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The Guide Post ties for best paper, wins best layout in Adelphi awards By a da m l i d G e t t When the Great Neck North High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration asked their student newspaper, the Guide Post, to produce a magazine documenting the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history for the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 200th anniversary, no one thought the skills the staff learned while making it would earn them journalism awards. But on March 25 the student staff members of the Guide Post tied for first place for Most Outstanding Newspaper in Adelphi Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quill Awards with The Wheatley Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student newspaper, The Wildcat. The Guide Post also won for Best Layout. Julia Kaluta, a junior and one of the Guide Postâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s features editors, said formatting the magazine forced the staff to think more creatively about newspaper design. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to be more creative and think out of the box,â&#x20AC;? Kaluta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to make it more visually pleasing.â&#x20AC;?

She said the magazine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which has been in the planning for three and a half months and will be available April 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; made the editors think more creatively about not only the magazine itself, but how they would design their regular issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were given more freedom, and it made them more creative,â&#x20AC;? said Jodi Kahn, the Guide Postâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faculty advisor of 10 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By doing the magazine it expanded their expertise.â&#x20AC;? Kahn said the paper has won various awards at the competition in the past, but never Most Outstanding Newspaper. Papers from 25 schools from Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties competed in the contest, which required each paper to submit three editions of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper. For the 200th anniversary, Kahn said, the school district asked each of the schools in Great Continued on Page 60

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Teresa Prendgergast, the current assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for Garden City Public Schools who will succeed Tom Dolan as the Great Neck School District Superintendent, speaks with Great Neck Board of Education Vice President Larry Gross. See story on page 2.

Berkowitz seeks re-election, touts education experience By a da m l i d G e t t

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a wonderful profession and I had some outAs a little girl play-acting standing teachers of my own being a teacher, Great Neck who were mentors, and think School Board of Education when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had an outstandPresident Barbara Berkowitz ing teacher you never forget knew she wanted to eventually him or her,â&#x20AC;? said Berkowitz, who will be running for rego into education.

election in the May 19 Board of Education elections. If elected, Berkowitz would serve her eighth full term on the board. The board will vote for president and vice president in July. Berkowitz, who Continued on Page 60

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Sewanhaka student School touts new accepted to 8 Ivys super’s history

Also accepted to MIT, currently leaning toward Yale Prendergast an educator since ‘87 By Ja m es G a l l o w ay

Sewanhaka senior Harold Ekeh has a tantalizing decision facing him: Yale or Harvard? Or maybe MIT? Or, if he decides he wants still more options, he can always fall back on Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, the University of Pennsylvania or Cornell. Ekeh, the Elmont Memorial High School salutatorian, achieved the rare feat of being accepted to all eight Ivy League schools — and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to top it off. “This is a very exciting moment in my life, and I’m very grateful,” he said. At the moment, Ekeh is leaning toward Yale, he said. “I visited Yale with my school’s Model U.N. team and I loved how passionate the people were,” he said. “I did try my best and tried to take advantage of everything my high school had to offer. Now I’m going to see where I feel the most comfortable.” Yale’s annually accepts just 6.9 percent of applicants, still a full percentage point higher than Harvard, which sits at 5.8 percent. Ekeh said he is planning upcoming trips to Harvard, MIT and Princeton. Born in Nigeria, he moved to Queens at age eight and then moved to Elmont for the schools. “Part of the reason we moved here was because my parents wanted me to have the best opportunity,” he said. “I had to double up on everything once I moved here… I had a lot of catching up to do.” Ekeh, whose grade point average is 100.51, plans to study biochemistry and neurobiology. In January, he was named a semifinalist in the prestigious Intel STS competition for his original research on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. In his project

By A da m L i d g e t t An educator since 1987, newly appointed Great Neck School District Superintendent Teresa Prendergast has worked in many different schools in many capacities, from teacher to principal to her current position as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for Garden City Public Schools. “It is my hope that by working collaboratively with the members of the school community - communicating, trusting, listening - we may continue to build upon Great Neck’s outstanding tradition of excellence,” Prendergast said in a statement from the school district. Prendergast, who will become the 11th superintendent of the Great Neck School District on July 15, was selected as the new superintendent at the Great Neck School Board of Education’s March 30 meeting. She will succeed current Superintendent Tom Dolan, who announced his retirement in November. He will

Harold Ekeh — succinctly titled, “The role of PARP-1 in MeHg-induced dopaminergic dysfunction and mitochondrial DNA depletion” — Ekeh found that certain toxins cause degradation of motor skills and lead to the diseases. His grandmother, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease when he was 11, inspired his research, he said. “If there is any way I can work to prevent this I want to,” Ekeh said. John Capozzi, principal of Elmont High School, said Ekeh “really represents Elmont Memorial High School.” “No one is more determined than Harold,” Capozzi said. Last year, William Floyd High School student Kwasi Enin received acceptance letters from all eight Ivys as well, setting off

end his tenure July 31. Before working in Garden City, Prendergast served at the Lynbrook Public Schools – first as principal of the Lynbrook South Middle School from 2000 to 2004 and then as assistant superintendent for curriculum and personnel from 2004 to 2006, when she got her current job in Garden City, according to a release from the school district. From 1994 until 2000, Prendergast worked for the Woodmere Middle School. She was mathematics chairperson from 1994 to 2000, assistant principal from 1995 until 2000 and also served as teaching dean from January to June 1995, according to the school district. Prendergast also worked at Intermediate School 238-Susan B. Anthony Academy in Queens from 1987 through 1994, the release said. She first worked as a math teacher before becoming the sixth-grade dean of students. Before working in the New York City public education sysContinued on Page 70

a national media frenzy. He even read the “Top Ten” list on The Late Show with David Letterman. At that time, Rachel Rubin, the founder of a college admissions coaching firm, told CNN that admission to all eight Ivy Leagues is “quite atypical,” made rarer because few students apply to all eight. “Standardized test scores and good grades will get a student in the door to have their application read,” Rubin told CNN. “But it’s their extracurricular activities, leadership experience, exceptional talents, recommendation letters and personal essays that will move a student from a pile of ‘maybes’ to a pile of ‘accepted.’ ”

Teresa Prendergast, the current assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for Garden City Public Schools who will succeed Tom Bryan Ahrens contributed re- Dolan as the superintendent of the Great Neck School District, signs her contract with members of the Great Neck School Board of Education porting

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Plaza clarifies parking regulations Cites safety concerns of people trying to turn from Brompton Road onto South Middle Neck Road By A da m L i d g e t t

Village of Great Neck Plaza trustees voted Wednesday to update the village code to clarify parking regulations on the west side of South Middle Neck Road between Brompton Road and Pont Street, which has been the source of confusion for motorists. The revised language now conforms with language on street signs along that section of South Middle Neck Road that there will be “No parking any time, except when authorized to be used as a loading zone” and “Loading zone, commercial vehicles only, 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.” The old village code read that there would be “no parking, loading zone, commercial vehicles only, 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.” - a semantic difference with practical consequences. “The issue came to light because the mayor received complaints from people who were trying to get onto Middle Neck Road, so they thought as a matter of safety nobody should be parking there,” said Richard

Gabrielle, an attorney for the village. “The signage was changed at that point.” Village of Great Neck Plaza Clerk Patricia O’Byrne said people had been illegally parking Middle Neck Road between Brompton Road and Pont Street and getting away with it. Motorists trying to make a left turn onto South Middle Neck Road from Brompton complained to the village that with cars parked they could not adequately see if cars were coming from the north. O’Byrne said the resolution passed Wednesday forbids parking at the section of road until the village can hire a traffic consultant to determine if it is safe for cars to park there. “Hopefully the law is clear now as to what is allowed,” Gabrielle said. Mitch Pitnick, a Russell Gardens resident and an attorney for the Town of North Hempstead, said the board was updating the code the wrong way. Pitnick said his interpretation of the ordinance was that the section of road was desig-

nated as a commercial loading zone between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m., and that parking was allowed for cars between 2:01 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. He said he had parked there before December – when new signs were put up saying no parking - and was never issued a ticket. Pitnick said the village had changed the signs without changing the code first, but Gabriele said the law passed Wednesday simply clarifies what was already in the village code. Gabriele said the old code could be interpreted in different ways, and that Pitnick was reading it to mean one could park in the space after it was designated as a loading zone. “They were allowing parking,” Pitnick said. “Whether they intended it or not, it had been that way for years.” Things got heated when Pitnick said the board was not being transparent in considering the parking resolution. “You used the word transparent – we’re in a public meeting A parking lane starting at 20 feet from the curb at the intersection room,” Great Neck Plaza Deputy of Brompton Road and South Middle Neck Road and extending to Continued on Page 56 207 feet from the intersection does not allow for parking currently

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Village of G.N. passes $10.3M budget By A da m L i d g e t t

Village of Great Neck Trustees voted Tuesday to approve a $10,269,694 budget for 20152016 that increases spending $916,052 over the current year or 9.8 percent. To do so, the village plans to exceed the state mandated 2 percent tax cap with a 7.5 percent increase in the tax levy for the fiscal year, which runs from June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016. Village trustees approved a bill last week that gives them the authority to override the tax cap. Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman said in a statement released at the board’s meeting that the increase in spending and taxes were required by increasing costs largely mandated by the state and declining state aid. “In addition to the ever increasing costs of providing government services, we have been subjected to no, or very minor, increases in state aid revenues and to continuing or significant increases in pension, health insurance and other unfunded state mandated costs,” Kreitzman said. Kreitzman went on to say that with about 20 percent of the vil-

lage’s real estate tax-exempt trustees residents and businesses had to pay more. “The village does not have the power to create new revenue sources or impose different taxes to reduce the real estate tax burden on property owners,” Kreitzman said. “Because the law mandates that we balance our budget, the only place we can look in order to accomplish that is real property taxes, which, next year, will account for almost 70 percent of our revenue.” The budget calls for $7,022,157 to be raised property taxes – $489,917 more than the current year. The average homeowner, Kreitzman said, will see an increase of about $179 from the current fiscal year. Non-homestead properties will increase by $71 in the next year. State aid, he said, only accounts for about 3 percent of the village’s revenue. Although the 2014-2015 general fund of the budget called for $9,353,642 in appropriations and revenue, the budget also called for $3,755,052 to the payment of a bond to improve the now defunct sewer plant. This is the first budget where the village doesn’t

Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman have to incorporate for sewer costs. In December 2013, the Great Neck Water Pollution control District began treating the village’s sewage. The budget calls for a $151,510 increase in spending for employee benefits - from $1.853 million to $2,004 million - a $281,866 increase in spending on debt service - from $1,189

million to $1,471 million - and a $223,278 increase in spending on public safety - from $1,581 million to $1,803 million. Village Clerk/Treasurer Joe Gill said the village also plans to spend more money on its building department in the coming year, specifically on new software to help manage the department and a consultant to oversee the purchase of the new village hall, to be

located at 265 East Shore Road. The village plans to spend about $25,000 on the consultant, who will operate as a construction manager for the village hall project. Gill said the consultant would most likely be someone with an engineering background, and would only work part time. “The idea is to bid out a contract,” Gill said. “We want somebody to go look at the building and make sure it’s what we’re looking for and do inspections” The village board approved a resolution to purchase property at 265 East Shore Road in February for the construction of a new Village Hall building. The Great Neck School District has expressed interest in buying the current Village Hall building, which is located at 69 Baker Hill Road across the street from the Elizabeth M Baker School. The school board voted at their meeting March 30 to hire Barrett, Bonacci & Weele, an engineering and surveying firm out of Hauppauge, to do the initial site survey of the Village Hall. The school board would have to hold a series of public meetings on the possible purchase, and the final purchase would be subject to a referendum vote.

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Enforce old law; do not pass new law All too often we have reported on incidents where a driver whose license is suspended is involved in an accident in which another person is severely injured or killed. It is particularly infuriating when that driver has a history of DWI convictions or has had his or her license suspended on multiple occasions. Last week Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said “enough.” Her office has drafted legislation which would make severely injuring someone while driving with a suspended license a Class E felony, punishable by up to four years in prison. Such incidents resulting in death would carry a Class D felony, which carries a sentence of up to seven years. Her legislation is being sponsored in Albany by state Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) and state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola). Said Martins, “Innocent people should not have to live in fear of suspended or revoked drivers who should not be on the road.” We agree and we are totally in favor of getting tough on drivers who don’t learn a lesson when their license is suspended. The state has the right, make that the responsibility, to take the steps necessary to keep dangerous drivers off the road. In extreme cases this means putting these drivers behind bars. But we are not persuaded that new legislation is necessary. Under existing state law (AUO-1st degree), a person caught driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol with a license currently under suspension can be charged with a felony punishable “by a mandatory fine of $500–$5,000, mandatory imprisonment up to four years or probation, and possible seizure and forfeiture of the vehicle driven.” This also applies to a driver who has 10 or more license suspensions, imposed on at least 10 different dates, for failure to respond to tickets. Under NY State Law S 125.12 Vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, the driver of a boat or vessel who causes the death of another person while under the influence of drugs or alcohol or a combination thereof can be charged with a class D felony which carries a maximum sentence of seven years. Under NY State Law S 125.13 Vehicular manslaughter in the first degree, a driver who commits the crime of manslaughter in second degree while his/her license in currently under suspension in New York or another state can be charged with a C felony which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years. The felony laws that already exist in the State of New York carry maximum penalties ranging from 4-15 years. Nevertheless Martins sent out the following statement: “Cars become weapons when bad drivers are behind the wheel. That someone whose driving privileges were taken away can go on the road illegally, kill or injure someone, and only face a misdemeanor charge is unacceptable.” Perhaps the real problem is that the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and the courts have not been aggressive enough in the handling of cases in which drivers get behind the wheel after their license has been suspended. Calls for “getting tough legislation” make for good headlines. But sometimes all we need is tougher enforcement of existing legislation.

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Another bad backroom budget deal in Albany READERS WRITE

could not agree with you more “Our Views: Gov. Cuomo’s State budget gets a C-” (Editorial - April 2). We should not celebrate Gov. Cuomo and the State Legislature passing a budget on time. This is what they get paid to do. This budget was negotiated behind closed doors by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state Senate Republican Majority leader Dean Skelos, state Senate Democratic Independent Caucus leader Jeffrey Klein and Democratic state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. Only they, their key aids and many of the infamous Albany State Street lobbyists were privy to the details. Democratic state Senate Minority Leader Andrea StewartCousins and Republican State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb along with virtually all members of the state Senate and Assembly were left out of the process. In the critical area of public transportation, both Cuomo and the state Legislature failed to provide any significant new

funding to bridge the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $15.2 billion shortfall in the proposed Five Year 2015-2019 $32 billion capital plan. This will result in the Long Island Rail Road having to make some additional difficult decisons in deciding how to prioritize the expenditures of scarce resources. The net result will be consideration for deferral of many critical capital improvement projects into the next 2020-2024 Five Year Capital Program. Riders can look forward to additional service delays and more fare increases beyond the next scheduled for 2017. It is difficult for the LIRR to maintain a state of good repair for all rail cars, support equipment, stations, fare collection equipment, track, signals, power, yards, shops, safety and security etc without adequate funding. Any additional new stations, fleet expansion, yard and shops, pocket tracks etc necessary to provide new service may also have to be reduced or postponed.

Did members of the Legislature take an Evelyn Wood speed reading class to absorb the thousands of pages contained in this spending bill? They received these only hours before being asked to vote up or down. Liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, we would all be better off if our state Assembly and Senate members took the time to actually read, line by line, any proposed legislation before voting. Their legislative actions impact both our economic and civil liberties. Future generations may have to pay for and live with the consequences. There should have been an open budget process agency by agency. The public, media and members of the legislature should have been afforded sufficient time to read the fine print line by line, page by page and conduct an open debate before adoption. Larry Penner Great Neck

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Start immigrants story with yourself

f you want to appreciate what our new generations of immigrants will contribute to Long Island and our nation, consider doing a check of your own family “Roots.” This would be a great project that could be launched with the help of Long Island’s exceptional public libraries, especially with National Library Week on the horizon, April 12-18 (more on that later). All of us in the United States are descended from immigrants. The only questions are: 1) How long ago? 2) What awareness do we have of the journeys of our ancestors? Franklin Delano Roosevelt (like his 5th cousin TR) knew his ancestors arrived in the 1600s, even before New Netherland became New York. As a youngster, I thought, for a while, that anyone who had a name that ended in a vowel shared my Italian heritage. But I learned that FDR was one of our early multi-ethnics, combining Dutch ancestry with the “de la noes” of French Huguenot background. That both a Republican and a Democrat Roosevelt (with Dutch/ Huguenot backgrounds) rose to the American presidency (in a stillprevalent “Anglo” society) should receive more emphasis than has been accorded. FDR knew that his female ancestors could claim membership

not only in the Daughters of the American Revolution, but also in The Colonial Dames of America. At a time when the DAR resisted newcomers, describing their ancestors as “colonists” and all others as “immigrants,” FDR offered a striking response: “Remember, remember always, ladies that all of us, and you and I, especially, are descended from immigrants – and revolutionists!” John Kennedy’s father did not like to be called “Irish-American;” he asked what it took to be regarded as “American.” But when Jack sought the presidency he learned what every ethnic person experiences in our nation: no matter how you define yourself, you need to deal with how others see you. Jack Kennedy increasingly highlighted the heritage his father sought to transcend. If you have not seen the documentary, “Kennedy in Ireland,” it powerfully demonstrates the enormous pride of people in Ireland for one of “their kind.” On that June 1963 visit, President Kennedy said: “When my great-grandfather left here to become a cooper in East Boston, he carried nothing with him except a strong religious faith and a strong desire for liberty. If he hadn’t left, I would be working at the Albatross Company across the road.” As his politics moved beyond Boston, President Kennedy wrote

a book, appropriately entitled: “A Nation of Immigrants.” When Robert Kennedy added a new introduction after his brother’s assassination, he emphasized: “Our attitude toward immigration reflects our faith in the American ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who start at the bottom to rise as far as their talent and energy allow. Neither race nor creed nor place of birth should affect their chances.” Frank Sinatra, bolstering FDR during World War II, was awarded a special Oscar for his film song from “The House I Live In.” “The faces that I see All races and religions That’s America to me.” As I mentioned earlier, one effective way to relish our immigration heritage of diversity with its quests for progress and inclusion is to do some family history checking. Perhaps the marvelous array of public libraries in Nassau and Suffolk could assist in such pursuits. This is not a new idea; but it could be expanded with beneficial results – because those who seek perspectives on their own families are very likely to appreciate the journeys of those who have more recently arrived on Long Island. Just as many of our libraries participate in “Long Island Reads,” there is a book (or two or three) to

be assembled about “The Heritage of Long Islanders: Standing on the Shoulders of Immigrants for Progress.” During the 1970s, I had a fellowship at Chicago’s Newberry Library, which specializes in family history studies. As a result of that experience, I developed a college course that was one of the most satisfying I have ever taught. I called it: “Roots and Beyond: Family and Community in American Society.” The “Chronicle of Higher Education” gave a report on the experiences of those Hofstra students. Young undergraduates began by doing a brief autobiography of part of their life (often junior or senior high school), then did a grandparent study, followed by examining changing developments in the community to which their families migrated. Among the many fine results cited in the CHE report was the building of connections across age divides as college students got to know their grandparents better by interviewing them, while also getting perspectives from their contemporaries and other family members. Unanimously, young people came away from their studies with high appreciations of what their elders had done, a sense of where they began, the obstacles and challenges they faced, and the efforts that were expended in order to advance.

By seeking to place their family in the context of their community they also became aware of its demographics and the nature of suburban bonding experiences. Those young people in that first course in the 1970s achieved much of what the American Historical Association recently said is still lacking in our history classes (and in our society): 1) an ability to foster informed, critical thinking, and 2) to nurture empathetic citizenship. Every individual and every family can be enriched by doing their own “Roots and Beyond” study. From that is bound to come a deeper appreciation of what fellow citizens have experienced and are newly experiencing as today’s immigrants. The theme for 2015 National Library Week is “Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library.” Family and community studies can surely help to enhance lives for old and new Long Island residents. The books that portray the advances from immigration by scores of Long Islanders are waiting to be assembled. All an editor needs to do is assemble the people’s stories in Nassau and Suffolk. Michael D’Innocenzo Professor of History and The Harry H. Wachtel Distinguished Teaching Professor for the Study of Nonviolent Social Change

Federal housing program out of Mao’s playbook

ets say that you own a piece of property in Roslyn and you want to build a new house on it. Have you heard about President Obama’s program aimed at doing just that for you ? The program is called: “Plentiful Housing of New York”, better known as “PHONY”. Right out of the playbook of Fidel, Chavez and Mao, it’s another feel-good, sounds-great, attempt at government providing everything you may ever need. The way it works is that Washington, always knowing what’s best for you, will provide housing for everyone. They will send in specially-trained, government workers to build a “politically-correct” house for you and your family. Don’t even think of oil heat or a garage for your Escalade. PHONY is truly an offer you can’t refuse. Just show your appreciation on Election Day, and

don’t worry about the cost. Some rich guy, somewhere, someplace, will be paying for it anyway. Just think how proud you will be when you tell everyone about it at your next ACLU meeting. - You will be as proud as you were when you installed your government-subsidized solar panels on your beachfront home in East Hampton. - Or when you decided to stop drinking those large-size, coca cola drinks when Mayor Bloomberg told you they were so bad for you. So unhealthy !! Now it’s a lunchtime of a martini or two or three!! - or when you fought to remove those “horrible” words, “under G_d” from the Pledge of Allegiance but made sure you had front row seats on Easter Sunday. - or when you tried to keep ROTC off your college campus at NYU, but were relieved when

the national guard was called in to help you during Hurricane Sandy! - or when you donated money to fight Ebola in west Africa but were so upset when some sick patients had the audacity to be brought here to be treated! - or when you marched in support of Occupy Wall Street’s fight against corporate America and then when the rally was over, you went right back to your corner office at Morgan Stanley. - or when you supported union protection of incompetent teachers but made sure your kids only had the best teacher every year. - or when you led the fight against the death penalty, but then donated money to Planned Parenthood and their killing of unborn babies. - or when you fought so gallantly for amnesty for illegal aliens and then paid your housekeeper “off the books”.

- or when you fought against abuses against woman but justified Bill Clinton’s abusive treatment of the women in his life. -or when you fought against improving the public schools by expanding the charter school program, but sent your kids to the finest private schools you could find. - or when you insisted on removing the Nativity Scene and Menorahs from our Town Hall’s front lawn while at the same time you were president of the Men’s Club at to your church or synagogue. - or when you fought to allow woman into the Masters golf club in Augusta, even though your own country club here has few if any minority members. - or when you expressed your outrage at the treatment our veterans were getting at the VA, but didn’t mention that your father had the right connections in 1966 to keep you out of the draft.

- or when you told everyone about your new Prius but didn’t mention it was for your housekeeper to use. Whoops, I forgot!! This is Roslyn! You bought a Tesla S for yourself. On the other hand, instead of using Obama’s PHONY program, you can be a rich, nasty, mean-spirited Tea Party guy, and hire your own contractor, pay for it yourself, get the satisfaction of building the house that you always wanted and not expect the government to control every facet of your life. Overcoming “liberal guilt” isn’t easy living here on the North Shore of Long Island. I won’t tell anyone at your next Green Party meeting, but I bet hypocrisy is something that all you wealthy liberals chose not to avoid. Dr. Stephen Morris DDS North Hills

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

A spring cleaning to remember It’s tax time again, and around here that means only one thing: my home will soon be dust-free. Or as close to dust-free as it ever gets. I won’t be breaking any landspeed records getting my records together; that much is true. But when I go hunting for the shoe-box where I keep my records, or the other shoe-box where I surely kept the rest of them, or the file folder where I’m desperately hoping to find everything else - well, no matter where I look, all I find is a lot of dust. Suddenly, nothing seems more important than getting rid of all that dust. I mean, it’s been months! How can my family stand living in this pig-pen a moment longer? I certainly can’t. But that means I must find a dust-cloth somewhere. Why can’t I find one? I keep them right here, in the credenza except apparently I don’t. Or on a shelf of the hall closet? No - but there’s a witch’s hat that’s been sitting there, apparently, since Hal-

loween. What is it doing there? I’d better get it back up to the attic. Right now, before I forget. The attic is inexplicably full of shopping bags containing nothing but papers, with dates written in marker on the sides: “March 2006; April 1998; 1st Quarter, 1992.” Where did they come from? It’s a mystery - but not one I’m going to solve now. I place the witch’s hat gently on top of them, and go back downstairs to keep looking for dust-cloths. Surely there were some in this bucket behind the coats. Oh that’s right, my brother threw it all out cloths, bucket and all - the last time he visited from Maryland. That was four years ago. Suddenly I see something that looks like rags. But it’s really the rest of that witch’s costume. Well, let’s put that aside; I’ll get it to the attic, eventually. What is this bag of mystery items, pushed all the way to the back of the closet?

Judy epstein

A Look on the Lighter Side Yikes, they’re old towels that went all moldy and should have been thrown out a long time ago. Better get them out of the house carefully - right now. All I need is a garbage bag. So where are they? Finally, a question that’s easy: I always keep them in the same place, on top of the fridge. Hmm. An empty box. Who’s supposed to replenish things when they run out? Never mind,

I think I know the answer to that, but I was busy. Maybe I should go out right now and buy dust rags, garbage bags, and a new bucket. Yes, that’s exactly what I will do! But first, I should change out of these filthy clothes that are looking like dust-rags themselves, in case I run into someone I know. (It always happens when I’m looking my worst. “Judy, is that you? You look terrible! I almost didn’t recognize you!” “I wish you hadn’t.”) But I can’t just change into clean clothes when I’m so filthy. I should take a shower. And shampoo, because I can’t go the rest of the day with my hair full of dust. But where’s the shampoo? I hate looking for things when I’m just about to step into the shower, but where could I have left it? Ouch! Who left that overnight bag right where I would trip over it, next to the bed? And hey, look, there’s the shampoo I never put back in the shower. I would love to know what it’s like to live

in a house where everything gets put where it belongs - but putting things away is so boring. What I need is a butler! I wonder how much that would cost? Will butlers do taxes? Ah…shower and shampoo accomplished. I feel so much better! But what I don’t feel like is moving all those bags and papers around to assemble my records to do taxes. I’m so tired. If I can just clear a little space on the dining room table to work in, I’m sure I’ll make better progress tomorrow. What are all these newspapers and unpaid bills doing here? Why don’t I just shoot them all into a shopping bag? I’d better mark it: “April 2015.” I’ll take that up to the attic. Tomorrow. Everything else can wait till tomorrow. How much difference could 24 hours make, anyway? At least I am dust-free enough to go to bed. Ouch! I stub my toe on an overnight bag. Goodnight!

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Martins, Schimel budget votes fail Long Island

oliticians have a well-deserved reputation for dishonesty and greed. Again and again, scandals rock our government institutions as wrongdoing and misdeeds come to light. It is truly sad how many people will say anything for a vote, then turn their backs on those voters once they are in office to pursue their own agendas. Sometimes, when they are caught, they own up to their behavior. But not often. Predictably, offer glib explanations, half-truths and outright lies. The budget vote Tuesday night in Al-

bany showcased politics at its very worst. One after another, our elected representative chose to sell out our children and our teachers and advance their own interests, whether it be secure something else they want or to ensure further lobbying dollars from Pearson and the like would come their way. Many tried grandstanding, hoping they would get points for pretending to acknowledge their wrongdoing, such as stating “it is with a heavy heart I do this,” or holding their nose while they vote yes. Maybe some people are actually fooled by this. There were a few brave souls who

More police needed to make NYC safe

olice Commissioner Bill Bratton denies the fact he had an argument with Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris over hiring more police officers in the upcoming New York City budget. Well in my opinion it doesn’t matter who said what because the reality is we do need to hire another 1,000 more police officers. Mayor de Blasio needs to make room in the budget to hire more police officers and make New York City a safer place to

work, go to school and to live. Eric Ulrich [ R-Queens ] said it right when he said,” Its time for Bill de Blasio to put his money where his mouth is.” Now finally Mr. Mayor the people of this great city of ours is asking,” do we get a safer city or do we return to policies that will return us to a truly unsafe city for all concern. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

stood up to Cuomo and his bought and paid for by rich corporations agenda. My neighboring Assemblyman Ra was one of them. But to my great disgust, despite the outpouring of letters, phone calls, and emails, both my assemblywoman, Michelle Schimel, and my state senator, Jack Martins, voted to destroy the fine schools we on Long Island have prided ourselves on for so long. What makes their betrayal especially bitter is the fact that they have both paid lip service to the objections, pretending to advocate for our children and teachers, while stabbing them in the back. Through their staged appearances and glib speeches, they had so many, including me, convinced they would be brave and stand up. Nope, they sold us out. Even more sickening is Schimel’s pathetic attempt to spin her traitorous vote into a positive victory. She claims to be a champion because the bill bans testing in K-2. The tests already start in grade three, this is nothing. Oh, and the SED is directed to “provide tools, resources and materials to assist teachers in professional development related to the new standards.” The ones that are developmentally inappropriate? The ones that were designed by non-educators to set our students up for failure? The weapon in the tool to destroy public education and turn over schools to for profit institutions? The ones that are needed to save our “failing schools?”

As if Great Neck, East Williston, Roslyn and Manhasset are home to failing schools. Our schools are among the best in the nation, we don’t need Common Core shoved down our throats because high poverty areas produce failed learners. How dumb does she think her constituents are? Pretty dumb I guess since we’ve been swallowing her lies hook line and sinker up to now. And Martins? The only reason I voted for him was his stated opposition to Common Core. Because he told voters like me he was going to stand up to Cuomo, fight for our children and champion public education. And what did he do? Sold out. Put New York State’s public schools one step closer to destruction. He should be ashamed of himself, all of his statements concerning our children’s education were bold faced lies. And I am one of those who was dumb enough to fall for them. Martins and Schimel are both disgraces to Long Island. They have sold out our teachers and our children. They have proven themselves dishonest and untrustworthy. They should be ashamed of themselves. Parents, we have but one weapon left. Refuse the tests. And when Martins and Schimel are up for re-election, make sure to send them home. Emily Kaye Roslyn Heights

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Obama negotiates bad deal with Iran

n Sunday March 29, I attended a public interdenominational dialogue and bagel breakfast hosted by the beautiful Temple Beth El, featuring the spiritual leaders of Great Neck’s “synagogue row:” Rabbis Tara & Meir Feldman of Temple Beth El (Reform), Rabbi Howard Stecker of Temple Israel (Conservative) and Rabbi Dale Polakoff of Great Neck Synagogue (Modern Orthodox). Hundreds of people attended, predominantly from Reform and Conservative congregations. The audience’s denominational and political affiliations were fairly representative of the affiliated American Jewish community at large. Before discussing the Temple Beth El event, let me digress to mention that the Zionist Organization of AmericaLong Island-Queens region and Great Synagogue Men’s Club are sponsoring a free event to which all in the community are welcome: an evening with former U.N. Ambassador and foreign policy expert honorable John Bolton, on Sunday evening May 3, at 7 p.m., at Great Neck Synagogue. The event at Temple Beth El began with Rabbis Feldman and Stecker expressing thankfulness for Rabbi Polakoff’s recovery from his heart attack last year. It was a heartwarming demonstration of caring across the Jewish denominational divides. The most fascinating part of the morning was an informal poll taken by Rabbi Stecker during Q&A, after an audience member asked: “How can Jews support Obama when Obama is negotiating a bad deal with Iran, which wants to kill us?” (The deal reportedly permits Iran to continue enriching uranium in impenetrable underground facilities, limits inspections, permits Iran’s continued development of more advanced centrifuges and ICBMs capable of reaching the U.S., and is time-limited – and would thus enable Iran to obtain nuclear weapons that endanger the entire world. Iran is now also insisting on immediate lifting of sanctions and refusing to ship enriched uranium out of the country.) In a brilliant move, Rabbi Stecker turned and asked the audience: “If you think that President Obama is not defending Israel sufficiently, please raise your hand.” About 80 to 85% of the audience promptly raised their hands. Rabbi Stecker then asked how many thought

that Pres. Obama is defending Israel sufficiently, and only about 15 to 20 percent of the audience members raised their hands. This informal poll indicated that President Obama’s appeasement of Iran, and six years of displays of hostility towards Jews, Israel, and Israel’s democratically elected leaders has had an impact, even among those predisposed to giving the president every benefit of the doubt. The Jewish community likely now realizes that, in addition to not defending Israel, the Obama administration actively interferes with Israel’s efforts to defend herself. The Obama administration publicly disclosed Israel’s nuclear secrets last week; thwarted Israel’s plans to remove the Iranian nuclear threat by leaking Israeli attack and refueling plans – and then reportedly gloated that it was too late for Israel to attack; demanded one-sided favorable-to-Hamas cease fires last summer while ignoring even-handed cease-fire proposals; stopped needed missile shipments to Israel while Hamas launched 4,000 rockets on innocent Israeli civilians last summer; repeatedly demands Israel’s retreat to the indefensible 1949 Armistice lines; repeatedly threatens to join anti-Israel U.N. actions; continually attempts to impose a Hamas-Fatah terrorist Palestinian state which would be another launching pad for rocket attacks on all of Israel; and repeatedly demands funding cuts to the joint Iron Dome programs. I wished that the rabbi had also asked the audience: “If you think that Pres. Obama is not defending America sufficiently, please raise your hand.” I imagine that the response would have been the same, because the Iranian nuclear threat is a threat to everyone here, particularly those in top target areas such as New York. Iran does not need ICBMs (inter-continental ballistic missiles) to nuke Israel; Iran is building and testing ICBMs to carry nuclear weapons to the United States. Coincidentally, the day before the Temple Beth El breakfast, a high-level defection exposed the Obama administration’s inimical role in the Iranian nuclear negotiations. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s close aide, journalist Amir Hossein Motaghi, who was covering the nuclear negotiations in Lausanne, defected from Iran and asked Swiss authorities to grant

him asylum – and revealed that the U.S. negotiating team is negotiating on Iran’s behalf. According to the British Telegraph newspaper, Motaghi “harshly criticized the American role in the [Iran nuclear] talks, saying the White House was attempting to persuade the other members of the P5+1 group of nations (US, England, France, Russia, China and Germany) to accept Iran’s point of view.” Montaghi stated: “The U.S. negotiating team is mainly there to speak on Iran’s behalf with other members of the 5+1 countries and convince them of a deal.” Montaghi repeated his assertions on opposition Iranian television. President Obama also recently cited a “fatwa” by Iranian Pres. Rouhani to try to persuade the other negotiators that Iran’s nuclear ambitions are peaceful. There were many other interesting aspects of the Temple Beth El breakfast. I will only mention a few (and will avoid mentioning a few comments that I disagreed with) in order to leave a little space to turn back to vital, timely Iran issues. Rabbis Tara Feldman and Dale Polakoff discussed the fear they feel from resurgent anti-Semitism. Rabbi Feldman mentioned Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sachs’ writings about contradictions inherent in anti-Semitism: for instance, Jews are hated both because supposedly they are rich and poor; communists and industrialists. All of the rabbis described the need to both “be there” for other groups when others are attacked, as well as to make sure to defend ourselves. Rabbi Tara Feldman mentioned that the local mosque displays anti-Semitic literature. She related many years of efforts to pursue Muslim-Jewish dialogue, but stated that dialogue cannot occur now when the mosque refuses to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish State. (My articles last month described how a recent Jewish-Muslim “dialogue” night at another local synagogue turned into an occasion for a leader of the Islamic Society of North America (an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holyland Hamas funding trial) to engage in one-sided Israel-bashing.) All of the rabbis agreed that groups that fail to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish State are outside of

bounds. (Incidentally, at the deceptive group J Street’s annual convention last week, the audience cheered when a women called for an end to Israel as a Jewish State, and proposed that Jews should live under Arab sovereignty.) Returning to the Iran threat: This past Friday, Great Neck’s Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, the Zionist Organization of America and other groups held a press conference outside senators Chuck Schumer’s and Kirsten Gillibrand’s Manhattan offices demanding that our senators commit to over-riding President Obama’s threatened veto of two key bills on Iran: (1) The “KirkMenendez” Bipartisan Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015, which imposes new sanctions on Iran if international negotiators fail to reach a nuclear deal by June 30; and (2) The “Corker-Menendez” Bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which requires the president to submit the text of any agreement with Iran to Congress and helps Congress to play its critical Constitutional and historic role of reviewing international treaties. Sen. Schumer thankfully signed on as a co-sponsor of these bills. Unfortunately, his co-sponsorship will ultimately be worthless if senators Schumer and Gillibrand refuse to commit to overriding the threatened presidential veto. These bills will not become law without a successful override vote. The Obama administration’s efforts to avoid Senate review and approval of the Iran deal are alarming. If the potential Iran deal were good for the U.S. and its allies, the Senate would readily approve the agreement. Thus, the Obama administration’s efforts to circumvent the U.S. Constitutional requirement to obtain the Senate’s advice and consent points to an inescapable conclusion: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was correct when he warned that the Iran deal is a very bad deal. It is thus imperative that our Senators commit to overriding a veto of the needed Iran legislation. Please remember to call or write to senators Schumer (202 2246542) and Gillibrand (202 224-4451) to urge them to override the president’s threatened veto. Elizabeth (Liz) Berney, Esq. Great Neck Long Island-Queens Exec. Director of the Zionist Organization of America

Pro choice position misrepresented

rederick Bedell’s letter in the April 3, 2015 Great Neck News makes a very valid point. Abortions may deprive the world of persons who might significantly contribute to mankind’s betterment. He states that

this is a fate which might have befallen him, yet he has led a long and productive life. I am surprised that he hasn’t seen the illogicality of his position. First, he informs us that as a child he was a stutterer, a slow learner, anemic and had asthma.

He then asserts that “....in today’s culture of death, would it not be considered inhuman (I think he means inhumane) to abort such a child.” Surely, Mr. Bedell is aware that those in the “right to choose” movement have never recommended that

children be aborted. So, since the maladies he speaks of, like being a stutterer and a slow learner, do not appear in the fetus, he had nothing to worry about. We live in a world where there are cogent arguments on

both sides of the abortion controversy, but making illogical statements does not advance Mr. Bedell’s cause. Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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G.N. schools lead in teaching Holocaust

story in the March 20, 2015 edition of the Great Neck News included a statement that only one course in the GNPS Great Neck Public School] District offers any instruction about the Holocaust, and that the topic is “glossed over” in other instances. I am anxious to correct this inaccuracy, and also to offer the community some additional information about the reprehensible incident that occurred earlier this month and is still a topic of great consternation to the district. First, to the curricular issue: The Holocaust as an historical event, and the implications of it, are dealt with in numerous course offerings across the district. Some preliminary research offered the following examples: • Grade 6: Studies of the Eastern Hemisphere include the content understanding that “The crime of genocide crosses cultures and eras. Jews and other groups experienced devastation at the hands of Nazi Germany.” • Grade 8: “The Nazi Holocaust - Hitler’s ‘Final Solution’; worldwide horror, human rights violations and the United States response to the Holocaust.” • Grades 9 and 10: Genocide and intolerance are explored in significant detail with respect to imperialism (examples - European in the Americas, Africa and the Pacific, Japan in Pacific). The Indian Wars in the United States are reviewed to consider whether

or not they fit within the definition of genocide. Studies from Grade 8 re: WWII and the holocaust in Europe under Nazi rule are studied in greater detail. • U.S. History and Government Grade 11: Genocide of Native Americans is connected to The Holocaust in addition to a study of WWII. • AP Psychology (Grades 11 and 12): Milgrams experiment on obedience and the Zimbardo prison experiment are connected to The Holocaust. • At South Middle, the school introduced the “Pyramid of Hate” to discuss The Holocaust, and start a broader conversation about genocide and showed Oprah’s interview with Eli Weisel at Auschwitz. • At North Middle School, English teachers do not teach a Holocaust unit or course, per se, but Holocaust literature appears throughout the curriculum, either in whole class reads, historical fiction units, book club books, Enriched books, or independent reading selections. Some of the titles include: “The Book Thief,” Zusak “Tunes for Bears to Dance to,” Cormier “Sarah’s Key”, de Rosnay “The Diary of a Young Girl,” Frank “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” Boyne “Number the Starts,” Lowry “The Upstairs Room,” Reiss Maus “I and IL Speigelman Milkweed,” Spinelli

• At the Village School there are 10 separate courses that offer instruction about The Holocaust and analyze it through literary, artistic and even musical lenses. • And, the course that was referenced as the curricular focus of the district is our “Facing History and Ourselves” elective. It is a nationally known and recognized curriculum that influences students’ lives in many ways. There are other instances, and other examples of curricular efforts that we make to educate students on The Holocaust. There are several pieces of literature that deal with the topic and they include the “Diary of Anne Frank,” “Night” and others. It would not be possible to read those texts without discussing the history of the event and analyzing the terrible consequences of the historical era. Our teachers do so very well. There have been dramatic productions that explore this historical era and have expanded upon it by connecting it to The Holocaust and other examples of genocide that have occurred in History. “The Diary of Anne Frank” was performed at South High School this year and other dramatic productions such as “The Laramie Project” have created connections with the broader topic of hatred and genocide. Clearly, our efforts at including this topic at numerous points in a student’s secondary experi-

ence exist and are well-executed by teachers. But, given the opportunity to address this incident one more time, I would encourage everyone to see the letter that I posted on the district website within hours of our discovery of the offensive posting, I would like to re-emphasize a few points made in that letter and also try to offer some other assurances about the District’s approach in dealing with such matters. I remind everyone that the student who committed this terrible act was a student in another Long Island public high school, and not subject to any disciplinary measure I might impose. We did promptly report the matter to the police and I spoke to the superintendent of that school district and identified the individual to her. One inquiry I have received is whether or not I would have pursued this as a disciplinary matter if it were a Great Neck student, and I am able to respond affirmatively because I have done so in the past. District policy (specifically our Code of Conduct) does allow for the school to impose consequences for something done outside the school day and our other policies make it clear that students are responsible for their postings on social media. We most certainly would have, and will in the future, pursue such a violation. The district has not forgotten this now two-week old incident and we are discussing how

it might be further explored and used as that “teaching moment” that you referenced in your editorial of March 27, 2015. That effort preceded that publication and will likely continue long after others have forgotten about the original incident. In preparing this letter, and collecting the specifics that allowed me to respond as I have, I was reminded in many ways of our need to broaden this conversation, rather than narrow it to one historical era, as awful as that period of time was. The lessons of The Holocaust are implicit in a wide range of other historical topics ranging from Rwanda to Cambodia to the experience of the Native American. We make a mistake when we focus on one event and fail to connect it to the rest of our experiences and the panoply of history. The Great Neck Public Schools are committed to that broader understanding as well as the specific topic that prompted this response. The district remains committed to creating and maintaining a safe environment for all students and adults who are a part of our school system. Further, we strive to be an institution that models behavior that can be respected and emulated in this larger community. Thomas P. Dolan, Ed.D Great Neck Superintendent of Schools

Religion should not dictate state laws

first want to say that I agree with and second the emotion about what Anna Friscia said in her Williston Times 3-152015 article about the Triborough Amendment. Unfortunately, enough of our elected officials are so unconcerned about justice that the people have had to bear this injustice for such a long time. Next item: Being that this weekend is so important to so many religious people, it is a good time to comment on the actions in Indiana and Arkansas by elected officials succumbing to religious pressure to make it legal for businesses to discriminate against certain lifestyles. To again bring up the subject of separation of church and state. State can only provide civil unions. Nothing more.

If a state so much as concerns itself about doing anything more than this, it is being influenced by church. It is interesting to note that due to the uproar that ensued following the actions in the two mentioned states how the politicians did their dance of reposturing though merely only to save their skin. Examining the definition of marriage in a couple of dictionaries revealed some interesting results. The word is a broadly used term. Even if two businesses join forces, that is sometimes said to be a marriage. No more need be said. There was also a comparison with matrimony and wedlock. If anyone wants to know more, look it up yourself. It was

however said that there is holy matrimony but never holy marriage. We live our existence with free will and every action has a consequence. I am not passing judgement on anyone. If they ‘make or break’, they bear the results. To put it another way, we know who said “A rose is a rose by any name.” If someone calls a rose a pig, one can do the sniff test: Sniff sniff! It smells like a rose. It must be a rose, To turn the story around, if a pig is called a rose, again the sniff test: Sniff sniff! Hmm! It doesn’t smell like a rose at all. Regarding the foregoing separation: If there is discrimination, state may and must step in and deal with it.

What also can be said is that many go to ‘church’ on Sunday (or whatever day) and go out on Monday (or whichever following day) and defraud their fellow human beings. Again, each will sometime bear the brunt of their actions. Just one other item for today: The Dutch, Hispanics, French and Italians came to our ‘new world’ before the British. This can be verified by seeing the names of the states, cities and rivers among other things and New York was New Amsterdam. The British have a reputation of subjecting others. Perhaps they thought they could take over this ‘new world’ and get a lot more subjects. Those who were here were not interested in being subjects and

won the revolution. Now the British have their new princess by marriage who is expecting for the second time. There are many here who are fawning over her. If they want to be subjects, they are free to go back over there any time. There are many who came here with the idea of having an elitist country which is in opposition to what The Statue of Liberty symbolizes. For some time no immigrants were wanted from Southern Europe. It is interesting how some things end up. The two New World continents being named after an Italian. Possibly forever. Charles Samek Mineola

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Plaza trustees take advantage of seniors

write this letter in response to Nina K. Gordon, who has materially misstated nearly every fact on the subjects of how village elections are conducted and how absentee ballots are provided in her letter published on April 3, 2015, thus misleading many readers. I wonder if Ms. Gordon actually read the column and letter she cites. If she did, she would know that, when asked by the reporter, I specifically stated that I did not believe Mr. Schneiderman had anything to do with the absentee ballots or the scam central to those pieces. This in and of itself undercuts Ms. Gordon’s credibility,

which is quite thin from the outset. The biggest error Ms. Gordon makes, undermining the merit of most everything she has to say, is that our Plaza Village Trustee elections are not conducted by the County – at all (her arguments all hinge on her incorrect assertion that they ARE run by the County). Plaza Village elections are conducted by the Village Clerk, not the County. A simple call to our Plaza Clerk, Pat, or to the County, by anyone who wishes to fact-check me will confirm this. Therefore, Ms. Gordon’s rant about the machinations of the County have absolutely nothing to do with the

March 18 election or its ballots, demonstrating her ignorance and undermining her credibility. Ms. Gordon’s final shred of scant credibility is lost when she asserts that absentee ballots are only requested and provided by mail. In fact, the state, the county, and village allow a voter to designate person(s) to hand deliver the request and/or the ballot for the voter, if the voter so elects. Any reader can fact-check me by contacting those entities or going online. Therefore, the entire first half of Ms. Gordon’s letter is nullified by the facts and is without merit. The balance of her letter

is just disturbing – especially the part where she states that Atria Residents refer to elected officials, politicians, by terms of endearment! That alone is a big, red flag screaming “undue influence!” That seniors are susceptible to such undue influence is not my own conjecture. There is an entire area of legal practice – elder law – that exists and thrives in large part because seniors are indeed preyed upon by unscrupulous persons and organizations. So, to label me as “anti-senior” for making that statement is just plain ridiculous – the fact that seniors are victimized is so

well-settled that there is an entire body of law, and lawyers, protecting them from such victimization. Perhaps I should hire one to investigate the goings-on at the Atria if someone like Ms. Gordon can be employed there for a term of years. P.S. I’ve been to several board meetings now. Not once has Karen Rubin been present. Therefore, I don’t think she’s qualified to write any more columns about the goings on in the Plaza until she starts attending some meetings. Jonathan Stein Great Neck Plaza

Back bill to aid volunteer responders

n January 14, 2015, shortly after our 114th Congress convened, Congressman David McKinley, of West Virginia, introduced Bill H.R. 343 in our House of Representatives. Kudos to Congressman McKinley! Essentially, Bill H.R. 343 (Volunteer Emergency Responders Tax Deduction Act) seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a charitable deduction for the service of volunteer firefighters, emergency medical technicians, ambulance corps’ members, and other rescue personnel. Eight bipartisan members of our House of Representatives, from seven states, co-sponsored H.R. 343. Currently, H.R. 343 appears

to be languishing in our House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee. Knowing how valuable our volunteer emergency responders are to all members of our local communities, I believe it behooves each of us to show our gratitude to our volunteers by helping move this important bill towards fruition. Towards this end, it would be helpful if each of us contacted his Congressman and urged him to help get H.R. 343 released from the House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee. Once released from committee, H.R. 343 can be put on the House of Representatives’ calendar to be voted upon, debated, or amended. It seems our 113th Congress allowed H.R. 5811, the predeces-

sor-version of H.R. 343, to die in committee in our House of Representatives. In my opinion, it would be a travesty…and, a great disservice to all our volunteer emergency responders if H.R. 343 were to be allowed to die in committee, once again. Our volunteer emergency responders are always there for us….I believe we should all be there to support H.R. 343 to help them at this juncture in time. Throughout the almost 35 years that I have lived in East Williston, I, continually, have been in awe of the major, personal sacrifices made by our East Williston Fire Department’s volunteers on behalf of our community 24/7, 365 days of the year. When called in the dark of night while sleeping or, when called in the light of day, while

in the midst of a family celebration, our emergency volunteers have responded immediately and without hesitation leaving family and comfort behind in order to help neighbors in dire need of immediate assistance. In doing so, our volunteers have placed their own needs “on the back burner” and their own safety “on the line” to assist other residents. It is my belief that all volunteer emergency responders both locally and throughout our great country…should be given the ability to take a charitable deduction for a portion of their altruistic, voluntary services as volunteer firefighters, emergency medical technicians, ambulance corps’ members, and other rescuers. I would ask, again, that all

residents contact their Congressmen and urge them to help get H.R. 343 released from our House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee. Once released from committee, H.R. 343 can be put on the House of Representatives’ calendar to be voted upon, debated, or amended. Our volunteer emergency responders do not ever hesitate to help us whenever they are called upon for assistance. I believe that, now, each of us should not hesitate to support our volunteer emergency responders by helping get Bill H.R. 343 released from committee…. and moved towards passage. Kathy Rittel East Williston

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Local artists take a look in the mirror for the The Huntington Arts Council’s new exhibit, “I See Me” a Self-Portrait Show, which opens this weekend at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main Street HuntingTop: Beth Costello: 2nd Place. “No Language Barriers Here” ; Bottom left: William Grabowski: 1st Place, “Past Tense” ; Bottom ton. “’I See Me’, the exhibition ... employs right: Margaret Minardi: 3rd Place. “Self Portrait” the very interesting and up-to-the-minute concept ... The Selfie ... with the theme of self-portraits,” said Linda Louis, member of the HAC Board of Directors and Exhibition Committee. “And it seems to have touched the funny bone of a lot of artists who had a really good time picturing themselves in interesting, psychologically insightful and incredibly artful ways.” Juried by Lynn Rozzi, the ‘I See Me’ prospectus requested artists to respond to the challenge of sharing their interpretation of questions and statements behind self-portraiture; “Who are you? How do you see yourself? Let everyone in on your personal vision of you. Self-portraits rule the day!” The response, reflected in the exhibition of works, consists of a diverse mix of media including, but not limited to oil, digital photo, watercolor, graphite/gouche, ink and pastels. Rozzi is the director of the Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery at Nassau Community College. She received her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from C.W. Post College and her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Rozzi is a photographer who exhibits her work, teaches courses and lectures on contemporary art and the transformative power of art. son, Pamela Best, Marlene Bezich, Elizabeth Cassidy, Beth Chuck Von Schmidt, Pamela Waldroup, Lois V.Walker, “I See Me” will be on display in the Main Street Gallery from the opening through April 27. Costello, Katherine Criss, Judith Davidson, Jessica Dayan, Randy Weisbin, Fahiym Williams Special acknowledgement goes to: William GrabowsThe Main Street Gallery hours are Monday - Friday from Emily Eisen, Paul David Elsen, Jessica Faro, Jim Finlayson, Nicole Franz, Susan Geffken Burton,William Grabowski, ki, First Place “Past Tense” - Digital Photo; Beth Costello, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 12 to 4 p.m.. The opening reception for The Huntington Arts Coun- Donna Grossman, Dan Guido, Kirsten Hadjoglou, Rodee Second Place “No Language Barriers Here” - Ink/Oil Pascil’s new exhibit, “I See Me” a Self-Portrait Show will be Hansen, Samantha Hernandez, Sofie Hoff, Lori Horowitz, tel/Paper on Panels; and Margaret Minard, Third Place held Friday, April 10, from 6 to 9 p.m. All are welcome Caroline Isacsson, Kate Kelly, Lauren Miceli, Margaret “Self Portrait” - Colored Pencil For additional information on the exhibit and other Minardi, Denis Ponsot, Robin Rosen-O’Leary, Lauren Ruiz, to attend. The participating artists are: Anu Annam, Christo- Jim Scovel, Constance Sloggatt Wolf, Jackie Stevens, Jan- Huntington Arts Council events visit www.huntingtonpher Arvans, Robyn Bellospirito, Mark Belton, David Ben- ice Sztabnik, Bobbie Turner, Tracy Vaccarino-Guzzardi, arts.org or call HAC at (631) 271-8423.

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Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m. RAeL - the music of Genesis The Space At Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Rael is a Genesis tribute band focused on faithfully reproducing full album versions from the Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett era. their performances include tracks from the albums Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling england by the Pound, the lamb lies down on Broadway and a trick of the tail.

Wednesday, April 15 - Friday, April 17, 8 p.m. Jeff Beck The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com one of the most influential guitar players of the rock-n-roll era, the iconic Jeff Beck will play a three-night stint in Huntington - the first time the Paramount has presented a single artist on three consecutive nights. Beck has twice been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with the yardbirds in 1992 and as a solo artist in 2009.

Sunday, April 12, 4 p.m. the Price Is Right Live Stage Show NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. (516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com C’mon down! everyone’s favorite game show is on its way to westbury, along with the chance to win cash or prizes we’ve given away. alongside a special celebrity host, randomly-selected Sebastian Maniscalco contestants will get a chance to play games like Plinko, Cliffhangers, the Big wheel and even the Friday, April 10, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. fabulous Showcase. Saturday, April 11, 7 & 10 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 3 p.m. Sebastian maniscalco the Gershwin Project Governors’ Comedy Club The Madison Theatre At Molloy College 90 Division Ave. Levittown 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre (516) 731-3358 (516) 323-4444 • http://madisontheatreny.org http://tickets.govs.com/index.cfm legendary pianist Peter Nero, winner of two Sebastian maniscalco’s career caught fire when Grammy awards, will pay tribute to the life and he appeared in the film “Vince Vaughn’s wild works of George Gerwshin when he performs west Comedy Show” and has since been nomi“the Gershwin Project” at the madison theatre. nated for the 2014 american Comedy award for on tap will be some of Gershwin’s best loved Best Club Comedian and has appeared on “the songs from musicals and films Strike Up the late, late Show with Craig Ferguson”, “lopez Band, Porgy and Bess, Funny Face and Girl tonight”, “Conan” and “the tonight Show with Crazy. Jay leno”.

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

Spatchcook chicken demystified

Menu Serves 4 Spatchcook Chicken with Mixed Roasted Vegetables and Potato Salad* Easy Ice Cream Sandwiches *Recipe Not Given

Spatchcook Chicken CHICKEN: BRINING LIQUID 1 - 3 to 4 lb young chicken Water to cover 1 orange 1/4 cup sea salt Spray Oil VEGETABLES: 4 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks 3 celery stalks, cleaned and cut into chunks 2 onions, peeled, quartered 3 potatoes, washed and cut into eights

chicken and serve with vegetables. Enjoy..... Easy Ice Cream Sandwiches 8 Homemade or store bought chocolate chip cookies (I like Tate’s) 8 oz Chocolate Ice Cream,

softened 3 oz Slivered Almonds 1. Scoop 2 oz. of ice cream onto each of 4 cookies. Top with other cookie and squish a little bit. 2. Roll sandwiches in almonds and freeze on a tray until serving.

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TO SPATCHCOOK THE CHICKEN: 1. Take your chicken and turn it breast side down. Find the spine and with a poultry shears, cut along both sides of the spine and remove the back bone.

VEGETABLE RECIPE: 1. Heat oven to 450 degrees. 2. Spray a large cast iron pan with olive oil. Add potatoes and onion and roast for 30 minutes. 3. Add celery and carrots and stir. Gently place the chicken TO BRINE THE CHICKEN: breast side down on the vegetables 1. Place the chicken in a large and roast the chicken and vegbowl. Cover with water, add salt etables for 30 minutes. and one orange, cut in half and 4. Flip the chicken so it is gently squeezed. breast side up and roast until gold2. Let the chicken brine for 12 en brown, about 1/2 hour more. to 24 house. Chicken should be 160 degrees 3. When ready to cook, and the juices in the thigh, when remove the chicken from the brine priced, should run clear. and proceed with vegetable recipe. 5. To Serve - Carve the

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Author talk at Clark Botanic Garden Author Nancy Peterson Hill, discusses her new book “ A Very Private Public Citizen: The Life of Grenville Clark” Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m. at the Clark House on the grounds of Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I.U. Willets Road in Albertson. Behind Batman stood Alfred. Behind James Bond stood Q. And behind some of the most influential figures of the past century, from presidents to diplomats to Supreme Court justices, stood Grenville Clark. A New York-born lawyer, activist, and advisor, Clark championed academic freedom, fought a successful public battle with good friend Franklin Roosevelt over FDR’s attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court, and worked closely with the NAACP to uphold civil rights during the tumultuous 1950s and ‘60s. He devoted his final decades to a quest for world peace through limited but enforceable world law.

Hill is a writer and administrator of Diastole Scholars’ Center, a nonprofit conference center, art gallery, and event space affiliated with the University of MissouriKansas City. She also serves on the board of the Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation, a U.S./China friendship group and is active in cross-cultural activities in Kansas City and China. She lives in Kansas City, Mo.

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Garden to present live animal show “Ranger Powers’ Live Animal Show” is coming to Clark Botanic Garden on Sunday, April 19 from 2 to 3 p.m., giving children the opportunity to interact with live animals. Admission is $5. Ranger Eric Powers engages children in educational discussions about animals, nature, and the environment, and introduces them to hedgehogs, skinks, tarantulas, tortoises and snakes. “The addition of this show to our already outstanding Parks Department activity lineup promises to motivate our youth to understand the importance of the environment in a fun and engaging

way,” said Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “There’s nothing like a hands-on experience to help children learn.” Ranger Powers operates the Long Island-based company “Your Connection to Nature,” which aims to increase young people’s appreciation for nature through intriguing educational activities, trips and workshops. Look for Ranger Powers in a new nature series on North Hempstead TV that teaches kids about preserving the environment. For more information, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311 or go online to northhempsteadny.gov.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet. org Friday, April 10, 7 p.m. Imagination Movers Sunday, April 12, 3 p.m. The Bronx Wanderers Friday, April 17, 8 p.m. Rhiannon Giddens Saturday, April 18, 8 p.m. Fatoumata Diawara Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m. Pasek and Paul & Friends Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m. Tom Arnold Friday, May 16, 8 p.m. Megan Hilty Saturday, June 13, 8 p.m. Jessie Mueller and Jarrod Spector GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m. Furman Film Series: Iris Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m. Furman Film Series: The Prime Ministers: Soldiers and Peacemakers The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury. com Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m. RAEL - The Music of Genesis Thursday, April 23 8 p.m. Steve Winwood Sunday, April 26, 2 & 8 p.m. Miranda Sings Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m. The Fab Faux with the Hogshed Horns and the Crème Tangerine Strings Friday, May 15, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m. Dark Star Ochestra Tuesday, May 19, 8 p.m. Jason Isbell and Special Guest Craig Finn NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http://www. nassaucoliseum.com Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m. Friday, April 17, 3 & 7 p.m. Disney Live! Presents Three Classic Fairy Tales Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m. Nitro Circus Live Wednesday, May 20, 7:30 p.m. The Who Hits 50! Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m. New Kids On The Block with

special guests TLC and Nelly Wednesday, July 1, 7:30 p.m. Shania Twain NYCB THeatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. (516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury. com Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m. Tom Wopat & John Schneider: Return Of The Dukes Sunday, April 12, 4 p.m. The Price Is Right Live Stage Show Friday, April 17, 8 p.m. Bob Saget Friday, April 24, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m. The Beach Boys & America Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m. Bill O’Reilly & Dennis Miller Saturday, May 9, 12 p.m. Heather Henson’s Sing Along with The Muppet Movie Saturday, May 9, 7 & 10 p.m. The truTV Impractical Jokers “Where’s Larry” Tour Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m. Don Rickles Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m. 70’s Soul Jam Nassau county museum of art 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn (516) 484-9338 • http://nassaumuseum.org MAIN GALLERIES March 21 to July 12, 2015 Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting This presentation highlights patrons’ numerous gifts to the Museum over the last quarter century, many of which have never, or rarely, been exhibited. Each gallery space within this multifaceted presentation will focus on different themes such as past and present portraiture, paintings and objects by Louis Comfort Tiffany, post-war prints and vintage posters of many eras. 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. 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. Ongoing Sculpture Park Approximately 40 works, many of them monumental in size, by renowned artists including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterness, George Rickey and Mark DiSuvero among others, are situated to interact with nature on the museum’s magnificent 145-acre property. Walking Trails The museum’s 145 acres include many marked nature trails through the woods, perfect for family hikes or independent exploration. Gardens From restored formal gardens of historic importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre property features many lush examples of horticultural arts. Come view our expanded gardens and beautiful new path to the museum. EVENTS FILM March 21-July 12 Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m., 12, 1, 3 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m., 12 p.m. Drawn from Nature From PBS’ American Masters series, Drawn from Nature presents the dramatic life story of naturalist John James Audubon, an adventurer and self-taught artist who saw more of the North American continent than virtually anyone of his time (1785-1851). A symbol of the American wilderness, Audubon’s achievements are staggering: His book The Birds of America, for which he served as artist, writer, publisher and promoter, includes 435 life-sized prints and was the largest book printed in the 19th century. Free with Museum admission. FOR THE FAMILY Sundays, 1-4 p.m., Family Tour at 1 p.m. April 12, 26 Family Sundays at the Museum Converse, collaborate and create together during Family Sundays from 1 to 4 pm. Family Sundays begin with exhibition-based gallery conversations. Families then go on to explore new art materials, vocabulary and Continued on Page 44

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OPTIONS ABOUND WHEN LAYING A NEW DRIVEWAY

driveway is more than just a place to park your car. The right driveway material can add considerable curb appeal to your home, increasing its resale value along the way. Homeowners have many options at their disposal when choosing a driveway material, and the right material for one home may not be the best fit for another. The following is a rundown of popular driveway surfaces and what homeowners can expect of each of them.

Brick

Many homeowners believe brick driveways provide the most aesthetic appeal, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to argue with the beauty of brick driveways and walkways. Brick driveways come in various colors and hues, and many homeowners opt to have the color of their brick driveways match their landscaping, which further adds to

are somewhat common, but resealing such blemishes once every three to five years is typically enough to maintain the appearance of an asphalt driveway.

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curb appeal. But that curb appeal is only appealing if the driveway is designed and installed correctly, and homeowners can expect to pay a premium for that, as brick driveway installation is very labor intensive.

Gravel

Gravel driveways may not be as commonplace as they once were, but this cost effective driveway material is still an option. Homeowners

who live in regions with mild winters without snow might benefit most from gravel driveways, which can be difficult to negotiate when shoveling snow. Gravel tends to be the least expensive driveway material to install, but professionals may recommend that a new top layer of gravel be laid once or twice a year to replace material lost to wind and everyday usage.

Asphalt

Asphalt remains a popular driveway material, thanks in large part to its practicality and ease of installation. Unlike other driveway surface materials, asphalt is available in just one color, black, and that lack of versatility has led many homeowners to consider other options. But asphalt remains an affordable driveway surface material thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relatively easy to repair. Cracks and holes in asphalt

Concrete driveways are popular thanks in large part to their affordability and aesthetic appeal. Concrete can be susceptible to extremely cold weather, but many homeowners prefer concrete because of its versatility. Concrete can be stamped or dyed to provide a unique look, which can increase curb appeal. Concrete can be expensive to maintain, particularly when the material cracks. In addition, gas and oil spills are more noticeable on a concrete surface than other driveway surface materials. When replacing an existing driveway, homeowners have an array of new surface materials to choose from, and each material has its pros and cons.

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Hofstra to present spring Dance Concert Hofstra University’s Dance Program will debuts its annual Spring Dance Concert at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse on Thursday, April 16 with two shows at 2 and 8 p.m. Two shows will follow on Friday, April 17 with one show at 2 p.m. on both Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20. Hofstra faculty choreographers include Robin Becker, Stormy Brandenberger, Anita Feldman, Ellie Kusner, and Heather Waldon. This year’s spring concert features guest choreographer Earl Mosley, founder and artistic director of the not-for-profit Diversity of Dance, Inc. and its programs: Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts (EMIA) and Hearts of Men (HOM). EMIA is celebrating its 10th season as one of the nation’s leading new summer intensives, serving more than 175 students annually. In 2014, HOM launched its very successful inaugural season as a summer intensive serving more than 50 male dancers of all ages in an intergenerational community of brotherhood through dance. Mosely has taught at some of the most noted conservatories and institutions of higher learning, including Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, the Joffrey Ballet School, SUNY/Purchase, Ohio Uni-

versity, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Yale University. He is currently on the faculty of Montclair State University, New York University and the Ailey School. Mosley was named Teacher of the Year by Dance Teacher magazine in 2005. He will be a part of the Brooklyn Dance Festival in April 2015, having a new work performed at BAM’s Fisher Theater and the Summer Stage NYC Series, June 20, 2015. The Pieces: “Come As You Are” is a new work choreographed by Heather Waldon. She comments: “About the time I joined Boston Ballet, Grunge was emerging and becoming influential. I often found myself listening to Nirvana on my Walkman while preparing for ballets like Swan Lake – an interesting juxtaposition. While I loved the rawness and growling sounds of Grunge, I was also attracted to other artists of that time who experimented and created their own signature works. “Come As You Are” is a collage of influences.” Robin Becker has restaged “Doorways,” originally created in 1994. During the development of the choreography, the dancers explored various portals or doorways to relationship: relationships with

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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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Great Neck Library Great Neck Library Board of Trustees Budget Hearing and Adoption The Great Neck Library Board of Trustees will hold a Budget Hearing and Adoption for the Library’s 2015/16 Budget on Tuesday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Parkville Branch Library, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park 11040. All are welcome. New Beginnings 50 Plus Singles with Marla Matthews at Station Branch Library Join Marla Matthews, social worker, group facilitator, and television talk show host of The Relationship Journey in a discussion, social and support group for divorced, widowed, single adults, empty nesters, age 50 Plus who would like a new beginning on Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch Library, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck shopping center, above Waldbaum’s and Planet Fitness. Make new friends, network and learn new skills towards reinventing yourself

with inspiration and hope for the future. Great Neck Library Celebrates LI Reads The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman Performance as Radio Drama and Book Discussions Come join the Library in celebration of this year’s LI Reads book choice, Alice Hoffman’s The Museum of Extraordinary Things. From the beloved, bestselling author of The Dovekeepers, Alice Hoffman has written a mesmerizing new novel about the electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century. The Library has three programs planned. The opening event will be a Reading in the style of Radio Drama performed by David Houston and Diana Heinlein, adapted by David Houston from the book by Alice Hoffman. Enjoy these excerpts from Alice Hoffman’s spellbinding novel, The Mu-

seum of Extraordinary Things, presented as radio drama with effects and the music of early 20th Century New York, on Monday, April 13 at 2:00 p.m. at the Station Branch Library, 26 Great Neck Road (upper level), Gardens at Great Neck shopping center. David Houston has appeared in leading roles in scores of plays and musicals. He is a published and produced writer of fiction and non-fiction. His other performance readings in the Join the Great Neck Library’s celebration of LI Reads 2015: style of radio drama Alice Hoffman’s The Museum of include Steinbeck’s Travels With Charlie Extraordinary Things. and the trial from To The Museum of ExtraordiKill A Mockingbird. nary Things, led by Head Diana Heinlein has acted Reference Librarian Margery in a vast number of leading Chodosch, on Tuesday, and featured roles in plays April 14 at 2 p.m. at the that include Brighton Beach Station Branch Library, 26 Memoirs, Barefoot in the Great Neck Road. She will Park and The Odd Couple, also lead a book discussion and played Annie Sullivan in on Thursday, April 16 at 2 The Miracle Worker. p.m. at the Parkville Branch The second program will Library, 10 Campbell Street be a book discussion of

(off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park 11040. For book discussion registration, call (516) 466-8055, ext. 218 for Station, ext. 271 for Parkville or register online. Socrates Salon with Ron Gross at Station Branch Join the conversation about Sharing Our Spirituality at the next Socrates Salon with Ron Gross on Friday, April 17 at 3 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck shopping center. April is a month of renewal – ranging from the religious to the natural – including Easter, Passover, and Earth Day. Think about your own spiritual path and learn how others connect with higher and deeper values. Socrates Salon sessions are informed by Ron Gross’ work at Columbia University as co-chair of the University Seminar on Innovation, and inspired by his book about the patron saint of conversation, Socrates’ Way, which has been published in 26 countries including China, Russia, Mexico, and Greece.

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Take a Spring Seasonal Stroll in Kings Point Park on Sunday. Job Fair 2015 Attend the Park District Job Fair, Tuesday, April 21 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Great Neck House, 14 Arrandale Avenue. You will find many seasonal/part-time jobs available at Parkwood Pool, Indoor/Outdoor Tennis, Camps/Pre-school, Recreation, Marina/Sailing Director, Summer Performing Arts, Parks, Security, Office/Clerical; also College Internships available. Pickup an application, schedule an interview or have one on-the-spot. Everyone over the age of 16, with a wide range of schedules, is wel-

come to apply. The Great Neck Park District is an equal opportunity employer. For more information call (516) 487-7665. Nature Program: Spring Seasonal Stroll Sunday, April 12, at 1 p.m., Meet in Kings Point Park; first lot at the Steamboat Road entrance. No children under 16 years of age are permitted to attend. Weekend Movie at Great Neck House Spinning Plates (2012) will be shown at Great Neck House Friday, April 10 at

8 p.m.; Saturday, April 11 at 5 & 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. The film is directed by Joseph Levy and stars Grant Achatz, Cindy Breitbach and Mike Breitbach. This is a documentary about three unique restaurants and their respective owners. The film runs 93 minutes. Admission requires a park card. Sunday @ 3 Series Anne Tormela will perform at Great Neck House, Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m. A native New Yorker, Ms. Tormela specializes in bel-

canto, operatic and early music styles. She is an accomplished concert recitalist and has performed all over the world in Germany, Italy, France, Sweden, Israel and the United States. In May of 2012, Ms. Tormela was a guest soloist in Italy with the Civitanova Marche Orchestra. She made her debut recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and received a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to perform a solo recital in their concert series in Bellagio, Italy. She was a two time recipient of a full scholarship to perform at the International Vocal Arts Institute in Israel. In June of 2014 Ms. Tormela covered the role of Elisabetta in Donizetti’s (Roberto Devereux) at Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York under the baton of Maestro Eve Queler. Admission requires a park card. Bruins Try-Outs The Bruins Hockey Try-Outs at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink will take place on the following dates: Tuesday, April 14 & Thursday, April 16: Squirts (9-10 yrs.): 6:45-7:45 p.m., PeeWees (11-12 yrs.): 8-9 p.m.; Tuesday, April 21 & 28: Bantams (13-14 yrs.): 5:45-6:45 p.m., Midget 16U (15-16 yrs.): 7-8 p.m.,

Midget 18U (17-18 yrs.): 8:15-9:15 p.m.; Thursday, April 23:Bantams: 6:457:45 p.m., Midget 16 U: 8-9 p.m., Midget 18U: 9:15-10:15 p.m. No try-out fee for Great Neck Park District residents. Non-resident fee is $60 for Squirts and PeeWees; $85 for Bantams, Midget 16U and Midget 18U. Call (516) 487-2976, Ext

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Enjoy light refreshments and stimulating conversation. Topics are announced one month before the Salon. Please arrive early. Due to limited seating, there will be no admittance past 3:15 p.m. 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.

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, 2015 Moorings Available at Steppingstone Marina There are deep water moorings available for the 2015 season at beautiful Steppingstone Marina on Long Island Sound where there is easy access to City Island restaurants, New York Harbor and western Long Island. Launch service is available. Early morning launch hours available. A complete launch schedule, can be picked up at Great Neck House and at the Marina. The cost to Park District residents is $15 per foot of boat length. Moorings are available on a first-come, first-served basis. A limited number of moorings will be made available to out-of-district residents for an additional fee. Also available are ramp use permits (non-resident fee applies) and beach boat registration (residents only). For further information, please call Great Neck House at (516) 482-0355.

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Cyber security expert Art to be displayed to speak at temple in Plaza courtroom berspace (for President The third season Bush 43). On Counterof The Emanuel Series, terrorism, Clarke was the presented by Stephen senior U.S. government C. Widom Cultural Arts, official under three presicontinues at Temple dents (Bush, Clinton, Emanuel of Great Neck Bush) over the course on Sunday, April 19, at of an unprecedented 3 p.m., when Richard A. eleven years of continuClarke offers a lecture ous White House service. entitled “Confronting the He was one of the first Threats of Cyber War & officials to identify the Terrorism—And Getting threat from al Qaeda and It Right!” to plan and direct actions Richard Clarke’s against it. He was the naname is synonymous tional crisis manager on with both Cyber Security 9-11. and Counter-terrorism. Tickets are $15 or He was the first ever Richard A. Clarke 2@$25. To purchase Special Advisor on Cyberspace Security to the president of the tickets and for further information about United States and wrote the National Plan special discounts, call (516) 482-5701. Temple Emanuel of Great Neck is lofor Cyber Security (for President Clinton) and the National Strategy to Secure Cy- cated at 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck.

Artists from the Great Neck Public Schools Adult Community Education Center, under the tutelage of Mina Rabbani, will have their artwork displayed in the Village of Great Neck Plaza courtroom gallery as part of the Plaza’s monthly art exhibit. An Artist Reception, “Mina Rabbani’s Student Art Exhibition,” will be held in the Village Hall court room on Wednesday, April 15 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Members of the public are invited to come and meet the artists and view their work. The show is free and open to the public. The artists from the Great Neck Adult Community Education Center will have their work on display through April 30th during Village office hours, Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Rabbani has taught at the Adult Program since 1988. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries locally,

in Iran, and at the Ziba Gallery (Vancouver, British Columbia), and reviewed by Art Speak and Newsday. At the Adult Program, Rabbani teaches “Painting in Acrylic and Oil” and “Painting: Intermediate and Advanced.” Beginning students learn the fundamentals, from laying out a palette to using color, form, shading, space, texture, and composition, to create successful pieces. Simple still life examples are used, progressing to complex compositions. Intermediate and advanced students work in their medium of choice to develop a personal style of expression. Subjects include still life, landscape, and the figure in pastels, acrylic or oil paint, paper or canvas. Rabbani provides guidance, demonstrations and individual attention throughout. Call (516) 441-4949 to register for classes or for more information.

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Board Commends South High Students One-hundred eight South High School students were recently recognized by the Board of Education for contributing to the quality of life at their school. Student honorees, in alphabetical order, are: Elora Aclin, Robert Altheim, Christine An, Su Yeon (Rachel) An, Jonathan Arevalo, Gina-Gail Auslander, Kalliopi Belitsis, Elan Bolender, Orly Bolender, Claudia Byer-Tyre, Melora Chang, Wanqing Chen, Angela Chi, Andrew Cohen, Gianna Coluccio, Kaitlyn Cusumano, Peter Daian, Danielle Del Ponte, Elisabeth Dimitratos, Katherine Dimitratos, Stephen Dong, Jack Doremus, Hayden Edelson, Sophie Feldman, Gianna Ferrante, Merdeck Fowler, Jr., Yannick Gata, Patricia Giogaia, Deborah Glick, Annabelle Golden, Ji Ann Greenberg, Jasmine Guillen, Noah Harouche, Elroy Herrera, Qiang Qian Huang, Jennifer Huertero, Yun Seong Ji, Anna Kaczmarski, Jay Kim, Lily Kimmel, Samantha Klainberg, Elias Kokalis, Brett Kolodny, Nicole Kuzler, Marilyn La, Brooke Labonski, Bryce Labonski, Rachel Lau, Allan Lee, Benjamin Lee, Gloria Lee, Frederick Leighton, Casey Li, Sijia Li, Allisen Lichtenstein, Alexander Lim, Hallie Liman, Ashlee Low, Liliana Majano, Isabella Malfi, Jeremy Maybaum, MonaLisa Mdachi, Kimberly Mishra, Allyson Mittler, Josette Molina, Ryan Motchkavitz, Maxwell Nettler, Maia Pavlovic, Hamsavardhaan Pillai, Yifan Qing, Mengdi Qiu, Luis G. Ramirez, Luis A. Ramirez, Kulsoom Rasheed, Jacob Rigos, Abraham Rosloff, Julia Rossiello, Faisal Salam, Cristobal Saravia, Ryan Savell, Rebecca Schifilliti, Andrew Schneider, Ethan Schonhaut, Serena Shen, Robin Shum, Rena Slavin, Jessica Sorkin, Haley Strongin, Caroline Ta, Kathryn Taffet, Katie Tan, Betsy Tanenbaum, Christine Vissichelli, Jessica Vissichelli, Ethan Volk, Madeline Walker, Gabriella Wong, Jordan Wong, Yorana Wu, Sherry Yang, Siyang Yao, Jinge Luna Ye, Kimberly Yee, Jennifer York, Hanna Zaretsky, Amanda Zeitlin, Christopher Zheng, and Jay Zussman. Joining them are Board of Education members (President Barbara Berkowitz, Vice President Lawrence Gross, and Trustees Donald Ashkenase, Monique Bloom, and Susan Healy), and school and district administrators. (Photo by Irwin Mendlinger)

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Iran deal framework merits support If you would take Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his word, Iran was only months away from having a nuclear weapon. And that was under the strictest economic sanctions regime possible. During George W. Bush’s tenure, Iran went from having virtually no centrifuges to having 20,000. The Stuxnet computer virus attack in 2010 only set Iran’s nuclear program back a short time. So wouldn’t it make sense to implement a protocol that would, for the first time, dismantle Iran’s nuclear weapons program, provide for the strictest monitoring and the most stringent transparency ever all along the supply chain toward a nuclear weapon? That ties lifting sanctions with compliance and that would, enable sanctions to be reimposed if Iran was found to be in violation of any prescription? That’s the historic agreement that the U.S.-led negotiations with Iran would produce: a framework that is realistic both in recognizing and managing the risks and being acceptable to both sides. Consider the alternatives. As President Obama put it (and no one has actually contradicted): “For the fact is, we only have three options for addressing Iran’s nuclear program. First, we can reach a robust and verifiable deal - like this one - and peacefully prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

“The second option is we can bomb in the face of unprecedented sanctions. “Should negotiations collapse beIran’s nuclear facilities, thereby starting another war in the Middle East, and set- cause we, the United States, rejected ting back Iran’s program by a few years what the majority of the world considers - in other words, setting it back by a frac- a fair deal, what our scientists and nucletion of the time that this deal will set it ar experts suggest would give us confiback. Meanwhile we’d ensure that Iran dence that they are not developing a nuclear weapon, it’s doubtful would race ahead to try that we can even keep our and build a bomb. current international sanc“Third, we could pull tions in place. out of negotiations, try to “So when you hear get other countries to go the inevitable critics of the along and continue sancdeal sound off, ask them a tions that are currently in simple question: Do you place or add additional really think that this veriones, and hope for the best fiable deal, if fully imple- knowing that every time mented, backed by the we have done so, Iran has world’s major powers, is not capitulated but instead KAREN RUBIN a worse option than the has advanced its program, Pulse of the Peninsula risk of another war in the and that in very short orMiddle East? Is it worse der, the breakout timeline would be eliminated and a nuclear arms than doing what we’ve done for almost race in the region could be triggered be- two decades, with Iran moving forward cause of that uncertainty. In other words, with its nuclear program and without rothe third option leads us very quickly bust inspections? I think the answer will back to a decision about whether or not be clear. “Remember, I have always insisted to take military action, because we’d have no idea what was going on inside of Iran. that I will do what is necessary to prevent “Iran is not going to simply dismantle Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, its program because we demand it to do and I will. But I also know that a diploso. That’s not how the world works, and matic solution is the best way to get this that’s not what history shows us. Iran done, and offers a more comprehensive has shown no willingness to eliminate - and lasting - solution. It is our best those aspects of their program that they option, by far. And while it is always a maintain are for peaceful purposes, even possibility that Iran may try to cheat on

the deal in the future, this framework of inspections and transparency makes it far more likely that we’ll know about it if they try to cheat - and I, or future Presidents, will have preserved all of the options that are currently available to deal with it.” And contrary to the knee-jerk opponents who seem not to have actually bothered to examine the framework, nor do they bring any level of expertise such as the scientists (like Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, a nuclear physicist) who have been involved in the negotiations, it does, in fact, significantly roll back Iran’s nuclear capability and does not leave its weapons program in place. As President Obama stated: First, it stops Iran from pursuing a bomb using plutonium, because Iran will not develop weapons-grade plutonium. The core of its reactor at Arak will be dismantled and replaced. The spent fuel from that facility will be shipped out of Iran for the life of the reactor. Iran will not build a new heavy-water reactor. And Iran will never reprocess fuel from its existing reactors. Second, it shuts down Iran’s path to a bomb using enriched uranium. Iran has agreed to reduce its installed centrifuges by two-thirds. It will no longer enrich uranium at its Fordow facility, and it will not enrich uranium with its advanced centrifuges for at least the next 10 years. And the vast majority of its stockpile of Continued on Page 61

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. 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. FREE CPR CLASS/BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING Saturday, May 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Offered by Catholic Health Services in conjunction with St. Francis Outreach at: St. Aloysius Parish, 592 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck. For more information, call ( 516) 8298343. Contact Person: Gayle Yorizzo (516) 487-0374 STEPPING ON FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM Learn simple and fun balance and strengthening exercises to prevent falls. Guest speakers include physical therapists, a vision expert, a pharmacist and an expert on getting around your community safely. Please join us at the Great Neck Social Center, 80 Grace Avenue, Great Neck on Monday, April 20 and 27, May 4, 11

and 18 and June 1, 8 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration is required, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311 to register. FREE MUSICAL PROGRAM The National Council Of Jewish Women Lakeville Section and Susan Scher Memorial Fund invite the community to a free musical program presented by the students of Great Neck South High School under the direction of Michael Schwartz on Wednesday, April 22. Refreshments will be served at 2:45 p.m. at the Great Neck Social Center, 80 Grace Ave. Come and bring your friends and neighbors 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.

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Teen TV: Air Force Reserve

On the set of “Teen TV: Air Force Reserve” are Teen TV participants pictured from left: (standing) Aaron Bandwer, Isabella Malfi, Alison Walker, Mike Peters, PATV programming manager/instructor, Max Novick, Jason Viviano, Lauren Lee, Sofia Boniello, (seated) Air Force Technical Sergeant Jared Lacovara, Master Sereant Eric Ramos-Rodriguez and host Anchal Goyal.

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Community news

Community ed offers Rockwell museum trip Just imagine—Clark Institute of Art…Norman Rockwell Museum…Barrington Stage Company…Red Lion Inn—all iconic to the Berkshire region of Western Massachusetts, the heart of art and culture during the summer season. Here’s your chance to experience them all on an overnight tour with Great Neck Public Schools Community Education. On this two-day tour—Aug. 11 and 12—visit two worldrenowned museums, attend a performance and dine at classic New England restaurants. Estelle Berg, Community Ed trip leader, and homeowner in the Berkshires for the last 27 years, is the

tour facilitator. Tuesday, Aug. 11—Depart early morning from the Cumberland Adult Center. Enjoy lunch at the historic Red Lion Inn, in Stockbridge. Then a short ride to the famed Norman Rockwell Museum. View Rockwell’s endearing Saturday Evening Post covers, and a new exhibition featuring Roz Chast, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist. Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs, shows the full range of her talent as a cartoonist and storyteller. After check-in at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in nearby Pittsfield, relax before a buffet dinner. Then, onto Barrington Stage Company for a performance of the all-American

comedy, His Gal Friday, adapted by acclaimed playwright, John Guare. The year is 1939, the day before war breaks out in Europe, adding a political framework to the otherwise antic proceedings. A post-performance discussion will follow the performance. Wednesday, Aug. 12—After a full-buffet breakfast and hotel check-out, travel to Williamstown, an inspiring blend of natural beauty and small-town charm, and home to the worldclass Sterling and Francine Clark Institute of Art. On our private tour at “The Clark,” view the extensive permanent collection best known for its many examples of Renoir, Monet, Degas,

Remington and Homer. We will be also be treated to the spectacular brand new exhibition, “Van Gogh and Nature.” From his earliest letters to his last great works of art, Vincent van Gogh showed an extraordinary fascination with the natural world. Van Gogh painted elemental landscapes in snow, wind, rain, and sunshine, while making incisive images of insects, leaves, and rocks that reflect his knowledge of illustrated natural history publications. Some 40 oil paintings and 10 drawings will survey the artist’s developing relationship with his natural surroundings. And an added surprise—Whistler’s Mother will be

at The Clark. This painting, usually displayed in Paris’s Musee d’Orsay, returns to Massachusetts, the state in which Whistler was born. Lunch will be at The Orchards, a lovely Williamstown inn, before traveling home. Tour fee: $510, double occupancy per person; $580, single occupancy (includes round-trip, deluxe coach transportation; overnight hotel stay; two lunches, one dinner, one breakfast; two museum admissions with private docent tours; performance ticket and postperformance discussion; and all gratuities).

Social center offers events through spring Fabulous Boutique Sale Viva la boutique. Our friends, neighbors and supporters eagerly await the periodic sale that brings donated new and antique items to the Social Center at 80 Grace Ave. in Great Neck. Just imagine browsing displays of fabrics, silver, china, handbags, jewelry, knickknacks, books and so much more. The prices are terrific. The sale runs from Monday, April 13 through Friday, April 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thanks to all who donate lovely things, but special thanks to those who buy. Know

that what you purchase supports essential services at the Social Center. Veterans Social Club Veterans meet once a month for social interaction at entertaining or fascinating presentations. At the one coming up on Friday, April 17 at 2 p.m., they will celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Great Neck School District. The Veterans Social Club invites Vets, their families and guests to come to the Center at 80 Grace Ave. to hear about the incredible development of our excellent

schools. Refreshments are courtesy of Atria Great Neck. Lunch and Learn with Janet Janet de Winter runs a four-session stimulating book review. This popular program reviews fascinating books on Tuesdays. The next one is on Tuesday, April 14 11:30 a.m.12:45, and includes a delicious lunch. Janet will review The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. You don’t have to have read the book to enjoy a pleasant afternoon. If you just want to sit in on April’s session, you

can do so for $8. Call (516)4870025 for more information or to register. Preventing Falls This past winter (and we hope it is finally passed) fear of falling was on our minds. Project Independence comes to the rescue wilth a seven session program on Fall Prevention. Starting Monday April 20 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Janet Golan and Stephanie Morehan, RNs from the North Shore-LIJ Health System and Project Independence will lead the seven sessions. Please call 311 to register for

this incomparable opportunity to learn how to prevent the many kind of falls that concern you. Zumba Gold Join the party and ditch the workout. This easy to follow program lets you move to the beat at your own speed. It provides modified low impact moves for active older adults and before you know it you’ve burned off 400 to 600 calories! Sign up or call up (516) 4870025 for more information. Just one of our many “adult ed” classes.

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Growing up in Great Neck A group of First Grade Tiger Cubs from Cub Scout Pack 178 recently visited the TD Bank Branch at 2 Great Neck Road as a “Go-See-It” Activity. The Cubs and their adult leaders Peter Scheidt, Jasmyne Santos and Nathan Fong met Branch Manager Thomas Mazzini who described the services the bank provided for the residents of the Great Neck community. As part of their experience, the boys received momentos in special green TD Bank bags. Cubbing is open to all boys Grades 1-5 and exposes the boys and their families to citizenship, public speaking, teamwork, camping and nature among other life skills all centered around having fun. For more information contact Cubmaster Brian Glueck via email: GreatNeckCubscouts@Yahoo.com

PATV Teen TV participants were the crew members for the new program, “Growing Up In Great Neck”, hosted by Carol Frank with guests Cooky Blaha and Robert Lincoln reminiscing about their experiences as youngsters raised in Great Neck. This new program can be seen on PATV Channels 20 (Cablevision) and 37 (Verizon). For the cablecast dates and times go to www.patv.org. Photo caption: Pictrure from left: (standing) Mike Peters, PATV programming manager, Teen TV participants Aaron Banwer, Max Novak, Lauren Lee, Amanda Gordon, Sophia Boniello, Gaby Derlly, Jason Biruano, Desmond Lee, Ally Einberg, Shirley Ann Bruno, PATV executive director, Jason Hodge, engineer, (seated) guests, Cooky Blaha, Robert Lincoln and host Carol Frank.

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G.N. library gets parking variance By A da m L i d g e t t

The Town of North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals on Wednesday approved a parking variance for the Main Branch of the Great Neck Library, permitting it to keep the same number of parking spots after completion of the building $10.4 million renovation. The council’s approval allows the library to apply for a permit for the full demolition of the library’s interior. Some work has already begun on the renovation of the building’s interior, such as the removal of the asbestos, but furrther work required a building permit. “Before the building permit could be issued…[the town] said the plans as submitted showed a requirement of additional parking, so the library applied for a parking variance,” said Charles Segal, an attorney for the library and the Village of Great Neck Planning Board chairman. The number of spots needed is based on how many full-time employees the building would have and the size of office space

area around the Main Branch negatively. The board voted in February to authorize VRD to do study the area and prepare a report for the town at the cost of $5,000. Board President Marietta DiCamillo said at the time that the parking study was not anticipated in the original budget for the project. DiCamillo said the town initially advised the library board that a study would not be needed, but later said it was. The contractors at VRD said they don’t expect more parking will be needed on Bayview Avenue, Segal said. “Whatever impact there had been will remain the same,” Segal said. The Main Branch, located at 159 Bayview Ave., will be closed for a year for repairs on The Main Branch of the Great Neck Library will be closed for about a year so repairs can be the building funded by a $10.4 million bond approved by Great made and the building can be renovated. Neck Library system voters. Segal said the number of Trustees to renovate the Main as well. The library’s three satellite “If you shift space from stor- spaces at the Main Library will Branch, presented an environ- branches have changed their mental traffic report to the BZA, hours to accommodate for the age to use, then there’s a differ- remain at 99. VRD Contracting, the Hol- saying that granting the variance closing of the Main Branch. ent computation for how many parking spots you need,” Segal brook, N.Y. contractor hired by and keeping the existing number the Great Neck Library Board of of spots would not impact the explained.

L. Success police Congregation to lobby arrest wanted man against confinement By A da m L i d g e t t Lake Success police arrested a Bay Shore man Friday wanted for an alleged robbery spree directed at CVS stores throughout Nassau County. Joseph Pisano, 44, was pulled over by Lake Success police at 8:30 p.m. Friday for driving with a suspended license, Nassau County police said. Police investigated Pisano, who they learned was wanted by Fourth Precinct detectives in relation to the robberies of four CVS stores in Oceanside, Rockville Centre and Valley Stream, Nassau County police said. Pisano was charged with third-degree robbery, second-

degree reckless endangerment, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and four counts of petit larceny. The reckless endangerment and robbery charges relate to a March 24 robbery at a CVS located at 1 East Merrick Road in Valley Stream. Pisano was also charged with robbing the same CVS on Feb. 3, police said. Pisano was charged with robbing a CVS store at 44 North Central Ave. in Valley Stream on March 16, a CVS at 598 Merrick Road in Rockville Center on Feb. 27 and an Oceanside CVS in November. Pisano was arraigned in First District Court on Saturday.

B Y B ILL S A N A N TO N IO Members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock will lobby state lawmakers on April 22 to approve proposed legislation limiting the amount of time inmates can spend in solitary confinement. It is the second consecutive year the congregation, led by its social justice committee, is making the trip in hopes the Legislature passes the HALT Solitary Confinement Act and continues a years-long educational initiative about the practice. “[Solitary confinement]’s led, on occasion, to desperate acts of self-mutilation. This has come out in testimony over the years. There are several examples of people having very adverse reactions to this,” said Paul Johnson, the congregation’s senior minister. “Hallucinations, panic attacks, mood swings...suicides. We have concerns about this.” According to the New York

Civil Liberties Union, approximately 4,500 inmates throughout the state live in solitary confinement. The law would limit the amount of time an inmate could spend in solitary confinement to up to 15 consecutive days and 20 total days within a 60-day period. It would also prohibit members of various “vulnerable groups” - including people with physical or mental disabilities, pregnant women or new mothers, the very young and elderly and members of the LGBT community - from being placed into solitary confinement, and enhance conditions under which inmates are placed into and taken out of isolation. “Often there’s not a real established policy of how to [determine whether an inmate should be put into solitary confinement],” Johnson said. “It’s typically arbitrary and unfair and done by staff who have no transparency or accountability.” About 15 congregants are slated to make the trip, Johnson said, as is Claire Deroche,

the congregation’s social justice coordinator. Deroche was not made available for comment, as officials said she does not have the authority to speak on behalf of the congregation. Prior to leaving for Albany, the participants will be educated on the language of the bill and assigned to various members of the state Legislature, Johnson said. He added that congregation officials met with state Sen. Jack Martins last Thursday to garner his support for the law, and said he was hopeful the Republican legislator would consider cosponsoring the legislation. The congregation has hosted numerous events in the last few years - including a lobbying trip in support of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act last May - to raise awareness of the physical and psychological effects of solitary confinement. On March 30, the congregation held a dramatic reading of the play “Mariposa & the Saint,” which chronicles an inmate’s exContinued on Page 56

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Victorian tea house coming to Plaza By A da m L i d g e t t Village of Great Neck Plaza trustees approved a conditionaluse permit for Royal Tea House Wednesday, paving the way for the Victorian-style afternoon eatery to open sometime in the summer. “It’s a nice prominent location in the village and we welcome a possibly new tenant in business,” Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender said. Albert Chen, architect for the project, said Royal Tea House would be a place where customers might sit for hours drinking tea and eating in the style of the British afternoon tea tradition, as opposed to a Starbucks or a Caffe Bene, one of which is located near the Royal Tea House. English-style tea will be served along with beer and wine and smaller food items. The 1,600 square foot space at 1 Great Neck Road will be able to seat about 50 patrons, Chen said. “It’s somewhere you might go to meet your accountant,” Great Neck Plaza Commissioner of Public Services Michael Sweeney said. “It’s more of an elegant sit-down facility where you can dine and enjoy your tea in peace.”

upscale,” Celender said looking at photos of the inside of Rose House. “This is like nothing we have in the suburbs now.” Chen said while the concept will be the same as the Flushing location, the inside design of Royal Tea House will be different. In the middle of the dining room, there is a column that Chen said he wants to make look like a tree, giving patrons the idea that they are sitting in a garden enjoying tea. If people were coming in and out of the restaurant too often, Chen said, it would ruin the feel of the dining experience. “We want to create a very fine dining space. We want people who come here to stay longer,” Chen said. “We want people who come here to be very comfortable.” Chen said they are not sure when they will officially open, but the owner told him they were aiming at three months from the time of village approval. He said the owner’s broker had referred them to Great Neck as a place that would enjoy their Albert Chen, an architect for the Royal Tea House, presents plans for the new tea house to style of tea shop . be located at 1 Great Neck Road “We wanted to find an ideal situation,” Chen said. “We wantThe owner of Royal Tea meeting – currently owns Rose has been operating for about ed to find a neighborhood that House, Ying Ling – who was not House, another similar tea house eight years, Chen said. appreciated this kind of prod“It’s very elegant inside, very uct.” present at the board of trustees in Flushing, Queens, which she

G.N. Plaza updates village parking code wonderful but it can’t be at the expense of safety,” Great Neck Mayor Ted Rosen said. “It’s not Plaza Trustee Larry Katz said. After trustees came back an issue of transparency.” Trustees defended the loss from a five-minute break, of the parking spaces, saying it which Celender called for in the middle of the discussion would improve public safety. “More parking would be about two hours into the meetContinued from Page 3

ing, Pitnick said he wanted to know what the trustees talked about during the break. The trustees said there was no executive session declared, and that they went to the bathroom. Trustees and Gabriele

stressed the need to determine if the area was safe for parking, but Pitnick said he thought the trustees were “just saying” the word safety. “No, it’s going to be done by an expert,” Celender said. Pitnick said the village

shouldn’t have switched the signs based on a series of complaints, and should have had a traffic expert look at the area to determine if it was dangerous to have cars parked there first.

Real estate market in G.N. doing well Continued from Page 13 Print/Save All Property Types Prior Year % Change Februar 2015 $687,500 $691,000 -0.5 January 2015

$690,000 $700,000 -1.4 December 2014 $ 6 9 7 , 0 0 0 $694,000 0.4 November 2014 $678,000 $711,500 -4.7 October 2014 $686,000 $ 6 9 4 , 0 0 0 -1.2

September 2014 $682,000 $700,000 -2.6 August 2014 $660,000 $716,500 -7.9 July 2014 $675,000 $675,000 0.0 June 2014 $ 6 7 5 , 0 0 0 $675,000 0.0

May 2014 $ 6 8 5 , 0 0 0 $670,000 2.2 April 2014 $ 6 8 2 , 5 0 0 $655,000 4.2 March 2014 $ 6 7 6 , 2 5 0 $636,500 6.2 Note: Information displayed in the data table is compiled by

the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, Inc. and represents a combined total of all residential, condo, and coop sales for the selected time frame. Please note that small data samples will skew the % of change year to year.

Congregation to lobby against confinement In December, in wake of Continued from Page 54 periences in isolation, as well as incidents in Staten Island and a panel discussion about solitary Ferguson, Mo., the congregation analyzed allegations of police confinement. brutality and the targeted mass

incarceration of minorities. Congregants last June held a demonstration outside the Nassau County Correctional Facility in East Meadow, protesting its

incarceration practices. In March 2014, the congregation hosted a roundtable event with three speakers who shared their experiences with

solitary confinement, either by being placed in isolation or coping with their loved ones being imprisoned.

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community news The 2015 cohort of the Town of North Hempstead Women’s Roll of Honor at Harbor Links for the 22nd Annual May Newburger Women’s Roll of Honor Breakfast. This year there were 17 women honored by Town Rose Ryan of Westbury of North Hempstead officials.

Caroline DeBenedittis of East Williston

Francis Pareti of Albertson Roshni Singh of Albertson

Doreen Ehrbar of Williston Park

Dorothy Perry of Williston Park

Glenda Artsis of Great Neck

Janet Esagoff of Great Neck

Patricia O’Brien of Manhasset

Gloria Nachmanoff of Great Neck

Ethel Pomerantz of Great Neck

Fern Weiss of Great Neck

Blanca Fabian of Port Washington

Clare Masi of Port Washington

Laurie Scheinman of Sands Point

Tai Nin Wang of Sands Point

Betty Hardy of Westbury

Town honors 17 women at annual breakfast

The Town of North Hempstead recently celebrated Women’s History Month with the 22nd Annual May W. Newburger Women’s Roll of Honor Breakfast on March 26. The event, which was held at the Clubhouse at Harbor Links, honored 18 women who were presented with an award during the breakfast in recognition of their commitment to their neighbors, and their community. “We are so proud to call these remarkable women our neighbors,” said Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth,

“and this event is our opportunity to thank them for their hard work and commitment on behalf of our community.” May Newburger, the first female supervisor for the Town of North Hempstead, started the Women’s Roll of Honor in 1994 to commemorate women in the North Hempstead community that went above and beyond, and contributed to the lives of the people around them in an incredible way. “We honor women today who have traveled the

globe doing good deeds, and women who have firmly planted themselves in their own community to change the lives of their neighbors, co-workers and strangers alike,” Town Clerk Wayne Wink said. This year, the honorees were 18 women from all corners of North Hempstead and are involved in their local school districts, little leagues, religious institutions, charities, and civic groups. The honorees’ names now adorn a plaque in Town Hall beside the names of past years’ recipients.

COUNTY HONORS 12 WOMEN OF DISTINCTION Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his wife Linda recognized 12 distinguished women of Nassau County in a ceremony held at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building. Pictured from left: Esther Fortunoff Greene of Old Westbury, Erin O’Brien of Seaford, Doreen Ehrbar of Williston Park, Debbie Viola of Massapequa Park, Danielle LaRose of Merrick, Cynthia Hamilton of Uniondale, Ed and Linda Mangano, Joanne Phillips of Long Beach, Kathleen Bracken of Farmingdale, Lori Horowitz of Dix Hills, Millicent Clarke of Freeport, Marnie Katzman of Freeport and Patricia Lespinasse of Elmont.

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New software to help Town track dogs At their March 31 meeting, the Town of North Hempstead Board approved the purchase of software called Shelter Pro for use by Animal Shelter and Town Clerk’s Office employees. The software allows for Town of North Hempstead employees to track various animals, complaints, adoptions and Animal Control Officers. The animal shelter component of the software will allow employees to create profiles for the dogs in the shelter, including their name, breed, ID tag number, rabies vaccination tag number etc. This information will allow the shelter to match dogs with prospective adopters based on desired traits like breed, age, and disposition.

“The goal of our Animal Shelter is to provide a hospitable shelter environment for our dogs, and to ultimately find them the perfect home environment,” said Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “This software helps us achieve that goal.” The Shelter Pro software also generates a “DO NOT ADOPT” list, compiled from District Attorney records and other towns’ animal shelters. This feature prevents dogs from being matched with owners who have histories of animal abuse or neglect. When the Town Clerk enters the data on dog licenses into the system, records automatically appear if the address, owner name, or dog name has been entered

before, making the system more efficient and accurate. The software will also automatically generate dog license renewal letters to owners just before their current license expires. “The Shelter Pro software allows us to process and search licenses more effectively and to keep more detailed records,” said Town Clerk Wayne Wink. “What this means for residents is a more responsive, more cost effective government. This software helps us serve residents better.” For information about adopting dogs from the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter, or to report stray or troublesome dogs, dial 311 or (516) 869-6311.

Town offers home selling seminar Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board have announced a new educational series hosted by the Town’s Building Department titled “What to Know Before Selling Your Home.” The seminar will be presented multiple times and will help homeowners understand which permits and certificates they will need in order to close the sale of their home. “The Town of North Hempstead continues to make the Building Department more accessible to the residents of North Hempstead,” Bosworth said. “We have lengthened the department’s business hours by appointment once a week and established a mobile office program to enhance convenience. Now we are helping residents navigate the some-

Safe Center Long Island Executive Directors Cynthia Scott and Sandy Oliva accept a check from Countey Executive Ed mangano and his wife, Linda.

SPCA, Safe Center receive donations Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano along with his wife Linda presented checks in the amount of $5,682 to the Nassau County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and The Safe Center LI. Accepting the check on behalf of the NC SPCA were President Robert Sowers and Vice President Gary Rogers. The second check was presented to The Safe Center Long Island with Executive Directors Cynthia Scott and Sandy Oliva accepting on behalf of their organization. Each March, during Women’s History Month, Mangano honors distinguished women in Nassau County for their benevolent acts at an event called “Just Desserts.” Proceeds raised that night are donated each year to various charities, with the recipients this year being the Nassau SPCA and The Safe Center Long Island.

“The Safe Center L.I. offers a broad spectrum of services from counseling to housing, from advocacy to referrals, through a highly-trained, nurturing and compassionate staff of professionals well-qualified to provide the highest level of services to victims of domestic or dating abuse, child abuse, rape and sexual assault,” Mangano said. “The Nassau County SPCA rescues, rehabilitates and provides care for animals that have been displaced or harmed. With the help of volunteers, law enforcement agents, rescue workers, veterinarians, they have treated and found permanent homes for countless animals that have been abandoned, abused and/ or neglected. Both organizations help make our County a better place. On behalf of all those who worked to collect charitable funds, it is my honor to present checks in the amount of $5,682 to each organization.”

times confusing nuances of building regulations. This is all part of our efforts to make government work better for the people.” The “What to Know Before Selling Your Home” seminar will be held on: May 6 at the Manhasset Public Library May 12 at the Hillside Public Library May 20 at the Shelter Rock Public Library May 27 at the “Yes We Can” Community Center June 2 at the Port Washington Public Library. All seminars will begin at 7 p.m.. Residents with any questions or who want more information can call 311 or (516) 869-6311, or visit the Building Department’s website at www. northhempsteadny.gov.

Tankleff to speak at Law Day event Sealed in 1215, the Magna Carta has taken root as an international symbol of the rule of law and as an inspiration for many basic rights Americans hold dear today, including due process, habeas corpus, trial by jury, and the right to travel. To dramatically illustrate the importance of these rights today, Long Islander Martin Tankleff will be featured at the Nassau County Bar Association’s annual Law Day Awards Dinner, sharing his experience of being found guilty of murdering his parents, then exonerated of the crime 17 years later. The event will be held Thurs-

day, April 30, from 5:30 - 8 p.m., at 15th and West Streets, Mineola. Reservations are just $55 but are required by April 24 to guarantee a seat at this popular event. Each year on Law Day, NCBA recognizes three outstanding examples of service. The Liberty Bell Award will be presented to the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island, a not-for-profit health and human services planning and advocacy umbrella organization for agencies serving Long Island’s poor and vulnerable individuals and families. Jon Michael Probstein, a

long-time dedicated volunteer at NCBA’s many free clinics, as well as Nassau/Suffolk Law Services’ Volunteer Lawyers Project, and The Safe Center LI, will be honored with The Thomas Maligno Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. Finally, the Peter T. Affatato Court Employees of the Year Award will be presented to Brenda Hayden, Court Clerk in the Landlord/Tenant Part of Nassau County District Court. To reserve, please contact the Nassau County Bar Association, (516) 747-4070 or email ckatz@nassaubar.org.

Fmr. Ambassador to speak on ISIS Husain Haqqani, former Pakistan ambassador to the United States, will present “What to Do About ISIS” on Wednesday, April 29 at 2 p.m. in room 252/253 of the College Center Building on the campus of Nassau Community College, 1 Education Drive, Garden City. Haqqani served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2011 and is widely credited with managing a difficult partnership during a critical phase in the global war on terrorism. Considered an expert on radical Islamist movements, he is currently director for South and Central Asia at the Hudson Institute in Washington,

DC. Haqqani also co-edits the journal Current Trends in Islamist Ideology. Haqqani has been a journalist, academic and diplomat in addition to serving as advisor to four Pakistani prime ministers, including the late Benazir Bhutto. He received Hilal-e-Imitaz, one of Pakistan’s highest civilian honors for public service. His 2013 book, “Magnificent Delusions: U.S., Pakistan and an Epic History of Misunderstanding,” has been described as “the most clear-eyed history of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship yet published.” “What to Do About ISIS” is free, open to the public. Call (516) 572-7148 for more information.

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Town to offer free rabies vaccinations The Town of North Hempstead will offer free rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats and ferrets on Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter, located at 75 Marino Avenue in Port Washington. The event is open to all Nassau County residents, “This vaccination clinic is a great opportunity for residents to protect their pets against rabies,” said County Executive Ed Mangano. “I encourage Nassau County pet-owners to take advantage of this free vaccination clinic, and I thank Town of North Hempstead for partnering with Nassau County to protect our pets.” Rabies, an infectious viral disease, affects the nervous system of humans

and other mammals. Rabies is transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal. However, the virus may also be transmitted when the saliva of a rabid animal comes into contact with cut, open, or scratched skin lesions. “Rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats and domesticated ferrets are required by New York State law,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein. “Having a current rabies vaccination eliminates the need for pets to be euthanized or strictly quarantined for six months in the event your pet comes in contact with animals that are known to carry and transmit the virus.” To make a reservation or for additional information, please call the Town of North Hempstead at (516) 869-6311.

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Berkowitz touts experience on ed board Continued from Page 1 has been board president since 2006, said she would stay president if asked. She served as board vice president from 2000 to 2003, and from 1993 to 2006, on the board’s Policy Committee, which writes and reviews policy recommendations. Berkowitz was appointed to the board in 1992 after the death of former board Trustee Connie McNicol left a vacant seat. She was then won election in 1993. Although she did not seek out the position initially, Berkowitz said, the board knew her through her work as E.M. Baker School Parent Teacher Association president and United Parent-Teacher Council Budget Committee co-chairperson when they asked her to take McNicol’s spot. Berkowitz said she decided to run for election because she

cared for the students. “My contributions are vast,” Berkowitz said. “I care about all the children in this district and seeing them succeed.” Berkowitz founded the Family Math and Outreach Programs at E.M. Baker School and Good Ideas For Teens, a committee that explored teen activities in Great Neck, she said. Though the Great Neck public schools are often ranked as among the best in the country, Berkowitz said, she doesn’t feel pressure as board president to maintain its high standards, but is aware that she needs to constantly be looking to how the board can make the schools better. Berkowitz, who has put a son and a step-daughter through the Great Neck public school system, said she knows how important the schools are to the devel-

opment of the district’s children as well as the area’s property values. “You can’t rest on your laurels,” Berkowitz said. “Education has to be a fluid field and if you don’t constantly look to improve then you fall behind, and that’s something we don’t want to happen.” Even though as board president Berkowitz isn’t paid, she said considers it her occupation. “I put in more hours than most people do at a full-time job,” Berkowitz said. Berkowitz said one of the most important issues the board faces is having continuity on the board when the school district’s senior administration changes, such as when new superintendents need to be named. “I’ve been actively involved with the selection of the superintendents,” Berkowitz said.

“I’ve basically led the charge and worked with them to help mentor them when they first come.” Teresa Prendergast, the Garden City Public Schools Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction who was named last week the next Great Neck School District Superintendent, will be the third superintendent Berkowitz has overseen. Berkowitz also said she was concerned about the effects the Common Core curriculum on students in the future. “The pressures placed on children from standardized testing is inhuman,” she said “While I certainly support the Common Core curriculum, I do worry about the impact of the testing on our children.” Berkowitz will be joined on the ballot by Trustee Donald Ashkenase, who said he was also running for re-election. Voters

will also consider the 2015-15 school budget at the same time. Voting will take place May 19 in the multipurpose room of E.M. Baker School, at 69 Baker Hill Road, and the west gym of Great Neck South High School, at 341 Lakeville Road. The budget for the 20142015 school year was for $214,067,850. During the 20142015 school year, there were 6,399 registered students among the 10 schools in the district. The schools in the district include Great Neck North High School, Great Neck South High School, the Village School, Great Neck North Middle School, Great Neck South Middle School, the Elizabeth Mellick Baker School, the John F. Kennedy School, Lakeville School, Saddle Rock School and Parkville School.

North High student newspaper ties for best Continued from Page 1 Neck to do something representative of their school. Great Neck North High School’s administration asked the paper to tell the story of the high school, which graduated its first class in 1929. “We went through every edition of the paper, every yearbook and the [school’s] photo archives,” Kahn said. “We randomly formed groups and every group picked a decade.” She said the editors and reporters found about 40 alumni through social media who were interviewed for the magazine. Every staff member had to do at least one interview. Julia Margalit, a junior and another on of the paper’s features editors, said the paper has a very strong a creative team this year, which focused on connecting to their readers and producing relatable content. Making the paper more relatable included putting more graphics in stories as well as writing piece that would have advice on how to plan the perfect vacation, Kaluta said. She also said their coverage has expanded as well. Reporters now write stories on national news as well as school sports. Kaluta said the paper’s editors think about design first, and content second. If the paper is designed well, she said, people will be more likely to pick it up. “We have very strong writers,” Kaluta said. “But people

Guide Post editors Michele Lehat, Ariella Javaheri, Ashley Radparvar, Natalie Metaxas and Tiffany Heravi accept their award at Adelphi University have to open the paper first.” The Guide Post, which publishes about eight or nine times a year, has about 35 students on staff, many of whom are editors, but all of whom started as news associates. Any student can sign up to write these stories, but prospective reporters – many of whom are freshmen - go through a writer’s workshop first with Kahn.

During their 10th, 11th and 12th grade years, Guide Post staff members take a journalism class with Kahn as well. The class has three levels, starting with writing and ethics basics, moving to graphics and layout in the next year while the final year students focus on projects, which range from team building activities to updating the staff manual. Margalit said one of the

hardest editorial decisions is assigning a story. She said editors from each part of the paper pitch stories on what they want to write about, which are then reviewed during a meeting of the editorial board. Margalit said she always loved writing, and began writing news stories for her middle school newspaper. “I remember my first article – I was so nervous and I just

wanted everything to be perfect,” Margalit said. “When I saw everyone reading it I enjoyed it.” Although she doesn’t see herself as being a reporter in the future – she said se doesn’t think she is outgoing enough – Margalit said she would love to lay out magazines as a career. Kaluta started writing for the paper as a freshman, and loves writing anything. While she said seeing her work on the printed page is exciting, she said she loves the fact that the paper is more of a family. “I didn’t expect this to be such a time commitment, but I’m so glad it did – I have nowhere else to go,” Kaluta said. “It was an unexpected happy surprise.” Kahn said the paper is unusual in that it acts as a small microcosm, where students get to operate their own little business for a while. “It’s unusual. You bring together a group of kids who may not be friends at first and it turns into a family,” said Kahn, who said this will be her last year advising the Guide Post staff. Margalit said she was excited to win, but feels the pressure to win next year with a new staff and Kahn no longer there. “When you win one time, you want to win again,” Margalit said. Kaluta said she has “no doubt whatsoever” that the paper will win again.

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Framework of Iran deal merits support Continued from Page 51 enriched uranium will be neutralized. Third, it provides the best possible defense against Iran’s ability to pursue a nuclear weapon in secret. Iran has agreed to the most robust and intrusive inspections and transparency regime ever negotiated for any nuclear program in history. International inspectors will have unprecedented access not only to Iranian nuclear facilities, but to the entire supply chain that supports Iran’s nuclear program - from uranium mills that provide the raw materials, to the centrifuge production and storage facilities that support the program. “If Iran cheats, the world will know,” Obama said. Iran’s motivation to agree to the deal is that it would get relief from “certain” sanctions - the U.S. and international sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council. “This relief will be tied to the steps Iran takes to adhere to the deal,” Obama said. “And if Iran violates the deal, sanctions can be snapped back into place. “Meanwhile, other American sanctions on Iran - for its support of terrorism, its human rights abuses, and its ballistic missile program - will be fully enforced.” Monitoring is key. During a press briefing, a senior administration official stressed, “the ability to detect a covert path in a potential site is the fact that the inspections do cover the full supply chain of the Iranian nuclear program..That will allow us to have the ability to detect any accounting that doesn’t add up. So, for instance, it provides you with a much greater ability than we’ve had before to determine if materials are being diverted because we’re going to be looking across the supply chain of that program, which would also inform our ability to uncover any covert site that would need to be inspected.” ‘Once in a Lifetime Opportunity’ Obama is not being hyperbolic in asserting that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve a diplomatic solution. It’s an opportunity because of the politics within Iran - the hate-mongering Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is no longer president. The Iranian people want more engagement with the West. The hardliners have been pushed down a bit with the new president, Hassan Rouhani, who seems more moderate and reasonable. In fact, Rouhani was the one

who convinced Khamenei to stop the clandestine military nuclear program in 2003. “I think that it’s important to recognize that Iran is a complicated country - just like we’re a complicated country,” Obama told Thomas Friedman of the New York Times. “There is no doubt that, given the history between our two countries, that there is deep mistrust that is not going to fade away immediately. The activities that they engage in, the rhetoric, both anti-American, anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, is deeply disturbing. There are deep trends in the country that are contrary to not only our own national security interests and views but those of our allies and friends in the region, and those divisions are real.” But, Obama added, “what we’ve also seen is that there is a practical streak to the Iranian regime. I think they are concerned about self-preservation. I think they are responsive, to some degree, to their publics. I think the election of [President Hassan] Rouhani indicated that there was an appetite among the Iranian people for a rejoining with the international community, an emphasis on the economics and the desire to link up with a global economy. And so what we’ve seen over the last several years, I think, is the opportunity for those forces within Iran that want to break out of the rigid framework that they have been in for a long time to move in a different direction. It’s not a radical break, but it’s one that I think offers us the chance for a different type of relationship, and this nuclear deal, I think, is a potential expression of that.” The idea is that the Iran nuclear deal will give the country time to make that transition. But if it doesn’t happen now - if Congress torpedoes - Iran is unlikely to come back to the bargaining table. Israel and Jewish American Voters Republicans - who seem more to be willing to do the bidding of the Israeli government than support its own (ironic considering the criticism they put Obama through for bowing in greeting the Emperor of Japan) - are already working to torpedo the agreement. Following up on the behindthe-back invitation to Netanyahu to address Congress and neophyte Sen. Tom Cotton’s letter signed by 46 other Republican Senators to Iran’s Supreme Leader warning him that the U.S. cannot be trusted, they are pushing for legislation that would give Congress an up or down vote on ending sanctions (the key to the agreement).

But the Republicans cannot be trusted to evaluate the nuclear deal on its merits, rather than pure partisan politics. Like Climate Change, Republicans are turning opposition to Iran (and support for Israel) into a wedge issue, another litmus-test of partisan loyalty - when bipartisan, bicameral support for Israel has been critical to Israel’s support in the US. Republicans are using the Iran agreement to 1) undermine and nullify Obama and the office of the presidency; 2) peel away Jewish voters who overwhelmingly support Democrats (75 percent of American Jews voted Democratic in 2014); and 3) (probably most significant), appease Jewish billionaire donors like Sheldon Adelson, and steer donations from American Jews who have traditionally supported Democrats, to Republicans. (See New York Times, April 4, 2015, “G.O.P.’s Israel Support Deepens as Political Contributions Shift,” by Eric Lipton.) Take for example that bigot Congressman Steve King (RTenn.) who said, “I don’t understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second and support Israel along the line of just following their president.” Even the Jewish Press noted: “Jewish leaders in the United States are starting to rethink the instinctive ties the community has had with the Democratic Party from time immemorial. “The change of heart comes in the wake of the deal signed last week with Tehran allowing it to pursue nuclear technology development and research.” President Obama emphasized his sensitivity to Israel’s plight - in conversations with Netanyahu and in interviews with journalists - and said that he would consider it not just a policy failing but a moral failing if as a result of the agreement, Israel would be harmed. Thomas Friedman raised this charge of being anti-Israel to Obama, who responded: “It has been personally difficult for me to hear ... expressions that somehow ... this administration has not done everything it could to look out for Israel’s interest - and the suggestion that when we have very serious policy differences, that that’s not in the context of a deep and abiding friendship and concern and understanding of the threats that the Jewish people have faced historically and continue to face... “I have to respect the fears that the Israeli people have,” he added, “and I understand that Prime Minister Netanyahu is

expressing the deep-rooted concerns that a lot of the Israeli population feel about this, but what I can say to them is: Number one, this is our best bet by far to make sure Iran doesn’t get a nuclear weapon, and number two, what we will be doing even as we enter into this deal is sending a very clear message to the Iranians and to the entire region that if anybody messes with Israel, America will be there. And I think the combination of a diplomatic path that puts the nuclear issue to one side - while at the same time sending a clear message to the Iranians that you have to change your behavior more broadly and that we are going to protect our allies if you continue to engage in destabilizing aggressive activity - I think that’s a combination that potentially at least not only assures our friends, but starts bringing down the temperature.” When he called Netanyahu from Air Force One, Obama “underscored that progress on the nuclear issue in no way diminishes our concerns with respect to Iran’s sponsorship of terrorism and threats towards Israel and emphasized that the United States remains steadfast in our commitment to the security of Israel. The president told the prime minister that he has directed his national security team to increase consultations with the new Israeli government about how we can further strengthen our long-term security cooperation with Israel and remain vigilant in countering Iran’s threats,” the White House said. Netanyahu has been destructive for Israel’s cause in the world community. He has managed to make Israel, besieged and under existential threat by its many enemies that surround it, to appear the oppressor. I doubt that Israel will get much sympathy or support if this deal fails, the U.S. will be left as Israel’s sole protector, very possibly being forced into military action if Israel acts on its own. And if he succeeds in turning support for Israel into a partisan issue, that will be extremely damaging. But while going on American Sunday talk shows to denounce the agreement as a “very, very bad deal” the only alternative Netanyahu has offered is to double down on sanctions until Iran agrees to completely abandon any nuclear program, and he wants the US to be its instrument. That simply won’t happen, and so where are you left? And now, Netanyahu has done some saber-rattling of his own, saying ‘the military option is still on the table.” If Israel unilaterally strikes at Iran, wouldn’t

that compel the US to join the fight? A Vote in Congress? For the Republicans get their two-thirds majority to make their bill veto proof they need to peel away Democrats. Congressman Steve Israel was noncommittal: “I’ve been skeptical about a deal with Iran. The details deserve and must get a vote by the U.S. Congress. Until the full details are provided to Congress on June 30th, you can keep me in the ‘highly skeptical’ column.” Sen. Charles Schumer, who may well become the minority leader, stated, “Secretary Kerry and Secretary Moniz have worked long and hard and their announcement deserves careful, rigorous and deliberate analysis. I’ll be giving the framework a very careful look.” But President Obama makes the most sense. Speaking to Friedman, he said “We are powerful enough to be able to test these propositions without putting ourselves at risk. And that’s the thing ... people don’t seem to understand... “ He pointed to Cuba, for instance, and then said, “with respect to Iran, a larger country, a dangerous country, one that has engaged in activities that resulted in the death of U.S. citizens, but the truth of the matter is: Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion. Iran understands that they cannot fight us. ... You asked about an Obama doctrine. The doctrine is: We will engage, but we preserve all our capabilities.” The notion that Iran is undeterrable, “it’s simply not the case,” Obama added. “And so for us to say, ‘Let’s try’ - understanding that we’re preserving all our options, that we’re not naïve - but if in fact we can resolve these issues diplomatically, we are more likely to be safe, more likely to be secure, in a better position to protect our allies, and who knows? Iran may change. If it doesn’t, our deterrence capabilities, our military superiority stays in place. ... We’re not relinquishing our capacity to defend ourselves or our allies. In that situation, why wouldn’t we test it?” The U.S. isn’t being asked to give up our nuclear capability or our military power, simply to end sanctions, which can be put back in place. So that you can make your judgment see a fact sheet on the framework: “Parameters for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program” (www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ ps/2015/04/240170.htm).

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▼ legals LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: BMW EQUITIES LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 12/15/2014 Office location: County of Nassau. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: BRG Management LLC 150 Great Neck Road, Suite 402 Great Neck, NY 11021 GNN 141153 6x 3/06, 13, 20, 27, 4/03, 10, 2015 #141153 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: SILOR LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 02/19/2015 Office location: County of Nassau. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 36 Bridle Path Great Neck, NY 11021 GNN 141302 6x 4/03, 10, 17, 24, 5/01, 5/08, 2015 #141302 Notice of Formation of Karla M Paz CCC-SLP PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/08/2014. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The PLLC, 103 Franklin St. Elmont, NY 11003 Purpose: any lawful purpose. GNN 141250 6x 3/20, 27, 4/03, 10, 17, 24, 2015 #141250 Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: 9 Nassau LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/20/2015. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 9 Nassau LLC, 9 Nassau Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. GNN 141359 6x 4/03, 10, 17, 24, 5/01, 8, 2015 #141359

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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 22, 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 #19962—Philip Zolli, variances 70-210.2 & 70-47.1.B to reapportion property creating an irregular lot and to construct a new twofamily dwelling on a lot with insufficient width; N/side #127 Harbor Rd., 506.19’ W/of Middle Neck Rd., Port Washington, Sec. 4, Blk. 36, Lots 564-566, R-C District. APPEAL #19963—Robert Burrows, variance 70-102.C(2) (a)[5] to install pool fencing forward of the rear building line; W/side #27 Mitchell Rd., 285.83’ S/of Luquer Rd., Port Washington, Sec. 5, Blk. 112, Lots 460, R-B District. APPEAL #19964 -Lee Hines, variance 70-30.C and 70-101.B to construct a portico within a required front yard setback; S/E/cor. 15 Summit Rd. and St. John Pl., Port Washington, Sec. 6, Blk. 33, Lot 23, R-A District. APPEAL #19965—Chris Delgiorno, variances 70-40.A, 70-41.A, 70-100.2.H, 70-100.2.A(4), 70-100.1.A, 70-101.B, 70-100.2.D to maintain additions within required front and side yard setbacks, a rear deck within a required side yard setback, fencing exceeding the permitted height, accessory structure in a required side yard setback, a portico within the front yard setback and a fireplace exceeding the permitted height; N/side 171 Laurel Dr., 200’ E/of New Hyde Park Rd., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 302, Lot 4, R-B District. APPEAL #19966—Varughese George, variance 70-100.2.A(4) to maintain fencing in excess of permitted height; N/side #11 Hampton Ave., 127.38’ E/of Willis Ave., Albertson, Sec. 9, Blk. 101, Lot 66, R-C District. APPEAL #19967—John Hogan, variances 70-51.A & 70-52 to maintain a deck with insufficient side and rear yard setbacks; W/side #627 Foch Blvd., 180’ N/of Prospect St., Williston Park, Sec. 9, Blk. 134, Lot 10, R-C District. APPEAL #19968—Andrew Maiman, variances 70-29.B to permit the construction of a second story addition exceeding permitted floor area; W/side #46 Capri Dr., 1034.67’ S/of Reed Dr., Roslyn, Sec. 9, Blk. 629, Lot 7, R-A District. APPEAL #19843—Iris Trejo Ruiz, variance 70-50.C, 70-101.B and 70-100.2.A(2) to maintain a breezeway within a required front yard setback, an open porch exceeding the permitted encroachment into a front yard and fencing beyond the front building line; W/ side 227 Wright St., 275’ S/of Broadway, Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 40, Lot 40, R-C/New Cassel Overlay Districts. APPEAL #19969.A—LT Propco, LLC/Lord & Taylor, appeal for determination, or in the alternative, variances 70-125, 70-103.A, 70-103.F, 70-128.1(A), 70-134, 70-140.B, and 70-208.G, to construct an addition to a non-conforming big box commercial use within a required rear yard setback

with insufficient off street parking and loading zones; S/E/cor. #1440 Northern Blvd. & Shelter Rock Rd., Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. 145, Lots 16, 17, & 433, B-A District. APPEAL #19969.B—LT Propco, LLC/Lord & Taylor, variances 70-196.J(1)(a), 70-196.J(1) (b), 70-196.J(1)(f) to erect signage exceeding the permitted height above grade, vertical measurement and number of signs on a wall; S/E/cor. #1440 Northern Blvd. & Shelter Rock Rd., Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. 145, Lots 16, 17, & 433, B-A District. APPEAL #19970—Danfran Properties, LLC, appeal for determination, or in the alternative, variance 70-231, conditional use 70-139.A and variance 70-103.C to maintain a parking lot on a vacant property with a gravel surface; W/side 920 Port Washington Blvd., 50’ S/of Bernard St., Port Washington, Sec. 5, Blk. 99, Lot 322, B-B District. APPEAL #19971—Roslyn O-S Hotel Partners, LLC, variances 70-167.B(1-3), 70-167.A(1), 70-167.A(2) to permit the construction of ground and wall signs exceeding the permitted number and size; NE/cor #3 Harbor Park Dr. & Industrial Park Dr., Port Washington, Sec. 6, Blk. 87, Lot 9, PIP District. APPEAL #19134.A — Ronald & Estelle Citrin, variances 70-203.G & 70-225.E to permit the continued use of a parking lot in conjunction with an established restaurant; N/W cor #235 Roslyn Rd. & Thelma St., Roslyn Heights; Sec 7, Blk. 68, Lot 48; B-A & R-C Districts. APPEAL #19972—Jose Martinez, appeal for determination, or in the alternative variance, 70-231 and variances 70-103.A, 70-103.B, 70-103.O, 70-195.15.E, and 70-208.F to construct a frame addition to a non-conforming structure in a business district for conversion to mixed use with insufficient off-street parking, stall sizes and stall to curb dimension; S/W/cor. #814 Prospect Ave. & Sherman St., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 89, Lot 87, B-A District. APPEAL #19973 — Jean Antilus, conditional use 70-126.F to permit the conversion of retail space into a bakery; NE/cor #817 Prospect Ave. and Sherman St., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 104, Lot 222, B-A District.

APPEAL #19974 — Purmil Company, LLC, conditional use 70-126(A) and variance 70-103.A(1) to maintain interior alterations for the conversion of commercial space to a restaurant with insufficient off-street parking; S/side 3338 Hillside Ave., 224.91’ E/of Devonshire Dr., New Hyde Park, Sec. 9, Blk. 514, Lot 50, B-A District. APPEAL #19945—Jacqueline Fowler, variance 70-100.2.A(2) to maintain fencing beyond the front building line; SW/cor. 30 Clark Dr. & Summer Ave., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 113, Lot 31, R-B District. APPEAL #19905—Yu Yu Chen, variance 70-210.B to maintain the conversion of summer bungalow to a yearround dwelling; E/side #35 North Maryland Ave., 50’ S/of Delaware Ave., Port Washington, Sec. 5, Blk. 25, Lot 32, R-C District. APPEAL #19935—Grand Boulevard Realty, LLC, variances 70-195.16.A(2) and 70-195.16.D to maintain a finished cellar with partitions and an interior stairwell with insufficient distance to a perimeter wall; SE/cor. 225 Monitor St. & Grand Blvd., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 3901, Lots 51 & 53, R-C District; New Cassel Urban Renewal Overlay District. All interested persons should appear and will be given an opportunity to be heard at such meeting and/or hearing. DAVID MAMMINA, R.A., Chairman; Board of Zoning Appeals GNN 141374 1x 4/10/ 2015 #141374

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. GNN 141258 6x 3/20, 27, 4/03, 10, 17, 24, 2015

Schools tout super’s history Continued from Page 2 tem, Prendergast studied at St. John’s University, where she earned her bachelor of science degree in elementary education, nursery through grade six, and mathematics, grades seven through nine. She also received a doctorate of education in educational administration and supervision, as well as a professional diploma in educational supervision and administration, from St. John’s. Prendergast obtained her master of science degree in mathematics education, grades seven through 12, from CUNY Lehman College, the school district said. She also has an associate in applied science degree from Pace University. The new superintendent is a member of the Nassau Association of District Curriculum Officials, the American Association of School Administrators and Phi Delta Kappa. She has received the Honorary Life Membership Award from the New York State Parent Teacher Association and has participated in the Future Superintendents Academy sponsored by the New York State Council of School Superintendents as well. Board of Education Vice President Larry Gross said in March that Prendergast applied to be superintendent after the job was recommended to her by someone in the education field. This year’s proposed school budget calls for the superintendent to be paid $280,500 a year. During the 2014-2015 school year, there were 6,399 registered students among the 10 schools in the district. The schools in the district include Great Neck North High School, Great Neck South High School, the Village School, Great Neck North Middle School, Great Neck South Middle School, the Elizabeth Mellick Baker School, the John F. Kennedy School, Lakeville School, Saddle Rock School and Parkville School.

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Bruins crowned tournament champs B y C hr i s B y rn e The Great Neck Bruins Bantams Ice Hockey Team arrived at the St. Patrick’s Day tournament in Hershey, PA looking to build on a strong season. The weekend ended with the Bruins winning two shut out games over Aviator and Brewster of the LIAHL to claim the title. The opening game against the Ashburn VA Selects team was a back and forth shootout for two periods with Mitch Gellert playing solid in goal for Great Neck, keeping the opponents scoreless into the third period. Teammate Sam Levitan blasted a Dan Harchut faceoff pass to score a shorthanded goal to break the tie. Unfortunately, Great Neck could not manage to hold off the Selects power play, which evened the score about 45 seconds later. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. In game two against a tough Atlantic City Sharks team, it was clear that Great Neck was finding opportunities after the low-scoring first game. Gellert turned in another stellar performance in goal and goals scored by co-captain Justin Chavez and Christopher Byrne put the Bantams ahead 2-0. But the Bruins soon took too many penalties which limited their scoring opportunities and allowed the Sharks to

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climb back into the game to secure a 2-2 tie. Great Neck came into game three determined to play well enough to earn enough points to advance to the final tournament bracket and finish the season strong. However, the Bruins quickly fell behind a fast, strong and large Binghamton squad, 3-0. Justin Chavez and Great Neck’s own Ethan Zeltse then took charge and returned the favor by scoring three successive goals, cutting the lead to one with only minutes to play in the second period. This turned the momentum in the Bruins’ Tryout for the Great Neck Park District favor. Bruins hockey team at the Andrew SterPeriod three became a back and forth giopoulos Ice Rink will take place on the affair with Gellert making numerous following dates: saves. But a major penalty to Great Neck forced a shift in the player deployment Tuesday, April 14 & Thursday, April 16: Squirts (9-10 yrs.): 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. PeeWees (11-12 yrs.): 8 to 9 p.m.

GNPD Bruins hold tryouts

and set the stage for a devastating 3-0 run by Binghamton. Despite the setback in game three however, the Bruins were seeded in the Final bracket based on overall points in their division and the only thing standing in their way of the Gold Cup was a solid group of players from the Montclair Blues. Unfortunately for the Blues, the Bantams were ready to go from the drop of the puck. Chase Friedman and Christopher Byrne combined to strike the first blow. Justin Chavez and Joseph Contino each scored to add to the lead and Great Neck led 3-1 after the first period. In the second period, John McNeely and Cullen O’Hara scored on a nifty pass play, extending the lead to 4-1. Having had leads and coming close to winning in all three third periods earlier

in the tournament, the Bruins were determined not to let up in this match. Ethan Zeltser made sure of that when he took a pass from Christopher Byrne and neatly back-handed a shot over the Montclair goalie’s glove to make the score 5-1 and secure an insurmountable lead for Great Neck. The Gold Cup belonged to the Bruins and a long season ended on an appropriately high note. While many of the players from this team are returning next season, there will be tryouts for open positions on Tuesday, April 21 and 28 from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. and Thursday, April 23 from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink in Great Neck. For further information contact Fred Ondris at icemgr@aol.com or (516) 487-2976.

GNPD Froggies finish fourth at swim meet

Tuesday, April 21 & 28: The Great Neck Park District Froggies Bantams (13-14 yrs.): 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Swim Team participated at the Division Midget 16U (15-16 yrs.): 7 to 8 p.m. Midget 18U (17-18 yrs.): 8:15 to 9:15 II, Nassau County Municipal Swim Conference at Eisenhower Park on Saturday, p.m. March 28. Approximately 40 members of the Thursday, April 23: Froggies team competed against four othBantams: 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. er teams in their Division, coming in third Midget 16 U: 8 to 9 p.m. place behind the Syosset and Hewlett, Midget 18U: 9:15 to 10:15 p.m. No try-out fee for Great Neck Park which took first and second, respectively. District residents. Non-resident fee is $60 Uniondale placed fourth and Town of for Squirts and PeeWees; $85 for Ban- North Hempstead finished in fifth place. The Froggies had four most valuable tams, Midget 16U and Midget 18U. Call (516) 487-2976, ext 128 or visit swimmers who placed first in their catwww.greatneckparks.org for more infor- egory. They are: Claire Lewis for the 100yard breaststroke; Angeline Lei for the mation.

100-yard backstroke; Christopher Lei for the 200-yard butterfly and Alex Sum for the 200-yard freestyle relay. Coaches Bethany Porras and Jen Lobodzic were very proud of the swimmers and look forward to coaching the Froggies Team this summer at the Parkwood Family Aquatic Center. Registration for the team begins May 23. There will be Saturday morning competitions beginning in July and running through mid-August. You don’t have to be a Park District resident or Parkwood Aquatic Center member to join. Non-resident rates apply. Call (516) 487-2976, ext. 129.

72 The Great Neck News, Friday, April 10, 2015

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