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Ex town aide tied to alleged Terry front

CODING UP A STORM

Helped create corp. ID’d in indictment, denies role in alleged hiding of income

BY N O A H M A N S K A R Jonathan P. Fielding, a Town of North Hempstead zoning oďŹƒcial until this week, helped Gerard Terry, an indicted Democratic political operative, create a company that Terry allegedly used as a front to hide income from the Internal Revenue Service, documents show.

Fielding, who was secretary to the Board of Zoning Appeals, no longer worked for the town as of Tuesday, a town spokeswoman said. He indicated that he had been forced out.

Fielding’s departure coincided with questions posed by Blank Slate Media to the town about his relationship to Terry’s company.

It also comes two weeks after Terry, the former North Hempstead Democratic Committee chairman who worked as the zoning board’s attorney, was arrested on federal tax evasion charges for allegedly failing to pay nearly $1 million in income taxes.

Fielding in 2010 ďŹ led documents to incorporate a company, Neville Warwick LLC, that a federal indictment says Terry used to hide income from IRS tax collectors.

State corporation records list Fielding as the recipient of correspondence for the company and list as its address a Mineola law oďŹƒce where he has practiced.

But Fielding’s role did not extend beyond preparing documents to organize the company, and he did not know for what purpose it would be used, he said in an interview. “I’ve never seen a bank statement or any other corporate minutes or anything else, or any other documents related to the LLC, since that organization seven years ago,�

Fielding said.

Terry and Fielding have a professional relationship that goes back to at least September 2008, when they served as Manorhaven’s village attorney and deputy village Continued on Page 52

PHOTO FROM BUCKLEY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

Feb. 7 was not just another Tuesday at Buckley Country Day School — it was the Day of Code. The library was transformed into a miniature Silicon Valley for a day dedicated to computer programming, during which the students made things with code. See story on page 23.

NHP mayor to step down after 18 years on board April, when current Deputy Mayor Lawrence Montreuil will likely replace him.

Montreuil was the sole New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lofaro will step down candidate to ďŹ le a petition by from the village Board of Trust- Tuesday’s deadline to run for ees at the end of his term this mayor in the March 21 village

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election.

He is running alongside current Trustee Donald Barbieri, who is running unopposed for a ďŹ fth four-year term, and Rich Pallisco, a New Hyde Park Continued on Page 65

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NHP-GCP eyes more Voters reject special ed progress G.N. school bond District continues work on better aide staffing

$85.9M package falls by 113 votes

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The Hillside Grade School is seen in New Hyde Park.

BY K R I ST Y O’CONNELL The New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district has met two of its three special education goals and is working to achieve the third, administrators said Monday.

The district is meeting the New York State standard for giving special education students time in regular classrooms and has hired a part-time psychologist, but is still improving its allocation of special-education aides in certain classes, Kim Levy, the director of special education services, told the school board.

Some 62 percent of special education students in the district were “mainstreamed,” or placed in regular classes, for 80 percent of the school day in October, above the state’s benchmark of 60 percent, Levy said.

The goal follows the New York State push for public schools to provide the “least restrictive environment” for those

in need of special education, Levy said.

Regular general education classes are considered the least restrictive setting, she said, but the district provides services such as speech therapy, occupational therapy and other resources for students who need them.

The district is also working to change the number of aides in special-area classes, such as art, so that each aide has fewer students to oversee, which would create a more effective learning environment, Levy said.

The district is providing training workshops as the schools work toward a more inclusive learning environment, district Superintendent Robert Katulak said.

Workshops are set to assist teachers in understanding how to best collaborate and strategize in classrooms shared with special education teachers, Katulak said.

Also on Monday, Katulak encouraged attendees and mem-

bers of the board to write to their elected officials regarding the need for educational funding and services in Nassau County.

The county has seen two very significant changes in recent years, Katulak said: an increase in the number of students who are learning English as a new language and a 55 percent increase in the number of students who are living below the poverty level.

The result is a shortage of staffing, an increase in expenses and a need for additional services for the students that are not accompanied by matching funding from the state, Katulak said.

Nassau County pays 17 percent of the taxes but only gets 12 percent of services in return, he said.

“We need our entire community’s help to get the message across to the new leadership in Washington, D.C., that education should never be a one-sizefits-all model,” Katulak said.

Great Neck residents on Tuesday voted against a proposed $85.9 million school bond.

There were 1,677 no votes and 1,564 yes votes cast in a referendum.

“While we have always maintained that this was the community’s bond, it is clear that portions of the community who were not in favor have spoken,” Board of Education President Barbara Berkowitz said. “Today’s bond proposition came at the conclusion of years of meetings and assessing the needs of our school district.”

The proposed bond was to be part of a $95.41 million total the school was set to spend on capital needs and educational enhancements in the district.

The remaining $9.51 million would have been taken from reserves.

There are over 6,500 students in the district.

The school district estimated that if the bond had passed, a home valued at $500,000 would see a tax increase of $157.50 per year, a home valued at $750,000 would see a tax increase of

$236.25 per year and a home valued at $1 million would see a tax increase of $315 per year.

School district officials and architects from Patchogue-based BBS Architecture introduced proposed plans in October for each of the district’s 18 school buildings targeted at addressing critical needs. The projects would have cost an estimated $51.7 million.

In November, school district officials presented plans for how $43.71 million would be spend on educational and school building improvements.

“More upsetting than this loss is the fact that this bond has polarized our community, Berkowitz said. “Therefore, before we can contemplate our next step, we will need to determine how best to repair this fracture.”

Roger Smith, BBS’ principal architect, had said roof construction was one of the “larger pieces” of the bond, as many of the district’s roofs were damaged or have moss growing due to water infiltration.

Smith said the roof work was expected to last the district between 25 to 30 years.

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Hope for Alzheimer’s in L. Success Neurological clinic offers trial of drug that could slow progression of prominent disease

BY N O A H M A N S K A R There are few treatment options for the growing number of senior citizens with Alzheimer’s disease, but one Lake Success clinic is looking to help change that.

Neurological Associates of Long Island is one of 90 sites across the country participating in the Alzheimer’s STEADFAST Study, a 23-month trial of a new drug called Azeliragon that could help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s.

The practice, which treats thousands of Alzheimer’s patients from across Long Island, aims to have 20 participants enrolled in the national study of about 800 patients by the time enrollment closes early this year, said Dr. David Podwall, a physician at Neurological Associates.

“By participating it allows them to be proactive in the management of their own problem, but it also allows them to help the larger community, because we desperately need new medications to help these people,” Podwall said.

The study has been underway for about a year and is open to

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Dr. David Podwall of Lake Success-based Neurological Associates of Long Island, which is participating in a trial of a drug that could slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. people who are at least 50 years old, have been diagnosed with mild Alzheimer’s disease and are already taking at least one existing Alzheimer’s medication, according to the STEADFAST Study website.

Half the participants are given Azeliragon to take with their existing medications while the other half are given a placebo.

No new Alzheimer’s treatments have been developed in the past decade, Podwall said, despite

the fact that the memory-loss disease affects more than five million people in the U.S., according to the Alzheimer’s Association, a national research and advocacy nonprofit.

If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, Azeliragon could offer a new, more effective way of treating the disease, Podwall said.

Alzheimer’s usually develops through inflammation in the brain or the buildup of two proteins called A-beta and tau, Podwall said.

Existing treatments target one of those three factors, but Azeliragon binds to receptors in the brain and blocks all three, Podwall said.

Neurological Associates had to send Alzheimer’s patients to Manhattan for past drug trials, a heavy lift for them and their caretakers, Podwall said. But the STEADFAST study puts a new treatment right in their backyards, he said.

“We are now offering, hopefully, tomorrow’s treatment today,” he said.

Alzheimer’s disease has become “a huge burden to soci-

ety” as the population of seniors grows, Podwall said, in terms of “both people and dollars.”

Some 390,000 New York seniors at least 65 years old had the disease in 2016, and that number is on track to grow to 460,000 by 2025, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

It cost nearly $4.2 billion to care for those patients last year, the association estimates. And in 2015, more than one million caretakers provided more than $1 billion worth of unpaid care.

State lawmakers in recent years have pushed to fund more Alzheimer’s research and aid caretakers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced an initiative in 2015 to fund nonprofit groups that aid caregivers. Legislators also pushed that year for a public vote on a $1 billion bond to support Alzheimer’s research in the state, but the Legislature did not pass that measure.

Anyone interested in participating in the STEADFAST drug trial can call Neurological Associates at 516-466-4700, ext. 140, to see if they qualify.

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Soldier’s memory lives on 10 years later Army Ranger Lead the Way Fund honors Sgt. James J. Regan of Manhasset

BY M A X Z A H N Last Thursday marked the 10-year anniversary of the death of Sgt. James J. Regan, a Manhasset native and special operations soldier who was killed by an improvised explosive device in northern Iraq.

“We miss Jimmy a lot,” said Jim Regan, his father. “It’s not easy, period.”

Soon after his son’s death, Jim Regan founded the Manhasset-based Army Ranger Lead the Way Fund, a nonprofit organization that provides services for soldiers and the families of soldiers who belong to the 75th Ranger Regiment, of which James Regan was a part.

The regiment conducts raids, personnel recovery, reconnaissance and other high-risk operations.

“It has been about 15 years since 9/11,” Jim Regan said.

“Only units like [the regiment] are really taking on the full burden of defense now in the fight of the war on terrorism.”

“It’s a long time we’ve been

Sergeant James J. Regan, a Manhasset native and special operations soldier who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Northern Iraq ten years ago. in this fight,” he said. “The pressure on these forces is extreme.”

Regan said his organization

spends over $1 million providing services for 4,000 soldiers and family members each year.

Such services include the Ranger Transition Program, which helps special forces veterans get into top universities and obtain quality jobs; and the Wounded Ranger Recovery Program, which gives financial and medical support to severely wounded soldiers.

“When a young man gets wounded in theater, he is flown into Germany and gets treated there,” Regan said. “He is then airlifted to Walter Reed [National Military Medical Center] and we give a $3,500 grant to him and his family to take care of incidentals.”

“That’s what we do all the time. That’s blocking and tackling for us. The government flies in two family members and we fly in the rest. Could be almost 10,” he added. “We’re with the soldier all through the recovery phase. We will be with them and it will take a couple years for some of these guys to recover if they recover fully.”

The Lead the Way Fund operates 90 percent of the services Continued on Page 51

Hain gets SEC probe

BY M A X Z A H N Hain Celestial, a maker and seller of organic lifestyle and food products, revealed in a filing last Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating its accounting practices.

The filing of the Lake-Success-based company said that the SEC has put forth a “formal order of investigation” and “issued a subpoena to [Hain Celestial] seeking relevant documents.”

The filing said the company “is in the process of responding to the SEC’s requests for information and intends to cooperate fully with the SEC.” The company voluntarily contacted the SEC in August to advise it of the company’s delay in the filing of its periodic financial reports and the performance of an independent review conducted by an audit committee, the filing said.

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GOP national group targets Suozzi

BY N O A H M A N S K A R The National Republican Congressional Committee is hoping to make U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) a one-term congressman.

Suozziâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3rd Congressional District on the North Shore is among 36 Democratic House seats the GOP ďŹ nds vulnerable and plans to go after through the 2018 election, according to a list the NRCC released last Wednesday.

Republicans considered the district stretching from northeast Queens to northwest SuďŹ&#x20AC;olk County ripe for the taking after former Rep. Steve Israel stepped down last year.

But Suozzi, a former Nassau County executive, beat former GOP state Sen. Jack Martins by about 5.5 percentage points in Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We owe the American people assurance that the agenda we were elected on â&#x20AC;&#x201D; healthcare reform, a stronger national defense, and more good-paying jobs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is fulďŹ lled,â&#x20AC;? Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), the NRCC chairman, said in a statement.

Suozzi and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Cold Spring) of the 18th Congressional District are the only New Yorkers on the list.

The 3rd District has more registered Democrats than Republicans, but some

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) political analysts consider it a toss-up because of its high proportion of unafďŹ liated voters.

Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race was especially competitive because it was for an open seat that Israel, previously a high-ranking House Democrat, had held for 16 years.

Explaining in an email why the NRCC thinks Suozzi is vulnerable, a spokesman, Chris Pack, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suozzi is Suozzi,â&#x20AC;? pointing to a video of Suozzi

saying he raised property taxes and cut Nassauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workforce during his tenure as county executive from 2002 to 2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m conďŹ dent that voters are not happy with Tom Suozziâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record,â&#x20AC;? Pack said in an interview.

Calling him â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taxinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tom,â&#x20AC;? the NRCC criticized Suozzi last year for hiking property taxes nearly 20 percent early in his ďŹ rst term, taking a $65,000 pay raise recommended by a bipartisan

commission and imposing a deeply unpopular home-heating tax that contributed to his 2009 loss to current County Executive Edward Mangano.

Martinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; court battle over whether he would face a primary election against a Republican challenger, Philip Pidot, prevented the NRCC from hammering that message as hard and from promoting Martins as the GOP candidate early in his campaign, an NRCC source said.

Suozziâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax hikes were eďŹ&#x20AC;orts to pull Nassau out of a ďŹ scal crisis; the county was on the brink of bankruptcy when he took oďŹ&#x192;ce. During the campaign, Suozzi touted the 13 bond upgrades Nassau received as proof of his success.

Kim Devlin, a Suozzi political adviser, said the NRCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early political salvo is â&#x20AC;&#x153;why nothing ever gets doneâ&#x20AC;? in Congress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom is not worried about some list, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too focused on working in a bipartisan way with other members to try and solve the problems facing our country and to serve the residents of his district,â&#x20AC;? Devlin said in a statement.

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County Dems call on sheriff to resign

BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O Democrats in the Nassau County Legislature called for Sheriff Michael Sposato to resign on Monday, citing issues with the management of the county jail, including safety and security.

“If you look at the aspects of what the sheriff is responsible for — making sure our facility is safe, secure and protects taxpayers — he has failed grossly,” Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (DHempstead) said.

The call for Sposato’s resignation comes after the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office said an investigation involving a nurse at the jail who was accused of smuggling contraband into the prison was mishandled.

The nurse brought razors and drugs into the jail, reports show.

Abrahams, speaking at a news conference, also referred to a state Commission of Corrections report, which “identified gross negligence on behalf of Armor Healthcare,” the healthcare provider for the county jail.

State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman settled a lawsuit last year against Florida-based Armor regarding health care negligence.

“The sheriff on more than one occasion defended Armor even after the attorney general came out with their report, even after the state corrections

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Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Hempstead) led Democratic Nassau County legislators in calling for Sheriff Michael Sposato’s resignation. iff anymore,” Legislator Carrie Solages (D-Valley Stream) said. “In terms of cost to human life. In terms of cost to the taxpayer. With lawsuit after lawsuit, we cannot afford this man. I don’t know why our county executive appointed a cook as our sheriff. As a result, we’re paying the cost.”

Democrats said they continued to ask for performance reports on Armor, but never received them.

came out with their report,” Abrahams said. “He continued to support Armor, which to us does not give us the vote of confidence as well as for the taxpayers to ensure that we will be able to have the jail run in a functional matter.”

Sposato worked as a cook in the jail before rising to be named acting sheriff in 2007 by then County Executive Tom Suozzi.

“We frankly cannot afford this sher-

Six inmates died at the county jail in 2016.

Abrahams said some of the deaths were connected to Armor, “and at the same time we have not seen movement to bring in a quality medical-care provider.”

The last of the six deaths occurred in September when an inmate, Michael Cullum, 62, died of heart failure.

“With an election season gearing up and the need for campaign contributions on the horizon, today’s press conference is a cheap political stunt by Democrats to intimidate the Sheriff ’s Department into doling out overtime to the union — reversing the tens of millions in savings I achieved,” Sposato said. “I have never allowed inmates to run the asylum and it surely won’t start today.”

Legislators said they fault County Executive Edward Mangano for not taking action, and said it was possible that his recent indictment is distracting him from properly running the jail.

A spokesman for Mangano, Brian Nevin, said it was “an absolutely absurd statement made by politicians looking to grab cheap headlines.”

“Since 2007, Michael Sposato has effectively led the Sheriff ’s Department by cutting millions in wasteful overtime and it’s no surprise a proven cost-cutter would be a target of attacks instigated by union bosses,” Mangano said.

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Nassau home prices jump 7% in January

BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O Home prices in Nassau County rose again last month — with the median price of sold properties jumping 7 percent from January 2016, according to Multiple Listing Services.

Residential single/multifamily properties, condominiums and co-ops all rose, with a significant $62,500 gain for condos, from $500,000 to $562,500.

While some real estate agents believed Nassau’s steady market would drop off after the presidential election, the county has seen three healthy months in November, December and January, with increases of 7 percent, 8 percent and 7 percent from the previous year.

The median price for sold properties in the county increased to $475,000 from last January’s mark of $442,000.

Residential single/multifamily properties rose from $454,411 to $480,000 and co-ops increased from $199,000 to $215,000.

After only seeing a slight increase in December, the number of sold properties in the county grew about 5 percent, increasing from 882 last year to 925.

The sales of residential single/multifamily properties rose slightly, while condos and co-ops saw larger increases, jumping from 49 to 62 and 58 to 71, respectively.

Following the upward trend of the median price for sold properties, the median price of pending sales rose, too, to a mark 8.1 percent higher than January 2016.

With a jump from $430,000 to $465,000 for properties pending sale, the median price of residential single/ multi-family properties and condos rose slightly, while co-ops fell from $240,000 to $180,000.

Although there was a price increase for pending sales, the number of properties pending sale fell 2.7 percent in January, from 776 to 755 — the second month in a row there has been a decrease.

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Historic house should come down: report

BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O The Village of Baxter Estates’ building inspector and an independent engineer have determined that the fire that ripped through the historic Baxter House last Sunday has left the house structurally unsound and recommended it be demolished, the village said in an e-mail to residents.

“Based on my observations, along with my knowledge of the structure from the previous structural condition survey, it is my professional opinion that the building should be demolished down to the foundation,” said Dean Koutsoubis, a structural engineer from Koutsoubis Alonso Associates.

Koutsoubis and the village’s building inspector, Joseph Saladino, were forced to conduct their evaluation of the home last Wednesday from a distance because access to the home was blocked by a six-foot chain-link fence erected by the home’s owner, Sabrina Wu. Because the assessment was conducted outside the property’s fence, Koutsoubis said, it “is by no means comprehensive.”

“However, based on my observations from the exterior, my knowledge of the

building’s construction and my experience with similar situations, my opinions are made with a reasonable degree of engineering certainty,” Koutsoubis said.

Village officials said the village has not received an application from Wu to demolish the home, which is located at 15 Shore Road.

But, they said her lawyer, A. Thomas Levin, sent a letter to the village expressing Wu’s intent to demolish the home.

“Jurisdiction over requests for demolition of the structure remains in the village’s Landmarks Preservation Commission pursuant to the village’s Historic Preservation Law, unless there is danger that warrants emergency action by the village,” village Clerk Chrissy Kiernan said in an email.

The home, which was built in the 1700s, was landmarked as a historic building in 2005.

Kiernan said based on the building inspector’s report and the engineering report, “we do not believe that such an emergency situation now exists.”

The fire on Feb. 5, which burned for more than four hours before firefighters got it under control, caused significant damage to the north side of the house, Continued on Page 51

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Brain cancer doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop Roslyn artist Myra Fox to show work at Roslyn Village Gallery

BY M A X Z A H N Myra Fox cannot speak or walk.

Terminal brain cancer, diagnosed in December 2015, has rendered the former Roslyn resident unable to lift a paintbrush she used with dexterity for decades.

Nevertheless, Fox has vowed to hold and attend an exhibition of her lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paintings that will take place at the Roslyn Village Gallery in March. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be very emotional,â&#x20AC;? said Stewart Fox, her husband. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be ecstatic looking at giant 60-foot walls with her work on it.â&#x20AC;?

Myra Fox, a resident of Roslyn from 2001 to 2015, began painting oil and water color works 30 years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Local artists know her,â&#x20AC;? said Marsha Tarlow, the owner of the Roslyn Village Gallery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone who has painted with her

has said wonderful things about her.â&#x20AC;?

While living in Roslyn, Myra Fox took painting lessons with Steve Lampasona at the Nassau County Museum of Art, and she worked as a framer at the Robley Gallery on Old Northern Boulevard.

Her interest in art took her abroad as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She enjoyed traveling and painting,â&#x20AC;? Stewart Fox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She would travel with an art teacher and groups and go to Italy for a week, or Prague. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d paint all day and in the evening theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d discuss each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paintings.â&#x20AC;?

Over the years Myra Fox composed scores of works, occasionally participating in exhibitions that showed four or ďŹ ve of them, Stewart Fox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has sold but not on a regular basis,â&#x20AC;? Tarlow said.

A year and a half ago, Myra and Stewart Fox moved upstate to Saugerties.

Just a few months later, Stewart Fox, a physician, took her to the hospital for a CAT scan hours after she had diďŹ&#x192;culty completing her sentences.

Doctors discovered a malignant tumor on Myra Foxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brain.

After an initial surgery, she underwent chemotherapy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Initially she was doing art,â&#x20AC;?

Stewart Fox said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But not for very long because she slowly was developing weakness in her arms and legs from radiation and chemotherapy.â&#x20AC;?

Though debilitated, she had full functioning of her body until last September, when a bloodrelated medical emergency, akin to a stroke, left her paralyzed on the right side of her body and unable to speak.

Stewart Fox said she can understand speech but has difďŹ culty expressing a response. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It must be very frustrating for her,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We deal with it Continued on Page 51

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G.N. summer program faces fee hike Higher minimum wage drives up costs for school district initiative, administrator says

BY S A M U E L GLASSER Parents enrolling children in the Great Neck school district’s popular summer recreation program face a possible increase in fees this summer because of rising costs linked to increases in the minimum wage.

David Zawatson, the district’s director of athletics, recreation and physical education, recommended that fees increase by 3 percent for next summer because the district was facing a “substantial increase in the minimum wage for student workers.”

“We expect our expenses will be up by a substantial amount,” he told the Great Neck school board on Monday during his report on the summer and school year recreation programs.

Zawatson said 883 children in kindergarten through eighth grade participated in the summer day camp’s 70th season in 2016.

Full tuition for a six-week program ranged from $1,268 to $1,408.

Zawatson said the state minimum wage increased on Jan. 1 to $10 per hour from $9, a hike that affects all student seasonal staff.

The summer camp program employed 92 student workers last year, most

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David Zawatson, the Great Neck school district’s director of athletics, recreation and physical education, reviews the summer recreation program with the school board on Monday. as counselors and lifeguards.

Even with the proposed increase, the camp tuition is “extremely attractive”

compared with other public and private day camps, Zawatson said.

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the ability to keep fees at a level people can afford,” he said, while making “an effort to work with families to reduce the cost of attendance for needy children.”

Other recommendations for 2017 include a continuation of a discount for siblings, reduced rates for children enrolling for less than the full camp calendar, reduced fees for families demonstrating need and continued acceptance of nonresidents at full price, Zawatson said.

During the school year, the recreation program offers activities after school, in the evenings and on weekends.

An enrichment program was started this year providing before-school activities for grades three through five.

Thirty-five subjects will be offered for the spring, including algebra, chess, debate, math strategies and soccer.

The programs are popular, Zawatson said, with 365 students signing up for the fall trimester and 250 for the winter.

Zawatson said information for the spring program will be available after the February break and that second-graders will be able to participate.

The school board did not comment on Zawatson’s recommendations.

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‘It gets late early around here’

O

n Nov. 8, Tom Suozzi was elected Congressman for the 3rd District, defeating then Republican state Sen. Jack Martins.

On Jan. 3, Suozzi was sworn in as a member of the 115th Congress.

On Jan. 26, Suozzi held a fundraiser celebrating his election — and unofficially kicking off his 2018 re-election campaign. A ticket to attend cost a “suggested” $250. You could be a “chair” for a mere $5,400.

Some might say Suozzi was realistic. Some might say he was being paranoid. But as they say, even paranoids have real enemies.

On Feb. 7 — a little more than a month after Suozzi was sworn in — the National Republican Congressional Committee listed the Glen Cove Democrat as among 36 Democrats they plan to target in the 2018 election.

As Yogi Berra said, “It gets late early around here.”

And if anyone wants to know what’s wrong with Congress, Suozzi’s first days in office are a good place to start.

Actually, you could even start before Suozzi’s election when his predecessor, Steve Israel, announced he would not seek re-election.

Among his primary reasons? The constant need for members of Congress, even those in leadership positions such as Israel, to raise money to run for re-election.

“I don’t think I can spend another day in another call room making another call beg-

ging for money,” Israel said in an interview with the New York Times. “I always knew the system was dysfunctional. Now it is beyond broken.”

The money raised by members of Congress is most often provided by an army of lobbyists and special interests willing to assist members reach their fundraising goals. Not exactly conducive to good government.

A quick look at our tax laws and gun laws will show you how well this system has worked so far.

In the case of Israel and Suozzi at least they were concerned with running general election campaigns against a Republican.

Thanks to gerrymandered Congressional districts approved by state legislatures — at the moment overwhelmingly controlled by Republicans — most members or Congress are more concerned with challenges within their own party.

The fear of many Democrats being challenged to their left and Republicans to their right goes a long way in explaining how Congress got so polarized Congress.

So what attracted the National Republican Congressional Committee to focus on Suozzi?

Well, Suozzi did not have time to cast any votes or commit any ethical lapses that would engender the Republicans’ antipathy.

Heck, Suozzi would be lucky to have learned his way to the bathroom.

No. Republican spokesperson Chris Pack explained,

“Suozzi is Suozzi,” pointing to a video of Suozzi saying he raised property taxes and cut Nassau’s workforce during his tenure as county executive from 2002 to 2009.

Never mind that Nassau County was on the brink of bankruptcy when Suozzi took office in 2002 after decades of Republican rule and that the county received 13 bond upgrades during his tenure.

Apparently, the National Republican Congressional Committee expects all members of Congress to subscribe to the pledge demanded by tax activist Grover Norquist that they never raises taxes, no matter the circumstances.

It should be noted that in the eight years since Suozzi left, Republican County Executive Ed Mangano and the Republicancontrolled county Legislature haven’t cut the property taxes Suozzi raised — and have still struggled to balance the county budget.

Martins made the same case about Suozzi raising taxes as county executive during his unsuccessful race for Congress against Suozzi in the general election.

But apparently the national party believes Martins spent too much time fighting to prevent a primary race against lightly regarded challenger Phillip Pidot and too little attacking Suozzi.

They also note the small edge enjoyed by Democrats in the 3rd District and the large number of independents who could help swing the district to a Republican.

Now despite the election of Donald Trump as president, and all that has followed, the National Republican Congressional Committee believes Suozzi’s tax hikes as county executive could be the basis for victory in 2018.

We endorsed Suozzi in his bid against Martins, but like any reasonable person believe it is way too early to make a judgment about his performance If only that was how modern Congressional elections worked.

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ON THE RIGHT

Time for Ed Mangano to pack it in

E

ight years ago I co-chaired the Conservatives for Mangano Committee.

I agreed to join the committee — which was responsible for providing Mangano’s razor thin margin of victory — for several reasons.

First, I was outraged that the Nassau Conservative Party chairman, Roger Bogsted, put personal gain above party principles by working as a commissioner for Democrat Suozzi, and nominating a shill candidate for county executive — who also worked in the Suozzi administration — to draw votes away from Mangano.

Then, after meeting Mangano, although I realized he was not close to being a public policy expert, I concluded he was a decent guy, and would listen to sound advice to fix Nassau’s fiscal mess.

In retrospect, endorsing Ed Mangano was the worst decision I made in my 45 years as a Conservative activist. (To make amends, I declined to vote last November for Mangano’s latest political hero, Donald Trump.)

Mangano began his adminis-

tration on a wrong footing by appointing scores of political hacks to key positions and by refusing to listen to sage advice from key members of the state oversight board, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority.

After I was appointed to serve on the NIFA board in 2010, my worse fears were confirmed.

Mangano was wholly ignorant of the fundamentals of municipal finance and unwilling to learn.

To this day, he wrongly believes that operating budgets can be balanced with borrowed dollars and that unexpended loan balances can be treated as surplus funds to dispense as he pleases.

There’s more: Mangano failed to fulfill his promise to fix the county’s property tax assessment system.

His self-proclaimed reform merely forced homeowners to challenge their assessments.

“The effect” Newsday observed, “has been a huge shift in the tax burden from wealthy residents who know to appeal, because it never cost them anything,

GEORGE J. MARLIN On The Right to less savvy, poorer ones.”

Despite boasts that he had eliminated Nassau’s annual residential home tax refund liability, it was announced in August 2016 that $39.1 million was still owed to homeowners.

Mangano was unaware his program did not end refunds on small condominium complexes and expensive mansions.

Those owners can still challenge assessments in New York’s Supreme Court.

Since Mangano’s indictment by the U.S. attorney in a bribery probe on October 20, 2016, matters have gotten only worse.

The county’s operating budget is hemorrhaging red ink.

Mangano’s bus service privatization deal, as predicted by NIFA members, is a disaster and straphangers are facing service cuts.

Police overtime is out of control, hitting $69.9 million in 2016.

The vendor Mangano hired to provide medical services to Nassau’s jail has been riddled with scandals. New York’s Commission of Corrections declared the company was “grossly incompetent” and blamed it for the deaths of several inmates.

In January it was revealed that state property tax abatements for seniors had expired because Mangano had failed to procure a home-rule message to extend it.

And on Feb. 6, District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the County Executive’s Office botched an investigative into ac-

cusations that a nurse employed at the jail had smuggled in contraband.

Meanwhile, the indicted Mangano acts as though everything is coming up roses.

Last week, after learning his trial date is set for Jan. 15, 2018 and that the government will turn over to his lawyers 20,000 pages of documents, Mangano told reporters on the steps of the Federal Court House the pending case has “really not been a distraction” and he can effectively govern.

While the facts detailed in this essay contradict that claim, I’m certain Mangano actually believes it. That’s because governing for him means attending ribbon cutting ceremonies and releasing self–congratulatory press releases.

Ed Mangano is not only incompetent, he is a public embarrassment who will be spending more time with his criminal defense lawyers than governing in the coming months.

If he has any remaining sense of public decency, he will pack his bags and vacate County Hall now.

THE NEW SUBURBANIST

Where to go to find real facts W here do we most often find real truth, real facts in a new era of Internet hoaxes, fake news stories and new political administrations that tout their own “alternative facts”?

Many citizens appear confused and worried. News stories from the BBC and the New York Times and Money magazine are reporting (with proof) that dystopian novels such as “1984” by George Orwell and “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley are seeing a noticeable boost in sales.

After Meryl Streep’s antiTrump and pro-journalism speech at the Golden Globe awards in January, donations picked up to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Subscriptions to the New York Times and other newspapers have picked up dramatically since Donald Trump was elected president according to the Columbia Journalism Review and other sources.

Meanwhile, I’ve been hearing from several well-educated friends, who are wondering if their own reading habits are leading them toward facts or fiction.

“Hey man. Got a question for you on this ‘fake news’ thing,” wrote one friend from my high school years. “What’s your advice and do

you have an opinion on where to find some form of truth in our media today?”

One key question for any publication is this: If a reporter gets facts in a story wrong, will the news outlet investigate a complaint and publish a correction?

Does the publication have its own code of ethics? Or does it subscribe to and endorse the Society of Professional Journalist’s code of ethics? And if a reporter or editor seriously violates ethical codes – such as being a blatant or serial plagiarizer, fabulist or exaggerator – will they be fired at a given news outlet? While some may criticize mainstream media outlets for a variety of sins, top outlets such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, NBC News and the New Republic have fired journalists for such ethics violations. That is remarkable in a world where some celebrities, politicians and other realms of media (other than news… such as Hollywood films “based on a true story”) can spread falsehood with impunity.

Another friend writes, “Trump’s attacks on the free media has me spooked and I want to support the media somehow. At the same time, I am aware of my liberal bias and would welcome a

PAUL GLADER The New Suburbanist different point of view as long as it isn’t ‘alternative facts.’ Any suggestions for good publications to subscribe to? I already have subscriptions to the [Washington] Post, [New York] Times and [Wall Street] Journal.”

I am heartened by questions like these. A major shift in political and cultural life in our country means it is a good time for people to improve their own reading and learning habits. The Poynter Institute – an enlightened non-profit in St. Petersburg, Fla., that has an ownership role in the Tampa Bay Times and provides research, training and educational resources on journalism – provides many

excellent online modules to help citizens improve their news media literacy.

In the post-post truth age (that is, an age where one has to work hard to be media literate and find the truthful sources of information), citizens should support local and regional publications that hew to ethical journalism standards and cover local government entities. In my corner of Long Island, that means I read (and sometimes write for) the Great Neck News and the chain of local newspapers to which it belongs. This year, I also have subscribed to Newsday, which is the largest paper that covers Long Island. I would urge citizens to subscribe to their local newspapers as well. This action helps these organizations employ journalists who attend city hall meetings, school board meetings and police precincts to report on how your tax-dollars are being spent, how your constitutional rights are being safeguarded, and to serve as watch dogs on how well your elected officials are serving you.

Realizing that millions more people are scratching their heads, wondering what to read and where to spend their subscription dollars, here are my top 10 large

journalistic brands where I believe you can most often find real, reported facts: 1. The New York Times This is the most influential newspaper in the U.S. in my view.

Its editorial page and some of its news coverage take a left-leaning, progressive view of the world.

But the NYT also hews to ethical standards of reporting and the classic elements of journalism in America. That’s what helps the New York Times remain, arguably, the agenda-setting news organization in America. It is a leader in business, politics and culture coverage. * 2. The Wall Street Journal The largest circulation newspaper in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal made its bones as a business newspaper and pioneered new types of feature writing in American journalism (for example, its quirky middle-column feature called the “Ahed” and longer form, in-depth reports called “leders”). As the company was purchased by Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 2007, the WSJ pivoted to cover more general news in addition to business news.

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A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

A life-saving concept: ‘The have-to rules’

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n the new and much-acclaimed film “La La Land,” the two young people at its center have a critical disagreement soon after they meet.

He (played by Ryan Gosling) is a dedicated jazz musician and fan of the entire genre; she (played

by Emma Stone) says, “You should know, I don’t like jazz.”

I wanted to leap up, right then, and offer them a little advice.

“What you two need are ‘The Have-To Rules,’ ” I wanted to say.

“Why, what are those?”

Emma might have replied.

“It’s very simple. You just set a few basic ground-rules for each other — things the other person has to do, or has to like, if you’re to stay together. We call them ‘The Have-To Rules.’ ” “You should listen to her,” says my husband.

Ryan Gosling leans away from Emma, whom he was embracing, to tell my husband, “You’re just saying that because you have to.”

“Exactly!” He is beaming.

“I think you’ve got it! Let’s say, for example, that one of you makes a first, experimental meal for the other — maybe you’ve added some new ingredients to her family’s recipe for scrambled eggs. She takes a bite.”

“And,” I add, “let’s also say that the new ingredients aren’t mushrooms, or ham, or anything sensible, but peanut butter and jelly!”

“Wait a minute,” says Emma.

“Wouldn’t that stick horribly to the pan? Or burn, even?”

“Yes, yes, it would,” I tell her.

“It’s a crazy idea, and one that you’ll want to bring up for as long as you own that pan. But instead — what do you say?”

“I would say, ‘This is interesting,’” she answers.

“But everyone knows that that’s a synonym for ‘bad’,” Ryan Gosling points out.

“Quite right. And that’s where ‘The Have-To Rules’ come in. You say that you love it, because you have to!”

“I do?”

“You do.” I was firm with

JUDY EPSTEIN A Look on the Lighter Side her. “Now, back to music. My husband and I had this very discussion, early on. He was a big jazz fan — still is, for all I know.

And I couldn’t abide it!”

“That’s not what you told me!” He looked hurt. “You just said, you couldn’t understand it.”

“Yes, wasn’t I clever? What I meant was, I couldn’t understand why you like it, because there’s never a tune! Or if there is, the musicians forget about it as soon as possible — leave it

for dead — with such distracting solos, that I can’t even recognize the tune if they do come back to it. But for us to stay together, I knew I ‘had to’ like it. So I do.”

“And so,” asks Emma, “does he ‘have-to-like’ something for you, in return?”

“Country music!” We said together.

“It’s just so ‘twangy,’” said my husband. “I couldn’t stand it.”

“So we made the rule,” I explained. “He has to like country music — well, bluegrass at least — and I have to like jazz, at least from before Miles Davis.

It works well enough.”

“Does it work for other things, too?” Ryan wanted to know.

“Of course! Like the shawl I made, to wear to his cousin’s wedding. We both knew the pattern was crooked and the hem was a mess, but he said he liked it.”

“At least, she warned me,” my husband remarked. “She said ‘You have to like this. I in-

voke The Have-To Rules.’ ” “And in return, I assured him he’d picked the right shirt and his tie was perfect. It’s not like either of us had a choice!”

“And it’s pretty great for watching TV. I’ve told Judy she has to like the re-runs of “Psych” I’ve been saving; and she uses the rule for a lot of her PBS murder mystery shows. ‘You have to like this,’ she says. I never tell her that I actually do.”

“You do?” I turn to him, surprised.

“Well, yes, some of them. I like Inspector Lewis, and the scenery for Father Brown; they remind me of our honeymoon in England. So I’ve come to like them.” He turned back to Ryan and Emma. “But I wouldn’t get any Have-To points if Judy knew that! So I pretend that the only reason I watch her shows is because I have to. And you,” he said, turning back to me, “you need to pretend that you don’t know that!”

“All right,” I say demurely.

“If I have to.”

PULSE OF THE PENINSULA

Many cheers, but 1 jeer for Cuomo There is much to cheer in Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State address, one of which he delivered at SUNY Farmingdale on Long Island.

His agenda for infrastructure, mass transportation improvements, water quality, affirming women’s reproductive rights, support for immigrants and refugees, free tuition at public colleges for those who qualify, and how he couples the need for aggressive climate action with vigorous sustainable economic development, giving his blessing leading to LIPA’s landmark decision for a 90 megawatt offshore windfarm to supply the East End, the first utility-scale project in America and making Long Island a leader in a new American industry, put Cuomo in line another New York governor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, which FDR brought to the White House as the New Deal (and it is clear Cuomo is jockeying for an eventual run for president).

The one jeer?

His renewed assault on local control, which he casts as the culprit for unceasingly high property taxes, which is a notreally-veiled attack on public education.

Each year, Cuomo has used a different mechanism to make the property tax cap — which limits the amount a municipality can raise through property taxes to 2 percent or the CPI, whichever is less — an offer that can’t be refused.

This year, Cuomo has unveiled a “groundbreaking” proposal which mandates the county executive “to develop localized plans that find real, recurring property tax savings by coordinating and eliminating duplicative services and proposing coordinated services to enhance purchasing power, such as jointly purchasing and coordinating use of expensive transportation or emergency equipment.

Taxpayers will then vote on these cost-saving plans in a referendum in the November 2017 general election.”

If the referendum fails, well then, the plan would need to be reworked and resubmitted in November 2018. (Notably, New York City is exempted.)

But the argument begins with a flawed argument that we spend 2.5 times on property taxes than state income taxes.

Doesn’t that spending dif-

KAREN RUBIN Pulse of the Peninsula ferential reflect how much we pay for the services we actually receive locally?

Plowing snow. Repairing roads. Treating sewage. Picking up garbage. Delivering water. Maintaining police, fire and emergency services. Keeping street lights on. And yes, public education.

Though people like to charge that Long Island pays the highest property taxes in the country, that isn’t true.

Nor do New Yorkers pay the highest taxes in the nation, When all taxes are tallied — real estate, income, sales taxes and fees, New York comes in sixth

(behind Illinois, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Rhode Island).

Nor are the taxes out of line to the incomes earned and home values.

But most importantly, for the quality of municipal services including public schools, we want in our community.

Question for Cuomo: before you forcibly consolidate local governments, how much money would be saved by the exercise and how would consolidation actually work?

North Hempstead already promotes intermunicipal cooperation; the school districts already participate in joint purchasing and shared services (BOCES) wherever practicable.

Indeed, Great Neck public schools now earn a tidy sum in revenue from other districts for tuition paid into programs such as SEAL (rather than paying out $1 million in tuition).

If there is waste and duplication, voters can show their ire at the ballot box or make their better-government suggestions known at public meetings.

But the real target of Cuomo’s assault on local governments and property taxes is

public education, since 60-65 percent of the property tax bill goes to fund schools.

Indeed, Long Islanders wouldn’t pay so much in property taxes if we weren’t so shortchanged in state aid for our public schools — though Long Island has 17 percent of New York’s student population, we only receive 12 percent of state aid. It is a lot more obvious when you compare the percentage of school budgets funded by state aid: New York City, where property taxes are low and just about everybody gets some sort of tax holiday, gets 50% of its school budget paid by the state; in comparison less than 5 percent of Great Neck’s school budget comes from the state.

Also, new enterprises, like Avalon Bay residential development, are getting a PILOT by Nassau County’s IDA, reducing the taxes they contribute to the school district as well as Village of Great Neck; the difference is made up by homeowners.

Gov. Cuomo has made property taxes, and particularly school taxes, the enemy, falsely claiming that the taxes inhibit growth.

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Don’t sully arguments with invectives

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am writing this letter to express my sense of outrage at the rhetoric used by Joan Swirsky in her article “Obama Attacks Israel in the U.N. Vote” published in the Great Neck News of Jan. 13, 2017.

The fact that the Obama administration did not veto the U.N. resolution 2334 will remain an ugly blot on former President Obama’s foreign policy.

This resolution should have been vetoed, not because it criticized Israel for illegal settlements, but for it’s repeated language calling for Israel to retreat back to the 1967 borders and have Jerusalem exist as a divided city.

Resolution 2334, as it was written, was insidious and inimical to the goal of a peaceful solution for Israel and its neighbors.

Like millions of other Jews, here, abroad, and certainly in Is-

rael, I would hope that some type of peaceful solution would be forthcoming; even though that peace may be tenuous at best.

Of course, there are different opinions as to how to achieve the goal of a peaceful solution for Israel and its Arab neighbors. \ Joan Swirsky would have you believe that we and a multitude of prominent American and Israeli citizens are all “Jew haters”, “ anti-Semites”, and “destroyers of Israel,” ad nauseam, because we believe that illegal settlements are not in Israel’s long-term interests.

It should be noted, that many of these illegal settlements are started by and populated with religious extremists who have little or no regard for international or Israeli laws.

They rely on a spurious interpretation of ancient biblical literature for their raison d’etre.

Unfortunately, the power of these religious extremists increase daily; and not just in Israel.

Joan Swirsky castigates, in a most contemptuous manner, many of our most highly respected American citizens.

Their crime, according to Swirsky, is that they had the temerity and audacity to bring to Israel’s attention, on many occasions, that the continuation of illegal settlements would not increase Israel’s security and would be an impediment to any peace efforts.

It should be noted, that previous administrations, both Democratic and Republican, have criticized Israel for illegal settlements.

We all know that the Palestinians and other Arab countries must be prepared to make serious concessions before any

meaningful peace can be realized between Israel and the Palestinians; especially when it comes to a two state solution.

Perhaps Joan Swirsky would enlighten us as to what she envisions for the State of Israel; keeping in mind that Israel must exist in an area comprised by tens of millions of Arabs.

Should Israel maintain the status quo for the long-term future?

Even the hard right Prime Minister Netanyahu and various members of his cabinet admit that this solution would be untenable and unsustainable for the future of Israel.

Perhaps Swirsky would like to see an apartheid type of government, such as South Africa had not so many years ago.

This type of society would have the rest of the civilized world look upon Israel as a pari-

ah among nations and a constant object of international derision.

Joan Swirsky refers to Donald Trump as the “true American hero.”

What has Donald Trump ever done to be placed in this exalted category?

What an insult this is to the truly great American heroes and patriots, past and present, who have served this country and our society with valor and distinction.

I believe that President Trump, who is a master of hyperbole, gross distortion of the facts, outright mendacity, and calumnious diatribes against anyone who might disagree with him-yes!!

Even Donald Trump might hesitate to use the type of invectives that flow so readily from the pen of Joan Swirsky.

Sanford J. Kowan Great Neck

Restore the Gimbel’s passageway

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et us all rejoice in celebrating the 104th Anniversary of Grand Central Terminal, which first opened on Feb. 2, 1913.

Contrast this with the late, great Penn Station Terminal, which was destroyed in the name of progress in 1962.

Fast forward, 55 years later.

Penn Station is still a shell of its former glory.

There is no natural lighting, decent food court, gourmet food shops, upscale stores or quality restaurants.

Most Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit commuters rush in and out each day.

Grand Central Terminal has high ceilings, natural light, a food court, gourmet food shops, upscale stores and great restaurants such as the Oyster Bar. Not only do Metro North commuters have a real terminal, but they are joined on a daily basis by thousands of people who work nearby and patronize the great food court, quality restaurants and stores.

LIRR commuters just have a station.

Few people who work nearby Penn Station stops by during the day to patronize any of its commercial establishments.

LIRR riders will be lucky if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Eastside Access project provides a direct connection to Grand Central Terminal via the 63rd Street tunnel and reaches

beneficial use by December 2023.

We can then join our Metro North comrades in utilizing this great institution to and from work.

Perhaps it might be useful in 2017 to look for other low cost, easy-to-implement alternatives in the short run.

Consider transit riders disappointment that a proposal submitted by one of New York City’s developers, Vornado Realty Trust, to pay for construction to reopen the old Hilton Corridor, also known as the Gimbel’s passageway was never completed.

They had offered to do this in exchange for a city zoning variance to construct a high rise office building at 7th Avenue and 32nd Street.

While the zoning variance was approved, Vornado Realty Trust never moved forward with construction of a high rise office building.

This was due to a weak market for potential renters.

Until the 1970s, both Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit riders exiting east at Penn Station had a direct underground passageway known as the Hilton Corridor.

It was also known as the Gimbel’s passageway.

Gimbels was Macy’s chief competitor at Herald Square.

They closed in 1986.

This passageway still stands dormant.

It is a forgotten underground

link between Penn Station and Herald Square.

It was once a 800-foot pedestrian concourse providing an indoor connection to the 34th Street Herald Square IND and BMT subway, along with PATH station complex.

Further, there was an adjoining nearby underground passageway starting at 34th street which ran along 6th Avenue, going as far north as 42nd Street.

Many avoided the rain and snow by using this indoor path.

Both passageways were closed many decades ago by New York City Transit and the LIRR, due to security issues.

If reopened today, Amtrak riders along with New Jersey Transit and LIRR commuters would have easy underground connections to the Broadway N, R, Q & W and 6th Avenue B,D, F & M subway lines along with PATH, rather than walking outside on the street exposed to both inclement weather and heavy vehicular traffic.

By using either the subway or walking, riders would have

direct access to both midtown and East Side Manhattan along either the Broadway, 6th Avenue, 42nd, 53rd, 59th or 63rd Street corridors, served by numerous subway lines and stations.

Why wait for the LIRR to provide access to Manhattan midtown eastside via Grand Central Terminal?

The most recent recovery schedule for the MTA’s Eastside Access project calls for revenue service opening to the public starting in December 2023.

How disappointing that the old Hilton corridor, which previously provided transit options for thousands of rush hour commuters remains unused after so many decades.

The Vernando Trust developers proposal to reopen and widen it from some points where it narrows to nine feet was $50 million.

Converting the total length to 15 feet wide could cost up to another $100 million.

This seems like a reasonable investment of $150 million out of a $27 billion 2015-2019 Capital

program plan for a significant transportation improvement that could benefit thousands of transportation riders.

There is still time for the MTA to consider amending the 20152019 Capital Plan and add funding for this project.

If Gov. Andrew Cuomo can find $2 billion in new money for LIRR Main Line Third Track, why can’t he find $150 million for reopening this passageway?

Construction could be completed within a year or two versus seven to eight more years for LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal.

Diogenes is searching for the first public official or MTA Board member to speak out in favor of this project.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historians and advocate who previously worked 31 years for the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.)

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Better off without TPP trade deal

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have been planning to say for some time that I voted for Hillary Clinton. It surely was not without reservation but Trump is definitely an embarrassment.

My thoughts were that she could save The Supreme Court from becoming an enemy of We The People.

The Clintons have a tremendous amount of baggage and she (I kind of hoped) might be impeached.

Next subject —The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Briefly looking around I noted that I have items made in or just from Italy, China, Vietnam, USA, Honduras, Mexico, England, France, Canada, Bermuda, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Greece and Morocco.

Perhaps items from other countries too.

All due to the natural course of things.

Some of these items I have had many years.

Also, in Central and South America there are those who harvest a nominal twenty pounds of the best Arabica coffee beans ‘just for me.’

It would be a nice vacation some time to go say hello and thank you to them.

It is obvious that we don’t need a TPP with all of the secrecy and dangers.

There have been the recent articles about globalization. Looking at it with the ‘bigger picture’, they are about nothing.

The United States today is the melting pot where it is said that in time there will no more be races: only the Human Race.

I myself am of four ‘bloods’ I know of.

My children would therefore have seven and two of my grandchildren have eight.

It is said that there are 160 languages spoken in Queens County, NYC. There have to be many interracial offspring.

This is too much to go into detail at this time.

Our Creator has brought into existence numerous life waves such as those who are now angels, We who are now human and those who are animals: all This over vast eons.

Biologists can confirm that the anthropoids are part of our life wave. They are

the stragglers.

The monkeys are probably too far behind to ever catch up. They will probably die out and be cast out into chaos.

Also, those who are too crystallized into race will eventually meet the same fate.

That which does not progress degenerates.

There are many now who already don’t identify with any particular race.

They are very open to all of humanity.

Another subject: There is talk these days of reverse commute.

Maybe they should get out of reverse and get into drive.

One weekday morning during rush hour I noted the time trains went west and east.

Westbound trains (to the city) averaged one train every 4.72 minutes and East bound every 8.5 minutes.

During the evening rush it was 6.32 minutes per train east and 11.5 minutes west. I measured the evening over a longer

time before and after it was really busy.

This does not count the few Oyster Bay Line trains.

The trains are often enough that wait time is negligible.

Transit records were quoted that about 11 percent of total riders go east in the morning and west in the evening.

From this they, the ‘reverse commuters’ deduce that they are those who commute to LI to work.

They don’t realize that those are people who work night jobs going home when the majority are going to work and vice versa.

I imagine that the trains going east in the morning and West in the evening are quite empty.

Naturally, more trains go West in the morning and are stored close to Penn Station for the evening rush and away from Penn Station for the morning rush.

Have a nice day.

Charles Samek Mineola

Reclaim N.Y. is alt-right tool Staying young

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n Jan. 23, Reclaim New York gave a presentation at the Port Washington Public Library.

Reclaim’s goals seem noble.

They claim to promote government transparency so citizens can monitor spending.

Reclaim does this by filing Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) requests with towns, school boards and public libraries demanding spending information in specific formats.

If the response is late or wrongly formatted, Reclaim sues — costing governments thousands in legal fees and hundreds of per-

sonnel hours.

In truth, Reclaim is a cover for the “alt-right” movement’s war on government.

And despite their apparent devotion to transparency, when asked to disclose who their own sponsors were, they refused.

We know, however, that Reclaim’s sponsors include billionaire Trump supporter Rebekah Mercer and Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon, who use Reclaim as a tool for advancing their antigovernment agenda.

Well-attended, the meeting elicited curiosity.

Some were interested in Re-

claim’s message.

Many were concerned that Reclaim’s tactics waste our precious tax dollars.

Port Washington has excellent schools and libraries.

We do not need outside organizations interfering with our already financially transparent institutions.

Reclaim and the “alt-right” do not share Port Washington’s values.

I promise to be vigilant against the threat Reclaim poses to Port and urge my neighbors to do the same.

Laurie Radler Port Washington

at heart in snow

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he snow storm of February 2017 has brought much trouble for many of us.

Schools kids are happy to be off and those who have to go to work are sad and experience difficulty in getting in.

I was lucky and had the day off.

My wife and myself are in our sixties and young at heart.

While moving the snow off of our little walkway and stoop we did something silly.

We made snow angels.

I guess it pays to stay young at heart.

So my advise to all if you can during our next snow storm,” Smile and be happy!”

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

Many cheers, 1 We can prevail over Trump jeer for Cuomo O Continued from Page 16 But the services that are funded through property taxes contribute to economic growth and activity (an educated workforce, lighted roadways) as well as quality of life.

“Economic theory expects people to consider taxes when deciding where to live, but most studies show taxes only tangentially influence these decisions,”

explained Stephanie Hunter McMahon, professor of law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, in a WalletHub report.

“Taxes are, therefore, more influential for what they do or do not provide rather than the rate itself...these taxes are really payments for the goods and services state and local governments provide to the taxpayer and other members of the community.”

For the late st news, visit us at w w w.theislan dn ow.com

ver the Feb. 12 weekend, the White House sent Stephen Miller, one of the president’s senior advisors, out to the Sunday news programs on ABC,CBS, NBC and Fox news to defend the very sloppy and questionable travel ban.

Of course, the White House was immediately challenged in the courts, but true to the president’s reactions to criticism, he attacked the legitimacy of the findings of various judges.

In this instance he started with such a phrase as “these socalled judges”. When questioned about our historical principle of judicial independence, going back to the Federalist papers, Miller stated that the president should

not be questioned on matters of national security.

He rashly asserted that the President is 100 percent correct. It was an ignorant pronouncement, an assertion that the President has unquestioned authority, injecting the hint that we are headed by a dictator.

Of course, in his dreams, so often expressed, he carelessly asserts that he can fix everything.

There are scientific terms for such a delusion.

Beyond that, there is strong evidence that Mike Flynn, before actually being appointed an advisor to the President, had discussed sanctions with Vladimir Putin, and had later lied to Vice President Pence, who repeated the lie

to the nation.

And to add to the messy policy pronouncements, Trump, who had talked of removing the nuclear umbrella over South Korea, had to pull back in light of North Korean missile tests.

These are just the latest missteps and the effects on our credibility, added to the unintended consequences of plans to make America great without any regard for the reality that the rest of the world is affected by what we announce or attempt.

Lest I sound too pessimistic, let me repeat, resoundingly, that we can prevail.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

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Battle for sensible gun controls not over

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od, Guns and Guts Made [the] U.S. GREAT....

Pistolero magazine Between 1963 and 1973, while the war in Vietnam was taking 46,121 lives, guns here in America killed 84,644 civilians.

Jervis Anderson, “Guns in American Life” Why are guns the only unregulated consumer products in America?

We regulate toy guns and teddy bears, but we do not regulate a product that kills 4,600 children in a year.

Marian Wright Edelman (1999) In June of 2012, Colby Weathers walked into the Odessa Gun and Pawn shop in Missouri and purchased a 45 caliber Hi -Point pistol.

She went home, loaded two bullets into the magazine, and shot her father, Tex Delano.

She then texted her mother, “Dad is dead.”

An open and shut case of premeditated murder.

However, there’s more to the

story.

Colby Weathers was a paranoid schizophrenic . In 2007, she complained that she was hearing voices and that a chip had been implanted in her brain.

She had been hospitalized several times and the Social Security Administration determined she was unfit to work.

In May of 2012, the Odessa shop had sold Colby a gun which her parents took away before she could harm herself or others.

Two days before the murder occurred she went back to the gun shop.

Janet Delana, her mother, called and spoke with Derrick Dady, the store manager.

She informed him that her daughter was mentally ill and had attempted suicide. Lest there be a problem of identification, Janet Delana gave the proprietor Colby’s name, date of birth and Social Security number. In spite of this knowledge, Dady put profit before compassion and made the sale.

The case was resolved out of court with a $2.2 million settlement.

Odessa Gun and Pawn was

found guilty of negligence and Colby is serving time in prison.

But this case has important national implications. Gun dealers have an obligation to use good judgment, carry out federally mandated background checks and not sell to every person who enters the store.

There is precedent for this expectation.

Cashiers in supermarkets cannot sell tobacco to underage purchasers and bartenders cannot serve liquor to inebriated customers.

Derrick Dady is what is known as a “bad apple” dealer.

This is defined as one who ignores the law and may engage in “straw purchases”...when one person buys a weapon for another while lying about who really owns the gun.

Dan Gross of the Brady Campaign points out that “A small and dangerous group of firearms vendors are responsible for the toll of gun violence across the United States.”

What does the future portend?

Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump made no secret of where he stood

on this issue.

He vowed that he would “totally” protect the Second Amendment, streamline background checks, abolish gun-free zones at schools, and implement a national right to carry in all 50 states.

Talk about loving your guns!

Five days after his election, Trump formed a 64 member Second Amendment coalition.

Members came from the National Rifle Association, pro-gun members of the House, and representatives of the firearms industry.

This is similar to asking the fox to guard the hen-house. On Feb. 1, 2017, Trump invited a group of distinguished Americans to the White House to garner support for his Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

Seated right next to the president was Wayne LaPierre of the NRA. This reminded me of inviting your “crazy uncle” to Thanksgiving dinner, but it could simply have been a thank you for the NRA endorsement.

Just when you think it is safe to go back in the water, you discover that according to the Brady

Center “The Senate is poised to vote on a bill that would make it easier for people with dangerous mental illnesses to obtain guns.”

As Lenin said “one step forward, two steps back.”

The problem we face is our national delusion about the Second Amendment Contrary to popular belief, It is not what keeps America safe.

We, as a people, have had a love affair with guns from colonial times through the days of the “Wild West,” and up to the present.

But there is a price to pay for this romance. Unlike other “civilized” nations we have had four presidents (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy) assassinated and two others (Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan who were shot but survived.

The battle for sensible gun control will go on as it has for the past decades.

On a lighter note, President Trump informed the NRA he was reversing his position on the Second Amendment since he did not believe it was right to “arm bears.”

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

A blind eye toward Cuban oppression

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read with great interest Jerry Kremer’s essay on his trip to Cuba entitled “Cuba seen through a different lens.”

A more appropriate title should have been “Cuba seen through a delusional lens.”

It’s distressing that the Port Times gave Mr. Kremer a platform to offer a completely biased account on one of the world’s most repressive regimes.

Mr. Kremer wrote a 500-word plus postcard for Castro’s Cuba but was only able to dedicate 26 words to the political repression that has occurred in Cuba since the revolution.

His mention of political prisoners was also done in the condescending manner of equating the treatment of political dissent in Cuba with a number of European countries.

Who knew that when it comes to political freedom that Cuba is the Sweden of the Caribbean?

Before anyone books a trip to Cuba based on Mr. Kremer’s fantasy land description of the country, I would suggest reading the Human Rights Watch Report on Cuba for 2015.

Despite President Obama’s ill-advised restoration of diplomatic relations in December 2014, 6,200 Cuban citizens were detained from January to October 2015 for political activities.

According to the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation, detainees are often beaten, threatened and held incommunicado.

No one knows how many prisoners are rotting in Castro’s gulag because Amnesty In-

ternational hasn’t been allowed in the country since 1990.

The Ladies in White is a group founded by wives, mothers and daughters of political prisoners.

According to Human Rights Watch, they are routinely harassed, beaten and detained before and after they attend Sunday mass.

On Aug. 9, 2015, a few days before John Kerry was due to visit the country, 90 political activists were arrested including 50 Ladies in White after Sunday mass in Havana.

During the visit of Pope Francis in September 2015, police arrested 150 dissents who were scheduled to see the Holy Father.

Miriam Leiva, one of the founders of the Ladies in White was scheduled to meet the Pope but missed meetings on September 19th and 20th as she was detained by the Cuban police.

Mr. Kremer tells us about the lack of heavy police presence anywhere.

Maybe he should have put down his pina colada and found one of The Ladies in White and asked them if there is a police presence in Havana.

Or maybe Mr. Kremer can ask Lazaro Yuri Roca, an independent blogger who has covered the Ladies in White about police activity.

He may find that Mr. Valle Roca is reluctant to discuss the matter as on June 7, 2015 he was detained by the Cuban police, driven 30 miles outside of Havana and with a gun to his head warned to stay away from the Ladies in White demonstrations.

The above episode is not surprising as the

Cuban media is owned by the state and the independent press in considered illegal.

According to Freedom House, independent journalists are routinely harassed by the secret police and it remains illegal to distribute independent media.

Mr. Kremer writes about the crumbling buildings and lack of capital investment in Cuba.

The Castro sympathizers on the left often blame the U.S. embargo for the failing Cuban economy.

But there is no embargo on Cuba from Europe and Asia.

Foreign businesses and governments have avoided investing in Cuba due to the widespread corruption and control of all key economic assets by the Castro brothers and the military.

When Castro came to power in 1959, GDP per capita was $2,067 per year.

By 1999, 40 years later, it was only $2,307 per year. The average Cuban state worker makes $20 per month.

Cuba went from being one of the wealthy nations in the Caribbean and South America to one of the poorest.

The people of Cuba have been impoverished while the Castro brothers and the military have become rich.

As if the damage inflicted on their own people wasn’t enough, Cuba exported their corrupt socialism to Venezuela where recent reports detail massive food shortages and people eating pets for survival.

Mr. Kremer tells us about the light security at the airport in Havana and lack of soldiers

with heavy weapons.

I would agree with him that one benefit of a trip to Cuba is the remote chance of being involved in a terrorist attack.

The main reason that Cuba is not a target for terrorist organizations is that the country was on the State Department list of state sponsors of terrorism from 1982 through 2015.

ISIS doesn’t usually like to attack other members of the club.

Thanks to President Obama, Americans are now free to travel to Cuba and enjoy the beautiful beaches.

But I hope that prospective travelers think about the fact that their presence is not helping the Cuban people but extending the life of a brutal and corrupt regime.

Vladimir Lenin supposedly said that communism would prevail across the globe because the West was full of “useful idiots” that whether they realized it or not would help advance his cause.

Fortunately, Lenin was wrong about the result of the global struggle between communism and capitalism but he was right about “useful idiots.”

The people of Cuba still live under repressive communism and their prison state is supported by “useful idiots” such as President Obama with his restoration of diplomatic relations and Mr. Kremer with his love letter from Havana.

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Birnbaum hosts Pol hosts leadership seminar drive for pets Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck) is partnering with Long Island Cares, the Great Neck Park District, the Great Neck Social Center and the Herricks Community Center for a pet food drive from Feb. 10, 2017 to April 30, 2017 to help animals in need.

“It is an honor to assist Long Island Cares in promoting their sixth annual Legislative Pet Food Drive,” Birnbaum said.

“This drive is important because sometimes families are put in a position where they cannot afford to feed their pets and must give them away. I am asking Ellen Birnbaum those who can, to donate pet Nassau County Legislator food to help those less fortunate Great Neck. Their hours are 9 families”.”

The Great Neck Park District a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friwill have boxes to collect any day.

The Herricks Community donated items at Great Neck House located at 14 Arrandale Center, located at 999 Herricks Ave. in Great Neck as well as at Road in New Hyde Park, has a Parkwood located at 65 Arran- box in front of the main office.

Their hours are 7 a.m. to 9 dale Ave. in Great Neck.

Great Neck House is open p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. a.m. to noon Saturday.

“Thank you to the Great to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 11 Neck Park District, Great Neck Social Center and the Herricks a.m. to 4 p.m.

Parkwood is open Monday Community Center for partnerto Sunday from 6:00 a.m. to ing with me so that together with the community, we can 11:00 p.m.

The Great Neck Social Cen- help Long Island Cares and ter will have a box at their cen- those they serve,” Birnbaum ter located at 80 Grace Ave. in said.

Basketball camp at Sewanhaka

State Sen. Elaine Phillips (RFlower Hill) recently sponsored a free youth basketball camp at Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park.

About 150 children ranging in age from third grade to seventh grade came to learn about the game and develop their skills, including ball handling, shooting, positioning, defense and footwork.

Elmont High School gradu-

ate and professional basketball player Demetrius “Amaree” Taylor led the clinic, assisted by members of the Sewanhaka and Elmont High School varsity basketball teams.

The Long Island Nets also supported the program.

Phillips is pictured with the players and coaches who took part in the recent basketball clinic she sponsored at Sewanhaka High School.

State Sen. Elaine Phillips (RFlower Hill) recently sponsored a student leadership academy to help local sixth graders develop their leadership skills.

The event was held at Sewanhaka High School.

About 60 young leaders from Elmont, Floral Park, Franklin Square and Stewart Manor took part in the academy to learn about the different ways they can continue to lead and make a difference throughout their lives.

Students from H. Frank Carey, Elmont, Floral Park, Holy Trinity and Sewanhaka high

schools served as mentors for the sixth-graders.

Phillips and U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Elmont) also spoke to the students, offered them advice and encouraged them to continue to stay involved and

make the world a better place.

Phillips (front row, third left) is pictured with local students at the student leadership forum she sponsored at Sewanhaka High School. She is joined by Meeks (front row, second left).

Catholic school celebrates

Catholic School Week is a celebration of Catholic education, and the Notre Dame School in New Hyde Park celebrated, starting with mass on Sunday, where students volunteered to speak about their experiences at the school.

Immediately following was an open house where current students and families came to join in the celebration of the school.

New families were welcomed for tours and students showed off their home away from home.

Other days during Catholic School Week focused on: faith, school spirit, knowledge, love for

learning, music and the community.

There were many special events during the week, including our book fair, student appreciation pizza, pajama day, a choral assembly and a winter concert.

Students also participated in Read Across Notre Dame and a seventh- and eighth-grade science fair.

Faculty enjoyed a luncheon sponsored by the school’s parents’ association, PAVE. The week ended with a big finale in which all students joined the fun brought by the Adventure Bound Game Show.

SCHOOL NEWS

Apply for free pre-K program Subject to approval of grant funding by New York State, residents of New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District with an eligible child who will be 4 years old by Dec. 1, 2017, may apply for free half-day pre-kindergar-

ten classes for 2017-18 school year.

Applications are available on then district’s website, www. nhp-gcp.org, or in its four elementary schools.

Application forms must be

received no later than April 7, 2017.

Selection will be done by lottery on May 7, 2017, at 8 a.m. in the board room at the Manor Oaks School, located at 1950 Hillside Ave. in New Hyde Park.

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Buckley students take on coding challenge On most Tuesdays, Buckley Country Day School’s fifth and sixth graders — along with the rest of the students — are dressed in school uniform.

However, Feb. 7 was not just another Tuesday — it was the Day of Code!

For that special event, the library was transformed into a mini Silicon Valley and the fifth and sixth graders were dressed in more casual, “Steve Jobs” style of attire.

The result — a great day dedicated to computer programming, during which the students were fearless in making things with code.

“It was hard to believe that 70-plus

students were in the library,” said Patricia Russac, Buckley’s library director, who organized the Day of Code. “It was quiet with concentration and the students were totally focused on coding. It was awesome.”

The day was broken into three major sessions: Silicon Valley, Genius Hour, and Made With Code.

“Watching students become more confident with each challenge was inspiring to see as a teacher,” said Buckley library assistant Stephanie Temple. “We read so much about too few girls in computer coding, well, that’s not the case at Buckley.”

For Silicon Valley, students started their coding journey with the website “Pencil Code” to learn the fundamentals of programming, how to measure distances and angles, and ways to construct arcs and circles to program their own initials.

When they moved on to Genius Hour, they used the augmented reality feature in Vidcode to program a Pokemon Game, and jumped right in to figure out how to code a Snapchat filter.

Finally, the day rounded out with Made With Code, an intense session of HTML and CSS. For this, Buckley’s young program-

mers used real coding languages to take their skills to a higher level.

“It was amazing to see students learning how to code using their ingenuity and passion with technology,” said Buckley IT manager Sam Oppedisano.

“They began to realize they could create content, and not just consume it.”

Overall, it was a day — not just of code — but of real world learning, something that cannot be underestimated in today’s high-tech world.

“We truly believe that knowing the language of computer coding can open up a host of opportunities well beyond the classroom,” Russac said.

Day of Code at Buckley Country Day School.

Social justice Legal workshops for seniors award offered The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County annually honors middle school, high school and college students on Long Island who confront intolerance, prejudice or other forms of social injustice.

High school and middle school recipients of the Friedlander Upstander Award receive a $2,500 scholarship, and recipients of the Daniel Gillman Goodfellows Award for college students receive a $1,000 award.

The awards will be presented at HMTC’s Annual Tolerance Benefit on May 1.

The Friedlander Upstander Award, presented by HMTC and the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation, in conjunction with the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Departments, will be awarded to Nassau and Suffolk County middle school and high school students who have acted as “upstanders” against bullying or intolerance in any of its forms.

The student’s action as an upstander could be one of interven-

tion or prevention, big or small.

Applications for the Friedlander Upstander Award are due

by March 1.

The Daniel Gillman Goodfellows Award, presented by HMTC and the Gillman family, will be presented to a Long Island college or university student who has demonstrated a commitment to helping others and who has who has intervened against (or prevented) an act of intolerance or acted in the service of helping others in need.

The award memorializes and honors Daniel Gillman, a kind and generous young man who dedicated himself to aiding young people and adults.

His altruism was a reflection of the selflessness of the Belgian rescuers who saved the life of his grandmother during the Holocaust.

Applications for the Gillman Award are due by April 7.

For more information and applications, please visit hmtcli.org or call 516-571-8040.

The Nassau County Bar Association provides free monthly legal consultation clinics for Nassau County residents 65 and older.

Seniors have the opportunity to meet oneon-one with an attorney who volunteers to provide a half-hour private consultation on any topic of concern.

The next senior citizen free legal consultation clinic will be held on Thursday, Feb. 16 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the NCBA located at 15th and West streets in Mineola.

This popular free program regularly fills up quickly.

Registration is required by calling 516-747-4070.

Founded in 1899, the Nassau County Bar Association is the leader in providing legal information and community service on Long Island.

NCBA consists of private and public attorneys, judges, legal educators and law students who demonstrate their commitment to the community by offering a variety of services for the public, including lawyer referral services, mortgage foreclosure, Sandy recovery and senior citizen legal clinics; judicial screening and public education programs.

The Nassau Academy of Law provides the largest program of continuing education for the legal community.

We Care, part of NCBA’s charitable arm, assists children, the elderly and others in need, through countless projects and donations.

For more information, call 516-747-4070 (language translation available), email info@ nassaubar.org, or visit nassaubar.org.

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Kim takes 2nd Herricks math students win for concerto Herricks High School sophomore Christina Kim achieved a second-place win at the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition on Feb. 1.

She earned the opportunity to perform at this event, held at the Congregational Church of Huntington in Centerport, after being named one of 10 finalists selected from a pool of more than 50 applicants.

A violinist for many years, Kim has participated in all-county ensembles and the Long Island String Festival Association events multiple times.

She is also a member of the Herricks High School Chamber Orchestra.

This was Kim’s first MYO Concerto Competition perfor-

mance. She will receive a $200 prize for her award.

“Being selected from so many qualified musicians on Long Island is a huge honor for Christina and for Herricks,” Director of Music and Performing Arts Anissa Arnold said. “We are so proud of her.”

Sixteen students from Herricks High School joined those from more than 35 Nassau County schools at the Nassau Mathematics Tournament, held on Feb. 3 at SUNY College of Old Westbury.

The annual competition stimulates creative thinking in talented mathematics students to strengthen their problem solving skills and nurture their enthusiasm and passion for mathematics.

The contest consisted of three different events: a grade level exam that involved 15 non-calculator questions, a set of 10 mathlete questions similar to the monthly competitions that students take and a

teamwork component designed for students to work in groups of five to produce answers to 20 questions.

Christopher Lo took a third-place award in the lower division, and Alan Chen earned third place in the upper division.

Two Herricks groups also earned awards in the lower and upper division team events, respectively.

The lower division team, comprised of Christopher Lo, Eish Maheswari, Uttsav Patel, Simon Liu and Carrie Hsu placed third, while upper division team members Alan Chen, Adam Xie, Bongseok Jung, Nora Koe and Janet Hsu placed eighth.

Quintet plays Literary journal honored at Tilles Center The 2015-16 edition of Herricks High School’s literary journal, OPUS, has been distinguished in the annual National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazine (PRESLM) contest.

The publication was recommended for Highest Award, meaning that it earned an impressive score from state judges.

One of this award program’s main purposes is to publicly recognize excellent literary magazines produced by students, teachers and schools.

OPUS is staffed by members of the Literature Club, led by teacher Alan Semerdjian.

The group received a certificate in acknowledgment of its recent NCTE achievement.

OPUS is comprised of student work in a variety of mediums, such as poetry, photography and art.

Seniors Rachel Kim and Sabah Iqbal serve as coeditors-in-chief, juniors Kelly Kim and Nora Ma are co-assistant-editors-in-chief, seniors Dean Musto and Christina Zheng are co-art directors, juniors Prerna Chaudhary and Arusha Kumira are co-website editors and senior Kaitlyn Toy holds the role of treasurer.

A string quintet from Herricks High School presented a grand performance in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Young Musicians Concert on Jan. 31.

This event, which denoted the program’s Long Island debut, was held at the Tilles Center for Performing Arts’ Hillwood Recital Hall.

Herricks was one of six schools represented at this concert, and the group is among eight that were featured after being selected as winners of the Long Island High School Chamber Ensemble Competition.

In addition to earning their

spotlight on stage, where they performed Robert Schumann’s “Piano Quintet,” the Herricks students participated in coaching sessions with world-renowned CMS musicians.

The CMS of Lincoln Center has held annual Young Musicians Concerts at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall for more than three decades.

The program’s expansion to include a regional level concert competition on Long Island opens doors for more high school students to receive recognition for their musical talents and dedication.

“It’s a creative escape for the students,” Iqbal said of the involvement experience.

As for the award recommendation, Kim said, “It goes to show how much effort our board put in last year and how the students got out there, expressing themselves.”

Current and past editions of the literary journal can be viewed online at www.herricksopus.com.

Kids take on math contest Herricks Middle School students participated in the MATHCOUNTS regional mathematics competition on Feb. 4.

More than 15 middle schools from across Long Island were represented at this contest.

The event was presented by the MATHCOUNTS Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides engaging math programs to middle school students of all ability levels in order to build confidence and improve attitudes towards math and problem solving.

Herricks eighth-graders Jane

Chung, Preethi Krishnamoorthy and Haritha Lakshmanan; seventh-graders Aadithyaa Balasubramanian and Zuhair Ishraq; and

sixth-graders Ashley Lam, Tyler Wu and Celeste Zhang took on the challenge.

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Transportation Perfect season for swimmers deadline in NHP All requests for transportation to a non-public school from within the New Hyde ParkGarden City Park school district must be filed no later than April 1, 2017, according to New York State law.

No applications will be ac-

cepted after the April 1 deadline.

Applications may be obtained from the transportation office in the administration building at 1950 Hillside Ave. or by calling 516-434-2318.

Transport deadline nears for Herricks All requests for transportation to a non-public school for students in the Herricks school district must be filed no later then April 1, according to New York State law.

Applications may be obtained from the transportation office in room 105 at the Herricks Community Center, located at 999 Herricks Road in New Hyde Park.

Reach the office by phone at 516-305-8948.

Honor for NHP lit magazine

The National Council of Teachers of English awarded New Hyde Park Memorial High School’s literary magazine “The Arena” the rank of excellence for 2016. The following students’ work helped make the publication a success: Allyson Cohen, Jenma George, Dario Gimenez, Claire Jung, Madeline Justiniano, Rebecca Justiniano, Mariyah Rajshahiwala, Arianne Seenauth, Rachi Shah and Grant Wong. Members of the staff are pictured with school principal Richard Faccio and adviser Laurence Mechanic.

Herricks students swam with success this winter, as accomplishments attained by the boys and girls varsity teams demonstrate.

Both teams, coached by Sarah Bove, completed undefeated seasons with a record of 10-0.

The boys swim team members were crowned conference champions at the Division Swim Championships held on Feb. 4, when they earned top results at the Eisenhower Park Aquatic Center.

They competed in the Nassau County Championships last weekend, when Dominick Piccirillo, Terran Cheng, Colin

Hwang, Samuel Yang, Matt Novella, and Peter Brala represented Herricks.

“From the beginning of the season the boys were determined to work their hardest as a team and individually to reach their goal of becoming

Research stars in Mineola Mineola High School seniors Elizabeth Ryan, Erica Sze-Tu and Michael Valente presented their work at the Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium on Feb. 5 at York College.

Valente presented his project titled “The Effects of Stretching on Muscle Soreness” and Ryan presented her and Sze-Tu’s project entitled “The Effect of Locomotive Emission on Plant Diversity.”

Ten of the regional finalists’ projects will be selected to move onto the national competition.

Finalists were to be announced this week.

In addition, nine of Mineola High School’s research students will be competing on Feb. 8 at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair Intel Division.

The district congratulated the following students: Nicole Chiu, Kayleigh DiPietrantonio, Anmol Patel, Elizabeth Ryan, Erin Servinskas, Erica Sze-Tu, Michael Valente, Michelle Van de Stouwe and Erin Talty.

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C L A R I F I C AT I O N An article in the Feb. 10 edition about the Landing Cove Condominium Community in Glen Cove omitted information on the real estate agency handling its sales. The real estate agency is Douglas Elliman and it can be reached at 516-627-2800.

conference champs, which they achieved,” Bove said. “As the season was coming to an end, and the swimmers realized they were so close to an undefeated season, their enthusiasm and determination was even more heightened.”

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County aids pet food drive Building), East Meadow Nassau County Executive * Traffic Parking Violations, 16 Edward Mangano announced toCooper Street, Hempstead day that County offices will par* 40 Main Street, Hempstead ticipate in Long Island Cares’ 6th (In Front of Suite C Office) Annual Legislative Pet Food Drive * One West Street, Mineola Challenge.

(Main Lobby) The drive will take place dur* NCPD, 2nd Floor Training ing the month of February and Wing, 1490 Franklin Ave., Mineola focus on collecting for the family * County Executive Building members most vulnerable to hun(Main Lobby), 1550 Franklin Ave., ger: residents’ pets.

Mineola LI Cares formed Baxter’s Pet * 240 Old Country Road, MinPantry in 2009, and has since disEdward Mangano eola (Main Lobby) tributed over one million pounds * Nassau District Attorney’s Ofof pet food to pets all over Long Is- Nassau County Executive fice (Main Lobby) 262 Old Country land, including: dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, caged pets, fish, reptiles and all others Road, Mineola * Health Department, 200 County Seat Drive, considered family members.

“For many of us our pets are family,” said Man- Mineola * Probation, 400 County Seat Drive, Mineola gano. “These pet food items will help feed animals in need, which in turn keeps pets with their loved (Directors Office –Main Entrance) * DSS, 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Uniondale ones and out of shelters. I thank those who generously donated and participated in the County’s (Outside Cafeteria) * DPW, 1194 Prospect Avenue, Westbury (2nd 2016 Barkfest Pet Food Drive and ask residents to consider donating to this much needed and worth- Floor Reception) Anyone interested in donating pet or regular while cause.”

Drop off boxes will be located in the following food items, please feel free to contact the Freeport Long Island Cares facility at 516-442-5221 or visit County locations for the month of February: * Corrections/Sheriff Department (Main Lob- at 84 Pine Street in Freeport during operating hours. by), 100 Carman Ave., East Meadow * Eisenhower Park (Lobby of Administration

Town adds personal touch Town of North Hempstead constituents wanting to get updates on service requests or answers to their questions now have a personalized customer service advocate at Town Hall.

Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth says the resident advocate is an expansion of the town’s successful applicant advocate service, which helps navigate residents through the building permit process.

The new resident advocate will still have a role helping residents with building department matters, but will now also expand its role to include resident’s concerns with the Highway and Code Enforcement departments.

The Town’s 311 call center continues to be the first line of customer service for residents, where callers can report issues, make service requests, or voice their concerns about any issue.

The role of the resident advocate will be to provide personalized one-on-one service to residents, to follow up on their service requests, and to assure that these requests are dealt with in a timely manner.

“Customer service is a number one concern here in North Hempstead,” Bosworth said. “Our new resident advocate will be the eyes and ears for my office to assure that all service requests are dealt with efficiently and in a timely fashion. We live in a world filled with computerized customer service and we all know how frustrating that can be.

The resident advocate will provide personalized service and make sure no case falls through the cracks.”

Lauren Summa, the town’s current applicant advocate, will fill the role of resident advocate.

For more information or to make an appointment with the resident advocate, please contact 311 or call 516-869-6311.

Buckley team headed to LEGO finals

The Buckley Cyber Bulldogs are comprised of students from grades five through eight.

The Buckley Cyber Bulldogs Robotics team is on the move — straight to the SBPLI first LEGO League championship round.

After competing at the Long Island FLL Robotics

Qualifying Tournament, which was held at Mineola High School, the Cyber Bulldogs advanced to the championship round.

“I am so proud of this group of students,” said Linda Bernard, Buckley Country Day School’s head of Upper School. “They have done an amazing job of coming together as a team, and it was great that they were able to showcase all of their hard work at the tournament.”

The LEGO competition was made up of two parts: a set of challenges that the robotics team must complete using the LEGO robot that it constructed, as well as a special project associated with this year’s FLL theme, “Animal Allies.”

Buckey’s team — which is comprised of students from grades five through eight — performed well in both areas of the league tournament.

Their overall score qualified the Cyber Bulldogs to compete in March at Longwood High School.

The winning team from the next event will be the Long Island representative at the World Championship

Festival later this year.

For the challenge part of the event — which takes place on a large table — Buckley’s robot accomplished a series of tasks set out by the judges.

For the Animal Allies portion of the event, students were asked to “think of people and animals as allies in the quest to make life better for everyone. Sometimes people help animals and sometimes animals help people.”

The Project’s mission was to make “interactions with animals better.”

The Cyber Bulldogs stepped up in this area of the competition, coming up with a concept for a drone-like robot, which can warn elephants in Africa when poachers are in their vicinity.

The drones would emit a low-frequency sound that is heard by the elephants, causing them to run away from that area.

Congratulations to all of the members of the Buckley Robotics team and good luck in the next round!

Town to provide payment records online The Town of North Hempstead recently added a feature from technology provider OpenGov to the NorthHempsteadNY.gov website that will provide a comprehensive report of all payments made by the town, by year and vendor.

This additional feature, called OpenGov Open Checkbook, will continue to strengthen North Hempstead’s commitment to openness and transparency in government, according to a town press release.

The town launched its modernized

website in 2015, which included its first interactive aggregate financial and budget reports powered by OpenGov. With OpenGov, the public can easily analyze, share and compare detailed town budget data in a user-friendly format.

The addition of the OpenGov Open Checkbook to the town’s website makes it even simpler for residents to see checkbook-level spending data, and to follow how each and every one of their tax dollars is spent by their local government.

Checkbook data for the years of 2014, 2015 and 2016, up to January 6, 2017, will be available.

“Previously this kind of information was only available by requesting it under the Freedom of Information Act, but will now be easily available and searchable to anyone through the town’s website,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “The Town of North Hempstead has an obligation to its residents to show them how their tax dollars are being spent, and now through Open-

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“North Hempstead is a great example of how a town that is committed to open the books to the public can do so efficiently and effectively when they apply the right technologies,” said OpenGov CEO and Co-Founder Zac Bookman.

“OpenGov is committed to powering more effective and accountable government, and we will continue to develop software and services that deliver on that mission for towns like North Hempstead.”

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Exploring nature through photos Here is Docent Maxine Hersh, doing a nice job of describing one of the great photos of our time “Migrant Mother, Nipomo California, 1936”

BY TOM F E R R A R O

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saw the advertisement about the Ansel Adams show at the Nassau County Museum of Art. Ansel Adams is the guy who took all those black and white photos of Yosemite Park.

I had been at Yosemite a few years ago so I thought it might be nice to have my memories refreshed. When I travel places I do the sightseeing and take the requisite photos but when I get home I’m always left with the feeling that I missed out on something.

Maybe by seeing the Yosemite Park photos taken by an expert I would finally appreciate the place.

When I got to the museum I was stunned to experience what was the probably the best photo exhibit I will ever see.

Not only were the classics by Ansel Adams on display (“Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley,” 1920, “Still Life, San Francisco,” 1932 and “Silverton, Colorado,” 1951) but the museum was filled with another show entitled Light Works, 100 years of photos which had some of most famous photographs ever taken.

At first glance all the photos were fairly innocuous looking.

Just row after row of black and white’s and kind of smallish. What’s the big deal?

Well thank the Lord for Docent Maxine Hersh whose tour started at 2 p.m.

Somehow she managed to open my little brain up and let in some light.

She got the group to slow down and actually told us what to look for in these photos.

There was the photo by Eadweard Muybridge father of the moving pictures

with a donkey and a man. Here was the Alfred Stieglitz famous 1907 “The Steerage.”

At first this photo looked like yet another dark and dreary black and white of some people on a big ship.

But she began to point out the geometry of the composition with the gang plank, the smokestack, the ladder leading upward and the man with the circular straw hat.

Suddenly its magic began to emerge.

And as I proceeded to look at more photos I saw how classic photos always contain geometry.

Ansel Adams Silverton, Colorado with its varying tones of black, gray and white was all about triangles.

All those steeples and roof tops forming triangles in the foreground and the big gray mountain in the background as one giant triangle.

We went on to look at the familiar American classic by Dorothea Lange entitled “Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California” 1936.

This photo is also about geometry with the mother at its center a stunning vision of triangularity and strength framed by her two exhausted children who lean against her with their backs to us.

And then we got to “Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris” 1932, the photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson, which was the Time Magazines selection as Photo of the Century.

This photo was another example of geometry with the use of a wrought iron fence and a ladder as well as the image of a man leaping over a shallow body of water with his shadow right below him as his foot is about to hit the water.

The comedy of a man about to fall into water juxtaposed with the view of tombstones in the background makes this photo not only an example of Bresson’s ‘

decisive moment’ but also gives the photo gravitas and depth of meaning. As I looked at the photo more carefully I began to understand why this was the best photo of the century.

I thought about the show the next day and I realized that I had never understood the importance of geometry in photos and how our life is filled with geometric structure as well.

At its most basic we have the geometry of day and night, the geometry of work versus play, the geometry of hard days framed by restful nights, of busy weekdays surrounded by slower weekends and the geometry of life itself framed by birth and death.

As the Cartier-Bresson photo reveals, to make a truly great photo you need more than just geometry.

What made Behind the Gare St. Lizard, Paris the photo of the century was the way Cartier-Bresson quietly told us about life.

We are here only for an instant and very soon indeed we will all be sinking back into the ever after. But before we sink underneath the water it is best to pause for a moment and look around to see what there is to see.

To appreciate life in all its glory and its pain. This is what all the mystics tell us.

This is what Buddha told us and what Christ told us. And all of our best writers told us the same thing. Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot, E.B.White’s Ring of Time, say it loud and clear.

Pause for a moment, look around you, take a deep breath and try to enjoy the ride.

So thank you Henri Cartier-Bresson, Docent Maxine Hersh and Nassau County

PHOTO COURTESY OF: WWW.NASSAUMUSEUM.ORG

Ansel Adams, Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley, California, 1920, gelatin silver print.

Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Gift of Wm. John Upjohn. © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

Museum of Art for letting me pause for a brief moment like that funny little leaping man in the photo.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Well Cartier- Bresson’s photo only took me 877 words to describe.

Not bad. I only wish this essay was could have been equal to his photo.

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Discover the extraordinary biodiversity of our planet’s rainforests with Ranger Eric Powers as he shares fascinating stories about his travels through the tropical world. He’ll bring his collection of jungle artifacts, including skulls, fabrics made from bark, and children’s toys from indigenous cultures—and a few of his wonderful live pets. Members: $10 per car; Non-Members $20 per car.

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Saturday, Feb. 18, doors open at 7 p.m./show starts at 8 p.m.

Rock the night away with The B-Street Band, the first band in the world to do a unique tribute to a live performer, featuring the original E Street Band drummer, Vini ’Mad Dog’ Lopez. Fans of The Boss will enjoy the ultimate Springsteen experience. The event will also include “Any Way You Want It: The Journey Tribute.”

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February Funny Fest Saturday, Feb. 18, 8-10 p.m.

February Funny Fest returns once again for another outrageous night of live, stand-up comedy. The annual event is a winter comedy carnival of laughter and fun. Each year features a full line-up of top comedians, plus surprise guest comics, too. The event will be led by Paul Anthony, host of the LI Comedy Festival.

Where: Theatre Three, 412 Main Street, Port Jefferson Info: (631)928-9100 • theatrethree.com

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Camillia House Festival Sunday, Feb. 19, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Come and enjoy the annual Camellia House Festival featuring live music, walking tours of the Camellia House, a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, and storyteller and activities for children. Coe Hall is open for self-guided visits. For more information, contact the theatre for ticket info. Snow date: Sunday, Feb. 26.

Where: Planting Fields Arboretum, 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay Info: (516)922-8678 • plantingfields.org

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Kings and Queens of Soul: Rock Legends Live!

Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Join an evening of classic soul music. Let the rhythm engage and rediscover the range of styles and sounds from a variety of television and concert clips from around the world. The event features the truly gifted singers and musicians that gave us soul music, rhythms and lyrics that spoke to us all and inspired many performers ever since the first song was dubbed “soul.” Among the performers and groups that will be highlighted are Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, The Three Degrees, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chi-Lites, and more. Members $11 | Public $16.

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David Duchovny and his band will be performing songs from his 2015 debut, “Hell or Highwater,” along with some brand new tracks. Known primarily for his television and film work, most notably his portrayal of FBI Agent Fox Mulder on the iconic Fox science fiction television series “The X-Files,” actor, writer, and director Duchovny didn’t even pick up a guitar until his early fifties, but by 2015, the 54-year-old had amassed enough material to put out an album of original music. The two-time Golden Globe winner cites artists like Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Wilco, R.E.M., and the Flaming Lips as inspirations, and his debut studio long player offers up an evocative blend of country, folk, and brooding alternative rock.

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The Poetry in Motion exhibit will feature works by b.j. spoke artist members. Each artist will select or write a poem that resonates with their work or create a new work of art inspired by a favorite poem.

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istory of Dolls of Color: Celebrating Black History Month Sunday, Feb. 19 at 1 and 3 p.m.

Go on a journey through time as you view April Marius’s collection of rare African American dolls. Marius will share folklore and facts behind her treasured collection. Let these dolls inspire you as you create your own piece of black history in the museum’s Dolls of Color program. Ages 5 and up.

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by Story Time with Peggy and a game of President’s Day trivia. Must be registered for this event.

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Dreamcatchers were originally made by the children of Native American tribes, such as the Cherokee. To Native Americans, dreams were messages sent by sacred spirits. Learn the legend of how dreamcatchers worked and create your very own. Then join the tea party. This fun and informative program includes role-playing while teaching social skills, self-esteem and confidence. Children learn dining manners, such as how to properly hold and cut with a knife and fork. Apple juice will be substituted for the hot tea. Participants also practice table setting and introductions. All make their own name tag and place card. Bring a friend, or your favorite doll, or come join new friends at the party! Dress up if you wish!

Program includes a guided tour of the Walt Whitman Birthplace. Ages 9 and up. $12 per child. $20 per child for both programs.

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Delicious popcorn recipes and the Oscars Popcorn and movies go together like Boogie and Bacall.

Why not whip up a few batches of popcorn and open up a bottle of bubbly and watch the 89th Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26.

If you are really lazy, you can make your popcorn in the microwave.

Personally, I prefer to make my popcorn from scratch…it tastes so much better and it is really easy to do. If you prefer to be healthier, just air pop your popcorn and save three quarters of the calories.

No matter how you make your popcorn, sitting back and munching on it while watching the Oscars will make your evening more delicious no matter what the entertainment.

MENU (Yields about 16 Cups) Basic Popcorn Recipe Popcorn with Old Bay Seasoning Peanut Butter Popcorn Rocky Road Popcorn Kir Royale

Basic Popcorn Recipe 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil 1 cup popcorn (I use Bob’s Blue Mill, which comes in a plastic bag and is sold in The Bob’s Blue Mill section of most supermarkets) 1. In a large covered pot, heat oil. Add two kernels. If they pop, you are ready to go.

2. Add popcorn kernels and cover pot. Cook while shaking pot. When popping ends, you are done. Then proceed with any or all of the following recipes.

NOTE: If you like bacon flavor, substitute 1/2 cup of bacon grease for oil If you like duck flavor, substitute 1/2 cup of duck fat for oil.

If you like truffle flavor, add 1/8 cup of truffle butter (available in Gourmet Grocery stores) to the oil.

Popcorn with Old Bay Seasoning 4 tblsp. sweet butter 2 tblsp. Old Bay Seasoning

1. In a saucepan, warm honey and sugar until sugar is dissolved.

2. Stir in remaining ingredients and whisk until smooth.

3. Pour over popcorn, add peanuts.

4. Spread on baking sheets and let cool.

ALEXANDRA TROY The Culinary Architect 3 cups Oyster Crackers (optional) 1. Melt butter and stir in Old Bay Seasoning. Drizzle over popcorn. Toss with Oyster Crackers if you desire.

Peanut Butter Popcorn 1 cup honey 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup peanut butter 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 tsp. salt 2 cups peanuts

Rocky Road Popcorn 5 tblsp. sweet butter 2 tsps. vanilla 2 tsps. Kosher salt 2 cups mini marshmellows Semi-sweet chocolate chips Roasted almonds 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Melt butter and add vanilla and salt.

3. Drizzle over popcorn and toss with 2 cups of mini marshmellows, chocolate chips, to taste (I use a whole bag of Nestles) and almonds to taste (I use a whole

can of Blue Diamond).

4. Spread on baking sheet(s) and bake for 2 minutes.

5. Cool slightly and serve.

Kir Royale (Makes about 16 servings) 2 bottles champagne, chilled 1 bottle creme de cassis, chilled 12 champagne flutes 1. Place a 1/2 shot of creme de cassis in a champagne flute.

Top with champagne and serve.

Sante!

Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 32 year-old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties. She lives in Manhasset with her husband and son.

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Holocaust center to Queens to host film screen Anne Frank film festival in March The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County’s Reel Upstanders Film Series will present a screening of “No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story” on Sunday, March 12 at 12:30 p.m.

The film is about the stunning discovery of lost letters by Anne Frank’s father, Otto, which reveal an unknown chapter of their family’s life.

There will be a discussion following the film with Joan Adler, author of “For the Sake of the Children: The Letters Between Otto Frank and Nathan Straus, Jr.” The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance

Center is located at 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove.

There is a requested donation of $10.

Reel Upstanders was established in honor of David Taub (1932-2010), a Holocaust Survivor and respected friend of HMTC. For more than 20 years, HMTC has been fulfilling its mission to teach the history of the Holocaust and its lessons through education and community outreach.

For more information, call (516) 5718040, visit www.hmtcli.org or go to Facebook.com/HMTCNY and Twitter.com/HolocaustTolCtr.

Adelphi to present Best of Broadway Adelphi’s popular Best of Broadway series is back, once again featuring Adelphi’s talented students as they celebrate the music of Broadway.

Best of Broadway: One Enchanted Evening will be performed on Saturday, February 25 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. on the Westermann Stage, Concert Hall, at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave, Garden City.

Taking inspiration from a wide variety of shows, the latest Best of Broadway performances feature some of the most moving lyrics from the genius that was Oscar Hammerstein from shows such as “South Pacific,” “Show Boat,” “Carousel” and many more.

Co-directors Erin Quill (Original Broadway Company of “Avenue Q”) and Jad Bernardo (musical director) return to lead a cast of talented performers in this beloved event.

The Poole Family Broadway Series at AUPAC is sponsored by Mary Jane and Thomas Poole.

Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at $25, with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni. Information is available at the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516.877.4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu.

Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1:00-6:00 p.m.

The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

The seventh annual Queens World Film Festival has their 2017 line up of events all set, featuring 135 films from 25 nations, and is scheduled for March 14 through 19.

Each year, the festival pays tribute to an outstanding filmmaker for his or her body of work.

This year’s “Spirit of Queens” award goes to independent film director Julie Dash and her 1991 masterpiece, “Daughters of the Dust,” which will be showcased at the Museum of the Moving Image on Wednesday night, March 15 from 7 to 10 p.m.

The screening will be followed by a conversation with Dash.

The incredible Illusions by Dash will also be screened within another block of films screened at MoMI on Friday, March 18.

The Queens World Film Festival engages audiences with targeted outreach to the diverse communities that comprise the borough.

“This year’s 135 films come from 25 nations whose diasporas are represented in Queens, the ‘World’s Borough’.

These films examine love, loss, immigration, mental health and some take on these themes in progressive ground breaking style. These films promise to move and entertain our audiences.”

QWFF Artistic Director Don Cato said.

The festival sponsors include Kaufman Astoria Studios, Investors Bank, MYNYCB, Council Member Daniel Dromm and Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, The Queens Post and the TimesLedger Highlights and statistics for the 2017 Queens World Film Festival include: March 14: Opening Night at MoMI kicks off at 7 p.m. with a VIP reception featuring the 2017 filmmakers, 2017 Honoree Dash and other special guests.

The program starts at 8 p.m. when Dash will receive the 2017 Spirit of Queens Award for her outstanding contribution to cinema — indie or otherwise.

Her work is majestic and intimate, assertive and nuanced.

The night will also feature NYC’s elected officials, QWFF sponsors and partners, and five short films that will give the audience a glimpse of what is to come during Festival Week 2017.

March 18: At 5:30 p.m., the MoMI Redstone Theatre will show “Adam Green’s Aladdin,” featuring Macaulay Culkin of “Home Alone,” leading an enthusiastic cast through the wildest adaptation of this classic that you will ever see.

The film also stars Alia Shawkat (“State of Grace,” “Arrested Development,” “Search Party”).

March 16: At 8 p.m., the MoMI Redstone Theatre will have the world premiere of “Searching for Fortune,”

starring John Heard (“The Sopranos,” “Big,” “The Milagro Beanfield War,” “Awakenings,” “Home Alone,” “Radio Flyer,” “The Pelican Brief,” “White Chicks,” “Miami Vice”).

A family drama about a woman who tracks down her recently deceased husband’s brother and reveals a 25-year-old family secret.

March 18: At 8 p.m., the MoMI Redstone Theatre will screen the North American premiere of “Scumbag” (the world premiere was at the prestigious International Film Festival at Rotterdam), “The Wolf of Wallstreet” meets “Kids” starring every punk legend since the 1970s, starring Princess Frank, Debra Haden, Nick Zedd, Michael Alig, Neon Music, Goddess Bunny, Keith Morris, Angelo Moore, Monique Parent, Jael De Pardo, Don Bolles, Kid Congo Powers, Scott E. Myers, Ron Jeremy, Cindy Lucas, Penny Arcade, Nina Hartley, Brian Soigne and Deluxe Wilso.

March 18: At 2:45 p.m., the MoMI Bartos Theatre will Show “After School” by the rising star Alec Tibaldi, an alumni of QWFF, who’s 2016 film “Ride or Die” won the QWFF 2016 Best Ensemble Award.

“After School” is another sterling example of great directing, acting and production and stars Ruby Modine (“Shameless”) and the young and extremely promising Piper De Palma, whose father is film director Brian De Palma.

And there are 130 more incredible, intriguing and challenging works, including four about the undocumented immigrant experience and four more featuring challenging mental health conditions.

There will be six beautiful LGBT films, an animation about brotherly love that will break your heart, thrillers, chillers and all-out high camp.

The world’s borough is well represented, with 23 films from Queens, 16 from Manhattan, 17 from Brooklyn and one from the Bronx.

There will be 12 films from Germany, seven from Spain, four from Iran and eight films are by Asian filmmakers from all over NYC. They will also have 50 films by women and three films that were collaborative efforts from educational institutions.

In addition to producing the annual Queens World Film Festival, the organization programs films year-round at a variety of borough venues through its “Encore” and “Old Spice” screening series, and through its “Young Filmmakers” training program.

The Queens World Film Festival is a program of the Queens World Film Initiative Inc., a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization.

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Choosing the right restaurant for your party they would if they were to have a party at home.

Such a reality makes a dinner party at a local restaurant a lot less stressful for the hosts. There are a number of things to emphasize when looking for the right restaurant to host the next dinner party.

Getting together with family and friends for a good meal is a great opportunity to reconnect and share a few laughs. Though such gatherings have traditionally taken place at private homes, today’s busy adults are increasingly turning to restaurants to host their mini reunions. Restaurants don’t require hosts and guests to wash any dishes, and hosts won’t have to find time to clean their homes top to bottom like

PROXIMITY Whether entertaining family and friends or a business dinner, the restaurant where you will be gathering should be easily accessible to all people who plan to attend. A centrally located restaurant that’s only a short drive for guests and hosts alike is ideal, as it cuts back on the time people will spend driving to and from the restaurant. Try to accommodate those guests who don’t drive by choosing a restaurant that’s accessible via public transportation.

PRICE Perhaps the only downside to hosting a dinner party at a restaurant is that such gatherings tend to be more expensive than parties at private residences. Hosts should first determine who will be paying the bill. If everyone has agreed to pay their own portion of the bill, this gives you a little more flexibility

when choosing a restaurant. If you, as the host, intend to pick up the tab for everyone, then you might want to find a nice restaurant with reasonably priced entrées. A five-star restaurant might break the bank, but you might be able to find a three- or four-star restaurant that’s still elegant and more affordable.

If each guest intends to pay for his or her own meal, discuss with guests how much they would like to spend before making a reservation. Once you have an idea of what everyone is willing to spend, you can start to narrow down your options.

MENU The menu is an important thing for hosts to consider when choosing a restaurant for their next dinner party.

Many men and women adhere to certain diets or lifestyles that restrict what they can and cannot eat, and you will want to find a restaurant that can cater to as many of your guests’ needs as possible. Discuss any dietary restrictions with your guests before you begin the process of finding a restaurant. If the responses are slow to come in, you can still go ahead with your search, but look for restaurants that offer vegetarian and gluten-free fare.

When examining the menu, take into consideration any offerings for kids if any guests are planning to bring their children along. Kids tend to prefer chicken fingers and fries over filet mignon and baked potatoes, so the restaurant should have some menu items for young children if kids will be joining in the festivities.

ACCESSIBILITY When looking for a restaurant, try to find one that’s easily accessible for any older guests who might not get around as easily as they used to or any guests who might have a disability that requires handicap accessible seating and restrooms.

Many restaurants can fill both of these needs, but it’s still up to hosts to ask in advance so all guests have a comfortable evening. The parking lot should not be too far away, but if it is, ask the restaurant manager if valet service is available for those guests who might prefer it.

A dinner party at a restaurant with family, friends or even professional colleagues often makes for an enjoyable evening for guests and hosts alike. But hosts must consider several factors before ultimately choosing where they and their guests will dine.

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ible? Downsize cable packages or skip that costly cup of coffee on the way to work. Perhaps it’s time to look for a smaller, less expensive home or a compact car instead of an SUV. Any money saved now will benefit you when the time comes time to bid farewell to the workforce.

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ome people do not have the ability to begin saving for retirement early on. Others may have brushed retirement savings aside for so long that they are now worried that it’s too late to begin socking away money for retirement.

While it’s best to start saving for retirement as early as possible, the good news is that it’s never too late to start planning for retirement. If your 40th birthday has long passed and you’re finally thinking ahead to retirement, consider these catch-up strategies.

• Research tax-advantageous retirement savings plans. A financial planner can point you in the right direction, or consult with your employer about employee programs. Deposit money into a 401(k) or 403(b) plan or another retirement vehicle. Jump on any opportunities when your employer matches invested funds.

Investigate an IRA and find out if there are any government incentives.

Depending on your age, you may be able to deposit more money into such accounts than other investors.

• Cut back on expenses. Cutting back on unnecessary expenses is a great way to save more money for retirement. Figure out where you can save some money you can then allocate to retirement savings. Maybe you can reduce insurance coverage on an older car or raise your deduct-

• Delay your retirement. Many people who retire find themselves bored and looking for ways to fill their time, and as a result more and more people are delaying their retirement, which also gives them more time to save for that day when they do call it quits. If you want to work less, discuss and negotiate a phased retirement with your bosses that allows you to stick with your employer but gradually work fewer hours until you retire completely. You may be able to work part-time for several years and retire when you’re most comfortable.

• Consider more aggressive funds.

Even if you are 50 you still have a few decades before retirement, which leaves lots of time to grow your retirement savings. But you may want to consider more aggressive funds that can help you catch up more quickly than less aggressive investments.

Just know that aggressive funds may also leave you susceptible to substantial losses.

• Don’t amass debt. If you’re saving for retirement but only paying minimum balances on your credit cards, then you’re not really saving. Pay down credit card debt before you begin to set aside money for retirement.

Delaying retirement planning may mean you have to work a little harder to build up a solid reserve. But by following some financial tips and persevering, you can still enjoy retirement with security.

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Shakespeare’s stage Northwell gains Jones recreated at Hofstra Beach sponsorship America is about to see the debut of its most authentic recreation of Shakespeare’s Globe stage — not on Broadway, Los Angeles or La Jolla, but at Hofstra University this March where construction is currently underway at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse on a historic Hofstra Globe Stage.

The Hofstra Globe Stage will be a working laboratory for students, faculty and guest artists.

Hofstra Drama Professor David Henderson, the director of this project, is the only college professor and set designer to have spent considerable time abroad in consultation with the archivists and design staff of Shakespeare’s Globe in London.

Hamlet is the headline event of Hofstra’s 68th Shakespeare Festival, one of the longest running Shakespeare festivals in the United States.

Other spring performances will also make use of the unique Globe setting.

Tickets are on sale now for these, and the Hofstra community may receive up to two free tickets to each production upon presentation of a valid HofstraCard.

Visit the Playhouse Box Office from Monday to Friday, 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m., or call 516-463-6644.

Tickets are also available for purchase online at hofstratickets.com.

Following are upcoming scheduled events: 68th Annual Hofstra Shakespeare Festival March 2-12 Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by Christopher Dippel As relevant today as it was over 400 years ago, Hamlet is a revenge tragedy like no other.

When Hamlet learns the truth about his father’s “foul and most unnatural” death, he reflects on his life — past, present and future; mortal and immortal — and provokes us to do the same.

Location: Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater, John Cranford Adams Playhouse Show times: Thursday, March, 2 at 7 p.m.; Friday, March 3 and 10 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 4 and 11 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 5 and 12 at 2 p.m.

Tickets: $12; $10 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. Two free tickets with current faculty/ staff/student HofstraCard.

There will be an opening night reception with food, drink and reminiscences from alumni of the Hofstra Shakespeare Festival at the Schaeffer Black Box Theater on Thursday, March 2, at 6 p.m., as well as a post-show talkback with cast and crew.

Tickets to the reception are $25.

March 9 and 11 This Bud of Love – A One Hour Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Adapted by Maureen McFeely Directed by Jean Dobie Giebel This timeless story of star-crossed lovers, whose tragic end reconciles an age-old feud, is an excellent introduction to Shakespeare, suitable for young audiences.

Location: Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater, John Cranford Adams Playhouse Show times: Thursday, March 9 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, March 11 at 2 p.m. — special performance with The Collegium Musicum, a Hofstra music ensemble devoted to the performance of little-known music of the past, customarily called “Early Music.”

Tickets: $6. Two free tickets with current faculty/staff/student HofstraCard.

March 31-April 9 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by The Reduced Shakespeare Company Directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni Three actors perform all 37 plays in 97 minutes.

Fast, funny and physical, this is a show made for people who love — and hate — the plays of William Shakespeare.

Location: Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater, John Cranford Adams Playhouse Show times: Friday, March 31 and April 7 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 1 and 8 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, April 2 and 9 at 2 p.m.; and Thursday, April 6 at 8 p.m.

Tickets: $12; $10 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. Two free tickets with current faculty/ staff/student HofstraCard.

Northwell Health is the new, exclusive title sponsor of Jones Beach Theater, signing a multi-year agreement with Live Nation, which operates the 14,000-seat amphitheater for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

The historic, 65-year-old venue will now be known exclusively as Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater.

Northwell Health, which is also the official health care partner of Jones Beach Theater, will have signage, posters, graphics and banners displayed prominently throughout the venue, parking area and on the theater’s existing directional signage. Northwell will also offer health screenings, wellness tips and other promotions at the concerts that encourage healthy living.

“Jones Beach Theater is a Long Island landmark and an iconic entertainment venue that has been offering music lovers a premier New York experience for generations, while Northwell Health is a highly respected, clinical, academic and research institution with deep roots across Long Island,” said Ramon Soto, senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer at Northwell Health, New York State’s largest private employer with a workforce of more than 62,000. “This partnership provides us with a unique opportunity to not only showcase the Northwell brand, but also celebrate the intersection of life and health at a destination that draws hundreds of thousands of concert-goers annually, furthering our mission of improving the health of the communities we serve

across Long Island and the entire New York area.”

“We are thrilled that Northwell Health has chosen the legendary Jones Beach Theater as a platform to heighten their visibility and connect with thousands of concertgoers,” said Andy Peikon, senior vice president of venue sales at Live Nation, the world’s leading entertainment and ticketing company. “Live Nation has a great lineup of artists scheduled to perform at the venue for 2017 and we look forward to working closely with Northwell Health for years to come.”

Along with the official renaming of the venue, Live Nation will soon announce the complete 2017 summer music line up for Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater.

Numerous concerts are currently on sale, including: Dave Matthews, Train, Florida Georgia Line, Third Eye Blind, Lady Antebellum, Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper, Foreigner and Cheap Trick, Chicago and the Doobie Brothers, and Brad Paisley.

Originally known as Jones Beach Marine Theater, the amphitheater was designed to specifications provided

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

A Man Called Ove—Gold Coast Film Series Saturday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m.

Adam Ippolito & Friends—A Benefit Concert & CD Release Party Tuesday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m.

The Man Who Saved the World—Elliman Film Series Thursday, March 9 at 7 p.m.

“Come From Away” on Broadway Through March 12 Lost & Found: The Art of Assembling LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m.

Vintage Bliss: The Great American Songbook Friday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.

Marcia Ball & the Subdues “Boogie on the Bayou: A Mardi Gras Celebration Saturday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m.

Improvised Shakespeare Saturday, March 4 at 8 p.m.

Celebrity Autobiography Live!

Friday, March 10 at 8 p.m.

Broadway on main Street: Alice Ripley Friday, March 17 at 8 p.m.

Sarah Jarosz Performs Saturday, April 8 at 8 p.m.

TV Medium Kim Russo PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM Coe Hall Historic House Museum 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-9200 • http://www.plantingfields. org Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m.

The Master Keys Thursday, March 24 at 7 p.m.

Hot Club of Flatbush THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series Presents: Pablo Francisco Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m.

St. Pauli Presents: Less Than Jake & Pepper with Special Guests--The Attack & The Bunny Gang Thursday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m.

David Duchovny Friday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.

The Paramount Party Series Presents: Unforgettable Fire & 42: A Tribute to U2 & Coldplay Saturday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m.

Aaron Tveit LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City 516-224-5800 • www.licm.org Tuesday, Feb. 14 through Friday, Feb. 17 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Happy Hearts Wreaths

Ages 3 and up. Free with museum admission.

Saturday, Feb. 18 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Green Tea Series--Wild About Conversation Ages 4 and up. Free with museum admission Sunday, Feb. 19 from 1-3 p.m.

History of Dolls of Color--Celebrating Black History Month Ages 5 and up. Free with museum admission MADISON THEATRE AT MALLOY COLLEGE 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday, 12- 8 p.m. through April 12 The Frank & Gertrude Kaiser Art Gallery at Malloy Presents... World War I: Image, Money and Propaganda—The Central Powers Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.

The Madison Theatre at Malloy College Presents... Grammy Award Winning Singer and Songwriter Jimmy Webb in Concert with the South Shore Symphony Sunday, Feb. 26, 3 p.m.

The Institute for Interfaith Dialogue presents...

The Essence of Greek Orthodox.

In Kellenberg Hall, Room 006 Tickets/Info.: 516-323-4444 or www.madisontheatreny.org HUNTINGTON ARTS COUNCIL 213 Main Street, Huntington February 2-25 The Human Condition exhibit NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn (516) 484-9338 www.nassaumuseum.org Through March 5 Ansel Adams: Sight and Feeling Through March 5 Light Works: 100 Years of Photos Through March 5 New Photos: Long Island Collects March 25-July 9 Halston Style: The first comprehensive retrospective of the works of the American fashion designer Halston.

Sponsored by “H Halston exclusively at Lord & Taylor,” the exhibition occupies the entire museum.

Ongoing Sculpture Park Walking Trails Gardens Events FILM SCREENING Through March 5 Stryker’s America: Photographing the Great Depression FILM SCREENING Through March 5 Cartier-Bresson’s Century FILM March 25-Nov. 9 Halston Tribute: Lincoln Center For The Family Sundays, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Family Tour at 1 p.m.

Art Activities at 1:30 p.m.

March 6 and 26 Neiman Marcus Family Sundays at the Museum 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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A&E Calendar cont’d Super Family Sunday Merrymaking in a Gold Coast Mansion 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 21 Wednesday, Feb. 22 Thursday, Feb. 23 Family Art Making Days February Three-Day Break for Art New Program Tuesdays, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Sketching in the Galleries Exhibition Lecture THE DOLPHIN BOOK SHOP & CAFE 299 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop. com Sunday, February 19, 11:30 a.m.

Storytime: The Green Umbrella by Jackie Azua Kramer The ART Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset www.TheArtGuild.org Exhibit Through Feb. 26 Photography Exhibit: “From My Perspective” Second Thursdays: March 9 Sip & Sketch: Live model, no instruction, short and long poses. Bring a snack and/or beverage. Call or email to RSVP. Beginners, 1-4 p.m.; Intermediates, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

For children: Saturdays until March 4 Children’s Art Studio (ages 8-12), 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Art Explorations (ages 5-7), 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Wednesdays until March 1 Children’s Art Studio (ages 8-12), 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Thursdays until March 30 Advanced Art Instruction for High School Students (ages 15-18), 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

BJ SPOKE GALLERY 229 Main Street, Huntington

(631) 549-5106• www.bjspokegallery.com Through Feb. 26 Poetry in Motion Exhibit SANDS POINT PRESERVE 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point info@sandspointpreserve.org • 516.571.7901 Saturday, Feb. 18, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Rainforest Escape Saturday, March 4, 4-7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 5, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Celestial Weekend Sunday, March 5, 2-4 p.m.

Winter Choral Concert Sunday, March 19, 10-10:45 a.m.

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Community Calendar KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL 186 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola Friday, Feb. 17. Doors open at 6 p.m.; first bout at 7:30 p.m.

Golden Globes Boxing. Tickets $30 each. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Call or email Mike (516)639-8606; mmurtha@ newyork811inc.com Saturday, Feb. 25 from 6 to 10 p.m.

Special Olympics Sports Night Dinner Dance Fundraiser Wear your favorite sports jersey. DJ and dancing. Beer, wine, soda, dessert and coffee will be complimentary. Cash bar for mixed

drinks.

Contact Steve Driscoll: 800-997-1237 Sunday, March 5 from 2 to 5 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Day After Parade Party. Live music by Billy and Jacinla. Irish food and drinks at reasonable prices. Free admission.

Saturday, May 6 from 4 to 8 p.m. $ 15 per person includes hot and cold buffet, cookies and coffee. Cash bar racing games 50/50 raffle. Downstairs in Members Lounge.

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THE NASSAU POPS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GALA BENEFIT CONCERT FOR CEREBRAL PALSY OF NASSAU The Tilles Center for the Performing Arts LIU, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m.

The Nassau Pops, under the direction of Maestro Louis Panacciulli, presents an upcoming performance for the Cerebral Palsy of Nassau. This concert features Linda Eder, who has appeared as Lucy in the Broadway musical “Jekyll & Hyde” and for sold-out crowds across the country and Europe.

Reserved seating: call Tilles Center Box Office, 516-299-3100 CLARK BOTANIC GARDEN 193 I. U. Willets Road, Albertson (516) 484-2208 • http://clarkbotanic.org/ Thursday, March 2, 1 p.m.

Let’s Chat About Our Gardens $10 members; $12 non-members Sunday, March 5, 1 p.m.

New York, New York: The World in a City “Fireside Chat” with Pat Sommerstad $10 members; $12 non-members To register for either event, contact Maria Morgan, 516-484-8603.

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Annual kids fair at Hilton in Huntington TThe seventh annual All Kids Fair will take place on Sunday, April 30 at a new, larger venue, the Hilton Long Island in Huntington (also known as the Huntington Hilton), in order to accommodate more attendees due to the tremendous turnout in recent years.

The fair features educational activities for kids and their families.

A new addition is 14-year-old singer Chloe Wheeler, who appeared on the Spanish version of “The Voice Kids” in 2016.

The bilingual teenager will also be performing.

Eleven-year-old chef Sophie Bravo and 13-year-old chef Ally Kustera of Food Network’s “Chopped Junior” will also be present at the event doing cooking demos.

The 2017 All Kids Fair will bring back many of last year’s favorite features, such as free face painting and chocolate samples, and will add many new ones for the entertainment of its visitors.

New options, at no extra charge, include a bounce house, petting zoo, and an 8 1/2 foot snake to touch.

Admission is $5 per person and free for children of ages 2 and younger.

Ever year, the All Kids Fair offers exciting educational and health activities to interest kids and their families.

The fair offers choices for toddlers through high school, including kids who have special needs or are gifted.

Over 80 exhibitor spaces and many classes provide valuable information.

Exhibitors will cover schools, camps, after school activities, birthday party

ideas, college planning, and travel.

Some of the many classes children can share with their parents and grandparents are gymnastics, art and music.

L. Rodrigues of Lindenhurst, who attended the event last year, enthusiastically shared, “We love the All Kids Fair!

My son and I enjoy sharing the day with each other, experiencing the fun activities, events and giveaways local “kidawesome” businesses provide.”

Attendees who like to “pay forward” to charitable groups are encouraged to bring non-perishable food and money for donation to The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network).

Those who do will receive raffle tickets to win a variety of donated prizes.

Sponsors to date are: Long Island Parent Magazine, Your Local Kids Source, Super Smiles Pediatric and Family Dentistry, Macaroni Kid, and Long Island Media Inc. The All Kids Fair is an annual event organized by Specialty Connections.

This event showcases services such as schools, after school activities, places for kids to play, photography, day cares, kid-friendly products such as furniture and books, and health/wellness products and services.

For more information about all the events that Specialty Connections produces, including events at area malls, visit www.SpecialtyConnections.com.

For information about All Kids Fair classes, a current list of exhibitors, and available ways to participate, visit www.

AllKidsFair.com or contact Barbara Kaplan at 516-621-1446.

Community Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 43 COPAY 21 North Station Plaza, Great Neck Friday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m.

Child Abuse Prevention “YES WE CAN” COMMUNITY CENTER 141 Garden Street, Westbury Health and Wellness Series Feb. 17, 24 and 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Info.: 311 or 516-869-6311 WALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE HISTORIC SITE 246 Old Walt Whitman Road Huntington Station Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m.

Make a Dreamer Catcher: Dreamcatchers were originally made by the children of Native American tribes, such as the Cherokee. To Native Americans, dreams were messages sent by sacred spirits. Learn the legend how dreamcatchers caught all of your bad dreams. Create your very own to hang in a special place.

Victorian Tea Party: This fun and informative program includes role-playing while teaching social skills, self-esteem and confidence.

Children will learn dining manners and practice table setting and introductions. Apple juice will be substituted for the hot tea. $12 per child/event; $20 for both programs.

For more information go to www.waltwhitman.org Thursday, March 2 at 6 p.m.

Walt Whitman presents “Walking with Whitman with Martin Espada” The series continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene. Hosted by George Wallace, the evening will begin with an open mic for the community at 6 p.m. A musical prelude will be followed by a reading from featyred poet Martin Espada, ending with a Q&A and booksigning.

Admission is $10, $5 for members.

Info./Ticket info: 631-427-5240 or www. waltwhitman.org Sunday, March 5 at 1 p.m.

Irish Dancers. Children of all ages will enjoy a performance of Irish dancing by teachers and students from the Mulvihill-Lynch Studio of Irish Dance, known internationally as champions on the competitive circuit. After the show, participants can get their faces painted by Miss Carin or take a guided tour of the Walt Whitman Birthplaces. $9 per child, chaperones free For more info., go to www.waltwhitman.org BEST COMICS 1300 Jericho Tpke., New Hyde Park Wednesday, Feb. 22 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Best Comics Presents: Jim Shooter (Legion of Super Heroes, Secret Wars, Solar Man of the Atom) & J.C. Vaughn (Zombie-Proof, Vampire, PA) signing their new book, Bedtime Stories for Impressionable Children Info.: 516-328-1900 or www.bestcomics.com ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL Sloman Auditorium 266th Street & 76th Avenue Glen Oaks National Alliance for Mental Illness free presentation: “Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight” Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Sharing and caring support group meets at 6 p.m. Dr. Lloyd Sederer will be talking about his new book in which he shares lessons learned after more than 40 years of helping people with mental illness and addictions.

Info.: 516-326-0797 or www.namign.org NORTH HEMPSTEAD PROJECT INDEPENDENCE Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 6:45 p.m.

Tax Grievance Seminar Shelter Rock Library, 165 Searingtown Road, Albertson Thursday, Feb. 23 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Color for the Health of It! Roslyn Community Center, 53 Orchard Street, Roslyn Heights ROSLYN COMMUNITY CENTER 53 Orchard St., Roslyn Heights Color for the Health of It! Thursday, Feb. 23 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Info.: 311 or 516-869-6311 PREMIER SOCIAL ADULT DAY SERVICES HEALTH FAIR 115 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead Saturday, Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Please join us to learn about health programs and resources in your community that can help improve your health and quality of life. Free admission, screenings and lunch.

Design your own jewelry. Play table games.

Get skincare and makeup tips. Win raffle prices. Receive freebies and giveaways.

Info.: 516-280-8111 THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MANHASSET Recital in the Music Hall, 1845 Northern Blvd., Manhasset Sunday, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m.

Laura Bontrager, cellist, aand Bernadette Hole, pianist, will present a recital featuring the works from the baroque, classical and 20th century periods. The program will consist of selections by Frescobaldi, Beethoven, Bach, Debussy and Vierne. Admission is free. Building and facillties are handicapped accessible.

Call 516-627-4911 for more information.

BOOK REVUE 313 New York Avenue Huntington Wednesday, March 1 at 1 p.m.

I Love My Brother by Miriam Gardner-Engel Monday, March 13 at 7 p.m.

The Adventures of Lola Larissa Lily by Lauren Coffey Free writers’ workshop co-hosted by the Long Island Writer Guild HARBOR CHILD CARE PRESENTS CASINO NIGHT At VFW Hall, 155 Searingtown Road, Albertson Friday, March 10, 7-11 p.m.

This is the 2017 spring fundraiser. $95 per person. Includes open bar, hors d’oeuvres, buffet & $500 in gaming chips.

Register online at www.harborchildcare.org/ events or call 516-248-9855 ETHICAL HUMANIST SOCIETY OF LONG ISLAND 38 Old Country Road, Garden City Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Free College Planning & Admissions Workshop Open to students and parents alike, this fo-

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Community Calendar cont’d rum will explore topics, such as choosing a college that’s the “best” fit for you, the intricacies and nuances of the college application and admissions process, creating a compelling college essay, and paying for that college degree.

Register at www.tfaforms.com/319156 or www.collegeconnect.info PROJECT INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT & SOCIAL GROUP TRIVIA CHALLENGE Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

Last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

Havana Central Restaurant Roosevelt Field, Garden City.

For more info, call (516) 676- 1976.

SID JACOBSON JCC 300 Forest Drive East Hills, 11548 www.sjjcc.org/jll.

Fridays Shababa Fridays, 9:45-10:45 a.m.

Challah in the Hallway, 12-2:45 p.m.

General Exercise Group for All cancer Survivors, 12:30-1:15 p.m.

Discussion Group for All Cancer Survivors, 1:15-2 p.m.

Sundays Gentle Yoga for All Cancer Survivors, 9:3010:30 a.m.

Mondays News Behind the News, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Eat, Chat, Move!, 12:15-1:45 p.m.

Tuesdays Mah Jongg Clinic, 10 a.m.- 12 p.m.

Tuesday Lectures, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Swim Program for Strength & Wellness, 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Knitzvah: Knitting for a Cause, 7-8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays Knitzvah: Knitting for a Cause, 12-2 p.m.

Beginner Canasta, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Games Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Meditation, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Beginner Canasta, 1-3 p.m.

THE ADELPHI NY STATEWIDE BREAST CANCER HOTLINE & SUPPORT PROGRAM At the Adelphi School of Social Work 1 South Ave., Garden City

Support for Caregivers of People with Breast Cancer Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Young Women’s Support Group, Under 40 Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

All groups are facilitated by a social worker.

Info.: 516-877-4314 or the Breast Cancer Hotline, 800-877-8077 PORT WASHINGTON SENIOR CENTER 80 Manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington Caregiver Support Group The first and third Tuesday of every month from 2-3 p.m.

Info.: 311 or 516-869-6311 CLINTON G. MARTIN PARK 1601 Marcus Ave., New Hyde Park Blankets of Love Tuesdays, Feb. 21 & 28 from 1 to 2 p.m.

The group provides an opportunity for seniors in the Town of North Hempstead community to come together and work in a collaborative manner on a meaningful and rewarding project. Each blanket created is donated to a worthy cause.

Info.: 311 or 516-869-6311 World in Motion Tuesday, Feb. 28 from 2:15-3:15 p.m.

Join a lively discussion on current world issues. Open to all Town of North Hempstead residents 60 and over.

Info.: 311 or 516-869-6311 WINTHROP-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 200 Old Country Road, Suite 250 Mineola, NY 11501 Winthrop-University Hospital’s Department of Neuroscience Offering Free Support Groups Huntington’s Disease – 2nd Monday of the month Winthrop’s Research & Academic Center, 101 Mineola Blvd., Room G-013 Head and Neck Cancer Patient Support Group Offered by Winthrop-University Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care 1300 Franklin Avenue, Suite ML5 Garden City Third Monday of the month, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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Webb to sing with S. Shore Symphony The South Shore Symphony Orchestra, under the Music Direction and Baton of Scott Jackson Wiley will be performing at Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre on Saturday Feb. 25 at 8 p.m.

The orchestra will feature Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter Jimmy Webb Premiere for Piano & Orchestra with Jimmy Webb, the only songwriter with hits in pop, country, disco and rap, now adds a classical nocturne to his catalog.

The South Shore Symphony and pianist Jeffrey Biegel, announce the New York premiere of Jimmy Webb’s “Nocturne for Piano and Orchestra” (Nocturne for “Lefty”).

Known for legendary hits including ‘Wichita Lineman,’ and ‘MacArthur Park,’ the Grammy-award winning songwriter and member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame teamed up with pianist Jeffrey Biegel and The South Shore Symphony for this unique project, funded by the Rockville Centre Guild for the Arts.

Following the premiere, Webb will join the South Shore Symphony to perform his hits, including ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix,’ ‘Up, Up and Away,’ and others.

“Nocturne for Piano and Orchestra” (Nocturne for “Lefty”), composed by Webb (for pianist Jeffrey Biegel), was orchestrated

by Webb together with Grammy-winner Jeff Tyzik. Webb dedicated the work to his wife and partner Laura Savini.

Webb said: ‘This music originated in discussions I had with my wife about famous nocturnes such as “Moonlight Sonata” and others. The piece depicts different aspects of nightfall; the mathematical exactitude of life in the city, the splendor of night skies and full moons partially obscured by cloud, the gentle rise and fall of human conversation in social gatherings and the dizzying whirl of waltzing on a seaside esplanade. It is essentially an opportunity for the listener to contemplate their own experiences during the hours of darkness. It includes a personal tribute to the music of Miles Davis, and the smoky

dives and small clubs where I performed in my early years: the kingdom of the lonely and disillusioned. “Lefty” is my wife, Laura Savini, of PBS fame, a raving beauty who is also a southpaw. The notes have been inspired by her joy and devotion to art.’

Orchestrator Jeffrey Tyzik noted: ‘It was a great pleasure to collaborate with Jimmy Webb on his new multi-faceted composition “Nocturne for Piano and Orchestra” (Nocturne for “Lefty”). I have been a great admirer of Jimmy’s huge body of work since the 1960s and I was honored to be a part of orchestrating his beautiful music for symphony orchestra.

Jimmy writes from the heart and continues to be an inspiration for all songwriters.’

Pianist and collaborator Jeffrey Biegel added: ‘The sonic landscape of Jimmy’s piece is instantly ear-catching and beautifully laid out for the piano. One reason I approached Jimmy is because he is a songwriter and his sense of melody and harmony suit the genre for piano and orchestra. He treats the piano in a unique style which immediately grabbed my attention the moment I received the piano part.’

Webb’s compositions have always been highly influenced by classical music and structure. He is a student of classical music and was deeply inspired by the opportunity to create this piece.

Molloy to host 3rd annual literary fest Word Up: Long Island LitFest, the region’s first literary festival now in its third year, will take place at the Madison Theatre at Molloy College in Rockville Centre on Sunday, March 26 from 1 to 6 p.m.

General admission is $40 and includes two introductory workshops on essay writing and storytelling.

Both workshops begin at noon, just before the full day of author readings, talks and booksignings, which start at 1 p.m.

This year’s stellar roster of authors includes: Dave Barry, Pulitzer-Prize winning humor writer whose columns and essays

have appeared in hundreds of newspapers over the past 35 years.

He’s also written a number of New York Times bestsellers.

His latest, “For this We Left Egypt,” a parody of the Passover Haggadah, is coauthored with Alan Zweibel and Adam Mansbach, an original Saturday Night Live writer who has won multiple Emmy and Writers Guild of America awards for his work in television, which includes “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show,” “The Late Show With David Letterman,” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

Mansbach has also won a Tony Award and the Thurber Prize.

Gail Sheehy is the author of seven-

teen books, including the internationally acclaimed best-seller Passages, named one of the ten most influential books of our times by the Library of Congress.

She will be in conversation with Cathi Hanauer, editor of the New York Times bestselling essay collection The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood and Marriage and the recent The Bitch Is Back: Older, Wiser, and (Getting) Happier.

Friars Club historian and LitFest emcee Barry Dougherty, author of several comedy books, will interview Kelly Carlin, writer, actress, producer, monologist, and Internet radio host, and author of

A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George.

Steven Gaines, co-founder and a past vice-chairman of the Hamptons International Film Festival and author of numerous books, including Philistines at the Hedgerow and his memoir, One of These Things First.

Caroline Leavitt is the author of the novel Cruel Beautiful World, the New York Times bestselling Is This Tomorrow, Pictures of You, and many other works.

Bill Scheft is an Emmy-nominated and longtime staff writer for David Letterman and the author of five humor novels, including his latest, Shrink Thyself.

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New Hyde Park Community Calendar & Support Program. Physical therapist Sabaa Mundia, a blogger for the Facebook site of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is offering useful tips on the site every Saturday. To access the information, visit #saturdayswithsabaa and https://www.facebook.com/adelphibreastcancerhotline. To reach the hotline call 800-877-8077.

LIKE TO SING? The New Hyde Park Senior Chorus welcomes new members. The chorus meets Mondays 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at The Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road. To join us, call 516-775-8118.

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR EDUCATION We are currently looking for community volunteers/retirees for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District. You will be assisting students under the supervision of a classroom teacher. There is no prior experience necessary to participate in the program. Volunteers do a variety of activities with children such as reading to students or helping with classroom projects. If you would like more information on this program, please call Eileen Bileski at 516-434-2306.

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 516-7458050.

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, includ-

New Hyde Park Senior Chorus Welcoming New Members Like to sing? We are welcoming new members. The chorus meets Mondays from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at The Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Ave. and New Hyde Park Road. To join us, call (516) 775-8118.

Starts on Sept. 19. We need male voices. .

ONGOING: Exercise Classes. ing seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050. AARP Floral Park Chapter 5224

Park Road. Contact 516-775-8118 for more information.

TUESDAY NIGHT BINGO Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5253 will host bingo on Tuesday nights from 7 to 11 p.m. The top prize is $1,500 with additional cash prizes totaling $1,700. Admission is $4 at the post, which is located at 155 Searingtown Road in Albertson.

AMERICAN THEATER DANCE WORKSHOP Adult beginner ballet classes on Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Adult Ballet classes Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. are at the American Theater Dance Workshop, 999 Herricks Road, NHP. 516248-6420.

SENIOR CHORUS New Hyde Park: Entertainers Senior Chorus welcomes new members. The group meets 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Mondays at Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and New Hyde

ADVICE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS “SATURDAYS with Sabaa”: Breast cancer and lymphedema education and tips from the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline

Ten upcoming AARP defensive driving courses at Clinton G. Martin Park in New Hyde Park for 2017 The classes, open to drivers age 50 and older, will be held on February 4, March 11, April 8, May 13, June 3, June 17, Sept. 9, Oct. 14, Nov. 11 and Dec. 9.

To register for an AARP defensive driving class, please make your check payable to AARP. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. All participants must be 50 and older. Please be sure that your check contains your name, address, phone number and the date of the class you wish to attend. Seating for each class is limited.

Please mail all checks to: Defensive Driving Coordinator, Department of Community Services, 1601 Marcus Ave., New Hyde Park.

Once checks are received, a seat will be reserved in your name and a letter confirming your registration will be mailed to your address.

Hillside Library You may register for programs at hillsidelibrary.info/events. You need to have your library barcode number for registration. The library subscribes to several museum passes for the enjoyment and entertainment of our patrons, holders of Hillside Library cards in good standing.

The library collects used cell phones (with their chargers) for charity. Also, the library collects reading glasses. The Donation Boxes are on the First Floor. We

thank you.

PROGRAMS Women of Strength Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.

“Deserving Your Own Love” Movie: Queen of Katwe Friday, Feb. 17 at 1:30 p.m. PG; 2 hrs. 4 min.; Biography, sport.

Basic Computer Classes in Spanish

Saturday, Feb. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Career Connections Reboot Camp Tuesday, Feb. 21 and Thursday, Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2 p.m.

This is a free service and open to all.

or less, who wish to have their taxes prepared by trained volunteers in the Volunteer Tax Assistance Program. Call the library at 516-355-7850 x 301 or 304 to schedule an appointment on any of the following days: Saturdays, Feb. 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, and April 1, 8, 15 at 1, 2 or 3 p.m.

VITA Tax Aide “Free” Saturday, Feb. 18, 1-3 p.m.

Free assistance is available for person with incomes, $60,000

Book Discussion: Page Turners Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 1 & 7 p.m.

The book being discussed is The Underground Railroad by

Colson Whitehead Cora.

-13, 1 hr., 55 min. Comedy,

CHILDREN

Pajama Story Time Wedneday, Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m.

Ages 4-6 years Stories, games, and crafts. (with parent or caregiver).

Registration has begun for Hillside Patrons. Must be preregistered.

Shelter Rock Library The Manhasset Art Association Announces “A Wonderland of Art” The Manhasset Art Association is having a two-month fall exhibit at the Shelter Rock Public Library from Jan. 10-Feb. 27.

Approximately 40 works will be shown, including Oils, Watercolors, Pastels, Pencil, Charcoal, Photog-

raphy, Collage, Mixed Media and more. We award Best in Show, Award of Excellence, Award of Merit, 3 Honorable Mentions, and a special award for Figure Drawing.

The distinguished judge will be Rob Zeller, Owner and Instructor at Teaching Studios of Art in Oyster Bay.

Play Mah Jongg Tuesday, Feb. 21 and March 7 at 1 p.m.

Join others in playing a game that has fascinated people for so many years with its strategies and combinations.

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

For the 55+ Set Who have a Lifetime of Experiences to Share. Come and join Shelter Rock Public Library Senior Rap Group on selected Mondays. This group discussion is led by longtiime group member David Marx.

Senior Rap Group Monday, March 6

Caregiver Support Group Wednedsay, Feb. 14

2-4 p.m.

This support group is designed for all caregivers. It provides an opportunity for participants to share experiences and help one another. No one should be alone!

First time attendees or for additional information, please call 516-227-7055.

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Where to go to find real facts Continued from Page 15 daily business publications in the world. Its editorial page is a bastion of American free-market conservatism, using the motto, “free markets, free people.”

With former Republican speechwriters and strategists such as Karl Rove, Peggy Noonan and Bill McGurn writing columns, the WSJ editorial page is often a mustread for Republicans in Washington.

And left-leaning readers should not dismiss the WSJ edit page just because they may disagree with its positions.

It has won several Pulitzer Prizes for editorials and columns that feature a clear thesis, backed up by thorough fact-based reporting and bold arguments. * 3. The Washington Post The newspaper that brought down President Richard Nixon with its reporting on the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s maintains its intellectually robust tradition under the new ownership of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos. The Post has, for decades, been part of the big three national papers — a peer of the NYT and WSJ — in terms of winning Pulitzer Prizes, hiring the best and brightest reporters and producing big scoops. Of the big three, the Post is arguably the most forwardthinking right now in trying new digital strategies that have boosted readership. And with Bezos’ back-

ing, the Post is on a hiring binge for talented reporters while the NYT and WSJ have been pruning their reporting staffs in recent months.

Most people think the Post editorial page leans left but is often regarded as more center left than the NYT. * 4. BBC The BBC is the global standard bearer for excellence in broadcast radio and TV journalism. If only U.S. cable news outlets could follow BBC‘s recipe. And while PBS produces some great entertainment, documentary and news programs, its news programs have often seemed to lack the creative energy of the BBC. While NPR produces some fantastic journalism, a bulk of its news coverage seem to come from re-reporting news from the New York Times and the Associated Press. And the American public perceives NPR to be more left-leaning than the BBC. 5. The Economist Another British export, the Economist magazine is staffed with excellent economists and journalists who produce a tightlyedited, factually rigorous account of what’s happening in the world each week. One oddity is that the Economist doesn’t publish bylines of their writers so you never know who exactly wrote a given piece.

6. The New Yorker This American treasure publishes sophisticated narrative nonfiction pieces from top writers and

reporters each week in a print magazine and, increasingly, on other platforms. The New Yorker is smartly expanding its audience on the web, offering to the masses content that used to be open only to its print subscribers. The magazine itself runs a piece of fiction each week (identifies it as such).

The long-form non-fiction reports on politics, culture, business and other topics often take months to report, write and fact check.

The result is deep reporting and analysis each week that is hard to find elsewhere. And the narrative structures and techniques the writers use make for enjoyable reading. Similar to the Times, the New Yorker presents a progressive view of the world. Conservative readers should recognize that but not let it detract from them enjoying some of the best reporting and writing happening in the world. * 7. Wire Services: The Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg News You can’t exactly “subscribe” to these wire services. But you can trust reports from these organizations to be factual. They provide a backbone of news and information flows about politics and the economy. And their member organizations that surface their reports benefit from this reporting. You can follow these organizations on social media and can also follow certain reporters for these organizations who report on topics of

interest to you. These wire services also do have web sites and mobile apps you can use to stay abreast the news. * 8. Foreign Affairs This bi-monthly magazine is published by the Council on Foreign Relations. It’s a serious magazine for people who want intelligence on global affairs. The magazine and its many digital platforms benefits from submissions, dialogue, differing views and analysis from the many top minds on international relations.

9. The Atlantic This is another national treasure, a monthly magazine that presents a view of the nation and world from Washington D.C. It is informed by many top journalists who write long-form features and also write some analysis. The Atlantic web site sometimes hews to clickable headlines. But the magazine and its parent company also subscribe to American journalism principles of fact-based reporting.

10. Politico Founded by reporters who left the Washington Post in 2006, Politico has built itself into a crucial player in politics reporting in the U.S. (and with expansions to Europe). It does publish some products in print, but Politico is easily accessible on the Internet and mobile devices. Keep an eye on Axios, a news startup launched this year by two founders of Politico. * Disclosures: Earlier in my

career, I interned at the Associated Press and the Washington Post.

I worked as a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal between 20012011. I have also published freelance articles in the Post, the New York Times and the New Yorker (website) as well as some of the publications listed in the runner up lists.

Notables: - National Public Radio & Public Broadcasting Service - TIME magazine -The Christian Science Monitor - The Los Angeles Times (and many other regional, metropolitan daily newspapers) - USA Today - CNN - NBC News - CBS News - ABC News Business News Sources: - FORBES magazine - Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine - Fortune magazine - The Financial Times newspaper Sources of reporting and opinion from the right of the political spectrum: - National Review - The Weekly Standard Sources of reporting and opinion from the left of the political spectrum: - The New Republic - The Nation

Trump leads attack on democracy

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n the past few months, much has been written and spoken about the importance of our democratic institutions in safeguarding our country from precipitous actions on the part of the new administration in Washington.

Yet, in the little more than three weeks since the inauguration, these institutions have come under relentless attack, leaving many to ask whether they are strong enough to preserve our democracy.

First, came the attack on the media, which was labeled the “opposition party” and disparaged for exposing the many lies, falsehoods, bogus claims, baseless assertions and delusions promoted by the White House as “competing truths,” as though two mutually exclusive facts can exist at the same time.

This attack is ongoing.

Next came the attack on the

Department of Justice, with the firing of a career Department of Justice lawyer, the acting attorney general, because she refused to defend an executive order limiting travel and immigration which she did not believe was lawful.

The attorney general represents the country (not the White House) and has the duty to uphold the rule of law.

So far, that Department of Justice lawyer’s belief has been validated by the courts.

Now we have the “demoralizing” and “disheartening” spectacle of the occupant of the Oval Office calling the federal judge who blocked his travel and immigration ban a “so-called judge” whose “ridiculous” ruling would be overturned on appeal (it wasn’t) and lashing out at the appellate judges who were considering the appeal, calling the judicial proceedings “disgraceful”

and the courts as “political.”

“Demoralizing” and “disheartening” are not my words, but those of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Judge Gorsuch’s comments were confirmed by aides.

All this before the federal Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the lower court ruling and suggested that the ban did not advance our national security and that the administration had pointed to “no evidence” that anyone from the seven predominantly Muslim countries covered by the executive order had committed any terrorist acts in the United States.

The Court of Appeals ruling rejected the administration’s claim that the courts are powerless to review a president’s national security determinations.

In the words of the appellate

court, “It is beyond question that the federal judiciary retains the authority to adjudicate constitutional challenges to executive action.”

But still the attack on the judiciary persists.

“See you in court,” Donald Trump tweeted after being turned back by two federal courts.

Like the anecdotal client whose lawyer tells him that “justice has prevailed,” Donald Trump keeps shouting “appeal.”

“Our legal system is broken,” reads still another tweet, though our judiciary has thus far withstood Donald Trump’s efforts to break the system.

Article III of our Constitution provides for the rule of law by establishing a judiciary independent of the executive and legislative branches, one of the checks and balances against unbridled actions by the other branches in contravention of the Constitu-

tion.

Checks and balances means that sometimes the executive branch will be told “no.”

Donald Trump isn’t accustomed to hearing the word “no.”

But, to preserve the rule of law, it is incumbent upon the courts to say “no” to Donald Trump whenever he oversteps constitutional limitations.

The rule of law is what differentiates our country from totalitarian regimes. Without it we are just another banana republic.

My sixth grade granddaughter explained the differences between democracies, autocracies and oligarchies as we watched the inauguration back on January 20. Sadly, what the man who was inaugurated that day needs is some middle school social studies lessons.

Jay N. Feldman Port Washington

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Baxter House owner fails historic building

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s we all know the Baxter House was the subject of a mysterious ďŹ re a little over a week ago.

Very little in the way of public response has been made by the village oďŹ&#x192;cials of Baxter Estates except for a brief statement of loss on the village webpage.

Yesterday my friend was visiting the Baxter Estates Village Hall, when the current owner of the Baxter House property arrived with an armful of donuts and other pastries.

The current owner of the Baxter House said that she wanted to thank the oďŹ&#x192;cials of the Village of Baxter Estates

for being good to her.

The mayor, trustees and the Landmarks Commission of Baxter Estates have indeed been good to her.

The current owner let the historic Baxter House fall into disrepair without paying one cent to the village in ďŹ nes, although orders to remedy were repeatedly issued. If the house had been kept properly, would there have been a ďŹ re? We are awaiting the ďŹ re marshalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report.

For those that think the current owner was blindsided by the landmarking of the Baxter House a year after she bought it, I understand the landmarking process started three years before the current

we all have a say in that. Please attend.

Why do I care? I love the Baxter House because I grew up in the west where there are no buildings going back to the American Revolution.

The Baxter House property is a sentinel reminding us of our American history because Israel Baxter fought for our country under Captain John Sands of Sands Point and General George Washington.

The house, like so many others on Long Island, housed Hessian soldiers ďŹ ghting for England. It is irreplaceable.

owner bought the Baxter House.

I understand she was told of the possibility of the house being landmarked.

Even if she is not a professional in real estate, she needed to do her due diligence before buying the property.

There will be a meeting of the Landmarks Commission on March 1 at 7:30 at the Port Washington Public Library to consider whether to totally demolish the Baxter House.

The current owner would like to do that to build a new home.

Many people think that the Baxter House despite the ďŹ re can be repaired and rebuilt. As a landmarked building,

Gloria Marmor Port Washington

House puts Baxter Estates at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;crossroadsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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he Village of Baxter Estates is at a crossroads.

Its landmarked namesake is in shambles and the mayor and the trustee say they are powerless to aďŹ&#x20AC;ect an outcome other than demolition.

Indeed, they seem to welcome demolition after many years of failing to protect the house.

There are two stories here, one is a tale of good intentions and a hope that an absentee owner will do the right thing despite a history of doing exactly the opposite.

The other story, in my view just as tragic, a municipal government that asks that its laws being complied with rather than

demand it.

A government should not have to â&#x20AC;&#x153;persuade, cajole, or convinceâ&#x20AC;? anyone to comply with the law.

As Teddy Roosevelt put it â&#x20AC;&#x153;no man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permission when we ask him to obey it.â&#x20AC;?

Some have expressed sympathy for the owner because she bought the house not knowing it could be landmarked.

There is much disinformation regarding the landmarking process.

Many do not appear to recognize that the House was landmarked in 2005 after the owner was aďŹ&#x20AC;orded extensive due pro-

Despite numerous violations of village law the village has no record of the owner paying a penny in ďŹ nes.

Each member of the Village Board took an oath to enforce the laws of the Village, but with regard to the Baxter House that enforcement has been entirely wanting.

Please join us on Wednesday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Port Washington Public Library for the Baxter Estates Landmark Commission meeting.

Come to speak for the house and speak for the rule of law.

cess and that in landmarking the property, the village noted that the owner was aware that the house was over 300 years prior to the sale and that there was a historic preservation law on the books.

The village landmarked the Baxter House in 2005 and the owner never sought to challenge that determination in court.

Rather, from records obtained from the village, it appears that the owner not only failed to maintain the home in violation of village laws, but also illegally turned the house â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a single family â&#x20AC;&#x201D; into a multiple occupancy.

She was ďŹ rst cited for this in 2012 and the later in 2014.

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Business&RealEstate Seller, make believe you are buyer You are getting ready to put your home on the market and especially now when there is less competition during the winter months, compared to the spring when many more will consider listing their homes.

Now, make believe you are the buyer.

I want you to walk through your home and critique it.

Be as critical as possible, since you need to understand that today, it probably will be the largest outlay of dollars you, as the potential purchaser, will ever make.

Not all buyers will always be straight forward to let their agent or seller know how they really feel about the properties that they visit; they may not want to insult them.

The truth is, they just pass on those houses and go on to view the next one.

Buyers will always base their decisions on the location and school district as a first pre-requisite as to the towns they will want to live.

Next will be the styles that are available and what they may like.

But most important, if they are looking for an excellent to mint condition home, they want the kitchens and bathrooms to be in perfect condition or some, who are experienced, will take a fixerupper and renovate and update to their specific needs and wants.

While walking through your home how would you rate yours?

This is not to say that you have to renovate; because you will not always get all the money back when selling.

You have to compare selling prices of homes that are updated to those that are somewhat similar to yours and then decide what will be a proper asking price.

Your realtor can surely assist you with this task.

You know what you originally paid for your place and then determine the asking price and how fast you want to sell.

Obviously, updating and renovating will assist you in selling much faster, but at what price are you willing to

go. Always have a budget in mind when planning to update and don’t go overboard.

Next, looking around your interior, does it show as sunny and bright most of the day (eastern to western exposure).

Are your windows clean, bushes trimmed below the windows. Does the interior need a touch up or a full paint job?

How are your floors and/ or carpeting? Worn or clean and shimmering?

How updated are your utilities, eg. electric, gas, plumbing. I always advise my sellers to hire a professional licensed home inspector, so you will know in advance what issues you might have and take the opportunity to address and rectify them.

This would be extremely helpful when your home is over 30 years old and as things wear and break, you will then know what to do.

You do not want any surprises when the purchasers inspector finds items that you could have taken care of, if you only knew beforehand.

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PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch purchaser decides they want to renegotiate the agreed upon price and ask for a credit, that might be larger than the cost to fix those issues or they might just walk away.

Again, it is a seller’s market environment, but that doesn’t mean buyers will purchase your home at your price, no matter what issues are discovered.

As is said, “ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

So again, you have to have the mind set of a buyer and see your home through the purchaser’s eyes and be picky,

as most of them will be when viewing your place.

A big problem today that I have observed, is the clutter that is in and outside of many houses.

Too much stuff, will in many instances, cloud the vision of buyers to really see the true value of your property.

Give yourself plenty of time to remove those things that you will absolutely not consider taking with you when you move.

This is the most difficult process for a lot of owners, because it takes a huge amount of effort and discipline to begin.

Start with a little bit each day and make it a regimen, so it becomes part of your daily job and you will be surprised how smoothly it will go if you discipline yourself to just start.

The finish line will be that much more closer than you would imagine.

Also, during the winter, make sure your walkways are clear and you have ice melt, in the event of snow.

You do not want anyone

slipping and hurting themselves on your watch.

Keep things simple and make yourself a checklist.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in New Hyde Park New Hyde Park Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $597,500 Demographics near New Hyde Park, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 9,698 11,277 44.5 3 94,063 35,837

County 1,338,712 4,702 41.2 3 97,049 42,286

46 Pansy Avenue, Floral Park Sold Price: $535,000 Date: 12/22/2016 3 beds, 1 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Floral ParkBellerose Total Taxes: $13,677 MLS# 2887752

63 Geranium Avenue, Floral Park Sold Price: $680,000 Date: 12/28/2016 3 beds, 1 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 50x100 Schools: Floral ParkBellerose Total Taxes: $12,714 MLS# 2889872

50 Birchwood Drive, New Hyde Park

150 Verbena Avenue, Floral Park

Sold Price: $698,000 Date: 12/16/2016 5 beds, 2 Full baths Style: Exp Cape # of Families: 1 Lot Size: Irregular Schools: Herricks Total Taxes: $14,088 MLS# 2882251

Sold Price: $720,000 Date: 12/05/2016 3 beds, 3 Full baths Style: Duplex # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: Floral ParkBellerose Total Taxes: $12,793 MLS# 2856900

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Historic house should fall: report Org keeps Continued from Page 11 the roof, interior and exterior.

The cause of the fire could not be determined, according to the Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Office.

Wu submitted an application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission last month to demolish and rebuild the house.

The landmarks commission is scheduled to review the application on March 1 at the Port Washington Public Library.

Before Thursday’s snowstorm, residents said they were concerned that the snow would cause more structural damage to the house and wanted Wu or an outside contractor to install plywood over the roof the house.

Saladino said if the snow was to cause portions of the house to collapse, the debris would likely fall within the interior of the house and within the fence.

Koutsoubis said plywood should not be installed on the roof because multiple rafters are missing and it would be difficult to attach the wood.

“Rather than stabilize the structure, the added weight of the plywood and any subsequent snow, will actually reduce stability and increase the likelihood of roof collapse,” Koutsoubis said. “And third, even if the building could be protected to prevent further damage or deterioration, my recommendation would still be to demolish the structure.”

The snowstorm did not cause more damage to the house, residents said.

Although residents asked about the possibility of the house’s chimneys falling due to strong winds, Koutsoubis said, they would most likely fall inward “because it is the inward chimney support

memory of soldier alive Continued from Page 4

PHOTO FROM SAVE THE BAXTER HOUSE VIA FACEBOOK

The Baxter House, a historic 18th-century home in Baxter Estates, was heavily damaged in a fire early Sunday morning. that is most compromised.”

If a chimney fell outward, it would fall within the fenced-off area, Koutsoubis said.

Long before the fire, residents and village officials pushed to preserve the house, condemning Wu for allowing it to deteriorate.

Chris Bain, president of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society, said “it was allowed to decline with no one living there.”

“The owner didn’t take care of it,” he said.

Wu purchased the house in 2003 for $990,000 and the village landmarked the property in 2005 — a decision appealed

by Wu. The village issued Wu three Order to Remedy violations — the last of them coming recently for blue tarps that covered the home’s windows and fell into neighbors’ yards.

Residents from Baxter Estates, Port Washington and all over Long Island have shown support for the home, repeatedly contacting the village, posting to a Facebook group “Save the Baxter House,” which has over 650 members and signing a petition to save the home.

Koutsoubis said there are health and safety reasons for demolishing the home, too, noting the possibility of animals and trespassers entering.

it funds, and partners with outside organizations for the other 10 percent, Regan said.

Jimmy Regan was a student and athlete at Chaminade High School. He was recruited for lacrosse by Duke University, where he helped lead the team to two ACC championships. In 2002, he graduated with a degree in economics before he decided to join the Army.

“Knowing that Jimmy would be proud of how far we have come, and how many lives we have touched, gives us the comfort and the resolve to keep pushing forward with our mission,” Jim Regan said. “As long as our Rangers need us, we stand ready to support them.”

He said the future of the organization will depend on what takes place in American foreign policy.

“If conflict grows and issues happen, we will expand our budget into it,” he said.

Brain cancer doesn’t stop artist Continued from Page 12 each day. She seems to be in pretty good spirits about the whole thing, considering what’s going on. If you tell a joke, she laughs it. If something angers her, she grimaces.”

A month ago, Tarlow, who herself suffers from multiple sclerosis, heard about Myra Fox’s illness and decided to hold an exhibition of her work.

“I felt what a horrible story and a terrible thing,” Tarlow said. “I thought, ‘Why don’t we ask her if she would like to have a show?’”

Days later, Stewart Fox did just that.

“She was bright eyed about it and she smiled,” he said. “She liked the idea.”

They determined the show would be

a fundraiser for the Brain Tumor Center at Columbia University Medical Center, which provided care for Myra Fox. A week later, Tarlow visited Stewart and Myra Fox in Saugerties to solidify the plans.

“I wanted to see her work firsthand,” Tarlow said. “It’s a tremendous body of work. It was very heart warming to meet her, and I left with a lot of sadness for her situation. I felt the gift is in the giving.

She’s able to give back with this show by raising money for research.”

The month-long exhibition will be the first held at the Roslyn Village Gallery’s new, larger space on Old Northern Boulevard. A reception to celebrate the opening will take place on March 12 “from noon

to whenever,” Tarlow said.

Fifty or sixty of Myra Fox’s paintings will hang on the gallery walls.

“The legacy here is that artists know her and knew her over the years,” Stewart Fox said. “Now they get to see work.

I’m hoping a lot of them will buy a painting and have her work.”

“I told her, ‘In the future wouldn’t it be nice to know 50 people out there who still have a Myra on their wall and remember you by every day they look up and see your paintings? Otherwise, what’s going to happen? I’m going to have 80 paintings in my house. I don’t need any of them to remember you.’”

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Hain gets SEC probe Continued from Page 4 On Nov. 16, the company informed the SEC of the completion of an audit conducted by that committee, which found no evidence of intentional wrongdoing in connection with the company’s financial statements, the filing said.

Hain Celestial had been recognizing revenue when products were shipped to distributors rather than when the products were sold through its distributors to customers, Newsday reported.

“In August we voluntarily, or selfreported, to the SEC delay in filing of our financial results and have been responding to their requests for information,” Mary Celeste Anthes, Hain Celestial’s senior vice president of corporate relations, told Newsday on Friday.

Anthes did not respond to a request for comment.

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Ex town aide tied to alleged Terry front Continued from Page 1 attorney, respectively.

Fielding took the town zoning board job four days after he was officially replaced as the clerk-treasurer in the Village of Manorhaven in July 2012. Terry’s tenure as the village attorney also ended that month.

Manorhaven has received two subpoenas from the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office relating to Terry — one in 2016 and another in 2007 — and a separate federal subpoena from 2015 investigating contracts with eight village vendors, according to documents obtained by Blank Slate Media.

Fielding ended his work as the village’s clerk and treasurer at a time when, former village officials said, scores of village records were found destroyed or missing at the start of then-Mayor Giovana Giunta’s new administration.

Fielding denied that any records were destroyed or removed.

He was hired as the town zoning board secretary on July 30, 2012, and was most recently paid a town salary of $105,137, Carole Trottere, a town spokeswoman, said in an email.

He worked with Terry until the town ceased its working relationship with Terry last year after revelations about his tax debt.

Fielding’s duties included researching zoning appeals applications, meeting with applicants, writing meeting minutes and preparing board decisions, he said.

Fielding said he had “no intention” of leaving his job at the town. His wife and four children depended on the income and health insurance it provided, he said.

“It’s a great blow to me and my family to lose my livelihood,” Fielding said.

Trottere would not say whether Fielding was fired or left voluntarily, or whether his connection to Terry played a role in his departure.

“We do not comment on personnel issues,” Trottere said in a statement.

Fielding’s departure came the same day that Stephen Scaring, Terry’s Garden City-based attorney, asked U.S. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert to change Terry’s bail conditions so that he is no longer confined to his Roslyn Heights home.

Home detention is having an “adverse impact ... on Mr. Terry’s law practice, and his ability to earn a living,” Scaring wrote in a court filing Tuesday.

Scaring did not respond to a request for comment for this story.

Terry pleaded not guilty Jan. 31 to federal charges of tax evasion and obstruction of the IRS for failing to file on-time income tax returns since 2000 and lying about his income on returns he filed late, despite making at least $200,000 annually, mostly from taxpayer-funded jobs with Nassau County municipalities.

Terry has also pleaded not guilty to eight charges of tax fraud brought in New York State courts.

He is also under federal investigation for his role in “kickback, bid rigging and other procurement fraud schemes in Nassau County,” according to a Jan. 31 court filing.

Terry allegedly deposited income into a corporate checking account for Neville Warwick LLC to avoid the IRS taking payments from his personal bank account toward his tax debt, which totals about $1.4 million, according to federal court filings.

Fielding has not been subpoenaed or interviewed by state or federal investigators, he said.

Nellin McIntosh, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, declined to comment on the ongoing federal investigation of Terry.

Neville Warwick was incorporated on July 30, 2010, about three weeks after Fielding was reappointed to a two-year term as Manorhaven village clerk on July 8, according to village meeting minutes.

Terry served alongside him as village attorney until July 2012, when Giunta, then the newly elected mayor, took office and replaced them.

Fielding’s working relationship with Terry only extended to meetings where Terry would address legal questions relevant to the village or the town zoning board, he said.

“I didn’t see him day to day in either capacity because that’s not the nature of the position that he held,” Fielding said.

Giunta and other Manorhaven officials offered to keep Fielding on as village clerk for three months after the new administration took office, said Lucretia Steele, a village trustee at the time.

But he declined the offer and later took the job as the town’s zoning board secretary, Steele said.

“He said, ‘No, I can’t stay, I have my reasons,’” Steele said.

Giunta declined to comment

Gerard Terry for this story.

But Fielding, in the interview, said Giunta and other new officials planned to replace him all along. He left in early July, he said, but the Board of Trustees did not appoint a new clerk until July 26.

Before he left, he detailed all issues facing the village in a memorandum and attached all relevant documents, he said.

“I did everything that I could for them at the time in the amount of time that I had left,” Fielding said.

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas subpoenaed Manorhaven in February 2016 for information about Terry’s jobs with the village; his pay; all of his personnel files; and all financial disclosures he had filed since 2000, according to a copy of the subpoena.

The subpoena came two days after Singas said she would investigate Terry following a Jan. 30 Newsday report that revealed he had a tax debt of more than $1 million despite holding six government jobs paying him more than $200,000 in 2015.

But it was not the first subpoena Manorhaven had received bearing Terry’s name.

An August 2007 subpoena from then-Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice contained similar language, demanding “any and all documents” in Terry’s personnel file, as well as all payroll records and financial disclosure forms related to Terry.

Brendan Brosh, a spokesman for Singas’ office, declined to comment on the focus of the 2007 investigation and what it concluded.

“Because a criminal case is pending against Mr. Terry, I cannot address your question about any other investigation(s) which may have involved this defendant,” Brosh said in a statement.

A spokesman for Rice, now a Democratic U.S. congresswoman, also declined to comment.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office separately subpoenaed

Manorhaven in January 2015 seeking records related to village contracts with eight people and companies that had been in effect at any point since January 2010, according to a copy of the subpoena.

The listed contractors were Peter Dejana; Dejana Industries, Dejana’s national municipal services company; Aero Snow Removal, a Dejana Industries subsidiary; Anthony Soldano; Port Auto Body Inc.; Louis Tobar; Stephen Blasucci; and his company Port Plumbing and Heating.

McIntosh, the spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office, declined to comment on the subpoena and whether it was related to the investigation of Terry.

Village officials turned over thousands of pages of documents relating to seven of the eight contractors in response to the subpoena, according to a source with direct knowledge of the subpoena who requested anonymity to discuss it.

No records related to Aero Snow Removal could be located, but village officials found “compromised and removed computers, missing minutes and shredded village records” when Giunta’s administration took over in July 2012, then-village Clerk Leslie Gross wrote in a February 2015 letter responding to the subpoena.

Steele, the former village trustee under Giunta, said she saw shredded documents “all over the place” when she and others entered the village office on the first day of the new administration.

They also determined whole boxes of records were missing, Steele said.

But a police report was never filed and no internal investigation was conducted to determine who was responsible, Steele said.

Fielding called the allegations “entirely inaccurate and a fabrication,” and said he had no knowledge of any officials destroying records Current village Mayor Jim Avena, who was a trustee before Giunta’s administration took over, rejected the accusation and said he was unaware of such a thing ever happening.

“It was never brought to my attention about records being destroyed,” Avena said in an interview.

Avena said he was never questioned in relation to the federal subpoena, and that he is unaware of any other village officials being questioned.

In the time period covered by the subpoena, Dejana Industries

had a garbage-removal contract with Manorhaven that officials have said cost the village nearly $100,000 in extra expenses.

Manorhaven-based Dejana Industries won the one-year contract in 2009 at a cost of $563,000, some $94,000 more than the village’s previous contract with Westbury-based Meadow Carting, James Toner, the former village attorney, said in March 2016.

Village bid documents required that the contractor be located within a four-mile radius of the village, making Dejana the only qualified bidder, according to village records.

Such provisions in that and other contracts have cost the village about $1 million, Toner said last year.

Dejana Industries did not respond to a request for comment, nor did Blasucci, who owns Port Plumbing and Heating.

A publicly listed number for Soldano was disconnected.

Someone who answered the phone at Port Auto Body hung up on a reporter’s call.

No contact information for Tobar was publicly available.

Terry has blamed his tax debt on “Type-A workaholic compulsion with self-denial and truly catastrophic health issues.”

He and his wife, Concetta Terry, have had “virtually no current income” since Concetta Terry lost her job last summer as a deputy clerk in North Hempstead, Scaring, Terry’s attorney, wrote in Tuesday’s court filing.

Allowing Terry to leave his home while his case proceeds would allow him to continue his law practice with a focus on private clients, given that he has lost all his government clients, Scaring wrote. “[W]hile the government is eager to bandy about the notion that Mr. Terry has a secret cache of wealth, prosecutors offer no evidence to support this claim,” Scaring wrote.

A public statement by Assistant U.S. Attorney Artie McConnell on Jan. 31 about Terry’s alleged relationship to other corruption investigations was also supported by little evidence and was irrelevant to the crimes with which Terry has been charged, Scaring argued.

There is no indication that Terry has tried to interfere with ongoing criminal investigations, and he is highly unlikely to flee while facing these charges, Scaring wrote.

Stephen Romano contributed reporting.

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Community Meetings Village of East Williston Grievance Night

Village of Manorhaven Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting

Village of Old Westbury Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, February 21 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall 2 Prospect Street, East Williston 516-746-0782

Tuesday, February 21 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall 33 Manorhaven Boulevard Port Washington

Tuesday, February 21 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall 1 Store Hill Road, Old Westbury 516-626-0800

516-883-7000 Village of Floral Park Tax Grievance Night

Mineola Memorial Library Board of Trustees Meeting

Village of Plandome Manor Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, February 21 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall 1 Floral Boulevard, Floral Park 516-326-6300

Monday, February 20 @ 7:30 p.m.

195 Marcellus Road, Mineola 516-746-8488

Tuesday, February 21 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall 55 Manhasset Avenue, Manhasset 516-627-3701

Village of Floral Park Architectural Review Board Meeting

Village of Mineola Assessment Review

Village of Roslyn Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, February 22 @ 7:30 p.m.

Pool and Recreation Building 123 Stewart Street, Floral Park 516-326-6300

Tuesday, February 21 @ 4:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 155 Washington Avenue, Mineola 516-746-0750

Tuesday, February 21 @ 8:00 p.m.

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Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees Meeting

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Tuesday, February 21 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck 516-482-0019

Thursday, February 23 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 155 Washington Avenue, Mineola 516-746-0750

Village of Great Neck Grievance Day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Board of Assessment Review

Village of New Hyde Park Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, February 21 @ 4:00 p.m.

Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck 516-482-0019

Tuesday, February 21 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 1420 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park 516-354-0022

Village of Great Neck Estates Assessment Grievance

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Tuesday, February 21 @ 5:00 p.m.

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Tuesday, February 21; call for appointment Village Hall 1420 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park 516-354-0022

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Thursday, February 23 @ 8:30 a.m.

District Oï¬&#x192;ce 236 E Shore Road, Great Neck 516-482-0238

Tuesday, February 21 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 1 Shelter Rock Road, North Hills 516-627-3451

Village of Roslyn Estates Tax Grievance Day

Tuesday, February 21 @ 12:00 p.m.

Village Hall 25 The Tulips, Roslyn Estates 516-621-3541 Village of Roslyn Estates Architectural Review Board Meeting

Wednesday, February 22 @ 7:45 p.m.

Village Hall 25 The Tulips, Roslyn Estates 516-621-3541 Village of Williston Park Board of Trustees Work Session and Public Meeting

Tuesday, February 21 @ 6:30 p.m. /8:00 p.m.

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Bicyclist killed in car crash on NHP Road

BY N O A H MANSKAR A man died early Wednesday morning after he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle in North New Hyde Park, police said.

The 50-year-old driver was heading south on New Hyde Park Road near Marcus Avenue at 1:20 a.m. when the cyclist, a 74-yearold man, veered into his lane, Nassau County police said.

The cyclist was thrown from his bicycle and knocked unconscious when the 2017 Subaru hit him, police said.

He was taken to an area hospital and later pro-

nounced dead, police said.

Police did not name the cyclist because they had not yet notiďŹ ed his family.

The accident was determined to be noncriminal, but police continue to investigate, they said.

The Subaru was given a brake and safety check and released to the owner at the scene, police said.

Recreation program faces fee hike in G.N. Continued from Page 13 standards, adds language regarding absences of homeless students and gives parents access to their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attendance records through the online parent portal.

The board also had a ďŹ rst reading on new policies to codify district practices on managing and minimizing the amount of cash held at each school and the management of the petty cash funds for each building. Readings at three meetings are required before a policy can be adopted.

Superintendent Teresa Prendergast also said that Great Neck South High School took ďŹ rst place in the Brookhaven National Laboratory/Long Island Regional High School Science Bowl held at the

Brookhaven lab on Jan. 28.

The team consisted of ďŹ ve students, Melody Yang, Elissa He, Ajay Dheeraj, Allan Lee and Adrian Chen. The coach is biology teacher Jim Truglio.

Great Neck competed against 18 other teams from across Long Island in one of the regional competitions of the 27th annual U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl.

The team will go to the national ďŹ nals in Washington, D.C., from April 27 to May 1.

The teams face oďŹ&#x20AC; in a fast-paced question-andanswer format covering science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy and math.

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NHP mayor to step down after 18 years Continued from Page 1 resident who serves on village committees, who is running unopposed to replace Montreuil as trustee.

Lofaro has served on the board for 18 years, including four as mayor, 12 as deputy mayor and two as trustee. He was first elected in 1999.

“We’ll look forward to taking advantage of his knowledge and talents and undying dedication to the Village of New Hyde Park,” Montreuil said.

Lofaro was traveling on Wednesday and could not be reached for comment.

Montreuil and Barbieri, both lifelong village residents, were first elected as trustees in 2001. Montreuil has served as deputy mayor since Lofaro replaced Richard Petruccio as mayor in 2013.

Montreuil said he hopes to continue the board’s efforts to “preserve and improve the suburban character of life” in the village by rebuilding roads, revamping the Jericho Turnpike business district and addressing the Long Island Rail Road’s proposed third track project.

“I think continuity is very important at this point, especially with some of the big projects that we have that we’ll be continuing to deal with,” Montreuil said.

Pallisco is the village’s parks and recreation commissioner, a volunteer position in which he oversees the village’s summer recreation program.

He is also the chairman of the village Beautification Committee and a member of the Long Island Rail Road Task Force.

Pallisco has served in various community service groups, including New Hyde Park Boy Scout Troop No. 298.

He could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

Barbieri touted his efforts to secure $2 million in grants for an initiative to make Jericho Turnpike more walkable.

Barbieri has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair, and one of his first accomplishments as trustee was to start installing wheelchair ramps along the thor-

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New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lofaro will step down at the end of his current term in April. oughfare, he said.

“I am a lifer in New Hyde Park, and it might sound hokey, but I kind of enjoy the job,” Barbieri said. “I enjoy trying to work on projects that I think will improve the life of the people who live in the community.”

Village residents can cast ballots from noon to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, at Marcus Christ Hall, located at 1420 Jericho Turnpike.

In the Village of Floral Park, Trustee Dominick Longobardi is running unopposed to succeed outgoing Mayor Thomas Tweedy.

Frank Chiara, a village resident, is running unop-

posed to replace Longobardi as a trustee, and incumbent Trustee Lynn Pombonyo is unopposed in her bid for a second full two-year term.

All three belong to the village’s Citizens Party.

Polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. on March 21 at three polling places.

Voters in village election district 1 will cast ballots at the Reliance Firehouse on Holland Avenue. Voters in districts 2 and 3 will vote at the village Recreation Center at 124 Stewart Street. Residents of election district 4 will vote at the Atlantic Avenue Firehouse.

SCHOOL NEWS

G.N. voters reject Author visits NHP kids $85.9M bond package Chris Grabenstein, a New York TImes bestselling author, visited the Manor Oaks School in New Hyde Park on Wednesday, Jan. 18.

Grabenstein gave a presentation that had the children and teachers laughing, participating and learning.

He provided tips on being a writer and conveyed life experiences to the children that they could draw from.

He read a passage from his book, “Welcome to Wonderland No. 1: Home Sweet Motel.” A sequel to the book is due out this year.

Grabenstein is the author of such best-sellers as “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library” and “Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics,” in addition to several other titles, such as

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“The Island of Dr. Libris,” and a “Haunted Mystery” series that includes “The Smoky Corridor & The Crossroads,” to name a few.

He has co-authored several books with the author James Patterson, such as “Jacky HaHa,” “Treasure Hunters,” “House of Robots” and the “I Funny” series.

Grabenstein has seven books coming out this year.

Grabenstein had dedicated his book, “Mr. Lemocello’s Library Olympics,” to the grandmother of Manor Oaks students Stephen Coffey and Angela Coffey.

Their grandmother passed away in 2015. The library in which she taught was the inspiration for his book.

Grabenstein’s presentation and books grabbed the interest of the children.

The funds would also have been used to fix windows and doors, which, Smith said, are “truly past their life expectancy.”

Of the $43.71 million in educational enhancements proposed in the rejected bond, many of the “areas of focus” that were detailed by Fred Seeba and Joe Rettig, architects from BBS, in November were related to renovated science labs and library and media centers, auditorium renovations, bathroom renovations and improved air conditioning and infrastructure in the district’s schools.

The bond would have allowed the district to create a $6.58 million early childhood center, where children across the district would have been offered a pre-kindergarten education, at the district’s Adult Learning Center on Clover Drive.

The early childhood center would have been more convenient for students living in the southern half of the district.

Superintendent of Schools Teresa Prendergast said leading up to the vote that the early childhood center would have also helped alleviate overcrowding at E.M. Baker Elementary School.

Leading up to the vote, the school board pushed the importance of the bond, urging residents to vote in favor.

The school board made an effort to reach Great Neck residents through mailings, presentations at school board meetings and presentations at different organizations, including the Great Neck Village Officials Association, Great Neck Chinese Association, Great Neck Chamber of Commerce.

Donald Ashkenase, who is serving his 12th term on the school board, called the bond issue one of the most important undertakings the board has considered during his 35-year tenure.

“Our disappointment is obvious, but we will continue to do all in our power to address the needs of our children, our schools and our community,” Berkowitz said.

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Sports Spartans defeat Sewanhaka Indians

BY G R E G ORY GIACONELLI The Elmont Spartans defeated the Sewanhaka Indians 54-43 on Wednesday afternoon, led by K.C. Ndefo’s 18 points and Victor Olawoye’s 13 points.

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Jayden Boyd and Giovany Brice led Sewanhaka with 16 and 13 points respectively.

Sewanhaka head coach Jay Allen said he gives credit to a well-coached Elmont team, led

by Ndefo, who won the State Championship last season.

“Those guys are a well-oiled machine,” Allen said. “They just did a better job of playing their style by getting out on the break and generating opportunities.

K.C. Ndefo was the difference in this game.”

In the first quarter, Elmont outscored Sewanhaka 15-10 as Ndefo paced the attack with eight points. He went 2-4 on the line and hit three field goals.

Brice led Sewanhaka with six points in the opening quarter as he scored three times from inside the paint.

Elmont outplayed Sewanhaka 13-8 in the second quarter and took a ten point lead into halftime.

Ndefo added five more points in the second quarter to lead Elmont with 13 points in the first half.

Ismael Astasie finished the first half with six points, including four in the second quarter for Elmont.

Kamaal Chin led Sewanhaka with four points in the second quarter, hitting a pair of free throws and a basket.

Brice, Chin and Boyd provided Sewanhaka’s offense by combining for 16 points in the first half.

Elmont had the edge in the third quarter 11-7 and had a 3925 lead heading into the final quarter.

Sewanhaka guard Rahim Akinwunmi (no. 1) and forward Giovany Brice (no. 13) Olawoye led Elmont with six points in the third quarter including a pair of baskets and two shots on the line.

Rahim Akinwunmi led Sewanhaka with three points by going 3-4 on the line in the third quarter.

In the final quarter, Sewanhaka outscored Elmont 18-15 but Elmont went on to win 54-43.

Olawoye led Elmont with seven points in the fourth quarter, in which he went 2-2 on the line and added a basket and a three pointer. Olawoye finished the game with 13 points, all coming in the second half.

Ndefo added five points in the second half for Elmont and totaled 18 for the match.

Boyd led Sewanhaka with nine points in the fourth quarter.

He went 3-4 on the line and added three shots from the interior, finishing the game with a team leading 16 points.

Brice compiled five points in the fourth quarter for Sewanhaka and collected seven points in the second half. He completed the contest with 13 points.

Boyd said they couldn’t execute as an early deficit proved to be too much, resulting in their first home loss of the season.

“We came out flat in the first half,” Boyd said. “We tried to pick it up in the second half but we just couldn’t pull through. It’s a tough loss but we’ll bounce back.”

Weekly Boys Basketball Scores Tuesday, Feb. 7 Carle Place defeated Wheatley 60-46. Christopher Ruscillo led Carle Place with 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Christopher Sheremetta recorded 11 points while Benjamin Armstrong chipped in with 10 points for Carle Place.

Brian Doria and Michael Tragale led Wheatley with 12 and 11 points respectively.

MacArthur defeated Manhasset 61-46. Angelo Andino led MacArthur with 18 points. Kyle Acquavella posted 17 points while Mike Manfredo compiled 12 points for MacArthur. Danny Hedberg led Manhasset with 19 points.

Great Neck South defeated Mepham 65-53. Sheldon Henry led Great Neck South with 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Liam Blicher recorded 13 points and eight rebounds while David Sabzehroo collected 12 points for Great Neck South.

Chaminade defeated St. Mary’s 66-25.

Kyle Murphy led Chaminade with 11 points and 11 rebounds while Brendan McGuire added 11 points as well. Justin Brown and Mike McLoughlin led St. Mary’s as they combined for 10 points.

Wednesday, Feb. 8 Floral Park defeated Valley Stream North 81-59. Brian Fox led Floral Park with 29 points.

Frank Phelan posted 23 points and 11 assists while T.J. Cluess compiled 15 points and 10 rebounds for Floral Park.

Hewlett defeated New Hyde Park 66-42. Zach Bromfeld led Hewlett with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Gianluca Preziosi recorded 21 points and five assists while Alyjah Hill totaled 15 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists for Hewlett. Nick Anthony led New Hyde Park with nine points.

Bellmore JFK defeated Great Neck North 54-46. After Great Neck North cut the lead to four with 45 seconds left, Kobe Chukwuka, who had four points and seven rebounds, hit two free throws with 30 seconds left, and Marco Travaglione, who led Bellmore JFK with 18 points and 11 rebounds, added a pair of foul shots with nine seconds left. Steven Carlson added 14 points while Matt Muscarella chipped in with 10 points and five assists for Bellmore. Julien Hakimian led Great Neck North with 20 points while Joe Gohari recorded 12 points.

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Friday, Feb. 10 Manhasset defeated Herricks 77-49. Danny Hedberg led Manhasset with 21 points and nine rebounds. Jordan Idaspe led Herricks with 24 points.

Malverne defeated Wheatley 63-57. Josh Rivers led Malverne with 18 points and seven assists. Makhia Effs, who recorded 14 points, made two free throws with 14 seconds left to put Malverne up by four points. Michael Tragale led Wheatley with 18 points.

Sewanhaka defeated Great Neck North 62-45. Rahim Akinwunmi led Sewanhaka with 14 points and 13 rebounds while Jayden Boyd posted 12 points and seven assists. Juilian Hakimian and Daniel Sharifian combined for 15 points to lead Great Neck North.

Saturday, Feb. 11 Floral Park defeated Bethpage 77-44. Frank Phelan led Floral Park with 17 points while Mike Incantalupo and T.J. Cluess each recorded 10 points.

Island Trees defeated Mineola 53-41. Kevin Dixon led Island Trees with 17 points and 18 rebounds. John McMahon led Mineola with 18 points.

Roslyn defeated Division 75-52. Jonah Tenner led Roslyn with 14 points and 12 rebounds while Ben Perez posted 16 points.

Chaminade defeated Kellenberg 61-39. Kyle Murphy led Chaminade with 14 points while Michael O’Connell recorded 10 points and five assists.

Port Washington defeated Valley Stream Central 63-51.

Xavier Merriweather led Port Washington with 24 points. Tyler Stevenson-Moore and Jake Block scored 17 and 11 points respectively for Port Washington.

Calhoun defeated Great Neck South 65-37. Patrick Gardner led Calhoun with 17 points. Liam Blicher led Great Neck South with nine points.

Manhasset defeated Long Beach 77-31. Eddie DeMatteis led Manhasset with 16 points.

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G.N. South fencers lose in L.I. finals

BY G R E G ORY GIACONELLI The Great Neck South girls fencing team’s dream season came to an end as they lost to Ward Melville in the Long Island Championship on Feb. 7.

Head coach Catherine Sagevick said although they didn’t win a Long Island Championship, the girls were happy to hoist a Nassau County crown, which they earned against rivals Great Neck North on Feb. 4.

She added that they are already looking to build off of this year’s success.

“The loss did not dampen anyone spirits,” Sagevick said. “The girls have already told me that their goal is to be back here next year. They have already begun preparing.”

Sagevick said after graduating two senior captains from last year’s team, they were unsure of what this season may bring but their mission was to become Long Island Champions.

According to Sagevick, their success this year has been due to a hardworking, determined and extremely motivated group of young ladies that finished the season undefeated at 15-0.

Sagevick said four fencers who were instrumental in their run this season are Macy Meng, Hannah Gal, Angie Lei and Ariel Kang.

Meng, the team captain, was vital in keeping the team on track by allowing them to stay motivated and dedicated to their goal.

“She encourages her fellow team-

Head Coach Catherine Sagevick and the Great Neck South Varsity Girls Fencing Team mates to always strive for their best,” Sagevick said. “She spent countless hours working with them on techniques to improve their fencing skills and build confidence in themselves.”

Gal and Lei are four-year veterans whose developments led to forming a solid squad in epee, according to Sagevick.

Sagevick said Kang has consistently

demonstrated her ability to quickly assess and respond to her opponent’s moves. She also achieved a third place finish in this year’s Individual Championship, according to Sagevick.

Sagevick said a big factor behind their success was that every girl, whether a starter or substitute, worked together to achieve their common goal.

In the end, it resulted in a perfect

regular season, a league title, a division crown and a county championship.

“As much as fencing is an individual sport, when the girls support each other and work together to improve not only themselves but their teammates, the team as a whole benefits,” Sagevick said. “This year, the girls truly worked in concert as a team. I am so very proud of them all.”

LIU Post women edge Mercy College

BY S H E L BY TOW N S E N D The LIU Post women’s basketball team came back from a 14-point deficit to come away with a 74-68 win over Mercy College during a home thriller Feb. 8.

The Pioneers were able to snap a three game losing streak with five girls

tallying point totals in the double digits. Sophomore guard Shannon Doyle led the team in total points and assists, with 15 and 7, respectively. Junior guard Kristen Olsen and freshman forward Mikaiya Patterson both scored an impressive 14 points for the Pioneers, and senior guard Kylie Garret and sophomore forward Sasha Patterson each

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had 10 points.

It was a battle for the lead early in the game, with the two teams tied at 18 at the end of the first quarter. Mercy dominated the majority of the 2nd quarter, pulling away to a 14-point lead with only 1:40 left to play in the first half. The Pioneers were able to battle back with an 8-0 run over Mercy, and

went into halftime down by six points.

Coach Deirdre Moore said she told the girls during halftime to “try to keep the energy and the effort high, try to get easy shots, close shots, and we have to get stops on defense.”

That high energy was visible as both teams were in another tug-of-war for the lead during the third quarter.

The game entered the final quarter tied at 53.

The Pioneers continued to battle during the fourth quarter and took their largest lead of eight points with 4:26 to play. They never relinquished their lead and came away with a 74-68 win over Mercy College.

The Pioneers are now 10-13 overall and 6-7 in the East Coast Conference. The team has only have five more games left in the regular season, all East Coast Conference match-ups, before it competes in the first round of the conference championship on March 1.

This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www. liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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LIU Post men crush Mercy College

BY T H OM A S A S B AT Y On Wednesday, Feb. 8, the LIU Post men’s basketball team beat the Mercy Mavericks, 8155, at the Pratt Recreation Center in Brookville.

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The Pioneers were hot from behind the arc all night, hitting 15 three-pointers. It was only the third game this season at which the Pioneers had 15 or more threes.

LIU got off to a hot start, opening the game with a 13-3 run in the first 3:38.

Senior forward Greg Dotson, junior guard Kyle McLeggan and freshman guard Jared Rivers all hit baskets in the early run.

The men shot a crazy 59.3 field goal percentage in the first half, with 66.7 percent from downtown. The green and gold took a 45-21 lead into half.

The Pioneers, who never trailed, went on a 22-7 run for eight minutes starting at the four-minute mark of the game.

Dotson recorded his team best eighth double-double of the year, having 18 points and 15 rebounds.

Dotson shot a perfect 4 for 4 from the free throw line and 6 for 11 from the field.

Aary Bibens also sunk 18 points, along with five rebounds

and three assists.

Mcleggan earned 11 points and two rebounds, and Mosley collected 12 points, four assists and two rebounds.

Head LIU Post men’s basketball coach Erik Smiles was pleased with his team’s performance. “We performed well, we executed and made shots. Anytime you make shots, you are going to look better than how you played overall, but we guarded in the first half and made shots throughout the game.”

Smiles and the Pioneers will head to Rochester on Saturday, Feb. 11 to play Roberts Wesleyan College, an ECC rival that they defeated earlier in the season, 84-64.

“Roberts is a good team with good size and length on the perimeter,” Smiles said. “We have to do a good job of guarding their guys and taking away their shooters.”

The Pioneers currently sit 7th in the ECC polls, with a 6-7 conference record. The team has five games left on the schedule, all against ECC opponents. “We are going to have to do what we did tonight,” in order to make the playoffs, Smiles said. He stressed that his team would have “to have guard, execute, rebound the ball, stay together, and be positive.”

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Post kickline team in search of coach

BY S H E L BY TOWNSEND The LIU Post kickline squad has been around since 2010, but until recently, it was just considered a club on campus.

Last year, it became an official spirit team, along with the dance team and cheerleading squad, but the newcomers are facing some challenges as they try to expand their team.

The squad does not currently have an official coach.

Katelin Townsend, who is also the head cheerleading coach and a success coach, is voluntarily serving as a temporary advisor, and is looking for volunteers to fill the coaching position.

The team’s two captains, Fallon Boyle and Erica Bergen, are in charge of running the team.

“We choreograph our own dances and organize everything we do,” said Boyle, a senior public relations major.

“Our biggest challenge is definitely not having a coach, as it is hard to run every aspect of the team while being a full time student,” Bergen, a junior arts management major, said.

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teams; the spirit teams became an official part of LIU Post athletics in 2014.

According to Boyle, kickline is different because they incorporate three different aspects in their performances: dance, pom, which is similar to some cheerleading routines, and kickline.

“Kickline is definitely unique,” Boyle said. “We always have one long kickline that is visually pleasing to watch. Think

of the Rockettes. That’s exactly what we do.”

The team performs during football halftime shows and basketball games as well as some campus events like Midnight Madness and Relay for Life.

The kickline team held official tryouts on Jan. 22 and is still looking to expand.

They currently have six active members, but are looking to build a team of 12 members.

Along with practicing new rou-

tines, the girls have been working to build campus awareness of the team and have created accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @liupostkickline.

Boyle said that being a part of the team has been a great experience because not only has she met new friends, but it is great to be a part of a spirit team and cheer on other Pioneer athletes.

“I’ve been dancing since I was little so to be able to con-

tinue in college is an amazing experience,” Boyle said.

According to Bergen, they plan on holding another tryout session at the end of the semester or over the summer to build their fall team.

This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

Post Rugby team seeks NCAA status

BY Q U E D US BABALOLA The LIU Post women’s rugby team has made it clear that it is a force on campus not to be ignored.

On Feb. 18, 2016, Bryan Collins, the university’s director of athletics and recreation, announced that the school

would be adding women’s rugby to its list of sport clubs in the 2016-2017 academic year.

Fast forward to January 2017, and the women are in the process of becoming an official NCAA team.

The team now has 18 players, three managers and one coach.

A majority of the games so far have

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been on other campuses, including Manhattanville College and Bard College.

As a result, support from the Post campus at those away games has been scarce, but when the match has been brought back home, many have been cheering this team on.

Support for the rugby team has grown as it has become more successful.

William Monroe, an LIU Post senior finance major, was surprised the team was even still around.

“I have seen teams and clubs come and go left and right, so it’s surprising but amusing to hear that they are still around, and even about to become an official team; they should pat themselves on the back,” Monroe said.

Many LIU Post students are still unaware that the rugby team has been formed. The school’s official social media accounts don’t include posts pertaining to the team.

And because many of the team’s first games have been away, Post students have not travelled to watch the matches.

Taylor Hill, a junior broadcasting major who is the team’s captain, feels as if the lack of promotion hasn’t benefitted the team in any way.

“It’s frustrating because we should have more promotion regardless [of whether] we are a varsity team or not,” Hill said.” “We’re also in transition into becoming part of the NCAA, so I feel as though we should be promoted more.

Many people don’t know that we’re still on campus and we’re always looking for members.”

While they are looking for more teammates, Shakira Clarke, a sophomore public relations major, is pleased with her team the way it is.

“I honestly love my teammates. I’ve met some of my closest friends through rugby,” Clarke said. “Our bonds are unbreakable. I think the coach brought the best group of girls together and created a beautiful little family.”

With their first pre-season game coming in March, the team is practicing every day to get ready for the season.

No pads, No helmets, Just a ball.

This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www. liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.

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