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Alum remembers battle to replace mascot and flag By A dA M L i d g e t t Though Great Neck South High School sits far from the American South, some alumni can still remember when the school’s logo was a symbol one doesn’t often see above the Mason-Dixon line – the Confederate battle flag. After calls to remove the Confederate flag from near the South Carolina State House in Charleston, S.C. in the wake of the killing of nine people at Emanuel AME Church two weeks ago during a Bible study class, many graduates remembered last week when they

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helped change the Great Neck South High School Rebels’ symbol from that of a Confederate soldier to a Revolutionary War patriot. In a series of posts to the William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Facebook page, David Gurfein, Class of 1983, said that when South High was opened in 1958, their teams were named the Rebels to differentiate them from Great Neck North High School. Keeping with the “Southern secession” theme, a Confederate soldier and a Confederate battle flag was made their mascot and symbol. Gurfein, captain and quarterback for South High’s football team, said in the posts he wore the Confederate flag himself, seeing it more as a symbol to unify the team and fans, rather than a symbol of racial hatred. “No one, I am aware of, associated any hate with the symbol,” Gurfein wrote in the post. “As a Continued on Page 50

Students from Great Neck South High School graduated Thursday at LIU Post’s Tilles Center. See story on page 3.

G.N. man remembers Charleston childhood By A dA M L i d g e t t

Rosen— he grew up less than two miles from the historic The killing of nine peo- church in Charleston, S.C.. “I never had any issues at ple at Emanuel AME Church two weeks ago during a Bible all, everyone got along nicely,” study class hit close to home said Rosen, who is president of for Great Neck resident Eric Young Israel of Great Neck and

a member of gthe Great Neck Community Council of Synagogue Presidents. “I went to a high school that was 30-35 percent black. I never once had any problem.” Continued on Page 38

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G.N. North grads told Masri attempted to keep love in hearts assault case closed Graduate advises class to not forget to feel passion Court of Appeals denies request B y A d am L i d g e t t Great Neck North High School principal Bernard Kaplan said he isn’t challenging the school’s seniors graduating Thursday to do well in college or make money – he challenged them to keep loving. “We live in a world of increasing hostility, increasing distrust, increasing self-righteous posturing,” Kaplan said at the Class of 2015 commencement ceremony held at LIU Post’s Tilles Center. “It is easy to fall into hate’s trap as we navigate our own lives, as we interrelate in our communities and as we face this troubled world as a troubled nation.” Kaplan’s final challenge to the students was for them to keep love in their hearts as they move on in the world. “Keeping love alive is the single most important thing any of us can do in our lives,” Kaplan said. Kaplan said when he first met the Class of 2015 at the beginning of their freshman year, he asked them to make the most out of life and leave the school better than when they arrived. He said all the graduates have left a fine legacy at Great Neck North. Kaplan then sang about keeping “loving going” with a selection of Great Neck North graduates — a song he wrote. The theme of love continued as Great Neck North senior choral members sang selections from the Broadway musical “Rent” – a show Great Neck North put on in November 2014. After singing “One Song Glory,” “Without You” and “Will I?” the group sang the musical’s iconic “Seasons of Love.” As the choral members sang the lines “It’s time now, to sing out/Though the story never

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the Appellate Division judgment stands.” Paul Leonard, press secretary for the DA’s office, said the DA declines to comment. The Appellate Division ruled in January that the Nassau County Supreme Court should not have accepted Nassau County prosecutors’ request to consider the misdemeanor charge without also considering four other charges files against Masri including felony assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon. “Contrary to the People’s contention, there is no reasonable view of the evidence that the defendant attempted to assault the complainant, but was unsuccessful in doing so,” the January decision said. The DA’s office argued in the March court documents, forwarded by Aldea, that there was “ample basis” to conclude Masri intended to injure Levy, though he did not succeed in causing the intended injury. “The sole question is whether there is a reasonable view of the evidence that a defendant who strikes the victim with the Continued on Page 36

The criminal case against Sasha Masri, the Saddle Rock resident and former candidate for trustee whose misdemeanor count of attempted assault against Saddle Rock Mayor Dan Levy was overturned in January, is now closed, his attorney Donna Aldea said. Nassau County Court of Claims Judge Philip Grella ordered Wednesday that Masri’s case be sealed, closing the case, Aldea said. The sealing of the case comes after the state Court of Appeals earlier this month denied the Nassau County District Attorney’s office’s application to appeal an Appellate Division decision to overturn the conviction of Masri. In court documents dated June 10, New York Court of Appeals Associate Judge Susan Phillips Read denied the DA’s Photos (C)2015 MARTHA GORFEIN/www.mgphotoconcepts.com application for leave for appeal, filed March 19. The Great Neck North High School Class of 2015 graduated Aldea said the filing means Thursday at LIU Post’s Tilles Center an appeal won’t even be heard by ends/Let’s celebrate/Remem- all along with knowledge and the state Court of Appeals. “There’s no judgment,” Alber a year in the life of friends,” confidence to conquer life,” said nearly the entire student body Hakim, one of 263 to graduate dea said. “Basically it means behind them, along with faculty from North. “We ambitiously members, stood up and began move forward to change the clapping along to the beat of the world as adults rather than hold onto the past like children.” song. She advised the students to Great Neck North valedictorian Jessy Lin and Salutatorian not wake up and forget to feel Daniel Hanover were also rec- the passion and ache inside their stomachs. ognized. “We live in those knots, and Nadine Hakim, senior class secretary, said although she feels those knots live in us,” she said. Great Neck School District a knot in her stomach as she graduates, it is more important Superintendent Tom Dolan, who to live with those knots, as they was scheduled to leave his poremind each person that they sition at the end of June, was given an honorary degree as a are alive. “The knot loosens when I Great Neck North High graduthink of the teachers who em- ate. Dolan will be replaced by powered our desire to learn and inspired our ability to suc- current Assistant Superintenceed and have been arming us Continued on Page 39 Sasha Masri.

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Day to slow down, appreciate the now Great Neck South High School graduates talk finding happiness in life, fighting for success By J ust i n e S c h o e n ba r t

For students who have spent the past four years overloading on advanced classes and extra curricular activities, Great Neck South High graduates expressed a readiness to slow down and appreciate the now at their graduation ceremony last Thursday at the Tilles Center in Brookville. “We are merciless under the dictatorship of time. So how do we slow down this rush of time and maintain some control?” covaledictorian Sherry Yang asked her classmates. In the midst of SAT prep, sports, music lessons, and internships, Yang said, the students sometimes have not been able to fully enjoy moments with their loved ones. “Great Neck produces high achieving students through our rigorous school system — there’s no doubt about it,” she said. “But this competitive learning environment is a dual-edged sword. We, as students, are so worried about the future that we often forget to live in the now.”

The Great Neck South High School Class of 2015 graduated Thursday at LIU Post’s Tilles Center Yang, who will be attending Duke University in the fall, urged her fellow graduates to “press pause, and fight against the tyranny of time.” Co-valedictorian Casey Li,

who plans to attend Princeton University, was on the same page as Yang. She spoke of finding happiness along the way, rather than just within the goals the students set out to achieve.

“Sometimes, the things we give our entire lives trying to obtain are right in front of us,” she said. “We say that if we can just get into college, if we can just get a good job — if we can just

reach our next goal, reach the next step, that we’ll finally be happy with where we are.” But, several speakers said, slowing down does not mean lessening efforts for the highachieving graduating class of 2015. “When the hour glass of our lives has become empty, will we be able to say we stuck with it to the grueling end to victory?” co-salutatorian Hamsavardhaan Pillai asked his classmates. “That choice is up to us.” Co-salutatorian Jay Zussman, who will attend Duke University along with Pillai and Yang, also encouraged students to continue fighting for success. “When the word impossible is always seen no matter how hard we squeeze our eyes shut, when getting out of bed is a marathon and ‘I’m okay’ is the dirtiest lie we’ve ever told — despite all the stands in our way, we each have unique reservoirs of support that help us expand our horizons and reach new heights,” Zussman said. Student speaker Christine Continued on Page 38

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Bral wants town-hall meetings B y A d am L i d g e t t Incoming Village of Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral said Friday he intends to honor his campaign pledge to increase government transparency and openness by holding town-hall style meetings within the next couple months to get more community input. “We have many smart people in our village that have lived here for many years and have a vast knowledge of how to get things done that benefit everybody,” Bral said. Running on the Voice of the Village Party ticket, Bral on June 17 defeated longtime Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman with more than 72 percent of the vote — 1,040 to 391. Bral’s running mates Anne Mendelson and Ray Plakstis Jr. won the two open trustee spots with 980 and 1,020 votes respectively, beating out incumbent trustees Mitch Beckerman, who received 346 votes, and Jeff Bass, who received 350 votes, as well as Lone Bridge Party candidates Sam Yellis, who received 136 votes. Residents waited in line for an average of 25 minutes to vote, with the line extending at a point outside the front entrance of Great Neck House and turning on Arrandale Avenue. The line inside Great Neck House wrapped

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around the room four times. Bral said he can’t specify what the town-hall meetings would entail or when they would be. “In the summer there is not a lot of people here and we want to make sure people are around,” Bral said. In the past two weeks, Bral said, he has been meeting with Village of Great Neck officials. He said he, Plakstis and Mendelson have had short meetings about changes they want to implement. “We’re coming up with different things we need to do and how to go about doing them,” Bral said. He said he, Plakstis and Mendelson have discussed the various issues they spoke frequently about in the campaign, such as the rezoning of parts of Middle Neck Road and Steamboat Road and the proposed sale of the current Village Hall to build a new Village Hall and Department of Public Works facility at 265 East Shore Road, and how they want to move forward with the discussion of the topics. The rezoning, passed by Village of Great Neck trustees in October, condensed the village’s business district in an effort to revitalize the downtown area. The rezoning permits apartments above commercial businesses in the central business core and

apartments and townhomes at the northern and southern ends of Middle Neck Road. Under the rezoning, townhomes are also allowed on portions of Steamboat Road. Kreitzman said before the election that according to estimates, the sale of the current Village Hall should pay for the cost of building a new Village Hall and DPW facility at 265 East Shore Road. 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 E.M. Baker School. The agenda for the July 7 board of trustees meeting — the first meeting Bral with oversee as mayor — should be set sometime this week, Bral said. But, he said, he can’t say what exactly would be on it. He said discussion on the rezoning and proposed Village Hall sale will be on the agenda during the coming months. “We don’t want to throw everything on the wagon on the first day,” Bral said. Bral, currently the director of Minimally Invasive & Robotic Gynecologic Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, said he plans to scale back his work schedule to 15 days a month starting July 1.

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Plea for Project Independence funds Schumer presses DOT for money to continue town transportation program for seniors By J ust i n e S c h o e n ba r t Sen. Charles Schumer urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide funding for the Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence on Tuesday at a press conference at the Great Neck Social Center. Project Independence, which began in 2009, assists senior residents on the Town of North Hempstead who wish to remain in their own homes by providing them with a wide variety of services, including transportation. The transportation program is set to expire on Dec. 31 and is the town seeking $1 million in funding to continue the program for the next three years. The program currently has more than 10,000 members and has provided over 155,000 rides to senior residents, according to town officials. “For seniors who are getting older and want to remain in their own homes, there’s one obstacle

deputy commissioner for aging services. “North Hempstead saved my life — literally — with safe, lowcost transportation to doctors and therapists,” senior resident and Project Independence rider Phoebe Lazarus said at the conference. Schumer said that according to a recent Long Island survey, the senior population is growing about 2 percent a year, which is six times the overall growth rate for residents. He also referred to another study done by the county, which indicated that seniors will make up about a third of the island’s Schumer and Bosworth urged the federal government population by 2024. “Now is not the time to put that stands in their way of getting es, four of which run year-round the breaks on a project that serves every mile out of life,” Schumer to different routes. To schedule a ride, a senior so many seniors,” he said. said. “And that’s the challenge of Schumer also argued that the just needs to call 311 one day transportation services.” Project Independence part- advance of the date to receive program would save the federal ners with two taxi companies, round trip transportation. Trans- government tens of thousands of Delux and Taxi Hispano, to pro- portation for shopping is free of dollars by reducing the amount vide rides for shopping trips and charge, and medical transporta- of money spent on assisted living non-emergency medical appoint- tion is provided at an extremely through Medicare and Medicaid reduced rate, according to Re- by allowing seniors to stay in ments. The program also has six bus- becca Miller, who serves as the their homes.

“Imagine something as simple as a ride to the supermarket meaning the difference between staying at home and moving to an assisted living facility,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. The program recently took on another 2,000 seniors from New Hyde Park after the closing of FEGS — the Federation Employment and Guidance Service. Bosworth said it was important to the town to make sure that these seniors did not lose their independence with the closing of the program. She called Project Independence a “critical safety net” for seniors. As an example, Bosworth said, one taxi driver had called a program staff member to make sure a senior he regularly drove for dialysis was okay after not hearing from her for a few weeks. “Just because a senior decides to hang up the car keys doesn’t mean they need to park at a nursing home or assisted facility,” Schumer said. “No way.”

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Discrimination suit FEMA awards town against town tossed $2.4M for 5 projects BY B I LL S A N A NTONIO A discrimination lawsuit brought about by a former North Hempstead town official who alleged he was fired because of his age, gender and ItalianAmerican ethnicity has been tossed on the grounds he filed the case three weeks late. Leon C. Dimaya, acting director of the state Division of Human Rights, wrote in his June 19 decision the court does not have the jurisdiction to rule on the complaint, filed Dec. 22, 2014 by Angelo J. Ferrara, North Hempstead’s former commissioner of finance, because it was filed more than a year after the discrimination took place. He wrote that Ferrara does have the right to bring about the suit to a court with proper jurisdiction. In a statement, North Hempstead town spokeswoman Carole Trottere said, “We are gratified the complaint was dismissed by the State Division.” Ferrara, who worked for the town for 21 years and is not related to Republican Town Councilman Angelo P. Ferrara, alleged he was terminated from his position without cause on Dec.

10, 2013 and forced to repay more than $11,000 in unemployment benefits to the state Department of Labor. He alleged his superiors at the town gave him the option of resigning or being terminated from the position, and he chose the latter option because he said he was misinformed that he would be unable to collect pension, Social Security and unemployment insurance, according to his filing. Ferrara’s attorney, Thomas Liotti of Garden City, alleged at the time of the filing he was fired due to nepotism, as Ferrara was later replaced by Kim Kaiman, wife of former North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman. In the human rights division’s ruling, Dimaya wrote Ferrara’s “allegation of political patronage is not within the purview of the Human Rights Law and not jurisdictional.” Liotti said in an e-mail he plans to appeal the decision. Reach reporter Bill San Antonio by email at bsanantonio@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x215 or on Twitter @b_sanantonio. Also follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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A Brooklyn man and two alleged coconspirators from Great Neck are in police custody in connection with a string of “smash-and-grab” burglaries that took place at Nassau County businesses over the last six months, including several jewelry stores from which more than $200,000 in merchandise was stolen, county prosecutors said. Joseph Borelli, 42, of Brooklyn and brothers Rotem Balila, 25, and Edan Balila, 27, both of Great Neck, face various burglary-related charges for their alleged involvement in at least nine overnight incidents since the start of 2015, prosecutors said. The three defendants were represented by Legal Aid at their respective arraignments. Prosecutors said the burglaries took place at several North Shore businesses, including Cookshop Deli in Great Neck, where approximately $500 in cash and lottery tickets was stolen on Jan. 10; Loucri Jewelers in Greenvale, where about $75,000 in jewelry was stolen on Jan. 31; Westbury Jewelry Exchange in New Cassel, where about $100,000 in jewelry

was stolen on Feb. 28; Bagelman of Great Neck, where about $200 was stolen. Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas in a statement said Borelli, the main defendant in the case, and the Balilas are also being investigated for other commercial burglaries in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens, including one at Herricks Jewelers in Garden City Park on April 15. “We are lucky that no one was hurt in these overnight smash-and-grab burglaries and we will continue our close partnership with the Nassau County Police Department on this case to make sure that we deliver justice for the hardworking victims,” Singas said. Shams Tarek, a spokesman for the D.A.’s office, said the three men are not considered suspects in a series of residential burglaries that took place in parts of New Hyde Park and Manhasset in the last two years. Borelli, who was arrested on June 19 and charged with nine felony counts of 3rd degree burglary and nine felony counts of 3rd degree criminal mischief, faces up to seven years in prison on each to; count. He was arraigned June 20 and Continued on Page 38

Village School grads overcome challenges By J ust i n e S c h o e n ba r t At a sunny outdoor graduation, Village School graduate Nick Barrow took his classmates back into his own time of darkness. After failing to succeed academically in a conventional high school setting, Barrow said, he began to lose hope in his abilities as a student and recede into a depression. Coming to Village School, he said, helped to take him away from what he considered to be the lowest point in his life. “Maybe I wasn’t surrounded with the right people,” he said he realized during a therapy session. “And maybe that’s why I hadn’t find the happiness that I was desperately seeking.” On that same day, he made the decision to transfer to the Village School, where he met principal Steve Goldberg. Barrow referred to him as the man “who would go on to change the rest of my life.” “Coming to Village didn’t immediately cure all of my problems,” he said. “I still struggled, but now, I had teachers and friends there for me in ways that I had

never experienced before.” Barrow will be attending SUNY Plattsburgh in the fall. He thanked his teachers, family, and friends and Superintendent of Schools Tom Dolan for supporting him and the Village School during his four years of high school. Barrow concluded his speech, which was held outside the school at 614 Middle Neck Road, with a piece of advice to his fellow graduates. “Remember, as you move forward with your lives, find people who make you happy — and be with them,” he said. Board of Education Vice President Lawrence Gross spoke of the founding of the alternative learning environment at Village School 45 years ago and praised the nine students who were graduating for the work they put in to create the environment that currently exists at Village. “Each succeeding class birthed a new Village School in a form that best met their needs,” Gross said. At the ceremony, the graduates also honored Dolan’s retirement with an Irish folk song that served as a tribute to the Dolan name. Graduate Stephanie O’Hara served as the lead singer, with instrumentalists inContinued on Page 38

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County opens H.S. sports hall of fame

A conceptual rendering of the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame. BY B I LL S A N A NTONIO Jim Brown is often lauded among the greatest athletes of all time, starring in five sports at Manhasset High School in the early 1950s before a stellar multi-sport career at Syracuse University and nine of the most celebrated statistical years in National Football League History. Having been enshrined in the pro football, college football and lacrosse halls of fame, and honored two years ago with an Allstate “Hometown Hall of Famer” award in Manhasset, Brown was among the 28 members of the inaugural class of the newly established Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame. The hall of fame was unveiled last Wednesday during a

ceremony at its temporary site at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building rotunda in Mineola. It will be moved once a permanent location is determined. “Sports provide our young people with important lessons, personal value, leadership skills, physical activity and social interaction skills that will benefit all involved for the rest of their lives,” Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano said in a statement. “The Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame provides an avenue to honor the most gifted athletes, coaches, contest officials, administrators and related contributors while helping promote healthy competition here and strengthening interscholastic sports.” Among the inductees, many

of whom contributed to North Shore athletic programs, were former Miami Dolphins and New York Jets quarterback Jay Fiedler (Oceanside) and NBA forward Wally Szczerbiak (Cold Spring Harbor), who is now a basketball analyst with the MSG network and CBS Sports. Inductees were chosen by a 10-member screening committee and then approved by a five-member selection committee. Nominees not selected for induction may be designated for consideration in the next two consecutive years. To be selected, nominees must be at least 35 years old, made considerable athletic contributions within Nassau County and meet a range of ethical and moral criteria. Here are some of the other in-

augural hall of famers from north shore high schools: • Marcus Martone: A 1944 Glen Cove High School graduate, Martone went on to coach football at Sewanhaka and Carey high schools, going undefeated with Sewanhaka in 1974 and winning the Rutgers Cup as the best team in Nassau County. The Martone Award for the county’s top offensive lineman is named in honor of his father, Al Martone. In 1998, Sewanhaka named its football field in Marc Martone’s honor. • James Tolle: A past president of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association from 1994-96, and member of its hall of fame, Tolle served the Uniondale, Garden City, Malverne and Roslyn school districts during his career as an administrator.

• Lorraine Hoffman: Hoffman graduated from Sewanhaka High School in 1950 and went on to teach physical education and coach field hockey, basketball, lacrosse and gymnastics at Massapequa High School for more than 30 years. A member of the Nassau County Field Hockey Coaches Association’s hall of fame, Hoffman was also heavily involved in the reorganization of Section VIII, which coordinates public school athletics in Nassau County, as well as the implementation of Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on one’s sex. •Rosalia Gioia: A former basketball, field hockey and lacrosse coach at New Hyde Park Memorial High School and in Great Neck, Gioia has also had a lengthy officiating career that began in 1952 and continues today.

Man robbed in G.N. Plaza BID hosts Promenade Night Great Neck B y A d am L i d g e t t Nassau County police are looking for two suspects who they said robbed a man in Great Neck Monday night. Police said that at about 9:01 p.m., a 54-year-old man was leaving through the rear exit of Gold Coast Cardiology at 370 Northern Blvd. when he was approached in the parking lot by two men described as black males and wearing hooded sweatshirts and masks. Police said they did not know if he was a patient. One of the suspects, police said, pointed a handgun at the

man and demanded his watch. Police said the two did not demand anything else from the victim. The victim, police said, gave the suspects his watch before the two fled on foot through the parking lot. Police said no injuries were reported and the investigation is ongoing. Reach reporter Adam Lidgett by e-mail at alidgett@ theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203 and on Twitter @ AdamLidgett. Also follow us on Twitter @theislandnow and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

B y A d am L i d g e t t For Jude Kamali, coming to the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District Promenade Night is all about her children. “My kids look forward to it every year,” Kamali said at the Promenade Night last Wednesday. “They’re reuniting with all their friends.” Kamali said she has been bringing her kids to the BID’s promenade nights for about four years she said and her kids were looking forward to getting some ice cream while they were there. The BID and the Village of

Great Neck Plaza hosted the promenade night along Middle Neck Road between Cutter Mill Road and Maple Drive. The section of road was blocked off so restaurants such as Turquoise Seafood and Sake 68 could place tables on the street so diners could enjoy food in the nice weather. Many people enjoyed dining at the restaurants and seeing a special dance presentation from the young dance students of To The Pointe! – Katya’s School of Dance, located in Great Neck. Lior Van Olphen, who moved the Great Neck about two years ago, said his four-year-old daughter

was the youngest dancer at the program. He said he has never been to a BID Promenade before, but that it looked like a very nice local event. Olphen said his daughter was enthusiastic about performing outside. “Surprisingly, she is excited and cool with it,” Olphen said of his daughter performing outside in front of many people. “It’s nice to see her outside. It’s exciting.” The next BID Promenade night was scheduled for July 29 on South Middle Neck Road, according to the BID’s website. Promenades are also scheduled for Aug. 5 and Aug. 18, according to the website.

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Arts Center hosts faculty exhibit

B y A d am L i d g e t t Eliseo Sandoval is not your standard artist. The Guatemala native currently has his first collection of sculptures on display at the Gold Coast Arts Center, but his association with the center goes back a lot longer. Sandoval has been the maintenance man at the center for about 12 years. “They said when you have time take a piece of clay home,” Sandoval said at the exhibition’s opening last Thursday. “It feels good; when I started to make the first one I didn’t want to stop.” Sandoval and a number of other Gold Coast Arts Center employees have their work on display at the center’s Faculty and Staff Exhibit, which runs from June 25 through Sept. 8 at the arts center, which is located at 113 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck. The art works range from sculptures to paintings to photography. While some employees have

been painting, drawing and taking photos for decades, Sandoval only began sculpting about three months ago, he said. He had dabbled in making pots and plates before, but he had made never the sculptures displayed at the arts center before. For the exhibit, Sandoval sculpted a chef, golfer and fisherman, among others. “One of my sons, he’s nineyears-old, said ‘daddy why don’t you make a chef,’ and I make one and he liked it so he said ‘daddy next time make a fisherman,’” Sandoval said. He said he would like to continue to sculpt if he has the time. As he often works most days of the week, he said, it is nice to have something to take his mind off of work. Regina Gil, executive director of the Gold Coast Arts Center, said every person who works at the center was invited to submit two pieces of original art for the exhibition. Some of the pieces were listed for sale while some were not. Gil, who said she taught wa-

The Gold Coast Arts Center is hosting a Faculty and Staff Exhibit through Sept. 8 tercolor painting for years, submitted two paintings of her own to the exhibition as well. This year is the first time the center is doing the faculty and staff exhibition, she said. “I think this will be an annual show,” Gil said. “We want to do something between now and next year; that’s our goal.” Jude Amsel, curator and gal-

lery director at the Gold Coast Arts Center, said the idea for a staff exhibition came after the center began to gain what she called a “hip” reputation. After 5Pointz, the Long Island City buildings that artists from all over the world used as a graffiti mural space, was whitewashed in 2013 by the buildings’ owners, Amsel, a Long Island

City resident, asked 5Pointz artists to come have an indoor show at the center. 5Pointz artists did an exhibition at the center in 2014, which can still be seen at the center, that increased the center’s credibility. “So now the buzz was out that the gallery was a cool place,” Amsel said. “We thought ‘we have such hip people that work here, lets show those people.’” “People in every position here are so connected to the arts. That’s why they want to work here,” Amsel said. Amsel’s father, Herbert Rustler, had four photos from his collection of 40,000 shown at the exhibition — all taken in 1952 when he immigrated to the United States from Germany. Rustler was an industrial engraver for 47 years, but enjoyed photography as a hobby. “I always liked photography. I always liked nature,” Rustler said. “My eyes see things most people never see.”

Feinstein honors doc for transplant work BY B I LL S A N A NTONIO

Starzl’s monograph, “A Journey in Science: The Birth of Organ Transplantation with Particular Reference to AlloengraftA professor of surgery at the Univer- ment Mechanisms,” was published Thurssity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has day on Molecular Medicine’s website. “Receiving the Anthony Cerami been named the recipient of the fourth Anthony Cerami Award in Translational Award in Translational Medicine is a Medicine by the Feinstein Institute for distinguished honor — Dr. Cerami is a pioneer in the field of molecular medicine Medical Research in Manhasset. Dr. Thomas E. Starzl will receive a and I am privileged to accept an award $20,000 prize from Molecular Medicine, that is named after him,” Starzl said in a a peer-reviewed medical journal pub- statement. “My journey in human organ lished by the Feinstein Institute, in recog- transplantation has been an exciting one. nition of his research in organ transplan- Additional advancements in transplantatation and alloengraftment mechanisms. tion tolerance are still needed, and I am

looking forward to seeing what future scientists can uncover.” The Cerami award “recognizes that the story behind making a discovery in medicine and healthcare is cherished and should be documented,” according to a North Shore-LIJ Health System news release. It was established “to recognize investigators who provided the crucial, early insight and ideas that are the essence of discovery,” said Dr. Kevin J. Tracey, president and chief executive officer of the Feinstein Institute, adding: “Creating new fields and research trajectories, followed

by persistent clinical investigation, enables us to ultimately change how disease is prevented, diagnosed and treated.” Starzl’s monograph describes the researcher’s early experiences in neuroscience and cardiac physiology and his later interest in studying the liver and its transplant process. “Dr. Thomas Starzl’s development of key surgical techniques during liver transplantation, discovery of microchimerism and usage of therapies to thwart transplant rejection vastly improves the life expectancy of transplant recipients,” Tracey said.

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An idea to aid local Too many people lacking business districts in compassion, tolerance

George Pecoraro had a dream of re-opening LaRotunda — a once popular Italian restaurant in the Village of Great Neck Plaza for which he worked for years that now sat vacant. But Pecoraro and his partner Henry An concluded that the cost of getting started was just too high. That was until the building’s landlord, Patrick Silberstein, stepped in with an offer of free rent for the first four or five months. “It’s my way of capitalizing on merchants,” Silberstein explained. “Free rent in the beginning is absolutely essential.” Silberstein said he wished more landlords in the area would work with merchants as he had. “There are a lot of landlords could do that could bring a lot more business into the community,” he said. We think Silberstein has a very good point. To borrow a phrase from modern policing, empty storefronts are like broken windows. They invite more empty storefronts. More empty storefronts mean less shoppers attracted to a business district and then more empty storefronts in an downward cycle that is sometimes difficult to reverse. This cycle can be seen in local business districts across the North Shore. Often, storefronts stay vacant for months and even years. Sometimes this is a result of a lack of interest in businesses seeking to rent. Sometimes this is the result of a landlord holding out for a price that may be too high — at least for the time being. There is no doubt that landlords in local business districts North Shore face many challenges — from high property taxes to government regulations to stiff competition from shopping malls. And as business owners they certainly have the right to do what they think is best for their business. But we would like to see more landlords follow Patrick Silberstein’s approach of sacrificing some money up front for the long-term benefit of his business and the businsses district that surrounds him. The benefits of which could be seen at the ribbon-cutting ceremony held at LaRotunda on June 16.

READERS WRITE ciety, he dismisses evidence that a very large percentage of the people in this country are disillusioned with those in power who ignore the economic and social needs of our society. Furthermore, his writing style, grammar, arguments do not provide confidence in the depth of his thinking. In his latest letter, he has found another target for criticism. He chooses to ignore the scientific evidence that numbers of human beings differ from the mainstream in emotional and sometimes physical natures, He has no compassion for their suffering, has not the slightest tolerance, and is happy to ridicule. Inevitably, he repeats his usual litany of misinterpretation and exaggeration, joining the infamous daily practitioners of disinformation in the media.

will not stoop to identify by name the writer of the constant hysterical rants printed in this popular local newspaper. He makes sure to identify himself as a member of a healing profession. Some part of that adjective is missing. I have spoken to members of the same profession who are embarrassed, concerned that they will be tarred by association. Almost every word in his most recent letter marks him as careless with the facts, prejudiced, lacking in compassion. He and his like have made the loving words “liberal” and “progressive” dirty words. Does he ever offer suggestions for improvement? Beyond the propensity to accuse progressives as the cause of all the ills in our so-

It saddens me that we see evidence that so many find pleasure in scandal, celebrity, derision, hatred, and the resultant effect on our society, and especially, our children. “The fault, Dear Brutus, is in ourselves, that we are underlings....” Surely, many must agree that attention must be paid to elevating our standards and courageously speaking up. Can we hope, again, after the enormous tragedy in South Carolina, that those who represent us will develop more backbone and take their cues, not from the haters, nor the self-serving and the greedy, but from those who care about what we need. Esther Confino New Hyde Park

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Biz districts need a comprehensive approach Landlords are not the only people who have a role in supporting local businsses disricts. County, town and village governments as well chambers or commerce and business improvement districts are also important players in the health of local businsses districts.

And in recent years they have been making important contributions — particulary in zoning changes that encourage transit-oriented developments in places like Mineola and the Village of Great Neck Plaza. These developments bring housing to retail districts adjacent

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Although New York City may not be the kind of place where North Shore residents want to live, there is something to be said for the city Economic Development Corporation, which plans development on a citywide basis. Why not try this on a smaller scale with the Town of North

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

Who’s In charge here, anyway? You like to think that the machines in your life work for you. You like to think it, but it isn’t so. If anything, it’s the other way around. For example, years ago I had a smart-aleck camera that seemed to think it was above taking the picture I wanted. Instead, it flashed icons for “Too Dark,” “Too Light,” or “Too Ugly” at me. But if it was so smart, how come it always focused on the wallpaper behind my kids? Or consider my washing machine. Oh sure, it has markings for Small, Medium, Large, and Extra-Large loads. But that doesn’t mean it will really do them all. Just try asking it to wash an “Extra Large” batch of towels, and you’ll come back to find it with an innocent look on its face, and 20 gallons of sudsy water on the floor. The worst part is that when your appliances start to go, they don’t simply break. That, I could live with. What I mind is that some-

how, they sucker you into doing their job for them. And it’s such an insidious process, they can have you trained before you know it. At first, all you have to do is “be there.” For example, I once had an office answering machine that answered to everyone … except me, when I called from home for my messages. I had to drive back there and stand over the thing, watching it work perfectly ... only to have it still refuse to take my calls once I got back home. Or look at my toaster. It needs what my therapist would call validation. Instead of popping up when the toast is done, it simply clicks. This is apparently to alert me that “Guess what? Your toast is done, if you feel like having it now, and if you like it toasted about this much.” I’d prefer my toaster to be more assertive and pop up already, but what can you do? So I lend a hand. Now we have crossed the line into physical action.

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A Look on the Lighter Side Soon, the toilet handle that needed the occasional jiggle turns into the one you must armwrestle every time you want it to start — or stop — flushing. And the TV that once responded to the touch of your hand now needs a whack to remind it to do color. You have become a cog, essential to the smooth working of your machines. Now, more and more, they shift the burden of the workload onto you.

For example, my parents’ garbage disposal. It had them very nicely trained. I caught them one day cutting up grapefruit rinds before stuffing them down it. I made a remark that they might as well buy baby food for the thing, but it fell flat; I think they were already doing that. Or, take a look at my own dish-washer. It left the glassware so wet, I had to dry everything by hand, after the drying-cycle was done. So I bought a new one. The result? It leaves dishes and spoons so dirty, I have to rewash them…or soap and rinse them before I even load them in. The process is now complete. All that remains is the realization that you are working for the machine — and have been for years. So, you might ask, why not just replace these uppity gadgets? For one thing, you might get hurt. When I finally got a new vacuum cleaner, I pressed the cord rewind and bent over to

start pushing the cord in, like I had always done. I almost got whipped in the face. The phone in my den was even worse. Its cord was always so tangled that whenever I picked it up, it fought back. So naturally, the first call I answered, after buying a new cordless, I smacked myself in the head with it. All the hapless telemarketer heard, at his end, was “YOUCH! ... Thud.” You don’t even have to replace the machine, to be in danger. For example, look what happened when the mechanic finally fixed my old car’s transmission. It had developed a sort of stutter on acceleration. Taking the car home, I almost rear-ended somebody when I hit the gas and actually got a prompt response. I’d like to get rid of all the machines, and show them who’s boss… but who am I kidding? I only work here.

Kremer ’ s cor n er

Taking down rebel flag is just a start I don’t know very much about Southern politics even though I pride myself in being a history buff. I know that the South produces brilliant politicians such as Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, William Fulbright and a long roster of others. All I ever knew about Nicki Haley is that she is the governor of South Carolina and is the darling of the Tea Party movement. Somehow, history has the ability to change things overnight and now Gov. Haley has become a hero to millions of people because she had the courage to call for the removal of the Confederate flag that was flying close to the state capitol. Her challenge was made a lot easier thanks to the passion of others. The strength of mercy that compelled nine grieving families to stand in a courtroom and offer their forgiveness to the killer of their loved ones changed the

national tone of the debate in minutes. Seizing on that amazing grace, Gov. Halley demanded that the symbol of the Civil War be taken down. How many of us in a similar situation would be willing to forgive and not ask for an eye for an eye? Not everybody down South agrees with the governor’s decision. Some say the flag is the symbol of the heroics of the soldiers who died defending their region during that bitter war. That may be a good excuse but U.S.Senator Lindsey Graham, who has never been described as a liberal, says the flag “belongs in a museum.” He is 100 per cent correct. I have seen quite a few Confederate flags in my lifetime and they don’t belong to local historians. Take a casual trip down to the city of Nashville, Tenn. and you will see Confederate flags

The soldiers who fought for the South were fighting to keep the old ways and were willing to die for them. Some parts of the South honor their dead in much more appropriate fashion. Travel down to Richmond,Va. and you will see the statues of many great military figures at almost every intersection of town. Stop in at a local coffee shop and you can buy any number of books explaining the Civil War jerry Kremer and the famous battles. That’s Kremer’s Corner what Sen. Graham was talking about. prominently displayed all over But is taking down Confedvarious parts of the city. erate flags and removing them There’s a message there and from Wal-Mart the solution to all it isn’t about bravery. our racial ills? For a great many people the Not quite. At this very moflag symbolizes a strong attach- ment, twelve states are considerment to the past and all the evils ing legislation to limit the ability that went with it. The Civil War of minority citizens to vote by was a battle over human rights changing voting hours and insistand a test whether slavery would ing on special voter identification live or die. requirements.

These laws aren’t good government projects. They are meant to suppress voter turnout and are a modern form of racism. Other states are bending over backwards to cut funding for community colleges so that young minorities won’t have a career path to get them out of poverty. A large block of Southern members of the U.S.Congress spend their every waking hour trying to figure out to take some meaningful benefit away from minority groups. The Civil War may be long gone, but many of them believe they were elected to keep that war alive. So hat’s off to Gov. Haley for her courageous stand against the flag. However, the real test of her greatness will be how willing she is to take on the other remnants of a time that is no longer a badge of honor for this country.

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School-zone cameras a county scam

had my day in court but I cannot truly say I got justice. Last fall, I received a school-zone “camera” ticket for going 36 miles per hour in a 25 mph school-zone. To say the least, I was stunned. While I had seen the signs announcing a school zone, I had not seen any sign indicating that the speed limit was 25 mph. So I returned to the site to see for myself whether such a sign really existed. It does. But, the sign stating “Speed limit 25 mph” is mounted about 3-4 feet off the ground on a pole that is very close to a large tree. It has no flashing lights and, because parking is allowed after 3 p.m., the sign is easily completely obscured by a parked vehicle. Since I was unfamiliar with this road and did not see the 25 mph speed limit sign, I had continued to drive at the regularly posted speed limit of 35 mph. I documented the “hidden” sign with photographs and appealed the summons. With such strong evidence I was certain to prevail.

I arrived early for my appearance at the Nassau County Traffic and Parking Violations court only to find about 250 others, many who were also appealing school-zone camera violations. There was even a special “camera ticket” payment line! Each “camera” ticket holder was called aside by a prosecutor and, one by one, told that we had the right to request a hearing by the judge but that it was not worth the time or effort. The judge rarely dismissed “camera” ticket. But I insisted that I wanted a trial because my evidence was strong. The prosecutor disagreed. My trial, as it was, was held the same day. It lasted about 10 minutes. It was held in a small room presided over by a judge seated at a table and attended by the prosecutor, a court reporter, and an individual who operated the computer used to present the court’s evidence. I was sworn in to “tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” Most of my trial was taken up

by the judge who explained the procedure to be followed and by the prosecutor who presented his evidence. The prosecutor’s evidence included a photo of the school-zone speed sign in question taken during school hours when parking near the sign was prohibited. The sign was clearly visible. The prosecutor also presented evidence that the speed camera had been tested for accuracy. The prosecutor’s presentation was dry and very well practiced. Then it was my turn. I attempted to show the judge my photo of the sign showing that it could be entirely obscured by a parked car, which would have been the situation at 4:49pm when I was driving by. The judge asked if my photo was taken “under the circumstances of the violation,” by which he meant at the time that my car was photographed by the speed camera. When I said, “Of course not” since I had no idea that I had been speeding or photographed, the

judge angered and ruled that my photo was “inadmissible”! When I objected that the prosecutor’s photo was also not taken at the time of day that I received the summons and thus did not show the sign obscured by a parked car, things got even more heated. The judge asked if I came from the area where I was ticketed, to which I responded “No.” and that I had not driven on that road for about 10-15 years. At this point the judge was showing clear signs of serious irritation. He asked if I had any witnesses and, upon hearing that I did not, he pounded his gavel and found me “Guilty.” I was told to pay the $50 fine plus $30 “driver responsibility fee” but no points would be put on my driver’s license and no court fees would be levied. Wikipedia defines a kangaroo court as one “held to give the appearance of a fair and just trial, even though the verdict has in reality already been decided before the trial has begun.”

That appears to have been the case for my trial court. The manner in which those of us who appealed traffic and parking tickets were treated only confirmed my suspicions that the school-zone speeding camera law was a scam. The insatiable government is using the police and the court system to extract additional revenue from the driving public to avoid the need to raise taxes or reduce expenditures. Everyone should be aware that this law has not been repealed but only “suspended”, according to Traffic Court officials. The infamous signs are still in place and still just as poorly marked. Is it possible that the suspension will be lifted the next time there is a budget shortfall? Is it any wonder that we have lost faith in government and no longer feel that it acts in the interest of the citizen? Dr. Corinne A. Michels, PhD Manhasset

Mass shootings not a problem in U.S.

his is in response to this paper’s editorial “Honor Charleston’s Dead with stricter gun control.” Around 17 people per year are killed in mass shootings. The right to keep arms is enshrined in our constitution for the prevention of tyranny with self defense as a corollary. It is estimated that over 1 million people per year successfully use a firearm in self defense and are saved by it from death or serious injury. Please search the CDC “study on gun violence.” This is the one that backfired on the Obama Administration. In many of the prior fraud progressive studies, they only counted justifiable homicides. In the vast majority of cases no shot is ever fired. Count those, and the numbers explode in favor of gun ownership. Around 2,500 people per year are killed by drowning, mostly kids in swimming pools. There is no utility in a swimming pool, its just fun for kids. Banning fun is no problem for progressives; it’s what they are all about. If you are not miserable, you are a bad person, except of course, for the progressives. Bear with me on this, as Mark Levin often says. So why are media outlets, like this one, not shrieking for a ban on the private ownership of pools, yet are apoplectic about gun ownership? Millions of people live just fine

without a pool. This paper calls for a ban on semi autos. Ever try to hit something with a double action revolver (just on a range and not even under the extreme duress of a life and death emergency G-d forbid)? If you live in New York, you have probably never fired a gun. Lotsa luck with a revolver against a perp with a modern semi auto. Even SCOTUS, which clearly leans left, and no longer bases decisions on the constitution, ruled in Heller that the American People are entitled to arms that are in “common use”. The far left northeastern based media outlets incessantly talk about this issue with no understanding of it. Leah Gunn Barret of NYAGV justifies the draconian anti gun laws in NY by citing the fact that 66% of New Yorkers support them. It is true that for the most part, (downstate) New Yorkers don’t like guns. They do not understand them, they do not own them, and they do not want anyone else to own them either. However, the U.S. is a Constitutional Republic and not a majority rule. There was supposed to be a maximum of individual freedom, much of it exercised by just a small minority, protected in particular, from the will of the majority by the Constitution. As history teaches, pure democracy, or majority rule rapidly turns to tyranny. Now here is why I brought up

pools. Imagine that these media outlets were fabricating their hysteria around the issue of drowning related accidents. Sounds absurd, right? But they occur more than 100 times more frequently than mass shooting. Imagine a sensational story every night, with pictures of the children who died and their families bearing tearfull testimony to a so serious Brian Williams. Mmmh, scratch that, lets go with Matt Lauer or Katie Couric. And this goes on for year after year as one of their cause Celebes. The pool industry would be history by now, and anyone with a pool still in their yard shunned.

It is almost certain that you will never be a victim of a mass shooting. In anticipation of rebuttal letters, the “gun violence” in impoverished areas is yet another subject. I have discussed that in past letters. But interesting to note, those shootings are not news. It does not sell because nobody cares. That is a decision the media makes, not me. I just state the fact. That would be the subject of another discussion. Much of the time, the journalists do not know what they are talking about, and they don’t care. The media promotes agendas, not news, and that is why they are

so dangerous. Up until Fox News, for decades they had an absolute monopoly that they used as the propaganda ministry for the left. They have destroyed people who did not agree with them at a rate that their narrative of the evil Joe McCarthy would be paled by. They are still doing it, including a massive effort to get Fox out of their way. They create consciousness and define the norms in a more insidious way than Orwell ever imagined. That is a lot of power. Emery Rose Manhasset

de Blasio right to agree to increase size of police force

ayor Bill de Blasio finally has seen the light. He has agreed we need more police officers and will okay 1,297. I guess he has heard the public outcry with more shootings and violence on the street and that has made him rethink his position. Now all I can say is that it is about time. Meanwhile NYPD police Commissioner Bill Bratton and City

Council Speaker Mellissa Mark Viverito got more than they asked for which I feel is a good thing. The mayor has made a turnaround whereas the City Council will approve this in their current budget and the Mayor will sign off on this by the end of the month. There will be close to 1,300 new police officers. Now out of this number 300 new police officers will be assigned to the NYPD’S counterterrorism task force and 400 civil-

ian administrative workers will be hired to replace cops on desk duty. They in turned will be reassigned to community policing duties. Bravo mayor, you finally understand that to fight crime you need adequate police force. Now let me say this on that,” La De Dah” ! Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

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Standing in solidarity with Charleston

ear Congregants of Emanuel A.M.E. Church: I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the faithful of Emanuel A.M.E. Church on the tragic passing of your pastor, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, and your fellow congregants, whose lives were taken from us in such shocking manner. I write this letter to you wearing two different hats. The first is of a fellow Charleston native, who grew up in the “Holy City” and who is intimately familiar with the rich history of the Lowcountry.

Many of you may actually know my father, Samuel Rosen (“Doctor Sam”), whose Avenue Pharmacy and then Charleston Cut-Rate Drug Stores were fixtures of downtown Charleston for decades before he retired about ten years ago. My parents still reside in Charleston, and though I have been living elsewhere since shortly after I graduated from Middleton High School in 1989, I still – and will always – consider myself a Charlestonian. My parents have been lifelong members of Brith Sholom

Beth Israel Synagogue, located in downtown Charleston, less than one mile from your church. My second hat is that of the president of my local synagogue, the Young Israel of Great Neck, and additionally as a member of the Great Neck Community Council of Synagogue Presidents, in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, where I live with my wife and four sons. Like Charleston, Great Neck is a community with residents of diverse backgrounds and faiths, and one that prides itself on such diversity.

At our recent meeting, all of the members of the council expressed our collective horror at the events that befell your congregation last week. While we may not have been able to physically attend the vigils and prayer services in Charleston, as I understand many of the members of the local Jewish community have done, we wished to send a letter to let you know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. We have watched with awe and admiration at the inspiring manner in which you have re-

sponded to this tragedy, and we can only hope and pray that your incredible strength during this time of darkness will serve as a lesson to all that prejudice and hate will not deter us from our missions. We stand in solidarity with you and wish you no more sorrow or pain, and hope that you will be able to emerge stronger and unified, with a new sense of purpose. Eric P. Rosen Great Neck Synagogue Great Neck

Climate-change claims full of hot air

r. Hal Sobel, in his rambling letter on global warming (Know Nothings a threat to our country, 26 June 2015), cites as his scientific authorities Al Gore, “Bill Nye, the Science Guy of TV fame,” and last but not least, himself. His own scientific observations are based on “watch[ing] the news each day.” He cites Gore’s expertise based on his “documentary” film, “An Inconvenient Truth” which earned the former vice-president the Nobel Peace Prize (like Yasser Arafat and President Obama).

But he forgot to tell us that, upon receiving the 2007 prize, Gore predicted, “The North Polar ice cap is falling off a cliff. It could be completely gone in summer in as little as seven years. Seven years from now.” That should have been 2014. Yet Forbes May 19, 2015 edition recently reported: “Updated data from NASA satellite instruments reveal the Earth’s polar ice caps have not receded at all since the satellite instruments began measuring the ice caps in 1979. Since the end of 2012, more-

over, total polar ice extent has largely remained above the post1979 average. The updated data contradict one of the most frequently asserted global warming claims – that global warming is causing the polar ice caps to recede.” Dr. Sobel failed to acknowledge that there are two aspects to the global-warming issue. First whether it is occurring at all and, second, whether it is caused by human activity. The latter is known as “anthropocentric global warming.” As to the first, Dr. Sobel, in his

daily news-watching, evidently has overlooked “Climategate;” the admitted falsification of data, by warming proponents, and their categorical rejection of warmingdenier scientific papers. NASA’s own data via Remote Sensing Systems shows that the world has warmed a mere 0.36 degrees F. over the last 35 years. NASA began measuring the data in 1979. Proof of AGW is even scantier because climate has been naturally changing as long as the earth has existed. A terminal moraine of the ice

age exists on the north shore of Long Island. Our glacier receded and melted due to climate change. Glacier evolution is not the only terrestrial change in Earth’s history. Europe and Africa were once attached to North and South America. The Adirondack, Rocky and Himalayan Mountains were once under water. In summary let me advise Dr. Sobel concerning know-nothing illness: “Doctor; heal yourself.” Leonard Mansky Roslyn

Smearing Obama, Caitlin Jenner

r. Stephen Morris’ letter about Caitlin Jenner in the June 19 Great Neck News provides an opportunity to enlighten. Calling Jenner a “sad, disturbed individual” bears out my long-held contention that there are those among us who lack understanding and compassion. Confusion about gender may be a problem, but is Dr. Morris equally critical of persons suffering from schizophrenia or obsessive-compulsive behavior? I was also put off by the statement that there has been a “decline of American society during Barack Obama’s tenure in office.” At a time when we have made monumental strides in gay rights, when religious leaders have coalesced around the tragedy in Charleston, and when South Carolina is about to re-

move the Confederate flag from its Statehouse grounds, one might think this is one of our nation’s proudest moments. Reading on, we learn about “our radical left-wing” president whose “game plan has always been to make everyone’s innerself feel good.” This statement is so absurd as to be unworthy of comment. On the other hand, I will address the statement about the Town of North Hempstead passing an amendment protecting all of our transgendered residents from discrimination. Dr. Morris objects to the amendment. Can one not then conclude that Dr. Morris favors discrimination? What it all boils down to is this — his letter is but another political diatribe from the founder of the Long Island Tea Party. But Dr. Morris is neither

the first nor the last to vent his spleen against Obama. Barack Obama is one of the most maligned presidents in our long history. He has been called everything from “liar-inchief” to “Obama Bin Laden;” from “Adolph Hitler” to the “Antichrist.” Sen. Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama, questioned his birth certificate. Former Representative Michelle Bachman, Republican from Minnesota, was very concerned that the President “may have anti-American views.” But leave it to Sarah Palin who can see Russia from her back porch to suggest that Obama is “palling around with terrorists.” But the piece-de-resistance may be the bumper sticker which reads “Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot.” What interests me most are

the accusations that he is a Socialist and a Marxist. Harking back to my undergraduate days at the University of Rochester, I recall learning that a Socialist believes that the government must own the means of production and distribution in major industries. So, in order to qualify as a card-carrying socialist, Obama would have to nationalize the steel, coal, and automobile industries as well as all public utilities. The true Socialists were the men who wrote the U.S. Constitution which gives Congress the power to “establish post offices and post roads.” Not to worry, Republicans. Your party would like nothing better than to “privatize” the postal service. As to being a Marxist….I would impose a test upon all those using the term. They would have to answer

questions like “Who was Frederich Engels?” “What is meant by dialectical materialism and the doctrine of surplus value?” I would do so only because these know-nothings have no sense of history as proven by their assertion that Obama is a Marxist. In the Jewish tradition, there is the custom of “tzedakah,” which means charity and justice. According to the philosopher Maimonides, “There is no joy greater than making the heart of poor people, orphans, widows and strangers happy because the person who makes them happy is like the Divine Presence.” Let us extend this good will toward all….even Caitlin Jenner and Barack Obama. Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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Vitriol, hatred against Obama unprecedented

t’s just possible that the Great American Pastime isn’t baseball, but demeaning our presidents. John Adams was charged with grasping for power; Madison was too short; and after Lincoln put George McClellan in charge of the Union’s northern armies, the unappreciative general called “Honest Abe” the “original gorilla.” It was said that Wilson committed a sin against humanity; FDR was an “un-American radical”; Nixon was “tricky Dickie” and LBJ was the “war criminal.” But my favorite insult was when Robin Williams announced that there was a fire at the George W. Bush library in Crawford, Texas. Sadly, both books went up in flames — worse, the president had just finished coloring one of them. But when it comes to vitriol, no one has suffered like Barack Obama.

Called everything from “liarin-chief” to “Obama Bin Laden” and from Adolph Hitler to the Anti-Christ, it’s been no-holds barred for our 44th president. Sen. Richard Shelby (Republican from Alabama) weighed in on the “birther” controversy. Former Representative Michelle Bachman (Republican from Minnesota) expressed her fear that the president “may have antiAmerican views.” But the piece de resistance comes from Sarah Palin (who can see Russia from her back porch) when she opined that Obama may be “palling around with terrorists.” According to Geoffrey Stone, a law professor at the University of Chicago“….the sheer vituperation directed at this president goes beyond any rational opposition….” How much of this enmity stems from Obama’s being black is in dispute, but judging from the racist component of many of the statements one cannot ignore

this element. The purpose of citing these insults is not to suggest that limits be placed on the First Amendment. On the contrary, freedom of speech is the cornerstone of our democracy. Those with “thin-skin” should not enter politics. Freedom to speak one’s mind is what separates us from totalitarian regimes. Voltaire summed it up when he said: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.” We know that free speech has limitations, to wit, Oliver Wendell Holmes’ famous dictum that you can’t yell “fire” in a crowded movie theatre. The renowned jurist clearly drew the line between offensive, even moronic, speech which is protected, and that which presents a “clear and present danger.” As a lifelong member of the American Civil Liberties Union an organization exlusively dedicated

to the preservation of the Bill of Rights, I am not so concerned with the statements about Obama which come from the lunatic fringe. What does worry me are the accusations, from seemingly knowledgeable commentators, that Obama is a Socialist. Unless examined closely, this has the ring of truth to it. A Socialist, according to my political science text, is one who believes that the government must own the means of production and distribution of major industries and utilities. In order for Obama to qualify as a card-carrying socialist, he would have to nationalize, among others, the steel, coal, oil and auto companies. Since he has not done so, the term Socialist doesn’t apply. If we were really looking for Socialists, we might examine the U.S. Constitution since the Founding Fathers gave Congress the power to “establish post offices and post

roads.” So, every time you place a stamp on an envelope you are aiding and abetting a socialist enterprise. Shame on you! Obama is frequently called a Marxist. Fair enough, if you can tell me who Frederich Engels was, or state the difference between dialectical materialism and\the doctrine of surplus value. What I am suggesting here is that most of those who accuse Obama of being a Communist have neither read anything by Karl Marx and don’t have a clue as to his historical influence. At the risk of sounding like an intellectual snob, I contend that some knowledge of history is essential if you wish to be part of the political dialogue. If you can’t make this claim, confine your name-calling to the schoolyard. Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

Liberal media giving de Blasio a free pass

et’s face it. New York gagements, late for everything. As can be expected, others in City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio seems lost and is defi- his administration emulate their nitely not ready for prime chief. After all, if deadlines and time. But as a lifelong socialist, his time restraints mean nothing to actions should never have sur- the boss, his appointees can’t be prised anyone. Seemingly only expected to respect other peointerested in police abuse, rac- ples time either. Charter schools are not faism and increasing entitlements, he can’t be bothered with bud- vored by this mayor even though getary considerations, attracting they are our only hope to get new businesses or really improv- our bright, motivated, underprivileged kids out of their failing our schools. And now, he is even consid- ing New York City public schools ering running for national office! and into a successful educational It seems that as every day environment. However, by law, charter goes by, we see more and more examples to prove that this may- schools must abide by a very or doesn’t have a clue about run- strict set of state guidelines. Everyone understands the ning our great city. We are really parameters. Everyone is expectin trouble. Mayor de Blasio is never on ed to abide by the mandates. time. He is late for funerals, late That’s everyone, except our profor parades, late for speaking en- crastinating, incompetent mayor.

He seems to have his own set of rules, his own due-dates and his own guidelines. Here is his latest blunder. When any existing charter school is granted additional space for a much needed expansion, (and there are waiting-lists filled with students anxious to get in!!) the city must provide either free space or cash for a new rental location. Now get this one. The City must choose either one of those two choices within five months of the school’s written request or incur a huge penalty. Now, for even the average government bureaucrat, five months should be more than enough time. But understand that this inexperienced mayor never ran a company or paid a payroll, or ever made a deadline in his life. In a recent charter school re-

quest, the DeBlasio administration missed the cutoff date. Wait till you here the penalty! The city must pay the Carl Icahn Charter Schools 6 and School 7, both in the Bronx, a whopping $600,000 dollar penalty for rent assistance for the 2016-17 school year! And there was plenty of free unused school space available!! Where is the New York Times? Or NBC or the Teachers Union or Rachel Maddow when you need them? The lack of criticism for squandering over half a million educational dollars is deafening! Want to know what happens when teachers leave their classroom and attempt to run a school? A charter school in East New York, run by none other than the Teachers Union, has been quietly

shut down . The teachers union’s “experiment” in actually running a school is over. It was a total failure. Compare that with the two incredibly successful charter schools needing additional space. They are run by Carl Icahn, one of the most successful private investors of his generation. Imagine that? There goes the UFT’s theory that only teachers know how to run a school. If Albert Shanker, founder of the UFT, ever knew that a rich,”overpaid” Wall Street CEO , like Carl Icahn, was successfully running our schools, he would be turning over in his grave. Sorry Al !! Dr. Stephen Morris, DDS North Hills

Fast-food workers deserve $15 an hour

was glad to read Newday’s coverage of the Wage Board Hearing in “400 turn out for LI hearing on fast-food wage increase (June 18, 2015).” Along with 400 others, I was fortunate enough to attend this event. While at the hearing, I was greatly moved by the testimony of fast-food workers trying to survive on the minimum wage of

$8.75/hour. One worker broke out into tears while saying that because of extreme financial restraints she has never been able to give her five-year old child a birthday party. The majority of those at the hearing were in support of raising the wage to $15/hour, but there were a few who stood out in opposition.

Thomas Spero, an owner of four Wendy’s restaurants, was among them as covered in Newsday’s article (June 18, 2015). Spero started his testimony by sharing his own story of starting out as a minimum wage fast food worker decades ago, earning $6/hour, to becoming a successful owner of four Wendy’s restaurants. While his story seemed to

exemplify the typical American dream of working hard and moving up, he failed to recognize that his earnings of $6/hour had much higher purchasing power than the $8.75 minimum wage of 2015. When adjusted for inflation, fast food workers in 2015 are making less now than decades ago when Spero was a food worker. Fast-food workers are not ask-

ing for anything special, they are simply asking for the fair wage that they deserve. I hope the Wage Board takes into account the opinion of the vast majority of the 400 people in attendance and increases the minimum wage for fast food workers to $15/hour. Andrew Simon Roslyn Heights

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Conservative Party’s last supper?

he New York State Conservative Party recently celebrated its 53rd Anniversary on June 18 at the Manhattan Sheraton Times Square Hotel. Was there really reason to celebrate or was it the political equivalent of the “last supper”? One way of judging the health of any political party is looking at the number of candidates running for public office that qualify for ballot status on their line. Political parties are organized on a state Assembly basis with a male and female State Committee person. Within each Assembly district are a series of election districts represented by two district committee people. Real political parties find candidates and enough active registered party members to circulate nominating petitions. You only need a handful of registered Conservative Party members within any Assembly district to qualify for ballot status as a candidate for the Assembly. The average Conservative Party enrollment per Assembly district averages in the hundreds. Finding this should be easy. This is necessary to acquire sufficient signatures for qualifying candidate ballot status. Those political parties that can’t perform this most basic task exist only on paper and are essentially dead. Up until the 1990’s, Conservative Party members routinely qualified candidates for all Congressional, state Senate, Assembly and New York City Council seats. In 2014, the Conservative Party was unable to field candidates on the ballot for five of 27 Congressional, 16 out of 62 Senate and 53 out of 150 state Assembly contests. The Conservative Party continued to serve as an enabler to then Democratic state Assembly Speaker Silver by leaving their ballot line blank rather than cross endorse Republican challenger Maureen Koetz in Silver’s home 65th Manhattan Assembly District. Likewise, they gave former New York County Democratic Party Chairperson Herman D. Farrell, Jr. a free pass. Even worse, the conservatives cross endorsed Democrat Assembly members Philip Goldfeder (23rd Queens County), Michael A. Simanowitz (27th Queens County), Dove Hikind

(48th Kings County) and Robin Schimninger (Erie County). All four abandoned any loyalty to Conservative Party platform and principles by voting to re-elect Sheldon Silver Speaker weeks prior to his indictment thus preserving the status quo in Albany. They did the same with new Democratic state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie which will insure Heastie has over 100 votes which affords him the upper hand in being able override any of their pet bills vetoed by Gov. Cuomo. This gang of four did not give up their piece of the action including lulus for chairing committees, funding of pork barrel projects, passage of favorable legislation they sponsor in exchange for “Pay for Play” campaign contributions from the infamous Albany State Street lobbyists, staffing, mailing and district office budgets all controlled by Silver. Even worse, in addition to the Conservative Party failure to run a candidate against Silver, they assisted him by leaving their line blank in 17 other State Assembly districts represented by entrenched Silver Democratic loyalists rather than cross endorsing the underdog Republican challenger. There were also nine other districts were the incumbent Democratic State Assembly members were easily re-elected. This was due to the opposition vote being split between separate Republican and Conservative Party candidates. Add to this political hall of shame, 38 additional State Assembly districts which both the Republican and Conservatives failed to field any candidate against the incumbent Democratic Assemblymember. At the end of the day, Mike Long and the Conservative Party talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk when it comes to seriously campaigning against and attempting to unseat any Democratic State Assembly Speaker and their political allies. The same is true for trying to assist then GOP State Senate majority leader Dean Skelos in growing from 28 to a comfortable majority of more than 32 seats. Current GOP State Senate majority leader John Flanagan has a slim one vote majority. He will periocially have to be dependent on the Democratic Independent 5 member caucus. The Conservative Party

failed to field candidates in 17 races. Rather than cross endorse Republican candidates, they left their ballot line blank in six races. Worse, they served as enablers to the Democrats by running their own candidate against the GOP candidate in three races. State Senate Independent Democratic caucus Chairman Jeffrey Klein had both a GOP and Conservative Party opponent. This district was once represented by former Republican state senators John Calandra and Guy Vellela who were both cross endorsed by the Conservatives. Both the GOP and conservatives failed to find and agree on a candidate to oppose Queens Democratic state Sen. Tony Avella. This seat was previously represented by former Republican state Sen. Frank Padavan. In Buffalo, there was a four race between Democrat Marc Panepinto, Republican Kevin Stacker, Conservative Thomas Gallagher and Independence Mark J. Grisanti. Winning candidate Democrat Panepinto received 28,416 votes defeating Republican Stacker who received 24,996. Conservative Gallagher served as the spoiler taking 6,798 votes which was more than enough to move this seat from GOP to the Democratic column. All three of these contests could have been competitive for a joint GOP/Conservative candidate. This decline coincides with the death of author and well known Conservative Party founder William F. Buckley in 2008. This parallels the Conservative Party entering the twilight of its own existence. Many are coming to the conclusion that some minor parties, such as the conservatives, are yesterday’s news. The future demise of the Conservative Party can be traced to the profound impact of former Gov. George “Taxpaki” Pataki. Ironically, Pataki was their keynote speaker at the recent convention. This group was founded in 1962 to provide a philosophical conservative alternative to the liberal Republican party then dominated by the late Gov. Rockefeller, Sen. Javits, State Attorney General Lefkowitz and New York City Mayor Lindsay. Building upon Barry Goldwater’s 1964 defeat, they ran

Buckley for New York City Mayor in 1965. His wit, wisdom and well defined philosophical conservative positions gave them both credibility and 13.5 percent of the vote. In 1966, building upon both the Goldwater and Buckley campaigns, they ran Adams for governor — they captured Row C from the Liberal Party in the 1966 election. They reached their peak in 1970 when they elected James L. Buckley to the U.S. Senate with just Conservative Party endorsement. They continued to play a critical role in electing D’Amato to the Senate in 1980, 1986 and 1992, along with President Reagan in 1980 and 1984 as well as President Bush in 1988. With the election of Pataki as governor in 1994, they morphed into a Republican Party subsidiary. Political patronage became more important than philosophical principles. Numerous Conservative Party leaders, activists and family members shared in Gov. Pataki’s victory. They became beholden to the governor by accepting employment in the Executive branch, agencies and quasi independent authorities controlled by Pataki. Former Gov. Pataki’s fiscal policies of huge yearly multibillion dollar budget increases which were significantly above the rate of inflation and accompanying multibillion dollar yearly record growth in debt would have made former Conservative Party adversary Gov. Rockefeller roll over in his grave! Others went to work for GOP Assembly members and senators who received Conservative party cross endorsements. They are now part of the permanent Albany establishment which their ancestors fought decades earlier. Not biting the hand that feeds them, they ignored his liberal tax and spend financial mismanagement and endorsed Gov. Pataki for two additional terms in 1998 and 2002. Their 1960s leadership would have not have endorsed, but run a candidate against Governor Pataki who would have been much closer to their limited government free enterprise positions of old. The Liberal party following the same path of patronage over

ideology eventually becoming irrelevant. They lost ballot status and were replaced by the Workers Family Party. While the Conservative Party leadership worshiped at the alter of Pataki/Bruno GOP Political Patronage, today they receive crumbs from New York State Senate Republican majority leader John Flanagan and GOP state Assembly minority leader Brian Kolb. Libertarian, Green, Working Families and Independence parties stand for divergent philosophical principles. In 1998, the Independence Party received more votes for governor claiming Row C and dropping the conservatives to Row D for the first time in 30 years. It took them 12 years to reclaim Row “C”. From their successful times in the 1960’s, the Conservative Party has morphed into the Conservative Political Patronage Party, losing their vim and vigor. They have been unable to assist Republicans from losing eight Senate seats over recent elections reducing them to a fragile one seat majority. The same is true for the loss of numerous former GOP Congressional and Assembly seats. There are few elected officials who win outright or whose margin of victory was a result of votes captured on the Conservative Party line. The late Bill Buckley’s past contributions as a candidate, author, newspaper columnist and publisher of National Review helped build the Conservative Party during its formative years decades ago. He would not be happy with what they have become. Their impact is diminishing on the state landscape as they are entering the twilight of political history. Their leadership and enrollment base continues to both age and decline. Fewer new and younger voters are registering Conservative. Those who believe in limited government, free enterprise along with economic and civil liberties continue to look for other alternatives. It is possible that their candidate for governor in 2016 may be unable to attract the minimum 50,000 votes necessary to maintain permanent ballot status. Larry Penner Great Neck

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Town takes aim to ‘Clear the Shelter’ The Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter will be taking part in the 2015 “Clear the Shelter Day” on Saturday, Aug.15 and will be waiving all adoption fees on dogs. “Clear the Shelter Day” began last year in North Texas where 38 animal shelters participated and more than 2,000 animals were adopted on a single day. The goal of the program is to address overpopulation in animal shelters and give pets a happy home in which to live. “There are so many wonderful and loving dogs at our Animal Shelter and ‘Clear the Shelter Day’ gives our residents the unique opportunity to come down and choose a perfect new addition to their family at no cost,” said Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth . As part of the day’s festivities, NBC 4 New York and Telemundo 47 will be reporting live from multiple shelters throughout the day and will air a national special on this program on August 22. The normal adoption fee at the North Hempstead Animal Shelter is $57. All dogs are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and heartworm tested prior to adoption. The Town of North Hempstead Animal shelter will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on “Clear the Shelter Day.” The shelter is located at 75 Marino Avenue in Port Washington. Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth with a dog at the North Hempstead Animal Shelter.

Plant A Row program helping to feed hungry The Town of North Hempstead has joined in supporting Plant A Row for the Hungry of Port Washington. PAR is part of a national program that encourages gardeners to grow additional produce beyond what they consume and deliver it to a distribution point in town. Participants in the local PAR program can bring their produce to the Bayles Garden Center, 88 South Bayles Avenue in Port Washington. “This wonderful program combines the experience of growing your own produce with the ability to help feed those in need,” said Supervisor Judi Bosworth. “We are proud to be working with Plant A Row for the Hungry to help bring awareness to hunger in America and in our own backyard.” North Hempstead’s Town Hall, located at 220 Plandome Road in Manhasset, is now home to a planter painted with local native birds. There are more than 50 Plant A Row for the Hungry painted planters located throughout the Port Washington area. The planter featured at Town Hall is currently grow-

ing eggplant, cherry tomatoes, basil, peppers, cucumbers, kale and more. The program provides anyone willing to try their hand at growing with the planter and a variety of vegetables for a donation of $90. The PAR program was created by local Port Washington resident and PAR chief vegetable garden executive Marv Makofsky, who received his inspiration from the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, Conn., a multi-cultural arts center that set out painted planters with vegetables all over downtown Hartford to help feed the homeless. Inspired by this initiative, Makofsky sought to create a similar program in Port Washington. He looked to the Port Chamber of Commerce and churches and synagogues for support and also approached local artists to contribute their skills to paint 50 planters, which are now located throughout the community. “In the more than 30 years that my family has lived here, I have never ceased to be amazed by the creative generosity of the Port community, which is why we attempted to work on a proj-

Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Plant a Row for the Hungry Chief Vegetable Garden Executive Marv Makofsky, look over the planter that will sit in front of Town Hall. ect as important as this, confident that we could succeed and we have,” Makofsky said. “We also desire to share our program with surrounding communities and beyond, to help make a difference in the quality of life for

everyone.” In the past two years alone, 6,500 pounds of produce has been distributed and they expect even more this year. PAR, now in its sixth year, also works with more than 950 children from

various local schools to teach them to plant their own vegetables and take them home for family gardening. The children learn the value of growing and eating nutritional food and sharing with the needy.

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How a presidential visit ruined one comedian’s act Marc Maron discusses Obama during Paramount performance By B i LL s A n A n ton i o As President Obama’s helicopter descended into Marc Maron’s Highland Park, Calif. neighborhood for a mid-June taping of the comedian’s popular WTF podcast, snipers were stationed on the roof of Maron’s neighbor’s home. Maron’s neighbor, giddy amid the commotion surrounding the president’s visit to the Los Angeles suburb, was given a special patch as a souvenir. As for the mustachioed Maron, who had just returned from vacationing in Hawaii? According to the podcasting service Libsyn, which produces WTF, Maron’s Obama interview was downloaded 735,063 times in its first 24 hours on iTunes on June 22, and 900,000 times in the first 36 hours, making it the most popular episode of WTF to date. “I had the president in my garage,” said Maron, 51, upon taking the stage at the Paramount in Huntington on Saturday on his “Maronation” tour. “How can I possibly do an act now? He killed my act.” In his hour-plus-long set, Maron covered ground familiar to fans of his podcast and IFC network series, “Maron,” including relationship, religion, anger, family and ice cream, his remaining vice following years of sobriety. “When you really think about life, after a certain point it’s just buffering disappointment,” he said, “but has ice cream ever f------ let you down?” He even trotted out a character, a snarky blogger typing away at a computer, criticizing his bits about aging rock stars and an Easter weekend set in South Carolina. It was his third northeast show in as many nights, playing upstate Portchester on Thursday and Brooklyn on Friday before returning to his native New Jersey on Sunday. Dressed in a plaid western shirt, dark jeans and black boots, Maron set his foot atop a speaker in the center of the stage and imitated the philanthropic U2 frontman Bono, pointing out into the crowd in a moment of improvisation. It was not the only musician he’d lampoon Saturday, launching into an extended bit about seeing the Rolling Stones for the first time in 35 years later in the set that sent him flapping his arms like Mick Jagger and playing guitar like a subdued, 71-year-old Keith Richards.

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The top seven events for the coming week

Fireworks Spectacular 2015 Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m. Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh (516) 221-1000 www.jonesbeach.com/ The July 4th Fireworks Spectacular returns to Jones Beach, bringing back the Long Island patriotic tradition last held in the park in 2009. The show is a 30-minute dazzling display that will feature a variety of colors and sights illuminating the sky at the highly visited and favored park. The show has traditionally drawn an average of more than 100,000 spectators in prior years.

Chris Roach Friday, July 3, 8 p.m. Governors’ Comedy Club 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/index. cfm Chris Roach is a fast rising comedian/actor born and raised on Long Island in Ronkonkoma. He has brought his unique and self deprecating sense of humor to some of the biggest and best known stages such as The Borgata in Atlantic City and Caroline’s on Broadway. Known for some of his work on television commercials, he has also appeared on Comedy Central.

Movin’ Out – Billy Joel Tribute Friday, July 3, 7 p.m. The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre Eisenhower Park, East Meadow (516) 572-0348 http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/ The Movin’ Out Band is the smokin’ original band from the Tony Award-winning, Grammy nominated Broadway musical, “Movin’ Out”. The Movin’ Out Band includes several members of Billy Joel’s own band and is fronted by pianist and vocalist Wade Preston, the original ‘Piano Man’ in the hit musical, hand-selected by Billy Joel himself.

The Ladybugs Saturday, July 4, 2 p.m. Louis Armstrong House 34-56 107th St. Corona (718) 478-8274 www.louisarmstronghouse.org The Ladybugs are a traditional jazz vocal group known for their intricate harmonies and experimental arrangements. Lead by Martina DaSilva, all members of the band sing while playing ukulele, guitar, trombone, bass, and drums. The Ladybugs’ repertoire includes favorites from the 1920s, ‘30s, and ‘40s, infused with old-school swing, country, and blues. Northshore Pops Band Tuesday, July 7, 7 p.m. Evening Concerts at Piazza Ernesto Strada Village of Westbury Square) Post Avenue and Maple Avenue, Westbury http://www.villageofwestbury.org Founded in 1986 by Al Greene in Glen Cove, the North Shore Pops Concert Band has been entertaining music lovers on Long Island every summer since. Under the baton of Maestro Eric Albinder since 1996, the North Shore Pops is “Long Island’s Favorite Concert Band.”

Fare Thee Well - Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead Sunday, July 5, 8 p.m. The Space At Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the four original members — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir — will reunite at Chicago’s Soldier Field, nearly 20 years to the day of the last Grateful Dead concert, which took place at the same venue. The final night of “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead,” three-night stint will be telecast by The Space on their 30-foot wide cinema screen. Summer Blues Wednesday, July 8, 2 p.m. Landmark On Main Street 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Enjoy an afternoon with seasoned musicians, Kellie Nicole (vocalist) and Frankie D. (guitar) perform acoustic arrangements of Blues standards and R&B greats by Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Bill Withers and more. Light refreshments and snacks will be served. Admission is free.

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Art League to host ‘Curved lines’ exhibit “The Art League of Long Island will be hosting a new exhibit, Curved Lines, featuring the painting of artist Bill Mittler beginning July 18 at the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery in Dix Hills. This exhibit encompasses the artist’s long-time concern with color, form, content and the total visual and emotional experience of art, reflecting of his spiritual journey through life. As a painter, this journey has transitioned from realism to surrealism, to color-field paintings, and now to bold and dramatic abstraction. Mittler’s formal training began at an early age at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. He continued his studies at Mount Union College in Alliance, OH, and then at the Cleveland

Art Institute. After moving to New York, he studied at the Art Students League. His work has been exhibited in both group and solo shows and is in a number of private collections. He currently resides in Northport. Mittler’s large-scale paintings will be on view from July 18 through Aug. 2, with a reception for the artist on Sunday, July 19, from 3 to 5 p.m. The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery is open free of charge Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Art League is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. For more information call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.

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“The Risk to Bloom”, acrylic painting by Bill Mittler, 6’ wide x 3’ high.

Holocaust Center to show ‘Reel Indians’ The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County will present, as part of the David Taub Film Series, a screening of the Peabody Award winning documentary, “Reel Injun,” by Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond, on Sunday, July 19, at 12:30 p.m. The film takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through the history of cinema. There will also be a guest speaker, Janine Tinsley-Roe of the Shinnecock Nation. “Reel Injun” features candid interviews with directors, writers, actors and

activists, including Clint Eastwood, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell and Russell Means, as well as clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, including “Stagecoach,” “The Outlaw Josey Wales” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” The film looks at how the myth of “the Injun” has influenced the world’s understanding - and misunderstanding - of Natives. Light refreshments will be served. There is a suggested donation of $10. To reserve seats or for more information, please contact Deborah Lom at (516) 5718040 or dlom@holocaust-nassau.org.

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LANDmArK ON mAIN street 232 Main street, suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet. org Wednesday, July 8, 2 p.m. summer Blues Wednesday, July 22, 2 p.m. Bravura soprani

GOLD COAst Arts CeNter 113 Middle neck road, great neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. summer shorts at Furman Film series Thursday, July 23, 8 p.m. 10th Annual Long Island Comedy Festival Wednesday, July 29, 7:30 p.m. “Best of enemies” at Furman Film series tHe sPACe At westBury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Sunday, July 5, 8 p.m. Fare thee well - Celebrating 50 years of Grateful Dead Saturday, July 18, 8 p.m. Failure Friday, July 24, 8 p.m. motion City soundtrack Saturday, July 25, 8 p.m. Dr. John & the Nite trippers NAssAu VeterANs memOrIAL COLIseum 1255 hempstead turnpike, uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http://www. nassaucoliseum.com Tuesday, Aug. 4, 7:30 p.m. Billy Joel NyCB tHeAtre At westBury 960 Brush hollow road, Westbury. (516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury. com Saturday, July 11, 8 p.m. Dion Sunday, July 12, 7:30 p.m. the Princess Bride: An Inconceivable evening with Cary elwes Thursday, July 16, 7:30 p.m. Chris young Friday, July 17, 8 p.m. rock the yacht tour Friday, July 24, 8 p.m. Josh turner Monday, July 27, 8 p.m whitesnake Saturday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m 1964 – the tribute Friday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m.

Joel mcHale Saturday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m. Air supply Thursday, Aug. 13, 8 p.m. Big Head todd & the monsters, JJ Grey and mofro, G. Love & special sauce Friday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m. George Benson Saturday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m. Neil sedaka Friday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m. engelbert Humperdink Sunday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m. smokey robinson Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Jackie mason Saturday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m. Paul Anka Sunday, Nov. 1, 3 p.m. Last Comic standing Friday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m. the tenors Saturday, Dec. 13, 2 & 5 p.m. Peppa Pig Live

tHe HArry CHAPIN LAKesIDe tHeAtre eisenhower Park stewart Avenue and Merrick Avenue, east Meadow (516) 572-0348 • http://www. nassaucountyny.gov/ Friday, July 3, 7 p.m. movin’ Out – Billy Joel tribute Friday, July 10, 7 p.m. Neil Berg 100 years of Broadway Saturday, July 11, 7 p.m. Dark Lady – Cher tribute Band & Disco unlimited Friday, July 17, 7 p.m. Ballet showcase with American Ballet theatre Dancers Saturday, July 18, 7 p.m. taylor Dayne and Alisha Monday, July 20, 7 p.m. reach for the stars Finals Friday, July 24, 7 p.m. Oldies Night – the encounters & stan Zizka Saturday, July 25, 7 p.m. FresH 102.7 Presents Fresh in the Park Monday, July 27, 7 p.m. Harry Chapin tribute Friday, July 31, 7 p.m. west side story by Plaza Productions Saturday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m. salute to Vets with tony Orlando and the usO Liberty Bells (6:30 p.m.) Friday, Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Creole Family Night Saturday, Aug. 8, 7 p.m. Davi sings sinatra Monday, Aug. 10, 7 p.m. Long Island Philharmonic Tuesday, Aug. 11, 7 p.m. 42nd Infantry Division Band Friday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m. Oldies show with Jimmy Gallagher & the Passions Monday, Aug. 17, 7 p.m.

Nassau Has talent Friday, Aug. 21, 7 p.m. ABBA mania & stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees tribute Band Saturday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m. CBs-Fm Presents saturday in the Park starring Joan Jett Friday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m. Desert Highway – eagles tribute Band Sunday, Aug. 30, 1 p.m. Vega Bond Puppets Saturday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. NAsH Fm’s Last summer Blast starring Kristian Bush & Gloriana Saturday, Sept. 19, 5 p.m. Doo-wop Concert Benefitting the Victory Games Challenge

The Town of North Hempstead this week announced the upcoming shows for North Hempstead Beach Park’s Sunday Afternoons at the Beach. This concert series sets artists against North Hempstead Beach Park’s scenic backdrops. All concerts are at 1 p.m. “Summer in North Hempstead is such an exciting time,” said Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth about the summer concert series. “This year our summer concert lineup

is sure to bring fun and smiles to the whole family. We can’t wait to have the North Hempstead community join us at these free events.” First up this summer is Soul Be It on July 12, followed by The Classics with Emil Stucchio on July 19, bringing chart-topping hits from the 1960’s to life. Next are The Capris, who will be performing some of the greatest “golden oldies” along with their No. 1 hit “There’s a Moon Out Tonight,” on July 26.

The series will wrapup on August 2 when The Driftwoods come to town playing some of the Beach Boys greatest hits. North Hempstead Beach Park is located at 175 West Shore Road, Port Washington. All concerts are free, but parking fees will apply. Please call 311 and visit www.northhempsteadny.gov for more information and the full schedule of summer events and festivals.

ADeLPHI uNIVersIty PerFOrmING Arts CeNter Westermann stage, 1 south Avenue, garden city (516) 877-4000 • http://aupac. adelphi.edu/ Sunday, Aug. 2, 2 p.m. san Francisco Opera’s show Boat tHe mADIsON tHeAtre At mOLLOy COLLeGe 1000 hempstead Ave., rockville centre. (5176) 323-4444 • http:// madisontheatreny.org. Saturday, July 18, 8 p.m. 10th Annual Long Island Comedy Festival tILLes CeNter FOr tHe PerFOrmING Arts | LIu POst 720 northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • http://tillescenter.org Thursday, July 9, 10 a.m., 1 & 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, 10 a.m., 1 & 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11, 12 & 4 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 12 & 4 p.m. Big Apple Circus presents Fun2C: A Circus Fantasy Sunday, Aug. 2, 1 p.m. wild Kratts – Live! tHe PArAmOuNt 370 new york Ave., huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 • www.paramountny.com Friday, July 10, 9 p.m. Gin Blossoms Friday, July 11, 9 p.m. trevor Noah Tuesday, July 14, 9 p.m. sOJA Friday, July 18, 9 p.m. Joe DeGuardia’s stAr Boxing Presents “rockin’ Fights 20” Featuring – Joe smith Continued on Page 28

Monday town concerts on Manhasset green The Town of North Hempstead has announced dates for this year’s series of free summer concerts held Monday nights at 7:30 p.m. at Mary Jane Davies Green in Manhasset. “Summer in North Hempstead is such an exciting time,” Bosworth said. “This year our summer concert lineup is sure to entertain the whole family. We can’t wait to have everyone join us at these free events.” This year’s event kickoff will be The Marc Berger

Band on July 13. They will perform popular modern songs from the American West. On July 20, Swingtime Big Band will dazzle audience with their 20 piece band playing songs from the big band era. On July 27, Tim and the Space Cadets featuring Tim Kubart of the Sprout Channel, will be playing music that all ages can enjoy. Blue Angel will bring some fun to the park on

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Aug. 3 playing rock hits from the 1960’s through today. Closing out the summer series on Aug. 10 will be High Tide; a band performing popular Island music, calypso, and reggae. Mary Jane Davies Green is on Plandome Road in Manhasset, across from Town Hall. Please call 311 and visit www. northhempsteadny.gov for more information and the full schedule of summer events and festivals.

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Exhibit includes art produced thru therapy Huntington’s b. j. spoke gallery is currently hosting Breaking Boundaries, an art exhibition featuring 30 artworks created by FREE artists displayed side-by-side with gallery members’ work. Viewers won’t know whose work is hanging; a gallery members’ or FREE artist’s. FREE, a leader in the field of human services, is dedicated to helping individuals of all abilities realize their full potential and prevail over life’s challenges. FREE believes that Art Therapy provides a powerful means for healing and communication for

anyone, but especially for people who find it difficult to express their thoughts and feelings through spoken words alone. The proceeds from sales of FREE art go to support the Art Therapy program. The exhibition will be on view from Tuesday, June 30 through Sunday, July 26. There will be an artists’ reception on Saturday, July 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. The gallery is located at 299 Main St., Huntington. Visti www.bjspokegallery.com or call (631) 5495106 for more information. Amazon Gold by Al Ramsey

July Fourth 1860s style in Old Bethpage Old Bethpage Village Restoration will celebrate Independence Day as observed in the 1860s on Saturday, July 4 and Sunday, July 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Independence Day Parade and Ceremony will begin at 2:30 p.m. Old Bethpage Village Restoration’s annual 1865 Independence Day Celebration offers a look at the region’s past and features a pa-

rade and ceremony, historic craft demonstrations, contra dancing, storytelling, military drills, fiddle music and brass band concerts. Old Bethpage Village Restoration provides visitors with a unique and wonderful opportunity to step back in time and experience life in a recreated mid-19th Century American village set on more than 200 acres. at 1303 Round Swamp Road

in Old Bethpage. It is open Wednesday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for children (5-12), seniors, and volunteer firefighters. For more information about Old Bethpage Village Restoration, please call: (516) 572-8401 or visit the website at: www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

A&E Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 27 Saturday, July 18, 9 p.m. Kacey Musgraves Sunday, July 19, 9 p.m. George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic “Shake the Gate” Tour Tuesday, July 21, 9 p.m. The Gaslight Anthem Wednesday, July 22, 9 p.m.

Raekwon & Ghostface Killah Friday, July 24, 8 p.m. Zappa Plays Zappa  Saturday, July 25, 8 p.m. Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam Wednesday, July 29, 8 p.m. Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick Friday, July 31, 8 p.m. Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl

Saturday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m. “Weird Al” Yankovic Saturday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m. Mike DelGuidice and Big Shot Wednesday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m. Graham Nash Saturday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m. Breaking Benjamin Sunday, Aug. 16, 8 p.m. Machine Gun Kelly

Community Calendar PROJECT INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT & SOCIAL GROUP The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence would like to remind residents that they offer free support and social groups. Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

FOR TRIVIA LOVERS At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 6258804 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. FREE COLLEGE PLANNING WORKSHOP College Connection, presents a free College Planning Workshop on Wednesday, July 15, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. The workshop is open to students and parents alike, this forum will explore such topics as choosing a college that’s “best” for you, the intricacies and nuances of the college application and admissions process, creating a winning college essay, and paying for that college degree. Space is limited. Registration is requested. Register online at www.tfaforms.com/319156, at www.CollegeConnect.info,

or call (516) 345-8766. PROJECT SAFE The next Project SAFE event will be July 15 at the Great Neck Social Center at 12 p.m., featuring Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and North Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman. As part of North Hempstead’s awarding winning Project Independence program, Project SAFE offers senior citizens training and education in spotting and preventing financial crimes by criminals who target seniors. Seniors will learn through hands-on lectures on how to protect themselves from financial crimes and financial elder abuse. All seniors are welcome to attend. The Great Neck Social Center is located at 80 Grace Avenue in Great Neck. For more information feel free to contact 311 or visit www. northhempsteadny.gov.

L.I. International Film Expo to run July 8-16 The Long Island International Film Expo will be held from July 8 – 16 at the historic Bellmore Movies. LIIFE was named “One of the Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker Magazine. This year’s festival will honor actor, John Amos, who will be accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award. Amos starred in the groundbreaking television miniseries “Roots” and sitcom “Good Times” before later appearing in such films as “Die Hard 2” and “Coming to America.” Also being honored on closing night is musician/ composer, Randy Edelman, with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Scoring Composition. Edelman is a winner and nominee for many awards

including those presented by BAFTA, BMI, and IFMCA. His body of work includes “The Last of the Mohicans”,” Dragonheart,” “The Mask,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Twins,” and many more. Edelman will also be at the screening of a feature film he scored in this year’s Long Island International Film Expo festival line-up, “Leaves of the Tree,” on Tuesday, July 14 at 7:45 p.m.. Celebrities attending the closing night party and awards ceremony on Thursday, July 16 include Robert Clohessy (“Blue Bloods”), Kevin Brown (“30 Rock”), Brian O’Halloran (“Clerks”) and Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling (as their schedules permit). The event begins with a buffet at 5 p.m. in the Filmmakers Lounge and moves to the Bellmore Mov-

ies at 7 p.m. LIIFE has scheduled 165, short and featurelength quality independent films from around the world, including many from right here on Long Island. The festival kick-off is on Wednesday, July 8. In the 8 p.m. film block, there will be a music video, two short films (Elias Plagianos’s, “Man from the City” and Intention Films and “Media’s, The Last Taxi Driver”) and a feature film (Christine Vartoughian’s, “Living with the Dead”), which all feature or star actor Robert Clohessy from “Blue Bloods.” The two short films were filmed on Long Island (Roslyn and East Meadow), and Clohessy will come to LIIFE to help celebrate this film block. Also scheduled to attend this film block are Deborah

Twiss (“Kick-Ass”) and Marc Coppola (“Bling Ring”). All the directors will be in attendance as well. Also in this year’s film line up is Fred Carpenter’s 17th feature film, “Disco,” which will be playing on Sunday, July 12 at 7: p.m. LIIFE will also be screening Anne Meara’s last film, “Simpler Times,” on Friday, July 10 at 3:30 p.m. The Official Opening Night film block on Friday, June 10, begins at 6:45 p.m. and will feature two Long Island shorts, Debra Markowitz’s “Leaving” (filmed in Massapequa and Amityville) and Ralph Suarez’s “Halina” (filmed at Oheka Castle). The block’s anchor, feature film, “Wildlike,” stars Bruce Greenwood (“Mad Men”), Ella Purnell (“KickAss 2”) Joshua Leonard (“Bates Motel”), Brian Ger-

aghty (“Chicago PD”) and Ann Dowd (“Masters of Sex”). The 2015 LIIFE panels include: “Ask A Lawyer”; “Film Distribution & Financing Panel”; “Learn about the New York State Tax Credits”; “How to Start Up an Independent Film Production Company”; “The Inside Dope on Daytime Soaps”; “Improv like a Pro When the Unexpected Happens”; “Write Stuff – Panel on Scriptwriting”; and “So You Want to Be an Actor”. All panels are free except for a nominal charge for the filmmaker’s breakfast panel. Additional information is available at http:// longislandfilmexpo.com/ panels-events/. Tickets are $10 per film block, $8 for senior citizens and students with ID. From

Monday through Friday, all film blocks that begin at 5 p.m. or earlier, seniors and students can bring a friend for free for a 2-for-1 special. Day passes are $25 and Gold Passes are $65. Nassau County and Town of Hempstead employees receive $2 off on general admission tickets (with employee ID card) and LIRR customers with your train ticket. For tickets and information on the LIIFE, please visit http://longislandfilmexpo. com/tickets/ or https:// www.eventbrite.com/d/bellmore/film-festivalsbellmore /?crt=regular&sort=best or call (516) 571-3168. All Screenings in the 2015 LIIFE line-up will be held at the Bellmore Movies located at 222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore.

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Great Neck Library Levels Closings All Great Neck Library locations will be closed on Saturday, July 4 for Independence Day. Film at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library prepares for renovations. The next film will be shown on Thursday, July 9 at 2:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, The Gardens at Great Neck, 26 Great Neck Road, 2nd level (above Waldbaum’s). Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for information on the films scheduled. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited. Priority seating is given to

Great Neck School District residents. Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other ID showing your Great Neck School District address. New Beginnings 50 Plus Singles with Marla Matthews Join social worker, group facilitator, and television talk show host of The Relationship Journey, Marla Matthews, in a discussion, social and support group for divorced, widowed, single adults, empty nesters, age 50 Plus who would like a new beginning on Thursday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Station Branch Library, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck shopping

Marla Matthews center. Make new friends, network and learn new skills towards reinventing yourself,

with inspiration and hope for the future. There will be another meeting on Thursday,

August 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Station Branch. Photo: Marla Matthews facilitates the New Beginnings 50 Plus Singles meetings at the Station Branch Library. Main Library Building Active Construction Site Important Reminder: The Great Neck Library property at 159 Bayview Avenue is CLOSED to the public and is an active construction site. Residents are warned not to attempt to enter the property until the Main Library construction is completed. Thank you to all of our patrons for your patience during this exciting time. Great Neck Library Closing/Cancellation Information Online

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

Great Neck Park District Board Meeting Schedule Change There will be special budget work sessions on Tuesday, July 7 at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, August 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Park District Office, 5 Beach Road. There will be no business meeting on Thursday, July 9, due to a special Thursday night concert at Steppingstone Park (see below). Concerts at Steppingstone Park Kick off summer in Steppingstone Park as we celebrate Independence Day with Dean Karahalis & The Concert Pops on Saturday, July 4. Amy Helm and the Handsome Strangers will be performing on Sunday, July 5. Join us for a special

Thursday evening concert on July 9 when Yacht Rock Revue performs light rock music of the ‘70’s. All performances at Steppingstone Park begin at 8 p.m. Admission is free to Park District residents with valid park card. Park cards will be checked at the gate. Each park card holder is allowed to bring 2 guests. In case of rain, performances are held at Great Neck North High School. Check www. cancellations.com or www. greatneckparks.org for location of performance. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information. Camp Parkwood Register your child for an exciting summer program. The Great Neck Park District

offers campers the ultimate camp experience, as they play, gain independence, learn life skills and make friends. Sign up on a weekly basis or for the entire summer. Call Great Neck House at (516) 482-0355 or visit www.greatneckparks.com for further information. Parkwood Family Aquatic Center Parkwood Family Aquatic Center is open daily from 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Bring your current park card with you to Great Neck House when registering. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information. Nature Program: Early Summer Seasonal Stroll Take an early summer seasonal stroll, Saturday,

July 11 at 11 a.m. Meet in Kings Point Park, in the first lot at the Steamboat Road entrance. Children under 16 years old are not permitted to attend. Rec Center at Parkwood Park District residents can enjoy the Rec Center without being a pool member; just bring your park card. The Rec Center is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and weekends from 11 a.m. through 8 p.m. Activities include arts & crafts and the rock wall. There will be carnival games on Friday, July 3 beginning at 1 p.m. If you would like more info call (516) 482-0355. Monday Fabulous Family Events Bring the whole family to

Allenwood Park, Monday, July 6 at 7 p.m. to see a performance by Sing A Silly Song. Sing along to your favorite songs featuring puppets such as Elmo, Oscar, Big Bird, Snuffy, The Count, Miss Spider, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Wonder Pets, Swiper, Boots and Backpack to name a few! You will have a hand clapping, foot taping time! Rain location is Parkwood Recreation Center. Check with www.cancellations.com or call (516) 4820355 in case of rain. Rotary Band Concerts in the Village Green The Rotary Band (featuring conductor Michael Flamhaft) will perform in the Village Green on Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m. Bring a chair

or blanket to sit on. In case of inclement weather, the concerts will be moved to the Parkwood Sports Complex. Call (516) 482-0355 for more information. City Island Cruise On Monday, July 13, take a cruise from Steppingstone Marina to City Island. Travel to Lobster House for dinner or just explore City Island. Choose either the 4-7 p.m. or 6-9 p.m. cruises. The fee of $25 does not include dinner. It is recommended that you make your restaurant reservations in advance. Cruise may be cancelled without prior notice. Nonresident rates apply. Register in advance at Great Neck House or call (516) 4820355 for more information.

Great Neck Community Calendar FREE ESL/CITIZENSHIP CLASSES Free access to legal counsel at St. Aloysius R. C. Church, 592 Middle Neck Rd. Great Neck. Classes run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To register, please call (516) 867-3580. TUESDAYS WITH REAP REAP, retired, energetic, and active professionals meets Tuesday, June 23 at Cumberland School, 30 Cumberland Ave., Great Neck,. At 9 a.m., various members of the group will discuss Significant Issues. At 10:30 am the Business

Meeting takes place. My Opinion will be presented by Lillian Zamora. Our speaker, Prof. Tom Grunfeld, will discuss the topic, “U.S. and China, Friends or Enemies?” Feel free to bring your lunch and join us! Current Events discussion will take place at 12:30 p.m. led by Gerry Peretsman. Refreshments, coffee and tea will be served. The Book Club meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m. WOMANSPACE A discussion group devoted to issues concerning women. Weekly meetings are held

every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck. New members welcome. For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844. LIONS CLUB HEARING AID PROGRAM The Great Neck Lions Club is pleased to announce their participation in “Lions Lend An Ear,” a program of the Nassau County district of Lions Clubs International. The program provides hearing aids and related products and services at no cost to hearing impaired individuals who qualify based on financial

need and communication need. Great Neck Lions Club is asking the local places that accept donated eyeglasses to accept used hearing aids as well. Note: The hearing aids should be placed in the eyeglass collection boxes located in all the Great Neck Libraries as well as offices of the Village of Russell Gardens, Village of Great Neck Plaza and the Village Hall on Baker Hill Road. FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Bal-

ance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors. Monday through Saturday. Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 7458050. LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd., Manhasset at 12 p.m. If you would like to attend a meeting and learn more about our club, please con-

tact 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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The Great Neck News, Friday, July 3, 2015

Kimberly Celeste Aguilar Kassandra Sarah Alicea Robert S. Altheim Christine An Su Yeon (Rachel) An John Angelaras Maya Sapphire Ashvil Gina-Gail F. Auslander Evelyn Ayala Emily Rose Anne Baklajian Joella Ariana Bargel Marie Simone Beck Irini Belitsis Kalliopi Belitsis Tal Ben Josef Anish Bhatia Rishab R. Bhatnagar Vikrant R. Bhatnagar Bruna Bitanji Mollie Rose Blank Holden J. Blatt Alan Broman Claudia Andrea Byer-Tyre Merve Can Diego Ignacio Carrasco Marisa D. Cassiere Melora Chang William Chang Diana Renee Charlop Ivy Chen Jonathan Chen Justin Y. Chen Kenzie Chen Wanqing Chen Yung-Hsin (Kate) Chen Calvin F. Cheng Shawn Cherian Damian S. Cheung Suann Chi Skyler Chin Anna Cho Esther Y. Cho Hanna Choe Joshua Choi Yuvraj Chopra Siwon Chung Christine Louise Cimpian Andrew Charles Cohen Mitchell M. Cohen Zachary David Cohen

Rachel Hannah Coons Di Cui Hong Zhi Cui Kaitlyn Marie Cusumano Peter J. Daian Kristina Derych Joshua Daniel Diaz Brett Jonathan Dieber Stephen Yu Dong Daniel C. Doreste Errol C. Dusman Harrison Skylar Dvoor Ethan Dymond Hayden R. Edelson Maya Emanuel Aaron N. Engel Sydney Ilana Falchook Fei (Faye) Fang Alana Michele Farkas Gianna C. Ferrante Patricia Ferrante Shayna H. Fishkin Christopher Rolando Flores Merdeck Barrington Fowler Jr. Yi-Wen Fu Michelle Geffner Joohee (Stella) Gha Eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Naijza Patricia Gillespie Jawaun Gillespie Patricia Jennifer Giogaia Richard B. Glasser Deborah Beth Glick Brandon M. Gonzalez

Tae Hwan Jason Hong Kody A. Horiuchi Andrew Hu Qiang Qian Huang William J. Huh Edmond Hui Justin B. Itteera Keziah Elsa Jacob Ryan G. Jacob Robbin Jang Yun Seong Ji Stephen John Charles Henry Jones Paul Jung Brian Ru-Lin Kao Russell Katz Zahir S. Keshwani Jonathan Kestenbaum

Soheab A. Khan Brandon S. Kim Desiree Kim Hyeajin Kim Jay Kim Ji Eun (Janet) Kim

Jonathan Kim Jooeun Kim Shanee B. Kim Soo Woong Kim Samantha Rose Klainberg Leigh M. Klebanow Alexa Kleinberg Nicole Knee Hee Kweong (Kelly) Koh Elias Kokalis Brett Michael Kolodny Cindy B. Koo Hannah Juliette Kornreich Jarett B. Greben Jeremy Robert Kramer Danna Greenberg Rebecca Anne Kraus Ji Ann Greenberg Andrew D. Krotinsky Francisca del Carmen Guillen Aaron Kwong Jasmine Guillen Marilyn La William Anthony Guillen Bryce Reyer Labonski Sarah Victoria Haggerty Angus Lam Aaron Benjamin Hamooz Jason Lau Beatrice Jane Han Rachel Lau Chanho J. Han Alice Lee Elroy Herrera Anna Lee Chelsea N. Hod Benjamin Atticus Lee Daniel J. Hodes Christopher S. Lee Kelvin Hom Gloria Lee Daniel J. Hong Hannah Lee Jin Hyup (Joseph) Hong Jimin Lee

Joshua Lee Tristan Lee Wilson D. Lee Frederick J. Leighton Julianna M. Lenahan Casey Li Chu Li Sijia (Cecelia) Li Emily Liang Timothy Liang Allisen H. Lichtenstein Alexander Lim Christie Liu Derek J. Liu James Liu Kyle Lo Mayra Noemi Lopez Sandy Lopez Timothy Luk Weiye (Tony) Luo Kaytan Ma Juliette Macura Ariel Mahgerefteh Liliana B. Majano Liana Sara Malamed

Lindsay Mann Jacob M. Mathai Jeremy Charles Maybaum MonaLisa K. Mdachi Samuel I. Menchell Derek Justin Menker Vinay Metharamani Josette Marie Molina Tamrina Murshed Julie Shayna Nagelberg Maxwell Duke Nettler Anthony M. Neves Tyler Ng Wan Kyoo Noh Alexandra Olney Natasha Olson Aram A. Ovsepian Isabel Erin Owen Catherine Park Joo Hee Park Lauren Park Min Je (James) Park Samantha Park Jasmine Pathan Matvei (Matthew) Patrikeyev Pietro Stefano Pecora Hamsavardhaan S. Pillai Benjamin A. Pinhasov Claire P. Polizu

Jason Scott Pollack Benjamin Aaron Portnoy Kelly Frances Pratt Nicholas B. Presvelis Alexandra Gabrielle Puntus Ulani H. Qi Wen Wen (Erin) Qiu Brett A. Rabinowitz Luis A. Ramirez Luis G. Ramirez Aaron Meyer Ratner Jacob Rigos Bryan Romero Justin Matthew Rose Julia M. Rossiello Justin Scott Roth Faisal Salam Marco Salas Amber Cierra Santiago Kaitlyn Rose Scherder Rebecca Ruth Schifilliti

Colton Schnall Andrew Benjamin Schneider Ethan Benjamin Schonhaut Jorge Serpas Serena A. Shen Tyler Noah Shiff Emily Sterling Shuwall Jacob Simany Rena Slavin Shane Smith Grace Song Winnie Song Jessica Sorkin Matthew Frank Spinello Luke Tyler Stempa Samuel Isaac Stempler Nicholas A. Steves Haley Strongin

Joshua T. Suttenberg Caroline Ta Kathryn Duterte Taffet Katie Tan Betsy Ilana Tanenbaum Adesa Alvandian Tehrani Atusa Alvandian Tehrani Alexa Raye Thorne Samuel Tokar Dylan E. Tracy Ia-Je (Joseph) Tsai Jasmine Z. Tsin Ryan Tucker Christopher M. Vaughan Evan Josue Venegas

Anu Verma Andrew H. Voigt Ethan Benjamin Volk Madeline Walker Anni Wang Donna Wang Helena Wang Xiaomeng (Ruby) Wang Kyle Joseph Warshavsky Dejanee Jade Washington Benjamin Wolf James Alexander Wolf Jordan H. Wong Natalie Li Wong Yorana Wu Margaret L. Xing Daryl Xu Qinziyue Xu Kevin Yang Sherry Yang Soo Hwan Yang

Siyang (Sunny) Yao Jinge Luna Ye Kimberly N. Yee Bryant Yi Christina Yi Ji Young Yi Anne M. Yim Ji-Yoon Yooun Jennifer E. York Denise Young MeiLin Yuan Yuan Hang Zhang Christopher Zheng Fei Fei (Jenny) Zheng Jacky Zheng Eric Zhong Emily Zhou Danny Zou Jay Zussman

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The Great Neck News, Friday, July 3, 2015

GREAT NECK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2015 Alex Ahdoot Maxwell J. Ainatchi Gabriel Z. Ambalo Danielle Angel Chris Peter Angelidis Mair Aranbayev

Nicolette Ashkenazie Rachel Aziz Liran Azizian Shaina Bakhshi Jonathan Balakhane Or Bar-Yehuda Nora S. Baroukhian Gabrielah Baruch Monica Beth Beeferman Yael Behnam Sofia L. Benkert Kyra A. Benton Joshua Bijari Ling-Ling S. Bishop Clarissa A. Blanco Jacob Bonheur Joseph Borochov Justin Botesazan Joseph Aaron Buckler Zachary Canter Patricia S. Castillo Harley I. Centner Brittany Chadi Vic Chan Daniel Charasz Yuk Ho Cheung Daniel S. Cohen David Y. Cohen Rom Cohen Emily Isabella Collins Ross Crames Alexander Cristian Chloe Cristian Yaron Curi-Hoory Nicole Damaghi Eric J. Delafraz Kayla Delafraz David Delijani Spencer B. Diamond Zachary E. Diamond Cordelia Ding Rachel Joy Dolgin Jamie Doppelt Andrew Ebrani Eitan B. Edelman Danielle B. Edelstein Yael Eleyahouzadeh Tiffany Eliasi Sharon Elkouby Michael R. Elua David Elyaho Solomon Elyaho David B. Epstein Deborah P. Epstein Ariella B. Etaat Ben Ezroni

Karmiella S. Ferster Rachel Ferster Alexa Fidelman Abigail R. Formas Ariela Frenkel Craig M. Friedland Troy Owen Fritzhand Emanuel J. Fuks Ariel Gidon Brittney Gilardian Justin Gilardian Neeka Gilardian Victoria Seoung Ree Gim Emily E. Gold Noah M. Gold Olivia H. Goldfarb Arianne Greenstein David Hadjibay Melody Haghnazari Leerone Hakami Nadine Hakim Ariel J. Hakimi Daniella Hakimi Kendall Molly Hakimi Aidan Hakimian Brent Hakimian Brooks Hakimian Danielle Hakimian Elliot M. Hakimian Rafael Hakimian Juyeon Han Solomon J. Hanasab Daniel Hanover Yael Harooni Michelle Sarah Haykin

Daniela S. Hematian Tiffany R. Heravi Joel Hernandez Christopher Hill Ryan H. Ho Sheng Xiang Huang Luke Huh Molly Hwang Elinore Ismaili Rebecca Janfar Valerie F. Janovic Ariella Javaheri Adam Kamali Sarah B. Kaplan Joshua Kashani Simon A. Kashfi Eden Kashimallak Karen Kashimallak Noah A. Katz Richard Khalily Donna Khalou Darren Khezri Aaron D. Khorshad Ethan Kimiabakhsh Jonathan Kimiabakhsh Alexander C. Kirschner Henry Kirshner Gavriel M. Knafo Rodney Kohanano

Elliot Kohanbash Jared A. Kossover Valeria Lahtionov Deborah Lalehzar Nicole Lalezarzadeh Briana R. Lamoretti Sam G. Landerer Leora Larian

Adam Lavian Alexandra Lavian Bryan Lee Michele S. Lehat Benjamin A. Lesser Zachary L. Leventhal Alec Li Nathaniel A. Libman Jessy J. Lin Hao Ran Liu Hao Tian Liu Philip Liu Spencer W. Liu Emanuel Livian David Lolai Jacob A. Lustbader Brittany Ma Jonathan Malekan Jacob Maslavi Hannah Mechanic Natalie Metaxas Evan J. Mironov Debbi Moalemi Jace B. Moezinia Joshua Y. Moinian Michael Moinian Rachel Moinian Nourit Monasheri David I. Moshenayov

Ella S. Mualem Ethan Namigohar Jason Navi Ariel Y. Nazar Jonathan Nazarian Michael Niamehr David R. Niknam Ethan Noorani Matthew Olkhovetsky Kevin Pais Adam J. Parket Shanen Partovi Stephanie Y. Pearl Daniel G. Peterson Amanda Piroozian Spencer Poon Amy T. Pourmoradi Megan O. Prives Ashley A. Radparvar Ryan N. Rahmanan Amber R. Rahmanim Rita M. Ramirez Elizabeth Ramjit Natanel Rashidizand Joshua Rashtian Ryan J. Rashtian Aaron Rastegar Nicholas D. ReisGerzog Erik A. Reiss

Xianyang Ren Ramona-Sky Rosenthal Sage T. Rosenthal Hallie Tian Huan Amsterdam RothSinger Ariel Sabzjadid Oriah Saghezi Liza A. Sakhaie Maria A. Salmeron Mohit Sunil Sani Hannah Sarraf Joshua Sarraf Zachary R. Schreiber Elena K. Schwartz Boaz Sedaghatfar Rachel A. Seidenberg Cuilee Sha Rebecca A. Shaktman Roni Shalit Yalda Shamash Talia E. Sharifiazad Zachary A. Shavolian Brandon Shimiaie Aaron L. Shirazi Jason B. Shokrian Benjamin Shor Andi Jae Silverman Dean Sinai Adie Sivan Koby Soleiman James Soltani Deborah V. Soufian Sara Freida Spector Samuel B. Sundick Justin Tam

Daniel Torkan Michael Torres Karla Turcios Sahar Vacnich Eric Wang Tyler S. Weiss Jolie C. Widawsky Matthew B. Wigler Jonathan Y. Windsor Justin Wong Zhiyi Xu Jasmine Yahoudaee

Maxwell B. Tanner Marcos Taveras Brian Tehrani Westley Tobias Michelle Toker Michelle Tola

Zi Yi Zhang Hongwei Zheng Pei Xin Zhong Anna Zhu Jonathan Zuckerbrod

Allen Yazdanpanah Nicole Yazdanpanah Daniella Yeganeh Rodney H. Yosifon Daniella Zaghi Daniella Zandi Sarina Zarnighian

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Village SCHOOL CLASS OF 2015

Nicholas Barrow Eliyahu Cohen Ruben Heinemann

Alexa Lasabia Stephanie O’Hara Tyler Plakstis

Jonathan Roshan Gavin Schwartz Jessica Sporn

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Folks singers to play at Plaza park The sounds of the ‘Soulful 60s’ will be brought to Great Neck Plaza’s Firefighters’ Park on July 7 by Nina Et Cetera, the Long Island-based rock, folk and bluegrass duo anchored by vocalist Nina Romano. In the case of inclement weather, the concert performance will be moved to the Great Neck Social Center (80 Grace Ave.). Check with village staff at Village Hall on the day of the concert, or call (516) 482 - 4500 after 5 p.m.

Great Neck House to feature artist Great Neck House is presenting an art exhibit featuring the works of their very own art instructor and Great Neck Park District resident Roberta Seid. Seid has always been inspired by the human form. Through her art, she is able to express herself using many different mediums including canvas, stone, kiln-fired glass and clay. The subject of each piece suggests a palette that reflects color, energy and size simultaneously with the contour of the shape. “As I approach the canvas, the placement is vital to giving the figure a purpose,” Seid said. “Using the negative and positive space, is most important for me.” Seid enjoys balancing hard edges with fluid forms. Having the ability to work in a variety of mediums, increases her love for art. Seid has been teaching both children and adults at Great Neck House for the past 30 years. You can view her art gallery at Great Neck House through September.

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Plaza BID continues Promenade series

The Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District and the Village of Great Neck Plaza continue the Summer Promenade Series on July 9. Taking place on Bond Street from 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m., all residents from Great Neck and neighboring communities are encouraged to attend and experience a variety of Great Neck’s fine dining options in a unique outdoor café environment. “Our summer promenades are a great opportunity for the whole family to come together, for a romantic night out or for a fun evening with friends,” said Ron Edelson, Great Neck Plaza BID executive director. “We want to invite people of all ages, from all over Long Island, Queens and the surrounding areas to enjoy the great dining and atmosphere the Plaza has to offer.” Each participating restaurant including Bee-Organic, Era, La Rotonda, Elaine’s Asian Bistro and the Great Neck Diner will be offering prix fixe menus or discounted dishes. In addition, Akbar the

song, Stuart Markus, and Gerry McKeveny. The head-turning folk-rock harmony trio’s CD When One Door Closes reached #3 on the folk DJ charts in January 2014. The friendly atmosphere of Great Neck Plaza is the perfect setting to enjoy the area’s best dining and shopping in the summer. All stores in Great Neck Plaza are within walking distance of the LIRR’s Great Neck train station, and the Plaza features more than 1,600 convenient parking spaces on-street and in municipal parking fields and garages. The Great Neck Plaza BID mission is to foster and promote a positive and vital business community through various initiatives including consumer awareness programs, media/advertising campaigns and sponsorship of many events. Log onto www.shopgreatneck.com, www.facebook. Caricaturist will be returning, offering voted best band runner up and top folk com/greatneckplaza, or call (516) 829promenade guests free caricatures on a band in the 2011 Long Island Press read- 1301 to learn more about the Great Neck first-come, first-served basis. ers’ poll. Ranging from traditional folk to Plaza BID. Entertainment will feature Gather- classic rock, Gathering Time appeals to all ing Time performing live. The band was ages. Band members include Hillary Fox-

Activist awarded Police activity league for service finishes another season

Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D-Great Neck) presented a citation to Ruth H. Patillo in recognition of her 85th birthday and her many accomplishments, including her work as a community activist for decades and her service to her community as executive director of the Great Neck/Manhasset Community Center. Patillo is a proud lifetime member of the NAACP and she is active in the Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Ruth’s daughter Pamela organized a party to celebrate the milestone birthday.

The Great Neck Police Activity League recently finished another season, with more than 500 participants in soccer, basketball, volleyball, track, lacrosse, judo and flag football sports programs. Great Neck PAL is a year-round program that engages youth in many different sports and is one of many neighborhood units that fall under the umbrella of the Nassau County Police Activity League. For more information about the Great Neck PAL programs, please visit www. greatneckpal.com or call (516) 487-PALS (7257).

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The warped meaning of July 4th

Of all the holidays on the calendar, the one that white supremacists, Know Nothing nativists and gun rightists love best is July 4. They day is most sacred because they take it to legitimize their notion of the rightness of rebelling against authority, states’ rights over nationhood, the individual’s rights over any collective — regardless of the fact that 1776 was a declaration of independence against a distant monarchy, and the American Revolution installed a government ostensibly “by the people, for the people.” In other words, us. That’s the government they are arming against. It’s why they hold most sacred the 2nd Amendment — discounting all the rest — and hold sacrosanct the days when Liberty was absolutely not for all. The decision by the Founding Fathers to accept a compromise that contradicted the key principles of a free nation — the “original sin” of the nascent nation — is what made the Civil War inevitable. The outrage at the massacre of nine people at a Bible meeting at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, S.C. has prompted one positive action — a movement growing at dizzying pace, considering the decades of struggle that preceded it — to remove the Confederate Flag, the stars and bars the white supremacists, racists and gun rightists hold higher than the stars and stripes. The Confederate flag is a continuing sym-

bol of an allegiance to that cause which the spaces as hurtful, demeaning symbols to AfSouth continues to term “Noble” but which rican Americans, meant to make them feel was about preserving the unholy, inhuman less equal, less valued. They say the flag is a institution of slavery and a society and econo- symbol of their heritage, their pride in their my built on a foundation of human bondage. forebears, and that pulling down the flag is a And their churches provided the moral “slippery slope” to eradicating their heritage. justification for their “value But as so many have noted, system” which, at its core, said the Confederate flag was revived that some human beings are no to fly over public spaces — courtbetter than animals and which houses and colleges — in the gave a white person the ability 1960s, a clear smack in the fact to beat another to death. and call to arms for white suThe timing is interesting premacists to push back against because it’s exactly 150 years civil rights and federal mandates since the end of the Civil War to desegregate schools, housthat ended slavery. It is approing, and public transportation KAREN RUBIN priate to question why the flag and outlaw discrimination in Pulse of the Peninsula of a squashed rebellion should the workplace and commercial continue to be used at all. But space. there never was a true reconciliation or acAs President Obama intoned in his movknowledgement and no acceptance of the ing eulogy of state Senator and Reverend wrongness of the cause - largely because the Clementa Pinckney and the eight others masNorth was too anxious for re-union. sacred in Mother Emanuel Church, “It’s true Go to the South today, and you will still a flag did not cause these murders. But as see the Civil War called “The War of Northern people from all walks of life now acknowlAggression.” edge… the flag has always represented more No apology for firing the first shot spark- than just ancestral pride. For many, black and ing a war that killed over 600,000 out of a white, that flag was a reminder of systemic population of 31 million. In today’s terms, oppression and racial subjugation. We see that would be equivalent to 6 million dying. that now. Removing the flag from this state’s Southern descendents of Confederate capitol would not be an act of political corsoldiers are really, really upset about this rectness. It would not be an insult to the valor gesture to take down the flag from public of Confederate soldiers. It would simply be

an acknowledgment that the cause for which they fought — the cause of slavery — was wrong.” The massacre in Charleston has almost exclusively focused on this one single brick in institutionalized racism — a tangible and important one to be sure. But the National Rifle Association is laughing that they are not having to deal with yet another attempt, after yet another heinous, despicable tragedy to drive sensible gun safety regulations through state or federal government. But such easy access to guns is what makes it all too easy for race-based hate to be manifested in a massacre. The loopholes to background checks (including enabling straw purchases by criminals) account for 40 percent of gun sales. Dylann Roof, 21 and barely old enough to buy a beer, bought a Glock 45 minutes after he was charged with a crime. But where the state has imposed strong background check requirements, the rate of suicide, police killings, and domestic homicides have been cut in half. This worthless pimple of the backside of humankind was a guy who had a website promoting White Supremacy and who said, 150 years after the end of the Civil War, that his intention was to spark a new civil war. But the ease with which he bought his Continued on Page 39

Masri attempted assault case closed Continued from Page 2 intent to cause him physical injury but fails to cause such injury has committed attempted thirddegree assault,” the DA’s request reads. “This Court has never addressed this specific question, which is recurrent and of Statewide significance.” Masri, who unsuccessfully ran for Village of Saddle Rock trustee, was sentenced in August 2013 to serve a year of probation after being found guilty of attempted assault in July 2013. Prosecutors said at Masri’s trial that after an October 2012 Village of Saddle Rock Board of Trustees meeting, Masri caused

deep lacerations to Levy’s head and fractures to Levy’s shoulders after a physical confrontation. The confrontation began when Masri approached village Trustee David Schwartz after a board meeting to ask him about an outgoing audit of village finances. Efforts to reach Masri and Levy were unavailing. Witnesses said that after Marsi made his request, Levy — who considered Masri a disruptive presence at village meetings — began to belittle Masri, and the two started to swear at each other. Differing accounts in arguments made by defense attorney

Robert McDonald and Assistant District Attorney Christine Geier’s say Masri either slapped Levy with an open hand or punched Levy in the face with keys in his hand. The defense said Levy, who was recently elected president of the Great Neck Village Officials Association, was motivated by anger and a desire to discredit Masri, and that Levy’s injuries were not a result of Masri’s initial blow. But prosecutors cited medical testimony from the surgeon who treated Levy to show his injuries came from a sharp object, such as Masri’s keys. Masri’s defense filed an op-

position to the DA’s application to appeal to the state Court of Appeals in April, saying that the Appellate Division’s decision to overturn the conviction was based on intent, not a lack of injury. The trial brought to light documents showing auditors were concerned about some of the Village of Saddle Rock’s financial practices, including Levy’s cashing of village checks written out to a contracting firm owned by a personal friend. The auditing firm Satty, Levine and Ciacco prepared an audit of the village’s finances for the fiscal year ending in February 2012. The firm sent a memoran-

dum to the village highlighting missing invoices, questionable charges on the village gas card, an unaccounted purchase of a laptop and checks to a contractor personally cashed by Levy as issues. Levy pleaded the Fifth Amendment when asked about the village’s finances during the trial. A Nassau County District Attorney’s investigation into the village’s finances determined in January 2014 that Levy committed no criminal wrongdoing in his handling of the village’s finances.

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G.N. South student given scholarship The New Hyde Park Chamber Benevelonce Fund presented a scholarship award of $500 to Great Neck South High School student Gianna Ferrante on Friday June 10. Students are chosen for their business studies and or community service. Pictured, left to right, are Susan Elliot, principal of Great Neck South High School, Richard DeMartino, Benevelonce Fund Co-Chair, Gianna Ferrante, and Cheryl Fajardo, Benevelonce Co-Chair.

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Are you staying or are you leaving? Lately, housing inventory in the majority of Long Island locations has been at a low point with less than 4.1 months of inventory, compared to the usual six months. Combined with historically low interest rates, the pressure is on for prices to increase. I have crossed the path of many seniors and those who in the past have downsized and moved to Florida, other warmer destinations, where costs are lower (much, much lower taxes and no heating bills!) or who have stayed local, because they cannot retire and still need to work. Over the last 10 years I have noticed a change whereby a portion of seniors are staying put, because of this and have told me, “I will let my kids worry about my home, when I am gone.” Many have contracted with companies to make their domiciles handicap accessible, by widening their doorways for wheelchairs, adding ramps or constructing stair lifts (prices ranging from $1,000-$8,000+) to their homes. Some are selling their two-

story homes and are looking for ranch style homes, where everything is on one level (simplex) with no stairs. The graying of Long Island has been happening for many years. Some have complained that their taxes are now greater than the previous paid-off, monthly mortgage payments. Those that can afford to stay are and many are working; some have second homes, where they go for the winter months and do not have to deal with the high cost of heating. Those who are leaving besides Baby Boomers are our younger people — generation Xers and Millennials — because it is too expensive to stay.(Approximately 65 percent more people are leaving New York, similar to New Jersey, than are relocating here). Every day in the U.S., 500 people turn 65. Many can no longer afford to live in New York, due the cost of housing, taxes, utilities, etc. and are seeking the southern states (North and South Carolina, Oregon and Texas). AARP (American Associa-

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were made to the affordability of: 1.) Health care 2.) Cost of housing (including taxes) 3.) Transportation 4.) Jobs for Seniors I am fairly sure that the first two items would surely aid our younger generations to be able to stay too! Nassau County has very few areas for construction of new homes, which for the most part are priced beyond what most generation Xers and Millennials can afford. Lower priced apartments and homes need to be available, either by state or federal government programs or we will continue to see our crucial labor force leave New York (leaving mostly miniumum wage positions). All that will be left are service type jobs that will not allow those to purchase anything! Yes, we have amazing progressive schools on Long Island, but more than 60 percent of our real estate taxes are attributed to schools. This is a huge factor in

drawing certain segments of the population here, as well as some high paying positions. However, there must be a way to adjust and minimize costs to be able to comfortably live here, besides the 2 percent cap that the governor has imposed. So the lack of housing inventory may be low right now, causing increased prices for homes (great for sellers, bad for purchasers), but what will the future hold? Will Long Island and New York City only be for those who make over $150,000+ per year or will that amount not be enough in the near future? Maybe inventory will increase in the future, because more and more people, young and old will leave. But, maybe it won’t if we figure out how to solve and minimize the cost factor of living on Long Island. Accomplishing this daunting task of retaining our population young and old will be left to those that are in charge. It is dammed if you do and dammed if you don’t scenario!

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G.N. resident recalls Charleston childhood Continued from Page 1 In a letter to the congregants of the Emanuel AME, which was sent this week to the Great Neck News as a letter to the editor, Rosen said that at a recent Great Neck Community Council of Synagogue Presidents meeting, members expressed “collective horror” over the shooting. “We stand in solidarity with you and wish you no more sorrow or pain, and hope that you will be able to emerge stronger and unified, with a new sense of purpose,” the letter reads. Rosen said he grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood about two miles away from the Emanuel AME Church. His father, Samuel,

owned drugstores in downtown Charleston for more than 30 years, and he had a great relationship with the black community, Rosen said. On June 17, nine people were shot and killed in the 199-year old church, which has played an important role in the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter movements. Images of the suspect, Dylann Roof, show him wearing symbols sometimes worn by white supremacists, such as the flag of apartheid-era South Africa. Other images show Roof holding a Confederate flag. When he heard of the shooting, Rosen said, he was horrified. He said the AME shooting along with the shooting of

Walter Scott, a black man, by a white police officer in North Charleston, has really hit home with him. “That’s two things in the last few months,” Rosen said. “Usually Charleston is such a calm and serene and very open place in terms of people’s ways of thought; everyone is very, very friendly.” He said what has been happening in Charleston within the past couple months is not emblematic of the city’s people as a whole. He said he did not remember seeing any specific incidents of racism while growing up. Rosen pointed to the fact that the Charleston police chief from 1982 to 2005, Reuben Greenberg, was both Jew-

ish and African-American, as a testament to the city’s positive relations between demographics. “It’s an emblem of the great relations that exist there,” Rosen said. “During my lifetime, my knowledge of the city has always been one of great relations and peace.” The shooting prompted debate across the country about the appropriateness of the Confederate battle flag – which flies near the South Carolina State House – being displayed in public. Removing the Confederate flag from the state house, Rosen said, is the correct thing to do. “It didn’t make much of a fuss while I was growing up; it

was just a thing,” Rosen said. “It was symbolic of a time long ago and had different meanings for many people.” Rosen also said Meir and Tara Feldman, both rabbis at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, were going down to Charleston this week to meet with church leaders. Tara Feldman said in an email that she and Meir expected to arrived in South Carolina late Thursday evening. Reach reporter Adam Lidgett by e-mail at alidgett@ theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203 and on Twitter @ AdamLidgett. Also follow us on Twitter @theislandnow and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

Day to slow down, appreciate the now Continued from Page 3 An was confident in her classmates’ abilities to reach those new heights and excel in a college environment. “I believe that it is not us that aren’t prepared for college, but college who isn’t prepared for us,” she told the graduates.

“We are future history makers, paving new paths in our prospective fields and making, as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, footprints in the sands of time. “ The graduation also included two musical presentations. The graduating members of

the band and orchestra played “Tico-Tico no Fubá,” and the choral students sang “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” following the honoring of South High’s retiring faculty. “When you can, make things happen,” South High principal Susan Elliott told her students.

“Make yes your default position.” Elliott advised them to live their own lives, making their own decisions, choices, and mistakes. After Elliot spoke, economics teacher Dennis Mooney awarded the 300 graduating students

with their diplomas. But before they threw their caps into the air, Yang offered them some final words of advice. “Let us cherish life’s little treasures,” she said. “Because maybe‚ just maybe — the human race isn’t a race at all.”

2 G.N. men among 3 alleged jewel thieves 23 and charged with single 3rd degree felony counts of crimihis bail was set at $450,000 cash nal possession of a controlled or bond. He is due back in court substance, burglary and crimion July 2. nal mischief for allegedly actRotem Balila was arrested ing as a lookout for Borelli June 23 and charged with June during an April 15 burglary,

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prosecutors said. Edan Balila was arrested June 24 and charged with felony counts of burglary, criminal mischief and criminal possession of stolen property, as well as a misdemeanor count of criminal pos-

session of stolen property. Rotem and Edan Balila were each arraigned Wednesday. Rotem’s bail was set at $200,000 bond or $75,000 cash, while Edan Balila’s bail was set at $42,000 bond or $21,000 cash.

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Village School grads overcome challenges Continued from Page 10 cluding principal Steve Goldberg and Great Neck North High music teacher Joseph Rutkowski. When speaking with the students, Dolan cited the words of Tom Sobel, a past assistant superintendent of the district who was involved with the founding Village School. Dolan chose to read some of Sobel’s words in a 1996 graduation address to the students. “The real credit, the unsung glory, belongs to you,” Sobel had told the graduates in reference the formation of the Village

School. Dolan also recognized the success of the Village School over the course of its existence, referring to it as “an institution, not an experiment.” “A school can be alternative, experimental, and even slightly informal — and still be an absolute success,” he said. Graduate Ruben Heinemann gave the second student speech, explaining how Village finally gave him the chance to feel comfortable being himself. Despite initial academic struggles, Heinemann said that

his friends and teachers took him in and provided him with a family. “Nowhere else did anyone put up with me and give me so many second chances,” he said. “Village showed me that there is not only a place where everyone can see each other for who they really are, but that a place exists where there is always someone to lean on during the most difficult times.” O’Hara introduced Goldberg as the final speaker before the graduates were awarded with their diplomas.

“Because of you, I’m in a place I never thought I’d be,” she told Goldberg. “I’m graduating!” In his speech, Goldberg thanked the Board of Education for their persistent efforts and commended Dolan for his work as he moves on to retirement after six years in the district. “Tom worked for me, so that I could work for my staff, so that they could work for the children,” he said. “No ego, no pretense, no power trip — just compassion, hard work and faith.” The graduation concluded with a Village School tradition.

Goldberg called up the first graduate, and each successive graduate called up his or her classmate to receive their diploma. “I believe each and every one of you is capable of knowing what I believe to be the true secret to a happy and successful life,” Goldberg said in concluding his speech. “And that is knowing how to cease control over that which you have control, and relinquish control over that which is out of your hands. That’s it.”

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G.N. North grads told to keep loving going Continued from Page 2 dent for Curriculum and Instruction for Garden City Public Schools Teresa Prendergast. In his last speech given to a graduating Great Neck North High class as superintendent, Dolan drew from the cultural

phenomenon of “binge watching” — the process of watching more than one episode of a television show over a long period of time that has been made easier with the advent of televisionstreaming websites such as Hulu and Netflix. He said while binge-watch-

ing can be considered a smart, contemplative way of watching television, it is not the way to view the episodes of your life. He told the graduates that while some episodes of their lives will be happy, others will be sad — but they all must be watched one at a time.

“Every episode must be viewed independently and in the order in which the big network above chooses to present them,” Dolan said. “There is no fast-forward, no pause and no rewind.” “Those moments, those episodes, those experiences will all combine to make a life worth liv-

ing,” Dolan said. Dolan left the crowd with lyrics from the song “Greyhound” by one of his favorite musicians, Harry Chapin. “It’s got to be the going not the getting there that’s good,” Dolan said, quoting the song.

The warped meaning of July 4th Continued from Page 36 weapon of mass destruction bestowed on him ungodly power to snuff out the lives of the best among us. Think of the no-account loser Lee Harvey Oswald, who bought his rifle for about $26 from a classified in a newspaper, and so easily robbed us of John F. Kennedy. The reaction to the few renewed calls for sensible gun safety measures — the typical pattern after yet another senseless tragedy — are boiler-plate, as if they all received the same memo: “Law breakers get guns.” But that would be a reason to eliminate red lights, or for that matter, laws that make murder illegal, as well. But President Obama had a reply In his eulogy in Charleston, President Obama recognized the confluence of racism and gun control, even if the media prefers to keep these issues distinct (much to the glee of the NRA). Because Racism combined with Gun Control equals Terrorism. Pure and simple. Guns enable a racist to turn a hateful idea into a fateful, lethal act. Racism may have been the fuse, but the gun was the TNT. “For too long,” President Obama said, “we’ve been blind to the unique mayhem that gun violence inflicts upon this nation. Sporadically, our eyes are open: When eight of our brothers and sisters are cut down in a church basement, 12 in a movie theater, 26 in an elementary school. But I hope we also see the 30 precious lives cut short by gun violence in this country every single day; the countless more whose lives are forever changed... “The vast majority of Americans — the majority of gun owners — want to do something about this. We see that now. And I’m convinced that by acknowledging the pain and loss of others, even as we respect the traditions and ways of life that make up this beloved country — by making the moral choice to change, we express God’s grace.... “None of us can or should expect a transformation in race relations overnight. Every time something like this happens, somebody

says we have to have a conversation about race. We talk a lot about race. There’s no shortcut. And we don’t need more talk. “None of us should believe that a handful of gun safety measures will prevent every tragedy. It will not. People of goodwill will continue to debate the merits of various policies, as our democracy requires — this is a big, raucous place, America is. And there are good people on both sides of these debates. Whatever solutions we find will necessarily be incomplete. “But it would be a betrayal of everything Reverend Pinckney stood for, I believe, if we allowed ourselves to slip into a comfortable silence again. Once the eulogies have been delivered, once the TV cameras move on, to go back to business as usual — that’s what we so often do to avoid uncomfortable truths about the prejudice that still infects our society. To settle for symbolic gestures without following up with the hard work of more lasting change — that’s how we lose our way again.” Obama continued, “Removing the flag from this state’s capitol would not be an act of political correctness; it would not be an insult to the valor of Confederate soldiers. It would simply be an acknowledgment that the cause for which they fought — the cause of slavery — was wrong — the imposition of Jim Crow after the Civil War, the resistance to civil rights for all people was wrong. It would be one step in an honest accounting of America’s history; a modest but meaningful balm for so many unhealed wounds. It would be an expression of the amazing changes that have transformed this state and this country for the better, because of the work of so many people of goodwill, people of all races striving to form a more perfect union. By taking down that flag, we express God’s grace. “But I don’t think God wants us to stop there. For too long, we’ve been blind to the way past injustices continue to shape the present. Perhaps we see that now. Perhaps this tragedy causes us to ask some tough questions about how we can permit so many of our children to languish in poverty, or attend dilapidated schools, or grow up without pros-

pects for a job or for a career. “Perhaps it causes us to examine what we’re doing to cause some of our children to hate. Perhaps it softens hearts towards those lost young men, tens and tens of thousands caught up in the criminal justice system — and leads us to make sure that that system is not infected with bias; that we embrace changes in how we train and equip our police so that the bonds of trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve make us all safer and more secure. “Maybe we now realize the way racial bias can infect us even when we don’t realize it, so that we’re guarding against not just racial slurs, but we’re also guarding against the subtle impulse to call Johnny back for a job interview but not Jamal. So that we search our hearts when we consider laws to make it harder for some of our fellow citizens to vote. By recognizing our common humanity by treating every child as important, regardless of the color of their skin or the station into which they were born, and to do what’s necessary to make opportunity real for every American ‚ by doing that, we express God’s grace. ..... “Reverend Pinckney once said, ‘Across the South, we have a deep appreciation of history — we haven’t always had a deep appreciation of each other’s history.’ What is true in the South is true for America. Clem understood that justice grows out of recognition of ourselves in each other. That my liberty depends on you being free, too. That history can’t be a sword to justify injustice, or a shield against progress, but must be a manual for how to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past — how to break the cycle. A roadway toward a better world. He knew that the path of grace involves an open mind — but, more importantly, an open heart.” You hear billionaire Donald Trump, and Presidential wannabe, talk about the American “brand” (elect him because he knows a thing or two about successfully marketing a brand, as if that is all there is to it). But that brand — based on a mythological image of America as an open, diverse society where everyone is equal and respected, with an equal opportunity to succeed, is more than tarnished by the deplor-

able racism and the insane gun culture. July 4 is also the peak of the season for carefree vacation travel, and the United States was anticipating greeting millions of international tourists — important for jobs creation, for economic vitality, and also, fostering good relations between countries since travelers from abroad and the people they meet are like good will ambassadors. And here’s where the “branding” issue comes to play. Remember the hysteria over the Ebola epidemic in Africa that caused Americans to curtail travel to the entire continent, even though where the outbreak was compared to, say, South Africa, wasn’t as far as the distance between New York and Dallas? As terrible as it was, 11,020 died. Well, that’s equal to only the first four months of gun deaths in the United States so far this year. Each year, some 33,000 people die as a result of gun violence, and that number will only increase because of the increasing sophistication of guns and easy access, and with laws like Texas has passed. So it is interesting that a French journalist has just written a column, “Killings everywhere: How safe is it to travel to the United States of America?” (http://www.eturbonews.com/60465/killings-everywhere-how-safe-it-travel-unitedstates-america) “It turned out to be another bloody Saturday in the United States. Police are killing citizens, citizens are killing other citizens — it’s only a matter of time until someone kills visitors. “Shootings have become a fashion and something to do for under-privileged people. And this is all happening in one of the richest countries in the world. “The United States can be a great place to grow up, if you have money. If you don’t have money, there is no safety net, like you find in the EU nations. It means you may be homeless and chased from one sidewalk to another. Young people looking for an identity find pleasure in joining gangs, often criminal or racial gangs. For others, constant poverty and being pushed by authorities converts into a constant

battle with police. Is the government really for the people?... “Now may be time to change the U.S. constitution. It may be time for elected officials to not only think about a next election, but the direction of the country. “Today at least seven young people, including a 2-year-old and a 10-year-old, were injured in West Philadelphia after a shotgun-wielding attacker fired at a street picnic, local police said. The children are in a hospital in critical condition. “The reports of the shooting emerged almost simultaneously with news of gunfire at a block party in Detroit, which injured 9 and killed one. “At least one person has been killed and 9 others injured after an unidentified gunman opened fire on a basketball court on Detroit’s west side, media reports say, citing Detroit police. “The person killed was a 21-year-old man, My Fox Detroit media outlet reported. “It’s time for the international community and global leaders of the travel and tourism industry to lobby for a safer America.” How sad that this call comes from abroad. People are amazed at how, after decades of calls to take down the Confederate flag, how quickly that change is taking place, and can’t understand how calls for closing loopholes in purchasing guns, in accessing semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, all wildly popular in having the support of more than 90 percent of Americans, keep getting stuck in Congress. President Obama’s soft, rational oratory isn’t enough. Seeing how a long-frustrated social change can be accomplished with lightening speed, catalyzed by tragedy, the gun violence prevention advocates who have worked so long and hard with so few successes, should follow that lead and not do what the NRA has done so effectively, to purposefully shut down the calls for change after a particularly horrific event. If there will be any change at all, it won’t come slowly but, like in New York, in a flash of reaction to yet another, probably even more horrific tragedy. That’s the tragedy.

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Help Wanted ASSISTANT TEACHER/ MINI SCHOOL BUS DRIVER Full time position for local nursery school in Williston Park assisting teacher in classroom. Includes driving a mini school bus. Closed all school holidays. Please email resume/cover letter to romperroomschool@verizon.net or fax to: 516-746-8608 CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy Equipment Operator ‘Career! Receive hands on training and national certifications operating bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. Lifetime job placement VA benefits eligible! 1-866-968-2577 CONTRACT MANAGER FT/PT position available for Cleaning, Maintenance, Construction Company in Rockville Centre. Strong knowledge of job estimation and proposal preparation; purchasing, maintenance & cleaning experience. Please forward resume to: mdibugno@airwayllc.com EBAY LISTER P/T: Flexible hours. Will train. Need computer. Work from home office near Hempstead/Garden City border. $10/hour. Call 516-9968118 or email LBA1123@aol.com

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EXPERIENCED NANNY WANTED We are a family in Garden City looking for a caring, responsible and experienced nanny to care for our three boys (ages 8, 6 and 3). Monday thru Friday from 7:15am to 6:30pm. Must drive (do not need own car) and have excellent references. Spanish/English speaking a plus. Please call Pia 917-860-8014

HANDYMAN/ HELPER: Part time, full time. North Shore contractor. Must be clean cut, speak English, driver’s license and some basic construction experience. Call 516-365-6685

PRE K TEACHER Romper Room, a private nursery school located in Williston Park is looking for a Pre K teacher for our September session. Educational requirements: Bachelors Degree, 12 credits in Early Childhood Education or related field. Must love to work and interact with children. Must have good leadership abilities, good attitude and be dependable. Includes driving a mini school bus. Please email resume/ cover letter to romperroomschool@ verizon.net or fax to: 516-746-8608

FREE NURSERY SCHOOL Free nursery school for Mom who will drive a mini school bus. Children ages 2-6. Check us out on Facebook! Please call Romper Room Nursery School 516-746-8606 NEW YEAR-NEW CAREER GROUP SALES REPRESENTATIVE Fortune 500 company, voted top 30 places to start a career in USA by Business Week magazine, looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Must be enthusiastic and have strong work ethic. Sales experience is welcome but not necessary. Extensive management opportunities available. Unlimited earnings potential. Office located in Garden City. Call Bill Whicher 516-574-1064

MEDICAL FULL TIME FRONT DESK RECEPTIONIST / MEDICAL ASSISTANT: Must be dependable, mature and multitask. Send resume to: superdoc4@aol.com

Situation Wanted A NURSES AIDE/COMPANION SEEKING position to take care of your elderly loved one. Experience and very good references. Live in or out. Driver. Light housekeeping, shopping, doctor appointments, etc. Please call 516-353-9686 AVAILABLE FOR HOUSE CLEANING Tuesdays and Fridays. Experienced with good references. Please call Maria at 516279-6313 or 516-580-1543

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CARE GIVER: CNA AIDE looking for companion/aide position FT/PT live in. Will do light cleaning, showers, baths. Have car, experience and references. Nursing home experience. Please call Dawn 917-564-9812

COMPANION / HOME CARE Long time GC resident seeking part time position as a companion to take care of loved one. Prepares meals, light housekeeping & grocery shopping. English speaking. References available. Contact Patricia 516-887-7026

HOLLISTIC CARE P/T Exercises generalized medical care with supervision. Must be ambulatory. Call 516-294-9519

MOTHER’S HELPER/BABYSITTER AVAILABLE High Schol student available to help with your young or school aged children. Games, activities, pool, etc. Available anytime. Also available for pet sitting and pet walking. Please call Amanda 516-741-9669

CARETAKER/ H HA: with driver’s license looking for 5+ days per week, live out, will do everything including errands. Very good references. Please call Glynis 347-598-8077

ELDER CARE AVAILABLE Woman from Ukraine is looking for ft/pt position. Experienced & references available. Please call Olha 516-547-8882

CERTIFIED AIDE: Looking to provide private duty care to Garden City or local area resident. Available Monday through Friday, part time or full time, flexible hours, own transportation, exceptional references. Call Annmarie 917-586-7433 CHILDCARE: College student with 5 yrs experience home for summer, seeking position to care for your children. Kind, friendly, patient and reliable. Available until late August. Available immediately. Own transportation, GC Pool pass. Please call Laura 516-477-6612 CLEANING SERVICE available full time or part time with flexible hours. 20 years experience. Excellent references. 516-376-9365 or 516-519-8370

ELDER CARE: AIDE/COMPANION with 15 years experience available to care for elderly. Days, nights, weekends. Own car. Excellent references. Call 516-353-1626 EXPERIENCED HOUSEKEEPER AVAILABLE Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays. References available. Please call home 516-2087098, cell 516-945-5900

HOME HEALTH AIDE AND HOUSECLEANING AVAILABLE. Licensed & Experienced. Available immediately ft/ p t, live in or live out. Call Beatriz 516-503-8008 HOME HEALTH AIDE seeks job taking care of elderly. Live out. Overnights, flexible hours, local references. Call 516-360-5400 HOUSECLEANING GARDEN CITY AREA available weekdays anytime. Experienced. Excellent references. Own transportation. English speaking. Contact Jeanette 516-385-8151

EXPERIENCED NURSING AIDE seeking position to take care of elderly. Evenings or weekends. Own car and good references. Please call 718-525-6942 or 917-796-5917

HOUSEKEEPER / COOK / ELDER CARE: Seeking position on Long Island or Manhattan area. Excellent references + long time experience. Please call 917-445-0340

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS Young men available to do any odd jobs around your homeyard work, cleaning out & organizing garages and basements, pet sitting, party help, etc. Available July & August 7 days a week. Call Drew 516-712-5361

HOUSEKEEPER / HOME HEALTH AIDE PROVIDER with over 25 yrs experience seeking live in position. Honest, caring & skilled. References readily available upon request. Please contact Margaret 860-574-1236

MY AMAZING, WONDERFUL, RELIABLE NANNY, who has cared for my little ones like family and who has been in GC for 15yrs is available immediately. Also has valid driver’s license. Please call 516-776-1808 NANNY AVAILABLE Our caring and reliable nanny of 17 years is looking for a full time position. Clean license. Can be reached at 917-704-9248 NANNY F/T with 15years experience seeking position to care for your newborn & older children. References available. Trustworthy, loving, reliable. 15 years with 3 Garden City families. Driver’s license. Call 516-776-1808

Business Opportunities BILLION DOLLAR MANUFACTURER expanding in the Long Island area seeking person with sales and /or marketing background. Commission based and substantial residuals. No stocking, no inventory, no selling. Call for more information. Leave message for call back: 516-759-5926

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INVITED SALES by TRACY JORDAN Live and Online Auction House, Estate Sales, Appraisals and Consignment Shoppe. 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City 11530 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales.com Mon-Fri 10-6pm Sat 10-5pm, Sun 12-5pm Located next to the La Quinta and behind the Garden Gourmet Deli. Live Auctions Monthly! Free walk-in evaluations for items to be considered for Live Auction every Tuesday and Thursday 10am2pm. No appointment necessary. Auctions are live every Wednesday from 8am-8pm and pre-bids are accepted at anytime. Visit www.invitedsales.com and click on the online auctions tab. Visit www.invitedsales.com to see pictures and information regarding our upcoming tag sales and estate sales. Our 50% off room is open everyday and includes items that have been in our shoppe for more than 60 days. To receive discount coupons and promotional information, join our email list. Text “invited” to 22828 and enter your email address when prompted. Consignments are taken by appointment to provide you with the best service. Please call the shoppe at 516-279-6378 to schedule an appointment or email pictures of your items to info@invitedsales. com. We can provide fair market values on any item that you may want to sell, consign or enter into auction. If you need advice on hosting a sale, selling an item or liquidating an estate, please call Tracy Jordan at the shoppe or directly at 516-567-2960

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Adoption UNPLANNED PREGNANCY? Caring licensed adoption agency provides financial and emotional support. Choose from loving preapproved families. Call Joy toll free 1-866-922-3678 or confidential email: Adopt@ForeverFamiliesThroughAdoption.org

Novenas/Prayers PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Never known to fail). Oh Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine of Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea help me and show herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth I beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to succor me this necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh show me herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to Thee (three times). Oh Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (three times). Thank you for your mercy to me and mine. Amen. This prayer must be said for three days and after three days your request will be granted. The prayer must be published. Grateful thanks. (L.B.) PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Holy Spirit thou who made me see everything and showed me the way to reach my ideals. Thou who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me, and thou who art in all instances of my life with me. I thank thee for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great material desire may be, I want to be with thee and my loved ones in Your perpetual glory. Thank You for your love towards me and my loved ones. Pray this prayer for 3 consecutive days. After 3rd day your wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to publish this dialogue as soon as your favor has been granted.(L.B.)

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

Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-7468900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@atstewartexchange.org www. gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

YOU’RE INVITED! Friday, July 10 9:30am 35 Brenner Ave Bethpage, NY 11714 Furniture, costume jewelry, holiday decorations, books, artwork, household and decorative items.... Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details!

pets

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

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

automotive

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

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Apartment For Rent BELLEROSE Large 5 room apartment. Kitchen, DR, LR & 2 Bedrooms with lots of closets. Heat & water included. $1775. for more information, call Rose 516-655-7501 Ford Realty BROOKVILLE LOVELY COTTAGE FOR RENT Pool, convenient location. Immediate. $2,300 + utilities. Please call 516-6260934 GARDEN CITY BORDER: Sprawling 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. $1,970+ Electric, gated parking, laundry room, air conditioning, dishwasher, hardwood floors, LIRR, NO BROKER FEE. www. gcbapts.com / 516-742-1101

Homes for Sale

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SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain/rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-3857975 www.skyclearwindow.com

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GARDEN CITY S.E. SECTION Unfurnished second floor 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, large living area. Cable, wi-fi, utilities, parking. No smoking. No pets. $1500. Please call 516-650-5144

GARDEN CITY ESTATES FOR SALE BY OWNER One of a kind Tudor with many unique features. Asking $1,299,000. For appointment call 917-370-8517

Office Space

Lots for Sale

GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate. Available now. $1,750/mth.Call Owner 516-538-7474 or 538-7476

NAPLES FLORIDA: Residential 5 acres on canal. Golden Gate Estates of Wilson Blvd. Asking $95,500. Call 516-621-2276

WILLISTON PARK Office Space: 1300 & 2000 sf. available on Hillside Ave. Professional Building. Parking Lot, near LIRR & parkways. Full commission Paid. Tony 516-248-4080

Vacation Rental EAST HAMPTON Furnished, 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Situated on a private .5 acre near Three Mile Harbor. Fenced in pool, gas grill, outdoor shower, tree house & newly finished basement. See VRBO. com #718035 for photos & further information. July weeks available. EAST QUOGUE Large 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with CAC, heated IG pool, private patio, access to bay and ocean beaches, boat slip available. 1 hour from Garden City. Will consider 1 week rentals. Please call 516-248-0079 or 516732-9435 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full /partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Real Estate. 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com

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MINEOLA RANCH GARDEN CITY SCHOOLS JUST LISTED! 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath, CAC, Wood Floors, Updated Roof, Walk Up Attic, Full Basement, 2 Car Garage. 50 x 100 lot. Asking $349,000. Hurry.... Won’t last!! Connor J Maffucci Real Estate 516-599-0707

LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646-996-7628

Home Improvements AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Repairs & Maintenance *Handyman & Remodeling *Vanity & Kitchen Cabinet Installations *Furniture Assembly & set up *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 22 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Owner Operated Call BOB 516-741-2154 GARY MARC DESIGNS: Interior design, fabric/ f urniture selections, paint color consultation, wall coverings, flooring, kitchen/ b ath designs, custom window treatments, accessories and more. Free Consultation. Gary M. Schoenbach gary@garymarcdesigns.com / 516-680-0144 / www.garymarcdesigns.com

home Improvements GRACE ROOFING: Est. 1977. slate, tile flat roofs, asphalt and wood shingle roofs, gutters and leaders cleaned and replaced, professional new roof installation. Free estimates, expert leak repairs. lic/ins, local references, residential/commerical 516-753-0268

Instruction MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, PreCalc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314 ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314 PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow. Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www. iwantmypianolessons.com

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

Party Help

Services

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

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/ DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/ C ommercial. Bonded/ I nsured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125

Tutoring ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT/ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-599-8007 or email: dianegot@gmail.com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-onone professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COLLEGE TUTOR ACT perfect scorer and National Merit Winner (SAT) can tutor your child for BEST ACT/SAT results! Call or text Genny 516-469-6790

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▼ LEGALS Notice of formation of FINE STAR PROPERTIES LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/15/15. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for services of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: 42 Plymouth Rd Great Neck NY 11023. Purpose: any lawful purpose. GNN 141677 6x 6/05, 12, 29, 26, 7/03, 10, 2015 #141677

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Embrace Interiors LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/09/2015. Office loc: Nassau County. SSNY has been desig. as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against him /her is the LLC: 584 Gardenia Street, West Hempstead,NY 11552. The principal business address of the LLC is: 584 Gardenia St, West Hempstead, NY 11552. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. GNN 141755 6x 6/19, 26, 7/03, 10, 17, 24, 2015 #141755

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, JULY 15, 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. 10:00 A.M. CALENDAR APPEAL #20027—Debra Capolarello, variance 70-100.2.K to install a generator exceeding the maximum distance from the subject dwelling; NW/cor. 79 Village Rd. and The Mall, Manhasset, Sec. 3, Blk. 219, Lot 1, R-A District. APPEAL #20028—Peter Kruskopfs, variance 70-50.A to maintain an enclosed porch and portico within a required front yard setback; W/side 50 Irma Ave., 531.87’ N/of Mullon Ave., Port Washington, Sec. 5, Blk. 18, Lot 151, R-C District. APPEAL #20029 Kenneth Faltischek, variance 70-29.C to maintain conversion of carport to garage exceeding permitted gross floor area; S/side #38 Richards Rd., 398.68’ E/of N. Plandome Rd., Port Washington, Sec. 5, Blk. 71, Lot 84, R-A District. APPEAL #20030—Richard Langone, variance 70-51.A to maintain an addition and deck within a required side yard setback, E/side 102 St. Marks Pl., 313.36’ N/of Cashman Pl., Roslyn Heights, Sec. 7, Blk. H, Lot 509, R-C District. APPEAL #20031—Gina Singh, variance 70-100.2.A(4).B to install and maintain fencing exceeding the permitted height; E/side 1724 New Hyde Park Rd., 570’ S/of Oak Dr., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 211-3, Lot 26, R-C District. APPEAL #20043 Peter Teemsma, variances 70-40.A & 70-41.A to construct a second story addition to a dwelling with insufficient front and side yard setbacks; N/side #63 Laurel Dr., 75’ E/of Major Ln., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 307,

Lot 4, R-B District. APPEAL #20032 Alexander Mendez, variance 70-50.C to maintain a raised terrace in a required front yard setback; S/side #151 Birchwood Dr., 831.78’ W/of Betty Rd., New Hyde Park, Sec. 9, Blk. 564, Lot 13, R-C District. APPEAL #20033 Shanna Lula, variances 70-100.1, 70-100.2.A(2), 70-100.2.G, 70-102.C(1), 70-102.C(4) to maintain accessory structures, a portable shed, pool and pool equipment in a front yard and fencing forward of a front building line; W/side #20 Garden Ave., 77.35’ N/of Wright St., Carle Place, Sec. 10, Blk. S-1, Lot 3, R-C District. APPEAL #20034 Joanne Del Vecchio, conditional use 70-45 and variances 70-100.2.A(2), 70-100.2.A(4) & 70-231 to maintain a mother/daughter use, a conditional use, with an accessory apartment exceeding the permitted floor area and kitchen area accessed by a separate entrance on a second floor deck, and to maintain fencing forward of front building line exceeding the permitted height; N/side #247 Roslyn Ave., 100’ W/of Silver Lake Blvd., Carle Place, Sec. 10, Blk. 5, Lot 39, R-C District. APPEAL #20035—Anthony Anes, appeal for determination, or in the alternative, variances 70-5.D. and 70-44 to maintain an accessory structure used for commercial purposes, not a permitted use; E/side 176 Grant St., 100.10’ S/of Center St., Westbury, Sec. 10, Blk. 244, Lot 131 & 231, R-C District. APPEAL #20036 Marie Jean, variances 70-100.2.A(2) & 70-100.2.A(4)(b) to maintain fences exceeding permitted height; E/side #168 Urban Ave., 675’ S/of Prospect Ave., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 28, Lot 32, R-C District. APPEAL #20037—Olaolu Akinola, variance 70-100.2.A(2) to erect fencing beyond the front building line; S/side 832 First Ave., 160’ W/of First St., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 104, Lot 205, R-C District. APPEAL #20038 Ricky Ramsumair, variance 70-50.C to maintain a dwelling having an insufficient front yard setback; S/side #30 Fourth Ave., 510’ W/of Sixth St., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 112, Lot 933, R-C District. APPEAL #20039—Robert Ellinger, variances 70-103.A and 70-208.F to construct alterations to convert a bakery to a dental office with insufficient parking; N/side 91 Main St., 118.02’ W/of Irma Ave., Port Washington, Sec. 5, Blk. D, Lot 501, B-B District. APPEAL #20040 Mark Mancini (Applicant)/Persian Grill Corp. (Owner), conditional use 70-187.Q and 70-225.B(7)(a) to alter kitchen equipment in an existing restaurant; E/side 210 Mineola Ave., 124.62’ N/ of Powerhouse Rd., Roslyn Heights, Sec. 7, Blk. G, Lot 964, I-B District. APPEAL #20041 Eben-Ezer Haitian Baptist Church of Westbury, variances 70-48, 70-49, 70-101.B, 70-52 & 70-103.A(1) to construct a church exceeding permitted lot coverage, floor area and front yard encroachments, with insufficient rear yard setback and off-street parking; NW/cor. #859 Prospect Ave. & Garden St., Sec. 11, Blk. 2, Lots 48, 49 & 50, R-D District. APPEAL #20042—BP Products North America, Inc., variance 70-196.K(4) to install and maintain signage exceeding the permitted area; S/E/c or. 2298 Jericho Tpke., and Nassau Blvd., Garden City Park, Sec. 33, Blk. 518, Lot 13, I-B District.

CONTINUED CASES APPEAL #19809—Anjali Kakwani (Owner)/Jogendra S. Bagga, variances 70-49.B, 70-50.B, 70-100.2.A(2), 70-100.2.A(4)(b), 70-100.2.H and 70-208.F to maintain additions to a non-conforming dwelling exceeding the permitted floor area, a deck within a required front yard setback, an A/C unit within a required side yard setback, fencing exceeding the permitted height and fencing beyond the front building line; N/side 355 Glen Cove Ave., 200’ W/of Rushmore Ave., Carle Place, Sec. 10, Blk. 268, Lot 323, R-C District. (9-17-14)(12-10-14) APPEAL #20000—Jared Dalton, variances 70-39.B, 70-103.A & 70-41.A to construct a one & two-story addition, & front porch exceeding permitted floor area, with insufficient parking, & minimum & aggregate side yard setbacks; W/side #21 Leeds Dr., 300’ S/ of Luquer Rd., Port Washington, Sec. 5, Blk. F, Lot 962, R-B District. 2:00 P.M. CALENDAR APPEAL #20024—Anthony Coppolino, variances 70-44, 70-100.2.A(4), 70-229.A, 70-196.J(1)(a), 70-197.H to maintain signage exceeding the number permitted on a wall and attached to a fence and to maintain a tow terminal (not a permitted use), with fencing exceeding the permitted height and beyond the front building line, and non-compliance with previous appeal #6856; W/side 1011 Lakeville Rd., 160.64’ N/ of White Ave., New Hyde Park, Sec. 8, Blk. 10, Lot 40, R-C District. APPEAL #19935.A—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.

APPEAL #19935.B—Grand Boulevard Realty, LLC, variances 70-47.A and 70-103.A, to maintain a single family dwelling on a lot of insufficient area with insufficient parking; SE/cor. 225 Monitor St. & Grand Blvd., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 3901, Lots 51 & 53, R-C District; New Cassel Urban Renewal Overlay District. APPEAL #19935.C—Grand Boulevard Realty, LLC, variances 70-54, 70-103.A to maintain the conversion of a mixed use building to a multiple dwelling, not a permitted use, with insufficient parking; SE/c or. 218 Grand Blvd. & Monitor St., Westbury, Sec. 11, Blk. 3901, Lots 51 & 53, R-C District; New Cassel Urban Renewal Overlay District. APPEAL #19825.A Chin Suk Pak (Owner)/S ung-Ho Shin (Applicant), variances 70-37.1.B, 70-39, 70-41.A, 70-210.1 to subdivide and maintain a single-family dwelling on a diminished lot with insufficient lot width, side yard setbacks and aggregate side yards; S/side 61 Manor Dr., 157.83’ E/of Manor Pl., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 109, Lots 1-5 & 107, R-B District. APPEAL #19825.B Chin Suk Pak (Owner)/S ung-Ho Shin (Applicant), variances 70-36, 70-40.B, 70-100.1.H, 70-101.B, and 70-703.A to construct a single-family dwelling exceeding the permitted height with insufficient off-street parking, and bay windows, a porch and detached garage within a required front yard setback; S/ side 61 Manor Dr., 157.83’ E/ of Manor Pl., Great Neck, Sec. 2, Blk. 109, Lots 1-5 & 107, R-B District. All interested persons should appear and will be given an opportunity to be heard at such meeting and/o r hearing. DAVID MAMMINA, R.A., Chairman; Board of Zoning Appeals GNN 141822 1x 7/03/2 015 #141822

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G.N. South symbol recalled Continued from Page 1 matter of fact, a black woman, the Mother of one of my closest friends, would sew Confederate flag patches on our football jerseys.” The history of the Confederate flag became a subject of intense discussion following the shooting deaths at the Emanuel AME Church, which has played an important role in the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter movements. Images of the suspect in the shooting, Dylann Roof, show him wearing symbols sometimes worn by white supremacists, such as the flag of apartheid-era South Africa. Some photos picture him holding a Confederate flag as well. Gurgein said in the post that he continued to wear the flag until his junior year, when he saw a photo in the New York Times of a Ku Klux Klan member dressed in paramilitary clothing and standing in front of a Confederate flag. His father then talked to him about the history of the Confederate flag. “I recollect it being the first time I had ever seen these hate filled Klansman together with my beloved flag and it was the first time I made the conscious association between the Confederate battle flag and racism,” Gurfein wrote. “I suddenly knew the truth associated with that flag, not what we innocently and naively wanted it to represent, but what it truly represented. There was no turning back.” Gurfein wrote that he met with then school principal Gil Blum about changing the school’s mascot and symbol. Blum said the change would probably never happen, Gurgerin said. Blum, he said, had tried to change the symbol for years but the students wouldn’t support it. Gurfein said he promised that his class would make the change. He said spent a lot of time with his classmates designing a new logo for the school, he wrote. After he received input from other students, Gurfein said, he designed a new logo, which featured a Revolutionary War soldier in front of a Spirit of ’76 American flag. He said in the post the school embraced the change, and that he was given permission to redesign the cover of the school’s handbook and calendar with the Revolutionary War theme. He was also given permission in 1982 to have a mural painted in front of the school office. “That year, our Football Team, a team which consisted of students who were Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, etc… became the first undefeated, Division Championship team, the school ever had,” Gurfein wrote. “The mural remains standing…33 years after it was painted… and the students of Great Neck South continue to embrace the spirit of the Revolutionary Rebel.”

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NHP Wildcats come up short at tourney The New Hyde Park Wildcats BU7 team faced a tough Plainedge Storm team in the opening game of the Plainedge Father’s Day Tournament. After holding the opposition to only one goal in the first half; the Wildcats fell to the Storm by the score of 7-0. The NHP team played together for only less than a week and needed some time to gel. Dale DelloIacono and Matthew Ribaric shared the goaltending duties, as the Storm applied constant pressure throughout the match. Both Dale and Matthew made great saves and tried to keep the Wildcats in the game as much as they could. In addition, Dale and Matthew also played solid defense while playing the field. Neel Khurana anchored the defense as he made great defensive stops. At forward, Zain Begawala and Robert Profeta kept the Plainedge defense on their toes as the both made nice runs and pressured with strong shots on goal. Zain and Robert made their presence known throughout. In midfield, Sherwin Fernandes, Austin Lee, and Devon Shah provided the Wildcats with solid play on both sides of the field. Sherwin showed tenacity with continued pressure. Austin flashed some nice ball handling skills and Devon displayed his big shot. Ewan Zehnter, Ben Yousfan, and Thomas Honovic also had solid games as Ewan made some great runs, Ben showed fancy footwork and Thomas displayed good positioning throughout the match. Although the score tells a different story, New Hyde Park showed heart and were learning from this experience for their next game. Looking to put their first game behind them, the NHP Wildcats fought hard against a solid HBC United team out of Huntington. A tight game, the Wildcats fell to the United by the score of 3-1. Ewan Zehnter scored the lone goal for the Wildcats. After making a nice run in the United zone, Ewan was taken down on the play and was awarded a penalty shot. Ewan took the shot and scored by placing the ball in the lower left corner of the net. Dale DelloIacono and Ben Yousfan shared the goaltending duties for the Wildcats and made solid saves throughout the game. In addition to goal, both Dale and Ben played well on the field. Dale played solid defense while Ben helped create scoring opportunities for his teammates. Neel Khurana again anchored the defense along with Austin Lee and Devon Shah. Neel displayed his speed throughout the match while Austin and Devon made key stops as well as great individual

runs throughout. Sherwin Fernandes controlled the middle of the field for large portions of the game by using his great speed and continued hard work. Matthew Ribaric and Thomas Honovic also played well in the middle by displaying good positional defense and making great defensive reads. Zain Begawala and Robert Profeta continued their strong play as they pressured the United’s defense and created many scoring opportunities for the team. Zain displayed his speed while Robert had many great runs. The NHP Wildcats showed great improvement from their first game and were really starting to gel as a team. The team entered their final game of the tournament by being very hungry for a victory. After a hard fought battle, the Wildcats lost to the Orange by the score of 1-0. The Orange were awarded a penalty shot in the final minute of the match on a questionable hand ball. Oceanside capitalized on this golden opportunity and won the game.

Although disappointed, the NHP players battled hard and played well enough to win. The Wildcats received super goaltending by both Dale DelloIacono and Ben Yousfan, Dale and Ben made several outstanding saves throughout the match. Their heroics allowed the Wildcats to stay in the game. Dale and Ben also played very well on the field as their defensive moves helped the team withstand the Orange’s attack. Zain Begawala, Ewan Zehnter, and Neel Khurana anchored the defense with solid reads and clearing attempts, while Austin Lee, Matthew Ribaric and Devon Shah all played solid in the midfield. Austin used his fancy footwork and efficiently moved the ball down the field. Matthew played solid defensively as he maintained his position by consistently covering the opposition. Devon showed his hustle and continuously attacked the ball. At forward, Sherwin Fernandes, Thomas Honovic, and Robert Profeta all played great. Sherwin attacked the ball and created many scoring opportunities

for the Wildcats. Sherwin also backed up his teammates on the defensive zone whenever needed. Thomas showed determination and tenacity. Robert had his best game of the tournament by pushing the ball in the Orange zone every chance he could. Robert also showed his speed and made some great shots on net as well. Although the Wildcats were on the losing side, they boys are all winners as they showed improvement at each game and made their coaches very proud. New Hyde Park Wildcats GU16 Roaring Tigers looking for players The 2015 Division 1, New Hyde Park Roaring Tigers girls under 16 team is actively looking for talented and motivated players to add to the team for the upcoming fall season. The team is made up of a friendly, fun girls who possess great sportsmanship, enjoy the game and play hard. Interested players should contact Coach Phil Lugo at (516) 775-8120 or nhp_roaringtigers@hotmail.com to arrange a tryout.

Three accept athletic scholarships

Sewanhaka High School held a senior signing award ceremony for Justin Alexandre, Daniella Ford and Brenton Mighty, who are entering college on athletic scholarships. Alexandre, who was not present at the ceremony, will be attending Advanced Software Analysis College in Manhattan for football. During high school, Alexandre played football, basketball and spring track. He was also named All-Division for the high jump. Ford will be attending and playing soccer at SUNY Farmingdale in the fall. She was recognized as an All-County soccer player for two consecutive years. In 2014, she was also named as an All-County basketball player. In addition, Ford played lacrosse and was team captain for all three teams, for two consecutive years. She was also recognized as one of Sewanhaka’s athletes of the year. Mighty will be attending St. Thomas Aquinas on a lacrosse scholarship. This year, he was served as captain of the lacrosse team and was recognized as an AllCounty athlete. In addition, he was a two-time AllConference player and Academic All-Conference athlete. During his varsity career, he has earned 83 goals and 37 assists. He also played on the football team and was a captain with All-Conference honors.

Daniella Ford and Brenton Mighty are pictured with (from left): Coaches Caitlin O’Toole and Erica Brennan, athletics secretary Anne Marie Mora, Eric Premisler, Physical Education Chairperson John Niven, Peter Burgess and George Kasimatis. 3.CHERRY Brenton-Mighty is pictured with (l-r): Lacrosse coach Peter 1-8 Page-H - 06-26-15_Layout 1 6/22/15 11:08 AM Burgess, Page 1 his mother Barbara Mighty and football coach George Kasimatis.

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