that their negotiations were a waste of time.

This, because the next president could revoke its provisions or the next Congress could easily alter it.

There’s an old union song “whose side are you on, boys?”

One wonders what the Republicans were thinking…maybe something like how can we med-

dle, interfere, and undermine the office of the president?

I waited anxiously to see who would respond to such malfeasance.

The answer came on the front page of the New York Daily News (not a bastion of liberal thought.)

Bold, black letters spelled out the word “TRAITORS” with pictures of several of the culprits.

Then the vice president entered the fray.

In a blistering rebuttal Biden (who served 36 years in the Senate) stated that the Republican letter was “beneath the dignity of an institution I revere.”

He pointed out that the senators’ action “ignores two centuries of precedent.” The history lesson continued….when we established diplomatic relations with Red China, when the Iranian

hostage crisis was resolved and when the Vietnam War was concluded…all these landmark, historic events came about without Congressional approval.

So much for Obama unconstitutionally usurping power in a thinly disguised power grab!

There was a time when the Republicans elected statesmen to the Senate.

Men like Arthur Vandenberg and Everett Dirksen who understood that partisanship ends at the water’s edge.

Today we have Ted Cruz, an extremist no-nothing, who has the audacity to try for the Republican presidential nomination.

O tempore! O mores!

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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READERS WRITE

Dialogue needed after anti-Semitic post

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y now, most readers of this newspaper have learned about the Facebook graphic on which a student from outside the Great Neck district drew symbols of Naziism.

Many in our town responded vocally to this blatant act of anti-Semitism.

Although some among us responded (both verbally and in print) a little too impulsively and without knowledge of the facts, most responded out of grave and passionate concern.

Continuous acts of hatred,whether directed at Jews or other religious and ethnic groups, have no place in Great Neck nor in any community.

Fortunately, the school administration responded immediately. There will never be unanimity when it comes to determining an appropriate and just response to such heinous acts, but we encourage the school leadership to continue teaching both students and parents about the val-

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ues of tolerance and respect we so dearly cherish.

When someone commits a bias crime, that crime affects all of us-and not exclusively the religious or ethnic community to which that crime was directed.

To live in Great Neck means that we commit to living in a diverse community and that we take responsibility for enhancing the quality of life for all people.

As representative of the Great Neck Clergy, I urge colleagues of all faith groups to join together in ongoing dialogue; so that we may help address all issues of intolerance and bias, regardless of to whom that bias is directed.

On a positive note: Although we tend to publicize incidents of intolerance, I want to share a wonderful illustration of how diversity can bring us together.

In February, the South Middle School held its annual Cultural Heritage Night.

The first part of the evening included

an impressive display of the food and culture which reflected the various ethnic communities within the school.

The latter part of the evening was devoted to dances performed by the Middle School students; dances which also reflected our ethnic diversity: Hispanic, Greek, Armenian, Russian, Chinese, Korean and Israeli for name a few.

As I was honored to choreograph the Israeli dance, I watched not only the performers, but the students attending the program (most of the school, I believe).

Following each performance, students applauded wildly and with great pride. One dance was performed by a single male student; dressed in the clothing of his family’s culture.

During and following his performance, no one laughed or spoke derisively.

This boy received a loud reception when he finished the dance; every stu-

dent in the auditorium appreciated his efforts.

Perhaps I missed a larger picture, but from my vantage point, I only witnessed pride, joy and a celebration of diversity.

We in Great Neck will confront many challenges in the years ahead; including our response to diversity issues.

Unfortunately, there will (hopefully isolated) incidents of bias not only against Jews, but against other groups living in our town.

My hope is that together we will combat the evils of racial, religious and ethnic bias, so that we can remain proud of our community and even prouder of the diversity within.

Rabbi Michael Klayman Lake Success Jewish Center President, Great Neck Clergy Association Parent of a Middle school student.

The meaning of E Plurbus Unum

he Long Island Immigration Summit at Hofstra energized me and scores of other Long Islanders. It prompted me to think about one of the central themes of my nearly 60 years of high school and college teaching.

E Pluribus Unum was the first national motto developed in 1776 by those perspicacious leaders, Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson.

Often, only one of the two meanings of that motto has been recognized: the forming of one nation out of 13 quasi-independent units (or, as John Adams wrote, “How thirteen clocks were made to strike as one”).

The other explicit intent of our first U.S. motto was how one people were being formed from the most diverse population assembled anywhere in the 18th century world.

The Hofstra conference, “Long Island at a Turning Point,” graphically illustrated that both those themes are still at the center of our lives in 2015.

Our efforts, as the Constitution preamble states, “to form a more perfect union,” encounter daily frustrations with Washington gridlock and conflicts between the national and state governments.

Particularly relevant to the Immigration Summit is whether E Pluribus Unum (one from many) has been – and should remain – a worthy ideal for the United States.

No nation in the history of the world has been so welcoming of so many people who came from so many different cultures.

The inclusion spirit of a “Melting Pot” affirms the humanity of everyone: that the fusion would produce an “alloy” that would be better than any of its components.

Yet, that ideal should not preclude considerations of “Mosaic” and “Salad Bowl” frameworks.

As the “Action” groups recognized at Hofstra, there are more complexities in the “Americanization” process than even empathetic folks tend to acknowledge.

In thinking about the enormous challenges (and opportunities) of immigration and ethnicity in 2015, we cannot afford to become prisoners of the present.

That is a perilous position because it blocks historical perspectives that enable us to understand better how we got to where we are today, and, thus, have a chance to get a better sense of how we might proceed in the future.

Long Island Wins, the exceptional partner of the Hofstra Center for Civic Engage-

ment in the Immigration Summit, strives to foster a “welcoming” spirit for newcomers and an expanding sense of community for all Americans.

However, that has never been easy; nor is it accomplished without sustained attention and the good works by people who seek to fulfill our nation’s highest principles of inclusion and social justice.

Our immigration history reveals that, while there has been much celebration of newcomers as “choosing Americans” (who affirmed our nation’s “exceptionalism” by voting with their feet to come here), there has always been a concern about how different groups would “fit in” with the existing American society.

It is not surprising that Queens College historian, Thomas Wheeler, subtitled his book, “The Anguish of Becoming American.”

And I will never forget the class I took at Columbia with John Higham, whose class discussions illuminated some of the struggles I experienced, coming from an immigrant family.

More significant was Higham’s brilliant book, “Strangers in the Land: Patterns of American Nativism.”

These studies – and many others that

could be cited – illustrate that, while popular culture often celebrates the positives of immigration, many folks have little sense of the difficulties in the process of being accepted and advancing in American society.

Central to most considerations of our past and future is the theme of E Pluribus Unum: Is it desirable to seek – or to rush – a “melting pot,” instead of appreciating a “salad bowl” (where the separate “ingredients” are part of an entity, but each retains distinctive flavors while also enriching the whole)?

With continued opportunity from Blank Slate Media (and its readers), I will seek to join the paper’s band of citizen writers by returning next week with discussion of “Action” proposals that emerged from the Hofstra Long Island Immigration Summit.

In the meantime, any caring citizen can benefit from checking the website of Long Island Wins, which features information from the summit and, equally important, the stories of some present-day immigrants in our melting pot-salad bowl-orchestraquilt-mosaic.

Michael D’Innocenzo Professor of History, Hofstra University

Paper misses ambulance response story

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was really quite surprised that there was no mention in the Williston Times of my inquiry to Village Board at the Feb. 23 meeting of an ambulance response in May of 2014.

I had started my investigation at the board meetings since October after an ini-

tial email to the mayor and the chief of the W.P.F.D. in June.

The chief did respond promptly to the email and was going to follow up with more information and when that didn’t happen I brought it to village board in October.

Fortunately, Chief Smithing was at the

most recent meeting and explained that part of the reason the call took so long was that after the W.P.F.D realized after six minutes they couldn’t respond they sent it to the county and the call was put on hold for seven minutes before the county started their response.

A 22-minute ambulance response for a difficulty breathing call to a patient who lives six blocks from the firehouse and four blocks from the 3rd precinct, if that’s not newsworthy I’m not sure what is.

Kevin Dunn Williston Park

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A look o n the li g hter si d e

Evaluate this! And that means you, too Everybody gets evaluated, these days. But why leave all the fun to the administrators?

Let’s walk around for a while, clipboard in hand, and see what happens.

Say you’re shopping at a department store we’ll call Lacy’s, looking for a salesclerk. No matter when I go, there’s not an employee in sight.

Finally I spot someone straightening things on a rack, and ask her for help. But before I can finish my sentence, she interrupts: “I don’t work here.”

Sure looked like work to me, but what do I know? I’m only a wanna-be customer.

But then I remember: I’m not just some slob off the street trying to spend money; I am armed with an evaluation form!

Quickly I turn to the section labeled “Customer Service” and find the appropriate goal: “Approaches every customer interaction with commitment to a positive outcome.” On a oneto-five scale: Zero!

“Every contact with the public is conducted in a helpful, respectful manner.” Zero again!

Eventually, six departments away, I find someone willing to admit she works there. She agrees that people who appear to be staff but who are completely unhelpful only give that store a bad name.

In other words, she “demonstrates openness and honesty in dealing with others,” “acting in a manner consistent with professional integrity.” Take a Five.

Take two!

Drunk with power, I head home.

As I drive up, I see that nobody brought the empty trash cans back to the house from the curb. “Follows through without reminding on assigned tasks?”

That’s a “1” for the teenager.

At least he remembered to re-line the cans in the house with trash bags, so I bump him up to a 2.5.

However - after a day out with friends, he forgets to let us know that he’s on the way home, from someplace two hours away, on a foggy night.

Clearly, on “Keeps supervisor informed of location and status?” this one “Needs Improvement.”

Judy epstein

A Look on the Lighter Side His father is no better. I never know when to expect him home from work. I don’t think there’s any nefarious reason for it; he just doesn’t know how to shut off the computer and walk out the door.

I’ll get a text message from him - “Almost home” - that could mean anything. One time it meant he was outside in the car, parked at the curb, fast asleep.

In general, my husband is so miserly with information, he seems to think we’re a branch of the C.I.A., operating on a Need-

To-Know basis - except sometimes I really do need to know, and he still doesn’t tell me.

Take the year I had to disappoint all our relatives (including both grandmas), saying we couldn’t visit between Christmas and New Year’s, as my husband would get no vacation days.

It wasn’t until dark on Christmas Eve that he saw fit to say: “Didn’t I tell you? I have all of next week off.”

As for answering a ringing phone while I’m out… well, this would never happen, unless a burglar happened to break in at that moment, and pick it up. The felon would then have to tell my husband, “It’s your mother,” and hand him the phone, before getting on with robbing the house.

This is why I must review the entire section on “Communicates Effectively with Team-members.”

I’m afraid that “zero” isn’t low enough for some of these scores.

I call a family meeting.

“I’m glad you’re here,” my husband says. “We’ve been wondering how to bring this up.” He and the teenager each pull out a

stack of papers.

“What are these?” I ask. I don’t like the looks of this.

“Why, evaluations, of course.” I see “Subject: Judy” on the title page.

“This is ridiculous,” I protest.

“What could you possibly evaluate me on?”

“What about the laundry?” asks my love.

“What about it?”

“Well, ever since the Great Why-Is-Everything-Pink Disaster, you haven’t let me do any — but we’ve run out of towels.”

“Is that all?”

“Well, the refrigerator’s been bare for a while.”

“There’s always peanut butter!”

“Have you forgotten I’m allergic to nuts?”

Silence. “I guess ‘Anticipates Daily Demands’ isn’t one of my strong suits,” I reply. “I must ‘Request Assistance When Needed.’

Can we divide up the chores a little more, so that I can face them?

“As long as mine don’t include Telephone Answering.”

The Moral: Evaluate Not, Lest Ye Be Evaluated!

from the d esk of se n ator jack marti n s

City well plan a threat to L.I.’s water I used to chuckle when an old friend of mine would say someone had “just one oar in the water.”

She was usually describing somebody who was pursuing this or that bad idea and who just didn’t see things clearly.

That’s why it’s the perfect title for this week’s message.

You see, there’s yet another scheme brewing but this one may seriously damage the very delicate eco-balance of Long Island’s water system.

Back in June of last year I wrote about New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his plan to repair the city’s aqueducts that bring water from upstate.

While under reconstruction, there would naturally be some water shortages and to recoup that shortfall the Mayor decided to extract the water from – you guessed it – Long Island.

His plan calls for reopening 23 wells in Queens that have been

shuttered for nearly 20 years and in doing so, divert approximately 33 million gallons per day from the aquifer system under Long Island.

As Nassau currently draws an average of about 199 million gallons daily, this represents a whopping 17 percent increase.

Now keep in mind aquifers are not man-made.

Mother Nature created these underground miracles of clay, sand and gravel millions of years ago and they’re our sole source of drinking water.

There’s no other alternative, no “Plan B.” We don’t have upstate reservoirs like the city, so it’s obviously in the best interest of our three million residents to preserve our system’s integrity.

The frightening thing is that every expert I’ve heard from has made it abundantly clear that reopening these wells may pull down the water table, increase saltwater

the environmental impact before turning them on.

After all, the state requires a study when any new, single well is opened; wouldn’t we do at least as much for 23 wells that have been shuttered for 20 years?

Nine months later, despite reassurances from the city, as the plan moves forward we are still waiting for the city to start its study. And that doesn’t surprise jack m. martins me.

Over the years I’ve learned State Senator not to put much stock in promises like these. In fact, my most recent intrusion into the aquifer and re- letter urges the DEC to take the direct contaminated underground lead in requiring and overseeing a plumes. In layman’s terms, the study to make sure it’s done and city’s pumping may actually wreak done right. havoc on our water supply.

In that light I’ve introduced So I did what any good citizen a bill to the state Legislature that would do. I wrote a letter to the would deem any public supply state’s Department of Environmen- wells that haven’t been used for tal Conservation Commissioner, at least two years to be considered Joe Martens, last year asking that abandoned and require a full enthe city complete a full analysis of vironmental review before they

could be reopened.

Whether the city was rushing forward with an ill-conceived plan or not, this makes good environmental sense for all of us and is long overdue.

In essence, it will protect our singular water supply from any potential abusers, including ourselves.

And while I’m sure the protection of our aquifers and natural waterways may seem dull to some readers, I can assure all of you that it is one of the single most vital issues facing our region today.

Clean, safe drinking water for New York City and Long Island are equally important, not mutually exclusive. There’s plenty of time for Mayor de Blasio’s team to complete a full environmental study with DEC oversight, and to include a forum for public discourse.

In doing so, we’ll be sure that his project has more than “just one oar in the water.”

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Insuring against long-term problems

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oth of my parents are on benefit with a great longterm care policy and I thought it was time to write a letter to extol the virtues of long-term care but I did not want to be seen as an insurance broker but more as someone who understands the needs of the consumer.

So I wrote this with the pros and cons of long-term care insurance in mind for the readers benefit.

With America aging at a rapid pace - and with the average cost of nursing home care continuing to skyrocket - long-term care insurance can be a solid investment for individuals who have assets they want to protect or who want to avoid becoming a financial burden to their family.

What exactly is long-term care insurance? Unlike other types of insurance that offer straightforward policy features, long-term care insurance is complex and policies vary widely. In general, long-term care coverage helps to pay for assistance with daily activities such as bathing, eating, and dressing; skilled nursing care or rehabilitative services either in a nursing facility or home setting; and cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Long-term care insurance can be expensive - so the younger you are when you purchase a policy, the lower the overall premium cost to you.

Luckily, there are many organizations and resources available to help individuals research the long-term care industry as well as individual policies.

Before making any decisions, compare several policies, paying special attention to the company’s financial stability and reputation in the industry, coverage details, eligibility requirements, and premium costs.

The aging of America is one of the biggest factors contributing to the growing interest in long-term care insurance.

According to U.S. Census Bureau data, the median age in America has been rising and the last of the 76 million Baby Boom-

ers will reach age 65 by 2030 doubling the elderly population in America.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that about 40 percent of people aged 65 or older have at least a 50 percent lifetime risk of entering a nursing home.

For its part, the Health Insurance Association of America estimates that by 2020, 12 million people may require long-term care.

At a time when the average cost of a private room at a nursing home tops $90,000 a year, longterm care insurance can be a solid investment for individuals who have assets they want to protect or who want to avoid becoming a financial burden to their family.

But unlike other types of insurance, in which policies are standardized or fairly straightforward, long-term care policies are complex and vary widely.

Virtually every company’s policy differs on such matters as who qualifies for coverage, when the policyholder can begin receiving benefits, the amount of coverage, the term of the policy, and premium costs.

Before you begin comparing policies on a feature-by-feature basis, it is important to understand some of the basics.

What Long-Term Care Insurance Is - And Is Not Long-term care insurance is not life insurance, disability insurance, or health insurance.

Instead, LTC includes a range of nursing, social, and rehabilitative services for people who need ongoing assistance due to a chronic illness or disability.

LTC insurance can be used by anyone at any age who suffers an accident or debilitating illness, but its most frequently used by older adults who need assistance with essential physical needs, such as bathing, dressing, or eating.

For the most part, those who need long-term care are left to foot the bill on their own.

Neither Medicare, nor Medicare supplemental coverage, also known as Medi-gap-insurance,

nor standard health insurance policies fully cover long-term care.

That leaves most of us with two options when faced with such expenses: pay out-of-pocket or rely on private long-term care insurance.

Most LTC policies are “expense incurred” or indemnity policies, which pay a fixed-dollar amount toward the cost of daily care.

Policies tend to cover a variety of care settings, including nursing homes, home health care, assisted living facilities, and adult day care.

Since premium costs increase depending on your age at the time of enrollment, the younger you are when you purchase a policy, the lower the premium you’ll pay during the life of the plan.

Once you purchase a policy, premiums generally remain the same each year, so experts recommend that individuals start thinking about long-term care long before they need it. Because long term care insurance premiums are based on age at the time of purchase, the younger you are when you purchase a policy, the less expensive it typically will be.

Shopping for Long-Term Care Insurance: Consumer Guidelines When shopping for long-term care insurance make sure you take your time and compare the features of several policies. State insurance regulators and the American Council of Life Insurance, and the American Health Care Association recommend that you pay special attention to the following features.

Company Reputation and Legitimacy.

Make sure the insurance companies under consideration are licensed in your state and that they carry favorable financial ratings from well-known ratings agencies such as A.M. Best Company, Duff & Phelps, Inc., Standard & Poor’s Insurance Rating Services, and Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. Coverage Parameters. Policies will differ in the types of services they support. Some cover nursing home care, others cover custodial or personal care in a variety of set-

tings such as assisted living, adult day care, and home health care.

Some include a combination of services.

Be sure to choose a policy that best meets your particular needs.

Benefits Payout. How much does the policy pay per day for care in a particular setting (e.g., nursing home, assisted living)?

How does the policy pay out services (e.g., a fixed daily amount, as reimbursement for the cost of care up to a daily maximum)?

Does the policy have a maximum lifetime limit? If so, what is it for nursing home care? Home health care?

Waiting Period. How long must the insured wait before he or she can begin receiving benefits?

Most policies range from zero to 180 days.

Typically the longer the period, the lower the cost of the policy.

Eligibility. Does the policy use certain benefit triggers to determine when you will be eligible to receive benefits?

Such triggers could include activities of daily living that the insured needs help with, such as bathing, eating, and dressing; cognitive impairment, such as Alzheimer’s disease; or a prerequisite hospital stay for nursing home benefits.

Benefits Protection. The policy should include an inflation adjustment feature to ensure that benefits stay in line with rising care costs. Determine what the rate of increase is, how often it is applied, and for how long. Additional protections include a “guaranteed renewable” clause, which states that the policy cannot be canceled when you get older or if you suffer physical or mental deterioration, and a non-forfeiture benefit, which ensures that some portion of your benefits are still available to you if you cancel your policy or unintentionally let it lapse.

Tax Implications. Premiums paid on long-term care policies sold today (and related out-ofpocket expenses) generally are deductible as an itemized deduction to the extent that those expenses (and other qualifying

medical expenses) exceed the 7.5 percent adjusted gross income threshold.

Additionally, long-term care benefits received are subject to tax, up to certain limits. Consult with a tax advisor to learn more about the tax implications of longterm care insurance.

Because of the many variables involved in determining whether long-term care coverage is right for you, it is important to do your research.

Luckily there is a wealth of information available to consumers on long-term care and related health care issues. A good starting point is the American Health Care Association.

Points to Remember 1. The aging of America and the increasing health care expenses that will follow are the biggest factors contributing to the growing interest in long-term care insurance.

2. Demographers predict that a third of all people who reach age 65 will need to enter a nursing home at some point in time.

3. Today the average cost of private nursing home care in America tops $90,000 a year,2 making private long-term care insurance a potentially smart investment for individuals who want to protect assets and avoid burdening their family.

4. In general, long-term care insurance covers a range of nursing home and community-based personal care services for individuals who need ongoing assistance due to illness or disability.

5. Neither Medicare, Medicare supplemental coverage, nor standard health insurance cover long-term care expenses.

6. Premium costs increase as you age, so the younger you are when you purchase a policy, the lower the premiums you’ll pay during the life of the policy.

Bill Spitalnick Roslyn Bill Spitalnick is a insurance broker that works for Hiram Cohen & Son in East Williston

Obama has record of poor decision-making

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n response to Charles Samke’s response on 3/6/15 to my criticism of President Obama’s failure to march in Paris - he can hide behind the term “Obama bashing” all he wants but (coming from a Jew) if he doesn’t want to accept the

fact that certain people committed to the destruction of Israel and the Jewish religion that’s not the opinion of everybody especially ISIS, Iran’s leaders and others who President Obama has befriended and invited to the White House during his tenure as

leader of the free world - while “dissing” Prime Minister Netanyahu recently on a life and death matter to Israel and possibly the United States (very probably).

As far as his decision-making capabilities go, I was only trying to illustrate the fact that the

President has trouble making positive decisions and evidenced by his past voting record.

I think Mr. Samek should take a good look at the evidence presented by Mr. Obama’s behavior rather than call critics of him “Obama bashing” or run-

ning the President down.

His own future may very well be at stake based on the President’s decisions - or lack of the same.

Morton Perlman Great Neck

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READERS WRITE

Today’s movies ‘immoral, decadent’

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very year, we couldn’t wait to watch the Academy Awards.

We spent months seeing every nominated movie and then read every review. Dinner table discussions and restaurant chatter always included our favorites as well as the “clinkers”which really didn’t bother us because there were so many great movies to choose from.

Watching Joan Rivers and her red-carpet, “pre-game” shenanigans, made the evening that much more entertaining.

This year, it all came to a screeching halt. In all honesty, for the past few years, the film industry has been in constant decline.

I’ll bet you went to see a few, if any, of the “top” films this year.

To say that this latest group is anything but mediocre, just means that you have been watching “Dancing with the Stars” to long.

Just in case you were to busy doing “unimportant” things the night of the awards, like doing jobrelated work at home, or helping your kids with their homework, let me tell you who won.

Alejandro G. Inarritu, whoever he is, won three Oscars for “Birdman,” perhaps the most ridiculous movie ever nominated for an Oscar.

Mentioning this film in the same breath as “Gone With The Wind,” “Lawrence of Arabia” or “Out of Africa,” is absurd.

I’m really glad I didn’t waste

my money buying a ticket. Our son rented it, probably in an effort to torture his “misguided” Republican parents. He succeeded .

I’m tired of watching irreverent films, anti-Semitic operas, or blasphemous Broadway shows.

Now, pay attention all you ACLU members out there. I am a strict first amendment advocate. I am also acquainted with the fact that Puccini, Picasso and even the Beatles were considered radical trash when they first appeared on the scene.

But, and it’s a huge “but”, I’ve had enough of all that Americabashing and immoral, decadent nonsense and then be asked to fork over $15 dollars to see a movie, $218.70 for an orchestra seat at a Broadway show or $502 for the great seats at the Met. (Yes, these prices are correct!!!)

How can we forget the Metropolitan Opera’s blatantly antiSemitic opera, “The Death of Klinghoffer”, or most recently, Jonas Tarm’s “award-wining” symphony, “March to Oblivion” performed at our historic Carnegie Hall?

Only after it was discovered that parts of Tarm’s “original” score included the Nazi national anthem, was it mercifully cancelled.

However, the liberal, Upper West Side “artsy types” couldn’t resist saying that it was still a “brilliant expression of the composer’s feelings”. Yea, right!!!

Do you remember the

Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition of blatantly sacrilegious, antiCatholic paintings, showing the Madonna surrounded by elephant feces? Mayor Giuliani had enough of that one and so did we.

This year, the Hollywood elite totally ignored the only worthwhile movie in the bunch, “American Sniper.” It must have been quite a surprise to all those snooty types at Juilliard, who considered “Sniper” just another “unsophisticated,” “low class,” “right-wing” actionthriller, when the film, which was budgeted for $59 million dollars, ended up grossing an astonishing $322 million dollars.

The American people have spoken. The elites just refuse to listen.

Perhaps the biggest “slight” of an otherwise obnoxious evening, was the insulting way in which the Academy treated the untimely, tragic death of Joan Rivers. She had single-handedly transformed the Oscars from a boring, tedious, self-serving, forgettable spectacle, into a hugely popular event.

After everything she did for the industry, the Academy chose not to even mention her passing.

Why? This was their lame excuse: “Time constraints prevented a tribute.”

We all know that it was her conservative views and her hilarious mocking of those very same self-centered, Hollywood phonies.

They couldn’t stand “a reality check”! That’s why.

It took a week to deliver the final coup de gras. This year’s Academy Awards had the lowest viewership in the last six years! The American people have spoken once again! Unfortunately, Hollywood doesn’t even care.

Just in case you didn’t see “Birdman,” and I’m sure most of you did not, the “highlight”, or should I say, “the low-light”, of this totally forgettable film was a scene in which Michael Keaton ran down Broadway dressed only in his jockey shorts!

It may have been brilliant cinematography to some at The New School, but to me, it was without any redeeming value. But of course what do I know? I’m reading the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post these days.

Unfortunately, a few of you stayed up late that night to see the show, even though you actually had to get up early the next day to go to work or to get your children ready for school.

I’m sure you will agree that the only worthwhile moment in this year’s Oscars was Lady Gaga’s inspirational singing of a medley of songs from the Sound of Music.

Lady G was amazing! Choosing songs from that wonderful, patriotic, American classic must have really annoyed some at Berkley, but, by everyone’s estimate, it was the only highlight of an otherwise boring, irrelevant and totally absurd evening.

After all, some in Hollywood still don’t consider the “Sound of Music” to be an “intellectual masterpiece” like “Birdman.”

So, it must have sent shock waves to everyone in Beverly Hills, that a show like The Sound of Music could be a classic, without ever mentioning global warming, gay marriage, U.S. imperialism, abortion rights, corporate pay, or the plight of any endangered species.

Most Americans are fed up with the degradation and belittling of the greatest country on the planet.

We are starving for a ReaganTruman-Churchill figure to appear, a return to love of country, traditional family values, a respect for the work ethic, laws being obeyed, the constitution being followed, and having our Judeo-Christian heritage relished. America was born to lead the free world, not the other way around.

In November, Americans will go to the polls once again. The choices may not be crystal clear.

Many of us will be forced to compromise.

No candidate will be perfect.

But, on the other hand, any newcomer with a more conservative approach would be better than those we have in Washington now.

Dr. Stephen Morris North Hills

Celebrating Time Magazine’s 100th birthday

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Happy 92nd Birthday to Time Magazine!

As other competitors have come and gone, I look forward to your 100th Birthday followed by many more.

Newspapers and magazines

have to deal with increasing costs along with reduced advertising revenues and declining readership due to competition from the Internet and other information sources.

The growing population of

immigrants supports their own newspapers, magazines, radio, and television stations.

We are fortunate to live in one of the few remaining free societies, with a wealth of information sources available. Let us

hope that newspapers and magazines, including Time Magazine will continue to survive as a valuable information source for citizens to access.

Patronize those businesses that advertise in Time Maga-

zine. Their advertisements help cover magazine costs. Enlighten a neighbor and give a gift subscription.

Larry Penner Great Neck

Kudos to Albertson, G.N. villages ignore W.P. first responders Middle Neck Road

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am writing to commend the wonderful volunteers of the Williston Park and Albertson Fire Departments Emergency services.

I am a senior citizen, and when the carbon monoxide detector in my home emitted a warning sound,I immediately knew I should look for help. My one phone call resulted in a prompt response by these first responders.

They arrived in haste, and not only did they test my equipment, but they allayed my

fears and solved the problem.

The EMTs were on hand also, making sure I had no negative physical reaction or trauma resulting from this episode.

I am so very grateful to these wonderful volunteers, and I am glad I live in a community where such dedicated men and women are always willing to lend their helping hands to their neighbors.

Norma Senzer Roslyn

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hy oh why has there been absolutely no attempt by the Great Neck villages to restore the road surface of Middle Neck Road?

This stretch of road between Arrandale Avenue and Cedar Drive has been in absolutely appalling condition for a considerable period time (well over a year) and consists of countless potholes and bumps which has virtu-

ally turned this road into an obstacle course.

Why the apparent reluctance by the villages concerned to remedy this situation?

It obviously cannot be due to a lack of funds.

Any ideas anyone?

Michael Ellis Great Neck

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Village Green no threat to Mineola’s traffic

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mong the first and foremost issues of the day is traffic associated with the residential buildings under construction and the one proposed called the Village Green.

I have done my own traffic study and I won’t hold your breath getting the results until the next village meeting.

Roslyn Road is busy!

Last week for 10 minutes between 8 and 9 a.m., I counted the vehicles going in both directions south of 2nd Street: 225 vehicles in 10 minutes: times 6, 1,530 per hour or about 25 per minute.

No doubt, the great majority is thru traffic. I did the same for 2nd Street between Roslyn Road and Willis Ave.: 150 vehicles in ten minutes both ways: 900 per hour: 15 per minute.

Again, virtually all is thru traf-

fic.

Everyone knows Mineola Boulevard. It is busy. Thru traffic too.

Old Country Road really rolls. For all the above there is little backup and it flows smoothly.

Willis Avenue is busy too with mostly thru traffic. It is only hindered by having two sets of tracks to cross for which there is no easy solution.

When traffic was the question about the two buildings still under construction, I did an 8 to 9 a.m. observation of traffic entering and leaving Birchwood Court which has many apartments.

The number of vehicles were so few it had no effect on traffic.

Traffic does not leave and enter apartment houses busy-busy all day long. To sum it up, they are not an issue. So here you have and for free.

I also consider that Mineola could operate some ‘to and from the train’ shuttle buses that could reduce a lot of traffic and parking need.

Perhaps a route from the train west on Old Country Road to Herricks, north to Jericho, east to Mineola Boulevard, and south back to the train.

Perhaps another buss in the opposite direction on this route. Route 1 A and B. It could be such as 6 to 9 AM and 4 to 7 PM Monday thru Saturday.

Route 2: East on 2nd Street, north on Willis, east on Jericho, south on Roslyn, west on OCR to the train. Both directions as Route 1.

Possible Route 3: East on 2nd to Union, north to Westbury, east to Sheridan, north to Jericho, east to Glen Cove Road, south to OCR east

to the train. Both directions.

These would be within walking distance of Greator Mineola.

With driver check in and out time, it would be a 40 hour week.

Each of these routes should not require more than 15 or 20 minutes to complete. The fare should be fair. For ease of use and expediency, a Mineola Shuttle ‘Metro’ Card system could be developed with the usage automatically debited to a credit card as in NYC. The commuter parking lot on 2nd Street could be excavated and completed in sections so as not to be excessively disruptive and become two-level.

The development of Mineola does not affect the vast residential areas north of First Street extending well north of Jericho. It is not those residents concern.

The area available for develop-

ment is limited and with the future in mind the best use of it should be made.

New York City has The Village so why can’t Mineola have its City in The Village?

No one would have to go there if they don’t want to.

So as to get another subject out of the way: A big issue is being made about Hillary Clinton and the emails.

How about a visitor to The Bush Presidential Library asking “Where are all of the emails?”

There was a big issue a while back (as I remember) about Bush and Rice and perhaps others erasing emails.

Charles Samek Mineola

Paul Meli a strong choice for District Court

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aul Meli and I have a long history of being both friends and political adversaries.

We are neighbors and, though we sometimes do argue over poli-

tics, we share a mutual passion to make our community a better place.

And when it comes to politics, Paul and I do agree on about 95 percent of all the important is-

sues.

As far as the remaining 5 percent, he is clearly wrong 2½ percent and I am certainly wrong the remaining 2½ percent!

Paul has been a real fighter

for what he believes in and for judge.

Glen Cove.

I want to congratulate him, Jo-Ann and his family on his appointment to the District Court.

I know he will be a wonderful

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Prostate Cancer:

Know Your Options for Screening and Treatment Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men — but also has a very high survival rate.

Lee Richstone, MD, a urologist at the Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, part of North Shore-LIJ Health System, discusses what you need to know about this condition.

Clearly, prostate cancer can be a dangerous disease.

Yet there are conflicting reports about prostate cancer and the prostate-specific antigen blood test, also known as the PSA screening test: • Is PSA a good screening test or not?

• At what age should PSA screening begin, and stop?

• If a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, what treatment is really best?

• Is prostate cancer even dangerous enough to warrant treatment at all?

• If treatment is selected, what will be the urinary and sexual side effects?

At the Smith Institute for Urology, our multidisciplinary team of urologists, medical oncologists, radiation medicine specialists and genitourinary pathologists can answer those questions. We offer virtually all options for prostate cancer diagnosis, and provide world-class, tailored care that treats each patient as a unique individual.

PSA: One Test Doesn’t Fit All Prostate cancer screening is very important for men between age 55 and 70, and for younger men at higher risk due to family history or ethnicity. However, screening with PSA blood tests must go hand-in-hand with the type of personalized discussion regarding the pros and cons of screening that you will receive at the Smith Institute. The institute is at the forefront of prostate cancer diagnosis, offering the world’s most accurate MRI scanning of the prostate to help detect the prostate cancers that are dangerous, and avoiding detection of the prostate cancers that are not dangerous and do not need aggressive treatment.

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Great Neck Library Visit with Author/Journalist Gail Sheehy Meet world-renowned author, journalist and popular lecturer Gail Sheehy when she talks about and signs copies of her recent memoir, Daring: My Passages, on Sunday, March 22 at 2 p.m. at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck.

Sheehy has changed the way millions of women and men around the world look at the stages of their lives. Passing 70, she thought it time to turn the lens on herself and write a memoir about her own passages. Her book, Daring: My Passages is meant to inspire young women to dream big, take risks, outlive the early failures, and build toward success with meaning and social purpose by midlife.

In Sheehy’s 50 years as a writer she has interviewed thousands of women and men and written 17 books. Her earliest revolutionary book, Passages, was named by a Library of Congress survey as one of the ten most influential books of our times. Passages remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for more than three years, and has been reprinted in 28 languages. Ms. Sheehy’s other books on the passages theme revisit the stages of adult life: Understanding Men’s Passages, The Silent Passage (menopause), Sex and the Seasoned Woman, and Passages in Caregiving.

Gail Sheehy is also a journalist who has covered national and world leaders and broken many cultural taboos. She is one of the founding writers of New York and has been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 1984.

Books will be available for purchase at the event, to be signed by Ms. Sheehy.

Please note: Temple Emanuel parking is in the rear of the Temple. There is a rear entrance not far from the parking lot near the gardens.

Board of Trustees Meeting The next regular meeting of the Great Neck Library Board of Trustees will be held on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Parkville Branch Library, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park. The meeting is open to the public and attendance is encouraged.

Tickets Available for Peter Rabbit The Adventures of Peter Rabbit will be performed on Thursday, April 9 at 11 a.m. at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck. Peter, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-Tail, Benjamin Bunny, the McGregors, and all their friends come to life in this delightful theatre adaptation inspired by the characters created by Beatrix Potter. Peter Rabbit learns the important lessons of respecting someone else’s property and staying safe. For children ages 3 to 10 with parent/caregiver. Tickets will be available Thursday, March 26 at 8 p.m. at the Station and Parkville Branches and Friday, March 27 at 9 a.m. at the Lakeville Branch. A valid Great Neck Library card is required to obtain tickets.

Lakeville Literary Club Librarian Judy Snow will lead a discussion of Kristin Hannah’s Home Front by Kristin Hanna on

World-renowned author, journalist and popular lecturer Gail Sheehy will talk about and sign copies of her recent memoir, Daring: My Passages, at Temple Emanuel.

Wednesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. at the Lakeville Branch, 475 Great Neck Road. In her novel Home Front, Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage. She paints a portrait of a husband and wife - in love and at war. Call (516) 466-8055, ext. 232.

Take Two Film Series at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library prepares for renovations. The next film matinee in the winter Take Two film series will be shown on Thursday, March 26 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, The Gardens at Great Neck, 26 Great Neck Road, 2nd level (near Waldbaum’s).

Everything old is new again.

These films with similar themes made years apart – endure, captivate and delight over and over again.

Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for information on the films scheduled. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited. Priority seating is given to Great Neck School District residents. Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other ID showing your Great Neck School District address.

AARP Tax Help at the Parkville Branch AARP Tax Preparers will be at the Parkville Branch each Wednesday through April 8 to assist in preparing and filing simple State and Federal tax returns online only. You must

have an appointment and bring all relevant tax papers.

Registration for Tax Assistance appointments continues. Call the Parkville Branch at (516) 466-8055, ext. 273 for more details or to make an appointment.

Tax Forms and Information at Your Library Selected Federal and State tax forms and publications are available at the Station, Parkville and Lakeville Branches of the Library to take or to photocopy. This year the IRS is only providing libraries with Form 1040, 1040A and 1040 EZ. All other federal forms will be printed from the IRS website, www.irs.gov.

The Reference staff will print needed forms at a charge of 10 cents per page. Call the

Library at 466-8055 ext. 218 for further information.

Multiple copies of TurboTax tax preparation software for PCs and MACs circulate at the three Great Neck Library branch locations. The tax preparation software will also be available on one computer at all three branches. You may place a hold on the TurboTax Home & Business Software for the 2014 tax year.

Tax Guides in print are available to help you prepare your taxes. These include CCH U.S. Master Tax Guide, CCH State Tax Handbook, Ernst & Young Tax Guide, Guidebook to New York State Taxes, J.K. Lasser’s Your Income Tax, RIA Federal Tax Handbook and Your Federal Income Tax: for Individuals.

Great Neck Library Closing/ Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www.cancellations.com for Library weather related closings/program cancellations.

In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations.com, type in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings. In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic e-mails from cancellations.com when the Library has posted any information. This is a great way for Library District residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

Great Neck Park District programs Camp Directors Meeting at Great Neck House Tuesday, March 24 from 6 to 7 p.m. , there will be a Camp Parkwood Open House at Great Neck House.

Camp Parkwood directors and supervisors will be available to answer all of your questions. We look forward to seeing everyone.

If you have any questions or would like any more information prior to this meeting call (516) 482-0355.

Adult Tennis Party Get into the “swing” of things at Parkwood Tennis Center’s adult tennis party on Saturday, March 21 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. For ages 21 and over, this is an ideal opportunity to meet others, socialize and play tennis!

Singles $20; couples $35 ($5 additional for non- residents). Price includes food, soft drinks and tennis. Call 829-9050 to RSVP.

The film “What If” will be shown at Great Neck House this weekend.

Nature Program: JustA-Hike Saturday, March 29, at 12:30 p.m., take a moderately paced hike with us at Muttontown Preserve (meet at the equestrian entrance).

While questions will be welcome, there will be no formal nature discussion during the hike, giving you the opportunity to relax and socialize. Call (516) 4820355 to register as soon as

possible and request directions, if needed. No children under 16 years of age are permitted to attend.

Weekend Movie at Great Neck House What If (2013) will be

shown at Great Neck House Friday, March 20 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 21 at 5 & 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. The film is directed by Michael Dowse and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan and Megan Park.

Wallace, who is burned out from a string of failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they figure out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life. It is rated PG-13 and runs 98 minutes.

Admission requires a park card.

Sunday @ 3 Series The Body & Soul Duo will perform at Great Neck House, Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m. This program includes songs from the Great American Songbook and Broadway tunes. Admission requires a park card.

Spring and Summer Employment in the Park District

The Park District is currently looking for lifeguards, sailing instructors, Camp personnel, gate attendants and more at tennis and the pool for the 2015 season.

Those wishing to apply may do so by picking up an application at the Parkwood Administration office, 65 Arrandale Avenue, 487-7665; or at the 5 Beach Road office, 482-0181; or by going to greatneckparks.org. Time to apply is now!

Parkwood Family Aquatic Center Early Bird Registration!

Register now at Great Neck House, for your Parkwood Family Aquatic Center 2015 membership and receive the discounted early bird rate. To qualify for early bird rates, applications must be postmarked or received in person by 6 p.m. on Friday, May 11.

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Lubkova’s ‘Graphic Cuts’ takes over GCAC

BY K A R e N RU B I N There are artists who hit you over the head with concept or try to dazzle with artifice, but it is rare to have an artist who is as sensitive, cerebral, and skilled in technique, a master of visual aesthetics as Luba Lukova, whose exhibit “Graphic Guts,” is on view at the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck, Long Island, through April 5.

The exhibit comes on the heels of the internationally renowned artist’s year-long exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, which also holds her work in the permanent collection. Her work is also in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Library of Congress, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, Centre de la Gravure, La Louviere, Belgium, and the World Bank.

She has had solo shows at UNESCO, Paris; DDD Gallery, Osaka; LaMaMa Gallery, new York, and the Art Institute of Boston.

“Graphic Guts” - which is also the name of a book of her work to be released by Clay & Gold in April - it is an amazing tour into her mind and craft.

“I am about social commentary, not political activism,” she tells me at the opening reception held Sunday, March 15 (rescheduled from February 1 due to snow).

“It is the reaction of an ordinary person who is an artist, not taking sides or dictating right and wrong. I want to evoke critical thinking. I am not a propaganda artist.”

Indeed, it is the delicacy of the work on the surface, simple and bold, but as you look deeper, you are drawn in to find its more subtle messages embedded in symbols - that is so captivating. You feel utterly delighted at the discovery.

“I seduce with pleasing form, color, contrast, to make you think,” she says.

Lukova is famous for her theatrical posters.

“I am blessed to work with some of the

most famous theater artists” such as Ellen Stewart, the founder of LaMaMa; Judith Malina of the Living Theater, and Theater 3 Collaborative. It is her task - and her genius - at coming up with the iconic image to represent the work.

She says she is not given the concept to represent, but rather watches rehearsals and reads the play in order to come up with the defining image that encapsulates the work.

She deliberately avoids representing the famous face of an actor, but rather, depicts the concept or theme of the play.

“That’s what I like: to provoke thinking.”

She points to a theater poster from 1987 of a guitar, from a play at LaMaMa. The image depicts spikes emanating from the guitar. “It represents stabbing the culture in the back. The guitar has a soul. The guitar is bleeding.”

Lukova is internationally Luba Lukova regarded as one of the most distinctive image-makers today, says Jude Amsel, the Gallery Director and curator who brought Lukova to Great Neck exhibit.

“Whether by using an economy of line, color and text to pinpoint essential themes of the human condition or to succinctly visualize social commentary, her art is undeniably powerful and thought provoking.

Utilizing engaging composition and energetic contrasts, her distinctive style is powerful in its simplicity and vivid palette.”

In essence, it is not just intelligent, but beautiful.

She displays an enormous range of interests under the banner of social justice, indicated by the labels and titles she gives her works: “Corporate Corruption” “The Immigrant” “Sudan” (a clever piece which

features a head with the nutrition sticker in its mouth). “War and Peace.” “Brainwashing” (the name of a poster about The Media). “Censorship.” “Chernobyl & Fukushima” (2012) is juxtaposed with “Ecology” (2008).

“Transcending language, culture and politics, the exhibit features passionate visual reactions to many of the pressing issues of our time,” Amsel notes. “In the art of Lukova, less is more. More effect, more message, more expression, all while doing it with less. Most of the silkscreened prints are made with as few as two or three colors. The graphic elements are bold with few fine details but the intent is clear.

“Her messages reflect the human condition, fundamental fairness and justice,” Amsel notes. “Yet while it is easy to focus solely on the messages of her provocative works, it is important to take a step back to appreciate the artistic merit in her simplicity. Her use of striking, metaphoric images gives the viewers art to not only appreciate visually but intellectually.”

Most of the works are poster-sized but a collection of black-and-white gouacheon-board paintings that take up a whole wall are miniatures produced from 1999 to 2004 which are studies based on personal reflections on poetry and other texts.

They are so sensitive and engaging - on the surface simple, but takes you in as you perceive the multi-layered imagery.

“Her deceptively simple images have punch and they are laced with such feeling that they often merit a second look,” Amsel notes.

The images are hand-drawn - no computer is used - and silk-screened with as few

as two or three colors. She makes about 10 in a series.

Lukova writes about herself, “I was born and educated in Bulgaria and, of course, this has shaped me both as a person and an artist. I came to the U.S. by invitation of the International Poster Exhibition in Fort Collins, Colorado. They had seen my work at other international biennials and wanted me to be a part of their show. So I’ve lived in New York more than any other place in the world, and that has also had an intense effect on me and my work.” (See an interview with Lukova, “IMAGE MAKER LUBA LUKOVA,” by Artist & Illustrator Michael Gibbs).

Looking forward, Lukova tells me, “I will always be interested in human themes, but I am looking forward to exploring new media - three-dimensional - the same kind of metaphorical concepts, but in a different form, not just representational.”

As to where her ideas come from, she says, “sometimes it is easy to come up with a concept. But the goal is to have visual pleasure, and sometimes, the issue is so dark.”

She says that when she is invited to be in a show, she tries to prepare a special piece for it. That was the case of a large poster that is at the opening of the exhibit, “I Have a Dream” was done for an exhibit in Alabama marking the 50th anniversary of civil rights.

Regina Gil, the executive director of the arts center and a visual artist in her own right, says, “It is evocative of great graphics where the artist has something to say, distills, powerful images, shapes and colors.

It is exciting, powerful and beautiful - that you can live with.”

Most of what is being exhibited is on sale at prices at a fraction of what they sell for at MoMA, and fans and collectors are flocking to the gallery to take advantage.

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Friday, March 20, 8 p.m.

The Nick Tangorra Band Landmark On Main Street 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org The Nick Tangorra Band is an actively touring band, with multiple live configurations, spanning from a three piece acoustic group to a nine piece “pop funk orchestra.” Their high energy shows and musicianship is a noteworthy and pleasant deviance from their pop driven peers, making this grass roots project something to be seen.

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March 21 to July 12 Out of the Vault: 25 years of Collecting Nassau County Museum Of Art 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn (516) 484-9338 http://nassaumuseum.org This presentation highlights patrons’ numerous gifts to the museum over the last quarter century, many of which have never, or rarely, been exhibited. The exhibit explores a diverse range of artists who are strongly represented in the museum’s collections, among them naturalist John James Audubon, photographer Larry Fink and Pop art icons Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers and Robert Indiana, among others.

Saturday, March 21, 12:30 - 4 p.m. & 5:30 - 9 p.m.

Spring Craft Beer Festival Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 http://www.nassaucoliseum.com

Nassau Veterans memorial Coliseum expo Center hosts the Spring Craft Beer Festival this weekend featuring more than 50 breweries and more than 100 beers. Pay-one-price ticket includes admission to the festival, a souvenir tasting glass and the freedom to enjoy 2 oz. samples from any of the participating breweries. Attendees will also enjoy the beer garden in the center of the expo and a silent disco sponsored by Shipyard Brewing Company.

Saturday, March 21, 8 p.m. your Big Break: young Musicians Showcase Gold Coast Arts Center 113 Middle Neck Road Great Neck (516) 829-2570 http://goldcoastarts.org The search for the next big thing to come off Long Island continues on Saturday march 21 as the gold Coast Acoustic Cafe presents the second semifinal of the Third Annual “Big Break” Showcase Series at The gold Coast Arts Center. Price is $5 for students and $10 for adults. Scheduled to perform are: Tayla St. Rose, Sir Cadian Rythm, Zolfolk, Jaclyn manfredi, Justin davi, See, Samantha Daniels and featured guests The Brady Brothers.

Sunday, March 22, 2 p.m.

The Peking Acrobats Tilles Center For The Performing Arts | LIU Post 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 http://tillescenter.org The Peking Acrobats have been performing daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs, trick-cycling, precision tumbling, somersaulting and gymnastics since their Western debut in 1986. The group is often accompanied by live musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments and high-tech special effects that coalesce with the music and awe-inspiring feats to create an event featuring all the excitement and festive pageantry of a Chinese carnival.

Michael W. Smith Thursday, March 26, 8 p.m.

Michael W. Smith NYCB Theatre At Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com After selling more than 15 million albums, scoring 28 No. 1 hits, earning three gRAmmYs and more than 40 dove Awards, no one would blame michael W. Smith if he decided to coast just a little bit, but that’s just not in his nature. The Christian music star released three albums in 2014, Hymns, Sovereign, and The Spirit of Christmas and recently starred in the film “90 minutes in Heaven” with Kate Bosworth and Hayden Christensen.

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Menu Serves 4 Shrimp* with Cocktail Sauce* Tomato & Onion with Luger Sauce

Porterhouse Steak Creamed Spinach My Favorite Way to Bake A Potato Pecan Pie *Recipe Not Given Tomato & Onion with Luger Sauce 2 RIPE Beefsteak Tomatoes, sliced into 1/2” slices 1 red onion, peeled and cut into 1/2” slices 2 tblsp sugar Luger Sauce* 1. Place onion slices in a container. Cover with water. Add sugar. Let stand in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to 12 hours.

2. Layer tomato and onion on a plate. Serve with Luger Sauce on the side. *Recipe not given Porterhouse Steak 1-2 Porterhouse Steaks, weighing 2 1/2 - 4 lbs., depending on your appetite 1/8 cup Worcestershire Sauce Freshly ground black pepper

at 110 degrees, which is rare; 118 degrees for medium rare.

4. Remove steak(s) from oven and let rest on a cutting board, covered in aluminum foil for 15 minutes. Slice and serve with butter pats melting on top of the steak.

in oven and bake until soft. This will take approximately 40 minutes because the skewer bakes the potato from the inside out.

3. To serve, remove skewer and serve with unsalted butter, sour cream and chives, if desired.

Creamed Spinach 1 - 16 oz package of your favorite creamed spinach (i.e. Seabrook, Peter Luger, etc.)

16 oz. of fresh bagged ALEXANDRA TROY spinach cleaned 3 times The Culinary Architect and chopped 1/4 cup heavy cream 1. In a pot, place creamed 1/2 stick unsalted butter cut spinach. Heat on low. into small butter pats 2. Add fresh spinach and 1. Place Worcestershire Sauce cook until wilted. Add cream, stir. in a ziploc bag. Pepper steak(s).

Continue cooking on low. Serve Place steaks in the bag and marinate for at least 2 hours and up to hot.

My Favorite Way 12 hours before eating.

To Bake A Potato 2. Preheat oven to 475 4 Russet potatoes, scrubbed degrees. Spray a cast iron pan Special Equipment: with olive oil. Place pan on stove Metal Skewer at high heat. Sear steak(s) on one 1. Preheat oven to 475 side for 5 minutes, then flip and degrees. sear on the other side.

2. Push the metal skewer 3. Place pan in oven and through the potato. Place potato cook until done. I like my steak

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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.

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CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS GALLERY March 21 to July 12 Vernacular Visions The museum’s Contemporary Collectors Gallery features the work of four prominent Long Island artists: Susan Cushing of Southampton, Richard Gachot of Old Westbury, Francisco Villagran of Port Washington, and Burt Young, also of Port Washington.

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Alan was Village justice for twelve years and a trustee for the preceeding seven years before being appointed to the Court by Mayor Vincent Fay. He was re-elected for three terms.

About Us

Alan has been a lawyer for 44 years.

He now practices law in Garden City and is the senior litigation/trial partner in Burns, Russo, Tamigi & Reardon, LLP at 390 East Old Country Road, Garden City, NY. His firm, which consists of seven lawyers, with over 100 years of combined practice experience, and support staff have a broad general practice handling personal injury claims, real estate transactions, corporate and estate matters, discrimination claims and criminal cases. ` For his education Alan received a B.A. in History from St. Francis College in Brooklyn in 1961, a M.A. in History from St John’s University in 1967, a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University law school in 1970 and a LLM from N.Y.U. law school in 1976.

He is admitted to the courts of the State of New York, the Supreme Court of the United States and the federal courts covering the Eastern and Southern districts of New York.

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Alan J. Reardon, Attorney at Law .............................................. Page 32 Island Pottery & Studio ................................................................. Page 32 marian Care, Inc. .............................................................................Page 33 Hillside Internal medicine & geriatrics ......................................Page 33 American Theater dance Workshop ..........................................Page 33 minuteman Press ............................................................................Page 34 Peak Performance ..........................................................................Page 34 Bob Howard’s Auto Repair Shop & general Store..................Page 34 Suffolk Speech ................................................................................Page 35 Salon eCO.........................................................................................Page 35 Focal Point Optical..........................................................................Page 35 SeedS of the Willistons ............................................................... Page 36 Sanchez Tailor Boutique .............................................................. Page 36 Stat md Urgent Care..................................................................... Page 36 Herricks Teachers Association ...................................................Page 37 Willis Beverage ................................................................................Page 38 michael Adges, Attorney at Law..................................................Page 38 Hibachi Sushi Ya .............................................................................Page 38 Tae Cole marial Arts & Fitness ....................................................Page 38 Chef Wang.........................................................................................Page 39 Passes dental ................................................................................. Page 40

Owner Linda Scarcella with some of the Island Pottery potters!

Island Pottery and Studio provides adults and children with a quality, fun experience in pottery making.

Our classes are taught by skilled and creative teachers who come here to teach the subject they love.

In kids classes, creativity and individuality are expressed in a positive, constructive environment.

Workspace Potters are experienced potters who participate in shows, exhibitions or private sales.

Adults come for Partteries, a one time visit for groups and couples.

Kids can enjoy our birthday parties too.

Shop at the studio for one of a kind pottery, jewelry, glass handcrafted gifts…and visit us on facebook.

315A Willis Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501

516-493-9490

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Left to right: Rosemary Jibin, Sally Andrews, Elizabeth Georgey, Angie Maniego, Parvathi Maneesh and Lidia Amaya

Hillside Internal Medicine and Geriatrics first opened its doors in April 2005 on Hillside Ave in Bellerose. Dr. Thomas P. Mathew and Dr. Wilbert B. Maniego, practicing Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, wanted to provide medical and healthcare services to the community and the surrounding neighborhoods.

On May 2011, to better accommodate a greater number of people, the office relocated to 915 Hillside Ave., New Hyde Park (near the corner of Lakeville Road).

The new office now offer sub-specialties to include Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Neurology. Cardiology services are being provided by Dr. Satheesh Joseph, Dr. Deepu Alexander and Dr. Dhaval Patel. Gastroenterology services are being provided by Dr. Preeti Mehta and Dr. Nilesh Mehta.

Nephrology services are being provided by Dr. Syed Ali and Neurology services

by Dr. Jeffrey Mallin.

Marian Care Inc. is a family owned home care agency. We have been in business since 1989. The office staff consists of 4 wrking mothers. We ae cosniderate to the needs of other families.

The office accepts most insurances and is open Monday-Friday from 9:00 am6:00 pm and on Saturday from 9:00 am-2:00 pm.

467 Willis Ave. Wiliston Park, NY 11596 Call: (516) 741-8600 Toll Free 1-800-738-0007 www.mariancare.net

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Licensed by the New York State Department of Health

For 32 years The American Theater Dance Workshop has provided strong ballet training, the basis of all dance, as well as training in the many styles of Broadway Musical Theater. The conveniently located school offers programs year round. The studios are large, modern, and fully mirrored with sprung floors specifically designed for dance. Students are trained in the disciplines of ballet, theater dance, tap, and musical theater. Registration is available for all levels, beginner to professional, and for children ages 3 through adults. There is live musical accompaniment for most classes. A distinguished ballet department is the backbone of any school. Students must have strong backgrounds in classical ballet to succeed in any form of dance. American Theater Dance Workshop’s illustrious, international faculty is comprised of professional dancers from some of the greatest companies in the world, artistic directors and choreographers. They provide training with strong technique and artistry. Ballet luminaries such as Katherine Healy, Leslie Browne, and Ali Pourfarrokh teach morning adult intermediate ballet classes. Guest professionals teach Ballet Repertory and Musical Theater Dance Companies, setting original choreography and new works.

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HILLSIDE INTERNAL MEDICINE & GERIATRICS DR. WILBERT B. MANIEGO & DR. THOMAS P. MATHEW 915 HILLSIDE AVE., NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040 tel: 718-343-7600 fax: 718-343-7603 info@hillsideinternalmedicine.com www.hillsideinternalmedicine.com

Michelle and Jerome Vivona Artistic Directors American Theater Dance Workshop

Michelle and Jerome Vivona, the school’s new owners, are excited to bring their experiences from careers in ballet companies and Broadway to the next generation of dancers on Long Island. Michelle appeared on Broadway in Sweet Charity, Anything Goes, Gypsy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Jerome’s Broadway shows include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Guys and Dolls, Dream, Seussical, Kiss Me Kate, and Curtains.

Jerome and Michelle met in Paris, France performing in West Side Story at the Chatelet Theatre. Jerome was also a member of the LA company of the Broadway show Jerome Robbins' Broadway.

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We offer outpatient Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Aquatic Rehabilitation, Spine Therapy, Balance & Vestibular Therapy and a Wellness & Fitness Program.

of Williston Park

If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that no amount of technology can replace the human touch.

That’s why we hire only the most qualified individuals to serve on our team. We look for people that share our philosophy that your business is our business.

Our staff is friendly, knowledgeable and attentive. We have Physical Therapists with advanced certifications and subspecialties, including McKenzie Certified staff for spine therapy.

Our team of diversely skilled professionals continually push themselves to learn and evolve so that we may help you conquer each new challenge on the road to success. Every person on our staff is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service and the highest-quality products. This commitment is reflected in everything we do.

We at Minuteman Press of Williston Park pride ourselves on personal service. We’ll take your vision from the first step and transform it into a creative and professionally printed product. With almost four decades of award winning industry experience, Minuteman Press will use our state of the art facilities and equipment to produce your full range of printed requirements.

Minuteman Press of Williston Park has the marketing knowledge to help you drive your business to higher levels of success. Starting with the creative text and eye catching graphics, we will create, produce, and distribute (mail) your finished printed products.

We build our business by helping you build yours. We want to be more than just your printer; we want to be your marketing and printing partner. So why not let us help you build your business? Let us show you how!

Eileen and Ronnie

We are Participating Providers in the Hospital for Special Surgery Rehabilitation Network. This location has been in business for 11 years and our company as a whole was started 25 years ago.

Joseph Ambrosio, Glenn Granzin, Christopher Thomas, Michael Foster, Roshen Stephen, Erica Rensing, Cindy Dzigas, Erika Arias

We have been exclusively in the Physical Therapy business. Several of our staff come from varied backgrounds in hospital (acute care), orthopedic and sports rehabilitation.

The growing need for our services, along with the vision to provide specialized PT care, in state of the art facilities is fairly unique to our field. Many Peak employees have experience lecturing at continuing education courses and are involved in their local sports communities. The fact is that we enjoy what we do, and are lucky to be in the position we are here at Peak Performance.

1730 LAKEVILLE ROAD NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040 516.326.4580 225 Merrick Rd., Lynbrook, NY 11563 516. 599.8734 3961 Long Beach Rd., Island Park, NY 11558 516.897.9700 1169 Wantagh Ave., Wantagh, NY 11793 516.785.4800

Eileen and Ronnie, the owners of Bobb Howard’s Auto Repair Shop and General Store, are a couple of baby boomers who grew up on Long Island playing hopscotch and hide-and-seek, stickball and stoopball, flipping baseball cards and jacks, and playing hit the penny and spin the bottle...

This family owned and operated auto repair business was opened 69 years ago on Columbus Day, 1946, by Eileen’s parents. Today, as in 1946, old-time values continue to be followed - they perform oil changes to motor changes, and everything in-between, and each automobile gets vacuumed, has its windows washed, and you get a “sweet treat” from their General Store too!

AND, they don’t charge to put air in your tires!!!...

They opened the General Store about 19 years ago, when Eileen, noticing the frenetic pace of today’s computerized world, decided it was time to go back to a simpler time, to have people remember what it felt like to be a “kid in a candy store” again, and go back to a time when games didn’t require batteries - a place where kids of all ages could come and browse and giggle with nostalgic memories. The store now has over 1000 retro candies and toys and ships “packages of memories” all over the world...

People often comment on the combination of the two businesses, but for Eileen and Ronnie it is a natural extension of the things they love. Cleanliness, honesty and integrity are of utmost importance to them, traits that were passed down to them by Eileen’s parents. There is also an awards program set up each year at the New Hyde Park High School in Eileen’s parents‘ memories, not for the smartest kids in the class, but for the kids that “try the hardest” - that’s all her parents ever asked of her....

Both the Auto Repair Shop and the General Store have won numerous awards, including Best Auto Repair Shop, Best Muffler Shop, Best Candy Store, Best Collectible Store, Best Toy Store, “One of the 101 Places to Take Your Family”, and “Family Friendly Favorite”, but the one they are the most proud of is the award they won for BEST MOM and POP BUSINESS on LONG ISLAND!!!

Eileen and Ronnie feel very blessed and incredibly lucky: they love what they do, they love coming to work everyday, and they love working with “kids” and “kids at heart” in both the Auto Repair Shop and the General Store - it must be a “generational thing”...

Your Neighborhood Auto Repair Shop since 1946

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581 Lakeville Road • New Hyde Park • (516) 488-7996 • Mon. - Sat. 7:30am - 6pm

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Janine Stiene, Speech-Language Pathologist, is owner and operator of the Suffolk Center for Speech And Myofunctional Therapy. Along with her exceptional group of therapists, she supports families and children across Long Island and Queens, specializing in: PROMPT, Myofunctional Therapy, Voice Disorders, Fluency, Augmentative Communications, Articulation, Auditory Processing Disorders and Expressive/Receptive Language Disorders (adults and children).

Also offered is Feeding Therapy for individuals who suffer from texture and consistency aversions.

There are seven affiliated offices across Long Island, with the Lake Success office being conveniently located next to LIJ on Lakeville Road. All offices offer flexible hours and scheduling including evenings as well as Saturdays. It is also one of the only private practices that participates with most major health insurance companies.

Janine Stiene, former Speech Pathologist of the Hauppauge School District, has had her rapidly growing business for eight years. Her well equipped staff of LIcensed speech Pathologists and Myofunctional Therapists come from diverse educational backgrounds and top schools such as Long Island University, St. John’s University, Hofstra University, Adelphi University, and more.

Open: Monday through Saturday, Daytime and Evenings. Please call for appointment availability. Participating with most Major Health Insurances.

True to its name, Salon ECO built their first 3 years on: ECO-nomical prices and ECO-friendly products such as Joico, Onesta, Wella, Redken, Peter Coppola, Rejuvenal and Chi. In just 3 short years, with our conveniently located full service salon and talented team we have exceeded every expectation.

Our staff goes above and beyond to satisfy each and every client with featured services including highlights, single process color, vivid color, haircuts, blow outs, extensions, relaxers, updo’s and more.

Salon ECO also provides an amazing nail department for all of your manicure, pedicure and waxing needs.

We also have our very own, on site, certified make-up artist.

In addition, we offer bridal party and prom specials.

AN ECONOMICALLY & ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY FULL SERVICE SALON

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516.427.5100 250A Jericho Tpke., Mineola

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Focal Point Optical is a family-owned, full service eye care practice. Licensed Opticians Fred Rapps, and Walter Nacinovich have been working in the optical field since their teens. Both started as “repair and shop boys” for optometrists in Jackson Heights and Sunnyside Queens. It was the 1960’s and they both were still in high school.

Both Fred and Walter decided to pursue opticianry as their chosen professions. They both became New York State licensed opticians in the early 1970’s - initially running a small optical shop from Walter’s basement. As their loyal clientele grew, they decided to open up their first office in Bayside, Queens in 1982. They always take pride in offering the highest quality workmanship and optical goods at fair prices. Each pair of glasses is crafted meticulously and will not be dispensed to patients unless it passes their rigorous inspection.

Walter, Dr. Mann, Fred, Karen and Wanda

Focal Point’s Garden City Park location was opened in March of 1988. Since its inception, Dr. Alice Mann has been the optometrist there. She came to Focal Point in Garden City Park right out of SUNY College of Optometry. She graduated first in her class, and received several clinical awards at graduation. She has developed warm relationships with the patients of Focal Point over the years, and treats each one as if they were a family member. Dr Mann routinely updates her knowledge on the latest technologies and modalities in contact lenses, as well as general optometry. She is licensed to diagnose and treat ocular pathology as well. Her comprehensive examinations include a thorough refraction, binocular vision testing, eye health evaluation and glaucoma screening. Contact lenses are fit with the latest in materials and designs.

Open Monday through Saturday

At Focal Point we strive to provide our patients with the latest innovations and technologies available. The entire staff attends continuing education classes in order to keep abreast of the latest products and materials available. All spectacle eyewear is hand finished and assembled in our on-premises laboratory by our skilled licensed opticians. We take pride in our workmanship and vast experience in the optical field.

If you are already one of our many loyal patients, we thank you for your trust. If not, we welcome you to join our Focal Point family.

Focal Point Optical GARDEN CITY PARK

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(L-R) Eddy Sanchez, Jay Sanchez and Feliberto Sanchez

Eddy, his brother Feliberto and his son Jay comprise the Family Sanchez Tailor Boutique will custom make men’s suits, shirts, pants, ties, handkerchiefs and much, more. Everything the fashionable modern man could possibly need can be custom made. The brothers have over 40 years of custom tailoring experience and operating a haberdashery is in their blood.

Eddy Sanchez at the age of seven years old was operating the sewing machines in his parents tailor shop in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic where he learned the trade from is mother and father. His brother Feliberto shortly thereafter followed in the family footsteps. Feliberto's son, Jay, is also gaining eexperience in the family business - busy with tuxedo rentals and helping out with the customers.

They are open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m Bring suits in to be altered after losing weight from your last diet or come treat yourself to a brand new suit. The family Sanchez will welcome you with open arms.

We feature top designer suits custom made and tuxedo rentals.

Graduation Suits for boys and alterations are free with each purchase.

Sanchez Tailor Boutique 324 Hillside Ave., Williston Park, NY 11596 516-741-8808 • 347-303-7283

muscle/joint ache, nose bleeds and work injuries. We have on-site lab, x-ray and EKG and can order additional testing if necessary such as MRIs, Ultrasounds or CT scans. We offer better and faster care to fit your busy schedule.

We are open 7 days a week, 365 days a year with extended hours Monday – Friday 9am to 9pm and Saturday & Sunday 9am to 5pm. Just walk in and a provider will see you in no time. We accept most major medical insurances and have self pay rates for any patients that do not have medical coverage.

StatMD’s After Care service is our special way of making sure that you are feeling better after seeing us. We stay in touch with you via phone to make sure you are on the road to recovery. Our team also helps to coordinate further care that you may need. Whether it’s a new medication regimen, further tests that we recommend, or discussion about what your test results mean for you – our staff stays in touch with you to ensure that you fully understand your plan of care and that you are able to follow-up smoothly.

Our New Medical Center

At StatMD we understand that minor emergencies can happen at the most unexpected times and we know that it isn’t always easy to visit your doctor at a moment’s notice. That’s why we offer you the ease and convenience you deserve – but we offer it with speed and efficiency. For the expert medical attention you need, when you need it, you can walk in and be treated for illnesses such as coughs, colds, sore throats, bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, stomach/GI problems, urinary/GYN complaints, eye, ear, skin problems, and headaches. We are also equipped to treat injuries such as cuts requiring stitches, broken bones, sprains and strains,

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE OPEN 7 DAYS: Mon.-Fri. 9am-9pm Sat.-Sun. 9am-5pm Holidays 10am-3pm

In October 2014 we moved to our new location at 2090 Jericho Turnpike, conveniently located just steps away from our current location. Our new office features spacious exam rooms, improved x-ray facilities and larger parking lot. You will receive the same expert medical care in our new state of the art facility.

Whether you are experiencing a new illness or injury, or a bothersome chronic problem that rears its head and tries to slow you down – we take care of life’s miniemergencies. You’ll feel better the moment you walk in- and get on the road to recovery with compassion and professional expertise.

NEW LOCATION: 2090 JERICHO TURNPIKE, NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040

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Michael C. Adges is a 1981 graduate of Stony Brook University (B.A.) and a 1984 graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D.) In 1989, he founded the Law Office of Michael C. Adges in Bayside, New York, specializing in real estate transactions. The office later re-located to Bellerose and Mineola and is now located in Williston Park, New York.

The former Willis Beverage, a staple in Williston Park since Sammy and Mary Yasso opening in the 1950’s, has recently been taken over by new owner Dan Sepe.

Formerly in the printing business, Dan saw an opportunity to take on a new challenge and is the proud proprietor of Willis Beverage at 396 Willis Avenue.

He offers a great selection of craft beers and boasts a fantastic Growler Station! What better way to start off 2015 than to try out some new ales.

• Home & Office Delivery Available • Newly Renovated

396 Willis Avenue Williston Park (between Hillside & Jericho)

516-746-0231

Mr. Adges has served in the capacities of both attorney and realtor on numerous real estate committees on the state and local levels. His experience as an investor - buying and selling properties in New York City and Long Island have given him an insider’s perspective on the real estate process.

Mr. Adges has had many speaking engagements - lecturing on such topics as bankruptcy, real estate transactions and ethics sponsored by the National Business Institute (NBI) and various banks and bar associations. He has also taught real estate transactions at CUNY School of Law in Queens.

Mr. Adges is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the New York Bar Association and Vice President of the Williston Area Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of various networking groups.

Michael C. Adges Attorney at Law

516-742-1741

105 Hillside Ave., Suite D, Williston Park, NY 11596 www.adgesesq.com

The new Hibachi Sushi Ya is the leading Japanese fusion eatery, with consistent and delectable dishes, very big-hearted portions, smooth service and affordable dazzling private parties with seating available for over 150.

The hibachi dining room is quite popular and the catering staff superb.

Considering the consistently perfect preparations and super raw materials, the easy prices on all services offered, are a gift.

Minutes from the Long Island Expressway, the well-informed owners Eric Leong and Paul Chong are masters of design and style. They value the health aspect and only serve the freshest fish, sushi, sashimi, steak and vegetables. With a daily delivery of only top quality raw materials they believe one should eat light steamed vegetables, use on the best oil, so veggies are crispy and nutritional and observe healthy dining traditions.

They will arrange special menus for an important event and will suggest from the many taste sensations offered by the amazing chef’s dream team with menus that will please all tastes and budgets.

Daily specials along with a huge variety of creative menu options keep their loyal legions of followers coming back for more. Highly recommended on all counts.

Gift certificates are available.

The Staff at Sushi Ya

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11:30am-3pm, 5-10pm, Fri. 11:30am-3pm, 5-11pm Sat. 1:30-11pm Sun. 12-9:30pm

2311 Jericho Tpke., New Hyde Park 516-741-2288 • www.hibachisushiya.com

LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF JERICHO TPKE. Between Nassau Blvd. & Marcus Ave. in the New King Kullen Shopping Center

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TaeCole Martial Arts and Fitness offers Taekwon-do instruction for those age 3 up to 73!

Why do people enjoy using our service? We absolutely love what we do!! We are highly qualified and able. We have a A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau since we opened our doors.

We are professionals at what we do and undergo constant training to improve our skills.

We not only talk the talk, but walk the walk.

The training we undergo at times is not only in the area of Taekwon-Do but other skills as well.

For example, Master Messina has just completed a year-long course of study and has earned a degree in early childhood development.

Most important is that we make all our students feel special because they are. Each and every student feels like an individual with their own strengths and weaknesses.

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department of radiology as a picture-archiving computer systems specialist.

Master Ray worked in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as well as an angio interventional technologist in the Radiology Dept.

Master Messina had always had the dream of one day opening up her own school and worked very hard with the help of Master Ray in achieving that goal.

We had looked for over a year. We have family living in Roslyn and had been searching the surrounding areas. We were drawn to Albertson because it is just such a great place due to the families and the people living in the area.

We have now been in business for over 10 years as pillars of the community!

We are members of the International Taekwon-Do Federation. We have done seminars for the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of America and well as Girls Power Inc, Temple Sinai and other local schools.

Our priority is keeping Our neighborhood kids safe, helping them believe that they can be all they desire.

TaeCole Martial Arts & Fitness Inc. 900 Willis Ave., Albertson, NY 11507 tel: 516-739-7699 fax: 516-739-3520

WELCOME TO THE NEW AUTHENTIC SICHUAN CHEF WANG RESTAURANT IN NEW HYDE PARK Each of our recipes uses only the finest meat, seafood and fresh vegetables and other ingredients to combine for a fine tasting spice from Sichuan. Experience our quality for yourself. Come in and try us out.

Chef Wang has more than 40 years of experience in sichuan food. For the people who live in long island you don’t have go all the way to Manhattan to eat traditional sichuan food, you can enjoy your meal in your neighborhood.

1902 Jericho Tpke, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 (516) 354-2858 • www.chefwangny.com • Free Delivery Mon.-Thurs. 11:30am-10pm, Fri. & Sat. 11:30am-11pm, Sun. 12:30pm-10:00pm

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How to Completely Overcome Your Fear of the Dentist Dentistry is not about fixing teeth. It’s just the vehicle in providing joy and peace for others. Offering kindness and gentleness can produce far-reaching positive effects.

Dr. Passes completed his residency in Dental General Anesthesia.

He would sedate patients and complete their dental treatment while they were asleep. It was then that he noted a strange phenomenon; many of these patients still retained their dental phobia and wouldn’t return for routine care until many years later with the consequence of further dental neglect. Like a bolt of lightning the solution hit him. What if there was a way to treat these patients in a manner that could remove their fear?

What if a new positive experience could replace the negative dreaded one of their past? His journey of discovery took him through a period of many years, which produced startling positive reactions in this group of dental patients along the way. What he learned surprised him as I’m sure it will you.

In life we like to look for a silver bullet, a magic wand. We want something that will give us a quick fix. To some degree, in this case it is possible. As the TV character Monk would say, “Here’s how he did it.”

What Dr. Passes learned is that we are all vastly different and yet incredibly similar. What motivates one person might deter someone else.

It is only upon the doctor taking the time to learn who you are and what your story is that will make the difference in your ability to dissolve this fear from your thoughts.

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He decided to take his 41 years of discovery and innovation and inscribe it in a book helping people, just like you, overcome their fear of the dentist. In his book you will find easy methods illustrating the various profiles of phobic patients who have managed to leave their self-imposed prison within their mind. This exclusive information will be made available to you upon publication of his book titled “Profiles in Dental Courage.” You will follow the case of the hard-hitting marine whose only fear was a dental visit. Or the Wall Street investment banker who refused to continue sitting in the dental chair, walking out of the office in the middle of treatment. You will become acquainted with the vast number of people who share your fear. You will learn how they escaped its terrorizing tentacles.

Dr. Harvey Passes is a Renaissance man who has had a broad history in health science, wine, food, and television. Dr. Passes is also a dentist who pioneered and developed one of the lasers used in dentistry as well as alleviating the fear in going to the dentist. The hallmark of his 415 Northern Boulevard, Great Neck general and cosmetic dental practice is advanced techniques and technology coupled with old-fashioned listening, caring and explaining. Since 1997 his Cablevision television show Dr. Passes Presents has promoted all that is Long Island and is seen 4 times a week. He can be reached in his office at 1-877-678-3418. If you have a fear of the dentist we are here to help you.

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A&E Calendar cont’d April 16, May 14, June 4 Brown Bag Lectures monumental in size, by renowned artists Bring a sandwich and enjoy lunch with friends including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterness, as museum docent Riva ettus presents an george Rickey and mark diSuvero among oth- informative talk on the works on view in Out ers, are situated to interact with nature on the of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting. Afterward, museum’s magnificent 145-acre property. join the 2 p.m. public exhibition tour. Free with Walking Trails museum admission. Reservations not needed; The museum’s 145 acres include many marked first come, first seated. nature trails through the woods, perfect for FOR THe FAmILY family hikes or independent exploration.

Sunday, April 19, 1-4 p.m.

Gardens Art in Action!

From restored formal gardens of historic Celebrate the earth by moving in and being importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming inspired by the great outdoors! With the help away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre property features many lush examples of horti- of animal friends from the Science museum of cultural arts. Come view our expanded gardens Long Island, we will observe animals and the way they move. guided by artist Karine Falleni, and beautiful new path to the museum. we will create art using a combination of yoga EVENTS and unusual art materials. We will also design FILm and form soccer balls from recycled plastic March 21-July 12 bags. members of the New York Cosmos socTuesday-Saturday 11 a.m., 12, 1, 3 p.m. cer team will be on hand to help us shoot goals Sunday 11 a.m., 12 p.m. with our new soccer balls! Please bring plastic drawn from Nature bags to the event. Rain or shine. Reservations From PBS’ American masters series, drawn from Nature presents the dramatic life story of not needed. event and museum admission free to all through a generous sponsorship by Blue naturalist John James Audubon, an advenOcean Wealth Solutions, an office of metLife. turer and self-taught artist who saw more of Please note: This event is in place of Family the North American continent than virtually anyone of his time (1785-1851). A symbol of the Sundays.

American wilderness, Audubon’s achievements are staggering: His book The Birds of LONG ISLANd CHILdREN’S MUSEUM America, for which he served as artist, writer, 11 davis Ave, garden City publisher and promoter, includes 435 life-sized (516) 224-5800 prints and was the largest book printed in the museum Hours: daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (un19th century. Free with museum admission. less otherwise indicated). museum admission: FOR THe FAmILY $12 for adults and children over 1 year old, Sundays, 1-4 p.m., Family Tour at 1 p.m. $11 seniors, FRee to museum members and April 5, 12, 26 children under 1 year old. Additional fees for Family Sundays at the Museum theater and special programs may apply. For Converse, collaborate and create together additional information, contact (516) 224-5800. during Family Sundays from 1 to 4 pm. Family Tuesday, March 24 & Thursday, March 26, 11:30 Sundays begin with exhibition-based gallery a.m. - 12 p.m. conversations. Families then go on to explore stART (story + art) new art materials, vocabulary and ideas with our museum educator. Family Sundays provide Join us each week as we read childhood classics and introduce new favorites; followed by children and the adults in their lives with the literature-inspired activities and crafts. Ages: opportunity to reconnect while talking about 3 to 5. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 and making art together. New projects are featured every week! Reservations not needed. LICm members).

Tuesday, March 24 - Friday, March 27, 2:30-4 Free with museum admission. Please note: Family Sundays not offered on April 19, please p.m.

Cool Cat Masks plan to attend our special program that day.

Celebrate dr. Seuss’ birthday (march 2) all Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday month long and create a “Cat in the Hat” mask April 7, 8, 9, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Three days of Art Making inspired by his popular book! All ages. Free Inspired by the works in Out of the Vault, 25 with museum admission.

Years of Collecting, the museum’s current Wednesday, March 25, 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. exhibition celebrating a permanent collection Music and Movement acquired over a quarter century, this schoolJoin us for a musical morning that gets little break drop-in program features family-friendly bodies moving; pick up a musical instrument gallery tours and hands-on art marking. A and add your voice to our sing along songs different art project will be offered each day. session. Ages: 3 to 5. Fee: $3 with museum Reservations not needed, museum admission admission ($2 LICm members). plus $8 per family materials fee.

Friday, March 27, 10:15 a.m.,12 p.m.

SPeCIAL eVeNT Saturday, March 28, 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 11, 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

EXPERIENtial Theater Company presents International Slow Art day “The Adventures of Perseus” Join in this annual international event as The experiential Theater Company invites you people commit to slowing their pace and take to join Perseus, son of Zeus, on a fantastic the time to really look at art. Perfect for all journey through greek mythology. Using pupages. Family groups: ask at the front desk for petry, live acting and audience interaction, this the free Family guide and activity sheet. Free dynamic program introduces many characters with museum admission. This is a reciprocal from greek legends as they help Perseus membership benefit with The Whaling museum tackle the challenges to free his mother. Preand education Center of Cold Spring Harbor and post-show activities focus on the forms of and The Heckscher museum of Art; members puppetry used in the show, including hand and of those two museums receive free admission rod puppets, shadow puppets, Bunraku-style on April 11. and marionettes. Ages: 5 and up. Fee: $9 with eXHIBITION TALK museum admission ($7 LICm members), $12 Thursdays, 1-2 p.m. theater only.

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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.

SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR A free public seminar presented by the Nassau County Bar Association, “What You Need to Know Before You Start Your Small Business,” will be held on Monday, March 30, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at NCBA, 15th Street on the corner of West Street, Mineola. Seasoned attorneys, bankers and accountants will be on hand to clarify the benefits of various company formations, what documents are needed and where to file them, and how to raise capital. Leasing space, insurance, payroll and basic employee policies and laws will also be discussed. Speakers include attorneys Reena Gulati of Reena Gulati PLLC, Heather Harrison from Farrell Fritz, Robert Thee from Gettry Marcus, and Bank Business Manager Ken Altman. Co-chairing the program are Deborah Kaminetzky, a West Hempstead attorney, and Michael Schoenberg of Farrell Fritz, Uniondale. Reservations are requested for this free program. Just call the Nassau County Bar Association at (516) 7474070 or email ckatz@nassaubar.org

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 March 26 at 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 438 in Mineola. The meeting will include a variety of topics including, but not limited to: dealing with the side effects of treatment; managing fluctuating emotions; finding balance; intimacy and relationship issues; the significant of integrating wellness activities into your lifestyle. Individuals joining the group are invited to talk, share and learn in a safe, warm and confidential environment. The support group is free, but registration is required.

For information and to register, please call Michelle DeCastro, LMSW at (516) 663-2556.

FOR TRIVIA LOVERS At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 625-8804 for information.

Singles Association of Long Island For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com.

YOUR WIDOWED SOCIAL GROUP The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, Garden City.

There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

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Arts Center Big Break semifinals The search for the next big thing to come off Long Island continues on Saturday March 21 as the Gold Coast Acoustic Cafe presents the second semifinal of the Third Annual “Big Break” Showcase Series at The Gold Coast Arts Center, located at 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck.

Doors open at 730 p.m.. Price is $5 for students and $10 for adults.

Scheduled to perform are: Tayla St. Rose, Sir Cadian Rythm, Zolfolk, Jaclyn Manfredi, Justin Davi, See, Samantha Daniels and featured guests The Brady Brothers.

In December there was an open call

for submissions for all musicians age 15 to 25 that did not currently have a recording or publishing contract to submit for the showcase events. The first semifinal had winners Annika and Danielle Lutz, who will join two winners from this show on Saturday April 18 for the finals.

There is a new twist this year as there will also be mentors assigned to the finalists once they have been chosen after the second semi final. The mentors will work with the artists to help them hone their craft before performing at the finals. Mentors are Long Island-based hit makers Ryan Star (Top 10 Single “Stay a

While”, TV on Rockstar Supernova), John Hampson (Nine Days top 5 hit “Story of A Girl”), Ido Zmishlany (current hit for Shawn Mendes “Life of the Party”) and Steve Thompson (producer for John Lennon, Guns N Roses, Madonna, 2014 Long Island Music Hall of Fame inductee).

Prizes and judges include the chance to open for national acts at major venues like The Space at Westbury/Bruce Michael (judge), recording time at The Loft Sound Studio with Donnie Klang (judge) and Matthew LaPorte (judge), feature at Reverbnation.com/Lou Plaia (judge), Online TV streaming oppor-

tunities on IndiMusic TV w/ Chris Pati (judge), musical equipment from All Music Inc and Guy Brogna (Judge), mentoring at Five Towns College with Linda Ingrisano (Judge), plus a photo shoot by Image Photographers and Neil Tandy, a video shoot with Kevin Wood Media, a publicity and promotion campaign with Rick Eberle Public Relations and more.

For more information, please visit http://www.goldcoastarts.org Gold Coast Arts Center is located at 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, (516) 829-2570

4th annual guitar show on April 25, 26 The 4th Annual NY Guitar Show is coming to Long Island and will be held Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26 at the Freeport Recreation Center, 130 E. Merrick Rd. in Freeport.

“Our fourth year is going to be larger and better than ever as new sponsors and media partners join in on what is now the fastest growing Guitar Show on the east coast, tripling in size since our inception in 2012,” said show founder/promoter Richard Johnson.

For 2015, the festival is celebrat-

ing what would have been Les Paul’s 100th birthday with the area’s largest tribute and exhibit on the legendary guitarist and innovator, featuring several of his longtime friends and band mates including the legendary Lou Pallo of the Les Paul Trio, close friends Jim Wysocki, the Les Paul Society & Clayton Munsey and Les Paul book author Robb Lawrence, with plenty of Paul’s own guitars, amps, artifacts and photographs on display as well.

Pallo, who is an extraordinary jazz

guitarist in his own right, was Paul’ right hand man for 30 years. Pallo will be in the Les Paul Exhibit booth Saturday, April 25, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be signing autographs, playing some guitar on his Lou Pallo signature Les Paul and autographing DVDs and CDs of his award-winning PBS documentary special “Thank You, Les”.

Lawrence is traveling from California to attend. His collaboration with Paul resulted in a two-volume box set of “The Early Years of the Les Paul Legacy”

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and “The Modern Era of the Les Paul Legacy” released in 2009. Lawrence will be in the Les Paul Exhibit both days of the NY Guitar Show.

Attendees of the NY Guitar Show will also be able to sit and play Les Paul’s own guitars and amps that he personally owned and can enter to win a Free Epiphone Les Paul Standard courtesy of All Music Inc of Plainview.

Additional sponsors of the expo include GBase, Premier Guitar, Taylor Guitars and many more.

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S. Shore orchestra to play Molloy College The South Shore Symphony Orchestra, under music direction of Scott Jackson Wiley, will be performing at Molloy College Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre on Saturday March 28 at 8 p.m.. with guest conductor Marc Kissoczy.

Kissoczy, a conductor of international renown, will lead an program of orchestral standards featuring violinist Ming Feng Hsin of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

The program includes the music of Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 op. 43 in D major and Finlandia, op. 28 also Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto op.

35 in D featuring Hsin.

The concert not only marks the return Hsin to the South Shore Symphony Orchestra stage, but is also the musical reunion of Hsin, Wiley and Kissoczy, who met at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors in the early 1990s.

Kissóczy traveled from his home Switzerland to conduct this performance, which will feature Wiley as a member of the French Horn section and Hsin on violin.

Kissóczy was appointed music director of and conductor of the highlyrenowned Camerata Zurich, a professional chamber orchestra. In addition to

his work in opera and operetta, Kissóczy has enjoyed great success on the concert stage. In 1999, the government of Vietnam awarded Kissóczy the highest medal of culture in recognition of his merits in restoration of the musical life in Vietnam working very extensively with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.

Hsin began his violin studies at age six in Tainan, Taiwan. At age 12, he was awarded first prize in the Cathay Pacific Airlines Violin Competition, which led to an invitation from Yehudi Menuhin to study violin with him in England.

Hsin’s solo career began when he won the Glasgow International Violin Competition at age 15. He subsequently soloed with the Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Orchestra and was the music director of the South Shore Symphony on Long Island for several years.

Hsin has been a member of the first violin section of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for the past 18 years.

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The NHP roots of Durst’s missing wife B Y J A ME S G A L L O W A Y The HBO true-crime series “The Jinx” ended Sunday with a quiet, bone-chilling mutter from real-estate scion Robert Durst: “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.”

And while that may explain the end of Kathleen McCormack, Durst’s longmissing first wife, her story begins in New Hyde Park.

McCormack, a graduate of New Hyde Park Memorial High School, disappeared in 1982 at the age of 29. In 2001, she was declared legally dead.

Durst, the son of a billionaire realestate magnate, has long been suspected in her disappearance as well as in the execution-style shooting of his close friend Susan Berman.

Years later, Durst also admitted to shooting and dismembering a neighbor in Texas, though he was acquitted following a high profile trial in which Durst’s attorneys argued he had shot the neighbor in self defense and chopped him up because Durst suffers from Asperger’s syndrome.

Durst’s was arrested Sunday for the murder of Berman, and the timing coincided with “The Jinx” finale, though series director Andrew Jarecki, said that was coincidental.

Following the arrest, James McCor-

mack, Kathleen’s brother, who said he believes in his “heart of hearts” that Durst is the killer, told the Daily News, “I’m kind of floating right now.”

“It’s been 33 years of agony, pain and suffering for my family,” McCormack told the News. “Now I’m just hoping and praying he doesn’t come up with yet another magic defense and another dream team of lawyers.”

Kathleen, the youngest of five, grew up in the New Hyde Park home her parents, James and Ann McCormick, purchased in 1962, according to Long Island Weekly.

In a 2010 Newsday article, her brother recalled driving Kathy to modeling gigs at Roosevelt Field in the 1960s and the day Kathy moved from New Hyde Park to Manhattan to pursue medical school.

James McCormack did not respond to calls and a voicemail left on a telephone number listed as his.

In 1973, Durst married the 19-yearold Kathleen, but the marriage soured and the relationship became abusive, news outlets say.

Kathleen disappeared on January 31, 1982. She was last seen at a friend’s party in Newtown, Conn., at which the friend, Gilberte Najamy, recalled Durst and Kathleen arguing.

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ing Kathleen missing, according to reports.

When talking to police, Durst said that Kathleen had arrived after the party at the couple’s home in South Salem, where the two argued before Durst drove her to the train back to Manhattan, according to reports. He also said she called again from her apartment later that night.

But investigators never found any definitive evidence she ever arrived at the apartment, reports say.

Kathleen’s disappearance devastated the McCormacks, her brother James told People.

“We all went through a great period of depression,” he said. “My mom would sit in Kathie’s old room and cry.”

But now, three decades later, James said he believes Durst is ready to confess.

“I believe Bob will somehow have an epiphany of conscience, contrary to advice of lawyers,” he said on the “Today” show Tuesday. “I think he’s about ready to say, you know, ‘Enough is enough. This is kathleen McCormack what Kathie would want. This is what I’m going to do.’ ” Kathleen was walking out the door she And a confession has been a long said, “If something happens to me, you time coming, McCormack said. will check it out.”

“The revelation was like something “I’m afraid of what Bobby will do,” we’ve been waiting for 33 years,” he said Kathleen reportedly told Najamy. in the New York Post.

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Playscape reopens Man identified in after 10 years carjacking, robbery B y A d a m L i d g e tt The Playscape children’s play area at the Steppingstone Building in Steppingstone Park reopened Friday - nearly a decade after it was closed.

Great Neck Park District Superintendent Peter Renick said the project, whose $150,000 cost was funded under a $3.8 million bond approved by the Town of North Hempstead in 2004, had been tabled multiple times because the park district administration couldn’t find a manufacturer who was willing to do what the district wanted.

Renick said the project then moved to the back burner until calls from residents revived the idea a year ago.

“We eventually had some of the old residents who remembered the Playscape and wanted us to put it back,” he said. “We had to go back to the drawing board.”

The Playscape was originally designed as a “funzone” type play area in the 1970s, in the same vein as a McDonald’s Playplace.

Children, he said, could climb ladders three stories high and play in an indoor sandbox.

But changes in child safety regulations resulted in the old Playscape being shut down.

“It got to where if you have a pen in the room, you needed a 12-foot safety area

around that pen,” Renick said.

The park district has been using the Playscape space at 38 Steppingstone Lane for Camp Parkwood activities, such as arts and crafts and video games, he said.

Renick said the area housing the old Playscape was gutted under the construction work, with new rubber flooring and a ceiling added along with individual themed rooms.

One of the rooms is filled with Lego’s while another room has a play diner and a play supermarket, he said.

The park district, Renick said, is planning to have themed birthday parties at the Playscape for park district residents.

Residents would have to pay a fee for the party, he said, but he isn’t sure how much yet.

Renick said most of the work on the new Playscape was done by park district employees to keep costs down.

The Playscape will be open from early September through about middle to late May, Renick said, and during the summer the space will still be used for Camp Parkwood.

The Great Neck Park District includes all Great Neck villages and unincorporated areas with the exception of Great Neck Estates, Harbor Hills, Lake Success, Saddle Rock and University Gardens.

B y A d a m L i d g e tt The U.S. Attorney’s Office has identified Felquin Piedra, 41, of Queens, as the man who was shot attempting to carjack a vehicle in Lake Success and said in a complaint that the attempted carjacking followed the robbery of a T-Mobile store in Flower Hills.

Piedra, according to a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, was located by law enforcement officials using a global positioning system tracker on one of the cell phones he stole from the store.

Piedra was charged with robbery, using a firearm in connection with a robbery and attempted carjacking stemming.

He was arraigned last Monday in a bed at an unidentified hospital while recovering from being shot twice in the leg and once in the torso by a Lake Success police officer during the carjacking attempt, officials said.

Piedra and an accomplice entered the T-Mobile at around 6:20 p.m. on March 4, tied up employees at the back of the store and stole an unidentified amount of cell phones and cash before fleeing in an Acura, the complaint stated.

Police tracked the alleged robbers using signals emitting from one of the cell phones in their possession, and officers shut down a portion of the Long Island Expressway as they approached Lakeville Road.

Once on the expressway, Piedra got out of the driver’s seat and jumped off an overpass onto Lakeville Road, the complaint said.

Piedra then allegedly ran through a private residence before entering the passenger side door of a van parked on Lakeville Road.

He and the van’s driver then struggled for control of the vehicle, with Piedra eventually putting his leg over the center console to press down on the driver’s foot, trying to accelerate, the complaint said.

Piedra tried to grab the van’s wheel and also grabbed the driver’s arm, resulting in several lacerations and bruises to the driver’s arm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Shortly after entering the van, Piedra was shot by Lake Success officer Richard Petrillo, a 14-year veteran of the village department, officials said.

It is unclear what happened to Piedra’s accomplice.

The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A U.S. Attorney’s office representative declined to comment on why the case is being handled at the federal level.

Lake Success police deferred comment to Nassau County police, who deferred comment to the FBI.

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Childcare training workshop to be offered The Great Neck/Manhasset Community Child Care Partnership, Inc. will be hosting its spring educational evening for early childhood educators/childcare providers on Wednesday, April 22, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at All Saints Church, Huske Hall.

This training workshop, facilitated by Stephanie Dockweiler and Camille Lachar-Lofaro of QS2 Training & Consulting, is

geared towards early childhood educators/childcare providers seeking to complete training requirements outlined by New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

The evening is free of charge for partnering members of GNMCCCP and includes a light supper. Non-members will be asked to pay a nominal fee of $15 per person. Subject matter

presented will focus on Intentional Teaching and Nature Topics.

“All early childhood educators should be purposeful and effective in their teaching strategies and should have an active role in the learning process,” said Francine Medaglia, director of the Great Neck/Manhasset Community Child Care Partnership, Inc. “This includes making in-

tentional decisions surrounding the implementation of the best strategies for teaching young children. GNMCCCP is pleased that QS2 Training and Consulting will be providing our local early childhood educators/childcare providers with important information on how to accomplish their teaching objectives and are appreciative to all of our supporters who have made this

program possible.”

For more information on how to attend this event or our fall educational evening for early childhood educators/childcare providers, call (516) 504-0150 or email to info@gnmcccp.org.

To download an invitation with registration form, visit gnmcccp.org. Registration for this event is open until April 3.

Program focuses on teen G.N. school history substance abuse prevention celebrated in video school news

Pictured from left on the PATV virtual set of “Prevention Through Connection”: Don Hooton, president Taylor Hooton Foundation; Shirley Ann Bruno, PATV executive director; Cathy Samuels, project director for Manhasset CASA. PATV Teen TV is focusing on health with the new program “Prevention Through Connection” with Manhasset Coalition Against Substance Abuse.

Cathy Samuels, Manhasset CASA project director, interviews Don Hooton, president of the Tay-

lor Hooton Foundation with the focus on giving information on spotting and treating substance abuse issues in young adults.

PATV Teen TV participants asked questions of them both on this subject to provide additional information for the viewing audi-

ence.

This new program will cablecast on March 27, at 9:30 p.m., and March 29, at 7 p.m. on PATV Channels 20 (Cablevision), and Channel 37 (Verizon) and will be streamed at www.patv.org on those dates and times.

An informative and entertaining video has been produced

by GNPS/TV in conjunction with the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Great Neck Public Schools. Its title is “The First 200 Years.” The video offers a snapshot of the school district from its earliest beginnings right up to the current outstanding programs that make Great Neck a “lighthouse district.”

The Board of Education and Superintendent Thomas Dolan are meeting with community groups to present the video. The first showing was to the Chamber of Commerce on March 11.

Future groups include the Great Neck Clergy Association on March 24, the Rotary Club of Great Neck and Great Neck Village Officials Association, both

on March 25, the Gold Coast Lake Success Rotary Club on March 27 and the Great Neck Social Center on April 17. It is anticipated that presentations will be made to the Great Neck Chinese Association, Great Neck Korean-American Civic Association, and a Persian community organization.

If other community groups would like a brief presentation made at one of their meetings, please contact Jessica Vega, school district public relations coordinator, at (516) 441-4940, or at jvega@greatneck.k12.ny.us, to arrange for a visit.

It is planned that “The First 200 Years” video will also be shown to the community at the Board of Education meeting on Monday, March 30.

Community Ed offers spring athletic programs Join Great Neck Public Schools Community Education for sports and fitness offerings all taught by GNPS certified teachers. These include Boot Camp & Kettlebells, Fitness Program, Golf, Tennis and Community Volleyball League. Descriptions are provided below. Classes meet at 30 Cumberland Ave., unless otherwise noted. To register, call (516) 441-4949, or visit www.greatneck.k12.ny.us and click on the Cumberland icon for online registration.

Boot Camp & Kettlebells A group exercise class that incorporates stretching and body-weight exercises along with interval and strength training.

Basic kettlebell movements will also be included, focusing on proper technique and form. Bring a yoga mat and towel.

Cara McCormack will teach this class on 10 Thursdays, April 16–June 18, 7–8 p.m.

Fee: $91.

Fitness Program Make some time for yourself, your heart, your muscles and your mind while

learning fitness tips, workout plans, exercises, and stretches. Begin with a group warm up, continue with individual stations and culminate with a group cool down. Heart rate zones and fitness plans will be individualized for each participant.

Alyson Lamonte will lead this biweekly class, on 12 Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 19–June 25, 4–5 p.m. Fee: $108.

Golf: Beginner This course introduces the basic fundamentals of golf: grip, stance, and swing.

It will cover various shots including putting, chipping and driving. You will also learn the basic rules of the game, the right clubs to use and acceptable golf etiquette.

All sessions are held in the North Middle School gymnasium, 77 Polo Road, and a driving range (location TBA). Sessions meet Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Eight Tuesdays, April 14–June 2, 5–6 p.m. John Schneidmuller, instructor. Eight Wednesdays, May 20–July 8, 5–6 p.m. Alyson Lamonte, instructor. Fee for either session: $157.

Tennis: Beginner

This class is for those with little or no knowledge of the game of tennis. Learn the mechanics of the basic strokes; forehand, backhand, volley and serve, scoring, and tennis etiquette. Court movement, footwork, and proper conditioning will also be developed. All sessions are held at South High School tennis courts, 341 Lakeville Road. Sessions meet Saturdays or Thursdays. Eight Saturdays, April 18– June 6, 10–11 a.m. Bradley Krauz, instructor. Eight Thursdays, May 21–July 9, 3:30–4:30 p.m. Michael Kazin, instructor.

Fee for either session: $97.

Volleyball League Play The Adult Volleyball League is available to men and women ages 18+. All skill levels are welcome. You may sign up as a team or individually. Individual registrants will be grouped into teams. All sessions are held in the North Middle School gymnasium, 77 Polo Road. Kristin Randazzo leads this group on eight Thursdays, April 30–June 18, 7:30–9:30 p.m. Fee: $97.

Kettlebell Instructor Cara McCormack.

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North High to present ‘Figaro’ opera to be Wilde’s ‘Earnest’ play put on at South High

Photo by Bill Cancellare Photo by Bill Cancellare

North High School will present The Importance of Being Earnest on March 26, 27, and 28.

North High School’s Junior Players will present The Importance of Being Earnest, a farcical comedy by Oscar Wilde, on Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27, at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, March 28, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

All performances will be held in the school auditorium, 35 Polo Road.

The Importance of Being Earnest is a satire of the Victorian era when the code of behavior governed everything from

communication to sexuality and especially to marriage.

Characters maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations, all done with a most humorous bent, witty dialogue, and happy endings—multiple engagements by the play’s end.

For ticket information, call (516) 441-4740.

South High School will present Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro on March 27 and 28 Continuing its long-standing tradition of exceptional, full-scale, studentperformed opera and music, South High School’s music department will present Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, on Friday, March 27, and Saturday, March 28, both evenings at 7:30 p.m., at South High School, 341 Lakeville Road.

This opera is a witty yet profound tale of love, betrayal, and forgiveness. Figaro, a barber turned into Count Almaviva’s major-domo, advised him to marry Rosine, but their marriage has gone sour be-

cause of the Count’s philandering. Figaro is engaged to Suzanne, Countess Rosine’s maid—and the Count’s next intended conquest.

Add to the mix, crusty, old Dr. Bartholo, who seeks revenge on Figaro for taking Rosine away from him, and his assistant, the slimy, music-master, Don Bazile. Contributing to the fun are an amorous teenager, a scheming old maid, a drunken gardener and a silly young girl.

For tickets, call (516) 441-4851, or email mschwartz@greatneck.k12.ny.us.

Purim Celebration Town of North Hempstead officials were on hand to celebrate the festival of Purim at the Great Neck Social Center hosted by the Sephardic Heritage Alliance Inc (SHAI). Purim is a Jewish holiday marking the deliverance of the Jewish people from danger in Ancient Persia. The holiday is one of celebration, gifts, and often costumes. Pictured from left: Sheila Fakheri of Great Neck Social Center, Shahnaz Kashani of Project Independence, Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, Councilwoman Lee Seeman, Town Clerk Wayne Wink Jr., Councilman Peter Zuckerman, Parvaneh Khodadadian of SHAI, Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Lily Kashani of Project Independence, Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman, Vahideh Morad of Great Neck Social Center, Mari Melamed of Great Neck Social Center.

Photo by Mallory Weber

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell, was a Friday night guest speaker at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck. Before the service (from left): former U.S. Rep. Lester Wolff, honorary trustee of Temple Emanuel; Rabbi Robert S. Widom; Ira Rosenzweig-Cooper, president of Temple Emanuel; Wilkerson.

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Kids from hospitals get Islanders visit B Y J A ME S G A L L O W AY A N D A D A M L I DGE T T

Islanders alternate captain Kyle Okposo visits children at the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center March 11.

The New York Islanders were in a giving mood last week.

The day after giving up two goals in a loss to the Rangers, players from the Long Island hockey team gave a much more meaningful gift: a chance for children at local hospitals to meet their sports heroes up close.

When defenseman Johnny Boychuk handed a signed a photograph to Robby, a seven year old with leukemia at Winthrop University Medical Center, Robby’s eyes lit up.

“It definitely brightened his day,” said Robby’s father, Brian, who asked that their last name not be printed to protect their privacy. “He’d been in the hospital for a few days, and it’s not so exciting, and it definitely made it more exciting…I think he got a kick out of it.”

Representatives from the Islanders made appearances in the pediatric wards at a number of regional hospitals, including

Winthrop in Mineola and Steven and Alexandra Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park. The team also gave away toys for the kids to take home.

“These kids go through some tough times,” said forward Matt Martin, who attended the event at Cohen. “It’s a great thing to be able to put some smiles on their faces.”

In addition to Martin, Islanders captain John Tavares, alternate captain Kyle Okposo, alternate captain Frans Nielsen, defenseman Travis Hamonic, and right wing Colin McDonald appeared at Cohen.

Right wing Cal Clutterbuck, defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky, goaltender Jaroslav Halak, and Boychuk attended Winthrop.

Tavares said delivering the toys is one of his favorite events of the year.

“It’s a nice thing for us to do, and it’s nice to let them forget what they have to deal with for a little while,” he said.

Tavares added that seeing the children cope with serious illnesses puts things in perspective for the players.

Though the team is moving to Brooklyn next season, Martin said it is important for the team to support the community that cheers it on.

“We’ve called Long Island home for a long time,” he said.

“The fans come out and support us, and we all want to come out and get involved in the community.”

Robby, pulling his I.V. behind him, went from player to player at Winthrop collecting autographs before striking a pose for a group picture.

“He enjoyed interacting with them and getting all of their signatures,” Brian said. “He wanted them all - it’s like Pokemon cards.”

Robby, who was discharged later Wednesday, also took home a large Lego set, his father said.

After meeting with Robby in the central play area, the Islanders at Winthrop made bed visits to the children who were too sick to move.

The visits were originally scheduled for Christmastime, but an outbreak of the mumps among NHL players forced the team to push back the date.

Library unveils second Plaza offers extended hours draft of proposed budget B y A d a m L i d g e tt Great Neck Plaza Village Hall will remain open until 8 p.m. on three nights during the next two months for residents to renew their street parking permits, the village announced last Wednesday.

Village Hall will stay open until 8 p.m. March 17, March 24 and April 14 to issue parking permits.

Great Neck Plaza Mayor’s assistant Brian Hetey said the village is extending the village’s hours on those days to accommodate residents who work 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can’t get to the village office before it closes at 4:45 p.m. on weekdays.

“We haven’t done this in the past,” Hetey said. “For some residents it’s hard to come in during the work day so we figured this would be a courtesy to them.”

Residents must present their car registration and driver’s license to renew their street parking permits.

If neither the registration nor the license has a valid Plaza address listed on them, residents have to present two original additional proofs of residency, such as a utility bill or a bank statement, the village said in a statement.

Permits that expired at the end of December will have a grace period until April 15. If vehicles do not have a permit by that time they are subject to ticketing, the village said.

The ticket fee is $10.

Adding additional time for residents to get parking permits is something the village has considered in the past, but this was the first time the village finally gotten around to doing it, Hetey said.

He said he does not know exactly how many residents asked the village to be open later, but he said it was enough to consider extending the time.

The village might consider extended the hours again, he added.

B y A d a m L i d g e tt In a second draft of the 2015-2016 proposed Great Neck Library budget, library Business Manager Neil Zitofsky called for spending to be $495,500 less than in the budget’s first draft.

The second draft calls for $9,185,200 in spending, but $9,644,700 in revenue.

Zitofsky said the board will have to decide what they want to do with these funds, but Zitofsky suggested the board could use the extra money to retire the bond for Main Branch renovations early.

The Main Branch, located at 159 Bayview Ave., will be closed for a year during an extensive renovation of the building.

The improvements will be funded by a $10.4 million bond approved by voters in 2013.

Zitofsky said in the first draft of the budget he had $500,000 in a fund for Main

Branch renovations.

He said the fund would have covered whatever the bond didn’t.

The second draft budget called for salaries for part time employees to increase by $33,500.

Zitosky said the money was added to hire back some parttime employees after the library found itself short staffed.

He said they were let go after the closing of the Main Branch for renovations.

The second draft calls for $515,500 to be spent on parttime librarians, clerks and pages.

The proposed budget also calls for a $219,100 increase in spending on library materials such as books, e-books and reference materials - from $649,400 in 2014-2015 to $868,500 in 2015-16.

“We want to start to ramp up again for the [Main Branch] reopen,” Interim Library Director Chris Johnson said at

the board of trustees budget workshop Monday. “There will be stuff from storage but there will be things we are buying new copies of as well. We’ve said that when we reopen there will be new versions of certain things.”

The $24,000 the proposed budget calls to spend on postage in 2015-2016 caused library treasurer Josie Pizer to question why the library spend so much on simply postage.

Johnson said that most of the postage is for overdue book notices and newsletters being sent through the mail.

“We’re going to start reducing our mailing list soon for the newsletter,” Johnson said.

Library President Marietta DiCamillo said she wants Zitofsky and Johnson to find out what else the library might use postage for that is driving up the cost so much before the next budget hearing on April 14.

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Joint Chiefs chair speaks at academy B y A d a m L i d g e tt

General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the guest speaker Monday at the 2015 Battle Standard Dinner at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point.

The annual event, which began as an occasion to honor the 142 Cadet-Midshipmen who died while serving in World War

II, now also serves to remember the four recent graduates of the academy who died serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

“To the families of the 142, we’re deeply honored you are here to represent those CadetMidshipmen who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation,” Dempsey said. “Their absence here is a somber reminder of the cost of liberty. As

we celebrate this evening, we take inspiration from their example.”

Dempsey said that the nation has long depended on a strong maritime tradition, and that U.S. mariners represent the best of what America has to offer.

“In times of peace, the Merchant Marine helps secure our economic and national security needs by keeping the oceans

open to trade,” Dempsey said.

“In times of conflict, the Merchant Marine carries critical supplies, equipment, and personnel overseas.”

Superintendent of the Academy Rear Admiral James Helis said it was an honor to have Dempsey at the academy.

“The presence of the nation’s senior military officer at the Battle Standard Dinner highlights Kings Point’s importance

in American history and the vital role that Kings Pointers continue to play in serving our country in peace and war,” Helis said in a statement.

Even though the students at the academy didn’t see actual combat during World War II, they did travel through enemycontrolled territory while delivering cargo, according to the academy’s website.

Man hit by train at Plaza LIRR station B y A d a m L i d g e tt

train station, but did not suffer any injuries, Nassau County police A man was struck by a slow- said.

The man, who was in his 40s, moving eastbound Long Island Rail Road train early Wednesday was struck by an equipment train morning at the Great Neck Plaza at about 7:05 a.m., said Meredith

Daniels media liaison with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Daniels said according to preliminary reports it appears the man jumped in front of the train,

but police have not confirmed it.

Police said they found the man conscious and alert when they arrived on the scene. The man was transported to a local hospital even though he had no injuries,

police said.

Daniels said the accident and a broken rail in the East River Tunnels caused short delays until about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday on trains traveling both east and west.

6 village elections, 1 contested race in Great Neck Continued from Page 2 “rubber stamp.” Katz responded to the absentee trustee charge, saying he has been to nearly every meeting since he was elected.

Katz also said his support of important issues such as approving the budget, 50 conditional use permits and authorizing the mayor to implement more than $4.5 million in grants for traffic safety and beautification made him an effective trustee, not a rubber stump.

Schneiderman has been a trustee since 2000, and served as chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 1982 until 2000.

Katz has been a trustee since 2012, and served as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 2010 until 2012.

Great Neck Plaza trustees each receive $10,000 a year in salary. The mayoral and trustee positions in the other villages with elections do not receive a salary.

In Russell Gardens, Mayor Steven Kirschner and trustees Martin Adickman and Jane Krakauer all ran for re-election.

Kirschner would serve his second term consecutive term as mayor if elected. He also served as mayor from 2003 to 2009, and has been a trustee since 1989 when not serving as mayor.

Kirschner decided not to run in 2009, but returned as mayor when his successor, Michael Bloomfield, decided not to seek re-election in 2013.

Adickman started serving on the board in 2003. Krakauer began serving in 2009.

In Thomaston Mayor Steven Weinberg and trustees Gary Noren and Jill Monoson were all up for re-election.

Weinberg had served as deputy mayor from 2003 through 2014, trustee from 2001 to 2003 and village justice from 1997 to 2001.

Noren was first elected to the board 14 years ago and Monoson began serving as trustee just this past January when Weinberg became mayor.

In Great Neck Estates, Mayor David Fox, trustees William Warner and Sidney Krugman and

village justice Harry Burstein all sought to keep their positions as well. Krugman first ran for trustee about 20 years ago, and Warner first became a trustee in 2001.

Kensington didn’t see a mayoral election this time, but it did see two trustee elections. Trustees Alina Hendler and Darren Kaplan both ran for their open seats.

Three seats on Saddle Rock’s board were open as well – those of Mayor Dan Levy, Trustee Mark Collins and Trustee David Schwartz. Levy was elected as mayor in 2011, while Collins began serving as trustee in 2005 and Schwartz began in 2011.

In 2013, Levy ran against Sasha Masri, who later in 2013 pleaded not guilty to assault charges after an altercation at Saddle Rock Village Hall with Levy. The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division overturned Masri’s conviction earlier this year.

Prosecutors said at Masri’s trial that after an October 2012 Saddle Rock Board of Trustees

meeting Masri caused deep lacerations to Levy’s head and fractures to Levy’s shoulders after a physical confrontation.

The altercation began when Masri approached village Trustee David Schwartz after the meeting to ask him about an outgoing audit of village finances. Witnesses said that after Marsi made his request, Levy - who considered Masri a disruptive presence at village meetings - began to belittle Masri, and the two started to swear at each other.

Differing accounts in arguments made by defense attorney Robert McDonald and Assistant District Attorney Christine Geier’s say Masri either slapped Levy with an open hand or punched Levy in the face with keys in his hand. The defense said Levy was motivated by anger and a desire to discredit Masri, and that Levy’s injuries were not a result of Masri’s initial blow.

Prosecutors cited medical testimony from the surgeon who treated Levy to show his injuries came from a sharp object, such as Masri’s keys.

Levy pleaded the Fifth Amendment when asked about the village’s finances during the trial. Efforts to reach Masri and Levy were unavailing.

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

The auditing firm Satty, Levine and Ciacco prepared an audit of the village’s finances for the fiscal year ending in February 2012. The firm sent a memorandum to the village highlighting missing invoices, questionable charges on the village gas card, an unaccounted purchase of a laptop and checks to a contractor personally cashed by Levy as issues.

A Nassau County District Attorney’s investigation into the village’s finances determined in January 2014 that Levy committed no criminal wrongdoing in his handling of the village’s finances.

Police say burglars organized, meticulous

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He also urged that if a house is burglarized, residents should immediately call 911 and resist the urge to clean up any broken glass or damaged property left behind.

The precinct has used a va-

riety of law enforcement tools to analyze the burglaries across the area, including the department’s tracking software and recordkeeping programs as well as social media and other, more traditional investigative strategies, McCarthy said.

“We do a lot of things that

weren’t available even 10 years ago,” McCarthy said. “We still do a lot of legwork, but we have a lot of technology to supplement that.”

Officers also provided various ways of fortifying one’s home from being a target of the burglaries - including the use of home security systems, keeping valuables

locked in a safe bolted to one’s floor, keeping vacation plans off social media, locking all doors and windows when one leaves, turning on outside doors at night and contacting neighbors to collect mail and newspapers when one is out of town.

McCarthy also suggested

residents sign up for the county’s new Smart 911 program, through which personal information may be provided to the county for enhanced assistance during emergency situations.

“We are here to serve your needs, and it is imperative you help us do that,” he said.

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N. Shore-LIJ docs solve medical mystery B Y A D A M L I DGE T T Before Bobby Leithauser met neurosurgeon Harold Rekate, he had lost his ability to walk, read and have a normal life as a result of a rare neurological disorder.

But in December after Rekate operated on Leithauser at the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park for Ehlers-Danos Syndrome, a rare connective-tissue disorder, the 13-year old from Marco Island, Fla. is back to good health.

“No more stomach pain, nausea or dizziness,” the boy’s mother, Keri Leithauser, said. “His vision returned and his brain fog is completely gone. Bobby can read again.”

As a result of the Ehlers-Danos Syndrome, also known as EDS, Leithauser suffered from a chiari

malformation, in which the skull pressed down on the brain, causing tissue to block the circulation of brain fluid and create a cavity in the spinal cord that weakened the ligaments that hold the skull in place, hospital officials said.

Upon taking an MRI on Leithauser, Rekate recommended surgery to reposition the boy’s skull, restoring proper flow of brain fluid and relieving the pressure on his brain.

“The problems that Bobby faced related to pressure in the front of the brain caused by the fact that the ligament holding the skull and spine in proper alignment was too loose,” Rekate said in describing the operation.

“This led to the top of the spine pointing backwards into the brain. In the operating room, we manually rotated his head backward and put the skull and spine

Bobby Leithauser in proper orientation. By doing this, we were able to successfully take all of the pressure off the brain,” he said. “This has made a huge difference in Bobby’s life.”

The surgery was a success, but Leithauser’s journey to recovery was not easy.

Leithauser first complained of frequent gastrointestinal pain at around age nine, which resulted

in him having to stop playing sports and begin using a feeding tube to eat.

At age 12, he was diagnosed with dysautonomia, a nervous system malfunction that affects bodily functions such as digestion, temperature control and maintaining a healthy blood pressure.

Walking soon became difficult, and the boy was relegated to a wheelchair. He also began experiencing severe nausea, muscle and joint pain, headaches, acid reflux and issues keeping attentive.

After some time, Leithauser, a gifted student, was in so much pain he had to be removed from school.

Doctors told Keri that Bobby’s MRIs were normal, despite his weakening health - but she knew her son, and she sought other medical opinions.

Through online research, she discovered her son’s dysautonomia diagnosis was often related to EDS and chiari malformation.

Eventually, she found the North Shore-LIJ’s Chiari Institute in Great Neck, which specializes in treating Chiari malformations, and it’s director, Rekate.

“I want families to understand how vitally important it is to find a neurosurgeon with expertise in this particular area,” Keri said. “Most neurosurgeons do not understand chiari and cranial setting when it develops from EDS, but Dr. Rekate is one of the few physicians in the country who understands that link and knows how to treat it.”

She said after the surgery, all of her son’s symptoms were gone. She said Bobby will undergo physical therapy to regain his physical strength.

A.G. proposes Legislature ethics reforms

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday proposed a series of ethics reforms that he said are meant to “cure the disease” of public corruption in Albany.

Speaking at a forum in Manhattan hosted by the non-partisan government watchdog group Citizens Union, Schneiderman, a Democrat, called for an end to state legislators holding outside jobs as well as an overhaul of New York’s campaign finance system, limiting a system of “payto-play” contributions from lobbying entities and increasing legislators’ terms from two to four years.

“To cure the disease, we must break a pattern in which scandal is followed by outrage, which is

followed by reforms that largely tinker at the margins, and a press conference declaring that the problem has been solved, which is ultimately followed by another scandal,” Schneiderman said. “It looks to the people of New York like one charade after another.”

“The people of this great state demand comprehensive, fundamental reforms,” he continued. “They deserve nothing less.”

Schneiderman’s proposals come a few weeks after former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver pleaded not guilty to corruption-related charges stemming from an alleged kickback scheme between doctors who had business with the state and a law firm that employed Silver.

Schneiderman said his ethics reforms are more extensive than any previously put forth by a state official, and involve propos-

als that directly effect the livelihood of state lawmakers and the election fundraising process.

He said he supported Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ethics package as part of the 2015-16 state budget - which include expanded campaign finance disclosure requirements, the forfeiture of a pension for convicted state lawmakers and ending “per diem” reimbursements - but said proposals should be even more strict.

“I would urge the governor to hold out for even bolder reforms, including the proposals I have outlined,” Schneiderman said. “In doing so, he would have the support of both the constitution and the people of the state of New York. A late budget would be a small price to bay.”

In an effort to end what he considers a seemingly endless

cycle of election fundraising, Schneiderman proposed a state constitutional amendment to increase legislator terms from two years to four years and suggested expanding the role of legislative committees. He also proposed a salary increase for state legislators that would put their compensation between that of New York City council members and federal lawmakers.

Doing so, he said, would place more significance on the role state lawmakers play in New York’s legislative process and make the job more attractive to talented candidates who may not have considered running for state office.

“How else do we attract good people into government?” he said. “Not by weakening reform, but by strengthening it. The same things that will make the Legisla-

ture a more attractive career path are what will make it a more ‘small d’ democratic institution.”

Schneiderman also proposed a series of campaign finance reforms focused around the strengthening and modifying various election laws.

He suggested a reduction of campaign contribution limits and closing legal loopholes that enable limited liability corporations to “funnel limitless amounts to campaigns,” he said.

Schneiderman also proposed the practice of public matching funds to the state level, the elimination of legislative “housekeeping committees” that he said serve as “barely regulated slush funds” for parties and campaigns and limiting entities with business relationships with the state to make “extremely modest campaign contributions.”

Pharmacy installs drug disposal box

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Inside the Greenvale Pharmacy, near the front register and candy display, now sits a red metal box with a slight drop-down door and yellow medical sign.

It is known as the “Big Red Box,” constructed in conjunction with the Southampton-based non-profit Lloyd Magothy Water Trust Inc. to meet Drug Enforcement Agency regulations for the purpose of collecting and dispos-

ing unused and unwanted pharmaceuticals.

And officials said it’s the first of its kind to arrive in Nassau County.

“We need to do our best to keep prescription medications out of the hands of small children who might accidentally ingest medications and out of the hands of some teens who might seek to divert medications for non-medical use,” said Michael Raduazzo, the owner of Greenvale Pharmacy, located at 5 Northern Blvd, in

a statement.

“Getting rid of unwanted medications that are unnecessarily stored in household medicine cabinets reduces the chance of prescription drug abuse,” he added.

The Lloyd Magothy Water Trust, unaffiliated with any existing municipal drug disposal initiative, was created last year to tackle regional environmental and health issues, said Thomas McAbee, the non-profit’s executive director.

Boxes have been placed in four pharmacies in Suffolk County as well as in Niagra Falls, McAbee said. Collected drugs are then destroyed at the Covanta MacArthur waste facility in Ronkonkama.

The Greenvale Pharmacy box was installed on March 11 under the guidance of East Hills resident Adam Haber, who in addition to serving as a trustee on the Roslyn Board of Education is also a member of the trust’s board of directors.

There is no timetable for how

long the box will remain in operation, McCabe said.

“We need to protect our drinking water from many kinds of potential contaminants, including unwanted medications that might otherwise be flushed into our groundwater,” Haber said in a statement. “Water quality is a major concern.”

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Continued from Page 54 dorsement of the non-profit Long Island Environmental Voters Forum during the campaign.

He also won a Green Party primary for the race but was not formally endorsed by party officials who wanted a candidate independent of major party ties represented on the ballot.

In a news release from the trust, Haber said he would underwrite the cost of disposing of drugs deposited into the box for up to one year.

McAbee said Monday that said one box could fill up to 40 pounds of pharmaceuticals and cost between $100 and $150 to dispose.

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Cuomo mandates ruining public education

Continued from Page 10 and StartUP NY, traveling around the state to talk up the latest adjustment to the property tax cap, was unaware.

Public schools are caught in a vise of constricted funding from the state, and limits to what they can raise through local taxes on their own. Yet, that has not slowed the onslaught of state mandates from increased allocations to pensions and health care, to academic intervention, exacerbated by the flawed roll-out of high-stakes tests based on the Common Core curriculum before the new curriculum was actually implemented (33 percent of Great Neck students were deemed failing). Nor do the property tax caps take into account increasing enrollments, more students in secondary schools (more expensive to teach), the numbers of special needs students or English Language Learners.

It’s like the Pharoah punishing the enslaved Hebrew by saying: make more bricks, but no more straw!

Take for example West Hempstead school district - over the last five years, the district has lost a cumulative $7 million in state aid, and has been forced to draw down on reserves which are almost spent. Soon the district will have no where to go but cut programs, eliminate teachers, increase class size.

“West Hempstead has done everything state government has asked – more with less – in face of declining revenues, we’ve cut programs and services even though all employees had pay freezes and had to pay more for benefits,” said Richard Cunningham, assistant superintendent of West Hempstead.

“Albany doesn’t care. We know there are many school districts across the state in same financial condition, and some are further gone...Ask Albany to remove the Gap Elimination Adjustment for all districts, stop the unfunded mandates, stop the proposal for teacher evaluation so New York State can get it right,” Cunningham said.

Cuomo doesn’t care. He has been on a campaign to eviscerate public education in order to steer public money into a secondary tier of privatized schools, blames teachers for failing schools and says money makes no difference.

Here is how Cuomo characterizes public schools, from his “State of the State/Budget Message”: “There are 178 failing schools in New York State [out of 4530 public schools]. 77 have been failing for an entire decade. Over the last ten years, 250,000 children went through those failing schools while New York State government did nothing. Just think about that and that has to end this year. I un-

derstand the obstacles. I also understand what our students need to move forward. We should be ashamed of those numbers.”

(On Long Island, there are 6 failing schools attended by 5,700 students.)

“The education industry’s cry that more money will solve the problem is false. Money without reform only grows the bureaucracy. It does not improve performance. The state average per student is $8,000. The state average in a high-needs district is $12,000. A failing district like Buffalo, which has been a failing district for many, many years, the state spends $16,000 per student.

So don’t tell me that if we only had more money, it would change. We have been putting more money into this system every year for a decade and it hasn’t changed and 250,000 will condemn the failing schools by this system.”

After a rally of public school teachers, Cuomo’s spokesman Rich Azzopardi stated, “The louder special interests scream to protect the status quo - and today they were screaming at the top of their lungs - the more we know we’re right.”

Cuomo stated, “We want the best teachers in our classroom.

Every study says the quality of the teacher makes a difference in the school. We must start treating teaching like the profession that it actually is.” He means in terms of testing and certifying teachers, not actually giving them the ability to use their science and art in the fullest way possible.

But I don’t know why anyone would become a public school teacher and now that the economy is resuscitated and jobs for college graduates are opening up, the pickings will be slim, indeed, for hiring decent public school teachers.

Nancie Atwell, who just won $1 million as the best teacher in the world, said much the same thing.

Atwell, who founded the Center for Teaching and Learning, a nonprofit demonstration school, in Edgecomb, Maine in 1990, when asked on CNN what she would tell a young person thinking about teaching said, “I would tell them to go to private industry.

Public school teaching is so constrained” by the testing regimen. The things she is able to do in her private school cannot be done in a public school setting (and she is using the $1 million to replace 25-year old boilers in her building, buy books and give scholarships).

In fact, 40 percent of teachers don’t last five years - probably the minimum amount of time for a teacher to become a true professional. Very likely, they just get fed

up with the abuse, the lousy pay and work conditions, the lack of support, the lack of respect. Certainly that is the case for the lofted “Teach for America” ivy-leaguers, who are not as much real as patronizing models for the children to aspire to emulate.

And yet, the Westbury High School auditorium and gymnasium were crammed with teachers. And the thought occurred to me: the sum total of all their entire teaching careers will never amount to one year’s payday for the Waltons.

There were plenty of shoutouts - tearful, heartfelt - from Long Island public school students who said that a teacher “saved me,” by “believing in me,” by “encouraging me,” by “motivating me,”\, by “giving me support.”

Even as there has been a steady torturous chipping away at public school budgets and straightjacketing teachers’ ability to teach since No Child Left Behind and the so-called “Accountability Movement,” that things of teachers as no more than widgets and students as no more than datapoints, these teachers have devoted themselves to helping each individual child achieve their potential.

And while Cuomo seems to be taking delight at citing how many children are in failing schools, he doesn’t seem to know or care about the youngsters who say they would be failing but for public schools (and has refused invitations from Great Neck and other school districts to see what a successful public school looks like).

“I am the first child to go to college in my family,” Isabel Amaya, Westbury Public Schools, said.

“What Westbury has meant –I’m a changed person. With continuous motivation, support, I was able to do something I never thought I was able to do. Endless opportunities shaped my future aspirations, given me motivation to be successful in college and whatever I plan to do.”

What the budget cuts and high-stakes testing have done is to force school districts to eliminate extra-curriculars like theater, music, and art.

Jayln Simmons of Baldwin High School, said, “When I started in high school, I was bullied because of my unique experiences.

I never thought I could be successful. It wasn’t until had support of teachers and parents that I understood I could be successful.

I joined extracurriculars. I joined the newspaper, and am now senior editor and turned it into an award winning school newspaper.

Simmons, who also has become an award-winning student journalist, said, “Our school has taught us we live in a democratic

republic, each citizen has right to voice opinion. But we also have the obligation. We say to the State of New York: students are not a statistic, teaching is not about testing, teaching is about learning. Excessive standardized testing effectively takes away the inspiration of learning and that is harmful to everybody.

“Success begins in the classroom, with the teachers. At Baldwin, the classroom environment allows students to be part of the learning process - that does not just happen. When a student enjoys what they do, it creates an infectious learning environment, allows students to grow unhindered.

Arts, sports, extracurriculars are not just a way to fill a resume, but to engender community, friendship, character...

“Come graduation, my experience at Baldwin public schools has given me confidence and leadership skills to pave my own away.”

Riya Kaushal, West Hempstead Union Free School district, complained that because of budget cuts, positions have been eliminated over the past 7 years - that means that clubs, sports teams, assistant coaches were cut, and the nine-period day has been cut to eight, meaning there is little opportunity to take extracurriculars.

“In high school we’re lost in a way, trying to figure out what we want to do, what we want to be, where we want to go, how we want to live. Electives are insight into that - -then we know better for college. “ Ellen White, director of South Side High School Centre Stage, spoke of how important extracurriculars like theater, music and art are. “Theater is a powerful way to engage students - it taps into instinct to pretend by play and explore. This instinct is challenged by an over-scheduled [over-tested] world, which pushes students to focus on how measure up than on who they really are.

The push to testing robs teachers to enable students at all levels to cultivate the creativity needed for critical thinking, problem solving and creative learning, and we certainly know the arts are proven factor in students’ success, especially among the underserved, at risk, developmentally disabled, or challenged students.

“At Center Stage we believe in the magic of the theater, that magic that gives us a little extra sparkle – love, friendship, community, magic, sparkle – these are the intangibles that public education creates and you can’t develop a test to measure that.”

Marie Festa, community member of Massapequa Public Schools, said she came to Massapequa because of the special needs pro-

grams offered through the public schools. Now 77, her children grown and doing well in their careers, she does not begrudge paying property taxes to support public schools.

“My children are now 53 and 45 years old, but when they were attending schools, senior citizens paid taxes to support them. Now it is my turn to pay school taxes to support the schools for the next generation.”

Dr. Stuart Mayrick, a school psychologist with East Meadow Schools, closed out the program by pointing pointed out how destructive a curriculum focused around high-stakes testing is to a child’s development and a student’s performance, so much so that the New York Association of School Psychologists publishes a “testing anxiety toolkit” - 150 pages long.

“The issue of test anxiety is here, is real. None of the higher order thinking processes can take place when a child is anxious.

They are not just anxious when they are taking the test, but anxious the whole year long regarding the test prep.”

He related how his niece was crying and refused to get on the school bus one morning, complaining of a stomach ache.

It turned out she had a math test.

The child was in kindergarten.

“It is unbelievable to me as a psychologist, an educator, that a kindergartener would worry about a math test.”

Anxiety blocks executive function which controls supervisory attention issues. “When a child is anxious, they can’t pay attention, they get distracted, fidgety, look for something else to do to keep interested. It looks like ADHD.” It’s no surprise, then, that across this state, there is a tremendous increase in kids being referred for ADHD - and given drugs to control it - because the child’s executive functioning is not working.

Another issue is that the highstake state tests are in reading and math. But there are different “intelligences” – interpersonal intelligence, spatial intelligence, bodily intelligence – that come from engaging in music, arts, sports that help derive lessons that reach children.

“How many children say they are dumb, because they do not do well on tests that only gauge verbal linguistic knowledge, because the other intelligences aren’t tapped because of test prep all year long.

“We cannot stand to see politicians suck the joy of learning from our students and the joy of teaching from our teachers – that’s why we’re here.”

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Anti-Semitic Facebook post angers parents Continued from Page 1 the past, Mindel said.

“The school has considered the page as part of their purview,” he said. “This is not something out of the blue. [The school] has gotten involved in the past with things not nearly as bad as this.”

In a statement posted Monday to the school district’s website, Great Neck Superintendent of Schools Thomas Dolan said the Facebook post was made by a non-Great Neck South student and that the individual’s school and law enforcement were notified of the incident. He did not identify the person by name or disclose the name of the school.

Dolan said that the Facebook page is not supported by the school district, but acknowl-

edged that many students subscribe to the page, and that acts of anti-Semitism within the district would not be tolerated.

“Small cruelties that are allowed to exist, or are tolerated, do not go away. Rather, they manifest themselves into larger cruelties and more offensive actions that spread and are replicated,” he said. “We will continue to do our part in our schools and in our community to raise an awareness of acceptance of one another and to reject acceptance of the attitudes that we saw demonstrated this weekend.”

Rabbi Michael Klayman of the Lake Success Jewish Center and President of the Great Neck Clergy Association said in a statement Tuesday that when someone commits a bias crime, it affects everyone - not just the

religious or ethnic community the act was directed toward.

“To live in Great Neck means that we commit to living in a diverse community and that we take responsibility for enhancing the quality of life for all people,” Klayman said. “As representative of the Great Neck Clergy, I urge colleagues of all faith groups to join together in ongoing dialogue; so that we may help address all issues of intolerance and bias, regardless of to whom that bias is directed.”

Klayman said many in Great Neck celebrate the diverse area, as evidenced by South Middle School’s Cultural Heritage Night held in February. Klayman, a parent of a Great Neck middle school student, said Middle School students performed dances of their ethnic background.

He said dances of Hispanic, Greek, Armenian, Russian, Chinese and Korean backgrounds were all represented.

“One dance was performed by a single male student; dressed in the clothing of his family’s culture. During and following his performance, no one laughed or spoke derisively,” Klayman said.

“This boy received a loud reception when he finished the dance; every student in the auditorium appreciated his efforts. Perhaps I missed a larger picture, but from my vantage point, I only witnessed pride, joy and a celebration of diversity.”

Incidents of bias have and will happen in Great Neck, Klayman said, but he hopes the community can come together to combat racial, religious and ethnic bias.

The Anti-Defamation League has maintained close contact with Great Neck South and said in a statement the school is taking the necessary steps to investigate the incident.

“We were alarmed to see this outrageous, anti-Semitic image and we are pleased the school is taking this troubling incident seriously,” said Evan Bernstein, ADL New York Regional Director, in a statement. “Our hope is that the high school’s administrators will take tangible steps to confront the situation, and we stand ready to offer our assistance and resources to Great Neck South so that its students will never have to be subjected to anti-Semitic harassment or any type of bullying online or in the classroom.”

Parents, students support middle school principal Continued from Page 1 portunities for parents to participate in the educational process.

This has resulted in parents gaining an appreciation and deeper understanding of what teachers are doing in the classroom.”

Lerner went on to say school spirited and pride have grown at North Middle since Alston had taken over.

“From the moment you walk in to the building, you are greeted by a staff picture with the tagline, ‘Everyone Is Important and Everyone Matters,’” she said.

“Physical and emotional safety is paramount to Dr. Alston and his leadership. This is evident from the moment you pull up to the school in the morning and con-

tinues throughout the day.”

The Oneida Daily Dispatch reported on March 9 that Alston was one of two final candidates for superintendent of the Hamilton Central School in Hamilton.

The story said Alston and Johnathan Retz, current superintendent of schools in the Greene Central School District in Greene, were the final two candidates being considered.

Alston deferred all comment to Great Neck School District Superintendent Tom Dolan.

Board of Education Vice President Larry Gross said neither the board nor the superintendent could comment on Alston as it is a personnel issue.

Lerner was joined in speak-

ing in support of keeping Alston by 11 students and parents.

One mother said she and her husband had the choice of sending their child to either Great Neck North or South middle school in the fall and choose North because Alston was the principal.

“We’re not the type of parents to make a decision on a whim – we did our due diligence and spoke to many parents and students,” the parent said.

“Alston has improved the level of education and has created a safer school environment – we’d like to see that positive momentum continue.”

A Great Neck high school student who was a North Middle

School seventh grader when Alston took over said his former principal instilled in him a sense of leadership, responsibility and motivation.

“I expressed to him in the eighth grade I wanted to be a student officer in high school,” the student said. “Seeing him recently, he asked me if I made it – he remembered.”

Students would often feel more embarrassed or ashamed if they got in trouble at had to be sent to the principal’s office, the student said, because they had so much respect for Alston.

“If we did get in trouble, he would lift us up to our feet,” the student said. “He had a different approach to kids – he motivated

us to act better and learn better.”

One parent of four children in the school district said Alston has always made parents feel as though educating North Middle School’s children has always been a partnership between Alston and the parents. She said Alston has taken every one of her phone calls and has attended to every one of her concerns.

“In the past three years, Dr. Alston has helped make North Middle School into an unbelievable community of pride, he has raised school spirit, advocated for more help for students and brought about significant academic change,” the parent said.

Author sets third novel in great Neck Continued from Page 3 connected.” The Shabbat, he said, is an opportunity to get back to the basics “Everywhere we go we have our cell phones, and on Shabbat we have to shut it all off for one day,” Kane said. “It’s an opportunity to turn off and turn on other things.”

The main character of “The Night, The Day” tries to find his way back to his Jewish identity throughout the novel, he said.

“At the beginning, he is a very assimilated person whose Jewish identity is not very important to him,” Kane said. “By encountering this patient his identity does become important to him in the end.

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Kane said he wanted to write about the Jewish experience not because of a lack of Jewish stories, but because there was a very well developed canon of it.

“There was a plethora of Jewish writers growing up,” Kane said. “I grew up on Chaim Potok, Philip Roth. They were writing stories about the Jewish experience and I kind of wanted

to continue that legacy a bit.”

Growing up, Kane said he always got a lot of positive feedback to his early attempts at writing. He said his lawyer father always told him he should be a writer when he grew up.

But, he said, he knew being a professional writer and supporting a family would not be easy so he decided to find a day

job - as a psychologist. “[Psychology] comes from my interest in people and their stories and in analyzing them and figuring things out,” Kane said.

As far as the future goes, he said, he plans to keep on writing, but won’t give any clues as to what a fourth book might look like.

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EMPLOYMENT

help wanted AIRLINE CAREERS BEGIN here Get FAA approved Aviation Maintenance Technician training. Financial aid for qualified studentsHousing available. Job placement assistance, Call AIM 866-296-7093 Bricks4Kidz IS HIRING!! Garden City & surrounding areas. Experience with children preferred. Help children learn while using Legos.

All materials provided. P/T approx $20/hr based on experience. Call Margo @ 631-327-1312 CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy Equipment Operator ‘Career! Receive hands on training and national certifications operating bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. Lifetime job placement VA 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.

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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 267888-5244 to apply 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.

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CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE / CHILD CARE English speaking female with 28 years experience with Alzheimers, trach, able to help with medications, doctor appointments. 14 years experience caring for infants, school age children. References available. Live in/out. WILLING TO RELOCATE. Reliable, sense of humor. Driver.

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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.

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HOUSE CLEANER AVAILABLE Good references. MondaySaturday.

Experienced. Own car. Will provide own supplies. Free estimates. 516485-3543, cell 516-661-5282

help wanted OFFICE ASSISTANT: Part time 2030 hours per week, computer skills needed. Office experience a must.

Williston Park. Call 917-821-5435 SALES ASSOCIATE: IMMEDIATE. Walpole Outdoors is seeking a part time sales associate for the Mineola location. Candidate must be available for 2 weekdays and Sundays. Must speak fluent English and be computer savvy. Please contact Susan at Susan.Oliva@walpolewood.net

situation wanted 13 YEARS EXPERIENCE Certified Babysitter / Nanny. Young lady seeks FT live out position MondayThursday in Garden City area.

Newborns-toddlers. Legal to work.

License and own car. Please call Cheryl 718-908-0093 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 ALPHA & OMEGA CLEANING Services. We will clean your home from top to bottom using the best cleaning products! We clean houses, apartments and offices. Call Mayra 516-225-1612 CAREGIVER AVAILABLE Experienced woman seeks full time position to care for your sick or elderly loved one. Live in. Very reliable, non driver, references available. Call May 516-292-2662

CHILDCARE P/T Seeking weekend employment in childcare.

Experienced and certified in early childhood education. Also a certified baby nurse. Please email: archpat978@aol.com CLEANING AVAILABLE Houses and Apartments. Flexible days and hours. Experience, reasonable prices. Very good references. Own transportation. Please call 516272-5154 or 516-385-5547 CLEANING LADY AVAILABLE Cleans, organizes. English speaking, honest, reliable. excellent references. Own transportation. Call 516-225-8544 CLEANING SERVICES AVAILABLE to clean homes, apartments, offices & stores. Free estimates.

Own transportation. References available. Bonded & insured. Please call Rosemary 516-782-5764 CLEANING SERVICES FOR OFFICES OR HOMES. Available 7 days a week. Excellent references.

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EXCELLENT HOME HEALTH AIDE Seeking FT/PT, live in or out position, flexible hours. Have worked with many prominent people. Excellent references. Driver w/car. Will do errands, doctor appts, housework, light cooking. Call Lorna 347-425-2804 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 HOME HEALTH AIDE Certified, hardworking reliable mature woman with 15 years experience seeking full time live out position as companion. References available upon request. Please call 347-613-7623 HOME HEALTH AIDE Experienced woman with excellent references seeks FT live in position to take care of your sick or elderly.

References available. Call Claudette 347-595-5491 HOME HEALTH AIDE/CNA Experienced woman seeking P/T position (Sat & Sun). Willing to do light housekeeping, running errands. Licensed drive w/ own car. References available. Call Joy 516-902-1867 HOUSE AND APARTMENT CLEANER with many years experience and good references available 7 days with flexible hours.

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HOUSECLEANING Young Ukranian woman seeking cleaning/ housekeeping jobs. Years of experience. References available. Call Svitlana 516-567-5003 PROFESSIONAL HOUSEKEEPER Part time or as a live-in. Experienced. Iron, mop, sweep, vacuum, clean bathtub, toilet, buy groceries, feed and walk dogs. Fluent English, Portuguese & Spanish. Call 347-664-0469 RETIRED MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN looking for part time work building your stores. Please call John 516-328-8924 SUMMER BABYSITTER/NANNY: Garden City college student available this summer. Experienced with children and has many references. Owns car to provide transportation if necessary. Contact Kelly at 516-382-3529 or kellodonn24@gmail.com TO ALL EMPLOYERS We offer the following services: 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

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2015 SUPER SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE PARK AT EAST HILLS!

Park Attendants and Lifeguards 1. Are you looking for an exciting summer job with competitive pay and an upbeat environment?

2. Would you like to spend the summer at the finest park facilities with the largest municipal pool on Long Island?

3. Do you like the outdoors? Then our position is a perfect fit for you!

REQUIREMENTS: • At least 16 years of age • Lifeguards must be Nassau County Certified • Available to work through Labor Day weekend To apply: Contact The Park at East Hills at 516-484-9800, e-mail us at: gcox@villageofeasthills.org. or simply visit Village Hall on a business day from 9am-4:30pm. We are located at 209 Harbor Hill Road, East Hills, NY 11576.

Ask for Gerica Cox to get an application.

The Village Of East Hills is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We currently seek

CUST SERVICE, DRIVERS & YARDMEN Join 500+ Top Employees who make Riverhead Building Supply a Success!

Here, you will find a motivated, top-notch team with a commitment to excellence in a stable environment that’s been growing for over 65 years! You will receive superior benefits, work/life balance, professional development and room for advancement.

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS: Assist customers in selection of building materials and supplies, cut lumber and load materials into cars. Perform inventory. Must be available weekends. Will train, no experience necessary.

DRIVERS: Deliver lumber, windows, cabinets, etc. and assist in the lumber yard, making loads, loading/unloading trucks and restocking materials. CDL Class B is essential. Spider experience is a plus.

YARDMEN: Day and Night Shifts. CDL must be obtained within 6 months of hire. Will train.

All positions require heavy lifting.

Email: careers@rbscorp.com Or fax to: 631.727.7786

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adoption A DREAM IS A WISH your heart makes. Our wish is a baby to love.

We’re a loving, educated, close family. Expenses paid. Danny/Lorraine 1-866-997-7171 CHILDLESS YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE (she-30-he-37) seeks to adopt. Will be hands on mom/ devoted dad. Financial security.

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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 516279-6378 to schedule an appointment or email pictures of your items to info@invitedsales.com.

We can provide fair market values on any item that you may want to sell, consign or enter into auction.

If you need advice on hosting a sale, selling an item or liquidating an estate, please call Tracy Jordan at the shoppe or directly at 516-567-2960

LIVE SIMULCAST BANKRUPTCY AUCTION Case 13-10157, Hayes Iron & Metal, Inc. Office Bldg., Metal frame bldgs, workshop, shop equip, tools, office furnishings & equip. Providence, NC. 3/26/15 at 10a.m. Auction at The Institute Conference Barkhouser Auditorium, Danville, VA 800-997-2248, NCAL3936/ VAAL580. www.ironhorseauction.com

wanted to buy CASH BUYER! Buying ALL Gold & Silver coins, Stamps, Paper Money, Comic Books, entire collections, Estates. Travel to your home. Call Marc in NY 1-800959-3419 LOOKING TO BUY! Records, oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

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

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

YOU’RE INVITED! Tuesday, March 24th 9:30am89 Meadow Woods Rd Great Neck, NY 11021 Packed house, lots of wood and cabinetry and building materials, metal and scrap, collectibles, housewares, furniture, clothing, a lot of books......Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details!

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

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AUTOMOTIVE

auto for sale AUDI A8L 2007 Excellent condition!

Premium sport package. Always garaged, highway miles, CD player, A/C & heated seats, sunroof. Black w/ black interior. 107K miles. Priced below bluebook at $15,250. Call Tracey 516-984-4470

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MINEOLA: FULLY FURNISHED 4-OFFICE suite with reception.

Approximately 750 sq. feet. 4 private offices with center conference space, 4 parking spaces, cleaning & utilities included. Contact Elen Dundon 516-294-1338 ext 335

MICROSOFT TRAINING & MORE for individuals or groups. Local college teacher will help you build skills in WINDOWS, WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT. Please call Jim Kaplan 347-673-1785 or email: help@jim-kaplan.com

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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

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

room for rent MINEOLA: Large furnished room, private entrance, share bath, own TV, microwave, fridge, no pets, smoking or drugs. $725/month. All utilities included plus 1 month security. References required. 516-747-5799 GARDEN CITY HOUSE SHARE Large Master Bedroom beautifully decorated & furnished. Use of all common areas of house. Cable tv, utilities, washer/dryer included. Walking distance to LIRR. No smoking, no pets. No overnight guests. Females only. $875/month. Call 516-477-4240

apartment for rent FLORAL PARK VILLAGE Great Location! Beautiful modern 2 bedroom second floor. Freshly painted. EIK, new bath. Includes garage. Includes heat. $1,590 516-851-4489 FLORAL PARK VILLAGE First floor4 rooms: EIK, LR, 2 Bedrooms, Master Bedroom with walk in closets. One car garage. Located in small 5 family apartment complex. No smoking, no pets. $1,775/mth. Call Curtis (Ford Realty) 516-551-9764 FRANKLIN SQUARE Top floor, 1 bedroom, move-in condition. Great location, utilities included. Credit report required. No smoking or pets. $1,200/mth. Call 516-747-8139 WILLISTON PARK Completely renovated, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, second floor 2 family private home.

Bonus finished attic space, updated kitchen, new appliances, new wood floors, new carpets, off street parking. Few blocks to LIRR, village area, nice neighborhood! $1650 includes water and heat.

Reference check required. Penny 917-848-9366

office space GARDEN CITY FRANKLIN AVE. Newly furnished individual offices and cubicles for rent at prime location in the heart of Garden City on Franklin Ave. Reasonably priced. Contact Donald Neumann at 516-747-4082 GREAT NECK: Beautiful large furnished room, separate furnished secretarial space, conference, kitchen privileges. 516-487-9030

MATTITUCK BE WATERFRONT

BY SUMMER!! 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, finished basement with outside entrance. Marble fireplace, granite kitchen. Totally updated! 1.5 car garage. Dock, new bulkhead, expansive deck. Best view on Mattituck Inlet! Owner moving. Reduced to $799,000.

631-521-6586 POINT LOOKOUT On beach block. For sale by owner. Totally renovated. Ready to move in. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, LR w/ cathedral ceiling, skylight, fireplace.

Granite kitchen w/ ss appliances. DR w/ sliding doors to wrap around deck. Large den. Sunroom/Office. All Anderson windows. Hardwood & Tile flooring.

Gas heat. CAC. Alarm system.

Full storage attic, large storage closets. Principals only. Asking $795,000. Call 516-805-8193

lots for sale COOPERSTOWN LAND SALE 5 acres $24,900. 5 minutes to village. Gorgeous wooded setting, priced at 60% BELOW MARKET! Town road, utilities, ez terms. 888905-8847 or www.newyorklandandlakes.com UPSTATE NY WATERFRONT! 11 acres $69,900. Beautiful woods on bass lake 5 miles to Cooperstown! Private setting for camp, cabin or year round home! Terms available. 888-479-3394 newyorklandandlakes.com

mortgages YOUR HOMEOWNERSHIP PARTNER The state of NY Mortgage Agency offers up to $15,000 down payment assistance. www. sonyma.org 800-382-HOME(4663)

SERVICE DIRECTORY

services HOME CARE INSURANCE: Protect assets, assisted living, care in your own home, free guide. Master Choices LTC, Long Term Care Specialists. 516-877-2704. Please see ad in Professional Guide or more details.

NEW YORK MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Joan Atwood, Ph.D. An experienced therapist makes all the difference.

Individual, couple, family therapy and anger management. 516764-2526. jatwood@optonline.net www.NYMFT.com

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

handyman Meticulous & Reliable Serving GARDEN CITY & Surrounding Area since 2003 Repairs & Installations of all Types Built-in Bookcases, Woodworking, Carpentry, Crown Moldings, Lighting, Painting, Wallpaper and More. 30-year Nassau County Resident. Many References Lic #H01062800 Insured Call Friendly Frank 516-2382112 anytime E-mail Frankcav@ optonline.net LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646-996-7628

health & fitness IASO in Home Physical Therapy.

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arol Frank’s Editorial Re: Village Of GNP Election.

To me it suggests she hasn’t been in the village lately.

What was her true motive? Hmmm.

I realize the recent weather has prevented her from bicycling.

The mayor is an environmentalist.? The Village of Great Neck Plaza has the highest paid elected officials on the Peninsula.

Carol have you ever written about how much they earn? I do think they work hard for commercial real estate interests . Not residents.

Carol ever been by Shop Delight Between 4 and 7 p.m.?

You’d never see a code enforcement car there then. But they’re visible in the morning.

Ticketing apartment dwellers.

But they won’t be around after school hours.

Too difficult traverse past the double parked cars no doubt.

How’s the streetscape working?

BTW: that’s a crosswalk in English. The lines of which the patrons of Shop Delight use as place to double or triple park over. Traffic calming? Ha. Not quite.

Is it any wonder a second store is not exactly being welcomed by our neighboring village.

Too bad ’cause that might ease the congestion on Welwyn. (And the Welwyn location is convenient.) Their valets don’t exist anymore.

The sidewalk of the vacant restaurant next door is never shoveled. Liter galore .Public Safety be damned .

Carol you aren’t homebound.

You should get out more before you editorialize about these trustees.

Jonathan Stein? He’s the quintessential soft target.

Travel around the Plaza . This board is given a pass!

Double standards anyone ?

Rob Stevens Great Neck

Mayor’s warning was no snow job

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read with interest Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar’s letter concerning the rules when it snows. “When it snows, remember parking rules, Monday March 2.”

In his letter he stated, “Some who receive the tickets are upset and question in many cases as to why tickets were issued especially when the snow accumulation is between two and five inches.

I started to question myself as to why anyone would be upset getting a ticket when they were prohibiting a plow from making the streets safer for everyone. As I continued reading a thought hit me.

I had read a letter in Newsday written by a resident of Williston Park complaining about getting a parking ticket.

Being on the inquisitive side I checked the Newsday site and was able to find it in the Saturday March 7 edition under the title, ‘Tickets for snow ‘emergency’ The woman who wrote this letter ripped into the Village of Williston Park for declaring a snow emergency on Feb. 17 and giving her 83 year old mother and some neighbors $150 tickets.

Furthermore she stated that there was no snow on the street and the sun was out on this Tuesday afternoon.

She then accused the village of shaking down the hardworking, taxpaying citizens of the village.

As the woman did not choose the Williston Times but Newsday to vent now everyone who reads Newsday from the Queens border to Montauk thinks less of our village.

Unfortunately I have some bad news for that letter writer.

On the day in question we had four inches of snow here in Williston Park.

There is a video on the Newsday website dated Feb. 17 9:45 am.

The caption reads : “Traffic on the eastbound Long Island Expressway near exit 34 in North Hills began clearing up as snow continues to fall across Long Island on Tuesday Feb. 17, 2015. A winter weather advisory remains in effect until noon.”

With these facts coming to light I am still left to ponder my original thought of why would anyone want to hamper a plow going down the street.

I know one thing though. It’s not easy being the mayor.

Bill Viggiano Williston Park

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Town of North Hempstead​—​ Board of Zoning Appeals Pursuant to the provisions of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Zoning Appeals of said Town will meet at Town Hall, 220 Plandome Road, Manhasset, New York, on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, to consider any matters that may properly be heard by said Board, and will hold a public hearing on said date to consider applications and appeals.

The following cases will be called at said public hearing starting at 10:00 a.m.

APPEAL #19952​—​Peyman Hakimi, variance 70-100.1.A to maintain fencing, a barbecue and a raised terrace with brick wall within a front yard; E/side 7 Winfield Terr., 72.24’ S/of Hawthorne Ln., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 373, Lot 7, R-A District.

APPEAL #19953 ​—​ Philippe Ohanessian (Applicant)​/​ John Snee (Owner), variances 70-40.A, 70-40.B, and 70-101.B to construct additions within required front yard set-

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APPEAL #19954​—​Dominick Alberga, variances 70-100.1.A, 70-100.1.B & 70-100.2.A(2) to maintain a fence forward of the front building line, masonry planter in a side yard & an accessory structure with an insufficient side yard setback; S/side. #278 Mill Spring Rd., 384.87’ W/of Country Club Dr., Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. 204, Lot 22, R-A District.

APPEAL #19955​—​Raffaele Bonavitacola, variances 70-47.A, 70-47.B, 70-210.1, NYS Town Law ß280-a, 70-49.B, 70-52.5, 70-52, 70-46, 70-47.B, 70-47.1.B, 70-49.B, 70-49.C, 70-51.E, 70-52, 70-52.6 to permit the subdivision of lots with insufficient area not on an improved mapped street; to maintain a single-family dwelling exceeding permitted floor area and front yard paving; and to construct a two-family dwelling exceeding permitted floor area, ridge height, and eave height with insufficient lot width, side yards, and front yard; S/side. #43 Charles St., 661.17’ E/of Alison St., Port Washington, Sec. 5, Blk. 43, Lot 26, R-C District.

APPEAL #19956​—​Jason Leckner, variances 70-50.A, 70-51.A & 70-103.A(1) to construct a two- story addition within required front and side yard setbacks and with insufficient parking; W/side. #19 Pilgrim St., 115.1’ S/of Hillside Ave., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 328, Lot 15, R-C District.

APPEAL #19957​—​Alan Wolf, variances 70-100.2.A(2) and 70-100.2.A(4) to maintain fencing exceeding the permitted height and beyond the front building line; SW​/​cor. #9 Amherst Rd. & Roslyn Rd., Albertson, Sec. 9, Blk. 122, Lots 15-19, R-B District.

APPEAL #19958​—​Patricia Conte, variance 70-100.2.D to maintain an outdoor fireplace exceeding permitted height; E/ side. #36 Piper Dr., 413.32’ N/ of Wheatley Ave., Albertson, Sec. 9, Blk. 639, Lot 89, R-A District.

APPEAL #19959​—​Reynaldo Cubillos, variances 70-100.2.A(4), 70-100.2.A(4) (a)[5], 70-100.2.A(4)(b) & 70-101.B to maintain fences exceeding permitted height and an open porch in a required front yard; S/side. #218 Roslyn Ave., 250’ E/of Jamaica Blvd., Carle Place, Sec. 10, Blk. 6, Lot 15, R-C District.

APPEAL #19960​—​Shirley Johnson, variances 70-195.15.B and 70-195.15.D to maintain a finished cellar with a bathroom and an exterior entrance; NW​/​cor. 173 Bond St. & Division Ave., New Cassel, Sec. 11, Blk. 123, Lot 27, R-C​/ New Cassel Urban Renewal Overlay District.

APPEAL #19961​—​Plandome Realty, LLC, variance 70-103.A to convert retail space to a

gymnasium with insufficient parking; W/side 609 Plandome Rd., 113.02’ N/of Colonial Pkwy., Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. 28, Lot 298, B-A District.

APPEAL #19408.A ​—​ Estate of Anthony Garro, conditional use 70-139.A to permit the continued use of premises as a parking lot; W/side #17 Myrtle St., 100’ N/of Hillside Ave., Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. 44, Lots: 5& p/o 7, B-B District.

APPEAL #19795.A ​—​ DKA Properties, appeal for determination, or in the alternative, variances 70-125, 70-103.A, 70-103.B, 70-103.F, 70-103.O, 70-229.A, 70-135, and 70-231 to maintain an addition to an auto body shop (not a permitted use) with insufficient offstreet parking, parking stall dimensions, number of loading zones, access (to a street, and access aisle width, fencing exceeding the permitted height, and non-compliance with previous decision #12879; W/side 363 Great Neck Rd., 478.99’ S/ of Water Mill Ln., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 42, Lot 319, B-A District.

APPEAL #19795.B​—​DKA Properties, variances 70-125, 70-103.A, 70-103.B, 70-103.F, 70-103.O, 70-103.M, and 70-208.F, to construct additions to an auto body shop (not a permitted use) in a non-conforming structure, with insufficient off-street parking, insufficient stall dimensions, loading area, and parking in a required front yard setback; E/side #362 Great Neck Rd., 319.39’ N/of Broadway, Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 43, Lots 41, B-A District.

APPEAL #19939​—​Kunal & Gunjan Sharma (Owner)​/V ​ ictor Thomas, Architect (Applicant), variance 70-100.2A to maintain fencing beyond the front building line; SW​/​cor. 18 Evans Ave. and New Hyde Park Rd., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 212, Lot 131, R- C District.

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Notice of Qualification of BRIONES SERVICES, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 03/03/2015. Office location: Nassau County.

LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 08/18/2014. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 8118 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209. TX address of LLC: 8118 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209. Cert. of Form. filed with TX Secy. of State, 1019 Brazos, Austin, TX 78701. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Great Neck Community Calendar FREE ESL/CITIZENSHIP CLASSES Free access to legal counsel at St. Aloysius R. C. Church, 592 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck. Classes run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To register, please call (516) 867-3580.

REAP REAP, retired, energetic, active people, meets Tuesday, March 24 at the Cumberland School, 30 Cumberland Ave., Great Neck. At 9 a.m.

Significant Issues will be aired by various members.

Our Business Meeting begins at 10:30 a.m.. My Opinion will be presented by Ron Ullmann. The speaker for the day will be Richard Jeffrey Newman, who will discuss “Benjamin Franklin’s Persian Parable.” We break for lunch about 11:45 a.m.

Please bring your lunch and join us! Current Events roundtable discussion will take place at 12:30 p.m. Coffee, tea and refreshments are served. The Science Club will meet at 1 p.m. The book club will meet Mar. 31 to discuss, “All The Light We Cannot See” by Frank Doerr and Nora Webster by Colm Toibin.

WOMANSPACE A discussion group devoted to issues concerning

women. Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck.

New members welcome.

For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844.

LIONS CLUB HEARING AID PROGRAM The Great Neck Lions Club is pleased to announce their participation in “Lions Lend An Ear,” a program of the Nassau County district of Lions Clubs International.

The program provides hearing aids and related products and services at no cost to hearing impaired individuals who qualify based on financial need and communication need.

Great Neck Lions Club is asking the local places that accept donated eyeglasses to accept used hearing aids as well. Note: The hearing aids should be placed in the eyeglass collection boxes located in all the Great Neck Libraries as well as offices of the Village of Russell Gardens, Village of Great Neck Plaza and the Village Hall on Baker Hill Road.

FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise

Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors.

Monday through Saturday.

Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050.

LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd., Manhasset at 12 p.m.

If you would like to attend a meeting and learn more about our club, please contact fernweiss@aol.com or call (516) 829-5192.

ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS The Rotary Club of Great Neck currently meets every Wednesday from 8 to 9 a.m. in the boardroom of TD Bank, 2 Great Neck Road. Community residents and business members are welcome to visit Club meetings and discover how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back service to the community while networking through Rotary.

For further information please see: www.clubrunner.ca/greatneck/ or call (516) 487-9392.

G.N. Library presents second draft of budget Continued from Page 52 The board also plans to adopt the budget on this date.

DiCamillo also said she wanted to look at hiring a permanent IT professional for the library, as well as getting iPads.

“We need to look at getting iPads – we keep talking about it and I think we need to get a solid recommendation on what to do about it,” DiCamillo said.

The budget also calls for the library to spend $500 for the online service so patrons can pay their fines online. Zitofsky said the libraries don’t have charge card reader, and that if the library didn’t spend the $500, patrons would not only have to pay their library fine but also charge fee.

“If there is no charge I think it actually encourages people to pay the fine,” library Trustee Robert Schaufeld said.

Zitofsky also made projections for the

2016-2017 fiscal year, which included an increase in salaries for library administration.

In the 2015-2016 proposed budget, Zitofsky proposed to spend $591,000, but in 2017, he projected the library would spend $660,000 on administration.

The increase of nearly $69,000 will go toward paying a new library director and a new human resources employee the library hopes to hire in 2017, Zitofsky said.

The first draft of the 2015-2016 budget was initially presented earlier in March. The preliminary budget showed an increase of $909,000, or 10.4 percent, more than last year’s budget.

Zitofsky said the proposed budget would not require a tax increase as currently presented. The budget isn’t scheduled to be adopted until April 14, according to the library calendar.

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Cosmos fall in El Salvador friendly, 1-0 The New York Cosmos fell to Salvadorian side C.D. FAS 1-0 on Saturday, March 14 during a preseason friendly in front of more than 25,000 spectators at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador, El Salvador.

“I think it was as difficult as we expected it to be,” Cosmos head coach Giovanni Savarese said after the match.

“It was a difficult environment because there were a lot of people cheering for the home team.”

Making a return to his home country, midfielder Andrés Flores took to the field wearing the captain’s armband for the New York Cosmos.

As the match kicked off, it was the Cosmos who nearly found the net first.

Forward Raúl was on the end of a lofted header in the area, but his effort flew past the near post.

“The result isn’t what we wanted,” said Cosmos midfielder Adam Moffat. “I thought we started pretty solid. In the first minute we had an opportunity, but we didn’t get that goal.”

FAS had their first clear-cut chance in

the 19th minute after earning a free kick from 30 yards out. However, the dipping effort sailed high over Cosmos goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer and out of play.

In the 26th minute, the home side managed to strike first. A dangerous ball was sent across the 18-yard box and forward Dustin Corea made no mistake with the finish, giving FAS a 1-0 lead.

Just five minutes later, the Cosmos nearly found the equalizer through some brilliant link-up play between their two former Spanish internationals.

Midfielder Marcos Senna found himself with time and space just outside the area and picked out the run of Raúl, but his glancing header was parried away by goalkeeper Luis Contreras to ensure that FAS would enter the locker rooms with their lead intact.

The Cosmos came close once again, this time just minutes after the break as Senna lined up a free kick in the 46th min-

ute. His effort from 20 yards out nearly beat Contreras, but the FAS goalkeeper managed to get a hand on the ball just before it crossed the goal line, and Raúl’s follow-up effort was smothered out for a corner kick.

“It’s frustrating when you go for it and don’t get it,” Moffat said. “We put ourselves in good spots. It’s just disappointing that we couldn’t get that goal.”

As a back-and-forth second half ticked on, the Cosmos received a lifeline in the 61st minute. New York midfielder Walter Restrepo made a bursting run down the wing, but was taken down

by FAS midfielder Juan Carlos Moscoso as he charged in towards the net. The referee issued Moscoso his second yellow card of the match, giving the Cosmos a man advantage for the final half hour.

But FAS continue to press for a second goal. In 78th minute they nearly found one as a dangerous cross reached the head

of Ángel Peña, but his powerful header did not manage to test Maurer in the Cosmos net.

In the 84th minute Restrepo once again found himself in the middle of the action, this time providing a tantalizing cross to the far post. Midfielder Danny Szetela attacked the service with a diving header, but his effort was saved off the line.

“I thought that we did some good things today,” said Savarese. “We created a lot of chances. We could have seen the score being different for the amount of chances that we created, but we also need to work in different aspects. All these games help us to keep growing.”

After suffering their first loss of the preseason, the Cosmos return to the U.S. for training in Florida prior to the start of their 2015 NASL season. New York will face the Fort Lauderdale Strikers at Lockhart Stadium in their season opener April 4.

“We’ll take some positives away from this,” Moffat concluded. “But we’re looking forward to getting the season started.”

Mariners open Landmark slate with sweep The USMMA baseball team opened Landmark Conference action with a three-game series sweep over Juniata College this past weekend in the Mariners’ last bit of action down at the 2015 Gene Cusic Classic in sunny Florida.

Merchant Marine’s record improves to 4-3 overall (3-0 Landmark), while the Eagles fall to 4-4 (0-3 Landmark).

Game one saw the Mariners fall behind 2-0 after the first half-inning, but come back to within one in the bottom of the first when freshman Jacob Sithong scored on a wild pitch.

USMMA tied it up at 2-2 in the bottom of the third when Sithong scored again, this time on an RBI-double to right by junior Quinn Fleming.

In the second game on Friday, Merchant Marine ral-

lied from being down 6-0 after the first inning and a half to come back and win.

The Mariners scored three in the bottom of the second on an RBI-groundout by Steve Lucy, an RBI-double

by Sithong and bases-loaded walk drawn by freshman Michael Barnes.

USMMA’s breakthrough came in the sixth inning, when the Mariners scored six runs to take a 9-6 lead.

Grant Foley plated Lucy with a shot to short that the Juniata shortstop had trouble with. During the next at bat, Francis Grzymkowski came home from third on a wild pitch that saw Foley move to second.

Back-to-back infield singles by Sithong and Fleming loaded the bases for Barnes, who smacked a double to right the scored Foley and Sithong and gave Merchant Marine a 7-6 lead. Freshman Bryson Campbell followed

with a two-RBI single to left the plated Fleming and Barnes and added insurance for the Mariners.

Saturday’s game provided even more dramatics, as the Mariners won in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs thanks in large part to three fielding errors by the Eagles.

Trailing 9-8 going into the final frame, Lucy led off by reaching on an error by Juniata’s second baseman.

He made it to second on a groundout by freshman Alex Gambino. Foley flied out for the second out of the inning and the Mariners were down to their last out.

Sithong drew a walk to put runners on first and second before Zach De St. Germain reached on an error by the shortstop that scored Lucy and put Sithong on third. Sithong came across with the winning run due to a costly error by the Eagles’ pitcher.

Old Westbury pair makes Skyline Conference Honor Roll Two SUNY Old Westbury were named to the Skyline Conference Weekly Honor Roll in their respective sports, the league announced this week.

Baseball second baseman, senior Eddie Hernandez, claimed a spot on the Skyline Conference Weekly Honor Roll, released by league officials in Monday’s report for games played through March 15.

Hernandez, a native of Freeport, hit .583 (7-12) with one home run, three RBI, three runs scored and two stolen bases in three games to start the 2015 season.

Hernandez opened the season hitting home run in the seventh inning to make it a 6-3 game.

3-for-7 at the plate Women’s lain a two-game secrosse freshman ries against No. attacker Danielle 7/15 Kean UniWeir also earned versity (Mar. 8-9). a spot on the conHernandez proference Women’s duced a 4-for-5 Lacrosse Weekly game at the plate Honor Roll for to help Old Westgames played bury to a 6-3 win Eddie Hernandez Danielle Weir March 9-15. against Stevens InWeir, a native of North Massapequa, stitute of Technology (Mar. 13). Hernandez secured the victory with a three-run scored her first-career goal with 16:11 left

in the second half to spark a 5-0 Panther run against Bard (March 10). Weir registered the game-winning tally with one second to go, leading the Panthers to an 8-7 season-opening win. The win was Old Westbury’s first season-opening victory in the program’s short three-year history.

Weir added a pair of goals and three draw controls in a 21-7 loss against Wilkes (March 13). For the week, Weir scored four goals on seven shots (57.1%) to go along with four draw controls and two ground balls.

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