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pilot Sean legendary air show Air Show at Show; his custom-built The annual Bethpage rst time, fea- Tucker performing in the fi II biplane; extraordiOracle Challenger Jones Beach will, for Matt Chapman; the performing on Satnary aerobatic pilot ture three jet teams Sunday, May 29 from John Klatt Airshows – Jack Links’ Screaurday, May 28 and Aerobatic Team; Sasquatch Jet Waco 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. legendary Unit- min’ GEICO Skytypers and Included will be the the world famous of six vintage WWII Angels, returning to their flight squadron ed States Navy Blue Airpower Museum for their seventh the Bethpage Air Show 70th anniver- aircraft; the American own David Windtheir Warbirds; Long Island’s Command F-16 performance during the Air Combat sary season.

Angels will give miller; Demonstration Team; our homeThe U.S. Navy Blue Viper Wing who will of the show at aptown, 106th Air Rescue the final performance a HCtheir support by performing and proximately 2 p.m.

Air Force Snow- show demonstration; The Royal Canadian third perfor- 130 and HH-60 flyby SUNY Farmingdale their birds will be making Air Show where new for 2016, the Rams who will fly mance at the Bethpage 50 different for- State College Flying aircraft over seven of their 22 college-owned they will perform for fans. by their top academic mations and maneuvers jet teams to in a fly-by piloted The last of the three Team, the professional pilot performers. Air Show Jet year’s 2016 Bethpage of per“This perform is the Breitling jet civilian best, schedule world’s elite professional to Long Is- is one of, if not the seen in the history formers we have ever aerobatics team, returning consecutive perShow at Jones Beach land for their second successful perfor- of the Bethpage Air Gorman, deputy a State Park,” said George state Office of formance following the regional director of Historical Presermance last year.

States Air Force The new United Parks, Recreation and to the world’s most ad- vation. “We are very happy to be able F-35 Lightning II, fighter aircraft, will bring this level of talent to Long Island, vanced multi-role with excitement Bethpage Air Show, which is already buzzing also perform at the its inaugural year, its about this year’s show.” for the first time in annual Bethpage performance.

Last year’s 12th F-35 Heritage Flight brought over Flight perforThe F-35 Heritage flying along- Air Show at Jones Beach Beach when the the F-35 325,000 fans to Jones mance will feature and Vietnam-era air- U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performed side WWII, Korean our nation’s Weekend event of Day display during the Memorial craft in a dynamic of our nation’s help share the story air power history.

1,200 mph, the to With a top speed of public, booms military. the to sonic off free is setting The air show F-35 is capable of the vehicle use fee will January for all of but the standard $10 as it did this past the day upon entry to East Coast to experience!at this year’s be collected each state Empire PassOther performers State Park. For 2016 include the U.S. is no vehicle use fee Bethpage Air Show Parachute Team, port holders, there charge.

Army Golden Knights 12th Bethpage Air performing in their

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GOP gives nod to Phillips

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Race for Senate with Haber likely B y J oe N i k i c Village of Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Phillips announced Thursday that she will run for state Sen. Jack Martins’ 7th district seat after she was nominated by the Nassau County Republican Party.

“I am honored to be nominated to run for the state Senate in the seventh district,” Phillips said. “I believe that, as a member of the state Senate, I would be in a position to continue my work to reduce property taxes, protect the environment and provide every child with an opportunity to succeed.”

The announcement comes almost two weeks after she said she went to Albany to meet with Martins and members of the Republican Senate Conference about a potential run for the 7th District seat.

Martins filed FEC papers in January to create a campaign committee to run for the 3rd Congressional district’s seat just two days after U.S. Rep. Steve Continued on Page 74

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A tractor trailer overturned on the Long Island Expressway in North Hills and Lake Success, which closed all lanes of the highway in both directions for nearly four hours. See story on Page 10.

State Comptroller’s father dies at 92 Nicholas DiNapoli had strong love for family and community: son B y J oe N i k i c Longtime Roslyn resident Nicholas DiNapoli died Sunday from a combination of heart disease and cancer, his son, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said. He was 92.

DiNapoli said his father en-

joyed the little things in life and had a passion for community involvement.

“In very simple ways, he loved to stay connected to the neighborhood and to the family and for him that’s all he needed,” he said. “He didn’t need anything fancy, he was a regular down to earth guy.”

Nicholas DiNapoli was born in Roslyn in 1924.

The comptroller said after graduating from Roslyn High School in 1942,

Nicholas joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and was stationed in California, where he became a corporal and served as a mechanic for airplanes flying into the Pacific.

After returning from the Army, DiNapoli said his father got a job working as a splicer’s assistant for the New York Telephone Company.

The comptroller said his father was promoted to a splicer’s position.

“For many years he climbed

telephone poles and worked in manholes here on the North Shore and on Long Island,” DiNapoli said. “Working early mornings, long shifts, on the holidays when there was a storm or hurricane, he had to be out there making sure there was still telephone service.”

He said his father was eventually promoted to a manager’s position and retired in 1985 and after a 40-year career with the New York Telephone Company.

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Local businesses, residents honored Chamber holds annual awards dinner B y J oe N i k i c

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Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck) calls for the 6th precinct’s return at a press conference Monday.

Supporters rally for return of 6th Precinct Nearly 50 officials, residents call for undoing merger with 3rd Pct. B y N oah M ans k a r and public safety is threatening ment’s Highway Patrol unit.

Both public safety and Manhasset’s 6th Police Precinct itself have fallen in bad shape since its merger with the 3rd Precinct, local officials and civic leaders said Monday.

Nearly four dozen officials and residents — including Democratic Nassau County legislators, North Hempstead town lawmakers and police union leaders — renewed calls for the Nassau County Police Department and County Executive Edward Mangano to reopen a fully staffed 6th Precinct and repair the police building they say has fallen into disrepair.

“This building that was designed to promote law and order

to become a blight on the community, and it is a hazard to public health,” Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck) said.

Civic leaders and officials have decried the 2012 merger since December, saying police service in the former precinct covering Manhasset, Roslyn, Great Neck and Port Washington has suffered while the promised $5 million cost savings has not been realized.

The 6th Precinct building has remained open on Community Drive in Manhasset as a “community policing center” where residents can come to report crimes. It is also the headquarters for the police depart-

But the building suffers from broken sidewalks, missing floor tiles, damaged ceilings and other physical problems that have gone unaddressed for months, said James Carver, president of the Nassau County Patrolman’s Benevolent Association police union.

“That’s not a community center that I’d like to go into,” said North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, who opposed the merger as a county legislator. “It’s run down, it appears unsafe. We deserve better.”

The Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations first called for the reopening in a December letter. Civic leaders

The Great Neck Chamber of Commerce held its 2016 Annual Awards Dinner on May 11, which saw four members of the community and one community group receive awards for their achievements on the Great Neck peninsula.

The honorees of the event, which took place at Leonard’s Palazzo on Northern Boulevard, were state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Great Neck South High School Technology Department Head John Motchkavitz, Camp & Campus owner Mark Wolf, Travel Express International founder Judy Litner and the Rotary Club of Great Neck.

“Our honorees have been selected because they are all strong leaders, demonstrate their commitment to Great Neck and have excelled in their fields of service,” Chamber of Commerce President Scott Zimmerman said.

DiNapoli received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his lengthy political career and efforts in supporting the Great Neck community, as well as in Nassau County.

“Since taking office in 2007, Tom DiNapoli has aggressively

fought misuse of public resources, strengthened one of the nation’s top public pension funds and consistently spoken out against fiscal gimmicks, imprudent actions and governmental inefficiency,” a chamber biography said.

Efforts to reach DiNapoli for comment were unavailing.

Prior to serving as state comptroller, he served as Assemblyman for the 16th state assembly district for 20 years.

DiNapoli chaired the Local Governments Committee, Consumer Affairs Committee, Ethics Committee, Governmental Operations Committee and Environmental Conservation Committee during his tenure as assemblyman.

He was also the first 18-yearold in New York State to hold public office when he was elected to the Mineola Board of Education in 1972.

Motchkavitz, who is known in the Great Neck community as “Motch,” received the “Jesse Markel Award.”

He has been a member of the Great Neck Alert Fire Company for 31 years and in 2014 was named one of the top five Continued on Page 74

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Camp & Campus owner Mark Wolf and Chamber of Commerce Continued on Page 73 President Scott Zimmerman

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Town celebrates diversity at festival Asian-American event showcases cuisine, culture of latest arrivals to N. Hempstead B y S a r ah M in k e w i c z

Hundreds of Town residents celebrated the growing diversity and culture in the town at the 7th Annual AsianAmerican Festival at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington on Saturday.

“The event was great and there was a good crowd, the performers did amazing and the weather was perfect,” Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth said.

The festival showcased food and traditional entertainment from Asian countries including China, India, Japan, Pakistan and Korea.

Included were an array of stage performances as well as various cultural activities.

Bosworth said the festival begun in 2010 in response to the growing Asian-American population in North Hempstead. The event also coincides with Asian Heritage Month.

“It became clear that we

wanted to do something to bring all the communities together to be able to celebrate the beauty of the Asian culture,” Bosworth said.

“It’s just a lot of fun for the whole family and it represents the growing diversity in North Hempstead,” she said.

“It really is like visiting Asia for one day.”

The performances included Mongolian Folk Dance, Korean Pop Music, Buyo/ Japanese Traditional Dance, The PACOLI Family playing traditional instruments and Rajasthan Dance. Singers performed Korean and American pop music after the more austere Japanese harpists.

“The event is a really wonderful team effort we have residents from China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Korea that work really hard all year and they really make sure that all the cultures are represented,” Bosworth said. “That’s what makes our town so interesting and vibrant and it really makes North Hempstead one of the best places to live.”

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Plaza nears environmental impact decision B y J oe N i k i c

Village of Great Neck Plaza trustees again adjourned discussions on an application for a proposed 61-unit apartment complex at 15 Bond St. Wednesday, but said they were closer to making a state environmental report determination.

Village Attorney Richard Gabriele said the village received a letter from its consultant hours before Wednesday’s Board of Trustees meeting stating that the village had all of the necessary materials to make its State Environmental Quality Review Assessment determination.

“The next step would be for the village to evaluate all of the materials it has to reach a SEQRA determination,” Gabriele said. “That probably won’t happen until one of the meetings in June.”

The Village Board had voted in July to become the lead agency on the project to handle the State

Environmental Quality Review Assessment, which determines if the project would have any significant environmental impacts on the surrounding area. The engineering firm VHB was hired by the village to oversee the SEQRA review.

While the board said it had all of the materials it needed, attorney Chris Prior, who represents residents from the four buildings surrounding the proposed dwelling, said he was concerned that VHB’s final report made no mention of monitoring wells that two of the surrounding buildings had installed to monitor underground water levels to ensure the proposed building could sufficiently retain stormwater runoff, preventing damage to any surrounding buildings.

Prior said he sent an email on May 2 to the village, the applicant’s attorney, and VHB with updated readings from the monitoring wells his clients paid to have installed.

Attorney Paul Bloom “It’s the anticipation of the neighbors that VHB is aware of these things and is addressing them and

while VHB may not have referenced the monitor well readings in its letter to the village, they did receive the report.

“My concern is that VHB did not take into account the existence of these monitoring wells,” Prior said. “We’ve gone through the expense of doing it so you have that information.”

Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender confirmed that all necessary materials were received by both the village and VHB, and said the board would prepare to make a decision for next month.

“We do know your requests and what you thought should be studied,” Celender said. “If that wasn’t clearly identified in their letter, then that was an oversight.”

“We will look at everything you have submitted and evaluate everything,” that is what we wanted to she added.

As well as water drainmake sure was happening,” age issues, residents of the he said.

Gabriele said that four surrounding buildings

— Westminster Hall Apartments, located at 4 Maple Place, The Cartier Apartments, located at 21 Bond St. 22, Park Place and 25 Park Place — have voiced concerns at past meetings about the applicant’s zoning variance requests.

The developers are seeking a height variance that would permit a fourstory, 45-foot-high building. Village zoning laws permit only three-story buildings that are 45-feet high.

The developers also asked for a 13-foot-high room on top of the building that would be used as a recreation room.

Paul Bloom, attorney for Effie Namdar of 14 Park Place LLC, which is seeking to build the complex, had said at a previous village Board of Zoning Appeals meeting that many buildings surrounding 15 Bond St. are more than three stories high.

The application was adjourned to the June 15 meeting.

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Pair hit, killed after crash on LIE B y N e g lah S ha r ma

An 18-year-old female passenger, and a 20-year old male driver were fatally struck and two others injured after the car they were traveling in crashed, and then was struck by an SUV as it sat in the HOV lane of the Long Island Expressway in Old Westbury during a rainstorm on Monday, police said.

All four occupants exited the car after the crash on the westbound expressway between exits 39 and 40 at about 11 p.m., said Detective Sgt. James Skopek of the Nassau County Police Dept. Homicide Squad Skopek said after the occupants exited the 2004 BMW, the car, the driver and the passenger were struck by a GNC Yukon, kill-

ing the driver, and leaving the 18-year old woman in critical condition.

The injured 18-year-old woman, who was said to be a resident of Brooklyn, was transported to the Nassau County Medical Center, where she was she pronounced dead.

“It’s a tragic, tragic accident to these young people, and our hearts go out to their families,” Skopek said.

The police declined to identify the victims, the two other passengers or the driver of the GNC Yukon.

Law enforcement sources identified the driver of the Yukon was an off-duty NYPD highway patrol officer, according to a report

by Newsday.

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Nassau County police briefed the press on the crash Tuesday afternoon.

Two arrested after W.P. doc’s death B y J oe N i k i c Two men connected with the 2015 overdose death of Manhasset dermatologist Kiersten Cerveny were arrested Wednesday and are facing federal drug charges.

Marc Henry Johnson, an HBO producer, and James Holder, brought Cer-

veny’s body into the lobby of an apartment building in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood after she died of a cocaine overdose on Oct. 4, 2015, according to Newsday, which obtained a copy of the criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told Newsday that the charges against Johnson and

Holder stemmed from an investigation into the death of the 38-year-old doctor.

Cerveny, who practiced at Prohealth Care Associates LLP at 2 Hillside Ave. in Williston Park, had reportedly gone out with friends earlier in the evening but later met with 51-year-old HBO producer.

The two went to a 16th Street address, allegedly where Holder lived, and

the producer reportedly called 911 to notify authorities of Cerveny’s death before fleeing the scene toward Eighth Avenue.

Cerveny was discovered “unconscious and unresponsive” around 8:30 a.m. in the vestibule of the building, located at West 16th Street near Seventh Avenue, according to published reports.

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Kaplan touts life experience in run Touts experience as Iranian immigrant in primary bid for 3rd Congressional District B y N oah M ans k a r

As a North Hempstead town councilwoman, Anna Kaplan has less government experience than three of her Democratic opponents in the 3rd Congressional District.

But her life experiences as a woman and Iranian immigrant give her a perspective on lawmaking that none of them can offer, Kaplan said in a sit-down interview with Blank Slate Media.

“I don’t think this seat is about a candidate, any one of us,” she said. “I think it’s about so much more than that. ... I think it’s about being responsive to the needs of the people you serve.”

Kaplan, a Kensington Great Neck resident, was the first of five Democrats to announce a run to replace U.S. Rep. Steve Israel in the district stretching across the North Shore from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings Park in Suffolk County.

Kaplan is not as well known as some of her opponents in the June 28 primary — former North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern, former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi and Jericho attorney Jonathan Clarke.

But she picked up a notable endorsement May 13 from EMILY’s List, an influ-

North Hempstead Town Councilwoman (D-Great Neck) in Blank Slate Media’s office May 16. ential political committee that supports women running for office. Her campaign launched its first TV ad two days before, centered on Kaplan’s experience as an Iranian refugee, Kaplan said she has established a reputation as a “truly good listener” who works across the aisle in her four years on the Town Board, citing her work with residents and lawmakers from both parties to

revamp Manhasset Valley Park.

That experience, in addition to her own as an immigrant, equips Kaplan best to be “responsive” to the increasingly diverse 3rd District, she said.

“I really reach out to all different immigrant communities, all different people within the town, and I’ve made sure that they have a seat at the table,” she said.

Voters have told Kaplan on the cam-

paign trail that they are most concerned with affordability, she said, a worry she has also heard as a councilwoman.

Kaplan said she would aim to bring more funds into the district for affordable housing and public education. She would also work to establish a $15 minimum wage and a national paid family leave program, which she said are crucial to help the middle class.

She would support lower student loan interest rates, but is not sure free community college tuition is realistic, she said.

“I believe when banks can borrow money at such low interest rates, we should definitely be able to get plans and programs available where we can have our next generation, our kids, borrowing money at a much lower interest rate to get their education,” Kaplan said.

Reducing gun violence by boosting mental health funding and requiring universal background checks for gun buyers would be another legislative priority for Kaplan, she said.

She is unsure whether she would support making gun manufacturers liable for deaths, she said, but she “could see (her) self” supporting an assault weapons ban.

“I believe we owe this to our next generation, to our kids,” she said.

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Tractor trailer crash slams LIE traffic B y J oe N i k i c

All lanes on the Long Island Expressway in North Hills and Lake Success were closed in both directions for nearly four hours last Wednesday after a tractor trailer overturned on the highway.

Nassau County police said the crash occurred around 1:25 p.m., when the truck overturned and went through the center median between exits 33 and 34.

The driver of the gravel-hauling truck was brought to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset for nonlife threatening injuries, police said.

Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department Capt. Lee Genser said the department assisted in slowing an active fuel leak and was able to “dyke a storm drain to prevent the runoff from going in.�

Genser said the department extinguished a small fire in the cab of the truck.

The state Department of Transportation, he said, was called to the scene to “sand the roadway� and pickup gravel that had spilled from the truck onto the eastbound side of the LIE. Police said two lanes in the eastbound side of the highway reopened around 4:11 p.m.

By 5:45 p.m., police said, all lanes in both directions were reopened.

There were no other vehicles involved in the accident.

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An overturned tractor-trailer closed all lanes on the Long Island Expressway last Wednesday.

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Town honored for environmental work B y J oe N i k i c North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth announced Wednesday that the town recently received the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Environmental Champion Award” for its efforts in reducing plastics in waterways and saving marine life.

In December, the town launched a program that placed fishing line receptacles at popular fishing locations to encourage fishermen to properly dispose non-biodegradable fishing lines.

“Each year our Bay Constables rescue sea birds and other marine life that have become entangled in discarded fishing line, and these fishing line receptacles help protect these creatures,” Bosworth said. “I thank the EPA for recognizing our efforts to reduce plastics in our waterways, protect our marine life and maintain a healthy ecosystem here in the Town of North Hempstead.”

Marine wildlife, including turtles, frogs, birds and small mammals, can get caught in the fishing lines and suffer injuries, or furthermore die, according to the North Shore Audubon Society.

Mal Nathan, the town’s chief bay

constable, said he has observed birds wrapped in fishing line that became entangled on telephone and light poles, causing their death.

The town is one of 40 recipients of the Environmental Champion Award this year throughout New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the town press office.

“Each year the EPA recognizes those who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to protecting and enhancing environmental quality and public health, and the Environmental Champion Award is the highest recognition presented to the public by the EPA,” EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck said in a statement.

The fishing line receptacle program was a joint effort between Bosworth’s office, the town’s Office of Sustainability and the Bay Constable’s department.

The receptacles, the town press office said, are all made in-house for about $40 per receptacle.

In addition to the new receptacles, signs have been placed to instruct fishers how to dispose of old lines, with written instructions and easy to understand pictures.

Seniors reject name change to ‘holiday’ B y N oah M an skar A Mineola woman’s idea to rename her senior club’s Christmas party got an icy welcome, she said.

Mona Russo, 80, said her fellow Mineola Golden Age Club members shouted over her last Thursday when she made her case to call the annual party a “holiday party” to be more inclusive to non-Christian members.

“I felt like I was being stoned by this, and I’m so affronted,” said Russo, who is Jewish. “I’m not affronted, I’m embarrassed for the club.”

The club of about 200 people has a growing contingent of members who are Jewish and of other religions, Russo said, some of whom she thought an explicit Christmas party might alienate.

Russo said she thinks its largely Christian mem-

bership is reluctant to let go of the Christmas label.

She told members local governments and workplaces would not call it a “Christmas party” out of respect for other religions.

“Many of our members have blended families. I do not think you would be disrespectful of your families,” Russo said in her May 19 speech to the club, according to her notes.

Russo first approached the club’s leaders about changing the party’s name about three months ago, Vice President Mary Duffy said.

Officers put the issue to a vote and 107 voted to keep the Christmas label, three voted to call it a holiday party and four abstained, said another club board member who asked not to be named.

Duffy said she thinks the decision reflects members’ frustration with “political correctness.”

“I think you’re in an atmosphere today where people don’t want change anymore,” she said.

“They’re sick and tired of all the changes.”

Russo said she respects the club’s choice, but was upset with how they treated her.

Duffy said she found the outcry embarrassing, and that the dispute should have been settled internally.

The club’s membership is largely Christian, Duffy said, but there are some Jewish, Greek Orthodox and Indian members. The club recognizes other holidays such as Hanukkah, she said.

The Christmas party is more a social gathering than a religious celebration, Duffy said.

“All we do is try to stimulate the seniors, have fun, and ... there’s no religious aspect to it at all,” she said.

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Fire destroys home despite firefighter efforts B y S tephen Romano

When the firefighters arrived, the family had already exited the house and A Bridge Road residence was de- a neighbor was trying to extinguish the stroyed by fire early Saturday despite the flames with a garden house.

“The fire was well under way when efforts of the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Dethe engines arrived,” Genser said. partment to contain the blaze.

Because the fire had already moved No injuries were reported.

The Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Depart- to multiple parts of the house, the fire ment dispatched Companies 1,2,3 and an department focused on the second floor, ambulance unit to 94 Bridge Road shortly which was said to be the origin of the fire, Photo by Lee Genser after midnight, Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Genser said.

Department Capt. Lee Gense said.

Continued on Page 74 A fire destroyed this house on Bridge Road in Manhasset last Saturday.

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OUR VIEWS

Even the playing field for children Education is frequently mentioned by people on both sides of the political aisle as a solution to this country’s income inequality.

That may well be true, but at the moment public school education does just the opposite.

Public schools in this country spend more money on children of affluent families than they do on less affluent families, giving children of affluent families a leg up from an early age.

Take the neighboring Great Neck and Sewanhaka school districts.

The budgets approved by voters last week call for Great Neck to spend $34,455 per student and Sewanhaka to spend $22,759 per student – a difference of nearly $12,000. And at $22,759, Sewanhaka is actually above the state average.

Some people say the difference in spending does not make that much of a difference and that, in some cases, students in less affluent districts will do better than students from more affluent districts.

That is true, but that is in spite of the school district not because of the school district. And let someone try to persuade Great Neck residents trade places with those in Sewanhaka.

The reality is residents of the more affluent districts have voted with their feet, often choosing where to live based at least on part of the quality of the schools.

This is not to ignore the contributions made by residents serving on school boards and PTAs and other parent organizations. They do make a big difference.

But it is hard to argue that a $12,000 in spending per pupil isn’t even more important.

The main reason for the disparity between school districts is how they are financed — property taxes. The United States is one of the few countries in the world to finance its public schools with property taxes.

In practice this means that areas with higher priced homes and larger commer-

cial districts have more money to spend than districts with lower priced homes and little or no commercial districts.

In Nassau County and other suburban areas, this advantage is exacerbated by a large number of relatively small school districts.

This is what is known as destiny by zip code.

It helps explain why schools in the United States are more segregated today by race and income today than 62 years ago – when the Supreme Court ruled that America’s schools must be integrated.

And the state-mandated tax cap has not helped this problem.

In fact, it has made it worse by requiring a 60 percent vote for school budgets that exceed the tax cap, making it more difficult for school districts to increase spending per student.

The tax cap has become the law that says neither a rich man nor a poor man may sleep on the park bench.

This is not just an issue of leveling the playing field. At a time when businesses in this country are struggling to find qualified people to fill existing jobs and the country competes in a global economy, the country’s economic future is tied to its ability to give a quality education to all our children.

There is no overnight solution to the disparity in spending between school districts.

Too many families have based their decision on where to live based on the quality of the local school district and the value of too many homes is based on that quality.

But there is a long-term solution — state aid.

A gradual, but steady increase in state aid directed to school districts that spend less per pupil would over time narrow the spending gap. This would mean either higher state taxes — or cuts in other state spending. We’ll leave that up to our elected officials.

But we can think of very few investments worth more than our kids. All of them.

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County wrong to boycott firms boycotting Israel

have written to my legislator this evening to urge her to vote not to penalize individuals or companies who choose to protest through boycotts or other lawful means, against whomsoever they wish to protest.

The freedom to protest is a basic democratic right, guaranteed by the First Amendment, and I believe that any law that attempts to squelch that basic right will ultimately be found unconstitutional.

Nassau County cannot afford the legal fees on the Supreme Court battle that would inevitably ensue.

Also, it is not the place of local government to attempt

to dictate national policy by passing legislation that would penalize businesses who are engaged in a lawful boycott against a foreign government.

And how can the legislature justify penalizing someone who is acting within the law, in accordance with their conscience?

If the Nassau County Legislature votes not to do business with those engaged in antiIsraeli boycotts, it will have a chilling effect on First Amendment rights.

Who will be next?

Will Nassau County then refuse to do business with those of us who continue to boycott Exxon and BP Oil for

the environmental atrocities they inflicted upon our natural resources?

Will Nassau County then refuse to do business with those of us who are boycotting North Carolina because of its recent anti-GLBTQ legislation?

Will Nassau County start sending the police out to arrest lawful protesters simply for protesting?

I am very much in favor of protecting First Amendment rights, and against any legislation that would penalize people for participating in perfectly legal boycotts.

Cassandra Lems New Hyde Park

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ROEn A TDHE ER SR I W R TI T E GH

State still a fiscal, economic mess

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espite endless rhetoric coming out of Gov. Cuomo’s office that New York is fiscally and economically sound, recent studies challenge those claims.

The first report, Rich States, Poor States, sponsored by American Legislative Exchange Council, is a forecast based on variables to determine economic competitiveness.

Generally speaking, states that spend less and tax less, tend to do better.

How is New York ranked?

Dead last. Based on equal weighing of each state’s rank in 15 policy variables, New York came in 50th place — a position it was awarded four out of the first five years Cuomo has been in office.

(In 2013, it dropped to 49th place.)

Here are the report’s key findings: Top Marginal Personal Income Tax Rate: 12.70 percent; Rank: 49.

Top Marginal Corporate Income Tax Rate: 17.01 percent; Rank: 50 Property Tax Burden (per $1,000 of personal income): $46.48; Rank: 45.

Sales Tax Burden (per $1,000 of personal income): $24.41; Rank: 31.

Remaining Tax Burden (per $1,000 of personal income): $20.59; Rank: 33.

Debt Service as a Share of Tax Revenue: 9.4 percent; Rank: 38.

Average Workers Compensation Cost per $1,000 of Payroll: $275.00; Rank 47.

Net Domestic Migration 2005-2014: 1.5 million: Rank: 50.

Not a pretty picture.

This explains why New York leads the nation in losing residents to low tax, job creating states like North Carolina, Florida and Texas, which in the ALEC report, placed 2nd, 8th and 12th, respectively.

New York’s fiscal condition is not all that grand either.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s analysis, Unfinished Business: Fiscal Reform in New York State, raises serious concerns regarding transparency and accountability for state spending, budget reserves, debt and capital planning.

The Cuomo Administration has been relying heavily on

George J. Marlin On The Right “backdoor spending” to avoid voter approval of debt at the ballot box.

Using public authorities to issue debt to fund favored projects reduces transparency and oversight and, in DiNapoli’s judgment, “is making less responsible debt choices.”

To avoid public scrutiny, the state budget also includes billions of dollars in discretionary spending without justifying or explaining why projects were selected.

An example of this fiscal

abuse is the State and Municipal Facilities Program, which was appropriated $1.5 billion in the state’s 2016-2017 budget. The proceeds which go to fund local projects, do not “have any clearly defined statutory process through which projects are objectively assessed … [and] remains outside the state accounting system.” In other words, it is a slush fund to reward political cronies.

Despite the fact that the state has received billions of dollars from Wall Street financial settlements, the statutory “rainy day” reserves, which were depleted during the Great Recession, are not close to being fully replenished.

The two largest reserve funds, the Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund and the Rainy Day Reserve Fund at the end of the last fiscal year (March 31, 2016) totaled $1.8 billion, a pathetic 2.5 percent of General Fund expenditures.

To make matters worse, the present budget does not anticipate any new deposits into those funds.

Because New York is heavily dependent on tax revenues from Wall Street, it will not have

a cushion to absorb the shock of the next stock market crash.

Based on past history, Albany will probably raise taxes to cover shortfalls, which in turn will drive more people to move to greener economic pastures.

To prepare for the inevitable downturn, Comptroller DiNapoli has proposed sensible reforms.

He calls for the end of backdoor spending, meaningful debt caps, greater disclosure of public authority activities, expanding limitations on lump sum appropriations, greater budget transparency, and deposits into the rainy day fund when the state experiences a cash surplus until it reaches 8 percent of General Fund spending.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for DiNapoli’s proposals to be enacted into law.

Despite the criminal convictions of over two dozen elected state officials and continued federal investigations that have reached the office of the governor, the Albany gang continues to rely on dubious fiscal gimmickry.

And sadly, as a result, expect next year’s ALEC report to once again rate New York’s economic competitive outlook dead last.

A loo k on the li g hter si d e

Judy versus the bureaucracy, yet again

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love a good bureaucracy as much as the next person, which is to say, not at all.

And I yield to no one in my hatred and suspicion of all things computerized.

Yet, there are moments that shake me.

For example, just the other day I found myself on the phone with a robot, which took advantage of the opportunity to tell me, “I can understand complete sentences.”

I resisted the temptation to test it by telling it what it could do to itself, and hung up.

But recently, it occurred to me that maybe the best thing to do with each of these abominations — bureaucrat, and talking robot — is to sic them on each other!

That thought occurred to me as I was leaving the Department of Motor Vehicles office, defeated in what I thought was a simple request, and utterly baffled as to what had even gone wrong.

All I had wanted to do was trade in some bashed-up and filthy old license plates for a pair of new ones, so I could put them on a car my husband and I were about to buy.

Unfortunately, nowhere on any of the DMV’s paperwork was there a form or a box for that exact transaction. I could get new plates for a new car; or turn in old plates

I no longer needed; or on it. They’re so bent up pay a chunk of change and gritty, they’ll probfor vanity plates that ably scratch its bumper. might as well say “Ticket So I was hoping I could me first”… but nowhere change them in for new could I simply exchange ones. I’ll pay the fee.” old plates for new.

“We’ll need title deed So I wasn’t comand insurance for the pletely ready when it was new car.” my turn to step up to the “Weren’t you listenwindow. ing? I don’t have it yet.”

“How can I help you, “Then we can’t give today?” you new plates.”

“I’m not sure. I can’t “Then how am I supJudy epstein find the right box to check, posed to get it home? Drive but I want to turn in these A Look on the Lighter Side it home ‘naked,’ with no banged-up license plates, plates at all? I can just see in exchange for new ones.” how that will turn out — “We’ll need to see your car’s registra- I’ll have a ticket from every police car on tion.” the island! Last time, when we bought a “That’s the thing: I can’t exactly do new car, this was all handled by the dealer; that. Not yet. You see, these plates are kind but surely you have some kind of system of ‘between cars.’ for ordinary citizens?”

The car they were on got into a little “Ma’am, this is the only ‘system’ there fender bender, and was declared a total is.” loss. So we gave the car to the insurance Suddenly, I had a thought. “I know. company, and all that’s left of it are these Here’s the registration and insurance for plates.” the old car. Let’s just say I’m getting new “Then why do you need new plates?” plates for that.”

“Because now we’re buying a new “But you told me you’ve turned it in.” car — well, an almost-new car — from a “Let’s pretend I didn’t.“ friend. But I don’t want to use these plates “I can’t do that.”

“So, what do you suggest? Helicopters? Magic? You’re leaving me with a car I can’t bring home! How are you going to solve that?”

“Ma’am, with all due respect, that is not our problem.”

“I know. It’s my problem. And so are you.” And I walked out before I could say something worse. Here I was, trying to comply with every stupid regulation, but there was no solution.

How, I wonder, might a robot have solved it?

“So, Robot: what you’re telling me is, I can’t get the plates unless I first have the car, but I can’t get the car unless I first have the plates for it. ” “Yes. It is a veritable Catch-22.”

“That was an excellent movie.”

“Yes…which, as you know was based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Heller.”

“A truly great novel. Say, where were we?”

“You were requesting replacement plates. Here they are. My cousin, MakerBot, has just printed them up for you in a 3-D printer. Use them in good health.”

“I will do that, Awesome Robot!”

“You are welcome, Crazy Judy.” Finally! Technology I can live with — and in complete sentences!

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Media bears responsibility for Trump’s rise

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t is painful for me to remind our readers that there are just over five months left until Election Day. It is especially painful because of the low level that people like Donald Trump have reached, in his goal to be elected as the leader of the greatest country in the free world.

What is just as bad is what the public will think about politicians based on what they will be hearing in the months to come.

A few years ago, there was a Gallup poll on the issue of which jobs were held in the highest and lowest esteem.

Once again, politicians were rated lower than used car salesmen.

If you follow current polls rating the U.S. Congress, they all show that the Washington establishment is at its lowest polling level in 50 years.

Even though the House of Representatives actually passed a budget, the vast amount of their

time is not spent legislating.

Rather than pass laws that will enhance the quality of life of our citizens, the majority of the members find their time investigating every facet of government, with the goal of tearing down the place.

Taking his cue from the ugliness of the legislative debate, Donald Trump has brought the current campaign for president to its lowest level in over 100 years.

Historians will tell you that there was plenty of nastiness in previous campaigns, but somehow it doesn’t match the current one for its tone and the level of discourse.

When Mr. Trump launched his campaign last year, there was some expectation that he would run as a successful businessman and try to translate that into a vision of an effective leader.

But, once the Trump campaign was in full in full swing, benefitted by almost $1 billion in free media

duct, just to make a buck.

Equally depressing is that there are millions of people out there who applaud every Trump attack whether it’s on women, minorities, the handicapped and anyone else that gets in his way.

A typical Trump representative on television, will defend the insults saying the public doesn’t care about anything that Trump says.

After all, Donald has boasted that if “he shot someone on Fifth Avenue near his office no one would touch him.”

Jerry Kremer Donald Trump says he is Kremer’s Corner doesn’t have to be politically correct so he can label his opponents time, the whole Trump effort was “Little Marco” “Lyin Ted, “Low Enmarked by wholesale insults and ergy Jeb” and on and on.

He can say that John McCain mean-spirited attacks.

I know a political debate when wasn’t a war hero because he was I see one, but the past years round captured and it doesn’t make a ripof debates was a discourtesy to the ple. He can mock a handicapped flag we love and pledge to uphold. reporter and then deny that he Sadly, the media, desperately even knows the person.

He can make bold and stupid in need of higher ratings, has promoted Trump and his creepy con- statements and then retract his

comments, without a hit to his ratings.

This look at the Trump campaign has nothing to do with his expected opponent. Hillary Clinton will rise or fall on the public perception of her ability to run the country and on how badly the voters dislike Trump, more than her.

It’s a hell of a way to elect a president but we are stuck with what we have and the message of this campaign is indeed a sad one.

We are a great nation.

We stand head and shoulders above Putin’s Russia and all the other powers, both big and small.

We save lives around the world, we intervene in crises to prevent slaughter and we lift up the economies of countries in need.

We are so much better than what this year’s campaign has become.

We are diminished by the 2016 election campaign and it will take many years for us to recuperate from this experience.

READERS WRITE

Kaiman misstates role in treatment facility

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t the May 20th debate of the Democratic candidates it seems that Jon (Pinnochio) Kaiman told a big one.

Readers who recall the giant debacle over diverting Great Neck’s sewage to Nassau County’s Cedar Creek treatment facility on the South Shore still might not remember the cast of heroes and villains.

The late mayors Deem and Samansky were the main heroes, fighting that environmentally catastrophic and fiscally insane diversion idea until it was finally defeated.

Although I am inclined to put Suozzi on the list of villains I really

cannot do so on this issue because in his then-capacity as county executive he would have needed to weigh the budgetary benefits for the county.

But Jon Kaiman is another story entirely.

In his then-capacity as supervisor for the Town of North Hempstead he could not argue in favor of all the sewage tax dollars which would flow to county coffers.

Then what role did he play?

What dream of self-promotion goaded him on?

During the years’ long battle over diversion, Jon Kaiman angrily and continuously fought for — not against — diversion.

The first thing he did was to try to control the outcome by forming his own completely unorthodox, unofficial and powerless ad hoc committee of interested mayors. (I was not personally invited to serve on that committee but attended just the same at the request of then-mayor Richard Deem.)

For a period of years Mr. Kaiman fought like a tiger against the idea of consolidating Great Neck’s then-existing two old, outmoded sewage facilities on East Shore Road.

He hemmed and he hawed, he shouted and fumed, he insulted and procrastinated. He raged at the mere suggestion that diverting

Great Neck’s sewage up Northern Boulevard, down Shelter Rock Road and across all of Long Island to Seaford/Wantaugh was anything but a wonderful idea.

On overheard phone calls to the state Department of Environmental Conservation Mr. Kaiman tried his best to convince that agency not to approve the consolidation bond but to demand diversion as the only way to “de-nitrify” Long Island Sound.

It was only when it became clear, largely because of the strong leadership of the late and lamented Mayor Samansky and other mayors, that diversion was going to be defeated — it was then and only

then that Jon Kaiman gave up his fight for diversion and ungraciously supported the winning consolidation plan.

But now I hear that that same Jon Kaiman — the one who fought tooth and nail to enact the county’s diversion plan — now claims people should vote for him because he showed such good judgment in opposing (!) the diversion plan. To which I say: baloney. If this is any example of Mr. Kaiman’s “honesty” in government, I can only say: watch out what you wish for.

Elizabeth Allen Great Neck

Birnbaum gun-storage bill would save lives

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t was most gratifying to witness the introduction by Legislator Ellen Birnbaum of the Safe Storage Ordinance for Nassau County at last week’s press conference.

Gun violence has escalated yearly and claims the lives of over 33,000 Americans.

As reported by the media, horrific visions are formed, and especially devastating are the unintentional deaths of children who find guns and shoot themselves or any-

one else within their range.

Nicholas Naumkin was 12-years-old when he was unintentionally shot by his friend who found an unlocked and loaded gun in his father’s dresser.

Another example was the 2-year-old from Peoria, Arizona who found a gun in his home and shot himself.

And just last week, another horrific incident occurred. Mariah Davis, 5-years-old was fatally wounded after finding a gun under

her grandmother’s pillow.

The incidents are endless.

According to a study in 2014, by Everytown for Gun Safety, two children die almost every week in unintentional shootings.

If these guns were safely stored, the tragedies described above would have never occurred.

Guns are lethal and should be safely stored when they are not in the immediate possession or control of the owner to prevent an unintentional death whether it be a child

or an adult.

Currently, six cities and one county have firearm safe storage laws — New York City, Albany, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and Westchester County.

Regarding the death of Nicholas Naumkin: What criminal charges were applied to the gun owner?

Nothing! Under this ordinance, the gun owner would now be held accountable for leaving a gun accessible.

[Nassau County] Legislator Birnbaum recognizes the urgent need to initiate a safe storage ordinance in Nassau County.

As adults we must act responsibly to protect humanity, in particular, our children.

Ardently, it is my hope that Nassau County will be the next county to rightfully adopt this ordinance.

Lois A. Schaffer Great Neck

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NHP Fire District ignoring rules, regulations

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ules and regulations do matter and any personnel in violation must be held accountable.

At the open board meeting of New Hyde Park Fire District on May 3, board chairman Commissioner Michael Bonura announced he needed a motion to add commissioners James Nagy and Stephan Derenze, as check signors for the New Hyde Park Fire Department checking account [with] Capital One Bank.

Motion was made by Commissioner Nagy, second by Commissioner Richard Stein. All four present commissioners were in favor and motion passed.

With the addition of these two individuals, there is now a total of six people designated as check signors.

Yet, at the first open Board meeting back in January, Chairman-elect Commissioner Bonura made a motion to designate check signors for the district. He announced check signors would be: Treasurer (Mrs. Marie Cochran), Deputy Treasurer (Mrs. Patricia “Patti” Guy – Marie’s daughter), and one commissioner.

One Commissioner would be himself or (Vice-Chairman elect) Commissioner John Waldron — empowered only in his absence. The motion passed unanimously.

Clearly, there is a failure to follow the rules and regulations of the district where only one commissioner is to be

designated as a check signor.

I addressed this issue and expressed my concern at the recent May 17 open board meeting. I requested an explanation as to why there is a need for a total of six individuals to sign-off on checks?

As you might expect, my question was blatantly ignored.

As another example of the District playing games with the taxpayers’ money, it was announced back during the December 1, 2015 meeting, by then ViceChairman Commissioner Bonura, that the board acknowledge it did not properly provide a formal motion which would have allowed Commissioner Derenze to attend an event in Louisiana.

Now upon his return, the District, after the fact and without pre-approving the trip, made a formal motion to cover the expense of Derenze’s attendance. In line with the board’s typical practice of non-transparency, no dollar amount of Derenze’s expenses were provided.

Now, at Commissioner Bonura’s request and with the board’s approval, Commissioner Derenze and Commissioner Nagy (Bonura’s father-in-law), both inexplicably have the liberty to sign-off on the district’s checks at their leisure.

It should be noted that Commissioner Stein, a retiree, has the advantage of being readily available to deal with daily district matters at-hand, and already has

a signature card on record with the bank from his prior position as chairman. With this in mind, why are six people needed to have check signing authority?

Additionally, I addressed at this meeting the rules and regulations for the election of, fire district officers, where under New York State Town Law Section 175, it states: “Every fire district commissioner, treasurer, and secretary must at the time of his election or appointment, and throughout his term of office, be a resident of such fire district.

“Membership in a volunteer fire company shall not disqualify any such fire district commissioner, treasurer, or secretary.”

With this law in mind, I note that Commissioner Stein’s personal motor vehicle, which has a specialty Florida state license plate is registered to a home within Broward County, Fla. As an elected official, Commissioner Stein is required to follow the law and must comply with (New York State and Nassau Civil Service mandates) residency requirements and reside full-time during his term in the district he represents.

Public records indicate he is also listed as a volunteer member with the Fire Island Pines Fire Department, in Suffolk County.

He served as their department chief for the year 2011.

How does one decide to give priority consideration to affected residents with a dual membership, managing day-today leadership roles in each, where duty calls to be readily available to serve and direct in a fire or emergency situation, and govern in mandated department or district meetings, in two different fire departments, located in separate counties, at the same time?

Commissioner Stein was conspicuously not in attendance at this meeting and his absence will be simply marked only as ‘absent’ in the final record of the meeting minutes. I asked that the district conduct an investigation into the actual status of Commissioner Stein’s residence at the time of his initial election to the board— and throughout his tenure as Fire Commissioner of New Hyde Park.

This internal investigation should justifiably include each member of the Fire District’s staff.

If Commissioner Stein is found to be a resident of Florida, he should be required to step down from his elected position as Fire Commissioner immediately, and reimburse the Fire District and/or the State of New York for any LOSAP payments that he has improperly earned during that period.

Deirdre Dolan New Hyde Park

Obama opponents in Congress get free pass

Dr. Sobel’s letter about the Republican campaign, begun the day after Barack Obama took office, to obstruct and vilify him, was most instructive.

We know about the determination of his opponents in the Congress to refuse to pass constructive legislation, their ridiculous assertion that the economy

enough it will be believed has come to pass.

The demagogues have been at work but I do not entirely blame our suffering middle class. All of us have allowed this to happen.

We all have failed to be vigilant. We have forgotten that neglect of the least among us is destructive. We have ignored the truth that no nation can long exist when discontent grows. We have lazily allowed those whose main motivation to pursue profit has distorted our economy.

Forgive me if I blame the influence of shallow thinking, the cut into animals as they struggle derogation of critical thinking.

We may have the best unito break free, causing enormous versity system in the world, but and undue suffering.

There is no need to repeal the ban on snares, which has been in place for decades. This bill could be up for a vote very soon, so New York residents need to conAnheuser-Busch which their tact their state lawmakers and ask them to oppose this ill-conceived Budweiser beer is a Belgian based brand is from May 23 to legislation.

We as a nation are embrac- Nov. 8 is changing their 12 ounce ing a higher level of humane con- cans and bottles from Budweiser sciousness regarding animal wel- to America.

The reason being this is a fare. Why should New York State way to profit from this year’s regress?

JoAnn Winkhart presidential election.

Now in my view America is New Hyde Park

is worse off now than the one he was faced with after the disaster left by the administration of George Bush, and evidence of the growth of hate groups during the last seven years reinforces the reasons for the frustrations of our middle class.

They know it but the contention that if you tell a lie often

Humane law for wildlife in danger New York may soon pass disturbing legislation, S.2953c/ A.9462a, which would dismantle our longstanding ban on cruel and dangerous cable restraint traps in order to kill coyotes and other wildlife throughout the state.

Let’s be clear, these contraptions, euphemistically called ‘live cable restraints’, are touted by special interest groups as being a gentle alternative to the traditionally indiscriminate snare, but that is not the case.

These brutal devices are being falsely promoted as a way to “humanely” and “effectively” catch wildlife, but instead, they slowly

below that level, many of our educational systems have been infected with unsupported theories, intolerance of diversity, denial of the findings of science.

Many aspects of the media and entertainment have sunk to the lowest forms of diversion.

During this campaign period, we have allowed the worst form of discussion to infect the airwaves. We have allowed media executives to make abominable choices in what they allow to be included in a daily barrage of garbage and infantile name calling.

Taking advantage of the need of a troubled audience to be distracted from their worries, they have sunk to the emptiest

level of discourse. Evidently they have no respect for their audience.

I may be naive, but I have faith in my fellow human beings; we are born innocent and the adults have the responsibility to teach them.

Those who display a cynical disregard of those they are influencing are the ones who should be vilified and rejected.

We should believe those who respect us.

Working together and listening consistently to those whose motives are humane is essential.

We can separate fact from fiction if we demand it.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

This Bud is not for you not just a name of our country but what it represents.

In my opinion those who come to America come here for what America has to offer and that is freedom of speech and the opportunity to create a better way of life and the belief that one could practice their religious faith without prejudice.

I guess patriotism can be sold as a economic commodity.

Well, what else can be sold maybe freedom and democracy to the point these high ideas have no meaning and are no longer sacred ?

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

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or what it is worth, I am commenting on what Gov. Cuomo is proposing for revitalizing Long Island.

When Mitt Romney was running for president, I must have heard him say a hundred times: “I am going to create jobs.”

That was his jab.

Never did he once present as much as one concrete example of one job he would create.

Gov. Cuomo is doing the same thing.

The people need to have specific examples so that they may verify or reject them.

Not as much as one example has been presented.

As per New York State law it has to be passed by a vote of the people otherwise we don’t have to pay for it.

Long Island is loaded with people and businesses.

Even out in Suffolk County, Route 110 is lined with corporate buildings and traffic is heavy all the way from Huntington to Amityville.

Having a sufficient water supply is becoming an ongoing question.

If he wants to revitalize something, go revitalize the large area south of the Finger

Lakes in New York State.

Out on the East End I understand that there are still some potato farms, wineries and whatnot but does that mean all of the open spaces need to be built up?

Fortunately there are still some green wooded areas such as those bordering the Northern State Parkway that are still in native condition.

For those living on Long Island at present, creating jobs for them here would lighten the load on the LIRR, not burden it more.

Commuting takes a large chunk out of a person’s day.

Last week I went to Melville and instead of taking the parkway, I took the LIE to see what I would see going east and west. It was mid day and still quite a lot of traffic but only about one truck per 10 cars.

This Saturday early afternoon I was at the Mineola LIRR station and took the time to look it over.

The opening between two of the supports of the new Mineola Boulevard Overpass where the rails pass is only wide enough for two tracks. In order to add a third track it would be necessary to bust it up.

That would also interfere with the plat-

forms, the ticket booth buildings and the pick-up and drop-off areas.

A short freight train happened to come through that among other things was carrying two cargo freighter shipping containers.

If they came from New Jersey, then what is the deal of needing a new tunnel from New Jersey.

The more I think about it, it seems that we are being bullied by our governor with his unqualified frenzy.

In this week’s Williston Times (May 20, 2016) page 11 is the rendering of a proposed underpass on New Hyde Park Road. It shows five lanes going under the tracks as if it is an interstate.

The top left shows a parking lot.

I looked that area over and at present it is an entire block with Plaza Avenue on the north and Herkomer Street on the west. It has large corporate buildings occupying the entire block.

On the bottom half of the page mentioned above is stated: “0 residential acquisitions.” A ‘slight of hand’ that is. It would wipe out an entire commercial block.

Also stated: 14,000 Jobs, $40 Million Sales tax revenue, $103 Million Property tax

revenue, $3 Billion Personal income, $5.6 Billion Gross regional product: all unsubstantiated.

Back to Mitt Romney, “I’m going to create jobs.”

I have drawn my conclusions. I will leave everyone free to draw theirs.

I have mentioned it before: Two lanes under the overpasses are sufficient.

On each side it goes back to four with the center lanes becoming left turn lanes as needed. Two unobstructed lanes going underneath can easily handle the traffic.

A walled underpass walkway on one side and a walled walkway on each side next to the outer edge of the rails over the roadway would suffice for pedestrians.

I provided in an earlier article how often and how smoothly the trains run during rush hour If it is needed to move some freight quietly at night is there a problem with that. No more grade crossings for blowing horns I did my homework and no third track!

Sorry for the length of this article but much to say.

Charles Samek Mineola

Election defeat no loss for ideas on education

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would like to thank all who supported my campaign and voted for me for the Board of Education, and I congratulate Ms. Beys, Sloan and Nadolne on their well-earned election.

While I’m disappointed I was not elected, I am also very optimistic, and will absolutely continue to speak out on issues here in Port Washington.

I received over 35 percent more votes than I received in my last campaign. There is a message in those results, and I hope our board and school district are responsive to the public’s desire for more input and transparency.

Change takes time and can be unnerving. I wish to encourage others to share their

ideas, speak out, and ask the important questions.

How we are going to keep our fantastic schools strong in the face of annual budget deficits, that have eroded our reserves, and put our programs at risk?

Ultimately, we all understand how important our schools are to the Port community. We value our teachers, staff and administrators who have been so critical to their success.

Port Washington residents are a unique , vibrant and diverse collective.

We have many more residents who are middle and working class, minorities and seniors, who face increasing financial concerns, than many of the neighboring communities

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Citizens who are outstanding members of our community, and are all-in on public education.

Many just have less to go all-in with.

They also strive for transparency. They want to know that their kids’ safety is actually a top priority. They want to know their opinions are being heard. They want balance with their household budgets and taxes, and would like input on their kids’ education now.

At the same time they want understanding as they plan and save for their education at the next level.

As they prepare for their own retirement, or provide other non-school activities for their kids and families. And let us not forget the

long time Port residents who are living paycheck to paycheck, like so many in today’s economy.

They all want to know and trust they are being represented as a valued member of our Community, because they are!

Ultimately good people can disagree about issues and get together, collaborate and compromise. That’s what being a community is all about. Increased dialogue and respect is paramount to keeping our community together.

Long live Port Washington!

Dave Sattinger Port Washington

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ongratulations to [Nassau County] Legislator Ellen Birnbaum for her effort to pass a gun safe storage act in Nassau County. Gun owners should be required to secure their firearms when they are not in their immediate possession or control.

When a gun is not locked up accidents can and do happen. Each week in the United States nine children are unintentionally shot in their own home or that of a friend.

In fact, American kids are 16 times more likely to be killed in unintentional

shootings than in any other high income country.

Children are naturally curious. As adults we are responsible for protecting our children, but not all adults act responsibly when it comes to guns.

Safe storage would prevent up to 70 percent of unintentional child firearm deaths.

Don’t our children deserve this protection?

Sandra Sala Great Neck

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Both sides can use statistics to deceive

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hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an expression that â&#x20AC;&#x153;statistics donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lie, but liars use statistics.â&#x20AC;?

While this is true, it is difficult to make a cogent political argument without citing statistics. However, these are often subject to more than one interpretation.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at mass incarceration stats.

The U.S. makes up 5 percent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population, but houses 25 percent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prisoners. This tells us something, but what?

Conservatives might argue that justice demands lengthy, mandatory sentences; in short, that severe punishment works.

Progressives counter that prisons should focus on rehabilitation and that building and operating prisons is lucrative and enriches those engaged in that endeavor.

Another statistic progressives cite is that there are thirteen states which have successfully reduced prison populations while crime in these jurisdictions has declined.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s examine these statistics more closely. It turns out that one in three black men will serve time behind bars.

Conservatives will argue that minority crime explains our high incarceration rate. Progressives counter that we live in a racist society in which minorities are more likely to be caught up in the criminal justice system.

Howard Zinn in his classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s History of the United Statesâ&#x20AC;? makes the case as follows: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The poorer you were the more likely you were to end up in jail....The rich did not have to commit crimes to get what they wanted; the laws were on their side.

But when the rich did commit crimes, they often were not prosecuted, and if they were they could get out on bail, hire clever lawyers [and] get better treatment from judges.â&#x20AC;?

So, there are many interesting stats about incarceration, including one from the Brennan Center for Justice: â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are 2,300,000 jailed Americans. That is a sta-

tistical fact. How you explain it, depends upon your world view.â&#x20AC;?

I personally love statistics and would not think of making a case for my beliefs without using them. No social scientist worth his salt would do less, but we must always keep in mind that statistics without a Weltanschauung (world view) are not very useful.

As Mark Twain pointed out: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.â&#x20AC;?

There is another good example of a group citing statistics to bolster their cause and raise money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Population Connectionâ&#x20AC;? is an organization devoted to ameliorating the problem of overpopulation. Their fact sheet includes the following: In less than 10 years global population should surpass 8 billion; half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended; one-half of all plant and animal species may be extinct by the end of the century; 225 million women across the globe lack access to contraception; one in nine girls in the developing world is married before age 15; more than 2.2 billion people worldwide live in poverty; and 47,000 die every year from unsafe abortions.

There are many dots which need connecting if these statistics are to make sense.

But one need not be a mathematical genius to see that Population Connection sees a relationship between poverty, lack of contraception, archaic cultural practices, and the threat to our very survival.

They are not sanguine about prospects for the future, but as an advocacy group they are fighting the good fight.

To sum up, too many politicians and pundits voice opinions without supporting evidence. That is where statistics come in.

But a cautionary note: A recent survey of North American males found that 42 percent were overweight, 34 percent were critically obese and 10 percent ate the survey.

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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hank you to the Port Washington School District community for showing your overwhelming support of the 2016-2017 School Budget and my candidacy for Board of Education Trustee!

I am grateful and excited for this new opportunity and look forward to serving the needs of our growing student population. We are all blessed to live in such a wonderful school district and I hope to

help make it even greater.

A special thank you to all that worked hard to get the vote out.

The volunteerism in this community is one of its prized jewels and I am very proud to be amongst you!

Looking forward to working with everyone in the community, school board and administration.

Emily Beys Port Washington

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Athletes run up score for Viscardi Center B y N oah M ans k a r The Viscardi Center scored its biggest fundraising victory ever last Thursday with its 50th annual Celebrity Sports Night.

A record crowd of 870 people that included celebrity sports figures Eli Manning, Joe Namath and Bryant Gumbel raised a record $4.4 million for the Albertson non-profit, Associate Vice President for Development and External Relations Kim Brussell said. The previous record was about $2 million.

“It was wild here that night,” Brussell said.

The more than 40 celebrity athletes who appeared at the $500-per-ticket event in Albertson donated their time to sign autographs and interact with the physically disabled students and adults the Viscardi Center serves, Brussell said.

The majority of them — including former New York Jets quarterback Namath, former New York Mets outfielder Mookie Wilson and former professional wrestler Mick Foley — have attended several years in a row, she said.

“They just interact with the children in a completely different way, and I just think that engages them and these children really find a special place in their hearts,” Brussell said.

The lineup also included Victoria Arlen, a gold-medal Paralympic swimmer and ESPN reporter who overcame a disease that put her in a vegetative state for four years. She won the Viscardi Center’s Roy Campanella Award.

The Celebrity Sports Night proceeds will expand programs through the Viscardi Center and its Henry Viscardi School for children with severe physical disabilities.

The athletes acted in skits and musical numbers with Viscardi School students directed by former Olympic figure skater JoJo Starbuck. Each celebrity guest also got an art piece by Viscardi School students.

“These kids are the real champions,” said Manning, the New York Giants quarterback, after receiving his piece, according to a Viscardi Center news release.

Viscardi School valedictorian Chris Alvarez, 18, said the school gave him opportunities that he would not have had at his former school, which he said only focused on his physical disabilities.

Alvarez now plans to study communications at Adelphi University in the fall in pursuit of his dream to be a broadcast journalist, he said.

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Back renewables, offshore windpower People who care about climate action and climate justice have until May 31 to post comments to the Public Service Commission about New York State’s proposed Clean Energy Standard — and to stress that while the CES is a great idea, it needs to add enforceability, put more emphasis on offshore wind, pull out nuclear energy from the standard (and state subsidies), provide more clarity and certainty to renewable development, and address the imbalance in economic incentives and legal obstacles that so far favor fossil fuels over clean, renewable energy.

There also needs to be better assurances and stability about net metering for property owners who do the right thing and install clean renewable energy like solar and geothermal and requirements that NYPA and LIPA meet the 50 percent Clean Energy Standard or pay a penalty.

Why is it so important?

Because the powers that be do not seem sufficiently, wholeheartedly committed to a clean energy economy. Instead of a mixed messages, misguided “all of the above” approach, there should be a moon shot, all-handson-deck shift away from a society still dependent upon fossil fuels to one that is built around clean, renewable energy.

Last week, New York State’s Public Service Commission held hearings in Suffolk and Nassau county on Gov. Cuomo’s proposed Clean Energy Standard (which is on top of his laudable Renewables Energy Vision, a whole agenda for expanding and implementing clean, renewable

energy).

Meanwhile, LIPA is in the midst of a major decision as to whether to invest in plants fueled by natural gas, or to take the leap and commit to an off-shore wind farm off the East End to supply the South Fork.

Activists feel New York State — and Long Island particularly — is at a critical turning point and make the point that if Gov. Andrew Cuomo is to meet the goal he is set of 50 percent of New York’s energy generated from renewables by 2030 and 40 percent reduction in carbon emissions, the only way those goals can be realized is by harnessing off-shore wind.

“This is the most important decision, which will set the path for Long Island energy,” Ryan Madden, L.I. Progressive Coalition’s sustainability organizer, said at a rally before the LIPA board meeting in Uniondale. “50 percent by 2030 can’t happen without offshore wind.”

Activists who turned out in force on May 18, first at LIPA’s Board meeting and then again that evening for the CES hearing in Mineola, want the CES to be even stronger, with greater enforceability, benchmarks, commitment to offshore wind, pulling out nuclear power from CES, and requiring NYPA and LIPA to meet the targets.

Most important to Long Island, though, is a full embrace of off-shore windpower, which quite literally would be a windfall for Long Island’s economy.

The area off Long Beach (well beyond where anyone’s view from Jones Beach would

be disturbed) happens to be the Saudi Arabia of off-shore wind in the United States.

It was the same spot that the Port Ambrose Liquified Natural Gas “terminal” was supposed to be, and now that Cuomo vetoed it, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has designated 81,000 acres as a Wind Energy Area, which it has opened to commercial leasing (this process will still likely take a couple of years).

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Pulse of the Peninsula Gold Rush, another Land Rush, another Oil Boom to take advantage of this resource (Europe has been doing offshore wind for 20 years, is slated to add 3,000 mw more and employs 75,000 people; Denmark generates 42 percent of its energy from wind ).

Whoever controls this resource and locks in supply will be the kingpin of a major new industry and control many of the levers

for economic development in the region.

Long Island utilities should lock in purchase agreements to insure supply — rather than the energy flow to New Jersey, for example. The key is that wind is an energy source that is virtually free and the cost of the technology to capture it is coming down exponentially, while the technology to distribute and store it is another potentially booming industry.

Not only are renewable the antidote to Long Island’s high electric bills — which by every account is a key deterrent to businesses opening here — but 250 megawatts generated from renewables are projected to support 2,800 full-time-equivalent jobs and inject $645 million in local economic activity.

Long Island has the chance to be on the forefront of this emerging industry, not just a regional leader but a national and world leader. But if we don’t lock in and capture it, others will.

The race is on in region to develop this resource. Long Island is at an energy crossroads.

We face a big choice: Business as usual, invest in dirty dangerous fossil fuels, or invest in the power source of the future: solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric. Which will it be?

So far, Suffolk County’s leadership recognizes the potential; Nassau County is being left behind.

Cuomo (to his credit) has a number of programs to support renewable energy development to some extent under the umbrella Reforming Energy Vision —

including NY Green Bank Build Smart NY, Charge NY and NY-Sun Initiative.

But it seems that propertyowners, business owners, municipalities and academic institutions and entrepreneurs may not know to how to take advantage of these programs.

Moreover, there is too much insecurity and some unnecessary complexity in some of the monetary incentives like net-metering and incentives for installing solar panels, as well as the whole program of Renewable Energy Credits, where you get to sell RECs. New York Renews, a coalition of nearly 60 organizations from across the state are organizing a rally and lobbying event in Albany on June 1 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

“The day’s rally and lobby activity will support the Climate and Community Protection Act, the most ambitious climate protection bill in the US that will put New York State on the path to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.

The bill would set benchmarks and reporting requirements to ensure we’re hitting our goals, it would promote healthy communities, and it would guarantee good jobs and environmental protections for those hardest hit by climate change. It would show the nation and the world that this is a fight that can be won,” states Roger Downs, conservation director for Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter.

You can send comments regarding the state’s Clean Energy Standard to the Public Service Commission through the Sierra Club’s link, sc.org/CES.

Town eyes fixes at Clinton G. Martin Park B y N oah M ans k a r The Town of North Hempstead is looking to give the pool at Clinton G. Martin Park a possible multi-milliondollar update more than 50 years after it opened.

Town officials on Monday will present plans and solicit community feedback on several options for the first major renovation at the New Hyde Park pool since it opened in 1962, town Parks Commissioner Jill Weber said.

“People in the district like having the pool, and if this is a resource they want to continue, we’re going have to put some money into it to bring it up to date,” Weber said.

The project would add new features to the main pool and kiddie pool, update its pumps and other infrastructure, repave walkways and restore the park’s tennis courts, Weber said.

Marianna Wohlgemuth, a North New Hyde Park civic activist who sits on an advisory committee for the project, said the update could cost up to $15 million.

About $9 million of that could account for infrastructure fixes, she said.

The town expects to start construction after this summer’s pool season ends, Weber said. The pool is open from June through September.

The project’s exact cost and timeline will depend on community feedback, Weber said, as Ronkonkoma-based engineering firm J.R. Holzmacher has developed several options for how the project could go forward.

Engineers have continued to revise the plans, Wohlgemuth said, but options include a new water slide, splash features for the kiddie pool, reconfiguring the bathrooms and adding a party room to the building.

“It’s just going to be beautiful,” Wohlgemuth said.

The pool is open to residents of the New Hyde Park Special Park District, which runs Clinton G. Martin Park and would manage the renovation, Weber said. The district covers North New Hyde Park, the Village of New Hyde Park, Garden City Park, Herricks and Searingtown.

The advisory committee of seven park district residents and a representative of town Supervisor Judi Bo-

sworth have been developing the renovation since Bosworth took office in 2014, town spokeswoman Carole Trottere said.

The town has maintained the pool over the years, Weber said, but many mechanical parts are so old that finding replacements has become difficult. Wohlgemuth said.

“It’s very outdated and it’s reached its lifespan,” she said.

Wohlgemuth and Weber said they think the renovation could boost pool memberships.

Membership fees for park district residents run from $88 for seniors to $248 families.

“I think that community’s looking for a beautiful new pool,” Weber said. “I couldn’t imagine people wouldn’t want to take advantage of it.”

Town officials and the advisory committee will present the renovation plans from 7:30 to 9 p.m. May 31 at Clinton G. Martin Park, at 1601 Marcus Ave. in New Hyde Park. A question and comment period will follow the presentation.

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North High pianist wins festival competition Great Neck North High School sophomore Amy Shteyman is an American Fine Arts Festival (AFAF) Competition winner in piano.

Shteyman was judged based on a recording she submitted.

As a winner, she will perform in concert on June 11, at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Shteyman began playing piano at the age of 3.

She looks at piano playing as a way to release her emotions.

“Playing is so expressive and it truly shows all the effort and hard work that I put into it,” she said. “I love playing for myself because it is so mentally stimulating and challenging. When others hear me play and feel the passion my music conveys, that make music feel closer and more special to me.”

Amy sees music—whether listening or playing—as being an innate, passionate part of her life.

Joseph Rutkowski is Amy’s instrumental music teacher at North High.

AFAF was established in 2003 by Vladimir Agilin, an educator and professional violinist. It is currently run and administered by Art & Music Unlimited.

AFAF organizes annual music festivals and performance competitions, providing hundreds of music students an opportunity to perform in formal concert settings.

It has educational ties with organizations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

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he exhibit Off the Wall: Art in Transition opened at the Gold Coast Arts Center, Great Neck, Long Island, featuring six artists who have made the leap from street art into the mainstream of credibility and visibility. It will be on view through September 6.

“In recent decades, aerosol art has made the leap out of the streets and off of subway cars into the upscale art world of museums and galleries,” notes Jude Amsel, Gold Coast Arts Center gallery Director.

“Increasingly, street art has gained credibility as the latest major art movement “At the Gold Coast Arts Center Gallery, we are proud to exhibit the works of some of these artists, a few of whom were part of our inaugural exhibit Wall Works in 2014.

This exhibit features work by Lenny Achen, Jonathan “Meres One” Cohen, Louis ‘Zimad’ Lamboy, Andrew Tess, Jake Wallace & Victoria Ward, artists who have successfully made that transition into the mainstream.”

The artists were on hand to talk about their work during the opening reception, on Sunday, May 15 at the arts center.

For those who have come to know and love Jonathan “Meres One” Cohen for his bold, brash graffiti art and his work at the now demolished 5 Pointz, his new work is both a wistful look back and a completely new direction for his art.

These are abstract patterns painted in one restrained color (rather than many flashy colors) in acrylic with brush (rather than a spray can). In fact, the patterns have been rebirthed from some of his favorite graffiti murals.

“Each is based on a favorite wall piece,” he tells me at the opening reception. He said he photographed a small portion of the original mural for its pattern, projected it onto a canvas, made the pattern, then took another pattern and did the same thing and then a third time, so there are three patterns overlapping. “But it doesn’t say anything, so then I added elements.”

For example, there are five “points” which have been painted a different color – an homage to 5 Pointz, the iconic Long Island City building that became a mural for graffiti artists.

“In the end, I have taken something that was my favorite, rebirthed it to something different – it is fine art but with elements of graffiti.” Indeed, the paintings have “chips” and “drips” evoking graffiti art.

“These are pieces of my heart,” he said.

“This gears up for the next show. I am tak-

ing this to another level – growing it into something else.”

Cohen’s interest in visual art spans his whole life, but it wasn’t until 1987 that he discovered graffiti art. Meres One began expressing himself through tags in the streets, and by 1990 he graduated to piecing together larger works and created his trademark “The Bright Idea.” His artwork has been purchased and resides in many prominent private and public collections.

Jake Wallace creates graphic, geometric silk screen images of urban landscapes.

(Unlike Warhol’s silkscreened paintings), Wallace does all his own original photography, which provided the grainy line images in the midst of the painted color.

“I like urban themes. I grew up in Queens and Brooklyn

grandfather first came to Brooklyn in the early 1900s, he looked upon many of the same buildings that we see today and it’s sad to see many of the great ones disappear forever.”

Wallace graduated FIT with a GFA in Graphic Design and is currently Creative Director/Co-Founder of Rebellion Design Co. Lenny Achan’s work focuses on socioeconomic, political and cultural issues and his art achieves connectivity to wide spectrum audiences by camouflaging selftaught mixed media techniques of street and graffiti art to develop contemporary fine art pieces. In three works presented in this exhibit, he disguises a political point of view in a series of works using 3 prominent figures:

Artists Lenny Achan, Jake Wallace and Louis ‘Zimad’ Lamboy and shot old industrial architecture that has since been replaced with towering glass structures.

“With Pop Art, the authenticity comes into question. I take pride in the fact I took all the photos myself, I hand-pull all the screens. The textural parts are handpainted – there are so many things going into it.”

He incorporates texture into the work to create the gritty urban feel.

His latest work is inspired by the Domino Factory and Greenpoint Terminal buildings. He layers various media including photography, screen painting and painting and a collage of new photos, textures and typography to add depth and visual interest.

Wallace’s work combines all of his passions to tell the unique and powerful story of industrial relics. He weaves together his dedication for design and typography, love of painting and screen printing, and his eye photography to amplify his historical interest in the disappearing industrial landscape of New York City.

“It’s amazing to think that when my

Abe Lincoln (“Abe on Fire” 2016), whose portrait is painted on Lincoln pre-1982 pennies (when they were 95% copper, instead of only 5% as they are now).

“This is Abe Lincoln looking ahead- how world changed from vision,” Achan says.

Ben Franklin (“Money Never Made the Man”) painted with monopoly money and George Washington, painted wearing an astronaut’s helmet over $1 bills, to represent “What US money has become.” If it were up to him, we would all be carrying around gold instead of paper money (he wants a return to the gold standard).

He’s working on other presidents: Bush, Obama, Clinton.

Brooklyn-born Achan is an artist, inventor and entrepreneur. His work takes complex relationships between nature, mathematics and our visual sense and translates them into simple messages.

The opening reception was only into its second hour and Luis “Zimad” Lamboy had just sold his “Felix the Cat” off the wall to an art lover who was flying back to Paris that evening ($400). Born in the South Bronx, Lamboy began his career as

a graffiti and street artist. He attended Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City where he studied textile surface design. He’s had exhibitions around the world and his clients include brand names including Nike, MTV, Red Bull, LionsGate Films and State Farm. His influences, he says, include Salvador Dali, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jeffrey Koons.

Andrew Tess explores Jewish and LGBT themes in his mixed media and performance art pieces and uses people from the New York City nightlife scene as his muses.

The work featured in this exhibit, “Danceteria in Me,” started with photographing at the celebrity nightclub Danceteria, which closed in 1986, but at one time, had been a gathering spot for Warhol, Madonna, legends of the art world.

He says he wanted his piece to “reflect” so you could see yourself in it (it is set behind glass).

“It’s a metaphor for that energy, that freedom and self expression that though the club is gone, still exists.” To Tess, Danceteria represented self-acceptance, exploration, art and compassion.

“This work is very emotional,” he says.

At the center of the colorful piece with wild brush strokes and neon colors, is a photographic image of Chris Pierre - who looks like a girl, the way paint is splattered around him like hair, which is intentional.“My work deals with a lot of LGBT context, gender and gender identity, what it means to be a man or woman.”

He used spray paint, acrylic, oil, textures, and for added measure (and yet another layer, which is part of his theme), he added a dab of black paint on the outside of the glass.

“Layers are part of the theme,” he says, and the glass serves as “a reflection of who we are as humans…. We are all Danceteria.”

Victoria Ward’s recent body of work examines and dissects the graffiti left on the walls of an abandoned greenhouse.

For the past few years, she has photographed the ever-changing textures and colors on cement walls, printed them on Archer watercolor paper, reworked the images with pastels and colored pencil and transformed them into something new. She says she is not interested in documenting what she finds, but rather in stepping closer into the bold layers of color that have been left behind.

Gold Coast Arts Center is located at 113 Middle Neck Road (entrance through the Maple Avenue Lot behind), Great Neck NY 11021, 516-829-2570, gallery@ goldcoastarts.org,goldcoastarts.org.

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“Baba Joon” at Furman Film Series

Wednesday, June 1, 7:30 p.m.

One-Night-Only Screening and Q&A with star Navid Negahban and director Yuval Delshad of “Baba Joon” winner of five Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

The film tells the story of the inter-generational tension in an Iranian-Israeli immigrant family and is the first Persian-language film shot in Israel.

Where: Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck Info: (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org

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Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience

Tuesday, May 31, 8 p.m.

With James Dylan on vocals, Tony Canania on guitar, Dorain Heartsong on bass and Alex Howland on keyboards & guitar, drummer Jason Bonham channels his late father’s former band for a show that is more than a tribute, but a labor of love, performing some of the most iconic Led Zeppelin songs from the band’s immense catalogues.

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info: (516) 247-5200 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com

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North Shore Pops Orchestra Saturday, May 28, 7:30 p.m.

The North Shore Pops Orchestra plays the music of George Gershwin, the snappy tunes of Cole Porter, and the elegant jazz of Duke Ellington as well as well-known Sousa Marches, American patriotic standards, Broadway’s best, light classical and the hits of Stevie Wonder, Carol King, and other contemporary artists.

Where: Atria on Roslyn Harbor, 100 Landing Rd, Roslyn Info: (516) 574-3059 • www.northshorepops.org

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Jo Koy Saturday, May 28, 8 p.m.

Jo Koy sells out clubs across the nation, is a weekly guest on The Adam Carolla Show podcast and recently started his own podcast, The Koy Pond with Jo Koy. His infectious, explosive energy onstage, insightful jokes, and family-inspired humor cross all boundaries. He has had two Comedy Central specials “Don’t Make Him Angry” and “Lights Out” and has appeared on more than 100 episodes of “Chelsea Lately,” VH1, World’s Funniest Fails, The Joy Behar Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly and Jamie Foxx: Laffapalooza.

Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300, ext. 303 • www.paramountny.com

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Kenny J’s Orchestra Red, White and Blues

Saturday, May 28, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Bring a chair, blanket, and an outdoor picnic to enjoy great upbeat music and the beauty at Planting Fields and exterior of Coe Hall. Coe Hall is closed during the concert. Restrooms are available at the Main Greenhouse. COFFEED INC, park caterer, will be selling snacks, sandwiches, desserts and drinks.

Where: Planting Fields, Coe Hall Historic House Museum 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay Info: (516) 922-9200 • http://www.plantingfields.org

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Music of the Knights Sunday, May 29, 3 p.m.

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In honor of its 50th Anniversary, QPAC is premiering a historic concert - Music of the Knights. Accompanied by the Queens Symphony Orchestra, Broadway veterans take the stage to celebrate the music of England’s most famous composers - Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John. Join us for this special fundraiser commemorating QPAC’s 50th!

Where: Queensborough Performing Arts Center 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11364 Info: (718) 595-2905 • http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/qpac/

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Adam Ferrara Sunday Night Funnies

Sunday, May 29, 7 p.m.

Stand-up comedian and actor Adam Ferrara presently hosts the critically acclaimed BBC sensation, Top Gear USA, airing on HISTORY as well as being an internationally touring headliner, two-time nominee for best male stand-up by the American Comedy Awards, and has three Comedy Central Specials. The Long Island native also played Chief Needles Nelson on the FX drama Rescue Me and Frank Verelli on Showtime’s hit series Nurse Jackie.

Where: Brokerage Comedy Club, 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore Info: (516) 785-8655 • http://tickets.brokeragecomedy.com

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016 Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach

Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is one of the largest events on Long Island.

Kicking off every Memorial Day Weekend, this event attracts thousands of Long Islanders to our beautiful South Shore beaches to celebrate the beginning of summer, and shine a light on military families as well as honoring those who serve our country. For our 13th year, we are excited to welcome back the United States Navy Blue Angels, and many other world-class military and civilian performers who are sure to excite and thrill the community with high flying stunts and gravity maneuvers that never disappoint. We look forward to seeing you all in May for what is shaping up to be our biggest show to date! Admission Price: FREE Parking Cost: $10.00 Where: Jones Beach State Park, Ocean Parkway, Wantagh www.airshow.jonesbeach.com

Q&A WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: DIRECTOR YUVAL DELSHAD & STAR NAVID NEGAHBAN Winner of 5 Israeli Academy Awards including Best Picture, BABA JOON is universal story of inter-generational tension in an IranianIsraeli family; a wise and sensitive drama that will win your heart.

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To help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, this special Storytime explores Our Great Big Backyard. #1 New York Times bestselling authors former First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Bush Hager have created an exuberant picture book tribute to our national parks and the importance of connecting with nature. Coloring and activities to follow.

Where: Barnes and Noble, 1542 Northern Boulevard, Manhasset Info: 516-365-6723 • www.barnesandnoble.com

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All are welcome for FREE ice cream, lemonade, popcorn, old-fashioned games and music.

Where: Raynham Hall Museum, 20 West Main Street, Oyster Bay Info: 516-922-6808 • www.raynhamhallmuseum.org

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Saturday, May 28, 12:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Public Skate 3:30 p.m. -6:00 p.m. Public Skate 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Hip Hop, Rap and R&B Public Skate Sunday, May 29, 12:00 p.m. -2:30 p.m. Public Skate 3:00 p.m. -5:30 p.m. Public Skate Monday, May 30 School’s Out Skating!

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Friday, May 27 through Monday, May 30, 1:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

The fair will include amusement rides, carnival games, entertainment including magicians and over 25 live bands. This carnival is a celebration of our community and we have come together to support drug abuse prevention and awareness.

To this end we are providing at least 200 free ride tickets to young Long Islanders ages 14-20 who sign the freedom form drugs pledge on the event website.

Eisenhower Park is one of the largest parks on long island with several hundred people celebrating during the holiday weekend. The fair will take place during Friday through Memorial Day. Admission is free, rides require tokens which can be purchased at the Fair.

Where: Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow Info: 631-413-3172 • www.freedomfairs.com

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rik’s Reptile Edventures Show

Saturday, May 28, Sunday, May 29 and Monday, May 30 11:30 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:45 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.

Erik’s Reptile Edventures offers you a fresh look at reptiles for fans of all ages and interests, presenting you with and teaching you about a variety of animals from around the world, including lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodilians, toads, salamanders, arachnids and myriapods. Included with your admission weekends & Memorial Day weather permitting.

Where: White Post Farms, 250 Old Country Rd., Melville Info: 631-351-9373 www.whitepostfarms. com

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2. Repeat the following phrase to anyone who works at the store to get a voucher for a chance to win: "One if by land, two if by sea, I'll say please for a chance for the key" 3. Bring your vouchers to the Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty Treasure Chest Booth at the Town Dock on: Sunday, June 5 from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm to try your luck at winning one of the prizes.

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Open to children 12 and under. Up to ten chances per child. One prize per child. No purchase necessary. Acceptance of prize must be made by parent or guardian. Participation constitutes permission to use winner's name and photograph for promotional purposes.

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A taste of Nantucket in your own backyard You just know that summer Butler’s Flat Stuffed Quahog Clam Recipe is coming when Butler’s Flat at 86 Orchard Beach Boulevard in Ingredients Port Washington opens for the season! Three weeks ago owner/ 8 Quahogs (Also referred to Chef Chris Blumlo, and his capable as chowder clams. It is a hard staff reopened this charming “clam shell clam the size of a fist) shack” for the 2016 season. The 4 tbsp Butter menu offerings remain unchanged, 6 oz chopped linguica and that is a great thing...as their (Linguica is a portuguese Stuffed Quahog Clams, Fried sausage which can be found Clams (Ipswich), Lobster Rolls and online at www.gasparssauOyster Po Boys just make me salisage.com or I have found it vate when I think about them. at Stop & Shop’s throughout I asked Chris if he would be NY. If you can not locate, you so kind to share his Stuffed Quacan substitute chorizo) hog Clam recipe with you, my 1/2 cup minced onion fellow readers...and he graciously 1/4 cup minced celery obliged. One of the best things 2 tbsp minced garlic about this recipe is that it may eas1 cup dried fine bread ily be doubled or tripled and you crumbs can individually freeze the clams 1/4 cup reserved clam juice and heat them at a later time. You 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped may enjoy them throughout the Salt & Pepper Lemon, for garnish summer! Better yet, just go down to The Capri Marina West and Directions enjoy all of Butler’s Flat delicious offerings and the Manhasset Bay 1. Preheat oven to 400 breeze...you will feel like you had degrees F a vacation in Nantucket, but it was 2. Bring 1-2” of water in a just in your own backyard. large pot to a boil.

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3. Rinse and clean clams off of any sand.

4. Add the clams to the boiling water, cover, and cook for about 6 to 8 minutes or until the shells open. Discard any that don’t open.

5. Remove the clams from the pot and let them sit until they are cool enough to handle. Reserve the remaining liquid in the pot less any sand left behind. Pry clam shells apart and remove the clam from the shell. Save the 4 nicest

looking and largest shells and set aside. Finely chop the clam meat and reserve.

6. Heat a saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the linguica and cook until rendered, about 3-4 minutes. Remove linguica from pan and set aside. Add butter, onions and into the saute pan. Cook for a few minutes until onions are translucent. Stir in the garlic and add back linguica. Add breadcrumbs and clam meat and remove from the heat. Stir in the clam juice and 2 tablespoons of the parsley. If too wet, add more bread crumbs, if too dry add more clam juice. S&P to taste. Cool slightly.

7. Once cool enough to handle, pack the stuffing mixture into one side of each shell.

8. Using your hands, pat the stuffing firmly into each shell.

Melt 2 tbsp of butter and brush top of each quahog.

9. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

10. Garnish with lemon and serve hot.

Enjoy!

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The annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach will, for the first time, feature three jet teams performing on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Included will be the legendary United States Navy Blue Angels, returning to the Bethpage Air Show for their seventh performance during their 70th anniversary season.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will give the final performance of the show at approximately 2 p.m.

The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds will be making their third performance at the Bethpage Air Show where they will perform over 50 different formations and maneuvers for fans.

The last of the three jet teams to perform is the Breitling Jet Team, the world’s elite professional civilian jet aerobatics team, returning to Long Island for their second consecutive performance following a successful performance last year.

The new United States Air Force F-35 Lightning II, the world’s most advanced multi-role fighter aircraft, will also perform at the Bethpage Air Show, for the first time in its inaugural year, its F-35 Heritage Flight performance.

The F-35 Heritage Flight performance will feature the F-35 flying alongside WWII, Korean and Vietnam-era aircraft in a dynamic display of our nation’s air power history.

With a top speed of 1,200 mph, the F-35 is capable of setting off sonic booms as it did this past January for all of the East Coast to experience!

Other performers at this year’s Bethpage Air Show include the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, performing in their 12th Bethpage Air

Show; legendary air show pilot Sean Tucker performing in his custom-built Oracle Challenger II biplane; extraordinary aerobatic pilot Matt Chapman; the John Klatt Airshows – Jack Links’ Screamin’ Sasquatch Jet Waco Aerobatic Team; the world famous GEICO Skytypers and their flight squadron of six vintage WWII aircraft; the American Airpower Museum Warbirds; Long Island’s own David Windmiller; the Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team; our hometown, 106th Air Rescue Wing who will show their support by performing a HC130 and HH-60 flyby demonstration; and new for 2016, the SUNY Farmingdale State College Flying Rams who will fly seven of their 22 college-owned aircraft in a fly-by piloted by their top academic professional pilot performers.

“This year’s 2016 Bethpage Air Show is one of, if not the best, schedule of performers we have ever seen in the history of the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park,” said George Gorman, deputy regional director of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation. “We are very happy to be able to bring this level of talent to Long Island, which is already buzzing with excitement about this year’s show.”

Last year’s 12th annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach brought over 325,000 fans to Jones Beach when the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performed during the Memorial Day Weekend event to help share the story of our nation’s military.

The air show is free to the public, but the standard $10 vehicle use fee will be collected each day upon entry to the State Park. For 2016 state Empire Passport holders, there is no vehicle use fee charge.

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2016 Memorial Day Events around town

Memorial Day takes N. Shore By N oah M ans k a r , S a r ah M in k e w i c z and J oe N i k i c Long Islanders will honor those who gave their lives for the U.S. at events throughout the weekend celebrating and commemorating Memorial Day. Bethpage Federal Credit Union and the state Office Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will host the 2016 Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 28 and 29.

The show will feature three jet teams, including the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, who will give their seventh Bethpage appearance as part of their 70th anniversary tour.

The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds and the Breitling Jet Team will also perform.

Air show entry is free, but vehicles must pay $10 to enter Jones Beach State Park.

The Town of North Hempstead will host Memorial Day fireworks and a commemoration ceremony at North Hempstead Beach Park on Saturday, May 28.

The program starts at 6 p.m. and will feature musical entertainment from U2 tribute band Unforgettable Fire and FiveStone, who will play popular 1980s hits.

Members representing Girl Scouts of Nassau County will also lead the pledge at the start of the event. Fireworks begins once it becomes dark.

The event is free but parking costs $10.

For more information, visit www.northhempsteadny.gov or call 516-869-6311.

The Port Washington Memorial Day parade will be held at 10 a.m. on May 30 on Port Washington Boulevard and Main Street.

The parade, sponsored by American Legion Post 509 and VFW Post 1819, will continue down Main Street to the John Philip Sousa Memorial Bandshell in Sunset Park.

Vietnam veteran Jerald Tedeschi and Vietnam era veteran Leon Jankowski will be honored as grand marshal, along with at this year’s Memorial Day Parade.

“I am proud and honored to lead this year’s Memorial Day parade and to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this great nation,” Jankowski said. “God bless America!”

The Port Washington Chamber of Commerce will be handing out thousands of American flags at the Memorial Day Parade.

The Great Neck Memorial Day Parade will be held at 9:30 a.m. on May 30.

The parade starts at Susquehanna Avenue and Middle Neck Road.

A large crowd of spectators is expected to line the streets and cheer marchers up to the Village Green, where the wife of Howard Bauman, who died of natural causes at age 95 in September, will be an honored guest on the grandstand.

A memorial ceremony remembering those who sacrificed their lives in defense of the U.S. follows the parade. The ceremony will be followed by a final salute at All Saints Cemetery.

The Floral Park American Legion will start its annual Memorial Day parade at 10 a.m. Monday, May 30.

The parade will begin on Elizabeth Street and proceed north on Plainfield Avenue, west on Jericho Turnpike, south on South Tyson Avenue and east on Tulip Avenue.

A ceremony will follow at 11 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park.

Legion members will place a wreath on the memorial near the Hawthorne Avenue firehouse during the parade.

Army veteran and past Legion Commander Jim Conti will serve as grand marshal, and Army Reservist Lt. Col. Stephen J. Ryan will serve as the guest speaker.

The New Hyde Park VFW and the Greater New Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce will hold a parade starting at 10 a.m. May 28, along with other community organizations.

Marchers will assemble in the municipal parking lot on Lakeville Road starting at 9:15 a.m. and proceed east on Jericho Turnpike, north on Central Avenue — also known as Purple Heart Way — and proceed into Memorial Field for a ceremony at 11 a.m.

Albertson VFW Post No. 5253 will hold its annual ceremony on May 30 at 9 a.m. at 155 Searingtown Road in Albertson.

Ceremonies will also be held at the Albertson Memorial at the corner of Willis Avenue and I.U. Willets Road, and the Albertson firehouse at 100 I.U. Willets Road.

There will be refreshments at the VFW post after a parade.

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Town prepares Memorial Day fireworks show The Town of North Hempstead will hold its annual Memorial Day Fireworks and Commemoration Ceremony, with its sponsor NEFCU, at North Hempstead Beach Park on Saturday, May 28.

This year, the Memorial Day Fireworks and Commemoration Ceremony will feature members representing the Girl Scouts of Nassau County leading the pledge, as well as musical entertainment from two bands: Unforgettable Fire, a U2 tribute band; and FiveStone, who will be playing popular songs from the ‘80s.

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Beach Park offers a boardwalk along the water and picnic areas so visitors can enjoy a start to the summer season.

“Our Memorial Day Fireworks Ceremony is always a wonderful way to kick off the summer,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor Bosworth said. “By recognizing our veterans we have the opportunity to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice fighting for our freedom.”

The program will start at 6 p.m. Fireworks will begin at darkness.

The event is free but vehicles will be charged a $10 parking fee.

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The psychology of running b y D r . T om F e r r a r o Sport Psychologist One question I am often asked is whether each sport attracts a certain type of person. Let’s face it golfers are different from boxers who are different from fencers. This week I was asked to give a talk at the New Hyde Park Mineola Runners Club and I knew this would give me a chance to get up close and personal with serious long distance runners. Now was the moment to learn about the mindset of runners. When I walked in to the talk the first thing I could see was that they all had good energy and they were fit. Evidently long distance running produces that runner’s high that lasts all day long and in addition running burns lots of calories.

I was there to talk about how to improve race times but I also wanted to explore the runner’s personality. This may have been the easiest and most enjoyable lecture I ever gave. All I had to do was ask them one four word question (“Why do you run?”) and they were off and running with answers that could fill any journalist’s notepad.

They told me they run for a variety

of reasons including better health, weight loss, and stress reduction and for socialization time. They told me that it takes discipline and commitment to be a runner, that the sport often defines them as a person and that running makes them whole. The sports explosion starting in the early 1970’s has paralleled the information explosion and was our cultures way of helping us to reconnect with our bodies and get out of our heads. One of the runners told me that the runners in high school and college often have the highest GPA because running improves brain function so much.

I did have guilt after the talk since they had brought me in to teach them how to enhance performance and all I did was ask them questions about why they ran. So to atone for this sin of omission I will offer them the following which is called the psychology of running. I have plenty of experience working with distance runners, swimmers and bikers and here is what I usually teach.

1) Have a clear strategy for the race. The way to do this is to talk to coach, racing partner or a sport psychologist and chart out a clear plan for the race. This

Members of the New Hyde Park Mineola Runners Club are ready for their annual big race on June 5th will be based upon your recent performances, goals, the race, the competition and when the race falls in your season.

2) Taper adequately before the race. This usually means that you are doing little work or training the three days before race time. In thoroughbred racing we will only let the horse walk around the shed row for the three days before a race.

Going into a race in a state of fatigue will only produce disappointment and possible injury.

3) Learn to be a little selfish with your training time. The world pulls us in many conflicting directions so as the saying goes “just say no” to anything that interrupts your training. All champions have very good time management which means they are putting themselves before others.

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4) Be ready for Murphy’s Law to unfold at race day. Whatever can go wrong will go wrong. The weather may turn bad, the chief competition may drop out, your spouse may decide to pick a fight, etc. etc. Good runners understand this happens and do not let it surprise them or throw them off.

5) Do not let your mind dwell on the race for the 24 hours before hand and when you catch yourself worrying about the race just say “stop” and distract yourself. This technique, which is called thought stopping, will allow you to relax before the race which saves valuable energy you will need at race time.

6) At the races outset your job is to relax and find a rhythm based upon your strategy. If you want to be out front do so.

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The body digests protein into amino acids to fuel its activity and aid in tissue repair. There are 20 different amino acids in food, but the human body can only make 11 of them. Your body cannot synthesize essential amino acids, which must come from your diet. The nine essential amino acids, which cannot be produced by the body, must be obtained strictly from food. Foods that contain all of the amino acids necessary are called “complete protein sources.” Many animal products are great sources of complete protein, but complete protein also can be found in plant-based foods. One food that is a complete protein source is the soybean.

Other plant-based foods may not be complete proteins by themselves, but when eaten together, can complement one another to provide all the necessary amino acids. For example, combining beans and legumes with certain grains, seeds and nuts is a way to get the protein one needs. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says that intentionally combining foods at strict ratios is not necessary. As long as your diet contains a variety of foods, many protein needs are easily met.

Less protein healthier?

Many fad diets point to high protein sources for weight loss and improved athletic performance. But reports published in journals like Nutrition and Cancer and the American Journal of Epidemiology indicate high intake of protein, particularly animal protein, may be linked to osteoporosis, cancer and impaired kidney function. Eating a healthy, moderate amount of protein, such as that in vegetarian or vegan diets, can be beneficial.

Many vegetarians need not worry about their protein intake. As long as diets include plenty of grains, legumes, nuts, fruits, and vegetables, vegetarians can meet their bodies’ protein needs.

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Things to consider before buying an investment property Real estate can be an incredibly fruitful investment. Buying a property at the right time can provide investors with a substantial return when they decide to sell, and that opportunity compels many men and women to consider investing in real estate.

While there’s no denying real estate can yield a great return on buyers’ initial investments, there’s more to making money in real estate than simply buying a property and waiting for its value to rise. Buyers who are thinking of investing in real estate should consider a host of factors before purchasing an investment property.

Price trends Recent sale activity in a given town or neighborhood is something prospec-

tive real estate investors should study before buying an investment property.

Would-be real estate investors can explore real estate websites such as Zillow.com for recent sale information, which may also be available through local government agencies. Such data can be invaluable, showing potential investors which neighborhoods are in demand and which may be in decline.

Taxes Investment properties are not eligible for as many tax benefits as primary residences. However, landlords can write off repairs, management costs and other fees associated with rental properties. But it’s not just their own tax bill prospective investors should consider before buying an investment property. Many potential buyers down the

road may prefer a property in an area where property taxes are relatively low, so even if you can afford the tax on the investment property, you may find buyers are unwilling to assume that burden when you put the property up for sale in the future.

Location Prospective real estate investors no doubt know the value of location with regard to real estate, but if you can’t afford to buy in a neighborhood that’s currently hot, that does not necessarily mean you can’t still capitalize on that area’s popularity. When a town becomes popular, its property values rise, and many buyers find themselves just barely priced out. When that happens, the surrounding towns tend to become the next hot neighborhood, as these areas are nearly as

close to the attractions that make the initial neighborhood so desirable. Buying on the outskirts of a hot neighborhood can set you up to benefit nicely when that area gets too pricey.

Schools School systems should be examined even if you do not have children. In a recent Trulia.com survey of American home buyers, 35 percent of respondents with children under age 18 indicated they want to live in great school districts. GreatSchools.org has profiles of 200,000 public, public charter and private preK12 schools. Investors can use the GreatSchools.org search engine to find information about local schools and school systems so they can better position themselves to buy properties in areas that will appeal to buyers down the road.

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Understanding life insurance Life insurance is a product few people want to think about. That’s perfectly understandable, as life insurance forces men and women to consider their own mortality.

But life insurance is not something adults should avoid, especially if they have dependents.

Many people should consider life insurance when estate planning so they can provide security for their loved ones. But life insurance is a purchase unlike any other, and people may be confused or intimidated when attempting to purchase life insurance policies.

Deciding if you need coverage While life insurance seems like the kind of thing every person should have, that’s not necessarily the case. For example, single men and women with no dependents and no tax or debt concerns generally do not need life insurance. If you are single but have tax issues or a considerable amount of debt, then a life insurance policy can be used to pay those debts upon your death.

Adults with dependents, such as a spouse and/or children, should consider purchasing life insurance, which can help your surviving dependents maintain their quality of life and pay their bills in the wake of your death.

Buying life insurance Much like various other types of insurance, life insurance can be purchased from an insurance agent or via an insurance company’s website. When choosing a company from which to buy a life insurance policy, look for a company with a strong rating, as no one wants to end up being burned by a life insurance provider who goes out of business. Some people prefer to work with independent brokers who can share information about products from various providers rather than just the

ones offered by the firm company-affiliated agents work for.

Choosing coverage When choosing coverage, you will no doubt be asked if you prefer term insurance or permanent insurance. Term insurance is the least expensive life insurance, and such policies only last for a predetermined number of years. Men and women may purchase life insurance policies if they only want life insurance until they retire or until their children reach adulthood. Permanent insurance is more expensive and will last from the moment you purchase the policy until your death. Many people choose permanent life insurance policies so the money their beneficiaries receive upon their death can be used to pay estate taxes.

In addition, there is an investment component to permanent insurance policies, as a portion of the premiums on such policies is invested (policies will spell out how the money is invested) and allowed to grow tax-free so long as the policy is open. Term insurance only provides protection with no investments.

When choosing how much coverage to purchase, it’s easy to go overboard and aim for as much as possible. However, many financial advisors suggest purchasing enough coverage to pay for funeral costs and a level of income replacement you can comfortably afford. If your spouse does not work, you should consider purchasing enough coverage so he or she can afford to pay the family’s day-to-day cost of living expenses.

Life insurance merits serious consideration, and adults should do their homework and fully understand a policy before signing any contracts.

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What to look for in your first home.

What to look for in your first home. When people buy their first home most buyers focus on kitchens and baths. So people who flip homes make sure they look new. More important than these things are location, nearness to transportation and livable space.

Although putting new kitchen and bath may save immediate expenditures!

Checking that the house has been well taken care of and maintained are very important.

Basements can be a joy or a horror if water leaks are present or basement walls show deterioration or there is asbestos on pipes, leaks from pipe connections or fitting or symptoms of mold all can be expensive and difficult to fix.

Checking for recent upgrades in electricity appropriate, Roof, nearness to trees and school also can cause problem.

Most people really do not know what they really like. If you have young children a cape home may not be a good idea because the children will be on different floors than the parents. are stairs a problem to some members of the family?

Then a cape home with a bedroom on the first floor can be perfect. Ranches work well for young families and older people who have trouble with stairs. Colonials are great for keeping children away from company. After children go to bed, the noise and activities will not bother them.

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seems like a great idea with a split level home, the bedrooms are only half a flight from living areas. Again stairs can be a problem, but it gives lots of space for a growing family!

When buying a home people have to keep in mind what stage of life you are in. for a couple starting out with one or no children a starter home or coop will get you started with a real estate investment that can grow so as you move along with your life. you will be able to change your property to match your life style with appreciation of that property when you are at the next stage!

Buying a house very far from your work requires really thinking through all it will entail not just for commuting,but if children or

spouse should get sick or need continued assistance. convenience to work, schools, stores, forms of transportation. should be factored in besides space for the whole family.

Another big consideration is school district. Check to see that the district you buy in has special service for year children's needs. How well the district fairs on state tests, and the number of graduates that go on to higher education upon graduation. Special interest like art and music programs, sport programs may impact your children.

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By Stephen J. Silverberg, Esq. / The Law Office of Stephen J. Silverberg, PC When it comes to estate planning and Elder Law, there isn’t much that our office doesn’t see. Because of my background in advanced estate planning, including extensive experience in tax planning and complex wealth management, we serve clients with everything from estate planning basics – preparing wills, power of attorney, health care proxies – to complex, multi-million dollar, multi-generation plans that incorporate tax planning and wealth transfer.

This wide perspective informs everything that we do. When we work with a family on creating an estate plan, we can offer them advice and counsel based that advances their financial and tax planning. Financial planners and CPAs enjoy working with the firm because they need not instruct us on how these matters must be handled. Often, we can advise them about changes in the law and how they intersect with changes in financial rules.

Here are the top ten things you need to know today about estate planning.

Estate Taxes The federal government has been raising the exemption on the federal estate tax for many years, and for 2016, the exemption is $5,450,000. In New York, the New York estate exclusion is $4,187,500 from April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017. By January 1, 2019 it will be equal to the federal exclusion.

If your New York taxable estate is over 105% of the Basic Exclusion Amount, your estate tax exclusion drops to $1 million and the New York estate tax is between 10% and 16% of the estate in excess of $1 million. If your estate is over the federal exclusion amount, the combined federal and New York estate tax rate is approximately 51% of the estate in excess of the federal exclusion Owning a house on Long Island, having a retirement account, life insurance and an interest in a business can easily take you over the exclusion amounts. Even if your estate is below the estate tax threshold, there are numerous income tax issues. If these issues are properly addressed, the tax burden can be substantially decreased.

Why You Need a Will By now you have probably read several articles about Prince and how his failure to prepare a will has resulted in public drama and stress on the family. Had Prince drafted a will, he would have given his family the privilege of privacy. The court battle over his estate and distributing assets will more than

likely be public knowledge. If you are a private person and prefer to keep your estate private, proper planning must be done in advance.

Also, if your will has not been updated in the last three years, it may be out of date. There have been changes to the law in recent years and there will be opportunities you and your family will miss out on. If your will is ten or twenty years old, then you definitely need to update it!

Young Families and Guardianship Concerns Preparing estate planning documents is usually the last thing anyone wants to do when they are busy welcoming a new family member. But absent these documents, children’s lives will be altered if tragedy strikes.

If you are a parent, you owe it to your children to create a plan to establish guardianship for your children. If you do not, the court will oversee your children’s financial affairs until they become eighteen years old. Every expenditure and investment will require court approval.

Blended Families If you have a blended family, you really need an estate plan and in the best of circumstances, conversations with family members. Your estate planning attorney can guide you in addressing the legal, financial and emotional concerns that come into play with blended families. Think of it this way – you likely devoted many years to blending the family. Not having a clear estate plan can easily undo all of your efforts.

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If you have adult children, you need an estate plan to distribute your assets and possessions in the manner you wish, and to prevent squabbles that can build into splits. When parents die, even the most unlikely possessions can become battle grounds during a highly emotional time. By planning in advance, you can make these decisions and circumvent an additional layer of acrimony. You may know your heirs better than anyone else, but we have seen many surprises when adults are presented with a vague will and Mom’s Thanksgiving serving platter becomes the center of a family struggle. Spare your family this petty squabbling so they can focus on what matters – taking care of each other during a time of grief.

Special Needs Families This law firm has an extensive Special Needs practice. We focus on

providing for the needs of loved ones with disabilities so that when parents are no longer alive, their legal, financial and care needs are taken care of.

An estate plan for Special Needs families also includes preserving your family member’s eligibility to receive care from federal and /or state benefit programs. This may include Support Trusts and Special Needs Trusts.

Why “I Love You” Wills Just Don’t Work Out An “I Love You” Will simply leaves all assets to the surviving spouse. True, the estate tax marital deduction results in no estate tax after the first spouse’s death. But this arrangement could cause federal estate tax after the death of the second spouse to die, if his or her assets exceed the exempt amount.

The solution is to have each spouse’s Will transfer the exempt assets to a “Bypass Trust.” The Bypass Trust is so named because the assets “bypass” the taxable estate of the surviving spouse after the surviving spouse’s death, even though the trustee can make distributions to the surviving spouse during his or her lifetime.

The federal estate tax law provides for “portability” of the unused federal estate tax exclusion to the surviving spouse. However, the law establishes set rules that must be followed or the unused exclusion amount. On top of that, the New York estate tax law does not follow the federal law and there is no portability available; if the first spouse does not use their entire New York estate tax exclusion, the remaining exclusion is lost. This can make the New York estate tax due in the estate of the surviving spouse substantially higher.

You Need a Plan for Incapacity Estate planning usually includes preparation for the possibility that you become incapable of making medical and financial decisions for yourself.

Execute documents that authorize someone else to act on your behalf if your incapacity occurs. Without these documents in place, court proceedings to name a guardian may be required, no matter how costly and unpleasant for all concerned.

You Also Need a Power of Attorney A Power of Attorney is a document by which an individual grants another person the authority to make certain decisions and transactions on his or her behalf. The person granting the authority is called the principal, and the person receiving the power is called the principal’s agent or attorney-in-fact. If

properly drafted, the Power of Attorney will give the agent a very broad range of powers to act on behalf of the principal in many contexts. Obviously, the principal must exercise great care in the choice of person to be named because of the sweeping powers granted by the document. Typically, each spouse names the other as their attorney-in-fact. The principal may, but is not required to, appoint an alternate agent.

Why You Need a Durable Power of Attorney A Power of Attorney is effective immediately upon execution. However, if it contains no provision it remains effective upon the incapacity of the principal, it is revoked by law. If the Power of Attorney contains the proper provision, it is referred to as “Durable” because it remains in effect after the principal is incapacitated. This allows a trusted person to act for you when you can’t act for yourself. Often, intrafamily transfers by an individual who has suffered a catastrophic illness or injury may provide tax or asset protection benefits to the family. Without a Durable Power of Attorney in place, the individual’s incapacity could eliminate the ability to make such transfers.

This would require a lengthy and expensive guardianship proceeding and the court will supervise the guardian for the life of the incapacitated person.

Stephen J. Silverberg is nationally known as a leader in the areas of estate planning, estate tax, asset preservation and Elder Law. A past president of the prestigious National Academy of Elder Law attorneys, he has been named a Super Lawyer from 2007 to 2015 and holds the highest rating from legal publisher Martindale-Hubbell, among many professional accolades. He heads up Roslyn-based The Law Office of Stephen J. Silverberg, PC www.sjslawpc.com 516-307-1236.

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Law Office of Stephen J. Silverberg, PC Elde r L aw - E s tat e Pl a nning How do you know if the lawyer you have selected is truly capable of being entrusted with your legal matters?

ASK QUESTIONS: • How long have you been practicing Elder Law? • Have you handled matters similar to mine?

• Are you a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA)?

• Do you attend Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs?

• Do you know the tax ramifications of Elder Law planning?

After all, wouldn’t you want to know that your doctor is board certified?

Are you an active member of a professionally recognized not-for-profit organization of your peers?

For Elder Law attorneys, the most prestigious organization is NAELA – the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Don’t fall victim to the amateurs selecting amateurs to serve amateurs theory: People’s natural tendency is to help others, but the results aren’t always pretty. When one person has a problem, everyone has an opinion. But Elder Law issues are very complicated, and the facts in every situation are different, even if they might seem the same.

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How to protect yourself from theft Anyone who has had their home broken into or been the victim of identity theft understands just how unsettling it can be to have their privacy invaded. To think that a stranger has rooted through your stuff may be even more upsetting than losing the stolen items.

Data from various sources, including the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, points to identity theft as one of the fastest-growing crimes in the United States. Approximately 15 million U.S. residents have their identities used fraudulently each year, with financial losses totalling upwards of $50 billion. Perhaps thanks to the prevalence of Web-based accounts and transactions, as well as reliance on digital services, identity fraud and other types of theft have increased in frequency. According to a 2013 report from Javelin Strategy & Research, an incident of identity fraud occurs every three seconds.

Just about any individual or business is vulnerable to an identity/data attack. It’s crucial that individuals and businesses take steps to protect themselves from identity theft and other forms of theft.

Limit sharing on social media Many people have no qualms about posting personal data via social networking sites, even though they aren’t taking the precautions necessary to keep that in-

Use only secured wi-fi networks Avoid sharing personal information when using unsecured networks, such as those available at restaurants or coffee shops.

It’s easy for someone to hack into your accounts when they don’t have to go through firewalls and other security features.

Exercise caution with email Opening emails or clicking on attachments and links could initiate spyware, and doing so may even infect your computer with a virus. Also, don’t be fooled by emails requesting personal information.

Such messages are typically sent by fraudulent people masquerading as legitimate businesses, such as credit card companies looking to “verify” account information.

formation safe. Always keep your privacy settings at the highest level, and never share sensitive personal information such as your birth date, address or financial information.

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How to find a financial planner Managing money can be a daunting task. Monitoring retirement and investment accounts can sometimes seem like a fulltime job, and that’s in addition to the responsibilities many men and women already face with regards to their careers and families.

To combat the sometimes confusing and intimidating nature of money management, many people enlist the help of financial planners. Financial planners can help men and women navigate the plan for retirement and help them prepare for unforeseen events that can affect their finances. Finding the right financial planner can be similar to finding a physician; just like you don’t want to trust just anyone with your health, you also don’t want your finances in the hands of someone you don’t trust.

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The psychology of running Continued from Page 52 If you want to fall back or even run at the end of the pack do so. In addition if you feel you are racing too slow for some reason accept it, be patient, keep hope and do not panic. Despair and discouragement can be triggered at any time and for a variety of reasons and this feeling is the most common reason for under performance. Learn the art of forgiveness at all times.

7) Learn some distraction techniques that work for you. You can pray, count, look at nature, sing a song you have memorized, recite a mantra. This is a useful process but it must be rehearsed.

8) The great Japanese novelist and marathoner Haruki Murakami says “Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” What he means by this is that you can divorce

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Healthy Habits that can have a lasting impact was associated with a six-week delay in the onset of dementia. While men and women may want to retire from their professions, finding second careers or volunteering close to full-time hours may improve their long-term health and quality of life.

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Keep working. While many working men and women dream of the day when they can leave the daily grind behind once and for all, they might want to think more about a second career than a long, carefree retirement. A study from British researchers published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry found that each extra year that men and women work

Stay on your toes. A healthy diet is a key component of a healthy lifestyle, but diet alone is not enough to promote a long and healthy life. According to the Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Library, the risks associated with a physically inactive lifestyle are considerable. Such risks include a greater risk of developing high blood pressure and coronary heart disease and even a greater risk for certain cancers. In addition, physical inactivity can add to feelings of anxiety and depression.

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occurs, a stronger drug may be needed to treat an infection that was once taken care of by a milder medication.

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Antibiotic abuse and resistance are concerns that can be addressed by becoming informed and making smart medication choices.

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2016 Memorial Day Events around town

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Parade to honor memory of longtime resident Great Neck Memorial Day Parade Committee Chairperson Louise McCann said that this year’s parade will be dedicated to the memory of the late Howard Bauman.

Bauman died of natural causes at the age of 95 on Sept.

29, 2015 at his home surrounded by family.

His selection was unanimous by the committee members.

The Grand Marshal for this year’s parade Is Rear Admiral James Helis, U.S.M.S., Super-

intendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Bauman was a longtime resident of Great Neck.

He joined the National Guard after graduating from City College of New York.

In 1943, he enlisted and served In The U.S. Army/Air Force during World War II. As a staff sergeant, he helped design airfields in the Pacific, where he worked in various military bases, including the islands of Guam and New Guinea.

He was known for his gentle disposition, kindness and keen leadership skills.

For over 50 years, Bauman served as a leader and chairman of Great Neck Boy Scout Troop #10, one of the oldest in the nation.

He received an award from the group in 2009 for 75 years of dedicated service to the troop and for mentoring generations of boy scouts.

Bauman also served many years as a member of the Great Neck Memorial Day Parade, in-

cluding up to the months just before his passing.

“The Committee had felt his presence at meetings for both the Memorial Day and Veterans Day Parades giving wise guidance and counsel to its members,” McCann said. “He was a true gentleman in every sense of the word. Howard’s gentle spirit will truly be missed at our meetings.”

The Great Neck Memorial Day Parade will be held on May 30 and commences at 9:30 a.m.

The parade route starts at

the intersection of Susquehanna Avenue and Middle Neck Road.

A large crowd of spectators is expected to line the streets and cheer on the marchers up to the Village Green where Bauman’s wife will be an honored guest on the grandstand.

A memorial ceremony remembering all those who sacrificed their lives in defense of the country follows the parade.

The ceremony will be followed by a final salute at All Saints Cemetery. All are invited to attend.

Floral Park prepares for Memorial Day parade The annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony, sponsored by the Floral Park American Legion with the cooperation of the Incorporated Village of Floral Park, will be held on Monday, May 30.

The parade participants will assemble on Elizabeth Street with the start at 10 a.m. going north on Plainfield Ave., then west on Jericho Turnpike where Legion members will place a wreath at the memorial near the Hawthorne Ave. firehouse.

The parade will then proceed south on South Tyson Ave. then east on Tulip Ave. where the ceremonies will begin at about 11 a.m. in Veterans Memorial Park.

The parade grand marshal is Past Commander Jim Conti, a U.S. Army Veteran who served in Germany with NATO during the Berlin Wall Crisis.

The guest speaker will be Army Reservist Lt. Col. Stephen J. Ryan, who served in Afghanistan and East Africa and is a Nassau County Police Officer.

The advancement of colors will be led by Sgt-at-Arms Ed LaChapelle followed by the Remembrance of those Missing in Action by Legionnaire Brian Keelan.

Father Thomas Fusco, Pastor of Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church, will give the invocation followed by the National Anthem by Kasey Williams and the Pledge of Allegiance led by President of the Floral Park American Legion Auxiliary Theresa Whalen.

General Logan’s Order establishing Memorial Day will be read

by Past Commander James MacDonald. Post Commander Matthew Cacciatore will recognize the Grand Marshal. Distinguished guests will be introduced by Past Commander Bill Corbett followed by a musical selection by the Floral Park Memorial High School Band

led by Mr. Lee Duke.

There will be wreath presentations by the American Legion and Auxiliary, the Floral Park Woman’s Club, Floral Park AARP and Floral Park Volunteer Fire Department supervised by Officer of the Day Past Commander Al Trasolini and assisted by local Boy Scouts.

TAPS will be played by Ryan Casale and Rebecca Davidson from the Floral Park Memorial High School Band followed by the Roll Call of Departed Comrades where

the names of Floral Park residents who died in service to the United States will be read by Post Commander Matthew Cacciatore.

Gold Star Mothers, those who lost a child in service to America, will be introduced and presented with memorial flowers by Past Auxiliary President Dolores Johnson assisted by Scotty Beetle, Past Auxiliary Vice President.

Floral Park Mayor Thomas Tweedy will present greetings and Past Commander and Memorial

Day Chairman James Whalen will introduce the guest speaker followed by the Invocation by U.S. Army Veteran, Pastor Gainus Sikes of the United Methodist Church of Floral Park.

The flags will then be retired and the ceremonies concluded by everyone singing God Bless America.

The Floral Park American Legion invites all veterans to march with them in the parade and wants to thank the Mayor and Floral Park

Village Trustees for their cooperation and assistance.

The Floral Park American Legion Post was established in 1919 and promotes good citizenship, law and order, Americanism, and supports local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, assists local veterans in need, visits a veterans hospital each month and hosts dinners at the Post for disabled veterans and conducts Flag Day and Veteran’s Day ceremonies each year.

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Memorial Day: honoring our heroes

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Port Washington resident continues to serve B y S a r ah M in k e w i c z After serving overseas and retiring as a medical school administrator, Vietnam veteran Jerald Tedeschi now dedicates his time volunteering in the community.

“I waited until I retired to start volunteering and now I’m very active,” Tedeschi said.

Tedeschi is chairman of the Port Washington Henderson-Marino Post 1819 House Committee and spends many hours overseeing the refurbishing and maintenance of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Henderson-Marino Post 1819, located at 29 Mohegan Ave. in Port Washington.

Tedeschi will be honored as grand marshal, along with Vietnam veteran Leon Jankowski, at this year’s Memorial Day Parade.

“I’m looking forward to the parade,” Tedeschi said. “I’m flattered that I was chosen.”

The Port Washington Memorial Day parade will be held at 10 a.m. on May 30 on Port Washington Boulevard and Main

Jerald Tedeschi

Street.

The parade will continue down Main Street to the John Philip Sousa Memorial Bandshell in Sunset Park.

The event is sponsored by American Legion Post 509 and VFW Post 1819.

Tedeschi said he was approached

by Veterans of Foreign Wars HendersonMarino Post 1819 Quartermaster Peter Ripullone to be the grand marshal.

“They asked me before and I was reluctant and thought other people should go before me that have been there longer,” Tedeschi said.

“They said because of all the work I do and thought I had done an exceptional job,” he added.

Long before arriving in Port Washington, Tedeschi enlisted in the Army in January 1969 while in graduate school after graduating from St. John’s University.

After arriving in Vietnam in November 1969, Tedeschi was assigned to A Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, First Division, Fifth Mechanized Infantry Division, he said.

He served 10 months stateside at Fort Dix, N.J., Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and Fort Belvoir, Va. After completing his combat engineer training in the states, he was deployed to Vietnam for one year.

Tedeschi was stationed at Quang Tri Combat Base, I Corps, which was located seven miles south of the demilitarized zone.

Tedeschi said his initial duties in Vietnam included working in the bridge platoon, assisting in the construction of a command bunker for the commanding general of the division and maintenance of pontoons on a heavy duty float that would be used in the event the Quang Tri River Bridge was destroyed by the North Vietnamese Army or Vietcong.

After six months, Tedeschi said, he was reassigned to the communication section of headquarter platoon as a radio transmitter operator, and eventually appointed communications chief and promoted to sergeant (E-5). As communication chief, Tedeschi was responsible for the installation of radio equipment in company vehicles. He supervised a com-

munication technician and the day and night radio transmitter operators.

Tedeschi received six awards for his military service: Bronze Star for Meritorious Service, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal and another two New York State awards: Conspicuous Service Star and Medal of Merit.

After leaving Vietnam, he served in the Army Reserves for four years.

While working full time, he completed two master’s degrees.

The first degree was from C. W. Post in Biology and the second degree was in Hospital Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

After military service, Tedeschi married a Port Washington School District music teacher/band director Deborah (Tanza) Tedeschi. They have two sons, a daughter-in-law and one grandchild.

Tedeschi is retired and said he enjoys boating and traveling with family and friends. Debbie, also retired, is the official Post Webmaster and photographer.

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DiNapoli to give state of state at G.N. temple New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli will offer a talk on “The State of the State” at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck on Friday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m. A brief service will precede the talk.

DiNapoli is the 54th Comptroller of the State of New York and since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has fought misuse of public resources, strengthened one of the nation’s top public pension funds, and consistently spoken out against fiscal gimmicks, imprudent actions and government inefficiency.

His life of public service started when he was elected as a trustee of the Mineola Board of Education, becoming the first 18-year-old in New York State to hold public office. He’s been making government more accountable and transparent to the people for more than 35 years.

The New York State Comptroller manages the State’s $184.5 billion pension fund, audits the spending practices of all State agencies and local governments, oversees the New York State and Local Retirement System, critically reviews the New York State and City budgets, and approves billions in State contracts and spending.

A diligent fiduciary of the State pension fund, DiNapoli continues changing the way the fund operates to increase

transparency and establish strong internal controls, ensuring the strongest investment performance and ethical operations.

All members of the community are invited to attend the Sabbath Eve Service.

Temple Emanuel of Great Neck is located at 150 Hicks Lane. For further information, please call 516-482-5701.

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Crooner Granat show to honor Gershwin The fourth season of Stephen C. Wi- popular entertainer and music historian dom Cultural Arts at Emanuel concludes Harvey Granat, special guest Cheryl Seon Sunday, June 5, at 3:00 p.m., with gall and very special guest Todd Gershwin in “By George!” — The Genius of George Gershwin.

When Granat returns for another SCW concert at Emanuel, this time with daughter Segall and Gershwin, producer and grandnephew of George Gershwin, he will sing some of Gershwin’s greatest songs along with selections from the music of Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin and Richard Rodgers.

Granat currently presents one of the most popular series at the 92nd Street Y. Recent engagements also include a concert at Lincoln Center in conjunction with the Sinatra Centennial, and a soldout show at the Metropolitan Room in New York City with his daughter. Granat just celebrated his 175th show at Canyon Ranch.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, June 1, 7:30 p.m.

“Baba Joon” at Furman Film Series Tuesday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.

Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Soundview Cinemas- Port Washington)

Taste of Chaos: Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday Tuesday, June 21, 7:00 p.m.

Dave Matthews Band Friday, June 24, 7:00 p.m.

Sting and Peter Gabriel Monday, June 27, 7:00 p.m.

Journey with the Doobie Brothers Thursday, June 30, 7:00 p.m.

LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET Weezer and Panic! At The Disco 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Wednesday, July 6, 6:30 p.m.

Port Washington Slipknot with Marilyn Manson (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 Saturday, July 9, 12:00 p.m. www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Vans Warped Tour June 15, 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 10, 6:30 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A. presentation by The Sublime with Rome Art Guild: Female Clothed and Nude from Monday, July 11, 7:00 p.m.

Classical Antiquity to the 20th Century Def Leppard with REO Speedwagon June 23, 7:30 p.m. and June 24, 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, July 13, 8:00 p.m.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Yanni Jr. Sunday, July 17, 7:00 p.m.

June 29, 2:00 p.m.

Florida Georgia Line Afternoon T.E.A. – Piano Classics with Thursday, July 21, 7:00 p.m.

Maria Kogan Gwen Stefani July 13, 2:00 p.m.

Friday, July 22 @ 7:00 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A. – Vintage Bliss “TribJosh Groban ute to the Great Music Legends” Saturday, July 23, 4:00 p.m.

July 27, 2:00 p.m.

Laid Back Festival feat. Gregg Allman, Afternoon T.E.A. – Pat Darienzo’s Magic Jason Isbell, America, and Marshall & Comedy Show Tucker Band August 10, 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 24, 7:00 p.m.

Afternoon T.E.A. Cary Grant mini-series Darius Rucker – film: His Girl Friday Thursday, July 28, 7:00 p.m.

August 10 – September 4 Heart with Joan Jett and Cheap Trick My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish Saturday, July 30, 6:30 p.m. & I’m in Therapy!

Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin Wednesdays 7:00 p.m.; Thursdays: 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 31, 6:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Counting Crows and Rob Thomas Fridays 8:00 p.m.; Saturdays 2:00 p.m. and Thursday, August 4, 7:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m.; Brad Paisley, Tyler Farr, Maddie and Tae Sundays 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, August 9, 7:00 p.m.

August 31, 2:00 p.m.

Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa Afternoon T.E.A. Cary Grant mini-series Friday, August 12, 7:00 p.m.

-- film: To Catch a Thief Goo Goo Dolls Saturday, August 13, 7:00 p.m.

STEPHEN C. WIDOM CULTURAL ARTS Blink 182 with A Day To Remember and AT EMANUEL All Time Low 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck Wednesday, August 17, 7:30 p.m.

(516) 482-5701 • www.scwculturalarts.

Black Sabbath org/emanuel-series/ Saturday, August 20,3:59 p.m. through Sunday, June 5, 3 p.m.

Sunday, August 21, 11:59 p.m.

Harvey Granat presents “By George!”

2016 Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival with special guest Todd Gershwin Thursday, August 25, 8:00 p.m.

Jimmy Buffet NIKON AT JONES BEACH THEATRE Thursday, September 1, 7:00 p.m.

1000 Ocean Parkway, Wantagh Rascal Flatts 516-221-1000 • www.theatrewantagh.com Saturday, June 4, 7:00 p.m.

NYCB Theatre at Westbury KTUphoria: Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias and 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

Backstreet Boys (516) 247-5200 Sunday, June 5, 7:00 p.m. www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton Tuesday, May 31, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 11, 3:00 p.m.

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin ExperiBLI Summer Jam feat. Iggy Azalea, ence Fifth Harmony, Meghan Trainor and Saturday, June 4, 8 p.m.

Charlie Puth Saturday Night Summer Fever Concert Tuesday, June 14, 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 9, 8 p.m.

Bad Company and Joe Walsh Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Friday, June 17, 12:55 p.m.

Friday, June 10, 8 p.m.

2016 Country Megaticket Johnny Mathis Friday, June 17, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 16, 8 p.m.

Jason Aldean Don Rickles & Regis Philbin: ConversaSaturday, June 18, 6:00 p.m. tion & Clips

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Community Calendar Project Independence Support & Social Group The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence is reminding residents that they offer free support and social groups. Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

Night Club Style Karaoke Night Club Style Karaoke on Sunday June 5 at The Living Room, 432 No Wantagh Ave Bethpage from 7:30-11:30 p.m. Buffet is $10 per person. Enjoy listening to top singers of Long Island.

Come see for yourself. Make new friends and memories.

Blood Drive The Nassau County Bar Association, the leader in providing legal information and community service on Long Island, is hosting its annual Community Blood Drive on Wednesday, June 1, 12:30 - 6:30 p.m., at its building located on the corner of 15th and West Streets, Mineola. The Drive is presented with the support of Vigorito, Barker, Porter & Patterson, LLP. Donors are asked to bring a photo ID, weigh at least 110 pounds, are over age 17, and have had no tattoos within the past year. Appointments are preferred but walk-ins are welcome. To make your online reservation, please go to nassaubar.org, or call Patty at 516-503-0981.

Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser The Nassau County Chapter of the National Association of Professional Women* (NAPW) will host its biggest fundraiser of the year for the Ronald McDonald House of New Hyde Park which will be held at: The American Legion Hall: Post 144, 730 Willis Avenue, Williston Park. Saturday, June 11 from 6 to 10 p.m. This fun-filled night will include a buffet dinner, open bar, door prizes, and basket raffles. Raffle tickets will be sold at the event. The cost of a ticket is $48.00 and can be purchased via this link: http://napwronaldmcdonaldhouse. eventbrite.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

Memorial Day Commemoration and Fireworks Join us in honoring those who have

sacrificed their lives in defense of our freedom on Saturday, May 28 at the Annual Memorial Day Commemoration and Fireworks at North Hempstead Beach Park! Music by Unforgettable Fire, a U2 tribute band, and FiveStone, playing popular songs from the 80s.

The program begins at 6 p.m. and fireworks begin at darkness. For more information, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311.

Adult Guardianships Seminar Learn from top legal government leaders all about guardianships, when they may be needed, how to prevent them, alternatives, resources and how to become a guardian, at a free seminar,” Adult Guardianships: Prevention and Intervention,” on June 9, 6:30 - 8 p.m. at the Nassau County Bar Association, 15th Street at the Corner of West Street, Mineola. Leading the discussion is Hon. Arthur Diamond, Justice of the Supreme Court and supervising judge of guardianship matters in Nassau County, along with attorney Moriah Adamo, Abrams Fensterman of Lake Success, and Jennifer Lumme from the Adult Protective Services Caseworker III from the Nassau County Department of Social Services. Reservations are requested for this free program. To register, call the Nassau County Bar Association at 516-747-4070 or email ckatz@nassaubar.org.

Area Cyclists Unite There are several area cyclists & cycling groups that ride before or after work on Weekdays. Let’s Ride Together !! A bigger group is more fun and a better work out. I invite you to join the areas longest running Weekday cycling group. When: Weekdays before work or after work Where: parking lot across from Great Neck Diner, Corner of Bond Street and Grace Avenue.

Description of ride : About 15 miles in about one hour, 20 minutes (Non stop) We start and finish at the same location.

Routes and speeds vary depending on

the group.

Ride is canceled if the roads are wet or temperature is below 40 degrees. Free parking in the lot till 9 a.m. and after 6 p.m. Helmets and road bikes mandatory.

Beginners welcome. Ride at your own risk. April to November. Come & meet others who are interested in your sport, you may even pick up a pointer or two from one of the veteran cyclists. Contact David (Speedy) Emanuel at speedyemanuel@optonline.net or 516-840-9370 or 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m. for schedule and to confirm your participation.

For Trivia Lovers At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 6258804 for information.

Singles Association Of 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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Planting Fields hosts Gold Coast dog shows The Gold Coast Cluster Dog Shows were held at the Planting Fields Arboretum over four days last week. The shows sponsored by the Westbury Kennel Association, Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kennel Association of America and the Kennel Club of Long Island featured purebred dogs of many breeds.

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Great Neck Library Library Closings All Great Neck Library locations will be closed on Sunday, May 29 and Monday, May 30 for Memorial Day. 2016/2017 Great Neck Library Budget Vote Results The Board of Trustees and staff of the Great Neck Library appreciate the support of the community, shown by the overwhelming approval of the Library’s operating budget.

Thank you for your vote of confidence which enables the Library to continue to deliver services responsive to the needs of the community.

- Kathy Giotsas, Executive Director 2016-17 Public Library Budget (Proposition 4) Yes - 903 No - 239 Wanted: Prospective Candidates for the Great Neck Library Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee At the end of January 2017, terms will expire for two four-year seats on the Board of Trustees (currently held by Josie Pizer and Varda Solomon) and one three-year seat on the Nominating Committee (currently held by Michael Katz.)

The Nominating Committee invites members of the community who wish to be considered as candidates for the above seats, to send a resume and letter so stating

by June 15, 2016 to: The Chair of the Nominating Committee, c/o The Director’s Office, Great Neck Library, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023.

If hand delivering, please bring to the Station Branch Library at 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Great Neck, NY 11021 in the Gardens at Great Neck Plaza shopping center.

Any nominee for a position on the Board of Trustees or the Nominating Committee must be a member of the Great Neck Library Association or a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections by the Record Date of October 3, 2016.

Building Advisory Committee Meeting at Parkville The next meeting of the Building Advisory Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), in New Hyde Park. All are welcome. Please confirm with the Library at (516) 466-8055, ext. 201 that there has been no change in meeting date, time or location.

English Language Conversation for Beginners and 2nd Level at Station The Library invites all new speakers of English to join our English Language Conversation Group. English Language Conversation meetings are held at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd floor), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza every other Tuesday. The next meeting for beginner’s is on Tuesday, May 31 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Conversations for those who have reached beyond the beginner’s level, will be held on May 31 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

These are small, informal groups of people that get together to have conversations in English. Various conversation topics may be chosen. Librarian Barbara Buckley facilitates the conversations. For further information, please call the Reference Dept. at (516) 4668055, ext. 218.

Parkville Library Club You’re invited to come and spend Tuesday afternoons at the Parkville Branch for our new Parkville Library Club.

Join us Tuesday, May 31, between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park, 11040.

Bring your knitting or Canasta set… or your Mahjong tiles…

Scrabble board… Chess set…Backgammon board whatever games or hobby you enjoy. There will be someone here to enjoy the time with.

We’ll bring the coffee and cake.

The Parkville Library Club will continue each Tuesday, be-

(516) 466-8055 ext. 216 or email levels@greatnecklibrary. org. For a behind-the-scenes look at the production, follow @levelsshopofhorrors on Instagram.

tween 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.

HTML5 Computer Workshop for Teens at Station Dive into the newest version of HTML in this beginnerfriendly, hands-on introductory workshop on Wednesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Best Market. Learn the differences between HTML and HTML5, and how application programming interfaces (APIs) enable it to use Javascript to create a simple and fun game. Join this second part of a two-part workshop, even if you did not attend the first. Call (516) 4668055, ext. 218 to register.

Film at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library building is being renovated. The next film, a comedy/drama about human relationships, will be shown on Thursday, June 2 at 2:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, 26 Great Neck Road, (2nd level), above Best Market and Planet Fitness.

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

Levels Presents “Little Shop of Horrors” Live on Stage at Saddle Rock Elementary School You will believe a plant can sing and dance when Levels presents the musical Little Shop of Horrors, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 2, 3 and 4 at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium of Saddle Rock Elementary School, at 10 Hawthorne Lane in Great Neck, 11023.

Levels, the Great Neck Library’s Teen Center, presents several fully-staged theatrical productions a year, tradition-

ally directed, produced and performed by seventh grade through college-age students.

Due to the Main Library’s renovation, Levels has been operating at Saddle Rock Elementary School and doing its smaller weekend events at the Library’s Station Branch.

Little Shop of Horrors is the story of Seymour Krelborn, a nerdy flower-shop employee on NYC’s Lower East Side who discovers a “strange and unusual” plant that brings him fame, fortune and the love of his sweet co-worker Audrey.

Sounds good, right? The problem is that the plant eats people, grows bigger every time it eats, and isn’t shy about asking to be fed. Seymour soon realizes he’ll have to stop the botanical monstrosity before it takes over the world.

Expect the unexpected in Levels’ production, which features some surprising casting, updated musical arrangements and a very different approach to the character of the maneating plant (which you’ll have to see to believe).

Based on Roger Corman’s 1960 horror movie that provided Jack Nicholson with his first major role, Little Shop had successful runs both on and off-Broadway, and, to complete the circle, was made into a popular musical movie featuring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis and Bill Murray. The score, by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney’s Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Beauty & the Beast) includes the songs “Suddenly Seymour,”

“Somewhere That’s Green” and “Feed Me.” Little Shop’s all-student production staff is led by director Zarabeth Senft, a four-year Levels veteran. Choreography is by Violet Elizabeth and stage management is by Molly Racsko. The show also features set design by Netanel Kohn, costume design by Rebecca Hirschhorn, “Audrey II” design by Daisy Korman, and makeup and hair design

by Rayna Cooke and Simona Fine. Associate vocal directors are Maureen Guy & Jonathan Schindler, and Lauren Brill serves as lighting consultant.

Publicity art is by Elaine Zhang, and Tyler Hakimian is head of construction.

The cast of middle school, high school and college students includes an amazing mixture of Levels veterans and newcomers including Daniella Brancato, Ricky Cole, Phoebe Gordon, Maureen Guy, Rebecca Hirschhorn, Daisy Korman, Lea Levi, Alex Mousazadeh, Nina Phillips, Jonathan Schindler, Katherine Smolens and Ashley Yu. Musicians (also students) include Sara Chitsaz, Scott Levy, Molly Racsko, Jonathan Souferian and Elaine Zhang.

Admission is free. Tickets are intended to guarantee prime seating, and can be requested (while they last) at the Circulation Desks of all Great Neck Library facilities. Doors open 45 minutes before show time for ticketholders and 15 minutes before show time for non-ticketholders. For more information, contact Levels at

Socrates Salon with Ron Gross at Station Compassion Join a conversation about Compassion at the next Socrates Salon with host Ron Gross on Friday, June 3 at 3:00 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Best Market.

Think about what compassion means to you. Why and how do we need to be compassionate in today’s world? How do you practice compassion?

The Salon sessions are informed by Ron Gross’ work at Columbia University as cochair of the University Seminar on Innovation, and inspired by his book about the patron saint of conversation, Socrates’ Way, which has been published in 26 countries.

Enjoy light refreshments and thoughtful conversation. Topics are announced one month before the Salon. Please arrive early. There will be no admittance once the room is full.

Great Neck Library Closing/ Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www. cancellations.com for Library weather related closings/program cancellations. In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations.com, type in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings. In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic e-mails from cancellations.com when the Library has posted any information.

This is a great way for Library District residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

Great Neck Social Center World in Depth Now, more than ever, the Social Center sends you fast relief from what goes on in Albany, Washington, and all areas of the globe. How? Through our fantastically moderated weekly program of “World in Depth”.

The men and women who gather

Thursdays at 2 p.m. are among the brightest, sharpest and wittiest folks in the Senior Strata of North Hempstead! A moderator keeps them on topic even when the discussion gets heated! The moderators? The erudite Janet de Winter, Jeigh Duran, Martha Cohen, and an occasional

Guest Chair. Best of all, these sessions are free, so just come in and add your own opinions to the mix.

Memorial Day Celebration Though Memorial Day is on Monday, the 30th we at the Social Center celebrate their heroism and

sacrifice at noon on Friday, May 27. We will serve a delicious lunch followed by fresh watermelon and a patriotic cake (red, white and blue) with strawberries and blueberries.

Call the Center at (516)487-0025 to reserve a seat.

Social Security Benefits Join us on Thursday, May 26th at 10:30-11:45a.m. as Nilsa Henriquez gives you important information about your Social Security benefits.

There will be time for you to ask questions about all the new changes and how they will affect you.

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Playground, baseball field grand opening celebration The Grand Opening celebration of a new sports-themed playground and baseball field #3 was held at Memorial Field on Sunday, May 22. The Great Neck Park District, in cooperation with Great Neck Little League offered a Baseball Skills Competition on the new baseball field. The event was free, offering a balloon artist, face painting, DJ music, a variety of free giveaways, ballpark food and more! Many residents came out to support the parks and enjoy the day. Come down to Memorial Field and check out the new playground and baseball field, if you haven’t already!

Parkwood Family Aquatic Center Parkwood Family Aquatic Center promises to be spectacular for the whole family this summer! Enjoy free events and programs with your membership such as Aqua Zumba class,

Tai Chi, Rubber Duckie races, Teen and Adult party nights and so much more! Register now at Great Neck House, for your 2016 pool membership.

Nature Program: Introduction to Wilderness Survival Sunday, May 29 at 11 a.m., discover how to survive on your own in the wilderness during this hands-on program, geared for the average adult. You will learn how to find food, start a fire and build shelter. Meet in the first lot of Kings Point Park at the Steamboat Rd. entrance. No registration required. Children under 16 yrs. not permitted to attend.

Spring and Summer Employment in the Park District The Park District is currently looking for lifeguards, sailing instructors, Camp personnel, gate attendants and more at tennis and the pool for the 2016 season. Those wishing to apply may do so by picking up

an application at the Parkwood Administration office, 65 Arrandale Avenue, 487-7665; at the 5 Beach Road office, 482-0181; or by going to greatneckparks.org.

Time to apply is now!

Camp Parkwood If you are looking for a memorable summer program for your children, Camp Parkwood is the one for you! Age appropriate activities for children ages 3 and up include swimming, sports, arts & crafts, karate, rock wall climbing, sailing, tennis and so much more! We are now offering a new optional door-to-door transportation service for children ages 4 and over as well as a new Junior Travel Program for campers in sixth through eighth grades. Register weekly or for the whole summer! Call (516) 482-0355 for more information.

Park Card Renewals Park cards can be obtained or renewed at Great Neck House.

It is necessary to have a current

park card in order to participate in Park District programs. All family members, including children, must be entered into the computer prior to registration for any course, car permit, daily/ monthly parking tickets, summer play group/camp, pool membership, indoor tennis time or tennis lessons. Proof of residence required, even for renewals. Call Great Neck House for further information regarding proof of residence: 482-0355.

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ParkWatch Now that the weather is warmer, there is more activity outside.

The ParkWatch program is composed of observant residents willing to report vandalism and suspicious behavior occurring in the parks after dark. Please help to keep your parks and facilities in top shape by calling and reporting such activity to park security at 504-GNPD (5044673). (For emergencies and to report a crime in progress, residents should still call 911.)

Great Neck Community Calendar ST. ALOYSIUS SOCIABLES Wednesday Monthly Luncheon - 1 p.m. June 8, sponsored by the St. Aloysius Sociables of Great Neck, at the Inn of Great Neck, 30 Cutter Mill Road, Great Neck. Cost: Price of your meal. Please contact John Hyland, (516) 4823795 for reservations.

BOOSTS LOCAL RESTAURANTS In order to show community dedication and support, Leonard N. Katz, President of the Rotary Club of Great Neck, has instituted a new dynamic to his club. They have begun to have dinner events at local Great Neck restaurants on a monthly basis. The second

Wednesday of each month will be given over to the club patronizing local establishments. As a further welcoming gesture, the club invites town residents and businesspeople to visit these restaurants with them to network and to participate in keeping Great Neck great and a wonderful place to live and work. They say, “come and discover how meaningful it is to give back to the community”. For more information, visit their Facebook page, Rotary Club of Great Neck or their website, www.rotaryclubofgreatneck.org. To join with them and be a dinner participant, just call 516487-9392 or email them at rotaryclubofgreatneck@ aol.com.

ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS The Rotary Club of Great Neck invites town residents and business persons to visit one of their breakfast meetings for business networking and to participate in keeping Great Neck ‘great’ as a wonderful place to live and work . They meet Wednesday mornings at 8 a.m. in the boardroom of TD Bank, 2 Great Neck Road. To arrange for your visit as a guest or if interested in becoming one of their weekly speakers please call (516) 487-9392 or email at rotaryclubofgreatneck@ aol.com In alignment with their club motto being, “They Profit Most Who Serves Best”, come and

discover for yourself how meaningful and satisfying it is to give back to your community while networking through the Rotary Club of Great Neck . For further information please see our website, www.Rotaryclubofgreatneck.org.

REAP MUSIC PROGRAM Reap (retired, energetic and active people) has actually been in existence for 30 years! a correction to last week!! Our meeting on Tuesday, May 31 will begin at 9 a.m. at the Cumberland School, Adult Education, with Miriam Colistra discussing “Evolution of Privacy Through Art.” “My Opinion” will be offered by Irma Wolin on a topic of interest. Les Penner

will be the presenter to speak on, “The Surprising Wright Brothers.” We break at 11:30 a.m. for lunch together. Following lunch break, Carolyn Minionis will lead a discussion on a current events topic. Our book club and health/fitness club meet next week.

FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors.

Monday through Saturday.

Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050.

WOMANSPACE A discussion group devoted to issues concerning women. Weekly meetings are held every Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Great Neck Senior Center, at 80 Grace Ave, Great Neck. New members welcome. For more info call Joan Keppler at (516) 487-5844.

LIONS CLUB OF GREAT NECK Lions Club of Great Neck meets the first Monday of each month at Pearl East Restaurant, 1190 Northern Blvd., Manhasset at 12 p.m.

If you would like to attend a meeting and learn more about our club, please contact fernweiss@aol.com or call (516) 829-5192.

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Monument unveiled at Eisenhower Park On May 15, the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association unveiled a monument at Eisenhower Park to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the association.

After the presentation of colors, Jerry Presta, NCJFA Chairman, welcomed junior firefighters from the association’s 41 fire departments, including several junior firefighters from the Great Neck Alert Fire Company.

Several politicians and dignitaries spoke at the event honoring the junior firefighters’ commitment to being the next generation of volunteer firefighters in Nassau County.

Speakers included Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, Nassau County Legislature Presiding Officer Norma L. Gonsalves (R-East Meadow), State Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove), Jose DaRocha, President of Execu- Marshal Scott Tusa and Rachel Buczynski Mangano pulled off the blue tarp that tive Council of Firematic Associations, from the National Volunteer Fire Council was wrapped around the eight-foot monNassau County Fire Commission Chair- located in Washington D.C. ument. man Denis Collins, Nassau County Fire NCJFA president Richard Field and Inscribed on the monument is the

Begala, Maragos, Schmidt Temple Emanuel of Great Neck recently hosted a dialogue as part of its legacy of service to the community. Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos went toe-to-toe with fellow political veterans Steve Schmidt and Paul Begala. Pictured from left are Paul Begala, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, and Steve Schmidt.

Nassau County Junior Firefighters emblem and the names of the association’s member fire departments.

Facing the monument are two stone junior firefighters, each representing one male and one female junior firefighter.

Allen Sedaka, owner of Great Neckbased Durite USA, designed, built and donated the monument that took about a year to construct and cost more than $100,000.

Supplies and donations from local fire departments, companies and organizations went towards the construction of the patio, lighting and landscaping surrounding the monument.

The NCJFA brings together junior firefighters from across Nassau County to learn skills such as leadership and working as a team while also learning to be firefighters.

It was started in 2006 with the goal of preparing teenagers to become firefighters while also providing them with community service opportunities.

Town officials attend walk-a-thon Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Councilwoman Anna Kaplan attended the 10th Annual Walk-a-thon for Stem Cell Research at Temple Israel of Great Neck on May 15 hosted by Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America.

The event raised funds for the Hadassah Medical Organization as they strive to remain at the forefront of Stem Cell Research.

Hadassah, which covers both the north and south shores, also hosted a walk-a-thon in Long Beach.

20th annual Blessing of the Fleet set for June 5 Clergymen will bless local vessels when the Manhasset Bay Sportsmen’s Club sponsors its 66th Blessing of the Fleet at noon on Saturday, June 6 at the Town Dock, located on lower Main Street in Port Washington.

The public is invited to the Town Dock to view the ceremony. Last year, 50 boats passed in review.

Boat owners are invited to join the review.

They will rendezvous on Manhasset Bay, south of Plum Point, beginning at 11:30 a.m. They should watch for an MBSC boat with the sign ”Leader,” from a single line behind it and proceed when it does.

Sailing craft must be under power while in the review.

Boaters must maintain a speed of four knots, keep an interval between boats consistent with safety rules and stay in line.

After passing the reviewing stand, they shall proceed to the “Turn Marker Boat,” anchored north of the dock, turn to port around the marker boat and move out of the area on the reverse of the inward course, staying in line and maintaining four knots until well clear of the area.

All persons in the review are asked to observe proper etiquette. They should be properly dressed.

While passing the clergy, all persons on board should stand at attention and uncover. Ensigns — except the national flag of the United States should be dipped in salute.

The MBSC Clubhouse, the fleet captain’s boat and the leader boat will monitor Channel 9 VHF for anyone requiring additional instructions or help.

The Town of North Hempstead Marine 6 will monitor Channel 16 (emergency calls only.)

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JFK students donate library to Park District The Student Council from John F. Kennedy Elementary School donated a Free Standing Library to the Great Neck Park District’s Playscape, on Friday, May 20 at Steppingstone Park.

The Board of Commissioners Robert A. Lincoln, Jr, Daniel M. Nachmanoff and Frank S. Cilluffo as well as Superintendent Jason R. Marra accepted the donation on behalf of the Park District.

JFK’s Assistant Principal, Kathleen Murray, stated that her father had built the library so that the children could enjoy books and reading.

Also present were JFK Principal Ronald Gimondo, Kelly Newman, Assistant Superintendent of the Great Neck School District, and members of the Great Neck Historical Society President Alice Kasten, Treasurer Jay Mancus, and member Chris Soto.

Great Neck schools named state ‘reward schools’ Great Neck South High School, Lakeville School, and Saddle Rock School have been named New York State Reward Schools, placing them among the 220 high achieving and high progress schools in the state.

According to the New York State Education Department, “Reward Schools are schools that either have high academic achievement or have made the most progress in the State and do not have significant gaps in student achievement between subgroups.”

The NYSED further explained that a Reward School must be among the top 20 percent of schools in the state for English language arts (ELA) and math performance for both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years or be among the top 10 percent of schools in terms of gains

in ELA and math performance in the 2014-15 school year, have made adequate yearly progress for the 201314 and 2014-15 school years for all groups of students on all measures for which the school is accountable, including the requirement that 95 percent of all groups participate in the English language arts and mathematics assessments and not have unacceptably large gaps in student performance on an accountability measure between students who are members of an accountability group and students who are not members of that group.

Elementary and middle schools must demonstrate that more than 50 percent of students are making annual growth in ELA and math and that more than 50 percent of the school’s lowest achieving students are

JFK celebrates 50th At the John F. Kennedy School’s recent Fifth-Grade Spring/50th Anniversary Concert, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth presented Principal Ronald Gimondo with a special proclamation in honor of the Anniversary. With them were Assistant Principal Kathleen Murray, Instrumental Music Teacher Amy Kempton, Superintendent Teresa Prendergast, Vocal Music Teacher Korey Terranova, and Fifth-Grade Teacher Mona Haber, representing fifth-grade teachers and the Class of 2016/50th Anniversary graduates.

also making gains.

High schools must have graduation rates above 80 percent to be a high achieving school and above 60 percent to be a high progress school, also the percentage of students in the school who graduate with a Regents diploma with advanced designation or a Career and Technical Endorsement (CTE) must exceed the state average.

Additionally, high schools must demonstrate that their graduation rate for students who entered the school performing below proficient in ELA or math exceeds the state average.

Each Reward School will receive a certificate of recognition from NYSED Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.

South High HOSA Club wins medals Members of Great Neck South High School’s Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Club recently took home a trove of medals, including over a dozen First Place, at the recent state competition.

Some 45 students competed and 27 will advance to the national level to be held in Nashville

in late June.

Students medaled in such categories as Creative Problem Solving, Clinical Nursing, Dental Science, Epidemiology, Forensic Medicine, Human Growth & Development, Medical Math, Medical Law, Medical Ethics, Pharmacology, Transcultural Health Care, and Veterinary Science.

HOSA Club activities are selffunded. Faculty Advisor is science teacher Steven Tringali.

The purpose of the HOSA organization is to develop leadership and technical skills through a program of motivation, awareness, and recognition, which is an integral part of the Health Science Education instructional program.

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South Middle students honored Ninety-two South Middle School students were recently recognized by the Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education for contributing to the quality of life at their school.

Student honorees, in alphabetical order, are Troy Ahmed, Kareem Allen-Austin, Eric Bae, Aryaman Bahri, Nicole Beckett, Arianna Bozac, Theodore Chang, Ryan Chen, Emily Cheng, Catherine Chin, Sarah Choi, Alex Choung, Sabrina Chu, Christiana Claus, Lillian Cubbin, Tomer Curi-Hoory, Faiz Daredia, Rodolfo De la Cruz, Valerie Deligiannis, Derek Delson, Alexander Dembner, Amal Deochand, Jun Miackie Domingo, Yian Dong, Julia Duval, Alex Fang, Emma Fico, Cynthia Fong, Emma Forstner, YiLin Ge, Austin George, Daniel Goldberg, Brendon Guevara, Benyamin Hedvat, Gabrielle Henderson, Spencer Horowitz, Alyssa Hui, Sidra Hussain, Kiele Hwee, Sara Jhong, Katelyn John, Sebastian Kaczor, Talia Katz, Do Yeon Kim, Jiwon Kim, Sophia Kim, David Kogan, Aliya Lakhani, Kayla Law, Abigail Lee, Ryan Lessing, Martin Lev, Jonathan Li, Erin Liang, Kenneth Lim, Alan Lin, Christina Liu, Elizabeth Louie, Gabriel Magidson, Rachel Martini, Alexandra Milman, Jose Montoya, Michael Morrone, Lauren Parrott, Somya Pathak, Maya Pfeiffer, Christos Potamianos, Rachael Rosenberg, Benjamin Rossen, Shourav Saha, Madison Schmidt, Andrew Sheen, Anna Shimizu, Alixandra Sholomon, Joelle Siong Sin, Rachel Tair, Britney Trachtenberg, Holden Velasco, Joanna Vissichelli, John Vlantis, Mia Vlantis, Vivian Vlantis, Cheryl Wang, Lauren Wong, Alexandra Woroniecka, Kevin Wu, Emma Yeung, Tiffany Young, Jinyeong Yu, Alice Zhang, Kallista Zhuang, and Nick Zizic. Joining them were Board of Education members (President Barbara Berkowitz, Vice President Lawrence Gross, and Trustees Donald Ashkenase, Monique Bloom, and Susan Healy), and school and district administrators.

South High to present ‘Battle of the Bands’ On Friday, June 3, beginning at 7:30 p.m., the Great Neck South High School Performing Arts Department will present its sixth annual “Battle of the Bands,” in the school auditorium at 341 Lakeville Road.

The concert will feature five live bands that will each perform a 15-minute set of music.

Styles will range from classic rock, to pop and alternative music featuring songs from famous recording artists Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Lukas Graham.

All performers are students in the

Great Neck Public Schools.

Most of the South High students began their studies in music through Guitar Program, Music Technology, Symphonic Band, or Jazz Band. Some learned to play independently.

The winner Battle of the Bands will receive a $100 gift certificate to Sam Ash Music stores and reserve their place in history on a plaque that is proudly displayed at South High.

A panel of three South High teachers will judge the concert.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door.

To reserve advance tickets, e-mail Anthony Virgilio, event organizer/music teacher, at avirgilio@greatneck.k12.ny.us.

Virgilio is enthusiastic that this year’s Battle of the Bands will showcase contemporary music in an authentic live concert setting.

Theatre workshop set for South Middle On Friday, June 3, at 7 p.m., Great Neck South Middle School will present its annual Theatre Workshop.

The Workshop features short “sketch” shows that are student directed, with such titles as “Roadside Clean Up” and “There’s Always Next Year.”

There are comedies and dramas, cov-

ering various aspects of life and growing up.

Eighth-grade writers/directors are Sidra Hussain and Talia Katz.

Theatre Workshop is suitable for all ages and all are welcome.

Gabriel Carras, English department chair/drama teacher, is faculty advisor

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After standoff, ex G.N. dentist arrested B y N oah M ans k a r lice said.

Steven Liebman’s home at 17 Tatterson Street in Roslyn

Photo by Catherine Teevan

Nassau County police arrested a Roslyn man at his home late Tuesday night after an eighthour standoff.

Steven Liebman, 50, was arraigned Wednesday in First District Court in Hempstead on charges of second-degree menacing and second-degree obstructing government administration after he threatened Nassau County Sheriff’s Department officers with what they thought was a rifle.

The sheriff’s officers came to Liebman’s house at 17 Tatterson Street at 3 p.m. Tuesday to serve him with civil court papers, police said.

When Liebman answered the door, he pointed an object at the officers that looked like a rifle, police said. Police later determined it was a BB gun.

The officers retreated and called Nassau County police at 3:25 p.m., police said. Police blocked off roads in the area and surrounded the house with multiple police cars and an ambulance.

Liebman surrendered and was arrested at 11:20 p.m., po-

The police department’s Bureau of Special Operations, emergency service unit and a hostage negotiator were on the scene, police said. Police also deployed a helicopter over the area.

A Roslyn High School student named Joshua said he had to spend Tuesday night at his aunt’s house because the street where he lived was closed. He was unaware of any police activity happening at the time, he said.

State records indicate Liebman is a dentist who at one time practiced in Great Neck. A professional corporation for the practice that lists Liebman as the CEO with his Tatterson Street address has been inactive since 2009.

Liebman has no prior criminal violations.

Both charges against him are class A misdemeanors punishable by up to one year in jail and up to $1,000 in fines.

Liebman’s bail was set at $10,000. He is due back in court Friday.

Catherine Teevan contributed reporting.

Swan Club reopens after facility clean up B Y N e g lah S ha r ma The Swan Club reopened early Friday after workman spent a day sanitizing and disinfecting the Glenwood Landing catering facility under the direction of the Nassau County Department of Health.

The upscale club was closed on Thursday after more than 100 patrons became ill after attending events earlier in the week.

“They have met all the conditions, with some operational monitoring at the facility to ensure that the food handling is safe and proper,” county Health Department spokesperson Carolyn McCummings said.

McCummings said the department received calls on Wednesday after learning that many guests had fallen ill after dining there for various special events and order the facility closed.

The entire facility was sanitized and disinfected under the supervision of the health department on Thursday, McCum-

mings said.

Swan Club general manager Shelley Silver said the board of health also helped train her staff of waiters, bartenders, and bridal attendants to ensure all proper procedures are being fully implemented.

The club will also now hire its own food inspector and has already hired a company to sanitize antimicrobials, mold, and mildew, Silver said.

“We don’t believe the illnesses were food-born or food poisoning, but all purveyors are currently being investigated,” she said. “This is not something we did wrong. We want everyone to be happy and healthy.

[Moving forward] we will be the gold standard in catering halls.”

Silver said that as a courtesy, some patrons of the club may be reimbursed as a result, but that will be conducted on a case-bycase basis.

“We are doing anything that is humanly possible to be proactive,” she said.

The club will continue to host its pre-planned weekend events, Silver said.

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De Giorgio objects Trump gets Martins’ to town PR contract vote if he’s nominated B y J oe N i k i c The North Hempstead Town board voted Tuesday to approve Zimmerman/ Edelson Inc. to perform public relations services for the town, but one council member voiced strong opposition to the approval, citing the town’s efforts to reform its ethics practices.

Town Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio said while she knows the Great Neck-based public relations firm has a strong reputation, she had issue with its contributions to Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth’s political campaigns.

“In the interest of re-evaluating the town’s ethics practices, particularly in respect to vendor political contributions to town officials, I don’t understand how we can award this contract to Zimmerman/ Edelson after they’ve contributed over $6,000 to your political campaign,” De Giorgio said.

The board voted four to one in favor of Zimmerman/Edelson’s approval, with De Giorgio serving as the lone board member to vote against it.

Town Councilman Angelo Ferrara was not at Tuesday’s board meeting.

Town officials were scheduled to hold an ethics working group Wednesday to dis-

cuss the town’s ethics practices.

De Giorgio said the vote for Zimmerman/Edelson’s approval should have waited until after the ethics working group met.

“It just seems very inappropriate to award the contract tonight,” she said. “I find it suspect. I don’t make this comment lightly but it’s a problem.”

Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin said vendors had a right to donate to town officials’ political campaigns if they wanted to.

“Business entities have a First Amendment right to make political contributions as they see fit within the restrictions provided in various laws on contribution limits,” Botwin said. “What we require in our relationships with vendors, and what we will continue to require, is disclosure.”

She also said that while the ethics working group was supposed to meet Wednesday, there was nothing on the table about preventing vendors from donating to town officials.

“We are not looking at barring any vendor for contributing to a town official from getting work with the town,” Botwin said.

“That is not something that has been proposed and it is something that many town vendors have done in the past and probably will do in the future.”

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B y N oah M ans k a r Republican state Sen. Jack Martins said he will support Donald Trump if he is the Republican nominee — with emphasis on “if.”

Speaking with Blank Slate Media after a press conference last week, Martins, the Republican nominee for New York’s 3rd Congressional District, said he would back his party’s controversial presumptive nominee in November’s presidential election over either of the Democratic candidates.

“It’s either support him, or support either Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, so the choice is not between Donald Trump and somebody else,” said Martins, of Old Westbury. “It’s between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, and if Donald Trump is the nominee, which he isn’t yet, then I’ll support the Republican nominee — once we have a nominee.”

Trump is the last GOP candidate standing in a field that once included 17 people. His last rivals, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich, suspended their campaigns after Trump’s primary victory in Indiana earlier this month.

Many prominent Republicans are standing behind Trump after denouncing him as a divisive candidate.

Among them are Long Island House representatives Peter King (R-Seaford) and Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), who told Newsday May 4 they would back Trump.

King was previously a vocal critic of the real estate magnate, but said earlier this year he would support the Republican nominee.

Nassau County Republican Committee Chairman Joseph Mondello endorsed Trump in March ahead of New York’s April 19 primary, and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano followed.

Trump partially credited Mondello with his landslide New York victory in his speech at a May 11 Nassau GOP fundraiser, saying Mondello’s support helped him win by a large margin in the county.

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern, one of five Democrats seeking his party’s nomination for the 3rd District, has called on Martins several times to denounce Trump. North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, another 3rd District Democrat, has also criticized his rhetoric on immigration.

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Steve Israel featured in Stern ad 3rd District congressman backs Suffolk County legislator as his success in 30-second spot B y N oah M ans k a r

Democratic 3rd Congressional District candidate Steve Stern continues to show off his support from the man he’s vying to replace in his second TV ad, launched Monday.

U.S. Rep. Steve Israel appears in the 30-second spot titled “Strong,” saying Stern is “strong enough” to “stand up to Tea Party Republicans” and “bring people together to get things done.”

“He’ll always stand up for what’s right for New York,” Israel says in the ad.

Israel hinted at doing a Stern TV ad when he endorsed his longtime friend and fellow Suffolk County resident on May 2. Stern, a Suffolk County Legislator from Dix Hills, is one of five Democrats vying to replace Israel, who announced in January that he would not run for a ninth term.

Stern has touted Israel’s endorsement in a sit-down interview with Blank Slate Media and in Great Neck Democratic Club debate last week, saying he is best equipped to continue Israel’s legacy.

“For far too long, New York’s middle class families have been shut out by special interests in Washington and I am running for Congress to continue Rep.

Photo: Steve Stern for Congress

U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) appears in a new ad for Steve Stern, one of five Democrats running to replace him.

Israel’s fight to put our community first,” Stern said in a statement.

Stern launched his first ad, “Shop,” about his mother’s T-shirt business, in April. Both ads tout Stern’s willingness to oppose GOP efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.

Stern’s campaign has made a “significant buy” for “Strong” on local cable networks, campaign spokesman Isaac

Goldberg said. He declined to reveal how much the campaign is spending on TV advertising.

Others on the June 28 primary ballot include Jericho attorney Jonathan Clarke, former North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman, former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi and town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan.

Kaplan launched her first TV ad on

May 11. Titled “Made,” it centers on her experience as a young Iranian immigrant.

The 30-second ad went on the air the same day presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke at a Nassau County GOP fundraiser.

Kaplan has criticized Trump’s stances on immigration and penned an op-ed to Blank Slate Media in March, saying his speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee left her feeling “almost sick to my stomach.”

“I was a Jewish refugee from the Iranian Revolution, persecuted for my religion and gender,” Kaplan says in the ad. “America gave me a chance. So when Donald Trump says these hateful things, I know how dangerous that can become, and how important it is to fight back.”

Kaplan campaign spokesman Reginald Johnson also declined to reveal advertising spending, but said the ad is running on cable networks across the district, which stretches from Whitestone, Queens, to Kings Park in Suffolk County.

“The objective is to make sure that we communicate Anna’s message and her story to as many voters as we can reach,” Johnson said.

GOP taps ex Pataki adviser for Assembly run B y J oe N i k i c

was looking to tackle is ending political corruption.

“The big issue to me is ethics reform The Republican Party last Thursday nominated Port Washington resident and if I get to Albany, that is going to be Matthew Varvaro to run for outgoing As- my priority,” he said. “Passing really serisemblywoman Michelle Schimel’s 16th ous ethics reform so we can finally end corruption in Albany.”

Assembly district seat.

While he has never served as an Varvaro, 25, said the main issue he

Photo: Matthew Varvaro

Matthew Varvaro of Port Washington is the Republican candidate for the state Assembly seat Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Port Washington) will leave.

elected official, Varvaro said, he has worked for various political campaigns and offices.

Most recently he served as research director for former Gov. George Pataki’s campaign for presidency.

After he was announced as the Republican candidate for the 16th Assembly district seat, Pataki said on Twitter that Varvaro was “a wonderful person and will make a great Assemblyman for N.Y.” From November 2014 to April 2015, Varvaro served as a legislative aide for North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio.

“Matt is a smart, energetic candidate who will be the reformer that Albany needs,” De Giorgio said of Varvaro.

Varvaro said he did not think the fact that he hasn’t held an elected position would deter residents from voting for him.

“I think that people are open to voting for individuals who haven’t served in elected office and I think the fact that I’m young is a benefit,” he said. “I’ve been working in politics and government in some capacity for the past seven years of my life working on policy issues, working with constituents in the Town of North Hempstead and Port Washington.”

If elected, Varvaro said he would “introduce legislation” to improve the economy and public schools, as well as protect the environment.

Schimel announced on Jan. 7 she would not seek re-election.

She was first elected to the state Assembly in March 2007 after defeating Republican Ryan DeCicco in a special election, receiving 86 percent of the votes.

Schimel replaced Thomas DiNapoli, who the state Legislature selected as state Comptroller that year.

The 16th Assembly district includes Great Neck, New Hyde Park, Port Washington, Manhasset, Williston Park, North Hills, East Hills, Old Westbury and a portion of Roslyn Estates.

Varvaro looks set to face off in November with either former North Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Urso or former Town of North Hempstead Public Safety Commissioner Andrew DeMartin, who resigned from his town post in February to focus on his run for the state Assembly.

“I’ve been a resident here in the district my whole life. I care about the community,” Varvaro said. “I know the constituents, I know the issues. It’s an incredible honor to get an opportunity to win this seat and an honor to serve the constituents in the community.”

Reach reporter Joe Nikic by e-mail at jnikic@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203. Also follow us on Twitter @joenikic and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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McDonald House holds annual ‘Walk of Love’ (C)2016 MARTHA GORFEIN PHOTOCONCEPTS/www.mgphotoconcepts.com

The Ronald McDonald House of Long Island held its annual Walk of Love and 5K Ronald Run in Great Neck last Saturday. Proceeds from the event benefitted the New Hyde Park-based Ronald McDonald House, which provides accomodations for families of seriously ill children. The event also featured carnival games, barbeque, a live DJ, face painting and an appearance by Ronald McDonald.

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Sports stars under the lights at Viscardi (C)2016 MARTHA GORFEIN PHOTOCONCEPTS/www.mgphotoconcepts.com

The Viscardi Center’s 50th annual Celebrity Sports Night raised a record-breaking $4.4 million for the Albertson-based non-profit.

More than 40 sports celebrities, including former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and “Real Sports” host Bryant Gumbel came to celebrate the center for children and adults with severe physical disabilities.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in Great Neck Great Neck Real Estate Market Conditions Median sales price $830,000 Demographics near Great Neck, NY

Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 9,972 7,503 41.4 2.9 86,722 39,686

County 1,338,712 4,702 41.2 3 97,049 42,286

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44 Beverly Road, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,350,000 Date:02/16/2016 5 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 100x100 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $38,149 MLS# 2772615

21 S Somerset Drive, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,220,000 Date: 02/02/2016 4 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 80x120 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $18,597 MLS# 2761018

1 Margaret Court, Great Neck 7 Buckingham Place, Great Neck Sold Price: $1,305,000 Date:12/21/2015 5 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 90x118 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $17,110

Sold Price: $840,000 Date: 02/19/2016 3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 52x144 Schools: Great Neck Total Taxes: $15,647 MLS# 2809784

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in Great Neck by a variety of real estate agencies. The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes are presented based solely on the fact that they were recently sold in Great Neck and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

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Is it size of office, quality of agent?

There are approximately 21,000-plus real estate agents on the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island.

I am sure the number is even higher when you count those that are not part of our organization, which is one of the largest associations in the U.S. It seems whereever you turn, someone is licensed in our industry.

Is it over saturated with people?

Some say yes, some say, “survival of the fittest.”

Is it about just surviving in the business or about earning a good living at it or is it about just making ancillary income for a majority, who are trying to do it as a second income, because they have a job as their main source of remuneration?

I always believe that if you have a business, why do you need to have a job?

There may be many reasons why individuals won’t quit their regular job, pensions, somewhat of a guaranteed check each week, health insurance, fear of not being able to make the same income as they are

earning currently on their job or business.

Sometimes it is a FEAR (Fantasized, Expectations, Appearing Real) of the unknown about learning and doing the business and how long will it take to make the necessary income, especially if you have a family and you are the main bread winner.

So when deciding how to judge an agent or broker, I believe, one should understand, it is the quality of the person, not necessarily the size of the office you pick to either sell your property and/or assist you finding your next place to call home or investment.

Most important, the internet has leveled the playing field.

Those that have the experience and knowledge to utilize its power will have the greatest advantage in securing a qualified buyer.

Taking quality high resolution photos combined with the proper wording with adjectives to excite and attract those potential qualified buyers will go a long way to efficiently get you to the closing.

Many sellers never read

philip a. raices Real Estate Watch

their property information that is placed online; and I have seen some of the most poorly written descriptions one could imagine and some of the absolutely worst pictures taken to represent a property.

Many times you will pick a friend who you are close to list your property or help you find another one; but find out what experience and how many years of doing it full time do they have?

What classes or designations have they earned to advance their skill set to a new and higher level?

I have seen situations that the loss of a friend was caused because of something that occurred in relation to real estate transaction.

As an example a G.R.I. (Graduate of the Realtor Institute) is a designation where one has to complete 90 hours above a broker’s license.

The classes taken help propel the agent to gain an immense amount of knowledge about running his or her business, from marketing, listing presentations, public relations, consulting, ethics, mortgaging , technology, etc. and learning to stay current and ahead of the pack, years down the line.

With the influx of many foreign purchasers, I think another critical designation, the C.I.P.S. (Certified International Property Specialist) (an additional, 40+ hours of continuing education) places a significant emphasis on placing one in a higher category to become a more qualified agent; and helps them in creating a stronger more solid base of knowledge about a multitude of cultural groups, their specific customs, idiosyncrasies and the proper

way to do business with them.

Whether you sell locally or internationally, one learns how to do business in all the locales with all types of different types of people. Very few agents have attained this credential. I happen to have both designations.

I believe everyone deserves a break, but when it comes to making the largest investment in your family’s future and where you will live or even an investment property who will you be depending on?

Hopefully the most knowledgeable, ethical and professional agent who you will choose to search out and find that place that you will fall in love with, that has the combination of most of those things that you need (can afford) and a few that you want (the extras).

Yes, you need a good office to back them; but you should be more interested in employing and finding a quality individual.

There are deals that are lost everyday, because the agent forgot to ask something or is not qualifying the prospective purchaser, who is buying or understanding the specific needs and wants of the owner, who is selling.

Asking the correct questions at the get go, will surely minimize issues and glitches that many times occur due to miscommunications.

Keep your friends, however, be confident that the one person or persons, that you decide to hire are at the highest level of professionalism, credibility and honesty with your best interests in mind. In this most competitive environment today, you cannot take chances and settle for someone with mediocre knowledge or possibly one who isn’t putting in enough time to hone their skills for the long term.

You have to know that the agent that will be assisting you, will be a step ahead of most and be able to handle all the details from start to finish.

Philip A. Raices is the owner of Turn Key Real Estate in Great Neck. He can be reached by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.

Com or by Cell, (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions.

To search for property, see what your home is worth or homes that have sold in your area, go to: WWW.Li-RealEstate.Com

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State Comptroller’s father dies at 92

Continued from Page 1 Nicholas DiNapoli married Adeline Abbondandelo in 1948 The couple had two children, Thomas, and James DiNapoli, who works in the state courts system, the comptroller said.

Adeline died in 1991.

DiNapoli said Nicholas was always there for his two sons, especially because he lost his father when he was just 11 years old.

“I think because he knew what it was like not to have a father, he really made sure he was there,” he said. “Even though he worked long hours, he was the first to volunteer for Boy Scouts or take us to Little League.”

The comptroller said his father was a strong advocate for his two sons to get a college education rather than head straight into the workforce after high school.

“His big priority was that my brother and I go to college because he didn’t have the opportunity,” DiNapoli said. “He saw the limitations on where his career could go because he didn’t

have that and he always emphasized that to us.”

Nicholas had two grandchildren, with whom, the comptroller said, he maintained a close relationship, constantly driving to Suffolk County where they lived to see them as much as he could.

“Being a grandfather to him was just off the charts,” DiNapoli said. “You could see he always wanted to be there.”

Nicholas had a strong passion for community involvement because he grew up during a time when Roslyn was like “small town America,” his son said.

“His whole life was in this small radius of communities,” DiNapoli said. “They were the shopkeepers, gardeners, folks that worked and provided services for the wealthier people around.”

Nicholas also served on the Roslyn Highlands Fire Department during his younger years, and joined the American Legion post in Williston Park.

DiNapoli said his father’s community involvement helped

spark his interest in serving the public as a political figure.

Although his father was a Republican like the rest of his family, the comptroller said Nicholas always supported his campaigns.

DiNapoli, a Democrat, said one year his father had told him he was going to vote in a Democratic primary, which confused the comptroller since he was a registered Republican.

“He sheepishly admitted to me that he had changed his enrollment to Democrat,” he said.

“He said to me ‘if you ever have a primary again, I don’t want to be closed out from the opportunity to vote for you.’”

“I think being there for your family in any way possible trumped everything else,” the comptroller added.

DiNapoli recalled an incident in 2007, when he was in a battle with former Gov. Eliot Spitzer over who the state Legislature should select to fill the vacant comptroller’s position and told his family not come to Albany while talks were ongoing.

He said without telling him,

Nicholas and James traveled to Albany and sat in the back of the chamber, which he was shocked to later find out.

“The vote happened and I ended up winning,” the comptroller said. “The sergeant-atarms, Wayne Jackson, came up to me and said congratulations, where do you want me to bring your father?”

“It meant a lot and he got to stand next to me when I was sworn in,” DiNapoli added.

The comptroller said while it may not compare to the happiness he felt from being a grandfather Nicholas was proud of him for his political achievements and his brother for his successes in the court system.

“He saw me have my dreams in politics be fulfilled through this position and I know that gave him satisfaction,” DiNapoli said.

While his “real” interest was his family, the comptroller said Nicholas loved the outdoors and didn’t let his age change that.

“Last year, I came to the house and there was a ladder

against a tree and he said he had to trim the tree,” DiNapoli said.

“I said ‘you’re 91, you can’t go up there!”

He also said his father maintained a vegetable garden in his yard up until his final days.

Nicholas also enjoyed old western movies and sports, his son said.

DiNapoli said his father was one of the “originals” in his neighborhood.

“He loved getting to know the younger neighbors and tell them the history of the block and who lived here,” he said.

“They were so good to him. During snowstorms, I didn’t have to worry because the neighbors loved him and took care of him.”

There was a wake for Nicholas on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Roslyn Heights Funeral Home.

A funeral service is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church in Roslyn Harbor, where DiNapoli said his father was baptized as a child.

Supporters rally for return of 6th Precinct Continued from Page 2 joined lawmakers in March to call for the precinct’s reopening following a countywide spike in residential burglaries.

Civic group Secretary Sue Auriemma presented the county Legislature with 1,500 signatures on online petition her group started two weeks ago, along with more than 500 signatures town officials collected.

The merged 3rd Precinct stretches from Manorhaven to Hempstead Turnpike and includes Roosevelt Field Mall,

county government buildings and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. It is divided into the 3rd North Subdivision — the former 6th precinct — and the 3rd South Subdivision.

The merger has left the more affluent North Subdivision without enough detectives and plainclothes officers and stretched patrol officers too thin, causing quality-of-life issues such as traffic violations to fall through the cracks, Auriemma said.

“The 3rd Precinct is like a black hole

Athletes run up score for Viscardi Center Continued from Page 20 to ever live with the severe skeletal disorder Thanatophoric Dysplasia Type 2. “I believe that I have lived a less than ordinary life. Despite my physical and medical challenges, I am no different than any other ambitious high school student.”

Celebrity Sports Night’s golden anniversary connected the Viscardi Center with many new donors and renewed connections with many who were involved before, Brussell said.

Brussell said the money raised last week will let the Viscardi School serve more school districts in Suffolk County and expand its PROSPER program for students with and without disabilities who

are at risk of dropping out of school. The program has a 98-percent success rate, Brussell said.

The proceeds will also expand the Viscardi Center’s job training programs for disabled adults, Brussell said. The center is also looking to establish a “social enterprise” business that would employ people with disabilities, Brussell said.

“Fundraisers like this allow us to identify the need for additional types of training programs where we see a trend in employment hiring knowing that once they complete the training here, they’ll be able to find jobs,” she said.

The 51st Celebrity Sports Night is set for May 18, 2017.

— it sucks most of their resources into that precinct and the (commanding officers) cannot spend the amount of they can to service the North Shore communities,” said Brian Hoesl, president of Nassau’s Superior Officers Association.

Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter and Mangano spokesman Brian Nevin said funds for 6th precinct building repairs would come from the county’s capital plan, which Democratic legislators are blocking until the county appoints an inspector general.

Birnbaum said she has never seen a line for repairs in the capital plan, and the police department’s operating budget should cover them. Nevin called her claim “political cover” and said the capital plan is “specifically for projects of their nature.”

Krumpter has repeatedly said the merger has not hurt public safety. Crime is down 22 percent countywide since 2011 and down 4 percent in the former 6th precinct so far this year compared to the same period in 2015 in the former 6th precinct, Nevin said.

Crime has also risen 10 percent in the 5th Precinct since its merger with the 4th Precinct was undone last year, Krumpter said.

“It really is irresponsible to further this belief that the public isn’t safe,” Krumpter told the county Legislature on Monday. “They are safer today than they were five years ago, they are safer here than in any other suburban community in the area, and Nassau County maintains the proud distinction of being one

of the safest large suburban communities in America.”

Reopening the precinct would cost $5 million the county does not have or otherwise mean reassigning patrol officers to administrative roles, potentially compromising public safety, Krumpter has said.

Krumpter said the mergers have saved more than $50 million. The 3rd Precinct merger only affected administrative jobs and eliminated 500 salaries for “duplicative back office positions,” Nevin said.

Crime statistics do not make North Hempstead residents feel safer, Bosworth said, and they often do not reflect quality of life problems.

“It doesn’t matter how many times people are telling us this isn’t the case,” she told the Legislature. “We’re living it.

It is the case.”

The department will have a new pool of officers to staff a full 6th Precinct when 183 recruits graduate from the police academy at the end of May, its largest class in 20 years, Carver said.

The police department plans to use those officers to add eight officers to two community policing programs, Krumpter said: Problem-Oriented Police, which it reinstated in November, and the recently established Community-Oriented Police Enforcement programs.

The 3rd Precinct currently has four Problem-Oriented Police officers, two for each subdivision. The 3rd and 6th precincts had four officers each before the program was disbanded due to budget constraints.

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Fire destroys home in Manhasset Photo by Lee Genser

Continued from Page 13 The first two engines stretched two hoses into the interior of the home, but were forced to evacuate because parts of the roof fell near the front of the home, he said.

Following the roof’s collapse, he said, the engines set up a master stream, relaying multiple hose lines around the exterior of the house.

A fire destroyed this house on Bridge Road in Manhasset last Saturday.

The fire department requested back up, summoning companies 4 and 5. Companies 4 and 5 set up another master stream on Park Woods Road, hoping to assist in the extinguish the fire.

At 2:24 a.m., the fire was under control, but engines continued cooling the property, staying on scene until 4:38 a.m.

Aiding the already many dispatched units, the Port Wash-

ington Fire Department was on scene, acting on standby.

The Nassau County Fire Marshal’s office is still investigating the cause of the fire, but believes the fire started in the attic and extended down into the second floor, resulting in the roof’s collapse.

“It was tough,” Genser said.

“All we can do is call this a loss for the night.”

Chamber honors local businesses, residents Continued from Page 2 teachers in America, which saw him appear on ABC’s “Live! With Kelly and Michael.”

“It was truly an honor to be recognized by the chamber of commerce for my extensive involvement in the community,” Motchkavitz said. “It’s so imperative that we realize the importance of connecting our various community organizations together, such as the fire departments, schools, businesses and clubs in order to form a better Great Neck.”

Wolf received the “Robert E. Freedman Retailer Award.”

Camp & Campus first opened in 1955 and celebrated its 61st anniversary this year.

Wolf began working at the

female clothing store when he was in eighth grade, and in 1971, began running the store full-time.

While he said he appreciated the honor, he also said retail business in Great Neck has suffered due to an increase in national chain stores and large shopping centers like Roosevelt Field Mall and the Americana Manhasset, “People from Bayside to Huntington used to come to Great Neck to shop,” Wolf said in his acceptance speech. “Now they don’t have to.”

He also said a change in demographics has impacted businesses in Great Neck.

“The older generation is moving out of Great Neck, but

the younger generation, who grew up in Great Neck, is not moving back,” Wolf said. “Unfortunately, the newest population moving into Great Neck does not patronize the local businesses and we do not have the luxury of waiting for a decade until they do.”

He added that the internet has also become a main source of competition for Great Neck businesses.

The Rotary Club of Great Neck received the chamber’s “Not-for-Profit Award.”

“Everyone was very pleased that the chamber, as a community organization of that stature, has recognized Rotary for what we do,” Rotary Club President Leonard Katz said. “It is a very

special privilege to be in this town.”

Katz also said it was an honor for the Rotary Club to receive an award that many other notable community groups could have been selected for.

The Rotary Club of Great Neck supports local organizations such as the children of COPAY and seniors and veterans at the Great Neck Social Center.

For the past 26 years, the club has been donating over 1,000 turkey dinners for needy families on Thanksgiving.

Litner received the “2015 Business Person of the Year” award.

Her business, Travel Express International, specializes in planning luxury tours and vaca-

tions to Italy.

“It made me extremely proud to receive the award because selling travel is a passion,” Litner said.

Travel Express has been open since May 1972 at The Atrium Building on Cutter Mill Road.

Litner said she has been able to succeed for so many years because her business offers services that the internet cannot.

“The contacts that we’ve made over the years is incredible, so I get my clients upgraded and get them perks and when they check into a hotel, the manager knows they’re coming and they’ve arrived and there’s fruits, wine and water,” she said. “You don’t get that when you book on Expedia.”

GOP gives nod to Phillips for state Senate run Continued from Page 1 Israel announced he would step down at the end of his term in November.

The Old Westbury resident and former Mineola mayor had been considering a congressional run for several months and began discussing it more seriously after Israel’s announcement, campaign strategist E. O’Brien Murray said.

Phillips was re-elected for her third term as mayor of Flower Hill in March.

She said her experiences serving as mayor would help her in serving the constituents of the 7th Senate District.

“In Flower Hill, I created the village’s first Ethics Board and rewrote our ethics policy to ensure that village residents have an open, honest government,” Phillips said. “I appointed talented people to the village board, without ever asking their political party. And we’ve worked together to cut property tax rates, complete major beautification projects and advance innovative environmental preservation programs — protecting local groundwater, planting hundreds of new trees and promoting energy conservation.”

“I am going to run on the record that I have here as a mayor because I believe we’ve done great stuff,” she added. “I think it’s the expertise I can use to help the greater population.”

If elected, she said would fight against political corruption and ensure the district’s schools receive their “fair share” of state aid.

“In the state Senate, I will work tirelessly to end the corruption that’s plagued our state for far too long,” Phillips said.

“I’ll make sure that our schools receive their fair share of state school aid to give our children every opportunity to succeed and ease the burden on property taxpayers.”

She said she would also ensure that the environment would be protected.

“I’ll never forget that we have a responsibility to leave a cleaner environment for future generations,” Phillips said.

On Monday, Phillips announced her opposition to the Long Island Rail Road’s proposed third track, which would add an additional track along 9.8 miles of LIRR’s Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville.

“As a village mayor, and treasurer of the Nassau County Village Officials Association, I know the details that should go into planning a project of this scope and size and as of right now the details are not there,” she said. “I also know this plan, as it stands before us, will harm the quality of life of our villages and its constituents.”

“This plan, as it stands right now

Village of Flower Hill Mayor Elaine Phillips should not be allowed to move forward,” Phillips added.

Her involvement with community groups includes serving as president of the Munsey Park School Community Association, a member of the Manhasset Schools’ Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Finance and a member of the Buckley County Day

School’s Board of Trustees.

She also served as a board member of the Science Museum of Long Island and is currently on the Development Council for the College of Liberal Arts of Pennsylvania State University.

Democrat Adam Haber announced in February he was stepping down from the Nassau Interim Finance Authority board to seek a second bid for the state Senate’s 7th District seat.

“I am looking forward to debating the issues with Adam Haber and giving the residents of seventh Senate district a clear choice in November,” Phillips said.

Since losing first time around to Martins in 2014, Haber, an East Hills restaurateur and former bond trader, said he has developed greater name recognition from his work on the NIFA board and as a Roslyn school trustee, which would give him an advantage in the race.

“Nassau voters don’t need a handpicked candidate from the corrupt Skelos machine — they want a fresh voice in Albany who will clean up our state government,” Haber said in a statement. “We need to pass real ethics reforms, fully fund our schools and lower the tax burden. I will go to Albany and deliver results and not simply go along with the status quo and always put Long Island first.”

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Continued from Page 76 Skopek said after the BMW struck the guardrail, it careened all the way across to the HOV divider.

“This car then lay to rest right there, [and] we now think that lights were no longer functioning on this vehicle,” he said.

Police said that after the crash the highway patrol, and the Westbury Police Department received a call simultaneously, for what

responding officers Ed Tino and Mike Lynch of the Westbury Police Department thought was a disabled motorist.

Skopek said that upon collision, the 20-year-old man, who was said to be a resident of Queens, travelled from the westbound portion on the expressway, to the far side of east bound lane.

The driver of the SUV and the two other passengers in the BWM were also transport-

ed to the hospital. They are currently being treated for non life-threatening injuries.

Skopek said that heavy rains and limited lighting between the exits of 39 and 40 could have contributed to the second collision.

How the occupants exited the car is still under investigation, and both vehicles were impounded by the police department’s fleet service highway bureau for brake and safety

checks, he said.

The occupants were just driving around, Skopek said, and are not suspected of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

The exact lane the car was travelling is still unknown.

The Nassau County Police Department declined to further comment or release the names of the victims due to pending investigation.

2 arrested after W.P. doctor’s death in NYC Continued from Page 76 She was later pronounced dead at Lenox Health Greenwich Hospital.

Cerveny died from “acute cocaine and alcohol intoxication,” according to the New York City Medical Examiner’s office.

According to Newsday, the criminal complaint does not accuse Johnson or Holder of causing Cerveny’s death.

Johnson and Cerveny, who is identified as “Individual 1” in the criminal complaint, were seen on video surveillance entering the building at 4:25 a.m.

The criminal complaint said that Holder and Johnson were seen leaving the building a few hours later and then

Johnson called 911 to report the death, without revealing his identity or explaining what happened.

According to Newsday, Holder was charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and Johnson was charged with attempted distribution of cocaine and moving the “woman’s unresponsive body” to avoid apprehension.

The two men are expected to appear in court Wednesday afternoon.

Reach reporter Joe Nikic by e-mail at jnikic@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203. Also follow us on Twitter @joenikic and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

Kirsten Cerveny of Manhasset, a former Williston Park dermatologist, died due to a cocaine overdose October 4.

Kaplan touts life experience in primary run Continued from Page 76 Kaplan said she sees renewable energy as key to the future American economy and said the U.S. should invest more in the industry to create jobs.

For example, she said, the federal government could issue contracts to build wind or solar energy farms and eventually provide free or low-cost electricity to the entire country.

“I believe if France or Germany can do this, renewable energy, we really

need to push on this a lot,” she said.

While she said underground fracking for natural gas should stop, Kaplan said she is unsure whether she would support a federal ban on it.

Citing her experience as a young immigrant who spent more than a year away from her family, Kaplan said she would support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the U.S. and reforms making legal immigration easier.

“I believe the foundation and the fabric of this country is about immigration, immigrants coming here and working hard and becoming part of this country,” she said. “And I hope that always remains one of the basics of this country.”

Kaplan said she thinks the 10,000 Syrian refugees President Barack Obama has pledge to settle in the U.S. is a reasonable number, as she thinks “this is a crisis for the whole world.”

Kaplan was a vocal critic of the U.S. nuclear treaty with Iran when Obama was negotiating it last summer.

Now that the accord is being implemented, the U.S. needs to keep a close watch on Iran to ensure it’s complying with all its terms, Kaplan said.

“I think we have to be very, very cautious with Iran,” she said. “... This is not a regime that always acts in good faith and I’m very skeptical of giving them legitimacy.”

PR contract OK’d over De Giorgio’s objections Continued from Page 76 Town Director of Communications Carole Trottere said a request for proposal, or RFP, was placed on the town’s website for public relations services.

Trottere said only two firms respond-

ed to the RFP — Zimmerman/Edelson and New York City-based Johnson & Asberry.

She also said a team of three town officials, including herself, reviewed the two proposals and picked Zimmerman/Edelson over Johnson & Asberry based on its “scoring system.”

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“We reviewed the two proposals and we found that they by far had more extensive experience in public relations and Long Island municipal public relations,” Trottere said. “Johnson & Asbury appeared to be a fairly new company that had done work for very specific areas of government but not really in a broader sense.”

She said they found some issue with Johnson & Asberry’s finances.

“The tax returns of the other firm seemed quite questionable, so we didn’t feel that they were stable,” Trottere said.

“They actually lost money last year.”

The town’s agreement with Zimmer-

man/Edelson is for a 20-month contract beginning May 1, 2016 and ending December 31, 2017.

The town will pay the firm $5,937.50 per month for its services.

Bosworth said she did not believe there was a conflict of interest and that the town made a “good faith effort” to get other firms to also respond to the RFP. “I would hate to think that we are going to pick and choose who is okay to do business with the Town of North Hempstead,” she said. “I believe everything was done to make sure that this went out according to our process, our procedure.”

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Community Meetings Village of Baxter Estates Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, June 2 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 315 Main Street, Port Washington (516) 767-0096 East Williston School District Board of Education Work Session Wednesday, June 1 @ 7:30 p.m.

Wheatley School, 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury (516) 333-7804 Great Neck School District Board of Education Meeting Wednesday, June 1 @ 7:15 p.m.

South High School 341 Lakeville Road, Great Neck (516) 441-4800 Village of Great Neck Board o f Zoning and Appeals Meeting Thursday, June 2 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 61 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck (516) 482-0019 Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, June 1 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 2 Gussack Plaza, Great Neck (516) 482-4500 Great Neck Water Pollution Control District Board of Commissioners Meeting Thursday, June 2 @ 8:30 a.m.

District Office, 236 E Shore Rd, Great Neck (516) 482-0238 Manhasset School District Board of Education Meeting Thursday, June 2 @ 8:00 p.m.

Manhasset Secondary School 200 Memorial Place, Manhasset (516) 267-7700

Village of Mineola Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, June 1 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 155 Washington Avenue, Mineola (516) 746-0750 Mineola School District Board of Education Work Session Meeting Thursday, June 2 @ 7:00 p.m.

Willis Avenue School 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola (516) 237-2000 Village of Port Washington North Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, June 1 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 3 Pleasant Avenue, Port Washington (516) 883-5900 Village of Roslyn Estates Planning Meeting Wednesday, June 1 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 25 The Tulips, Roslyn Estates (516) 621-3541 Village of Russell Gardens Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, June 2 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 6 Tain Drive, Russell Gardens (516) 482-8246 Village of Saddle Rock Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, June 1 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 18 Masefield Way, Saddle Rock (516) 482-9400 Meetings are held at the respective Village Halls except where noted. All meetings, dates and times are subject to change.

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ENERGETIC RETIREE with positive attitude seeking to exercise his brain 3-5 hours​/​day, 3-4 days​/​week.

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Junior starting pitcher Antonio Deodato tossed six innings, allowing four earned runs and seven hits while striking out three in the Wildcats’ Nassau B Championship series win.

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Wheatley Wildcats win ‘B’ title Team locks up third straight county crown with sweep of Oyster Bay

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The second-seeded Wheatley Wildcats varsity baseball team has won the Nassau Conference B Championship against top seed Oyster Bay Baymen 14-5 on Tuesday afternoon. The Wildcats pulled off the sweep in their best of three series and earned their third Nassau B title in four years.

Wildcats head coach Paul Paino said he is very proud of the team’s hard work and effort as they fought hard all year long to capture their next championship.

“It feels great to win another county title” said Paino. “It means that the program and feeder systems are all strong, which makes it fun and rewarding. I expect us to take a serious run at the State Championship.”

After coming off a 2-0 win in Game 1, the Wildcats knew that if they want to finish this series early, they need to score more runs. In Game 2, they would go on to score

14 runs to cap off a fantastic 2016 season. Most of the guys in the Wildcats lineup had a hit in the game and the boys’ defense once again played a major role in the title clincher.

Wildcats junior starting pitcher Antonio Deodato allowed four earned runs, seven hits, and struck out three Baymen batters in six solid innings of work. He also went 2-for-2 at the plate with a run batted in. Junior James McPhillips came in to pitch the seventh and only give up one run in relief.

Wildcats senior outfielder Evan Mattioli went 3-for-5 with five RBIs and senior infielder Brandon Rothstein went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and a double to pace the offense.

Wheatley drew first blood in the first game of their three-game set against the Oyster Bay Baymen, winning 2-0 on Monday afternoon in Game 1 of the Nassau B Finals.

All the offensive action took place in the top of the second with the Wildcats scoring two runs. Se-

nior starter John Ryan turned in another dominating pitching performance and was aided by the stellar play of the defense behind him.

“It’s always good to win Game 1” said Paino. “We knew it was going to be the two best pitchers in the league going at each other and it’s exactly what we expected. We scratched out a few runs and they held up.”

The Wildcats scored their runs on a sacrifice fly by senior first baseman Hunter Pomerantz, followed by an RBI single by senior third baseman Anthony Cutinella.

They batted at the bottom of the order but it was all the offense the Wildcats needed to secure the victory.

Paino said he was proud of these two boys for coming through and providing the runs in the first game of the championship series.

“Those guys have been really improving” said Paino. “They started out a little bit slow but they’ve been doing a lot towards the end

by playing good defense and coming up with big hits. They have been doing a good job.”

Ryan tossed a complete game shutout and allowed no runs, two walks and four hits while striking out three Baymen batters.

Paino stressed that Ryan, whose committing to Hofstra in the fall, looked like he was at home on the mound. A big factor in picking up the win was being able to locate his pitches and getting by with a little help from the defense.

“I knew I had to throw my pitches” said Ryan. “My fastball wasn’t there so I had to use my curveball and my changeup. My defense came up big for me.”

The Wildcats have now won three straight Nassau B titles, winning the crown in both 2013 and 2014. The team now has its sights set on winning a State Championship.

Their next scheduled game in the new tournament has yet to be announced.

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PHOTOs BY Andy Marlin-USA TODAY Sports/New York Cosmos

Cosmos midfielder Sebastian Guenzatti (13) plays the ball against Tampa Bay Rowdies midfielder Junior Burgos (33) during the first half

Cosmos midfielder Juan Arango (18) and Tampa Bay Rowdies defenderDarnell King (2) battle for a loose ball during the first half.

Goals by Yasmani Duk and Ruben Bover late in the first half helped the New York Cosmos rally from an early deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rowdies, 2-1, at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium Sunday night.

The victory catapults the Cosmos back atop the NASL Spring Season Standings with 15 points, one point clear of FC Edmonton, which defeated Carolina earlier in the day. Tampa Bay remains in sixth place, level on nine points with Fort Lauderdale.

“We scored two fantastic goals.

The important thing is that they scored the goals and that those goals gave us the three points,” Cosmos Head Coach Giovanni Savarese said. “We created many opportunities and were aggressive today.”

Tom Heinemann gave Tampa Bay (23-2) its first first-half lead of the season with his fifth career goal against the Cosmos.

On a quick counter, Kalif Alhassan played Heinemann behind the Cosmos defense and, after taking a touch, the center forward put a low shot from 20 yards inside the far post for his second goal of the season.

“We capitalized on what we put in. side flag was raised.

In the dying moments of second- Against Edmonton we didn’t do that,” half stoppage time, Tamika Mkandawire Savarese said. “We had chances, but we sent a header across the face of goal, couldn’t capitalize on them and then the but Hunter Freeman did well to head off game is going to pay you back.”

The Cosmos host Rayo OKC (2-2-3) the line to secure a much-needed three in their2:46 penultimate of the Spring points as the bounced back from CHERRY 1-8Cosmos Page - 05-19-16_Layout 1 5/19/16 PM Page match 1 a 2-1 loss to FC Edmonton last weekend. Season on Saturday, May 28 at 7 p.m.

Cosmos reclaim top spot with win It was the first goal the Cosmos (5-03) conceded at Shuart Stadium this season, a streak of 378 minutes.

The Cosmos responded to their first home deficit of the season with a pair of goals in an eight-minute span late in the first half to take a 2-1 lead into the locker room.

Duk completed a quick succession of passes by tapping in a cross from Juan Arango for the Bolivian international’s first goal in a Cosmos uniform, equalizing in the 32nd minute.

Arango picked up his second assist of the first half when he played a perfect ball to Bover, who placed a full volley inside the far post from the edge of the six-yard box. The wonder strike gave the Cosmos a 2-1 lead five minutes from halftime.

The Cosmos nearly added onto their lead on the hour mark when Sebastián Guenzatti latched onto a Yohandry Orozco cross, but put his glancing header wide of the net.

Tampa Bay appeared to equalize in the 83rd minute when Danny Mwanga, who came on for an injured Heinemann, knocked the ball past Maurer, but the off-

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