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BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Democratic Nassau County district attorney candidate Michael A. Scotto said Thursday that although he doesn’t plan on losing to acting DA Madeline Singas in their Sept. 10 primary, he’s not sure he’d be able to endorse her or Republican Kate Murray if he does.

“I don’t know that I could support Madeline Singas or anyone because I’m not running on any reason other than I think she’s running a poor DA’s office,” Scotto said in a

sit-down interview with Blank Slate media.

A Port Washington resident, Scotto had accumulated more than 6,000 petition signatures to qualify for the Democratic primary, of which more than 3,100 were invalidated by the county Board of Elections.

Singas’s campaign said in court that even more signa-

tures should have been nullified, though Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Brown accepted a judicial hearing report that indicated Scotto had received 3,241 legal signatures.

Singas, of Manhasset, did not pursue an appeal, setting the stage for a primary.

“She made it personal, being named a party in the suit,” Scotto said. “If the DA is willing to say that about me, imagine what she’d be willing to say about a person on the street.”

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Tanner sez he will offer W.P. rate compromise Maintains request made for Martins to mediate PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN ARAOS

Charllie Zahm performed Scottish folk songs at the Long Island Scottish Festival and Highland games last Saturday. Story on page 13.

BY C H r I ST I A N ArAOS Village of East Williston Mayor David Tanner said Tuesday the East Williston Board of Trustees will submit a proposed settlement offer to the Village of Williston Park in an effort settle the ongoing dispute between the two villages over the

rate Williston Park charges East Williston for water.

“Were working on a proposal that we think both communities will feel to be very reasonable,” Tanner said.

On Friday, Tanner stood by his claim that Village of Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar rejected a request made by state sen. Jack Martins to mediate

the ongoing water dispute between the two villages.

“We the village stand by the accuracy of our statements,” Tanner said.

Ehrbar denied the claims in a column published in the Aug. 21 issue of The Williston Times.

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Aid for Guatamala Herricks High begins in Albertson ranked No. 214

Salon owner, son raise funds for new schoolhouse

Newsweek picks nation’s elite

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

Robert Subtirelu and a young boy in Guatemala.

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO The idea to help educate underprivileged children first occurred to Robert Subtirelu on a trip to Vietnam when he was in the eighth grade, but after researching the nation he said he found most philanthropic funding would go directly to the government, not the people.

“At some point, it just clicked that not everyone has the same opportunity that I do, so I decided to act on it,” Subtirelu said.

He began scanning the globe for areas in which he might be able to help, next setting his sights on a few African nations but ultimately staying away after last year’s Ebola breakout.

Then he met a client of his father, All 4 Hair Salon owner Al-

len Subtirelu, who had worked with the not-for-profit Konojel Community Center in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala, where most children are not educated beyond the eighth grade.

Robert, 16, and his mother Gabriella Grama began dog sitting through the online service DogVacay.com and using their profits to found the Project for American Children’s Education, collecting about $10,000.

In late July, Robert and Allen visited Guatemala for five days, seeing how their funds transformed the center into a school house and covered payment for two teachers, tablet computers and wi-fi routers there.

While Robert, who plans to study international development after finishing high school, analyzed the center’s education-

al and nutrition programs, his father cut hair.

“There were many differences between there and here,” said Robert, of Connetquot.

“It was interesting to see how directly politics affects their daily lives. Things like that you wouldn’t think about here in the United States.”

Robert said he plans to finance the high school education of one student and arrange an internship for another, and hopes to help educate up to eight students through to graduation.

“It’s important for kids this age to learn that with a little work and effort, you can really help others,” Grama said.

“They’re changing these kids lives and making an impact. You can see it.”

Seven North Shore-area public high schools were included in Newsweek’s annual rankings of the top high schools in the country.

Jericho Senior High School (No. 27 nationally), Great Neck North High School (No. 105), Great Neck South High School (No. 196), Herricks High School (No. 214), Syosset Senior High School (No. 219), Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School in Port Washington (No. 408) and North Shore Senior High School in Glen Head each cracked the list, which was published on the publication’s website last Wednesday.

The 105th spot for Great Neck North High School was good for 15th best in New York State followed by Great Neck South High School at 28th, Herricks High School at 32nd, Paul Schreiber Senior High School at 49th and North Shore Senior High School at 57th.

Bronx High School of Science was ranked No. 20 nationally — the top spot in the state.

The Wheatley School, Mineola High School, Roslyn High School, the Manhasset Secondary School, which houses

Manhasset’s middle and high schools, and high schools in the Sewanhaka School District were not included on the list.

Herricks School Superintendent Fino Celano said in a statement that the district’s inclusion on the list “is a reflection of the tremendous work of our teachers, administrators and community put into educating our students.”

“We are extremely proud that our high school students are well-prepared and continue to achieve at the highest levels once they leave our classrooms,” he added.

To compile its rankings, Newsweek analyzed each school’s performance on state assessments in math and language arts as well as its “college readiness” on an index that incorporated graduation rates, standardized test scores, high school retention and college enrollment.

Newsweek also analyzed each high school community’s poverty rates, issuing a “gold star” for schools that assist its low-income students in affording college tuition.

Each of the North Shore’s seven schools received gold stars.

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Herricks High School students line up as they make their way into commencement ceremonies in June.

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Legion fundraiser light on funds Kinds words, but few dollars at auction as veterans seek money to repair roof at hall B y C h r istian A r aos

Robert Guastella is hoping for some good karma.

The commander of the American Legion Post located on the border of Williston Park and Albertson emceed an art auction inside the post’s ballroom Saturday afternoon looking to raise funds for repairs that become more needed each time it rains.

But the event was long on enthusiasm and a little short on money.

“Well the show was not as good money-wise but everyone was happy who showed up. We will do this again,” Guastella wrote in an email afterwards.

The legion needs about $22,000 to repair a roof that appears to let in as much rain as it keeps out, he said.

Guastella said that to raise the money the legion will hold more art auctions in the fall with watercolor pieces from local studios and from Dave Rappaport, an artist who makes a living creating watercolor prints of famous wartime photos.

The most expensive works had a starting bid of $800.

Outside the ballroom, Guastel-

State Sen. Jack Martins, Commander Rob Robesch, artist Dave Rappaport and Commander Robert Gaustella. la points to the decaying ceiling of the legion’s foyer. The rain seeping through has created rusted holes throughout the entrance to the community’s banquet house.

“This was a good ole boys club.

When you couldn’t go out and do anything, you did stuff at the post,” Guastella said. “You had the fun night on Friday night, barbecues on Saturdays, the parade, you did stuff

here. With that, you built a business. That ballroom there was built by the members in the seventies, they built that room.”

There are still some community members who will spend their free time making repairs to the legion, always for free, he said.

But, Guastella said, the free time is limited.

A few electrical repairs are on

hold since his guy is busy and the legion can’t afford to pay the costs it takes to take up time in the electrician’s schedule.

Guastella said the legion just spent $2,000 in floor repairs and needs to save money for plowing its crumbling parking lots come wintertime.

“Plowing can be three-, four- , five-thousand dollars for the sea-

son,” Guastella said. “If I rent the halls in the winter, people need to be able to come to their parties.”

Downstairs from the art auction, a baptism is taking place.

A member of the legion’s women’s auxiliary politely points all those who enter in either direction.

It’s about an even split between those who go upstairs and those who go downstairs.

“We help Troop 200, Troop 200 of the Boy Scouts. We give them the rooms here for nothing. The elderly have dances here, we have special dances for special children three times a year and that’s all freebies that we give away to the community,” Guastella said.

State Sen. Jack Martins stopped by later that day, posed for some photos and left. The County Executive’s office issued a citation.

Guastella said the local TV news outlets told him thanks, but no thanks when he invited them.

“We’re hoping we can get something back,” Guastella said, his voice quickening. “Donations.

Donations are welcome. They want to send them here — American Legion Post 144 on 731 Willis Ave., please do so. We, we would greatly appreciate it.”

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Rep. King to appear Mineola OKs contract at Barket fundraiser for library employees

Carpenter, the insurance arm of Marsh and McLennan Companies.

She is also a member of the executive U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) will appear at a fundraiser Sept. 2 in support board of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Manhasset resident Mary Kay Barket’s League, on the board of directors of the Association for Children campaign for the Town of With Down Syndrome in North Hempstead’s DisPlainview and is on the trict 4 council seat, which advisory committee for is currently held by Great The Matthew Foundation Neck Democrat Anna Kafor Down Syndrome Replan. search.

King, who represents She has also been New York’s 2nd Congresactive with the Sisters sional district, which lies of Life, Good Counsel on Long Island’s South Homes and Our Lady of Shore, is slated to give Grace Montessori School. the keynote address durKaplan was elected ing the event. in 2011, having previThe fundraiser will ously served on the take place from 6 p.m. to town’s board of zoning 9 p.m. at Colbeh Restauappeals and as a trustee rant, located at the An- Mary Kay Barket of the Great Neck Public drew Hotel at 75 N StaLibrary, where she served tion Plaza in Great Neck.

Tickets are $250 per person, $500 for as vice president and chairperson of its “silver sponsors,” $1,000 for “gold spon- policy and bylaws committee.

The town’s fourth district includes sors” and $2,500 for “platinum sponsors.”

Barket, who operates a consulting the villages of Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, business out of her residence, has worked North Hills, Great Neck, Kensington, for various insurance and reinsurance Kings Point and Thomaston as well as the companies to make the Fortune 500 list, unincorporated areas within Manhasset including General Re, Zurich Re and Guy and Great Neck. Terms are for four years.

BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O

B y C h r istian A r aos The Village of Mineola Board of Trustees voted Aug. 12 to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement between the Mineola Memorial Library Board and the Library Employees Unit of the United Public Service Employees Union that includes salary raises in each of the next two years.

The new collective bargaining agreement, which is retroactive to June 1, 2012 and will last until the end of May 2018, includes salary increases of 2.6 percent and 2.7 percent for 2016 and 2017 and increases in longevity bonuses. The agreement also includes increases in employer contributions to dental and optical benefits for employees, but no increase to health insurance.

“We have terrific employees at the library but the board also understands significantly our responsibility to taxpayers,” said Russell Burcheri, who represented the library board in the negotiations. “That’s part of the reason why these things take so long.”

Burcheri said the union and the library board had continued to negoti-

ate in good faith after the previous collective bargaining agreement expired in 2012.

The deal that was finally reached, he said, was in line with the industry standard.

Employees who have worked at the library for 10 years will receive a $1,300 bonus. The bonuses increase for every five additional years of service completed.

Unlike most libraries, the Mineola Memorial Library is separate from the village as well as local school districts.

It therefore negotiates a separate collective bargaining agreement from the one the village negotiates with the UPSEU for its workers, Burcheri said.

“Even though they are separate entities, we don’t feel that the library people should be treated materially different than the other village workers,” Burcheri said.

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Town appoints new comptroller Elmont’s Averil Smith to begin duties with Town of North Hempstead after Labor Day

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

New Town of North Hempstead Comptroller Averil Smith

The North Hempstead town council unanimously approved the hiring of Elmont resident Averil Smith Tuesday as its comptroller.

Smith, a certified public accountant, had previously been controller at the watch manufacturer MZ Berger Inc. and ABC Home Furnishings, and spent 11 years as an auditor and three years at the professional services firm Ernst & Young. “My administration is committed to fiscal stability and I am confident that Averil can lead our comptroller’s office with the conservative eye necessary to keep the town on a strong financial foundation,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a statement following the Town Council meeting. “I believe her previous experience and success at a host of reputable private companies will translate well to municipal government.

Smith is expected to start after Labor Day, town officials said.

“I look forward to joining the Town of North Hempstead and working with the supervisor, town board and staff, as we continue to build on the town’s strong financial legacy,” Smith said in a statement.

Bosworth said Tuesday that the town was fortunate to have hired Smith prior to the start of its budgetary hearings.

In 2014, North Hempstead’s budget was developed with assistance from former Nassau County Comptroller Howard Weitzman, who had been retained by the town as a financial advisor, and Deputy Supervisor Aline Khatchadourian, who was previously the town’s director of finance.

In other developments: • The Town Council tabled a hearing on an amendment to its zoning code limiting garage and yard sales at residences to up to four instances at three days at a time each year, citing the law had not yet received clearance from the Nassau County Planning Commission.

Bosworth said the board

hopes to vote on the law during the council’s Sept. 29 meeting.

• The council approved an amended site plan for a twostory, 4,320 square-foot office building on three acres at 8 Harbor Park Drive in Port Washington with various parking and curb-cut conditions, paving the way for an agreement to commence for the Roslyn School District to store its buses on the site’s 56,000 square-foot parking lot.

Because the plan has a condition suggesting no vehicles may be stored on the property, the school district needed a council resolution for exemption from the condition.

Roslyn school officials said the district plans to begin storing buses at the site as soon as next week, when classes begin.

Reach reporter Bill San Antonio by e-mail at bsanantonio@ theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x215 or on Twitter @Bill_SanAntonio. Also follow us on Facebook at facebook. com/theislandnow.

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Bosworth endorses Singas for DA

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas has received the endorsement of North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth in seeking the Democratic nomination for November’s election.

In a statement issued Tuesday

by Singas’ campaign, Bosworth said Singas “has already proven that she is an outstanding acting DA and law

enforcement leader for our community.”

“I am confident she will continue to be the tough and aggressive district attorney Nassau County needs to protect our communities and families,” said Bosworth, a Democrat. “I am proud to give her my endorsement and I look forward to working together with her on issues of importance to our town and county.”

Singas, of Manhasset, was the

Town sets pre-election budget hearings, vote

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO The Town of North Hempstead has set its three hearing dates for its 2016 budget.

Hearings and a public comment session will take place Oct. 13, Oct. 20 and Oct. 29, with the town council voting on the budget on Oct. 29.

Each town council meeting is

scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at North Hempstead town hall, located at 220 Plandome Road in Manhasset.

This marks the second straight year that the town’s budget would be voted on prior to election day.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth has said scheduling the budget hearings in October was among her administration’s priorities.

Congressman Steve Israel (DHuntington) has urged congress to pass the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, allowing borrowers with high interest rates on existing student loans to refinance at lower levels.

Student loan borrowers currently pay interest rates as high as 7 percent on existing loans.

“High interest rates and student loan debt are crushing hardworking New Yorkers. Instead of saving to buy a home, starting a business, or putting money away for a safe and secure retirement, college grads are being saddled by high interest student loan payments,” Israel said. “We shouldn’t wait any longer to pass this commonsense legislation, which not only allows millions of hardworking Americans to refinance their student loans at today’s low interest rates, but makes it possible for the next generation of New Yorkers to achieve the American dream.”

Israel’s comments come in support of SUNY Old Westbury President Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, who said he believes that new leg-

in public service, Supervisor Bosworth has been a tireless advocate for her constituents,” Singas said.

“She understands the importance of electing a district attorney with extensive experience in the courtroom and the criminal justice system. I look forward to working with her to keep Nassau’s families and neighborhoods safe.”

Singas and Bosworth in May received the backing of the Nassau Acting Nassau County District County Democratic Committee.

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Ex East Meadow super to take reigns at BOCES

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO

Former East Meadow school Superintendent Robert R. Dillon has been appointed as superintendent of Nassau BOCES. Having spent 24 of his 35 years in education as a superintendent, Dillon, who resides in Walden, N.Y., is currently the executive director of the MidHudson School Study Council and is on the board of directors for the National School Development Council.

He will reportedly resign from those positions upon taking over as Nassau BOCES superintendent on Sept. 1.

Dillon’s appointment was islation would benefit everybody. approved during the BOCES “Today’s student debt crisis is making the American Dream board’s Aug. 20 meeting.

In a statement, BOCES board of higher education harder and harder to realize for this gen- President Eric B. Schultz said eration of students,” Butts said.

“By allowing students and their families to refinance their loans at lower rates, the ‘Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act’ takes an important step in enabling them and their families to gain stronger footholds, which makes them stronger participants in our economy overall. We all benefit from that.”

Under new legislation, borrowers could refinance undergraduate loans at an interest rate of 3.86 percent.

In a news release from the congressman’s office, Israel cited that New York State has an estimated 2,825,000 federal student loan borrowers and nationwide student loan debt totals $1.3 trillion.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, an estimated 25 million Americans could take advantage of the student loan refinancing legislation and refinance their existing loans with Town Supervisor lower interest rates.

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chief assistant DA under U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, assuming the acting district attorney role when Rice was sworn into Congress.

Singas is facing Michael A. Scotto in a Sept. 10 primary to decide the party nomination.

In a statement, Singas said Bosworth is “a truly exceptional leader of our community,” and that she was honored to receive the supervisor’s endorsement.

“Over her distinguished career

Superintendent of Nassau BOCES Robert R. Dillon Dillon “brings a wealth of leadership experience and an understanding of current educational issues,” adding “he understands how Nassau BOCES works handin-hand with our districts.”

Dillon, who holds a doctorate in educational administration and bachelor’s degree in history from St. John’s University as well as a master’s degree in special education from the College of New Rochelle, was East Meadow’s superintendent from 1999-07.

He also recently served as executive director of Reform Educational Financing Inequalities Today, also known as R.E.F.I.T., a coalition of New York school districts seeking fair distribution of state funding.

The Nassau BOCES — Board of Cooperative Educational Services — is a cooperative of the 56 school districts in Nassau County, which collectively serve more than 200,000 students, according to its website. The website states that the Nassau BOCES is the largest in New York State.

Mineola Mayor Strauss endorses Murray for DA

BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO Kate Murray’s run for Nassau County district attorney has received the endorsement of Village of Mineola Mayor Scott Strauss, whose village is partially located in the Town of Hempstead, where the Republican candidate is supervisor.

Calling Murray “a proven leader and dedicated public servant,” Strauss in a statement released Friday by the campaign said the county needs a district attorney “who will bring that leadership and dedication to the most important job in Nassau County.”

“I am proud to offer my endorsement and support to Kate Murray in this important election,” he said.

The Murray campaign in a news release pointed out that Strauss and the town supervisor have worked together in the past, despite only a small area of the southern portion of the village being located in Hempstead.

Following Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Strauss, Murray and the Mineola Fire Department delivered presents during the holiday season following Superstorm Sandy in 2012 to East Rockaway, Inwood, Oceanside and Baldwin.

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Schechter students backpack aid for needy held by the United Jewish Appeal as part of its Supplies for Success program.

Mindy Richenstein, chair of More than 400 school-aged children and parents from local the UJA’s Supplies for Success schools and synagogues filled board, said this year’s event was the Solomon Schechter School in the largest in its history.

“We know there’s a lot of Williston Park on Aug. 19 to pack more than 10,000 backpacks for neighbors in need and we wanted schoolchildren in need on Long to be of service to them,” Richenstein said. “We think that educaIsland.

The backpack assembly was tion is so important and how are one of seven backpack assemblies you going to learn if you don’t

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have the basic supplies?”

The backpacks will be distributed all across Long Island through UJA-Federation beneficiary agencies, schools and other local organizations, she said.

These include shelters for those that are homeless or affected by domestic violence and school districts.

Richenstein said the backpacks will go to kids in need in places such as Great Neck, Wyan-

Nancy Perlstein and Susan Falkove with Mollie and Max Falcove

danch and Hempstead.

Lisa Sakhai, who brought her two daughters Jessica and Shayna along to help pack bags, said she got involved with the UJA to teach her children about community service.

“Every year I come, I encourage other people to come and be involved with UJA, especially with this event to give back,” Sakhai said. “It’s a great way to teach the kids about giving back, they can be hands on.”

The UJA raised more than $100,000 for the backpacks through fundraisers it holds throughout the year.

Richenstein said there were seven backpack assemblies on Long Island and more assemblies in New Jersey and Broward Coun-

ty, Fla. She said poverty on Long Island is prevalent but easily ignored.

The poverty rate on Long Island has increased by 43 percent from 2007-13 according to the Long Island Index project.

In addition, the project found that more than 17 percent of individuals on Long Island were living below 200 percent of the federal poverty line, which would be an annual income of slightly below $24,000 a year.

“No family should have to be able to choose between food on the table and school supplies for their children,” Richenstein said.

“We’re so happy that the community that the community can come together and make a difference.”

Ellen Grossman, Karen Avrick and Mindy Richenstein.

Air stripper work begins in Christopher Morley

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including the chlorofluorocarbon Freon-22.

The work began Thursday with Construction has commenced the clearing of trees from the site, at a portion of Christopher Morley following a July 23 approval by the Park to build a water purification county parks and public works desystem that would rid the inactive partments of the district’s plans to Roslyn Water District well along Di- replant trees around the site.

“The planting plan was the last ana’s Trail in the Village of Roslyn Estates of various contaminants, piece of the puzzle,” said Rich Pas-

sariello, the water district’s superintendent.

A depiction of the replanting as well as a rendering of the air stripper, which has been designed to resemble a house with aesthetics mirroring others in Roslyn Estates, has been posted on the water district’s website.

Five contractors have been

The Roslyn Water District’s well on Diana’s Trail in the Village of Roslyn Estates, which has been closed since November 2013.

hired to construct the $3 million project, which was approved by the North Hempstead Town Council as part of a $20.9 million capital bond for the water district in February 2014.

Preparations and site work to the water main at the well, which began in mid May, is still ongoing, Passariello said.

The Roslyn Water District is comprised of the villages of Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, Roslyn Harbor, East Hills and Flower Hill as well as parts of North Hills and Port Washington and the unincorporated Roslyn Heights, Albertson, Greenvale and Glenwood Landing.

The park land was acquired from the state by Nassau County and transferred to the water district for construction of the air stripper.

The Diana’s Trail well was closed in November 2013 after concentrations of Freon-22 found in the water earlier that year were found to have spiked, albeit to levels officials said were still safe for consumption.

Freon-22 can cause dizziness,

loss of concentration, central nervous system depression and/or cardiac arrhythmia if inhaled in high concentrations, and can also cause asphyxiation if inhaled in confined spaces.

Officials from the state Department of Environmental Conservation have said the air stripper would be able to withstand contamination of up to 43 parts per billion, a small percentage compared to the 55,000 parts per billion maximum set by the state and federal government.

East Hills resident Richard Brummel and Roslyn Estates residents Joshua Dicker and David Greengold have challenged the project in court, arguing that placing the air stripper in the park would harm residents, local organizations and wildlife that use its forested areas.

They have also cited the support of the Sierra Club of Long Island, the Green Party of Nassau County, advocacy group Parc Nassau and petitions signed by park users, in the litigation.

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Scottish fest celebrates New Yorkers Choose heritage, legal status B y C h r istian A r aos The Long Island Scottish Festival and Highland Games is going corporate.

During the annual community celebration held at Old Westbury Gardens on Saturday, organizers of the event announced that it will now be managed by a corporation.

The event was operated this year — as in past years — by Clan MacDuff.

“Our hope is that we can attract corporate sponsors that will help us keep this Scottish Festival going for many years,” said Andy MacInnes, chief and Fair Committee chairman, in the festival’s program.

MacInnes said the Clan MacDuff still exists as an associated organization.

MacInnes said the corporation will function as an all-volunteer, non-profit organization. It now has 501 (c) 3 tax exempt status and is also exempt from paying state taxes.

“If somebody would like to sponsor a pipe band, they can,” MacInnes said. “Like this year Dime Savings Bank paid for the antique car show we put on.”

Saturday’s festival featured tap dancers, traditional competitions for adults and children and performances from Mactalla Mor and Charlie Zahm. Zahm said he has performed at the festival five or six times.

“It’s one of the best Scottish events on the Eastern Seaboard,” Zahm said. “It gives people a chance to celebrate their Scottish Heritage.”

Though Zahm was performing in a shaded part of the Gardens, the mid-80s weather did cause an elderly woman seated to watch him to perform to pass out from heat exhaustion. She was tended to by officers from the Old Westbury Police Department who did not release any additional information on her condition.

This year’s event was a success with about 7,000 people in attendance — a similar figure to last year, MacInnes said.

Organizers rented the auxillary parking lot of Westbury High School and ran a shuttle service to the Gardens.

MacInnes said the 7,000 is right around the limit that Old Westbury Police will allow before congestion becomes an issue.

MacInnes said the corporate sponsorships could also allow organizers to schedule a rain date for the festival. He said the festival has not been cancelled due to rain in recent years but said Hurricane Irene crippled attendance for the 2011 festival since out-of-town attendees stayed at home for fears they would be unable to return home.

The Clan will be holding more events throughout the year including a Burns Supper.

He said the clan and corporation will continue to work in preserving Scottish culture.

“We filed as an educational institution because that’s what we are,” MacInnes said.

“We’ve worked with libraries to show Scottish culture and we’re going to continue to educate the public on Scottish culture.”

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Opinion

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Opt out of opting out

Modest proposal to settle the Willistons’ water woes

Parents, teachers and principals across the state have criticized the system of testing and teacher evaluation implemented under the Common Core, saying it was rushed into place, poorly designed and puts undue pressure on students and teachers.

They make some legitimate points.

We agree that the state moved too fast and without sufficient public education and that there are some flaws in the program’s design. And we share concerns about placing undue pressure on young grade schools.

We also think basing up to 50 percent of a teacher’s evaluation of the tests may be too much, but do believe that the tests offers a very useful measure for teacher performance.

But we don’t agree with the widespread decision of parents to have their children opt out of the Common Core exams.

As MaryEllen Elia, the state’s new education commissioner, noted the test-boycott movement deprives educators the information needed to measure students’ progress and spotlight areas in need of improvement.

“I think that opt-out is something that is not reasonable,” Elia said, according to Newsday.

Among North Shore school districts, which outperformed their statewide peers in state exams, the opt-out rate ranged from as low as 4 percent in math and 6 percent in English in Manhasset to 33 percent of both math and English in neighboring Roslyn with several of the districts near or at 20 percent in both math and English.

That is way too much.

Many schools on the North Shore are among the best – and highest spending per pupil - in the state.

Blank Slate Media has a story this week about a national survey of high schools by Newsweek Magazine that ranks Great Neck North High School the 15th best in the state, Great Neck South High School 28th, Herricks High School 32nd, Paul Schreiber Senior High School 49th and North Shore Senior High School 57th.

None of the schools cracked the top 100 nationally with Great Neck North topping the North Shore at 105th.

But even national rankings do not matter as much as they once did with competition for jobs now global.

A recently released report by the Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and Development that measured math and science education in the world, the United States ranked 28th – tied with Italy.

This is in line with other studies – even though on average the United States spends twice as much per capita on education as other countries.

The top five ranked countries in the study were Asian, led by Singapore and followed by Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

It is children from those countries with whom our children will be competing in the future — and right now our children are not faring well.

Undue pressure on children may be bad, but getting an education that puts our kids at a disadvantage in the global economy is far worse.

For them and our country.

The sooner we can accurately measure our students’ performance, the sooner we can identify our weaknesses and do something about it.

Some parents, educators and elected officials say we should scrap the Common Core tests and start all over.

We hope they realize that for children now going to school the clock is ticking.

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believe it is important for the citizens of both Williston Park and East Williston to voice their opinions dealing with this controversy about the new desired water rates charging East Williston by Williston Park.

Whatever the rate is per thousand gallons, each East Williston homeowners bill is based on consumption.

So, by changing our usage habits, we can control our total cost.

For example, when brushing our teeth, do not run the water constantly. If you shower and it takes 10 minutes, make it five.

If you have an automatic lawn watering system, decrease the time.

When most of us get a glass of water, we run the water and select the temperature by feeling the

temperature.

In the meantime, water is wasted.

Just fill the glass with water, go to the fridge and throw in a couple of ice cubes. Why not collect rain water and use it to water your flowers or garden?

Also, East Williston has no businesses.

We buy gasoline, hardware , food, clothing, jewelry, furniture,etc. from Williston Park stores.

What if a significant number of East Williston residents decide to buy this stuff from surrounding towns because of this water rate hike fight with Williston Park?

What impact will this have on the Williston Park economy?

The question for the Williston Park people is how much money do they lose if East Williston

builds its own well?

How much will their water bill increase to cover the loss of the East Williston money?

For East Williston people: How much will this well cost?

How long to build? A bond issued? Number of additional people to operate?

Possible solution: an arm wrestle between Tanner and Ehrbar. If Tanner wins, rate is $3.99 per 1,000 gallons.

If Ehrbar wins, rate is $4.20 per 1,000 gallons.

Result: No well in East Williston.

And if the clever people in East Williston conserve water, their water bill will probably be less than what they are now paying.

John Messina East Williston

Shop Delight no delight to its Plaza neighbors

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etter writer M.r Nematzadeh is a deveIoper. (Why should he mention that.)

His letter scolding anyone for the joy they may have regards Shop Delight’s difficulty in opening Store two is classic.

He tries to teach us economics at a fourth grade level. ..

Its potential new neighbors can see the mess created by Store No. 1.

They might not be against fill-

ing a vacancy. It’s who fills it..

The owners will promise anything.

Valet parking is supposed to exist at the Plaza store too. It doesn’t. Mitigate ?

And yes The Village of Great Neck Plaza has helped Shop Delight.

The Village of Great Neck Plaza has refused to enforce any traffic/parking/safety codes near the store that would hurt business.

The dirtiest sidewalks in the Plaza? Guess where they are.

These are not stupid people that operate this store. It is a great success .

But what Mr .Nematzadeh and the owners don’t want to know is that Shop Delight is it’s own worst enemy They are not victims. They’re the perpetrators.

Robert Stevens Great Neck

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Market traffic, parking would be no delight

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realize that I must be more specific in responding to the letter from the respected president of The Great Neck Chamber of Commerce, Hooshang Nematzadeh.

True, his function as President, is an attempt to develop business areas in Great Neck, but this is only one function of his responsibilities.

The second must be the community, and this I refer to residents.

He cannot lose sight, that other villages in Great Neck have a desired way of life, as well, and he must keep this thought in his advocating mind, when suggesting recommendations of various projects.

His intimation that there was glee and joyfulness amongst the residents abiding at or near the Shop Delight application is totally incorrect.

More aptly, it was relief for a project that just didn’t fit the crite-

ria for this large space.

The village leaders of both Great Neck Estates, and Kensington, studied, and recognized all of the pitfalls that this Supermarket would present.

After almost a year of requests from the Mayor of Great Neck Estates, and his trustees, just on one issue alone, parking, was never addressed by the applicant. His quote was that the Supermarket would require 125-150 cars per hour.

This parking lot accommodates approximately 200 hundred cars.

Perhaps 90 of them are monthly permit holders, by either adjoining residents or commercial tenants and their clientele. You can do the numbers. In your letter, you claim that you solved the Planet Fitness parking problem.

This is quite far from the truth.

Controlling the enormous traffic build up on turns from Middle Neck Road, from and to the narrow entrance and exits would be havoc. I’m not even mentioning the vehicles that constantly enter the wrong entrances.

There is also the problem of huge trailers, and trucks making deliveries who cannot maneuver these entrances, and their only solution would be to double park on the already over trafficked Middle Neck Road.

This major artery, at this point funnels into the heart of our village, and needless to say would impact on the traffic and safety aspect, both to autos and pedestrians crossing.

This would as well drastically impact on the Village of Kensington’s Beverly Road, which would turn into an alternate route to

avoid the overcrowded Middle Neck Road.

Try picturing this scenario.

Just the traffic and parking alone, would negate this absurd project. This is already a major issue that exists at their present location, and regardless of how many summons they are issued for code violations of every type, if indeed they are issued, they just charge it up as the cost of doing business.

Let Mr. Hematzadeh be present to witness a huge trailer attempting to make a delivery on that strip, and he will appreciate my comments.

I can spend an inordinate amount of time, writing on other code violations that this supermarket owner is guilty of, i.e: fork lifts running back and forth on the sidewalk, using the storefront sidewalk as an outdoor market, filth of their

garbage disposal, exposing it to rats, and vermin, to mention a few.

Most of these flagrant violations, have over time been photographically documented, and I would welcome Mr. Hematzadeh the opportunity to view them himself.

The truly basic conclusion, is from an old saying, “ You Can Never Put Five Pounds of Apples In A Two Pound Bag” Kindly reconsider your support in this endeavor.

It just doesn’t work for this type of operation. I feel confident that you will use sage judgement.

The vast majority of these communities, have expressed their sentiments in exactly the same way.

Bruce Funk President Board of Directors Kenwood Gardens

Estate trustees were right to oppose market

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ith no disrespect to the editor of this newspaper who clearly perceives things differently than I do, I extend kudos to the mayor and the trustees of Great Neck Estates for denying Shop Delight a permit to operate in their village.

These responsible officials did what their counterparts in the village of Great Neck Plaza did not do, namely, their homework.

I have nothing against Shop Delight but a business needs to be situated in a location where it will not only thrive but will also not disrupt the quality of life of a neighborhood.

The officials of Great Neck Estates undoubtedly have observed what the rest of us in Great Neck Plaza have lived with since Shop Delight opened on Welwyn Road and they have chosen not to allow

the Plaza’s self-inflicted chaos to spread north.

The “jeaniuses” who run the Plaza under the so-called leadership of Mayor Jean Celender and her trustees (the rubberstamps) allowed a busy supermarket to open, and then expand, in a location with grossly inadequate parking, with no truck loading dock facilities, on a single lane road in each direction which also services active bus traffic, active commuter traffic at the nearby train station, active residential traffic, and active traffic to Great Neck’s main post office which has no public parking facilities.

One needs only to stand at this location and observe--as undoubtedly the officials of Great Neck Estates did — the chaos that begins early in the morning and goes on until late evening.

Double parking is the norm, the

clearly marked pedestrian crossing zone is occupied by trucks making deliveries and personal autos that have commandeered it for illegal parking, and the fire safety zone in front of the store — which should be sacrosanct — is continuously disrespected as it has been converted into yet another area for illegal parking and truck deliveries.

And it doesn’t end there.

Stand there for a few minutes.

Besides observing the foregoing chaos, we are invaded by the cacaphony of blaring horns; frustrated drivers who can’t get by are competing with double and sometimes triple parkers waiting to grab a space which they think is about to open up or an understandably annoyed bus driver ‚ with a bus filled with passengers — tooting his horn in hopes that someone will move so the bus can make the turn around

to the train station.

Finally, and officials of the village of Kensington take note, your streets will become filled with the ubiquitous, abandoned shopping carts from Shop Delight just as our streets here in the Plaza and in Thomaston have become.

When customers are forced to park blocks away, the last thing on their minds is to return the wagon to the store.

Allowing a Shop Delight--or any other inappropriate business — to open where it doesn’t belong is mindless mismanagement and brings into question the ability of those persons, which in the case of Great Neck Plaza, are paid to serve us.

I trust the officials of Great Neck Estates have figured this out and their residents should applaud their decision.

Mayor Celender thinks I’m

mean spirited but all I have ever asked is that she — or any other public official — be accountable for their decisions, acknowledge mistakes and fix them, stop waxing poetic about a village that is no longer charming or beautiful, and moreover, enforce the law.

That doesn’t happen in the Plaza.

Stand across from Shop Delight for a few minutes and judge whether my observations have been untrue or embellished.

What you won’t see out there is our $68,000 a year full-time mayor or any of her $10,000 a year trustees, or rarely a code enforcement officer, all of whom are ensconced in their private clubhouse that the rest of us know as Village Hall.

Alan A. Gray Great Neck

Absence of enforcement hurts market’s cause

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read with interest the letters about Shop Delight written by Hooshang Nematzadeh, Bruce Funk and Robert Stevens.

They all made good points.

However, I don’t think Shop Delight should take all the heat for not being a good neighbor. They cannot control the behavior of their customers.

Double parked cars, excessive horn blowing, and customers eating on the street and leaving their garbage where they eat are rampant.

Village of Great Neck Plaza code enforcement seems not to be

at all interested in ticketing the offenders.

I live on Welwyn Road and it is impossible to park on the residential part of the street during the day — but not because of Shop Delight’s customers; they come and go, turning over parking spaces every few minutes.

However, a large number of employees of Shop Delight consistently park illegally on the street all day in violation of the three hour parking limit, leaving little or no parking for residents who have few or no indoor garage options.

I have seen residents who live

on Welwyn Road get tickets, but Village of Great Neck Plaza code enforcement rarely, if ever, tickets the non-resident offenders.

I have contacted village officials relentlessly asking them to please ticket the illegally parked and double parked cars on Welwyn Road. I have even provided license plate numbers and photographs of the illegally parked employee cars.

I am still waiting for Village of Great Neck Plaza code enforcement to ticket the offenders.

I guess they don’t need the large daily revenue that those tickets

would provide.

Village of Great Neck Plaza residents are very good at identifying the multitude of problems with way the village is run, but most of our concerns fall on deaf ears.

Our mayor is mostly not interested in addressing the needs of her constituents unless they will provide a photo op in the newspaper.

Robert Stevens hit the nail on the head when he said in his letter that “In the Plaza double standards are the norm” but we can do something about that.

This winter, the mayor and

two trustees are up for re-election.

Voter turnout in the Plaza is appalling and has allowed the current slate to remain in power year after year.

If we want to see improvements in our village, we need to be proactive in identifying and supporting leaders who will work for their constituents first and foremost.

Then we need to get out and vote for them if we want to turn around the status quo.

Muriel Pfeifer Village of Great Neck Plaza

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3 Americans in Paris make us proud

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hree Americans prevented a massacre aboard a European train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris France on Friday Aug. 21.

A suspected terrorist named Ayoub El Khazani’s goal appar-

ently was to kill.

National Guardsman Alex Skarlatos with Air Force airman Spencer Stone and friend Anthony Sadler jumped into action to save the day when death of the innocent was imminent.

These brave Americans went above and beyond the call of duty to save lives from a most depraved individual who had no regard for human life. I applaud these men who in my opinion are true role models for our youth.

There is a statement by law men for a job well done for being enforcement which warns against true American heroes.

May God bless you all! terrorism and states,” If you see something than say something.”

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Well these men did something Glen Oaks Village to prevent death and destruction.

Now as a veteran, I salute these

Obama aiding No. 1 terror purveyor

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ertainly you read about the six-year-old from Colorado Springs who got suspended from school for sexual harassment, specifically for kissing his little classmate on the hand.

It was his second suspension, the first for kissing the same little girl on the cheek.

Think of what “the authorities” would have done to this menace if he had told his teacher he hated her, or worse, that he wished she were dead.

Permanent exile? Reform school? Mandatory psychotherapy? Banishment to Siberia?

The point is that this child’s totally benign, even sweet, behavior was taken with dead seriousness by the [idiotic] powers-that-be, and if he had verbalized any angry feelings, you know the punishment would have been even more draconian.

Contrast this with the behavior of the man who occupies the Oval Office when listening over the past decades to the bellicose chants of the mad mullahs in Iran — “Death to

America, Death to Israel.”

For this man, Barack Obama, no problem.

In fact in an interview in The Atlantic in May, writer Jeffrey Goldberg asked Mr. Obama how he squares his admission that the Iranian regime represents “venomous anti-Semitism” with his eagerness to sell them nukes, Obama ‚ incredulously — responded in the following way: “Well the fact that you are anti-Semitic, or racist, doesn’t preclude you from being interested in survival. It doesn’t preclude you from being rational about the need to keep your economy afloat; it doesn’t preclude you from making strategic decisions about how you stay in power; and so the fact that the supreme leader is anti-Semitic doesn’t mean that this overrides all of his other considerations.”

Uh huh. And it clearly doesn’t preclude Iran from carrying out a nuclear attack on a state and a people that has obsessed this lowly species of “clerics” for a lifetime of allconsuming hatred. The same

self-interests didn’t stop Hitler!

Can you imagine Mr. Obama saying the same benign things about someone who said, “Death to African-Americans”?

Can you imagine him saying: Hey, ignore those words… they’re not so bad.

Mr. Obama is acutely aware that just this week, Iranian, ahem, “Supreme Leader” Ali Khamenei called for the destruction of the “barbaric, wolflike and infanticidal regime of Israel” and the dispersal of the Jews who emigrated to Israel.

But so obsessed is Mr. Obama with helping the chief purveyor of terrorism in the entire world to gain a fasttrack to nuclear bombs that he and his laughably impotent and foppish Secretary of State, John Kerry, caved on virtually every issue that might have kept both America and Israel if not safe, than safer.

Then we learn of “secret talks” in which the Obama regime approved of — in 2011, no less, behind the backs of every American — Iran’s, ahem, “right” to operate a nuclear

program.

Of course, sane people pushed back immediately on Obama’s genocidal agreement.

Within weeks, a majority of Americans of every political affiliation rejected the deal, as did every Republican member of the House and Senate — and also increasing numbers of Democrats.

Again, Mr. Obama showed the sentiments he simply can’t conceal, using all the antiSemitic code words that Jews have heard for centuries. His words “dredge up the Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” said the esteemed political science professor and Ford Foundation fellowship recipient Abraham Ben-Zvi of Haifa University — accusations about Jewish “money” and “lobbyists” opposing the Iran deal, which are intended to dredge up the toxic canard of dual loyalty.

About the same time as the deadly deal with Iran was struck, a Manhattan federal court awarded $1.1 billion to the families of 11 U.S. citizens wounded or killed in Palestinian Liberation Organization

bombings and shootings that killed 33 and injured hundreds between 2001 and 2004.

And as day follows night, Mr. Obama went to bat for — drum roll here — the terrorists! That’s right, he had his so-called Justice Department plead the court to lower the judgment so the extant Palestinian terrorists wouldn’t go broke.

Brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it?

A child barely older than a toddler gets slammed for kissing his cute little girl crush, but a thug regime totally dedicated to murdering Jews and Americans gets a pass from Mr. Hope and Change.

And people wonder why a candidate who is pro-American, pro-Israel, pro-military, pro-capitalist, pro-taking-out ISIS, is galloping toward a presidential nomination and why a doddering, lying, proObama candidate is not only going down, but probably to Leavenworth!

Joan Swirsky Great Neck

Alternative to Iran nuke deal is war

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f course, any deal made with Iran involves risk, but without a deal, Iran could have enough highly enriched uranium to make a bomb in 6090 days.

Before the recent sanctions, they went from 164 centrifuges in 2003 to 19,000 today, and large quantities of uranium that could be enriched.

The deal requires Iran to

reduce this stockpile by 98 percent and cut the number of centrifuges by two-thirds.

Inspections will be allowed 24/7, along with continuous monitoring of the nuclear infrastructure.

Any suspicious site can be inspected anywhere in Iran. We have all the necessary tools to discover any potential act by Iran to build a bomb and to react quickly to that change in

course.

If the deal is rejected, our allies will no longer join us in imposing the sanctions that made Iran come to the negotiating table, and we will go it alone, not a practical alternative.

Iran would, of course, proceed to create nuclear arms immediately.

There are those in the Congress who would suggest a mili-

tary strike on Iran’s facilities.

How reckless an alternative is that? None of our allies would help us.

We already have seen how few Middle Eastern nations have helped us up to now.

This country must certainly have learned its lesson about entering into wars that have no end, and who in his right mind would not consider what could happen in a situation where yet

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another country has a nuclear weapon?

We no longer want to send ground troops to all the unstable situations in the Middle East.

How could we even consider an assault on Iran, which is one of the strongest nations in that area?

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

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

When writers reach ‘the end of the tour’ Last weekend I took myself to see the movie, “The End of the Tour.”

It’s about the writer David Foster Wallace being interviewed by another writer for Rolling Stone magazine, and portrays the two men traveling around a snowy mid-West, on the last four days of Wallace’s 1996 book tour for “Infinite Jest.”

The film was also about the experience of one writer interviewing another; and that was something I just had to see.

Many reviewers have noted the inherent tension in one writer profiling another who is vastly more successful.

This would seem unavoidable in any situation involving two writers with different levels of achievement.

But I discovered a way around this crippling handicap.

I located someone who is exactly as successful as myself.

“Judy,” I asked myself, “How did you feel about this movie?”

“I’m so glad you asked me that,” I answered. “I liked it.

It was sad of course; right from

the start you learn that Wallace committed suicide 12 years later, in 2008. And for some reason, the reporter, David Lipsky, didn’t even write up the story until Wallace was dead.

So you know that Wallace — played by a very likeable Jason Segel — is gone before you even meet him.”

“Whoa! Wait till the guy is dead — That’s one way to be sure you get the last word,” I said.

“I know. Don’t try that with me, though; you won’t like how it turns out,” I reply. “Still, aside from that little spoiler, I found it very interesting.”

“Did you learn anything?”

“Oh, yes. First, never let yourself be played by Jesse Eisenberg.

As the New York Times reviewer A.O. Scott said, ‘In real life, David Lipsky might be a great guy, but on screen he is played by Mr. Eisenberg, which means that his genetic material is at least 25 percent weasel.’ ’’ “Ouch! But I, too, found that character hard to like. I’ll blame

Judy epstein

A Look on the Lighter Side the actor. What else did you learn?”

“Well, apparently writers are real pushovers when it comes to flattery; you should try it!”

“You’re so funny! Also very clever. But what’s that got to do with the movie?”

“Oh, that was Wallace’s advice to Lipsky, based on his own experience getting to meet Jonathan Franzen.”

“I see. But it probably works better if you can say it with a straight face.”

“I’m working on that. Anything else about the film?”

“There was something odd.

In the movie, Lipsky obsessively tape-records every conversation, but we hardly ever see him writing up notes. I remember someone warning me, at a writing conference, Never to assume that your recording device is working! And you should write up your notes as soon afterwards as possible, because there’s always something to capture before it fades from memory: a smile, a gesture, a quizzical look.”

“Maybe that’s why his article never came out. By the way, are you recording this conversation?”

“Oh — I thought you were.

I’ll start now. Oops, that’s Erase!”

“You’re hopeless. Give me that.”

“While you’re doing that, let me add that I found it annoying how often Lipsky told Wallace, “You agreed to do this interview.” Which reminds me — why did you agree to do this one, Judy?”

“You know the answer to that. It was so we could write

off the price of the movie ticket.”

“You know you can only do that if you have enough income to write it off against, right?”

“What are you, an accountant all of a sudden?”

“Wouldn’t that be great?

Then at least one of us would have a marketable skill!”

“Whatever happened to flattery?”

“Let’s just say, I can see right through you. But back to the movie: near the end, the two men had an argument — or a discussion — as to whether writers are smarter than other, ordinary people.”

“And are they?”

“Well, Lipsky seemed to think it was true, at least about Wallace, but Wallace disagreed.”

“In that case, I am smarter than both of them, because the answer is obvious: Writers aren’t necessarily smarter than anyone; they just have the opportunity to edit out the stupid parts!”

“Good point. Maybe you should try that sometime,” I said.

Rude girl.

from the d es k of se n ator j ac k marti n s

Try disconnecting to reconnect A few weeks ago, my wife gleefully announced our upcoming family vacation to New York’s Letchworth State Park and was met by deafening silence broken only by the sound of crickets.

My four daughters and I stared blankly at each other and then simultaneously began our barrage of desperate interrogation.

Where was Letchworth?

Weren’t state parks just a day trip on some sort of larger itinerary? Why a house over a hotel?

How could anyone spend an entire week in a remote cabin in a remote state park? With just each other! What would we do for fun? What would we eat? How would we survive? And the single most nerve-wracking aspect of the whole trip: Would there be a Wi-Fi connection?

We were dumbfounded as she explained that not only was there no internet connection, cellular service would be spotty at best, and how that was what she had hoped for.

We each marched off in different directions, mumbling to

ourselves, absolutely certain that this woman we call mom had lost her mind. But she persisted in her mission which she had dubbed, “disconnect to reconnect.”

Now if you’re a regular reader of this column, you’re probably well aware that friends and family (especially my wife) categorize me as a workaholic — a typical “type A” personality who has trouble unwinding.

Admittedly, I do love my work as your state senator and technology has certainly made it easier for me to bring that work with me wherever I go.

But I insisted that wasn’t an issue for me, that unlike “the kids” I had no problem going internet free.

After all, I was a child of the seventies too and I knew as well as she how to have good, oldfashioned fun without the aid of electronic gadgets.

So off we went to Letchworth, affectionately known as the “Grand Canyon of the East.”

And, needless to say, my kids and I were a mess those first 24 hours. I’m sure locals were won-

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dering who those strange people were, walking around the property and the surrounding woods waving phones frantically in the air trying “to connect.”

We even devised a plan by which we would find some excuse to go to the local shopping center each day to get our internet fix, away from the disapproving eyes of my wife.

But a funny thing happened on the way to our supposed calamity. With each passing day we turned to each other for conversation, entertainment and dare I say, fun.

We had morning walks, afternoon hikes, and just plain old time to explore the park — all without looking at our phones. We cooked, took all our meals together, played board games, watched movies and sat around doing nothing but talking — and we didn’t mind. We even took naps!

I gradually came to recall what it felt like when we were growing up and our girls, to our astonishment, said they felt better too.

Even the routine arguing amongst four siblings that we readily anticipated never quite materialized.

(Could circumstance actually have obliged them to get along?) The day we left, we begrudgingly conceded to my wife that this happy experiment had indeed become one of the best family vacations we ever had.

In that light, I’ll leave you with a few observations.

If you can, consider a New York State vacation. We’re blessed with one of the most diverse and stunning park systems in the nation, 179 state parks and 37 historic sites to be exact.

They offer something for everyone, from campgrounds, to golf courses, to beaches everywhere from Western New York to Long Island’s East End. Check out www.nysparks. com and you can start planning an affordable alternative to highpriced, overseas or out of state getaways.

Finally, there are times when a husband must admit to his better half that she was right.

This was one of those times.

Regardless of whether you can get away or not, there’s something to be said for her theory on “disconnect to reconnect.”

Maybe it’s as simple as having family members surrender their phones, tablets, or computers at dinner time. Or perhaps it’s establishing internet free rooms or times in your home.

In any case, I suggest giving it a try, if only in small increments.

You’ll not only recharge but you’ll also rediscover people and passions that may be getting crowded out by digital habits.

Give it a shot: unplug and let yourself unwind.

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Iran nuclear deal our best option

I must confess that like many other Americans I learned my lessons about foreign affairs by watching movies like “Casablanca” and a host of others that focused on corruption, deception and all the other unspoken evils.

The average citizen is too busy raising children or holding on to a job and has no time for intense discussions about international politics.

But the current debate over whether the United States should enter into an agreement with Iran is quite important based on its potential impact on our families for years to come and it deserves notice by the public.

I am not going to use the statements by all of the Republican presidential candidates as a guide to making smart decisions.

All of them are against the deal because they detest President Obama and want to appease the pro-Israel pressure groups whose support they want in 2016.

I would like to say that President Obama has made a good case for approval of the pact, but like in many other instances, he has been a very poor salesman.

You can’t win an argument by bullying the other side with name calling and threats. Victory is often won by honest

discussion and not being a nasty propo- weapon.

Let’s think about what happens if the nent.

Having spent the greater part of my multi-nation agreement falls apart this life in government and being a curious year.

If you think the leaders of Iran are goreader of anything and everything on ing to take an extended the subject of the Iran vacation and shut down agreement, I have raised their race to get a bomb a number of questions you are totally off base. to people who know the Without any inspecfacts and feel like there tion process and none are some real answers. of the safeguards in this First of all, let’s say agreement, Iran will be the agreement between free to work towards a the United States and nuclear presence in a Iran collapses. What lot shorter time than 10 happens then? years.

The sanctions that That possibility we have put in place worries me even more against Iran will still for the future of my be in effect, except all jerry Kremer children and grandchilof our allies will be reKremer’s Corner dren. scinding theirs.

Opponents argue Our allies have their own agenda and removing their sanc- that Iran will gain access to billions of dollars to use to further destabilize the rest tions suits their purposes.

Under that scenario, Iran gets a sub- of the world.

But that only happens after inspection stantial amount of relief and our sancof sites, full transparency and verification tions become meaningless.

Opponents of the agreement say that on how far Iran has gone to produce any after the 10-year period of inspection and type of weapon.

Without an agreement, they will concurtailment of nuclear activities, Iran will be free to quickly get access to a nuclear tinue doing exactly what they have been

doing up to now and get a bomb much sooner.

Another of my deep concerns has to do with relations between the two countries.

Never before, in my lifetime, has a foreign country ever inserted itself into our national affairs.

The Prime Minister of Canada or any other leader wouldn’t even think to lobby the Congress for or against some matter before it.

I resent the continuing efforts of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to try to sway American opinion on this difficult issue.

The bond between the United States and Israel has always been strong and meaningful. We have been a generous supporter of Israel and they share many positive advancements with our country.

Netanyahu has done his country a “disservice” in its long-term relationship with America.

Luckily for the world the bonds between the two countries will not be ruptured.

The feelings on both sides of the issue are strong but I would rather have an imperfect agreement than none at all. Isn’t that what compromise is called?

READERS WRITE

G.N. not lacking in quality markets

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nce again I am moved to reply to Paul Glader’s continued whining about the lack of quality supermarkets in Great Neck, especially since he refers to my initial response to his July 17 column in his most recent rant.

In his Aug. 21 column, Glader makes two observations, the first of which is simply untrue.

He states “People generally agreed that grocery stores in Great Neck aren’t, well, great.

When they try to think of exceptional stores, they have to mention stores that are not in Great Neck. Therefore, my thesis holds.”

I wonder why Mr. Glader continues to ignore the facts, which I stated quite clearly in

my initial response to his July 17 column.

North Shore Farms is in Great Neck, and it truly is an exceptional grocery store, offering a good variety of high quality produce at very reasonable prices, as well as great values on fresh fish, prime meats and everyday staples.

Therefore, his thesis does

not hold.

Please note: I have no connection to North Shore Farms, other than being a regular customer who is delighted with the many choices of fresh and prepared foods available at this local supermarket, which is located in Lake Success, one of the incorporated villages in Great Neck.

In addition to the excellent

products for sale, it is worth mentioning that the staff at North Shore Farms is always friendly and eager to please the customer.

This kind of commitment to quality products and service deserves to be acknowledged.

Nina K. Gordon Great Neck

G.N.’s environment under assault

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as it occurred to anyone that the wanton and massive destruction of both houses and trees which has occurred in Great Neck over the last 30 years has materially compromised the structural integrity of trees on adjacent properties and neighborhood-wide?

And, the resolution to this is

to destroy more trees – healthy trees as well as unhealthy?

Green space and vegetation have been annihilated as gargantuan residences replace smaller edifices, destroying root systems and water saturation capability.

The New York Times identifies deforestation of hillsides for development purposes as the cause of the life-threatening

mudslides which have occurred in the Pacific Northwest. Is this what we want?

Flood hazard in addition to falling trees?

Instead of allowing Lawyer Bee, whose background is in law rather than in ecological preservation, to address a future response to the predicament in which we find ourselves, let us

engage an ecosystem specialist who can advise us on the protection of adequate green space per property rather than the wholesale slaughter of healthy trees which will exacerbate, not relieve, the peril.

In closing, I would like to express my profound thanks to those individuals who entered into litigation to protect Kings

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Point Park and its trees and to the New York State Appellate Court for upholding the Supreme Court decision supporting that protection.

We are deeply in their debt.

Melanie A. Miller Great Neck Letters Continued on Page 36

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Setzer, a Massapequa native, and Co. will make a local stop on Sunday, Nov. 29 at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury.

Their 12th annual tour will feature music off the new album, “Rockin’ Rudolph,” due out Friday, Oct. 16, plus music their three previous best-selling holiday albums; and some of Setzer’s original material.

“It’s always exciting to add new songs,” Setzer said in a press release about the set list. “I’m thinking about opening with ‘Rockin Around the Christmas Tree.’ We have never done that one before.”

Produced by Peter Collins, who has also worked with the likes of Rush, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, and recorded in both Nashville, Tenn. and Hollywood, Calif., the 12-track new release will include highlights such as “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” “Yabba-Dabba Yuletide,” and “Rockabilly Rudolph,” among other notable Christmas classic tunes.

Setzer is a three-time Grammy award-winner and is often credited with resurrecting two genres of music; rockabilly in the ‘80s with his breakthrough band The Stray Cats, and swing in the ‘90s as a solo artist. Along the way he has scored chart-topping hits, sold 13 million records and received the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Consistently cited as one of the world’s greatest living guitarists, Setzer has a successful line of Gretsch signature model guitars bearing his name and appeared in the 1987 film, La Bamba, portraying rockabilly pioneer Eddie Cochran.

In 2002, he earned the privilege of being one of the few musicians to be animated in an episode of “The Simpsons,” alongside Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Tom Petty. That same year, Setzer was personally requested to induct Chet Atkins into the 17th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In 2014, Setzer was asked by the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. to donate a replica of his original 1959 Gretsch 6120 “Stray Cat” guitar, joining an elite collection of musical instruments at the museum including Dizzy Gillespie’s trumpet and John Coltrane’s saxophone.

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Both musically and visually, Desert Highway – A Tribute to the Eagles, presents the raw energy and excitement and sound of an Eagles. A group of six studio and concert tour veterans, Desert Highway together perform ‘live’ the inspired rich vocal harmonies and intricate guitar styles made famous by this legendary group.

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Eric Burdon & the Animals Friday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m.

True rock -n- roll royalty will grace the stage at the former Westbury Music Fair when original British Invasion icon Eric Burdon & The Animals invade Friday night. Burdon is the legendary voice behind “House of the Rising Sun,” “We Gotta Get Outta This Place” and “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” They will be supported by the Edgar Winter Group of “Frankenstein” fame.

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Warren Schein performs The American Songbook Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2 p.m.

The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, 8 p.m.

Colin Quinn Live!

Thursday, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Renaissance: Songs for All Our Times Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, 8 p.m.

Jonatha Brooke & Patty Larkin Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

Forbidden Broadway Saturday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m.

David Bromberg Big Band Saturday, Nov. 7 Spotlight Gala ’15 featuring Patina Miller Saturday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m.

Madeleine Peyroux Trio: Keep Me in Your Heart for a While Sunday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m.

Hugh Masekela & Larry Willis: Friends Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.

The Weight: Songs of The Band Saturday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m.

The Pine Hill Project – Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell Saturday, Dec. 5, 8 p.m.

Darlene Love Sunday, Dec. 13, 7 p.m.

The Klezmatics Present Happy Joyous Hanukah, Lyrics by Woody Guthrie Friday, Dec. 18, 8 p.m.

Dar Williams Friday, Jan. 8, 8 p.m.

Upright Citizens Brigade Friday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m.

On Your Radar with WFUV’s John Platt Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

The Second City – Hooking Up With the Second City Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m.

An Evening with Peter Yarrow with Special Guest John Gorka Sunday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m.

Dan Zanes Saturday, March 5, 8 p.m.

Leo Kottke Sunday, March 20, 11 a.m., 2 p.m.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favorites Sunday, April 3, 7 p.m.

Tom Rush & John Sebastian Saturday, April 9, 2 p.m.

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Tommy Tune: Taps, Tunes & Tall Tales Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m.

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Shahkar Saturday, Sept. 26, 9 p.m.

Joan Armatrading featuring Marti Jones & Don Dixon Wednesday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m.

Warren Haynes & the Ashes & Dust Band Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m.

Artie Lange Friday, Oct. 23, 8 p.m.

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Eric Burdon & the Animals with Edgar Winter Group Saturday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.

The Monkees Wednesday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.

Rick Springfield, Loverboy, The Romantics Thursday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m.

Billy Collins Saturday, Sept. 19, 8 p.m.

The Charlie Daniels Band, The Marshall Tucker Band Friday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m.

The Wiggles Saturday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m.

Doo Wop Extravaganza Saturday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m.

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Russell Peters Thursday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m.

Margaret Cho Friday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m.

Engelbert Humperdink Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m.

Jay Black, Chubby Checker Sunday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m.

Smokey Robinson Wednesday, Oct. 14, 8 p.m.

Joe Walsh Friday, Oct. 16, 8 p.m.

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Frankie Valli Wednesday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m.

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Pat Ralph exhibit set to open at gallery

“Icarus” by Pat Ralph “Pat Ralph: Under the Radar” to open on Sept. 27 at The Art League of Long Island Featuring rarely seen works, including large figure paintings, monotypes and pastels, “Pat Ralph: Under the Radar” opens with a reception in the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery of the Art League of Long Island on Sunday, Sept. 27, from 1 to 4 p.m., and continues through November 1, 2015. A gallery tour, led by the artist, will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 22.

Trained at the Art Students League in New York, Pat Ralph has lived on Long Island most of her life. She is a realist painter with a diverse body of work that includes landscapes, portraits, self-portraits and still life paintings. While Long Islanders know her mostly by her landscape paintings, this exhibit reveals a history of figurative work shown mainly in New York City and university galleries around the country.

Ralph has had solo exhibits at the Fine Arts Gallery at Southampton College, the Fine Arts Gallery of Suffolk Community College in Selden, Gallery

East in East Hampton, Gallery North in Setauket, the Heckscher Museum at the Bryant Library in Roslyn, and Noho Gallery in New York City. She also was given a solo exhibit as part of the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, at Douglass College, New Brunswick, N.J., and another at Douglass, as it celebrated its 75th anniversary.

Ralph’s works have been included in group exhibitions at the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, Silvermine Guild in New Canaan, the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH, the Fine Arts Gallery at Southampton College, the Mason Gross Center for the Arts at Rutgers University, the Parrish Art Museum, the University of Delaware, the Fine Arts Gallery at Southampton College, San Jose State University in California, and Pace University Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College and the National Academy of Design, all in New York City.

In 1985 Ralph had two paintings, both of which will appear in “Under the Radar”, in an exhibition titled “RAPE”, originating at the Hoyt Sherman Gal-

lery of Ohio State University and travelling for three years to nine university galleries, plus the Philadelphia Arts Alliance. Most recently, her painting Heading West was featured in “75 @ 75: Treasures from the Collection” at the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook to commemorate its seventy-fifth anniversary.

Her work is also included in two publications­­–– Long Island Landscape Painting: The Twentieth Century by art historian Ronald G. Pisano, and 100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic

by E. Ashley Rooney. An article, Rape: Show and Tell, by art critic Lucy Lippard, appeared in In These Times, a monthly magazine of news and opinion out of Chicago, in December 1986.

Of her paintings, Beryl Smith, in her Women Artists Series catalog essay, wrote “The timelessness and crystalline quality of her landscapes reflect her interest in light and atmosphere.” Malcolm Preston, in Newsday, remarked, “Her work is in the new realist mode––cool, objective, sharply realized.

There is about them a directness and forthrightness uncluttered by sentiment.”

Of her work Pat Ralph has said, “In my paintings I seek a stunning image, expressed with clarity and augmented with hints of mystery or wit. My landscapes reflect an interest in light and atmosphere. I am particularly intrigued by the singular light of early morning or late afternoon or evening––the hours in which natural effects are most fleeting, which makes the attempt to capture the moment fraught with paradox.”

The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery is open free of charge Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. – 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 Machine Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

Jackie Mason Sunday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.

Bethenny Frankel Thursday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m.

Michael Pollan Friday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m.

2nd Annual Monsters Of Freestyle Ball Saturday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m.

Paul Anka Sunday, Nov. 1, 3 p.m.

Last Comic Standing Thursday, Nov. 5, 3 p.m.

Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Jefferson Airplane & The Grateful Dead Friday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m.

Darcy Novick Presents 13th LI Comedy and Music Fest Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 p.m.

Tommy James and The Shondells Sunday, Nov. 8, 8 p.m.

Styx Wednesday, Nov. 11, 8 p.m.

Meatloaf Friday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m.

The Tenors Friday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m.

Tony Bennett Thursday, Dec. 3, 8 p.m.

Roz Chast Friday, Dec. 4, 8 p.m.

John Schneider And Tom Wopat Return Of The Dukes

Sunday, Dec. 6, 3 p.m.

Doo Wop Extravaganza Thursday, Dec. 10, 8 p.m.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Saturday, Dec. 13, 2 & 5 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 15, 5:30 p.m.

Peppa Pig Live Wedneday, Dec. 23, 8 p.m.

Kenny Rogers THE HARRY CHAPIN LAKESIDE THEATRE Eisenhower Park Stewart Avenue and Merrick Avenue, East Meadow (516) 572-0348 • http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/ 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.

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Community Calendar TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD BUDGET HEARINGS The Town of North Hempstead will hold hearings for the proposed 2016 budget on the following dates: Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m. There will be opportunity for public comment during this time.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. There will be opportunity for public comment during this time.

Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. There will be opportunity for public comment during this time. The Town Board will vote on the budget at this meeting.

The meetings will be held at North Hempstead Town Hall (220 Plandome Road, Manhasset). For more information, please call 311 or visit www. northhempsteadny.gov.

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.

CAST CALL Auditions for all voices, especially bass and tenor for Northport Chorale on Sept. 9, and 16 at 7 p.m. at Northport High School Choir Room, Laurel Hill Road, Northport.

Membership fee $100 year, $75 for one semester. For more info call Debi at (631) 223-3789 or Pearl at (631) 239-6736 or visit www.northportchorale.org FOR TRIVIA LOVERS At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 625-8804 for information.

Singles Association of L.I. For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or email singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com.

YOUR WIDOWED SOCIAL GROUP The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

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Critic offers opinions after film preview Theater-goers at the Gold Coast International Film Festival’s “Furman Film Series” installment of “Learning to Drive,” starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley, were treated to a conversation on Wednesday, Aug. 12, immediately following the showing at the Bow Tie Squire Cinemas in Great Neck with John Anderson, Wall Street Journal film critic and Newsday and American Magazine contributor to discuss the film.

Anderson appears frequently in the New York Times, and he has contributed to the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Film Comment, and the Village Voice. He is a past member of the selection committee of the New York Film Festival and the author of “Sundancing,” “Edward Yang” and, with Laura Kim, “I Wake Up Screening.”

With David Sterritt, he edited “The B List,” by the National Society of Film Critics, has chaired the New York Film Critics Circle in 2011, and is a

member of the National Society of Film Critics.

Inspired by a true story, “Learning To Drive” stars Clarkson, a former Oscar nominee, and Kingsley, an Academy Award winner, in a feel-good comedy about an improbable friendship.

Wendy Shields is a book editor from New York facing a marriage crisis. Darwan Singh Tur is a driving instructor from India with an abiding respect for tradition. When Wendy sets out to reclaim her independence, she hits a unique roadblock – she never learned to drive. She hires Darwan, a driving instructor and part-time cabdriver, to teach her.

They form an unlikely bond that inspires each to embrace the humor, freedom, and strength that come with starting anew.

With the Furman Film Series still in full-swing — having Gold Coast Arts Center Director Regina Gil with film critic John Anderson recently added “Time Out of Mind” starring Richard Gere and and back-story to the screening of “Althea” on August 29 and The Furman Film Series or to “Time Out of Mind” on Septem- buy tickets, visit: http://goldBroadway Legend Ben Vereen — of the film.

Tickets are now available for ber 16. coastfilmfestival.org/upcomingAnderson added an extra dimenFor More Information On films-events/furman/ sion of Hollywood information the upcoming special screenings

Lifesized puppets to come to Eisenhower Park this Sunday

Hudson Vagabond Puppets will present a puppet theater show at Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 2 p.m. Hudson Vagabond Puppets consists of professional dancers and actors, performing with giant puppets. The puppeteers borrow from the traditional Japanese Bunraku style of puppetry. Clad in black, their performers become shadows behind the colorful and larger than life size puppets. Their troupe performs educational and entertaining puppet theater for children and their families, both in the community and in schools. All of their performance content is designed to fit into New York State’s school curriculum – not just in the arts but also the sciences, social studies, language arts and literacy.

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Gold Coast to preview Arts league exhibits film on Althea Gibson Instructors’ works The Gold Coast International Film Festival will be hosting the Long Island premiere of a new film, “Althea,” about the trailblazing tennis pioneer Althea Gibson. The screening will take place on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Soundview Cinemas in Port Washington.

A post-screening discussion will follow featuring acclaimed director, Rex Miller. The premiere is sponsored by the USTA Eastern of Long Island Region. For more information please visit www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org Gibson was the first African American tennis player to cross the color line. From her roots as a sharecropper’s daughter from South Carolina, to her unlikely ascension within the highly segregated tennis world in the 1950s, Gibson would go on to make history, playing and winning at Wimbledon in 1957 and 1958,

and was twice became the U.S. Nationals champion – the precursor of the U.S. Open.

The film reveals the triumphs and trials of an athlete whose life and achievements have entered the annals of African American and tennis history.

This fall, the Gold Coast International Film Festival will be celebrating its 5th Anniversary Festival November 9-15, and recently won first place in “The Best of the North Shore” competition as the “Best Attraction” within the region.

Next up, the Festival will be showing “Time Out of Mind,” writter and directed by Academy Award nominee Oren Moverman and starring Richard Gere, Ben Vereen, Jena Malone and Kyra Sedgewick, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m., also at Soundview Cinemas in Port Washington.

The Art League of Long Island will showcase some of the artwork created by their visual arts instructors at the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery during an exhibit running from Saturday, Aug. 29 through Sunday, Sept. 20. There will be an open house and public artists’ reception on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The event is free and open to the general public. The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery is located at 107 E Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. From left: Lauren Singer, Through the Beige and Bam!, acrylic on canvas; Suzan Haeni, Big Sky, gouache on paper; Vivien Pollack, Table Set for One, silk painting.

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Motion Mania!, the newest hands-on exhibit to take up residence at Long Island Chidren’s Museum, allows kids to design roller coasters, race tracks or superhighways. They’ll learn about angles, force and energy as they move from design to testing and then re-testing to create the perfect thrilling design. Long Island Chidren’s Museum, is located at 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City. Visit www.licm.org or call (516) 224-5800 for more information.

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Williston Park Library From the Director: Parents/Caregivers: We are asking for your cooperation yet again in keeping the Children’s Room clean of toys. When your children are finished playing with the toys/puzzles, please clean up afterwards!

Not only is it a safety hazard, but it shows children responsibility and respect for their surroundings.

Here are some new arrivals to the library: One Way or Another — Elizabeth Adler Naked Eye — Iris Johansen After the Storm — Linda Castillo Jonas Salk: A Life — Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs Cold Frame — P. T. Deutermann Naked Greed — Stuart Woods

Audrey at Home — Luca Dotti Last Pilot — Benjamin Johncock Redeemers — Ace Atkins

programs Empire Safety Driving Course Saturday, Aug. 29, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. $33 for

drivers age 60 and over; $38 for drivers under age 60.

AARP Defensive Driving Course Wednesday, Sept. 9, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Assembly room of Village Hall. $20 for members; $25 for non-members. Registration for nonresidents will begin on August 26, but we can add your name to the waiting list.

Book Discussion Wednesday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. The group will be reading Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd. Copies are available at the Circulation Desk.

Floral Arrangement Craft Tuesday, Sept. 15, 6:30 p.m. in the Library. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Children Tiny Tykes Wednesdays, Sept. 16; Oct. 7, 14, 21 and 28, 10:15 or 11:30 a.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Children ages 1 ½-5 years old are welcome to attend with a parent/caregiver.

There is a non-refundable fee of $45 due at registration.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

East Williston Library DAYTIME BOOK CLUB: The group will meet on Tuesday Sept. 8 at 1:30 p.m.

EVENING BOOK CLUB: “TransAtlantic” by Colum McCann - Thursday Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. Please register at the library. The discussion is limited to 15 readers.

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DENS and NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSES: The passes are available to East Williston Library card holders.

Each family pass (2 adults and children under 18 years of age) may be borrowed for a three-day period. Passes may be reserved in advance.

LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY: Whatever your

goal, LearningExpressLibrary’s resources will help you succeed. The various “Learning Centers” offer the information you need to achieve the results you want at school, at work, or in life. Are you looking for a new job? You’ll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that’s right for you. Visit us at www. ewlibrary.org

TUMBLEBOOK LIBRARY: TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they’ll love. Visit us at www.ewlibrary.org N0TARY PUBLIC: Hours are Monday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3

p.m. and Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. Photo identification is required. Documents to be notarized must be signed at the time of notarization, not before. You must bring your own witness if needed.

Please telephone the Library to confirm a notary is available.

COLLECTION ON DISPLAY:

We have a wonderful collection on display celebrating our Summer Reading Program’s theme “Every Hero Has a Story”. Please visit this display in the lobby of the East Williston Village Hall.

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

Mineola Library Museum Passes: The library has added the Children’s Museum of Manhattan to the list of great museums that you can visit. CHOM is located at The Tisch Building, 212 West 83rd Street, NY, NY 10024.

Reserve it at the Reference Desk, (516) 746-8488, ext. 2 or www.mineolalibrary.

programs Crochet Connection with April Diane* Saturdays at 10:15-11:45 a.m.: Remaining Sessions: August 29. Adults and children may create beautiful pieces while learning the art of crochet in a series of beginner and experienced level crochet

classes. You will need size d-k crochet needles and any color worsted weight yarn.

Please register at the Reference Desk or Ext. 2.

A Concert Performance: Medicare Update-Medicare Savings Plan* Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 2 - 4 p.m. Join Marty Pereira for coverage on staying current

on your Medicare Insurance.

He will provide you with a great deal of useful information about Medicare.

Lecture: Solar Energy, Myth, and Facts* Monday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.

Learn about: What is PV Solar Energy; Homeowner’s Option on Solar Energy; Governmental Rebates and

Tax Credits; and Educational Resources. Please join us for information on how one can benefit from using solar energy to one’s best advantage.

Coney Island: A History* Thursday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.

Explore the legendary and colorful past of Coney Island, the “World’s Playground”, with archivist Jennifer

Garland. Based on Charles Denson’s book, Coney Island: Lost & Found, and other sources, the talk will focus on the settlement of Coney Island, the rise of the resort and amusement area, and the decline and comeback of the neighborhood. A slideshow and memorabilia will be displayed.

Shelter Rock Library MUSEUM PASSES @ SRPL Shelter Rock Public Library cardholders can reserve a Museum Pass online for free admission to a variety of museums and gardens on Long Island and in New York City. Go to www.srpl.org and pull down the Library Services Menu then go to Museum Passes. Click the Reserve Now link and look for the red Request Pass button to see if the Museum Pass is available.

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

SHELTER ROCK PATRONS MAY RESERVE PASSES FOR: American Airpower Museum •

Children’s Museum of Manhattan • Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery • Cradle of Aviation • Garvies Point • Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum • Long Island Children’s Museum • Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) • Nassau County Firefighter’s Museum • Nassau County Museum of Art • New York Botanical Garden • New York Historical Society and Library & Dimenna Children’s History Museum Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, in cooperation with the Shelter Rock Public Library, the Nassau County Offices for the Aging and Mental Health, are coordinating a support group that is specifically targeted

to respond to the needs of caregivers of older persons.

The group is led by Dora Lupo, LMHC, MAC, CASAC, Support Group Facilitator. Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Shelter Rock Public Library, located at 165 Searingtown Road, Albertson. The meetings are open to residents of Nassau County.

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

EYEGLASS DONATION Shelter Rock Public Library

is collecting used eyewear (glasses, sunglasses & sports goggles) to donate to Eye Partners Inspire (EPI). EPI will distribute the used eyewear to families in need of glasses.

Look for the EPI Eyeglass donation box in the library during August. For more information on this project visit: www.epilongisland.org.

Thank you for your eyeglass donation.

programs SENIOR RAP GROUP SENIOR RAP GROUP ... for the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences to share!

Anyone interested in joining the

group is welcome.

Topics vary and the conversation is lively and provocative.

Monday, Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Come and join the Shelter Rock Public Library Senior Rap Group. This discussion group will be led by volunteer facilitator David Marx.

HOPEFUL SINGLES with Marla Matthews, TV Host for ages 55 plus Wednesdays, Sept. 3 at 3 p.m.

Life is unpredictable, there are no guarantees and change is always happening. With new friends and inspirational guidance, compassion and support, your journey can be easier!!

Be part of this group of single adults 55 plus to find hope for your future.

YOUNG ADULT TEST TAKING TIPS for PSAT, SAT & ACT Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7:15 p.m.

College Essay & Interview.

Monday, Sept. 28 at 7:15 p.m. Watch for details in the September Scene.

ATTENTION TEEN ADVISORY BOARD (TAB) MEMBERS The next TAB meetings are on Wednesday, Aug. 19 from 5 to 6 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 10 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room.

TAB is for registered members in Grades 7-12.

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Aron Newman fufills dream, opens biz B y C h r istian A r aos

Aron Newman is finally working for himself.

After spending the better part of the past six years working for others in computer repair, Newman opened Gig-A-Byte Information & Technology Solutions on Thursday at 637 Willis Ave. in Williston Park Newman, was accompanied by his parents Carolyn and Harry as well as members of the Chamber of the Willistons at a ribboncutting ceremony inside the store.

Newman who previously lived and worked in Suffolk County said the initial purpose of the store will be for computer service and repair.

“My mentor Sam now has me repair his computers now,” Newman said. “He used to tell us about how one day people will need to service their lawn mowers because they’re eating the neighbor’s cats and it’s all because technology is always going to be there and people are going to need them to be fixed.”

Newman said he plans on selling some computer accessories such as bluetooth speakers and keyboards and build websites for clients. But, he said, he will primarily focus on cleaning Macs and PCs from viruses and malware and provide data protection for users.

“I’ve always worked for others but now I’m onto bigger and better things,” Newman said.

Aron Newman posing with members of the Chamber of the Willistons inside his new store.

Schimel, staff go to work Albertson Fire for Island Harvest for a day eyes N. Hills hike B y J o e N ikic State Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel shut down her office for a day to volunteer at Island Harvest headquarters.

Schimel, her staff, and her group of interns visited Island Harvest, the largest hunger relief organization on Long Island, to assist the organization with packaging goods for dispersal to several food pantries and nonprofit organizations.

“I am so proud of my interns, who did outstanding jobs,”

Schimel said. “They worked together and dedicated their time to helping this wonderful organization.”

The volunteers sorted more than 1,250 books, then packed and labeled them.

Schimel and her interns also assisted with packing cars with food and other essential goods for distribution.

“Thanks again for your support today with sorting and packing books at our Uniondale facility,” Island Harvest Volunteer and Community Rela-

tions Manager Joan Flynn said.

“Amazing work.”

Island Harvest delivers millions of pounds of goods and surplus food to a network of 570 Long Island-based food pantries, soup kitchens, and other nonprofit organizations that provide feeding services for those in need.

Schimel represents Albertson, East Hills, Great Neck, Herricks, Manhasset, Mineola, New Hyde Park, Port Washington, and Roslyn.

Pictured from (left to right): Elizabeth Boyle (Manhasset), Andy Park (Port Washington), Sandy Portnoy, director of constituent services, Prajanan Senthilkumar (Manhasset), Amanda Ng (New Hyde Park), Nicole Duckham, chief of staff, Josh Messite (Great Neck), Todd Qiu (Manhasset), Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel

B y C h r istian A r aos The Albertson Fire Company is seeking to increase the rate it charges the Village of North Hills for fire protection by more than 20 percent for the coming year, Village of North Hills Mayor Marvin Natiss said Wednesday at the village’s Board of Trustees meeting.

Natiss said the proposed rate hike would increase the cost of fire protection provided by the Albertson Fire Company by $1,225 to $7,321.16 for the year ending May 31, 2016. North Hills also has an agreement with the Roslyn Fire Department for fire service.

“When I spoke with the fire commissioner, he said, they checked with the Town of North Hempstead and they were basing it on the assessed valuation and the tax records rather than an arms-length negotiation,” Natiss said. “I said all of the other increases have been in the lower range.”

The rate for 2014-15 was $6,096, up 2 percent from the previous year.

Natiss authorized Village Attorney Richard Nevin to submit a counteroffer to the fire company that would only raise rates by $225.16.

A $225.16 increase would have still been the largest cost increase since 2012, according to an analysis by the village sent to Blank Slate Media..

That year, Albertson raised its rates by almost 4 percent.

Richard Ockovic, a trustee with the Albertson Fire Company, said the rate increase resulted from a change in the methodology used to calculate its rates.

“Our treasurer went to the Town of North Hempstead and got the assessment values for each of the homes in Albertson,” Ockovic said.

“Since we have some homes valued at over $1 million dollars and some that are only $300,000, we needed to come up with a rate system that was fair to all of our residents.”

The contract with the Albertson Fire Company stipulates that the fire company provide service to the Mews Community located off of Searingtown Road.

A foreclosed home in that development now under contract had a listed price of nearly $700,000.

Ockovic said the fire company had previously used a rate structure that equally assessed each of the 4,100 homes the company services.

He said the decision to switch from a flat system to one based on the assessment values was long overdue.

The fire company, he said, was willing to be flexible in its negotiations with the village. One compromise Ockovic proposed was to split the rate increase over the next two years.

“When you think about it, the 20 percent increase is not a whole lot since we’re charging them $5,000 for service,” Ockovic said. “We’re confident that they’ll be able to meet us halfway for the next two years.”

North Hills has had agreements with the Roslyn Fire Dept. and the Albertson Fire Company since 2007 when they replaced the Manhasset Lakeville-Fire Department after it took 35 minutes to respond to a fire in the Summit-High Point complex.

The complex is minutes away from a Roslyn Fire Department firehouse.

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from the d es k of su p eri n te n d e n t k a n as

Welcome to the 2015-16 school year Once again, thanks to the continuing collaborative efforts of our Board of Education, administrators, district staff, PTOs and you, our families and community members, we look forward to implementing and supporting exciting new learning goals for 201516. These goals align and build on previous years’ accomplishments within an adopted budget that once again falls below our allowable property tax levy cap.

This school year, we continue to maintain our class sizes and programs as well as expand offerings to further enrich our students’ well-rounded East Williston educational experience.

An educator colleague of mine, who recently visited our district, remarked how impressive it was that a district of our small size had so many varied offerings for our students.

I continue to be so grateful for a community that supports a rigorous and varied academic program and, at the same time, celebrates and supports the importance of developing the whole child.

Taking a moment to note some of our students’ accomplishments from last school year provides some real life examples of the extraordinary range of interests and talents supported by our program offerings.

Our students competed in local, regional and national level competitions. With 12 students presenting their National History Day projects at Cooperstown, the results included a New York State champion and two students headed to the national competition.

Our students competed in international competitions as well, with one student taking second place in the International Science and Engineering Fair and another representing the United States in the 23rd International Philosophy Olympiad in Estonia. Wheatley was named a New York State School of Distinction, signifying that all varsity athletic teams were honored as Scholar Athlete teams.

The district had 35 locally recognized student musicians, five state recognized student musicians and 1 nationally recognized student musician. Wheatley’s Tri-M Music Honor Society was recently recognized as the 2014-15 National Tri-M Chapter of the Year Scholarship Program Winner for the dedication of its student musicians and community involvement.

The Willets Road music wing roof has On a local scale, we honored a Theodore Roosevelt Public Speaking Contest winner been replaced. Partial roof replacement and and a CSI Challenge champion team among complete façade replacement on North Side’s many honors highlighted throughout the main building has taken place with classroom and floor tile replacement also being year.

This year’s program additions continue completed.

Behind the scenes, there have been to provide opportunities in varied areas.

Following our strategic plan, year two ventilation upgrades to the Wheatley locker of the Project Lead the Way engineering se- rooms and weight room as well as necessary upgrades to our servers quence kicks off this fall, as and switches, which lead the well as a new coordination way for many of our anticiof engineering and computer pated technology and securiscience sequences. ty upgrades. Annual painting Our implementation of maintenance is in process as the Next Generation Science well.

Standards continues to add Since our budget presennew units to grades three-six. tations in the spring, some adIn addition to the powerditional savings and restrucful Science Research program turing have enabled us to add growing each year, a new a social worker position to the Social Science Research proElaine Kanas District to provide valuable gram has been added to the Superintendent support for our program. curriculum. AP Art History Focused primarily at will now be included among our many advance placement and dual high Wheatley, this position will offer additional social and emotional support to our students, school-college enrollment offerings.

Our literacy program continues to grow transitional support from Willets Road to throughout our schools with strong emphasis Wheatley, strong coordination and oversight on authentic reading and writing that pro- for our 504 students and their families, as vide the underpinning of the essential com- well as other student/family supports and munication, critical thinking and knowledge coordination with community agencies and skills essential to all fields of study and work. connections including facilitation of the new All three buildings will see additional CDOS credential for our students who are support for students in academic interven- making school-to-work transitions.

We will also be adding further support tion services. In conjunction with new state education guidelines, our English as a New to our Office of Pupil Personnel Services with Language teachers will provide additional the addition of an Assistant Director, who service to those students learning new lan- will, among other responsibilities support inguages by co-teaching in the general class- structional areas in Special Education, Readroom, further supporting overall coordina- ing and English as a New Language.

For a full account of the 2015-16 instruction of all of our students’ learning.

While our FLES (Foreign Language at tional goals, go to our website and click on the Elementary School) program continues Our District on the red horizontal navigation to flourish in our third and fourth grades bar. Then click on 15-16 District Goals.

This year we are going to try a whole with our North Side Spanish program during regular school day hours, this year sees community read! Have you started “Mindset the addition of a new co-curriculum offering, – The New Psychology of Success” by Carol Mandarin for our fourth graders. Please look S. Dweck, Ph.D.?

Dweck’s book addresses her research on for information from North Side about their motivation and why it’s not just our abilities co-curricular club offerings this fall.

This summer you may have seen fa- and talent that bring us success. In Mindset, cilities work at our three buildings including she shares valuable insight related to raising the repaving of the Wheatley bus circle and happy and successful children/students. I south parking lot and the installation of an will be referencing some of her ideas in my communications with you and we hope to IT generator.

organize parent/community book club meetings and other events to discuss the book together.

Once again, I look forward to a wonderful year of important and continuing collaboration among us all. I encourage you to become involved in all ways possible.

Each year the PTOs support our schools and students in so many valuable ways. I look forward to their continuing collaboration. Information about each school PTO is listed in this calendar and on our website.

I encourage you to attend their meetings and become involved in their many activities. The PTO District-wide Grant Dinner held each spring is a terrific fundraising event to look forward to where families and staff celebrate and support our schools together.

Each Friday, the Superintendent’s newsletter will highlight curriculum and events in our District so that you may be as informed as possible about all that is happening. Board of Education monthly business meetings and work sessions are always open to the public and include important discussions regarding district planning and events, including curriculum and health and safety, with an opportunity for you to ask questions and make public comment.

The East Williston Educational Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation set up to support our schools, has exciting plans to pilot the first of a potentially ongoing series of yearly enrichment opportunities for our students. The foundation’s Carnival to be held on the grounds of Willets Road on Oct. 9, 10 and 11, will benefit this program.

Please note that as additional events are scheduled, we work to update our website.

We aim to have emergency events, answers to topical questions, or immediate happenings in the community listed on our website promptly.

You can also sign-up for email notifications of Updates and Alerts from the website by going to the district homepage.

Your ideas and suggestions are always welcome. Our staff and I welcome your communication, as it is the foundation of a successful home/school/community partnership from which our students/your children can only thrive.

All of us working together will make for a terrific school year. Wishing everyone the best school year ever!

County Seat Kiwanis prep for a new year Kiwanis Club of County Seat President Helene Harris (far right) has asked members to speak to the club about their jobs at our Monday morning meetings at IHOP in Williston Park. For additional information about County Seat Kiwanis and upcoming guest speakers, visit countyseatkiwanis.org. For information about joining County Seat Kiwanis, call Joel Harris at (516) 319-4465.

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GOP shares blame for country’s fiscal woes

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ometimes I wonder why I even bother writing about politics anymore.

Does it really matter which party is in power?

Every Democrat I know, seems to believe: 1 - that a large permanent welfare class must exist because so many Americans can’t get along without the government taking care of every facet of their lives.

2 - our huge national debt doesn’t require any immediate attention.

3 - we must look to Washington, not to the private sector or to the individual, to solve society’s ills.

4 - raising our taxes is the best method to finance every “feelgood”, entitlement program.

5 - government programs should always be expanded, never reevaluated and must have an unlimited budget.

Wow ! That’s quite a political philosophy.

Now don’t get so smug, all you Republicans.

You are just as bad. It wasn’t

such a short time ago when we actually fell for your party line. You told us you were going to: 1 - repeal Obamacare (or at least fix it), 2 - close our borders, 3 - reduce the size of government, 4 -lower our taxes and 5 - balance the budget.

What happened when you took control of both the House and Senate?

Absolutely nothing! Business as usual. And please stop sending me requests for a contribution until you fulfill some of your campaign promises.

Both parties have created an out-of-control, socialistic, welfare state.

1 - 45.7 million Americans presently receive food stamps.

That’s more than the entire state of California.

2 - 110 million people are on welfare! That’s approximately the entire population of England and France combined.

3 - The federal debt will be

$20 trillion dollars by the end of Obama’s 2nd term in office. President Obama and Congress added more to the national debt than all the previous presidential administrations combined!

And finally, 4 - There are now 11 million people receiving Social Security disability payments.

I know that disability payments should be the last ones cut. This group is the most vulnerable and probably needs government help more than anyone else.

So it’s more egregious when there is so very little government oversight.

The trustees overseeing Social Security just announced that the Disability Trust Fund will run out of money in 2016 ! Got that?

That’s not a misprint. 2016 is next year ! Do you believe that?

And, it would automatically trigger a 19 percent cut in benefits.

The Democrat’s answer: increase the debt or raise our taxes some more to pay for it.

And The Republicans?

They offer us no realistic plan to reform this program and still seem content on blaming the Democrats for creating the financial nightmare in the first place. Come up with a solution? With this Congress?

Not in my lifetime!!

You all know what’s going to happen. Our “friends” in Washington will somehow come up with more of our money to pay for it.

The bottom line is that every politician’s goal is not to do the next right thing, but to do what ever it takes to get re-elected and not be in office when the system finally collapses.

How big is this mess?

1 - Medicare and Social Security presently account for 40 percent of the entire federal budget.

2 - The Social Security Retirement Fund only has enough money to pay full benefits for the next 20 years. The longer we wait, the harder it will be to correct.

3 - Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries a day. That’s a day.

4 - 60 million people presently receive Social Security benefits.

5 - 42 million people on Social Security are retired workers and their dependents.

6 - 11 million recipients are disabled workers 7- 55 million retirees and disabled get Medicare.

Wake up America.

Stop criticizing the economic malpractice in Greece or Brazil or Spain or Italy or Puerto Rico.

Just look at a mirror yourself.

Both Democrats and the Republicans are responsible for the mess we are in. Got it? Both of them.

Our only hope is to elect a Washington outsider not dependent on lobbyists money, like Donald Trump, who will not accept the concept of “business as usual”.

How can anyone in their right mind, even consider Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders at such a critical time in our history.

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lame both President Obama and Congress for the continued gridlock in Washington.

The President spends more time building up frequent flyer mileage going on vacation playing golf and traveling around the nation for Democratic Party fundraisers.

Congress is no better having just adjourned for a five week recess.

Both the President and Congress need to work together if we are ever going to put our fiscal house in order and end future threats of both sequestering and furloughs.

We need to return to the time when Congress held budget hearings for each department during the summer.

A real balanced budget agency by agency was adopted during an open process.

Members of Congress, federal employees, the public, watchdog groups and media were afforded sufficient time to understand the full contents prior to adoption.

Full federal budgets were adopted on time prior to the start of any new Federal Fiscal year on October 1.

It is time to end the philosophy of cartoon charter Wimpy who famously said “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

Washington has to stop spend-

ing money we do not have.

President Obama and Congress should freeze overall spending by adopting 2008 spending levels in upcoming 2016 funding bills for all Federal agencies.

There was no public outcry from Democrats in 2008 that the sky was falling. They didn’t say that Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and a multi-trillion dollar government safety net were going to end.

The 2008 budget was prior to the one-time stimulus (American Reinvestment Recovery Act), TARP, auto industry bailouts, cash for clunkers, Obama Health Care expenditures and eight trillion dollars in additional national debt.

Now everything needs to be on the table including the infamous “third rails” of American politics — Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and military spending.

If several million federal civil servants survived on a pay freeze for three of the past five years, why not do the same across the board for everyone else and all other programs?

Our safety net for those in need survived 2008 in tact.

Any future extension of the debt ceiling (this issue will be front and center again before the end of 2015 and once again conveniently after the 2016 Con-

gressional elections) should be matched by corresponding real cuts in spending today, not tomorrow.

Millions of Americans have cut far more out of their family budgets and managed to survive.

It is time to return to “pay as you go” budgeting, means testing for all government assistance and sunset provisions for agencies and programs that have completed their missions.

End pork-barrel member item spending, stop paying farmers to not grow crops and abolish corporate welfare subsides via tax deductions.

Close down obsolete military bases abroad. Reduce United Nations and foreign aid to those who offer no support when needed.

Don’t return to either Afghanistan or Iraq and don’t become entangled in other new foreign adventures. Avoid civil wars when you can’t tell one side from the other as to who are really the good guys.

Have the IRS accelerate the collection of several hundred billion in uncollected back taxes owed by deadbeat individuals and corporations along with suspending billions in future tax refunds to those who continue failing to pay long overdue taxes or student loans.

Stop wasting tens of billions of dollars each year on the war on

drugs Everyone needs to do their fair share in bringing the budget deficit under control. Both Democrats and Republicans need to put everything on the table - no exceptions. It is time for government to destroy its own credit cards.

It is ironic that decades ago after winning the Cold War against the Evil Empire of Communism, it may be mismanagement of our economy that results in a decline of our standard of living.

It may also end our reign as the worlds super power as we become the world super debtor nation.

On a bipartisan basis, both President Obama along with both Democrats and most Republicans in Congress have continued year after year adding trillions in additional debt and uncontrolled spending.

Both sponsor legislation infringing on both our civil and economic liberties.

Everyone knows that the thousands of Washington K Street lobbyists representing every conceivable special interest group work behind the scenes hand in hand with the White House, Congress and Congressional staffers in writing their own favored special provisions into every Federal agency funding bill prior to adoption.

Too many members of Congress upon retirement, just walk

across the street to join the army of K Street lobbyists.

The same holds true for many former cabinet members and other employees of the White House Executive branch at end of any Presidents term in office.

We can’t furlough the thousands of lobbyists who swarm around Washington like bees searching for honey.

The White House and Congress should be held accountable for their actions or in this case inactions, just as employees are at end of the year personnel evaluations.

Both the President, members of Congress and their respective employees should be docked one full day’s pay for each day the upcoming Federal Fiscal Year 2016 budget is not adopted on time.

They need to perform this most basic requirement of their jobs, which is passing a budget on time, just like federal civil servants do on a daily basis. If your local Congress member fails to do their job, consider firing them on election day. Send someone else to Washington who will do what needs to be done.

If they fail, send someone new in 2016.

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What determines where you live?

I’m always curious as to how, what, why and when individuals, couples and families go through the process of deciding and determining the home, condo or co-op they will determine to purchase or rent. Is it actually the price, schools, location, demographics and transportation that they are basing it on?

I believe from experience, that, there are a multitude of factors in most cases.

First, the smart buyers will first determine what they can afford, by getting qualified by a licensed mortgage broker or banker based on their verifiable financials (income, credit and debt/income ratios) and then the mortgage person will provide either a pre-qualification or commitment letter.

Then the purchasers must decide what towns that they would like to reside in, noting my old adage, “location, location, school district!!!” Sometimes these variables may not work, mainly due to the financial situations of the indivual(s) or families, so they

may be restricted to certain affordable areas and try to find the best schools within their qualified price point.

After dealing with customers and clients for over 32 years, I believe, schools, for those with or planning to have children, is tantamount as the major determining and crucial factor in choosing those towns that they will want to live in, based on their qualified price range.

However, there are those that are empty nesters and those that are just starting out that may not consider schools as a primary consideration For resale, i believe, it should be a consideration, even though one may no longer have kids, have none right at the moment, but may have, in the very near future or do not plan to have any at all.

The better the schools, the better the resale value.

However, exceptions will apply in vacation and retirement areas around the U.S. There are those that don’t

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really care about schools regardless of the potential resale value, which I think is a bit shortsighted.

Others will choose an area based on the demographics, proximity to transportation, style, condition and potential for appreciation.

There are those that will only want a specific style of home, regardless of other factors. Some, who can afford and spend the necessary dollars, yearn and just have to have their dream home

that they always wanted to live in as the most important factor.

Everyone has their wish list of “wants” in their search for a place.

However, today as compared to 2004-2007, when the market provided mortgages to those that had barely a “pulse.”

I see today, that one’s “needs” are those things that fit the amount of money that they can afford or want to spend each month, that keeps people grounded.

This will for the most part, determine where they will want to grow their roots, whether for the near or long term. Others may be relocating and have much shorter term goals.

The “wants” are their “champagne tastes and beer pockets” on their “dream list” of things that they would thoroughly love to have, but may not be able to buy and have, due to the “old money factor.”

One should focus on their “needs” and then figure out if there are any “wants”, within their buy range that they can afford,

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Unless you know for sure or are willing to take a calculated risk, due to future, somewhat guaranteed increased income and want to go for those specific “wants” (newer kitchen, bathrooms, etc.) or dream home; I suggest that you buy what you can afford, but don’t be so conservative that you miss out on a place that you really can afford and would thoroughly enjoy!!!

Whatever your reason for buying or even renting, one must try to logically sit down and create a plan and breakdown the most important items that you “need” and “want” in your home based on your income(s), qualifications, amount of downpayment, the size of their monthly mortgage payment and other costs.

Remember, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail” So do all your planning in advance and dont be a “Monday morning quarterback.”

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scotto calls singas’ dA office broken Continued from Page 1 A former chief of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office’s Rackets Bureau, Scotto expressed doubt about both Singas’ and Murray’s ability to effectively prosecute cases of political corruption or slow rising death tolls resulting from rampant heroin use throughout the county.

“You don’t get gun traffickers, you don’t get drug dealers, you don’t get public officials unless you do wiretaps. They don’t do that.

They think they do the best they can with the cases that come to them,” he said.

Scotto accused the DA’s office under Singas and her predecessor, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), of publicizing insignificant cases and announcing major investigations only in wake of media reports.

He also called Rice a “political DA,” accusing her of prioritizing her campaigns for state Attorney General, the Senate and, most recently, the House of Representatives above her office’s day-to-day operations.

“If you look at the way that office runs, it’s very reactive,” he said. “Nothing happens until it’s on the front page of Newsday first.”

In turn, he said, Singas’ ideas of running a successful office were “clouded” by Rice, comparing Rice’s oftcriticized “Flush the Johns” prostitution sting with a recent case in which Singas’s office charged 16 people with selling alcohol to an underage, undercover officer at a nightclub in Atlantic Beach.

“They chase headlines,”

Democratic Nassau County district attorney candidate Michael A. Scotto he said. “You don’t go chasing headlines.”

In a statement issued by campaign spokesman Isaac Goldberg, Singas said she is proud of her years as Rice’s top assistant and is “continuing her proactive, aggressive, and progressive tradition of prosecution, prevention and advocacy.”

“During my tenure, we have aggressively prosecuted violent crimes, fought to end the scourge of heroin abuse plaguing our communities, and we launched an investigation into Nassau County’s corruption-prone contracting system because it’s critical that we restore public confidence in the integrity of our government,” she added.

Scotto said his DA’s office would focus its efforts on prosecuting violent

crime, drug and political corruption cases through to conviction and sentencing, citing figures from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services that said nearly 30 percent of sentences for violent felonies in 2014 resulted in little to no jail time and show a steady decline in its felony conviction rate since 2010.

In addition to accumulating “street-level arrests” that he said the DA’s office champions, Scotto said he would further seek to stop drug and gun-trafficking at the source.

“You have to get the people who are bringing the drugs in and the people distributing the drugs,” he said.

“Junkies are always going to be selling drugs. I’m not saying don’t arrest them, but it’s like whack-a-mole.

If something’s going to pop up, what you do is you take the board up, you take all the moles out, you pour concrete on.”

“In this case, you go into those buildings, you do long-term investigations with wiretaps, undercovers making buys, and also the same things with the buys,” he added.

Murray would likely ignore political corruption cases due to her ties to local Republican committees and relationships to County Executive Edward Mangano (R-Bethpage) and the GOPcontrolled Legislature as Hempstead town supervisor, Scotto said.

Scotto said Murray “is a very nice person,” but doubted whether the skills she’s utilized as town supervisor would translate to the

DA’s office or a prosecutor’s role.

“Joe Torre was a pretty good manager, had some very good teams, but would you want him managing the Knicks?” he said.

Murray campaign spokesman Bill Corbett disputed Scotto’s allegation, saying in a statement “the only criteria in her office’s investigations will be the facts in each case.”

He went on to defend Murray’s tenure as town supervisor and past positions as a former state Assemblywoman, assistant attorney general in the office’s Criminal Justice Section and advocate for the Suffolk University Battered Women’s Project, where she worked with victims of domestic abuse.

“These are all powerful

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Calling Singas “desperate to get elected,” Scotto said Murray would likely fare better in November because she could hold Singas accountable for the county’s rising heroin death totals, and Singas would not be able to take credit for Rice’s accomplishments as DA. According to figures from the county Medical Examiner’s office, there were 51 fatal heroin overdoses and 123 prescription drugrelated deaths in Nassau in 2014.

“If you’re going to have a DA who’s going to sit by as heroin deaths shoot up, it’s not going to matter if they’re a Democrat or a Green Party candidate,” he said.

Scotto acknowledged he faced an uphill battle against Singas, who has the backing the Nassau County Democratic Party and a large advantage in funds.

According to pre-primary campaign finance reports, Scotto has a balance of $6,211.92, having raised $162,377.50 and accumulating $156,165.58 in expenses.

Singas has $829,667.75 on hand, having raised $867,818.60 and spent $38,150.85, according to campaign finance records.

“I don’t know if people will know me, I don’t think people will know her,” Scotto said. “I don’t know.

I don’t know if they’ll look at the names and say, was he related to [Fox 5 news anchor] Rosanna Scotto?

We don’t know what’s going to happen three Thursdays from now.”

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Continued from Page 1 Ehrbar wrote, “To bring the senator, a good friend to both villages into this discussion is outrageous, inappropriate and unconscionable!”

Ehrbar also criticized Tanner and the East Williston Board of Trustees for personally attacking him.

“For the East Williston Mayor and Board to continually attack both me personally and the Williston Park Village Board serves no purpose, if East Williston is sincere about wanting to settle this dispute,” Ehrbar wrote.

“It appears that the East Williston Board is running a public relations campaign with inaccurate comments and mischaracterizing statements in order to convince their constituents that they must build a water plant.”

The East Williston Board voted on Aug. 10 to move forward with the environmental review process required by the state for the installation of a well near Devlin Park.

Tanner said in July that what he termed Williston

Park’s repeated price increases and unwillingness to negotiate a reduction in water rates was making the idea of East Williston installing its own well more sensible.

He maintained that even under current rates East Williston residents would save money by building its own water plant. He also criticized Williston Park’s handling of its water system, calling it a “fiscal disaster.”

East Williston retained the services of H2M Architects to conduct the environmental review. The well would cost slightly less than $7 million according to an H2M presentation made last November.

In his column, Ehrbar challenged Tanner on his assertion that East Williston residents would save money with a village water plant.

“If their plan comes to fruition it will quickly become obvious that operating a water plant requires ongoing costs and more effort than just turning on a spigot,” Ehrbar wrote.

“Even if the cost of build-

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ing a water plant in East Williston meets projected costs, which seems unlikely, in the long run, their residents will be saddled with water rates far exceeding those currently being charged by Williston Park,” Ehrbar added.

Williston Park currently charges East Williston $4.33 per thousand gallons. That figure was upheld by the appeals court after a lawsuit filed by the Village of East Williston.

In a letter posted on the village website on July 1, Tanner and the East Williston trustees announced that they will be holding a public meeting in September to “re-

view our water options with residents.”

The announcement coincided with a decision by the Village of Williston Park to file suit in Nassau County Supreme Court against East Williston over unpaid penalties stemming from an ongoing dispute over the price Williston Park is charging East Williston for water.

In 2011, Williston Park board raised the price of water to East Williston from $2.99 per thousand gallons to $3.83 per thousand gallons. Williston Park followed with an increase from $3.83 per thousand gallons to $4.33 per thousand gallons in 2012. Ehrbar said the rate increases included other services that differed East Williston’s cost of water.

East Williston trustees filed lawsuits against Williston Park following each rate increase.

In early July 2014, a state Appellate Court found in favor of East Williston in the first lawsuit, stating that Williston Park should have

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held a public hearing prior to imposing the first rate increase in 2011. But the court found in favor of Williston Park in the second lawsuit, stating that Williston Park was within its right to raise the water rates in 2012 to $4.33 per thousand gallons.

The Village of Williston Park then sent East Williston a bill for $600,000 — $300,000 for withheld rate increase money and $300,000 for interest and penalties - following the court decision.

The Village of East Williston made a payment of $239,000 to Williston Park to cover the cost of the rate increase, minus $61,000 accrued under the price hike that the court ruled to be improper. East Williston officials also announced that Williston Park was not entitled to penalties and interest and they would fight any effort to collect them. Tanner said the water penalties Williston Park is attempting to collecting are punitive in character.

Village of Williston Park voted in July to file suit in Nassau County Supreme Court against East Williston over the unpaid penalties.

Tanner said in July he is sure Williston Park will raise the rate again to overcome a $150,000 budget deficit.

“It is obvious he’s concerned about the likelihood of us building our own well and the loss of potential revenue,” Tanner said.

Ehrbar declined to re-

spond to Tanner’s statement.

Ehrbar confirmed in July that the village is facing a $150,000 deficit, saying that the amount is “equal to the cost needed to defend ourselves” in litigation with East Williston.

But he denied that the village planned to raise the water rates for East Williston.

“There’s no current plan in place to have a rate increase,” Ehrbar said at the time.. “We are currently in the midst of court action.”

The two sides also continue to disagree over whether the other has adequately responded to letters sent from the village’s respective attorneys.

Ehrbar wrote that East Williston has not responded in writing to a letter sent six weeks ago. Tanner said Williston Park did not respond to a counteroffer made.

Ehrbar and Tanner each separately said that they were tired of finger pointing made by both sides.

“This type of behavior only confuses the facts and has the potential of creating unnecessary animosity between the Villages, a disservice to all residents,” Ehrbar said.

Reach reporter Christian Araos by e-mail at caraos@ theislandnow.com or by phone at 516.307.1045 x204. Also follow us on Twitter @Christian_Araos and Facebook at facebook.com/ theislandnow.

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Limited registration for TAB begins August 1.

If you are interested in volunteering with other teens to improve library services, please pick up an application in the Teen Room.

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This program of stories, simple songs, fingerplays and rhymes is designed for children ages 12 – 23 months with a parent or caregiver. Registration begins Tuesday, August 18. Choose one of the following sessions: Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m.

September 8 – September 29 or Wednesdays at 11:15 a.m.

September 9 – September 30 or Thursdays at 10:15 a.m.

September 10 – October 1.

Registration for the next Great Beginnings Program will begin Tuesday, October 20.

JUMP for JOY Children ages 18 months to 4 years will dance, sing and play with costumes, musical instruments, puppets and more.

Friday, Sept. 11 at 10:30 a.m.

Registration begins Friday, August 28.

TOTS NIGHT OUT Families with children ages 2 – 5 years are invited to participate in a program of songs, stories and a craft. Monday, Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. Registration begins on Monday, Aug. 3.

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n re: to Esther Confino’s letter in the August 21, 2015 edition of the Great Neck News.

Ms. Confino may not have seen my response to Karen Rubin in the August 14, 2015 edition of Great Neck News in regard to any deal with Iran. THEY WILL NOT HONOR ANY DEAL! They have said DEATH TO AMERICA- DEATH TO ISRAEL. They mean it!

When they obtain a nuclear

bomb they will use it! They are suicide bombers!

Your lessons in history are well meaning I’m sure but completely useless in this instance.

As for your opinions on war, I am well acquainted with the horrors of war and certainly do not war. However, when another country wants to destroy Israel and the United States, and will do it if they achieve a nuclear bomb, there is no choice but to stop them and any

armed conflict necessary to prevent war has to be considered if other methods cannot achieve this end.

Diplomacy with the leader of Iran will do the opposite. He is the devil reincarnate and must be stopped. He cannot be reasoned with and he speaks only lies.

Ms. Confino, I hope I haven’t spoiled your day by this rebuttal.

Morton Perlman Great Neck

Join in opposition to Iran nuclear deal at rally

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urge all of this newspaper’s readers who care about our security in New York to come to an important “Stop Iran Rally” this coming Tuesday evening Sept. 1, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at 780 Third Avenue, Manhattan (at 49th Street).

This location is in front of the offices of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (whom we will urge to oppose the catastrophic “Iran deal”), and Sen. Chuck Schumer (whom we will praise for his thoughtful, nonpartisan opposition to the dangerous Iran deal).

The organizers of this rally include many individuals from Great Neck and other parts Long Island, and 100 organizations who are part of the StopIranRally Coalition.

The “Iran deal” endangers New York.

The deal provides Iran with $150 billion in sanctions relief — plus hundreds of billions more ($700 billion combined, according to left-of-center former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren) — which Iran will use to continue developing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) to carry nuclear warheads to the United States, and to finance Islamic terrorism around the world.

Iran and its proxies are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. marines in Lebanon; U.S. soldiers at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia; approximately onethird of the thousands of U.S. casualties in Iraq (Iran supplied the training and the improvised explosive devices — IEDs — that killed one-third of our soldiers

in Iraq); and for attempted terrorist attacks on U.S. soil on the Saudi and Israeli embassies and on the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. while present in a restaurant in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C., which would have resulted in the deaths of dozens of innocent American restaurant patrons.

With the approach of the anniversary of 9/11, we should also bear in mind that Iran played a key role in the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, DC., which killed thousands of Americans.

In the Havlish v. Bin Laden, et al case (2011), a U.S. district court in Manhattan ruled that the Islamic Republic of Iran, its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khameni, Iranian agencies including its Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, and Iran’s proxy Hezbollah materially and directly supported al Qaeda in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

The court held that these Iranian entities and proxies are legally responsible for damages to hundreds of family members of 9/11 victims. Evidence in the case obtained during a seven-year investigation, including from the 9/11 Commission recommendation and staff and other experts and informants, demonstrated, among other things, that: * Iran, al Quaeda and Hezbollah formed a terror alliance in the early 1990s; * Iran aided the 9/11 hijackers by concealing their travel through Iran to training camps; * Iran used front companies to obtain Boeing 757-767-777

flight simulators to train the 9/11 terrorists; * An Iran Revolutionary Guard – MOIS task force called Shaitan dar Atash (Satan in Flames) designed various plans for “unconventional” warfare against the U.S., including plans to crash passenger airlines into the World Trade Center; * An Internal Iranian memorandum revealed that Iran’s Supreme Leader was aware of the World Trade Center planned attacks and gave instructions to intelligence operatives regarding restricting communications; * Senior Hezbollah operative Imad Mugniyah coordinated activities for the 9/11 attacks in Saudi Arabia, and Mugniyah or his associates were present on flights the hijackers took to Beirut and Iran; and * Iran facilitated the escape of al Quaeda leaders from Afghanistan.

The funds that Iran will receive from “Iran deal” sanctions relief can finance 300,000 9/11 attacks!

Our junior senator needs to stop supporting a deal that endangers all of us in New York.

Please join us at the rally on Sept. 1st – to demand that Sen. Gillibrand must change her announced intention to vote for the catastrophic Iran deal.

Elizabeth (Liz) Berney, Esq. is the Director of Special Projects and Long Island-Queens Executive Director for the Zionist Organization of America.

Great Neck

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Unemployment rate drops in Nassau County B y C h r istian A r aos Nassau County had the fifth-lowest unemployment rate according to statistics released by the state on Tuesday.

The county unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent for the month of July 2015.

That is down from 5 percent from the same

time in 2014.

There are about 671,800 people employed in Nassau County according to data from the state Labor Department. That is an increase of more than 6,000 from 2014.

The average unemployment rate for Nassau and Suffolk Counties during 2015 has been about 4.7 percent.

That figure is down from the 5.1 percent annual average for 2014 and would be the lowest annual average since 2007.

The unemployment rate for Nassau and Suffolk counties was above 5 percent only seven times since the beginning of 2014.

The last time Nassau County’s unemploy-

ment rate was 4.7 percent was in the months shortly before the global financial crisis in 2008.

Reach reporter Christian Araos by e-mail at caraos@theislandnow. com or by phone at 516.307.1045 x204.

Also follow us on Twitter @Christian_Araos and Facebook at facebook. com/theislandnow.

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excellent quality of life of our neighborhoods,” “Though only a tiny Murray said in a stateportion of Mineola vil- ment. lage is located in the Murray in recent Town of Hempstead, weeks also greeted comMayor Strauss and his muters with Strauss at community have been the Mineola train station. tremendous partners in “I am grateful to helping to maintain the Mayor Strauss for his Continued from Page 8

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winner of a Sept. 10 Democratic primary between acting District Attorney Madeline Singas and Port Washington resident Michael Scotto in November’s election.

Murray has also received the endorsement of the Nassau County Republican Committee, Nassau County’s Police Benevolent Association, Detectives Association and Police Superior Officers Association and, more recently, the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, among others.

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endorsement,” she said.

“I know he shares my commitment to public safety, and I look forward to working with him and other community leaders as Nassau County district attorney.”

Murray, of Levittown, would face the

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Seeking F/T long term position.

Excellent references upon request. Call Paula 347-741-4320

NANNY​/​BABYSITTER FT​/​PT w/ 10 yrs experience. Excellent references. Elementary teaching experience. See review in mommybites.com. Please call Angela 516-330-0230 or email: angelamargoth@yahoo.com NEW YORK PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT: Care giver​/​companion available. Over 20 years experience available 24/7. Specializing in patients with CHF, Alzheimer’s, Dimentia, surgical procedures, hospice and more. Call Jackie 5146-306-0257 or Joel 516-965-1940 NURSE’S AID EXPERIENCED with references. Will take care of the sick or elderly. Please call Grace 516-477-1928

Business Opportunities BILLION DOLLAR MANUFACTURER expanding in the Long Island area seeking person with sales and​/ ​o r 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

Career Training ATTEND AVIATION COLLEGE Get FAA approved Aviation Maintenance training. Financial aid for qualified students.

Job placement assistance.

Call AIM or free information 866-296-7093

announcements WANTED: CRAFTERS & VENDORS Annual Holiday Bazaar Saturday December 5, 2015. 10am​​ 4pm. Rent a table, small fee. VFW Albertson Post 5253, 155 Searingtown Rd, Albertson. All proceeds benefit US Military families​/​soldiers. Contact whodamom@verizon.net or 516-326-1243

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. (D.M.F.)

Marketplace MOVING! FURNITURE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION: Thomasville dining table/6 chairs, 2 20” leafs, server and china cabinet asking $1,250. Light tan sectional sofa seats nine comfortably $350, 2 matching chocolate recliners $50 each 516-639-0145 WOODWORKING TOOLS FOR SALE: Band saw, scroll saw, bench circular saw, drill press, shaper, router. Individual pieces or $600 for all. 516-621-1419

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 CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $35 /​Box! Sealed and Unexpired. Payment made SAME DAY. Highest prices pad!

Call Jenni today! 800-413-3479 www.cashforyourteststrips.com TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com 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

Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@ atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

Tag Sale

Autos Wanted

AUCTIONS, TAG SALES & CONSIGNMENTS 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 SUMMER HOURS: OPEN Wednesday​​Friday 10​​6 Saturday 10​​5 Sunday 12​​ 5 CLOSED MONDAYS & TUESDAYS IN JULY AND AUGUST 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 516-2796378 to schedule an appointment or email pictures of your items to info@invitedsales.com. We can provide fair market values on any item that you may want to sell, consign or enter into auction. If you need advice on hosting a sale, selling an item or liquidating an estate, please call Tracy Jordan at the shoppe or directly at 516-567-2960

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

YOU’RE INVITED! Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:00am 40 Andover Road Rockville Centre 11570 Packed basement, tools, grill, Ethan Allen furniture, bedroom furniture, flat screens…

Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details!

pets

Pet Services 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 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 work and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-505-9717

Professional dog training Doggie Day Care Dog Walking & Running Mobile Socialization Program Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553

automotive

Auto For Sale BUICK CENTURY 1995: 47K miles, 4 new tires, new parts, A/C, excellent running condition! $2,995. 516-747-5799 or 516-747-3463

real estate for rent

Apartment For Rent GARDEN CITY BORDER: Spacious 1 bedroom + balcony. $1375 + electric. Gated parking, laundry room, air conditioning, hardwood floors, near LIRR, NO BROKER FEE. www.gcbapts. com / 516-742-1101 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 NASSAU RESIDENCE Private entrance. New lower level 1 bedroom, kitchen, living room, closets. All utilities. Credit check + 1 month security. Walk to LIRR​/ ​b uses. No pets​/ ​s moking. $1100. 516-488-1346

Room For Rent MINEOLA: Large furnished room, private entrance, share bath, own TV, microwave, fridge, A/C, no pets, smoking or drugs. $735​/​ month. All utilities included plus 1 month security. References required. 516-747-5799

Office Space GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate.

Near LIRR, stores. Available now. $1,750​/​mth. Call Owner 516-5387474 or 538-7476

Commercial Property for Rent GREAT NECK: 550 Northern Blvd, across the street from Leonard’s of Great Neck. 2500 sf, newly renovated. Retail or executive office space. New HVAC, burglar & fire alarm.

Carrara marble bathroom, kitchen, multiple offices, huge windows, parking lot, signage.

All new ready to move in!!! $8,500 FIRST MONTH FREE !!!! 917-553-8650

Vacation Rental ARUBA: PRESIDENTS WEEK DIVI PHOENIX TIMESHARE Saturday, Feb 13 to Feb 20. 4th Floor Oceanfront. 2 bedrooms, 2 sofa-beds, 3 baths, 2 full kitchens, 2 washers​/ ​d ryers and other amenities. $4,500. Call 516-236-5593 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full​/ ​p artial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily.

Holiday Real Estate. 1-800638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com

real estate for sale

Condo/Co-Op For Sale ALBERTSON: One bedroom condo. Large living room​/​dining room, spacious kitchen, 1.5 baths, many closets, separate laundry room, large storage room in unit, enclosed terrace, attached garage. 62+ building. $255,000 Sandra Lukan, Realty Connect USA 516-946-5703

Homes for Sale GARDEN CITY FOR SALE BY OWNER: Move right into this beautiful California Split in Estates section. Sunny southern exposure and golf course views. Three bedrooms, three updated baths, granite eat in kitchen, den with radiant heat, fireplace. Full finished basement with office and storage space. 2 car attached garage. CAC, 3 zone gas heat, sprinklers, new landscaping. Walk to trains and schools. $949,000. Call 516-967-4687 or 917-972-2797 NO BROKERS!

Lots for Sale ABSOLUTE LAND LIQUIDATION! 20 Tracts! 5 Counties! 5 to 144 acres from $8,900! Lakes, streams, state land, cabins, views!

G’teed buildable! Terms available!

Call 888-905-8847 or newyorklandandlakes.com ADIRONDACK HUNTING & TIMBER TRACTS 111 acres, lake access, $195,000 144 acres, trophy deer, $249,900 131 acres, lakefront $349,900 3 hours​/​NYC. Survey, yr round road, g’teed buildable! Financing available. 888-701-7509 woodworthlakepreserve.com SO. ADIRONDACK LAKEFRONT PROPERTIES 50 acres, 3 cabins, $199,900 51 acres, lodge, $399,900 Less than 3 hrs NYC & 40 mins from Albany! Call 888-479-3394 or tour at: Woodworthlakepreserve.com

Out Of Town Real Estate JAMESPORT: Panoramic Waterview Arts & Craft Custom 2 story. 4 BR, 3 Baths. Gourmet Galley Kitchen. Master BR suite w/ large balcony. Large screened porch. Exercise room. Detached 2+ car garage with studio. Very close to sandy sound beach. $1,295,000 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623 JAMESPORT: Waterfront New Construction! Sound Front Post Modern.

Gorgeous walk out Sandy Beach with no bluff. Spacious cedar shingled 4 BR, 3 full Baths, HW floors, Quartz countertop, SS applicances.

Sunsets & extraordinary swimming.

Don’t wait! $1,325,000 Colony Realty, Valerie Goode 516-319-0106 LAUREL: Custom 3400 sq ft Ranch with beach rights. 4 BR, 2.5 baths, LR, Family Room, EIK & laundry room. Full basement with high ceilings. 1 car garage. HW floors, CAC, deck. Built in 2011. $749,000. Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623 MATTITUCK: Waterfront lakeside setting with panoramic views & sunsets. 3 BR, 3 Bath Ranch. Enjoy your salt water in ground pool and fishing dock overlooking the lake. Wood burning fireplace, full basement, 2 car garage & hw floors. A must see! $769,000 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

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Home Improvements

UPSTATE NY LAND & NEW CABIN for $29,995. Includes 5 wooded acres, state land close by, financing available! 20% down: $236​/​month.

Call: 800-229-7843 Free Land Bargain List www.landandcamps.com

ONE STOP FOR ALL YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT NEEDS! Basement, bathroom & kitchen remodeling, carpentry, crown molding, closets, doors, sheetrock, painting, dry wall, repairs, spackling & wall paper removal and installation, decks powerwashed, stained and built. Gem Basement Doctor 516-623-9822. www.gem-home.com

WINDHAM VACATION HOME Majestic Timber Frame home. Opulent Master Suite, 4 Fam Brs, 4.5 Baths.

5,500 sf on 5 acres w/mountain views of both Windham and Hunter Mts. $1,250,000. Call Jane 516-456-7436 WindhamMt.wix.com​/​HouseForSale

service directory

Home Improvements DEVLIN BUILDERS Since 1979. We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS. No job too small. Bob Devlin 516-365-6685.

Insured License H18C730000 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 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 HANDYMAN Meticulous & Reliable Serving GARDEN CITY & Surrounding Area since 2003 Repairs & Installations of all Types Built-in Bookcases, Woodworking, Carpentry, Crown Moldings, Lighting, Painting, Wallpaper and More. 30-year Nassau County Resident. Many References Lic #H01062800 Insured Call Friendly Frank 516-238-2112 anytime E-mail Frankcav@optonline.net

SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain​/ ​r ope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience.

631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

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

Painting/paper hanging JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing Nassau Lic#H3814310000 Fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

Tutoring ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT​/​ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-5998007 or email: dianegot@gmail. com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

Newspaper Production P.T. Blank Slate Media, a fastgrowing chain of 5 weekly newspapers and website, seeks a person experienced in Adobe In-Design to lay out newspaper pages MondayWednesday. Editorial experience a plus.

Conveniently located in Williston Park, near the East Williston train station.

To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to sblank@theisandnow.com Williston Times Great Neck News Manhasset Times Roslyn Times New Hyde Park Herald Courier

LITMOR PUBLICATONS Garden City News Mid-Island Times Bethpage Newsgram Syosset Advance Jericho Syosset News Journal gardencitynews.com

105 Hillside Avenue, Williston Park, NY 516.307.1045

Tutoring 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

Instruction PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow.

Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty.

516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com

Cleaning SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates Inside & Out Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-2201851 516-764-5686 STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured.

516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

Services A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists.

Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available.

Free estimates. www.ajmoving. com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405 COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts.

Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.

CollegeArtsAdmissions.com COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL​/​ DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential​ /​Commercial.

Bonded​/​Insured.

Free estimates. 516-538-1125 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated sine 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed​/​insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc.

Please call 516-466-9220 NEED A CLEANOUT OR A MOVE? We can move it, sell it or haul it away! 2 Guys and a Truck Just $150​/​hr Call 516-279-6378 Invited Sales by Tracy Jordan 839 Stewart Ave Garden City, NY 11530 Bonded​/​Insured www. invitedsales.com NEW YORK MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Joan Atwood, Ph.D. An experienced therapist makes all the difference. Individual, couple, family therapy and anger management.

516-764-2526. jatwood@optonline.net www.NYMFT.com

We’re Growing Blank Slate Media, a fast-growing chain of 5 award-winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for people who can grow with us.

We are currently looking for the following positions:

Reporter - full time

We are seeking a self-starter with good writing and reporting skills. Newspaper experience and car required. Experience with social media platforms and content management systems preferred.

To apply, please email your resume and work samples to sblank@theislandnow.com.

Reporter - freelance

We are looking for people to assist us in the coverage of local government. Newspaper experience and car required.

To apply, please email your resume and work samples to sblank@theislandnow.com.

Newspaper production

We are looking for a person experienced in Adobe In-Design to lay out newspaper pages Monday-Wednesday.

Editorial experience a plus.

To apply, please email your resume to sblank@theislandnow.com.

Community manager - part time

We are looking for someone to manage our social media, website and email marketing. Experience required.

To apply, please email your resume to sblank@theislandnow.com.

Display account executive

Earn up to $60,000 in the first-year representing the 10 weekly newspapers and 2 websites that make up the Blank Slate Media/Litmor Publications sales group. We are looking for an energetic, service-oriented professional with good communications skills to sell display, web and email advertising.

Compensation: Salary plus commission To apply, please email your resume to sblank@theislandnow.com.

Classified account executive full time or part time

We are looking for energetic, service-oriented professional with good communications skills to sell display, web and email advertising. Strong phone skills a must.

To apply, please email your resume to sblank@theislandnow.com.

Salary plus commission.

Compensation of full-time positions: • Health insurance • Paid holidays • Sick days and holidays

Williston Times Great Neck News Manhasset Times Roslyn Times New Hyde Park Herald Courier

LITMOR PUBLICATONS Garden City News Mid-Island Times Bethpage Newsgram Syosset Advance Jericho Syosset News Journal gardencitynews.com

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▼ LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Appeals of the Inc. Village of Williston Park will hold a public hearing (open to the public) as follows: DATE: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 TIME: 8:00 p.m.

PLACE: Village Hall 494 Willis Avenue Williston Park, NY SUBJECT: To consider an application filed by New York International Service Inc., 264 Hillside Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596, to operate an educational tutoring business, and for the following variance to the Village Zoning Code: 1.Section 230-8 (A) Permitted uses. Subject to the provisions of all other applicable laws and regulations, a building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section and ßß 230-6 and 230-8 and for no other purpose.

Interested parties may hear and be heard at the aforesaid time and place.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Brian Cunningham, Chairman Dated:August 19, 2015 WT 142041 1x 8/28/​2 015 #142041

LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Appeals of the Inc. Village of Williston Park will hold a public hearing (open to the public) as follows: DATE: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 TIME: 8:00 p.m.

PLACE: Village Hall 494 Willis Avenue Williston Park, NY SUBJECT: To consider an application filed by Raymond Encizo Jr. of Infinite Journey Corp., 1805 Clintonville St., Whitestone, NY 11357, for 157-159 Hillside Avenue, for a use variance from Section 230-8(A) to operate a karate and fitness studio. The subject premises are in the Business District.

Interested parties may hear and be heard at the aforesaid time and place.

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MEETING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that in observance of Labor Day the Board of Trustees of the Inc. Village of Williston Park workshop meeting scheduled for Monday, September 7, 2015 at 7:00pm has been rescheduled to Monday, September 14, 2015. Also please take notice that the Board of Trustees public meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 21, 2015, workshop at 6:30 and public meeting at 8:00pm at Village Hall located at 494 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Julie Kain, Village Clerk-Treasurer Dated: August 24, 2015 WT 142049 1x 8/28/​2 015

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LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Appeals of the Inc. Village of Williston Park will hold a public hearing (open to the public) as follows: DATE: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 TIME: 8:00 p.m.

PLACE: Village Hall 494 Willis Avenue Williston Park, NY SUBJECT: To consider an application filed by Dr. Joseph LoCurto, 180 Aldershot Lane, Manhasset, NY 11030, for 623 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596 for area variances, to add a second and third story to be used as residential uses over a commercial use on the first floor. The area variances sought are: 1. A variance from Section 230-13(C) to permit the extension of a nonconforming use.

Section 230-13(C) provides that a nonconforming use shall not be extended, but the extension of a lawful use to any portion of a nonconforming building which existed prior to the enactment or amendment of this chapter shall not be deemed the extension of such nonconforming use.

2. A variance from Section 230-8(L)(6) to permit construction of a multiple dwelling on a plot approximately 1,400 square feet in area.

Section 230-8(L)(6) provides that no multiple dwelling shall be erected on a plot of less than 8,500 sq. ft.

3. A variance from Section 230-8(I)(2) to provide no offstreet parking. Section 2308(I)(2) would require a minimum of eleven (11) off-street parking spaces.

4. An area variance from Section 230-8(G). The proposed building would have a rear yard of approximately 18.83 feet in depth. Section 230-8(G) requires that a rear yard in the Business District shall not be less than 20 feet in depth.

5. An area variance from Section 230-8(F)(2) to allow no side yards. Section 230-8(F) (2) requires on an interior lot, a multiple dwelling shall have two side yards, one on each side of the main building, each of which shall not be less than 20 feet in width.

6. An area variance from Section 230-8(E) to allow lot coverage of approximately 75%.

Section 230-8(E) requires in the case of any building erected, altered or used for attached, semidetached or detached dwellings or in part for residence purposes and in part for commercial purposes, the total coverage for buildings and structures shall not exceed 50% of the lot area.

That section also requires that in any event, provision shall be made for off-street parking and for off-street loading and unloading as required by Subsection I of Section 230-8.

Interested parties may hear and be heard at the aforesaid time and place.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Brian Cunningham, Chairman Dated: August 19, 2015 WT 142059 1x, 8/28/2015

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What are weekends made for? line at sunset for the best view in town.

(Part two of a four part series) Good idea.

“A voice said, Look me in the stars Harry of Harry’s Deli says he works And tell me truly, men of earth, every day and weekend and that “evIf all the soul-and-body scars ery day is a good day.”

Were not too much to pay for birth.”

Harry is Greek through and “A Question” by Robert Frost, 1942. through and reminds me of the fun lovWith four short lines Frost asked ing Zorba the Greek but with a huge one of history’s most unsettling philowork ethic. sophical questions.

My last stop was at Pyramid JewDoes our life provide sufficient joy eler to have Allan Walsh replace my to compensate for all the suffering we watch band. I chatted with Allan for do?

Dr. Tom Ferraro a while and said as American’s we are Friedrich Nietzsche asked the same Our Town more or less programmed to work inquestion when he pondered why phicessantly and that our Sunday’s off are losophers have not even bothered to crucial. describe how to live each day.

Sundays allow us to detach from the stress and the Mankind is still grappling with this question. In 1989 cult sci-fi comedy classic “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adven- need to focus so intensely. He said it would be ideal to ture,” Keanu Reeves message was to “Be excellent to each work 4 days and be off three but very few can do this.

“Time with family and friends and with relaxation is other. And……. party on, dudes!”

In “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” Mathew Broderick re- what quality of life is all about but it’s not very easy to minded us that “life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop establish this kind.”

Of course he is right about this. The greatest strength and look around for a while, you could miss it.”

Wisdom out of the mouths of Hollywood comedy and achievement of capitalism is in the production of obwriters. Hard to improve on those two quotes but what jects of great beauty and near perfection.

That $30,000 crocodile handbag by Gucci, that new the heck, let’s give it a try.

How do you live each week? Well we have been told Mercedes for $89,000, those gorgeous Peal and Company strap loafers that go for $710.

“Weekends are made for Michelob” but is that it?

We pay large money to possess these objects of beauAlexis de Tocqueville once said Americans are driven, practical and always busy. Many use weekends to make ty by working, working, working.

The older one gets the more one develops a taste for more money and remain on the treadmill.

In the days of Blue Laws all commercial activity was the finer things in life, thus the tendency to remain on that treadmill to keep up with the credit card payments. banned on Sundays.

If Friedrich Nietzsche was alive today he would be This quaint law is a thing of the past though Switzerland, Germany, Norway and Austria still enforce the having trouble articulating how to live each week and law making the idea of moving to one of those countries each weekend. And still the question that Robert Frost posed about whether all these ‘soul-and-body scars’ are a tempting idea.

To discover how your typical Willistonian spends really worth the effort remains unanswered.

We all must work our five or six days and we all suffer weekends I strolled down Hillside Avenue and asked the the burden of having to earn our daily bread. In addition people I met My first stop was to our tailor Luigi Suppa who told we all get sick and have either minor or major pain to me he was cooking with some friends on this Saturday cope with. So how then does the solace and joy accrue?

Perhaps the key is to appreciate that you do not need night and then was kind enough to invite me to join to focus so intensely on our weekends. We all have a them.

Knight, the graphic designer who works in Minute- chance to place our burdens to the side on weekends. On man Press told me he was going to a weekend long music weekends you can breathe deeply, exhale, get up late, do nothing, take a stroll, have a donut with an extra mornconcert at the Jones Beach amphitheater.

The Sunday headliner was going to be Justin Bieber. ing cup of joe, go have brunch with friends.

Weekends can give you something that has more euTwenty somethings still know how to have fun.

I asked Aiden at Framing Mantis how he spends phoria than a Michelob and is actually free. Weekends weekends and he said he mostly spent time with his give you time which is after all the most precious of all nephew and mom taking day trips to places like the High things.

I wonder if Robert Frost would say that taking a deep Bridge in the Bronx and Highline on Manhattan Westbreath, exhaling and feeling free for two days is compenside.

He remarked that lots of people gather on the High- sation enough.

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To Place Your Ad Call: 516.307.1045

A man who knows how to kick back and live a little.

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Sports

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Cosmos derail Carolina, extend streak For the first time in five trips to North Carolina, the New York Cosmos are coming home with three points, beating the Carolina RailHawks 3-1 at WakeMed Soccer Park Saturday night.

Trailing 1-0 at the half, the Cosmos erupted for three goals in a 12-minute span to stretch their unbeaten streak to six games and move into a four-way tie for second place in the NASL Fall Season Standings. They now lead the Combined Season Standings by five points.

“I’m proud of all the guys, I’m proud of the performance,” Cosmos head coach Giovanni Savarese said after the match.

“Everyone contributed to win the game.

It was a very strong match all around.

It was a very good all-around win on a difficult field against a team that always makes it very hard on us.”

Leo Fernandes continued his recent tear, scoring his team-leading seventh goal within 30 seconds of the secondhalf kickoff to equalize. Hunter Freeman started the sequence with a cross from the right that Andres Flores challenged for. The ball popped to Fernandes, who tapped inside the far post.

“He did a great job today to find that goal to put us back in the game,” Savarese said of Fernandes. “Overall it was a great performance, not only by Leo, but by the entire team to be able to find not only the goals but we crated more chances and played very well.”

In the 54th minute, Fernandes turned provider, playing a cross inside the box

PHOTO/Rob Kinnan-Carolina RailHawks

The Carolina RailHawks hosted the New York Cosmos in a NASL fall season match at Wake Med Soccer Park. where Lucky Mkosana slid in to volley past Carolina goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald from eight yards.

“We did that this past week at practice, and we showed it today on the field,” Mkosana said. “Leo and I have been working on that particular play and it paid off.”

Three minutes later, the Cosmos (4-3-1) made it 3-1 when Adam Moffat pounced on a rebound after Fitzgerald

came well off his line to save attempts by Walter Restrepo and Flores.

“It was definitely one of the best second halves we’ve had because we managed the ball really well, we managed the game in a good way, we created chances, we defended well and we moved the ball in a very good way,” Savarese said. “The team looked very mature in those times. I thought it was a very good performance.”

Carolina (2-2-5), which dropped its

third consecutive game, took the lead in the 16th minute when defender Daniel Scott latched onto a Ty Shipalane corner kick and headed inside at the far post from eight yards.

Despite the halftime deficit, Savarese said he liked what he saw from his team in the opening half. And he was really pleased with what happened after the break.

“We moved the ball faster from the back, we were able to beat the lines of pressure quicker, we got guys in the box on crosses with more numbers and we were able to pressure them higher and win balls in areas that could be more dangerous,” Savarese said of his team’s adjustment in the second half.

“Gio and the coaches did a great job at halftime,” added Mkosana. “We felt we attacked well in the first half but it was unfortunate that we conceded. They told us to be more compact and keep going at them. We were able to get a quick goal and that really gave us momentum.”

Throughout the season, the Cosmos have gone into another gear in the second half. It’s a great quality of a championship-caliber club, according to Savarese.

“The most important thing is we always finish very strong and that’s the key,” he said. “The guys always find a way to get a good result. For me that’s very important.”

The Cosmos were slated to face the Ottawa Fury Wednesday night in the Canadian capital.

NBA’s Harris holds hoop clinic at ‘Yes We Can’ center NBA star Tobias Harris hosted a basketball and life skills clinic at the Town of North Hempstead “Yes We Can” Community Center the week of August 17.

More than 100 young athletes turned out for the week-long clinic which featured educational, career and interpersonal skills workshops in addition to basketball drills and game play.

Harris was joined by his mother Lisa and father Torrel, who helped run the

clinic. In addition to a wealth of knowledge and the ability to learn from one of the NBA’s best, participants also took part in career workshops, kids yoga classes, and even walked away with a free T-shirt.

The 23-year old Harris was the 19th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft and plays for the Orlando Magic. A Long Island native, Harris grew up in Dix Hills and went to Half Hollow Hills West High School.

The Orlando Magic’s Tobias Harris speaks to the press during his week-long basketball clinic at the ‘Yes We Can’ Community Center.

Harris is a Dix Hills native.

The clinic was sponsored by the NasActivities for the clinic took place sau County Police Benevolent Association, throughout the 60,000 square foot “Yes the Nassau County Sheriff’s Correction We Can” Community Center, including on Officers Benevolent Association, and Lise two NBA-sized basketball courts, fitness CHERRY - 1-8 Page-H - 08-28-15_Layout 1 8/24/15 7:43 PM Page 1 and Jeffrey Wilks of Spiegel Associates. center, dance studio, and meeting rooms.

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