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A SALUTE TO VETERANS

More candidates could emerge

BY J OE N I K I C Eight candidates have stepped forward to run for former Trustee Monique Bloom’s seat on the Great Neck Board of Education, and because a ninth candidate withdrew from the race, more people could join the contest.

School oďŹƒcials announced last Thursday that Mariana Ristea had oďŹƒcially withdrawn her candidacy, so the district would need to extend its deadline for accepting nominating petitions in accordance with state education law.

The deadline is now extended from Nov. 7 to Monday, Nov. 28, at 5 p.m.

The eight candidates for the open seat include Donald Panetta, Josh Ratner, Nikolas Kron, Nicholas Toumbekis, Lori Beth Schwartz, Donna Peirez, Michael Darvish and Grant Toch. Bloom resigned in September because of her corporate travel commitments.

Toch said that it “doesn’t Continued on Page 75

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John McGuire, post commander of the New Hyde Park American Legion, salutes during the Village of New Hyde Park’s Veterans Day ceremony on Friday, Nov. 11. See story on page 3.

North Shore voters shun Trump Wealthy villages pick Clinton, but stay with GOP further down ballot B Y N O A H M A N S K A R ald Trump’s easy win in Suolk went for Clinton, but stayed loyal to their party down the Nassau County and the North Shore remained a Democratic stronghold for Hillary Clinton in last week’s presidential election, a stark contrast to Republican President-elect Don-

County.

But some North Shore voters’ picks at the top of the ticket did not determine their choices in local races for Congress and the state Senate, according to data from the New York State Board of Elections and data from the Nassau County Board of Elections compiled

by Newsday.

Some usually Republican North Shore villages

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ballot by choosing state Sen. Jack Martins over Tom Suozzi in the 3rd Congressional District, and Republican state Sen.-elect Elaine Phillips over Democrat Adam Haber of East Hills to replace Martins in the 7th Senate District. “I think for the most part you had some crossover factor of Republicans who could not stomach Donald Trump and votContinued on Page 23

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NHP-GCP super to Sewanhaka chided retire at end of year for handling of fees Robert Katulak leaving district after nine years

BY N O A H M A N S K A R

BY N O A H M A N S K A R

Robert Katulak, the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school district superintendent, is retiring at the end of the school year.

Katulak is leaving the district after nine years as superintendent and 41 years in public education, according to a Sept. 8 letter he sent to the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park school board.

Katulak’s last day on the job is June 30, 2017.

“I never went into the business to be a millionaire,” Katulak, 63, said in an interview. “I always went to be a minister or a servant to the students that we work with on a daily basis, and now it’s time to pass the reins on to someone who hopefully will continue the legacy that I leave.”

The district has started a search for Katulak’s replacement, and a committee will select one in the spring to take over on July 1, 2017, Jennifer Kerrane, the school board president, said. He was paid $235,642 in the most recent fiscal year.

Katulak has commuted 150 miles to New Hyde Park from Orange County, where he has lived since the 1980s, he said.

He sat on the Florida school board there for 10 years, four of which overlapped with his time as superintendent.

Katulak’s departure follows the hiring of new principals at all four of the district’s elementary schools after their predecessors left in June. They were also “baby boomers” who had worked in the district at least 10 years, Katulak said.

Katulak is well known in the community and has “done a lot of good things for the district,” Kerrane said.

“I do believe that he’s true to the district and has always done what was best for the students and the staff,” she said.

Before coming to New Hyde Park-Garden City Park, Katulak was an assistant superintendent in Rockland County’s North Rockland school district for seven years.

In his tenure, Katulak developed the district’s first long-term plans and implemented “differentiated” education techniques, personally training more than 100 teachers on ways to help students learn according to their individual styles, he said.

He also brought more technology to the district, putting interactive white boards in each classroom and laying the groundwork for a plan to give all students iPad tablets.

Katulak’s biggest challenge was navigating the state’s cap on property tax increases, which 2slow new programs and make negotiating labor

District to develop policy on cash receipts ment, SAT and PSAT tests, preparation courses for those exams, and driver education classes.

The district received $516,212 in testing and test-prep fees and $122,520 for driver education classes between July 1, 2014 and Jan. 31 of this year, the audit says.

Clerks lack clear guidance on how to issue receipts and track those payments, the audit found. They also often did not issue sets of three receipts for each payment as state regulations require, the audit says.

The district’s existing written procedures for handling cash and check deposits were not distributed to finance clerks, and “[a] s a result, they have developed their own procedures and each one accounts for cash receipts differently,” the audit says.

The total payments some schools recorded were different from the actual amount deposited, the audit found.

In one case, $38,069 in AP test fees were listed on a spreadsheet but $40,664 was deposited, the audit says.

District officials will develop and distribute a written policy Continued on Page 56

The Sewanhaka school district plans to develop a written policy for handling cash receipts by the end of the month after a state audit criticized the lack of such a policy.

Differing procedures for tracking payments across the district’s five schools caused payment records to be out of line with the actual amounts of fees received from students for standardized tests and test-prep courses, according to an audit the state Comptroller’s Office released last Thursday.

“Because District officials did not develop, distribute and implement written procedures for the handling of cash receipts, cash has been collected without sufficient documentation and oversight,” the audit says.

The district will also take other steps to ensure payments are recorded accurately and deposited properly, Superintendent Robert Katulak Ralph Ferrie wrote in a response to auditors. contracts more difficult, he said.

Students and parents pay fi“Now you’re very limited because you have nance clerks at each individual that very narrow window,” he said. high school with cash or checks Under his administration the district finalized for fees to take Advance Placecurrent labor contracts with all its employees, including three groups who had been working under expired contracts for at least three years.

One trouble spot was a 2014 state comptroller’s audit that criticized the district for overestimating expenses by $8 million over three years and keeping too-large surpluses.

Katulak said the surpluses help the district’s finances and have been used as reserves for capital projects and other necessary expenses.

The district has hired a company to find qualified candidates for Katulak’s job, Kerrane said. A committee of administrators, school board members and others will choose his replacement from that list, she said.

“It’s a community collaboration,” Kerrane said. “It’s not just the board.”

In his letter, Katulak said he looks forward to Sewanhaka High School is seen in Floral Park. State auditors critispending time with his family, wife and son in recized the Sewanhaka school district’s lack of a policy for handling tirement.

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‘Proud’ to be a vet after 50 years

BY N O A H M A N S K A R John Sardis doesn’t have any good memories from his time in the Vietnam War, he said.

“I lost one of my best friends,” said Sardis, 68, a 40-year New Hyde Park resident. “... The only memorable thing is when I came home.”

Sardis was drafted to the U.S. Army in early 1967, less than a year after he graduated high school. He spent 11 months and 22 days in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Tet Offensive.

Sardis probably would not have enlisted had he not been drafted, he said, but he’s proud to have fought for his country, and proud to be a veteran.

And on Friday, he served as the grand marshal of the VIllage of New Hyde Park’s annual Veterans Day ceremony.

“I had no regrets in respects to serving my country, none,” he said. “And if I needed to go back, I’d go back again. I’d rather I go than one of my grandkids or my son.”

Sardis, an Astoria, Queens native, was dropped into Pleiku, a city in central Vietnam, on a helicopter in the middle of a fire-

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Left: John Sardis salutes a wreath placed by the New Hyde Park veterans memorial. Right: Sardis speaks during the village’s Veterans Day ceremony. fight, he said.

It was 1968, just before the start of the Tet Offensive, one of the Vietnamese fighters’ largest military campaigns of the war.

“We were learning about Vietnam in high school. The next thing I knew I was there,” Sardis said.

Sardis was a radio/telephone operator, or RTO, in charge of reading maps and calling for armed support, air strikes

or medics when and where they were needed, he said.

Part of the job was carrying a 25-pound antenna on his back in addition to his regular gear and weapons.

That antenna could easily draw attention from enemies, putting Sardis in more danger than other soldiers, he said.

Being a Vietnam veteran was not easy in the years after Sardis got out of the Army in 1969, he

said.

No one ever harassed him personally, but he felt people’s judgment and anger toward him and other soldiers who fought in the war, he said.

“People turned away from you,” Sardis said. “And if you told somebody you were a veteran, they looked at you like, ‘So what? You’re baby killers.’”

The stigma subsided just before the start of the Iraq War,

and understanding of veterans’ an issues has improved in recent is years, Sardis said. ye He joined the New Hyde Park American Legion, and conPa tinues to work as a respiratory ti therapist in nursing homes since th retiring from his job as a New re York City bus driver.

Yo But the effects of Vietnam linger — Sardis still can’t watch lin movies about the war, he said, m and he was exposed to Agent an Orange, which he said gave him O diabetes. di Sardis said he’s optimistic that things will get better for th veterans, given President-Elect ve Donald Trump’s promises to help D them. th “You find that there are a lot of people that are very proud of our veterans and are out there trying to do what they can for veterans,” Sardis said.

During the village’s ceremony on Friday, New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lofaro said it’s important to remember veterans’ sacrifices “not just today, but every day.”

“Today, we know who our heroes are,” Lofaro said. “They are our veterans, and we’re thankful for what they’ve done for us.”

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Mineola schools to mark Diwali NHP mayor pans study of air noise

BY N E G L A H S H A R M A The Hindu holiday of Diwali will be on the Mineola school district’s official calendar next year, but not all students will get out of classes to celebrate.

Michael Nagler, the district superintendent, said school will still be in session on Diwali, but teachers will not administer exams or give assignments on that day to allow students who do not attend classes to celebrate.

“We give education a priority, so we rearrange things, but it would be nice if we could help them learn and balance and know our holidays as well as celebrations in America,” Divya Narvekar of Albertson, a district parent, said at last Thursday’s school board meeting.

North Shore school districts are considering changes to their calendars to accommodate more religious holidays as their demographic makeups have shifted over the past decade.

Diwali, a festival of light, is the Hindu new year as set by the lunar calendar. It falls on Oct. 19 in 2017, Narvekar said.

The holiday is celebrated worldwide, but many local students attend school on that day anyway and celebrate later, said Maya Narvekar, Divya’s daughter and the junior class president at Mineola High School.

“There are many people in Mineola that it affects, and it usually falls on a weekday because it’s due to a lunar calendar,” she said at the school board meeting.

The Herricks and East Williston school districts are considering adding at least three holidays to their calendar, including Diwali, the Chinese Lunar New Year and the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr.

The Syosset school district recently added Diwali to its calendar, Newsday reported. The Great Neck school district made the Lunar New Year an official holiday earlier this year.

State law restricts the number of days school districts can close schools, so giving all students a day off for Diwali would

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Maya Narvekar, left, and her mother Divya address the Mineola school board on Thursday, Nov. 10. be difficult, Nagler said.

Districts must fit 180 instructional days between Sept. 1 and the high school Regents exams in June.

“We won’t see a big absentee rate because you’re coming to school anyway,” Nagler said. “You’re making that choice, which is a difficult choice.”

Students can also get any assignments they miss online, he said.

Maya and Divya Narvekar said they were happy to have Diwali recognized by asking teachers not to give tests or assignments.

“Every year if I don’t celebrate Diwali and I make Christmas a very big deal in my house, I’m teaching them that, you know what, our culture is not as important,” Divya Narvekar said.

Results from a study measuring how aircraft noise affects local residents are not yet available, New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lofaro said Tuesday night.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has introduced a Web Trak system on the agency’s website that allows people to view air traffic patterns and monitor plane noise levels in their communities, said Lofaro, who attended a Nov. 3 Port Authority workshop on the study.

But Lofaro said he found it questionable that the agency is using a noise level of 60 decibels as the threshold for mitigation in the New York metropolitan area, while lower levels lead to remediation elsewhere in the U.S. Officials who attended the workshop were told that the meters in the study cannot definitively measure aircraft sound because the decibel levels may rise from other sources, such as helicopter and vehicle traffic.

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Town boosts smoking age to 21 Joins NYC, Suffolk County; Bosworth urges villages to pass similar laws

BY J OE N I K I C The North Hempstead Town Board approved a new law Tuesday that raises the legal age to purchase cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old.

Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said the intent of the law was to limit access to tobacco products for youth in the town and deter them from starting to smoke cigarettes.

“Today we’re taking a very important step towards protecting our young people’s health,” Bosworth said.

The law applies to unincorporated areas of the town.

Town officials rejected a proposal in September that would have limited the advertising of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine and other tobacco products in any outdoor area that is within 500 feet of a park or school to a 5-by-8-inch, black and white advertisement.

Bosworth had said that the law was “well-intentioned,” but

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth the town would have faced legal troubles and youth would still be able to purchase tobacco products.

She cited a report from the Public Health and Tobacco Policy Center stating that 96 percent of smokers begin smoking before the age of 21 and that 90 percent adults who provide cigarettes to minors are younger than 21.

Bosworth said the town’s efforts aligned with the efforts of county Legislator Judy Jacobs, who died in September, in attempting to restrict tobacco use in Nassau County.

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Bosworth also urged elected officials in the incorporated villages within the town to take similar measures in raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products.

“I sincerely hope that the villages within our borders will follow our lead and will also change their laws by raising the age to 21,” she said.

New York City and Suffolk County have already raised the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 21.

“This is a very proud day,” Bosworth said.

Also at the meeting, the board passed a resolution allowing a disabled resident to request an on-street reserved parking space “immediately adjacent to his or her residence.”

Disabled residents seeking the designated parking space by their home must provide the town with proof of residency, have a disabled state-issued license plate or disabled parking

permit and submit a doctor’s note specifying the need for the parking space.

Also, if the applicant does not drive a car, he or she must provide proof that the owner of the vehicle lives with the applicant and that the vehicle is routinely used to drive the disabled resident around.

Applicants who receive the designated parking space must submit a recertification of their doctor’s diagnosis every two years proving that there is a continued need for the space.

Those seeking a reserved parking space have to submit a request and provide all necessary documentation to the Office of the Town Clerk.

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The median price for sold properties in Nassau County reached $470,000 in October, a 9.3 percent increase from last year, but the number of properties sold dropped signiďŹ cantly, according to the Multiple Listing Services Real Estate Market Report.

In October, 1,091 properties were sold compared with 1,174 last year— a 7.1 percent drop.

Karen Inglima, a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty, said despite some of the strong numbers, there will be a slowdown soon. “The housing market

will be slowing down in January,� Inglima said. “The market is very strong in Queens and there are a lot of bidding wars going on there. We do see some parts of Nassau County but not all. What goes up must come down. Interest rates are creeping up too, which will eventually even out the home prices.�

The number of residential single/multifamily properties sold in October was 934, which is down from 987 the previous year.

The number of condominiums and co-ops sold dropped, too.

With a 9.3 percent increase in the median price for sold properties in Nas-

Current Available Inventory - 5,104 Current Median List Price - $599,000 All Property Types Month Current Prior % Year Year Change Oct-2016 $470,000 $430,000 9.3 Sep-2016 $465,000 $440,000 5.7 Aug-2016 $485,000 $468,500 3.5 Jul-2016 $479,000 $455,000 5.3 Jun-2016 $477,750 $440,000 8.6 May-2016 $451,000 $435,000 3.7 Apr-2016 Mar-2016 Feb-2016 Jan-2016 Dec-2015

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sau County, residential single/multi-family properties, condominiums and co-ops all saw price hikes, with condos jumping from $485,000 to $570,000 in the last year.

The market in Nassau County has seen 12 straight months of increases in the median price for properties sold compared with the previous year. “When home prices are typically under $500,000 and houses are more aordable they can lead into a bidding war,â€?

Inglima said.

October’s $470,000 median price for sold properties wasn’t just a large jump from last year’s total, but a $5,000 spike from September’s $465,000, when the price fell for the ďŹ rst time since February.

The median price of pending sales in Nassau County saw a 4.8 percent increase, too, jumping from last October’s $443,000 to $465,000.

Although both the median price for the pending sales of residential single/multi-family properties and condominiums rose slightly, the median price for co-ops fell from $222,000 to $217,000.

In correlation with the number of sales in Nassau County, the pending number of sales dropped 2.5 percent, from 1,104 to 1,076.

It is the second drop in count for pending sales since July.

Last month, the county saw an 11 percent increase in pending sales.

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New Coliseum to honor veterans Dark granite memorial to be located near the entrance of the renovated facility

BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum’s operator announced Friday that a veterans memorial will be featured in the plaza of the newly renovated coliseum. “The memorial will honor the thousands of Long Islanders and millions of other Americans who have served their nation in the United States military,� according to a news release from Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, the coliseum’s operator.

The monument will be positioned in a “highly prominent location� near the front entrance of the newly renovated plaza, the release said. “It’s a privilege to honor the veterans and a priority to recognize the building’s storied history,� said Dmitry Razumov, chairman of the board of directors for Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment.

The memorial will be a dark granite oval and will be 19 1/2 feet by 16 1/2 feet, raised above the plaza surface, the release said.

The release said “a delicate, constant water source will bubble from the center of the stone and spread out over its surface, forming a moving ďŹ lm of water which will wrap the edges of the stone

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This memorial honoring Long Island veterans will stand outside the newly renovated Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. as an ‘inďŹ nity edge.’ In the center of the monument, emerging from the water’s surface, National Grid will honor the veterans with an eternal ame.â€? “The contrasting elements in constant movement — set within a simple, yet dramatic form — will provide a stunning tribute to our nation’s veterans for

the Brooklyn Nets.

In 2015, Prokorov bought control of the Coliseum from Ratner.

It is set to reopen on April 5 with a concert by Billy Joel.

The monument is part of the 20-month, $261 million renovation to the area, which originally opened in 1972.

decades to come,� said Bruce Ratner, the owner of the development group that revamped the Coliseum and a minority owner of the Brooklyn Nets.

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That’s why Powers and other New Hyde Park firefighters join others from across Nassau County each year to help “fill the gap” through Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior, he said — and a fire department fundraiser on Saturday will help do just that.

“Whatever the need is for a particular year, we try to fill it,” Powers said.

The New Hyde Park Fire Department’s auction and dinner aims to raise money for items that Nassau firefighters will take to three military bases and hospitals next month.

Three convoys of firefighters will depart on a five-day trip to take clothing, cards, TVs, toys and other items to the U.S. Army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and Fort Belvoir in Virginia.

The firefighters stay on the bases and eat meals with soldiers in mess halls on their trips, said Michael Dolan, a longtime New Hyde Park firefighter.

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“They love to see us,” Dolan said.

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schools also write cards to the soldiers sc and collect T-shirts and socks for them, an Dolan said.

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Last month, officials outlined where $51.7 million would be going toward the district’s capital needs. At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, they told how another $43.86 million would be spent on educational and school building improvements.

“We’ve had many opportunities at the building levels, as well as at the board level, to identify potential projects that were identified from building-based, site-based committees talking about educational building enhancements for consideration as part of our bond,” Great Neck Superintendent of Schools Teresa Prendergast said.

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A really rigged election system Democratic Nassau County Legislators introduced a bill last week to prevent the Legislature from ever again passing an unbalanced budget.

While there is little question that the Republican legislators’ decision on Nov. 7 to approve a budget for 2017 in which revenues fell $70 million short of expenses is a gross abdication of their responsibilities, there is already a remedy in place.

It’s called an election.

In a world in which elections expressed the will of the people, legislators who failed to match revenues with expenses while county finances were in the 16th year of state supervision amid a series of political corruption scandals would be given their marching orders by voters.

Unfortunately, we don’t live in a world, or a county, in which elections are completely determined by the will of the people.

Instead, as Donald Trump said during the campaign, we live in one in which the system is rigged — though not for the reasons Trump gave.

In the case of Nassau County, and jurisdictions across the country, the system is rigged by the gerrymandering of legislative districts.

That is why the Democrat’s call for legislation to require the Legislature to approve a balanced budget is nothing more than political posturing.

It has no chance to pass — no matter its merits — since Republicans outnumber Democrats 12-7 in the Legislature and Democrats and Republicans routinely vote along straight party

lines.

This 12-7 breakdown was essentially set in stone when the 2010 census was tabulated.

At the time, Republicans held a 10-9 advantage in the Legislature but voting as a bloc they were able to craft changes to district lines to more or less guarantee a 12-7 Republican advantage until the next census.

The technique is simple.

If you have 20,000 people in four districts split equally between Democrats and Republicans construct one district with 5,000 Democrats and no Republicans, and three with 1,667 versus 3,333 made up of registered Republicans.

The result is one district in which a Democrat is virtually assured of being elected and three in which Republicans are virtually guaranteed election — even if the same number of Democrats and Republicans vote.

County Republicans were not quite as obvious, but thanks to the latest techniques in determining likely voters and their preferences the effect is essentially the same.

This is not a Nassau County problem, but rather than a national disease that has contributed to so much political polarization in the country.

The U.S. Congress is a prime example.

State Legislatures across the county — both Republican and Democratic dominated — have used the same techniques as Nassau County Republicans to draw Congressional lines maximizing their party’s advantage — regardless of how convoluted

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and senseless the districts are.

The makeup of the House was also more or less guaranteed for the next decade when the district lines were redrawn after the 2010 census.

The result is that candidates of both parties in safe districts became more concerned by a candidate of their own party successfully challenging them in a primary than losing in the general election. This has played a major role in turning compromise with the other party into a dirty word. Republicans who stray face challenges to their right and Democrats to their left.

But the legislators are not the only ones responsible for this mess.

Their accomplices, wittingly or not, are members of the public who blindly vote along straight party lines — regardless of the merits of the candidate. Or the many who don’t vote at all and allow partisans more interested in personal benefits than the public good to determine the winner.

Trump famously said during the campaign that “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I would lose votes.”

The same could be said by Republican Nassau County legislators, who first failed to properly oversee county contracts and then opposed meaningful legislation to avoid abuses in the future

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— despite the conviction of then state Sen. Majority Leader Dean Skelos and indictment of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, both Republicans, on charges of political corruption tied to county contracts.

Instead, they pass a budget in which revenues fall $70 million short of expenses.

This is the price of apathy, blind loyalty and gerrymandered districts.

In Nassau County, we can begin to fix this problem by putting redistricting into the hands of an independent commission.

Nassau County could then become a model of good governance for the nation, rather than a laughingstock.

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OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Popular vote or the Electoral College?

D

onald Trump, in 2012, said: “The Electoral College is a disaster for democracy.”

Now, in November 2016, Mr. Trump would not be PresidentElect without the severely outmoded and undemocratic Electoral College.

Too little attention has been paid to the democratic reality that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote.

As of this writing, Nov. 11, there are still a few million votes to count, but it appears that the American people as a nation prefer Clinton over Trump by 300,000 to 500,000 votes, or more.

More alarming for future Republican candidates, this is the sixth time in the last seven presidential elections when Democrats have won the national popular vote.

One can appreciate the design of the Electoral College in the 1780s when travel was primitive and so were communications.

The defense of that system of voting for a “republic” was to place decision power in the hands of state leaders who, at that time, realistically could make more informed decisions about candidates for the highest national office.

We now live in a massively transformed society. It is particularly ironic that, as the nation that took the first significant strides toward democracy, we are now outclassed by most others where “the vote of the people” is what counts.

Candidates now have a chance to become well known to voters.

As “Dilbert” cartoon creator Scott Adams points out, no one has been Trump’s equal for “branding” skills and promoting “visual persuasion.”

Still, none of that was enough to enable Trump to win the popular vote over Clinton, and in several states he gained electoral votes by very slim margins.

Does it seem rational, or democratic, that Trump, with vote margins of 1 percent, or less, in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, got all the electoral votes of those states?

That was his margin of Electoral College “victory.”

If California could cast the same proportion of electoral votes to population as Wyoming, its share would increase from 55 to nearly 200.

It is time we start counting citizens instead of perpetuating an artificial eternity for federalism’s origins.

MICHAEL D’INNOCENZO Out of Left Field Furthermore, history shows that many states have undermined democracy rather than served it.

Consider the sources of segregation, locales of the KKK, opposition to women’s rights and limits on free speech.

Our constitutional amendments have highlighted that we are “Americans” and only secondarily state affiliates — check Amendments 14, 15, 17, 19 and 26 especially; all of them decree national standards regardless of views that individual states might prefer.

As Jacob Hacker writes in his appropriately titled book, “American Amnesia,” we too often neglect the vital role that the national government has played in

advancing democracy and quality of life for all American citizens, often over state resistance.

Now “the national popular vote” movement is advancing toward reforming the Electoral College without needing a constitutional amendment to do it — see nationalpopularvote.com.

That process has been buttressed by demonstrations of tens of thousands of Americans in dozens of cities who know that Donald Trump did not win the popular vote in America.

The fact that Mr. Trump conducted himself and his campaign more abusively and disrespectfully than any previous candidate drew critics by the multitudes — in unprecedented numbers within his own party.

A petition, already signed by several million citizens, calls on electors, when they meet in their respective states on December 19, to give their support to Clinton as the winner of the national popular vote.

That’s not likely to happen, but all of this might prompt Mr. Trump to realize that he lost the popular vote and to start moderating the extremism of his rhetoric and proposals.

While the map of the United States looks “red” when you gauge

states by party affiliation, the population of the United States is “Blue” in terms of our largest numbers of citizens.

And, given the nation’s demographic trends, even states like Arizona, Georgia and Texas are migrating from “purple” toward “blue.”

It’s just a matter of time – and even more quickly than you might surmise.

So far, 10 states plus the District of Columbus have adopted laws that stipulate they will designate their representatives in the Electoral College to support the candidate that receives the largest national vote.

Once those states reach a total of 270 they can implement popular vote choice in the United States without trying to overcome small state obstructionism.

As of 2016 those states total 165 electoral votes.

In the meantime, all voters and nonvoters can heed Lincoln’s striking view when he emphasized that elections belong to the people: “If they decide to turn their backs on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”

I believe Lincoln would urge them to start healing by mobilizing for national popular vote.

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here’s no use trying,” Alice says, in Chapter Five of Lewis Carroll’s “Through The LookingGlass.” “One can’t believe impossible things.”

“I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the (White) Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

As I understand it, there is a branch of quantum physics which insists that, whenever there is a decision point where things go one way, there is also, necessarily, an alternate universe created where they go the other way, instead.

If this is true, then for every time I take an extra dessert (like last night’s amazing cheesecake), somewhere there is an alternate universe containing a skinny Judy who did not.

Obviously, that’s also the universe with the Judy who goes jogging every chance she gets.

More seriously, I believe that

another such alternate reality was created on Dec. 12, 2000.

That was the day when the Supreme Court of the United States stopped the recount in Florida in the 2000 presidential election; their decision effectively awarded the presidency to George W. Bush, the loser of the popular vote.

His opponent, then-Vice President Al Gore, officially conceded the next day.

Until that moment, I never believed a thing like that could happen in the United States of America.

But it has become clearer to me with every passing day since then, that we are living in that other, alternate version of reality.

How else do you explain so many impossible things?

— Nearly 3,000 souls lost in a terrorist attack on our own soil, using our own domestic aircraft as the weapons.

— Americans left stranded, on the rooftops and in the dark of New Orleans’ Superdome af-

JUDY EPSTEIN A Look on the Lighter Side ter Hurricane Katrina, pleading for help that did not come.

— The catastrophic “meltdown” of our entire financial system, threatening a disaster to dwarf the Great Depression.

— An earthquake and tsunami that didn’t merely destroy a nuclear reactor in Japan, but caused it to melt down and explode, making the ocean itself radioactive — Ocean water running

down the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, during Hurricane Sandy.

— The cold-blooded gunning-down of 20 small children and six adults at an elementary school in Connecticut … and, even more unbelievably, our failure to do much of anything afterwards to stop it from happening again.

— Great Britain’s choice to secede from the European Union, which may cause Scotland to se-cede in turn from Great Britain — leaving it just plain “Britain” for the first time since Shakespeare was alive.

And now, apparently, Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States.

None of these things could possibly have happened in the country — or the world — where I grew up.

Sure, even in my America, a young and charismatic president John F. Kennedy could be assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

But even so, that was succeeded by a President Johnson getting a meaningful Voting

Rights Act through Congress; President Nixon being able to congratulate America’s astronauts as they walked upon the surface of the moon; and President George H.W. Bush extending access and rights to millions of Americans with disabilities.

In that America, things maybe took too long, but at least we were slowly bringing justice and opportunity to more and more Americans. We were also an inspiration and a source of stability for the whole rest of the world.

These days, I just feel trapped in a science fiction story — a bad one.

I am hoping that our story, like many others, contains the chance, however slim, of a journey back to the right reality.

In “Back to the Future,” Marty McFly had to bring his DeLorean time machine to 88 miles per hour precisely as he passed his town’s clocktower — at the exact same instant when lightning was going to strike.

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KREMER’S CORNER

Election is over, time to move on

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ike all of us, I am glad this election is over.

Perhaps having been in public life for so many years, I can better understand the consequences of winning and losing elections.

I was a lucky person having won 13 contests for my seat in the state Legislature, but on each of those occasions, I defeated someone whose hopes of victory were as strong as mine.

This was one of the bitterest elections in our lifetime.

The issues of the day were obscured by negative campaigns and appeals to some of the meaner instincts in people.

But the election is history and I am grateful that our system allows the torch to be passed from one administration to a new one.

Unlike Mr. Putin’s Russia

where there is no freedom of choice, we are so lucky to live in these United States.

Not every president who ran this country during my lifetime was my personal choice.

I was no fan of the second President Bush, nor was I in love with Jimmy Carter.

But, when a person is elected president in our country we give that person the respect due the office and hope that their actions will be for the common good.

I know that politicians in the heat of battle say many things that are offensive and I have seen those angry words disappear once the successful candidate faces the burdens of office.

I hope that President-elect Donald Trump becomes the statesman that we need in that crucial job.

I hope his is mindful of the

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner fact that the country is evenly divided and there is a need to bring people together.

I really don’t believe that Donald Trump has any intention of deporting 11 million people,

many of whom were born here and are protected by the United States Constitution.

I think his make believe wall between the United States and Mexico will eventually become some type of new high tech system that tracks the movement of unwelcome visitors.

I do not believe that the father and grandfather of young women will attack women’s rights to control their own bodies.

Somehow I would like to think that the weight of the highest office in the land will somehow mellow him to become a more caring person.

There is one group who isn’t getting attention in the days following the election and that is the United States Congress.

Many of them think that they survived another contest and are

free to follow their own agendas, once again.

How wrong they are. The voters sent a very clear message that they are fed up with the Washington gridlock and they were talking about the Senate and the House.

Years and years of petty political agendas targeting innocent people and doing nothing to approve the lives of so many in need, was one of the reasons why Mr. Trump was elected.

Those polls about how the public feels about the Congress were very accurate. If they ignore the voters they will have to pay for it in two years.

The election is now over but we have a constitutional duty to keep this new president honest and focused on what makes America so great.

Hillary cost other Dems Make America

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lection Day has come and gone reminds me of “The Outer Limits” — a 1960s television show.

With the end of round the clock commercials by politicians, we now return control of your television back to you.

A picture speaks volumes.

Some important Democratic Party leaders and elected officials other than Queens Democratic Party Chairperson and Congressmember Joe Crowley appeared to be missing at former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s concession speech.

When the cameras panned the crowd, I didn’t see New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, New York State senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York along with Corey Booker and Bob Menendez of New Jersey along with New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

How quickly yesterday’s friends have become Clinton’s long lost acquaintances.

Perhaps Democratic Party leadership have no loyalty.

There is good news for both Bill and Hillary Clinton.

They both can spend more time working for the Clinton Foundation with no potential conflicts of interest.

Feel free to grab as many $100,000 to $500,000 speeches before any former potential payfor-play Wall Street or other special interest group.

They can build upon their $100 million plus family fortune, spend more time at home in 99 percent lily white trendy suburban Chappaqua and continue hanging out with Hollywood and other society elites.

There is no need to pretend to be friends of the 99 percent while living the good life only the one percent know who they previously were so quick to criticize.

‘Do as I say, not as I do’ has always been the Clinton family motto.

Vice President Joe Biden reminds me of the cowardly lion from the land of Oz known as Washington.

Imagine if he had the courage to enter and win the Democratic Party Presidential primary.

Many of the millions of working class Democrats who voted for President elect Donald Trump might have instead voted for Biden.

Without the political baggage including unsecured emails, pay for play related to the Clinton foundation, $100,000 to $500,000 dollar speeches to Wall Street firms and other special interest groups, many past transgressions toward women by her husband former President Bill Clinton along with his own “well compensated” speeches, it could have been President elect Joe Biden today.

Democrats could have won more Senate and far more than six additional congressional seats.

Sen. Schumer could have become majority instead of minority leader.

Democrats can only dream of what might have been.

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he most unlikely candidate for president who is President-elect Donald J. Trump who has achieved a monumental upset against Hillary Clinton.

He now has won the most powerful position in the world.

And added to the fact he never ran for public office before.

Yet he has done so because of his love for the America and the American people.

President-elect Donald Trump ran for the highest office in the nation because he believe America could do better for the hard working people who he believed were forgotten.

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cause she ran against a man who had a greater vision and a dream for all Americans.

Now is the time to unite America with what divides us with so many problems that need to be address.

I believe President-elect Donald J. Trump is the personification of his slogan which is — ”Make American Great Again.’

And that is because he has a dream that he believes can be achieved.

In closing let me wish President-elect Trump success for, ”we the people are counting on you !”

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village

Thank you for your support

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would like to express my appreciation to the voters of the 16th Assembly District for selecting me to be your New York State Assemblyman.

It is an honor to represent you.

I look forward to the new challenges that will come during the upcoming legislative session.

Tony D’Urso Port Washington Assemblyman Elect

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ALL THINGS POLITICAL

A great experience in losing effort

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ampaign season has finally come to a close.

While I came tantalizingly close to winning the election for the New York State Senate’s 7th district, there is no second place in politics.

I just wanted to acknowledge everyone who supported me, from volunteers who made phone calls and knocked doors, to those who attended events and donated to my campaign.

Thank you.

My staff was the best in the business.

Working tirelessly because they believed in what I stand for: good public schools, safe communities, efficient government and a clean environment.

I can’t thank them enough for their dedication and hard work.

Although I was outspent by more than 2-1, in the most ex-

pensive New York State Senate race in history, and Republicans came out en masse to elect a new president, we almost pulled it off.

I am thankful for my wife Renée, who believes in me and supports me in anything I do, and to my two children, Stephanie and Ethan, who were supportive of the endless days I dedicated to this campaign.

I appreciate all the support local and New York State community leaders, organized labor and grassroots organizations gave me.

I am overwhelmed by the love, support, time and energy from my friends and family locally and from around the country.

It was a privilege to spend the last nine months, full time and seven days a week, listening to your concerns, trying to find solutions and meeting your families.

ADAM HABER All Things Political During the campaign I attended 200 events, knocked on approximately 5,000 doors, made 2,300 fundraising phone calls and wrote a plethora of articles about how to make our community a better place.

I attended services in churches, temples and mosques, met

residents who have been here for generations and others who just arrived, and came to the following realization — all Long Islanders want the same things: a safe community, good public schools and a lower tax burden so they can afford to live and stay here.

Residents also want corruption to end. They want to believe their elected officials have their best interest at heart.

It’s amazing that in such a small area district, less than a third of Nassau County, there are so many local issues.

Westbury is in desperate need of funds to upgrade their overcrowded schools.

Port Washington needs a parking garage so commuters can get to work.

Floral Park is rightfully concerned about how the proposed third track will affect their picturesque community.

Groundwater pollution is a constant threat, and airplane noise throughout the district is disrupting the quality of life.

Although I didn’t win the election, I remain steadfast in helping Long Island in any way possible.

Let’s hope we can get the necessary capital from Albany we need to improve our infrastructure.

I wish Elaine Phillips good luck in her quest to represent our community in Albany.

In closing I simply want to say thank you.

Thank you for sharing your concerns on your doorstep, thank you for attending civic meetings to ask questions and thank you for coming out to vote.

I love Long Island and I’m hopeful that our best days lay ahead.

READERS WRITE

Right pick for pollution control district

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am writing to endorse Patricia Katz for the position of Water Pollution Control Commissioner in Great Neck.

I have known Patty for 15 years and have never known anyone more dedicated to protecting our precious resources and environment here on Long Island.

For the past several years, I have had the privilege of serving with Ms. Katz on the Green Committee of Reach Out America.

Patty was the chairwoman of this committee, and she approached every challenge we took on with admirable enthusiasm and passion. But she is not just a talker, she is a doer.

As committee members, we would toss around all sorts of ideas for solutions to problems and Patty would develop a plan of action.

Whether it was to contact our Congressman, gather names for a petition or speak at a meeting, Patty was al-

ways the one who got it done.

She knew, or took it upon herself to find out who to call and what to say to accomplish our goals.

She knew how to rally the forces to make posters, collect signatures or make our presence known at public meetings.

And get things done, she did! She was responsible for getting the Great Neck Plaza and Great Neck Park District to start a recycling program.

She alerted residents to the dangers of the PSEG telephone poles coated with Pentachlorophenol, a toxic wood preservative that presents serious health hazards when touched.

She headed up a group to go to a public hearing on the proposal to develop the Port Ambrose Liquefied Natural Gas facility off the shore of Long Beach.

At this hearing, she spoke most eloquently on the

behalf of citizens who care deeply about the quality and safety of our ocean and beaches. As a result of the speeches given by Patty and other environmentally concerned citizens, the Port Ambrose project was defeated.

With Patricia Katz’ energy, intelligence and passion, I believe she is just getting started.

There is no one I would trust more with the safety of our water than Patty Katz.

I urge you to step forward and vote for her to be our next Water Pollution Control Commissioner on Dec. 13.

If you live on the North side, voting is at the Great Neck House on Arrandale Avenue.

South voters go to the Great Neck Social Center on Grace Avenue and Gilchrist.

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Besides being honest and hardworking Patty displays a keen ability to lead while still being a team player.

Even if a cause seemed insurmountable Patty remained clear

on the desired outcome with a positive attitude always.

She will be a thoughtful and able commissioner in the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District.

I urge you to join me in voting for her on December 13th at either the Great Neck House on Arrandale Avenue or Great Neck Social Center on Grace Avenue.

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READERS WRITE

Clinton’s hopes, our hopes hit glass ceiling

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great majority of women across the country are heartbroken and feeling a great deal of despair.

The ultimate glass ceiling remains painfully shatterproof, for now. Hillary Clinton was a uniquely qualified female presidential candidate, with her years advocating for children and families, her time as a New York senator, and her experience in the prestigious role of secretary of state.

Her past was not necessarily unvarnished and not without controversy, with her husband’s very public transgressions and accusations, the Benghazi events, and the email/private server investigation.

Yet, with all the harsh scrutiny and burdensome trials that she has been put through, Clinton was not found guilty of any legal wrongdoing.

She showed strength, fortitude, and perseverance throughout the years. Her temperament almost never failed and she kept her eye on the goal of public service and the further progression of democratic values.

Nevertheless, President-elect Donald Trump, with no political experience and substantial flaws in temperament and character, won the electoral college votes necessary for victory.

Yet, the fact remains that Hillary Clinton did indeed win the popular vote. The majority of the people in the United State voted for Clinton.

As of now, Clinton’s popular vote margin actually exceeds the popular vote margin that Gore had over Bush in 2000.

The masses spoke through popular vote. The ultimate glass ceiling was so close to being broken.

Still, it was not.

Further adding to this disappointment, Hillary lost the election to a man who so frequently denigrated women, assigning women numerical values based on various physical characteristics.

He called women different derogatory names, commenting on weight, facial characteristics, and other body attributes. He boasted about sexual assault and then casually characterized it as

locker room banter.

Through many hard fought battles and struggles, the women’s rights and feminist movements audaciously liberated women and allowed them to be proud of their femininity, sexuality, strength and intellectual abilities.

Social convention no longer confined women to the constraints of traditional roles.

Women have shattered glass ceilings and have gained respect and equal opportunity, while being much more free of the impediments of harassment and sexism. Besides the increasing equality in professional life, women have gained the right to have control over their own bodies and health.

Yet, the struggle is ongoing.

How will a president who so frequently denigrates females, affect years of hard work and progress for women’s rights and equality?

Clinton’s loss and Trump’s win has frightened and shook many women to their core.

For every woman working on intellectual pursuits that has

not been taken as serious as a man based on her femininity, or a woman that has been denigrated based on either attractiveness or perceived lack of attractiveness, or a woman that has ever been sexually assaulted, we all feel deeply despaired by the electoral result. Many of us are grieving the loss of hope for a candidate that would continue to advocate genuine equality.

The possible silver lining of this traumatic loss, is that many more women are finding their voices.

Often when we are pushed to the brink of despair or frightened to our core, we become louder and stronger.

We find our voices and listen to our own authentic beliefs and values. We learn more about ourselves and what we believe despite the influences of social convention.

We become courageous and realize that we must be true to our own voice, regardless of what our friends and neighbors think.

Throughout this election cycle, it seems that, at least anec-

dotally, more and more women have found their voices.

Women who may not have previously spoken out about political issues and policy concerns have begun to articulate their own values. Women and men, both, have become emotional this election cycle, and as a reaction to the electoral results.

Anger, fear, anxiety, sadness, despair, etc., have inundated social media, workplace chatter, and our own private residences at the dinner table and in the dark of the night. Nonetheless, emotion can be a catalyst for action.

None of the greatest moments in our nation’s progress, including the civil rights movement, was realized without the presence of deep emotion.

The voices that many have found, throughout this election cycle, in combination with sincere emotion, is an effective scenario for increased civic engagement and civic community.

We may feel despair and sadness but should not silence our voices.

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Trump must Thru a The best Pride in Port yet remember vets glass, darkly

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n regard to the “entertainment stars” promising to move out of the United States to foreign countries, and in one case, to a distant planet, because Donald Trump won the election, I say bon voyage.

Oh, and remind Cher to pack up at least 5,000 extra makeup kits!

These people are really not important, what is important is that President-Elect Trump follows through on his promise to help our veterans.

Nothing is sadder, or hurts more, than to see the commercials on television depicting the plight of our veterans and asking for money to help them.

Our warriors, both men and women, regardless of how they personally felt about the justness and morality of the government’s policies, answered the call.

And their reward?

Should their reward be to have to come back to us with tremendous physical and psychological problems and be pushed to the back of the line in regard to

their needs for help and services?

These warriors were at the front of the line when it counted, and should not be subjected to the indignities of being the victims of a poorly run Veterans Administration.

I sincerely hope that President Trump finds the money and the right people to make the necessary reforms.

It would please me greatly to never see another television commercial begging for funds to help our Vets.

Our veterans should never have to beg for help.

It is the duty and responsibility of our government to seriously address this problem, and to do the right thing.

Finally, the way in which a society respects their elderly, and honors their warriors is, in my opinion, the benchmark of integrity and morality by which we ultimately will be judged.

Jack Benigno New Hyde Park

Continued from Page 15 That’s nothing compared to what we must do: convince the Electoral College to make right, this time, what has been broken, and award this contest to the winner of the popular vote.

It’s risky. It’s dangerous.

But surely it’s no more dangerous than navigating a route around a black hole (for example, Gargantua in “Interstellar”) or “slingshotting” the starship Enterprise around the Sun. One infinitesimal mistake and everyone burns to a crisp.

On the other hand — what choice do we have?

Somewhere, my mother and I are crying tears of joy, that, in her lifetime, America finally saw fit to elect a woman to the highest office in the land.

I have to get back to that version of America.

You cannot make me believe that this one is real.

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have helped organize the Pride in Port events for over 25 years now.

And every year, all of the schools and families, businesses, organizations, our police and firefighters and the committee members have done an amazing job of making the event so wonderful.

I think this year was the best Pride in Port we’ve ever had. It was so heartwarming to see so many parents marching enthusiastically beside their children with the schools. And, seeing some of the Port Washington Fire Department volunteers holding their toddlers as they marched down Main Street brought tears to my eyes.

Then there’s the Police Department, who also serve on our committee and ensure the streets and marchers are safe.

The schools’ participation remains really strong every year. The School District personnel volunteer their time to help make so many of the day’s events so great.

And the school floats were all terrific, especially Sousa’s that looked like a bandleader and even played Sousa march music!

Special thanks to all of the restaurants that donate so much delicious food served during the dinner dance.

Also, thanks to a dear friend and very generous man, Fred Falconer. He was very deservingly this year’s parade grand marshal, but also donated centerpieces for the senior luncheon and for the dinner dance. And, thanks to my co-chair, Fred Pollack, for helping me organize the day’s activities.

Finally, we couldn’t conduct this event at all if it wasn’t for the exceptional support from the Town of North Hempstead and Supervisor Judi Bosworth.

On behalf of the entire Pride in Port committee, thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s 28th Annual Pride in Port celebration the best ever!

Barbara Faticone Pride in Port Co-Chair

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OUR TOWN

Port offers epitome of Gold Coast It’s always fun to attempt to accurately describe a town in 900 words or less.

As a psychoanalyst each hour I’m faced with a similar challenge of discovering and the describing the state of each of my patients. And at the sessions outset neither they nor I can predict what the discovery will be.

It lies hidden within their unconscious and it takes intuition and a relaxed sort of focus in order to catch the discovery as it rises to the surface.

As a journalist whose column is entitled Our Town, I am assigned the daunting task of accurately describing the true nature of a town.

This week the task is to discern the character of the town of Port Washington. So let us begin.

Port Washington is a community on the Gold Coast of Long Island with rolling hills, golf courses, yacht clubs and parks.

It was the home of Perry Como, William Randolph Hearst

and John Cassavettes.

The median house sale is over $1,000,000. If that doesn’t impress you it should.

To discover the true nature of Port Washington I planned to spend the day wandering its streets.

I reserved a table at Louie’s Oyster Bar and Grille at noon on Sunday.

This waterside restaurant is quintessential Port Washington.

It has a feel of history with all that burnished wood, brown leather and vintage photos and it has wonderful views of Manhasset Bay. The biscuits were warm , my salad was delicious and the coee was perfect.

After brunch I walked down the street heading north and sat for a while on a bench overlooking the bay.

My plan was to drive up to Soundview Cinema and watch the documentary ďŹ lm “The Founders,â€? which was about the 13 women golfers who started the LPGA back in the 1950s.

This ďŹ lm was part of the an-

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During the ďŹ lm there was a moment when the documentary lost its sound which led to some grumbling in the audience.

After the ďŹ lm ended the two directors talked to the audience via skype.

Afterwards I ran into Caroline Soroko who was the festival director who oered me a brief history of the festival and o I went.

If I was to summarize the day

Our Town nual Gold Coast International Film Festival. “The Founders� was directed by Charlene Fisk and Carrie Schrader and featured Louise Suggs, Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg, all legends of the game.

The ďŹ lm was a touching glimpse into the very humble beginnings of professional golf for women and also featured Karrie Webb, Anika Sorenstam and Stacey Lewis.

It described how women’s professional golf led the way to Title IX and the explosion of women’s sport in America.

Golf, film festivals and sailing are just a few of the many things to do in Port Washington.

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in town as if it was an analytic session and then try to describe what I learned it would be very easy to do.

I would tell my patient “Miss Port Washingtonâ€? that she was lucky indeed to be located fast upon the bay and lucky to have ďŹ ne restaurants, golf courses and an international ďŹ lm festival at your feet.

But the symptom expressed in this ‘session’ was the grumbling by the audience just because they missed out on ďŹ ve seconds of dialogue.

In other words we are all very spoiled to live on the Gold Coast and in fact have nothing at all to be sad or angry about.

Life in Port Washington can’t be better.

The human aw in all towns and all people is that irrepressible need to achieve perfection.

We are all looking for that perfect meal, that perfect day, that perfect ďŹ lm.

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Outside groups spend big on Phillips Charter school PAC put $2.6M into state Senate race; Dem loss blamed on money

BY J OE N I K I C A pro-charter school group spent more than $2.6 million in television and radio advertisements in support of Republican state Sen.-elect Elaine Phillips in her campaign against Democrat Adam Haber, a financial boost that the Nassau County Democratic party chairman said helped lead to her victory in the 7th Senate district race.

The $2.6 million given by New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, a political action committee formed by the pro-charter school group StudentsFirst, was part of $3.14 million Phillips received from independent expenditure groups compared to $925,700 Haber received, according to a review of 11day pre-general election financial disclosure reports by Blank Slate Media.

Combined with $1.03 million received by Phillips’ campaign and $1.37 million received by Haber’s campaign, the independent contributions gave Phillips a nearly 2-1 edge in spending over Haber — $4.17 million to $2.3 million.

The Nassau Democratic Party chairman, Jay Jacobs, said Hillary Clinton’s loss in the presidential election may have played a role in Haber’s loss, but the spending by independent expenditure groups had the biggest impact on the race.

“The truthful answer is take the political answer and add to it literally millions of dollars pumped in by independent expenditure groups and Republicans to smear with false lies Adam Haber’s integrity [and] make him look like a sleazy politician,” Jacobs said.

“People bought it and they voted for the lady who looked nice.”

“This was a classic lesson that negative ads work and truth doesn’t matter,” he added.

In addition to the $2.6 million in television and radio advertisements, New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, also spent $136,100 for polling in the Phillips-Haber race as well as other state Senate contests.

Efforts to reach StudentsFirst for comment were unavailing.

Republican state Sen.-elect Elaine Phillips, left, benefitted from nearly twice as much campaign spending as Democrat Adam Haber.

There are no charter schools located in the 7th Senate district, with most in the state being located in New York City. Phillips did not address the issue charter schools during the campaign. Haber, a member of the Roslyn school board, has said he was opposed to charter schools.

Phillips’ campaign often focused on preventing New York City Democrats from taking control of the state Senate, which would lead to more school aid for city schools and higher taxes on suburban residents.

Phillips also received a large boost from the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, which gave her about $736,700 of the nearly $1.03 million in contributions received by her campaign.

In contrast, Haber received contributions from the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee totaling just under $500,000, said Jonathan Heppner, a Haber campaign spokesman.

Chris McKenna, a spokesman for the Phillips campaign, said the independent expenditures were not the reason for Phillips’ narrow victory.

“Elaine’s win can be

chalked up to her hard work on getting out and meeting with as many voters as she could, as well as a superior message and ideas that will make a difference for Long Island,” McKenna said.

Phillips defeated Haber by 4,161 votes — 65,709 to 61,548 — taking 51.6 percent of the vote to Haber’s 48.4 percent.

An independent expenditure is an expenditure for a communication “expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate that is not made in cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate, a candidate’s authorized committee, or their agents, or a political party or its agents,” according to the Code of Federal Regulations.

The New York State United Teachers, which represents both public and charter school teachers, was Haber’s biggest backer, spending nearly $655,000 on television advertisements, home mailers, telephone calls to voters and polling.

Carl Korn, NYSUT’s chief press officer, said the union’s endorsements are based on

who some of its 600,000 members believe have their best interests when running for election.

“Our members in that district preferred Adam Haber and worked very hard on his behalf,” Korn said.

He said that members of the union give between $1 and $2 per paycheck toward political endorsements, which is “their way of ensuring their voices are heard in the corridors of Albany.”

“When we decide to get involved in a race, those small voluntary contributions add up and enable a candidate to compete against the high-rolling billionaires who are trying to buy their ideology in direct contrast to the interests of their own constituents of that district,” Korn said.

He noted that there are no charter schools in the 7th Senate District.

Korn said NYSUT “proudly” represents charter school teachers, but has “concerns over how they are funded and how they operate,” and that public schools should be the funding priority.

The Carpenters Fund for Growth and Progress paid for “field consulting services” and

“telecommunications services” for a total of around $271,500 in support of Haber.

His campaign declined to comment.

The Jobs for New York PAC, whose treasurer is listed in state Board of Elections data as William Auerbach, the CFO of the Real Estate Board of New York, spent about $330,000 on digital media advertisements, wages and polling for the Phillips campaign.

Efforts to reach the PAC were unavailing.

Although independent expenditures gave Phillips a spending lead, Haber led the race when it came political campaign contributions.

Of the $1.37 million raised through the campaign, $795,000 of it was loaned by himself to his campaign.

To Jacobs, money from independent groups decided the race rather than the issues, which he said was upsetting.

“What I can’t accept is that you slander somebody and just get independent groups in to spend the money on the ads, or the Republican committee, which gets the money from independent groups to be able to do that to somebody and destroy them,” he said.

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2 Dems join race for county exec

BY N O A H MANSKAR Three Democrats are vying for their party’s nomination to replace embattled Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano nearly a year before the 2017 countywide elections.

County Legislator Laura Curran of Baldwin announced her candidacy Tuesday, a week to the day after the presidential election, saying she is a sort of outsider ready to reform a county government run into the ground by machine politicians.

“Now is not the time for phony-baloney solutions or tinkering around the edges of our very real problems,” Curran told about three dozen supporters in her Baldwin living room Tuesday morning. “It’s time for a fresh start.’’

State Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove) also said this week that he would run, about a week after winning a seventh term in Albany.

Motivated by the indictment of Mangano, a second-term Republican, on federal corruption charges last month, Lavine said he would weed out corruption and strengthen government ethics in Nassau as he has sought to do in the state Legislature.

“It’s simply time for some honest leadership,” Lavine said.

“I detest corruption and I detest the cynical exploitation of government.”

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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) announces her campaign for county executive on Tuesday.

Curran and Lavine join county Comptroller George Maragos, a former Republican who changed parties in September, among the Democrats officially running for Mangano’s seat. Jack Schnirman, the Democratic Long Beach city manager, is also mulling a bid.

It is uncertain whom Republicans will nominate following Mangano’s indictment. Mangano has pleaded not guilty and refused to resign, but has not said whether he plans to run for reelection.

Curran, the first woman to ever run for county executive, is serving her second two-year term

in the county Legislature after sitting on the Baldwin school board from 2011 to 2014. She will not run for re-election to the Legislature.

As county executive, Curran said, she would use technology to make government more efficient and transparent and get the county’s finances under control with “hard decisions” and “realistic budgeting.”

Curran touted her work as a member of the Legislature’s Democratic minority to pass bipartisan laws, and slammed Mangano’s plan to create and raise dozens of county fees and his practice

of borrowing for operating expenses.

She recently angered her caucus when she voted with Republicans to approve borrowing for infrastructure projects in her district, breaking with Democrats’ refusal to do so until the county creates an independent inspector general’s office to oversee contracts.

“I understand that the way I operate perhaps ruffles some feathers, but I think that our residents have to come first,” Curran said.

Lavine was first elected to the Assembly in 2004 and is the chairman of its Committee on Ethics and Guidance and the co-chair of the New York State Legislative Ethics Commission.

In those roles, he has stiffened financial penalties for state lawmakers convicted of corruption and developed a policy addressing sexual harassment and racial discrimination in state government, he said.

With the possibility of more corruption charges against county officials, Lavine said, Nassau needs to restructure its government and hire an independent inspector general to oversee its procurement system.

Democrats have pressed for an inspector general since last year, when former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was convicted of corruption.

“We need to get rid of political hacks who are on the public

dole and we need to re-examine the structure of Nassau government from beginning to end,” Lavine said.

Lavine does not plan to resign his Assembly seat and could run for re-election in 2018 if his county executive campaign is unsuccessful, he said.

Jay Jacobs, the Nassau County Democratic Committee chairman, said he has not decided whether he will endorse any of his party’s candidates or whom he would endorse. He said a candidate will likely have to spend $2 million to $2.5 million to run a competitive campaign.

“I think all four of them can do the job,” Jacobs said. “Now the question is who is best positioned to win.”

Asked why so many Democrats have entered the field so soon, Jacobs said, “With all the blood in the water, you don’t have to throw in much bait.”

Republicans reportedly being considered for county executive include Kate Murray, a former Hempstead town supervisor who ran a losing bid for district attorney last year; Bruce Blakeman, a Hempstead town councilman; and state Sen. Jack Martins, who ran unsuccessfully for the North Shore’s 3rd Congressional District seat.

Joseph Mondello, the Nassau County Republican Committee chairman, and Brian Nevin, a spokesman for Mangano, did not respond to requests for comment.

Minorities worry after Trump victory

BY M A X Z A H N

Isma Chaudhry, the president of the Islamic Center of Long Island

The election of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to ban Muslims from entering the United States and to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, has left many of Long Island’s ethnic and religious minorities concerned about the future.

“The community feels anxious,’’ said Isma Chaudhry, of Manhasset, the president of the Islamic Center of Long Island.

“We’re not sure how Trump will treat Muslims and immigrants.”

Phil Andrews, the president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, said Trump “caused a lot of pain, especially for young people who

are not able to decipher information like adults can.”

He added, “He’s going to have to do a lot of work to restore good faith with the public.”

Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton by 2 percent of the vote on Long Island, though he lost in Nassau County by a margin of 5 percent or 31,000 votes.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has reported a nationwide uptick in hate crimes since the election.

Chaudhry said the spike “is very unfortunate,” though no incidents have occurred at the Islamic Center.

Andrews said he had not heard of any vandalism at the chamber’s member businesses.

Gothamist reported an incident last Friday involving a 19-year-old Muslim woman named Fariha Nizam, of Queens, who was accosted by a white middle-aged couple while riding a public bus in New York City.

Since the election, more than 300 hate crimes have been reported around the nation, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center on Monday.

“The president-elect should come out, the party should come out, and law enforcement should come out with a clear message that the respect for each American will be upheld with dignity and law for all,” Chaudhry said.

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Voters shun Trump on North Shore Continued from Page 1 ed for Hillary,” said Jay Jacobs, the Nassau County Democratic chairman.

Similarly, some Democrats who were compelled by Trump’s message cast ballots for him at the top of the ticket and voted for Democrats they liked further down, Jacobs said.

Suozzi won some election districts that went for Trump in his hometown of Glen Cove, which provided about half his margin of victory over Republican state Sen. Jack Martins in the 3rd Congressional District.

Ed Powers, chairman of the New Hyde Park-Stewart Manor Republican Committee, said Trump likely aided GOP candidates further down the ballot, including those in contested state Senate races.

“In recent presidential years our presidential candidates have not run as strong as Donald Trump, and he was very helpful,” Powers said.

NORTH SHORE REJECTS TRUMP Clinton won Nassau County with about 50.4 percent of the votes to Trump’s 45.2 percent, a margin slightly smaller than President Barack Obama’s 6.7-percentage point victory in 2012 over the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney.

But Romney fared far better than Trump on the North Shore. He took Great Neck Estates in addition to the peninsula’s more deeply Republican villages of Kings Point and Saddle Rock, and won Old Westbury, North Hills and Sands Point, three wealthy villages where Trump lost.

Obama won Suffolk County by 1.8 percentage points in 2012, but Trump easily beat Clinton there last week with 51.8 percent of the votes to her 43.7 per-

was again looking into her use of a private email server when she was secretary of state, an effect that reverberated down the ballot, Jacobs said.

“I don’t think it was so much ‘make America great again’ as it was ‘drain the swamp,’” Jacobs said.

Democrats who control the state Assembly.

“She connected with people,” Powers said. “It’s a rare trait for a first-time run on a larger scale than a village, and she really connected with people, and that’s obviously a huge advantage right off the bat.”

OTHER FORCES AT PLAY

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Donald Trump seen at Hofstra University. cent.

There were likely fewer voters in Nassau, the more liberal, affluent and diverse county, with whom Trump’s message resonated, Jacobs said. That likely applied in the wealthy GOP villages that went for Clinton, Powers said.

“The economy that we enjoy here is very different than the Rust Belt or even the Sun Belt, so maybe they thought that the continuation of the policies of the current administration was something that they felt they could make a vote for,” Powers said.

Jacobs rejected as “post-election nonsense” the assertion that what cost Clinton the election was his party’s neglect of working-class voters and their resentment of the political establishment.

Support for Clinton was likely suppressed by FBI Director James Comey’s Oct. 28 announcement that his agency

Clinton’s struggles likely contributed to Haber’s loss to Phillips, the Republican mayor of Flower Hill, despite his previous runs for state Senate and Nassau County executive, Jacobs said.

Like Martins, Phillips held traditional Republican areas on the North Shore that turned blue in the presidential race.

She also outperformed Trump in New Hyde Park and Mineola, winning several election districts there that went to Clinton.

Independent-expenditure groups also poured a deluge of money into the race on Phillips’ behalf, spending three times as much as groups backing Haber.

Jacobs said those groups smeared Haber with lies and cost him a race he would have won had it been based on issues.

“The truth is no defense in political campaigning,” he said. “It may be a defense in a libel suit but it’s not a defense in the courtroom of public opinion.”

Democrats were fighting hard to take the 7th District seat — and control of the state Senate — from the GOP after Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican, was indicted last month on federal corruption charges. He has pleaded not guilty and has said he will not resign.

Outside spending aside, Powers said, Phillips proved herself a stronger candidate who would benefit Long Island by counterbalancing the New York City

SUOZZI’S HOMETOWN WIN Martins, of Old Westbury, won the North Shore’s usual Republican strongholds, including the parts that voted for Clinton and the parts of the 3rd Congressional District district that Trump won — Manhasset, Williston Park, East Williston and Albertson.

Martins, a former Mineola mayor who has represented the North Shore in the state Senate since 2011, also defeated Suozzi in the Suffolk County portion of the district, stretching from the border with Nassau to Kings Park.

But Suozzi extended his base in Glen Cove, his home city where he was mayor for eight years, to parts that Trump won.

He beat Martins there by about 3,000 votes, more than half of his 6,800-vote margin of victory in the district’s Nassau portion.

That and the fact that Suozzi was better known than Martins contributed to his victory, Jacobs said.

“His popularity served him well, and I think that’s a good reason why he won, even outperformed, in certain areas, the top of the ticket,” Jacobs said.

Powers said Martins ran a “spirited race” and noted he is best known in the parts of his state Senate district, such as Mineola, that lie outside the congressional district.

Martins’ tepid support for Trump was probably “a wash” given the other political factors in the race, Powers said.

Winning judges prepare to take bench

BY J OE N I K I C A N D MAX ZAHN Two North Shore residents, Ellen Greenberg and Conrad Singer, won re-election in last week’s Nassau County Family Court judge elections.

Greenberg, of Roslyn, received the second-highest number of votes in the race against seven other people for four seats to serve as Family Court judge in Nassau County, garnering 13.06 percent of ballots cast, or 265,990 votes.

“I’m thrilled to continue the work I do here for residents of Nassau County,helping families in crisis and helping children,” she said.

Greenberg ran as a Democrat but also appeared on the ballot lines for the Green Party, Working Families Party and Women’s Equality Party.

The coming term will be her second as a Family Court judge.

Before joining the court, she served as borough chief of the Bronx County Family Court, where she worked until 2006.

Family Courts do not have juries, meaning the judge determines the outcome of a dispute. The term of a Family Court judge lasts 10 years.

“I’ll be looking out for the best interests of families and children,” she said. “That’s what I’ll do and that’s what I’ve been doing.”

Singer, of Great Neck Plaza, received 257,709 total votes, or 12.66 percent, which was the third-highest number of votes in the race, to win his second term as Family Court judge.

He ran on the Democratic, Reform, Women’s Equality, Green and Working Families party lines.

Efforts to reach Singer for comment were unavailing.

He has served as a county Family Court judge since January 2007 and is also an acting New York State Supreme Court justice.

Singer served as the Great Neck Plaza village justice from 2000 until 2006.

According to Newsday, he

Ellen Greenberg

Conrad Singer

was the managing attorney of his law office in Great Neck from 1995 until 2006.

Singer received the 2013 New York State Family Court

Judge of the Year award, according to his campaign website.

He is currently serving his Continued on Page 63

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Keller’s life comes to stage at Mineola H.S.

BY N O A H MANSKAR The story of how Helen Keller learned to communicate was first brought to the stage in 1959, with the Broadway premiere of William Gibson’s play “The Miracle Worker.”

Nearly 60 years later, the play’s lessons of perseverance and acceptance still strike a powerful chord with many, including the Mineola High School students who will perform it this weekend, said Matthew DeLuca, the show’s director.

“It truly was a miracle that a woman was able to reach through to someone who has no form of communication, shut off entirely, and through patience and perseverance push through,” said DeLuca, a fifth-grade teacher at Mineola Middle School.

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Bridget Healey, left, plays Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker” at Mineola High School. crew members, all members of the school’s Drama Club, has been rehearsing the play since September.

It depicts the first month of Keller’s education under Annie Sullivan, a teacher who was herself blind and taught Keller to communicate through hand signals.

She eventually became a famed lecturer and author of an autobiography, on which “The

Miracle Worker” is based.

She is also the namesake for Port Washington’s Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths & Adults.

DeLuca chose “The Miracle Worker,” a drama, as the club’s fall play after doing comedies the past two years, he said. Eighthgrade students are reading the script in their English classes and will get to see Continued on Page 56

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BY ST E P H E N ROMANO When Frank Miranda’s overtime hours were cut, he would be home in the morning and get in the way of his family getting ready for school and work, he said.

He began going to Starbucks daily to give his family space, he said, and began writing down his thoughts on life, spirituality and how others can think positive like him.

He turned his writing into a book, which was released in April, called “Waking to a Happy Fulfilled Life After Sleeping in Negativity.” It was published by iUniverse.

Last week, Miranda appeared for a book signing at the Dolphin Bookshop & Cafe in Port Washington, one of few appearances he has done for the book.

“It went really well,”

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Frank Miranda he said. “You know, it’s crazy because I used to hate speaking in front of a crowd. My hands would sweat and I didn’t feel comfortable, but now it’s a pretty fulfilling experience.”

The book, Miranda said, spans from his early life, growing up in a “house of negativity,” to

when he changed his outlook and began thinking positively and shows how others can change, too.

When he was growing up, Miranda said, his mother was negative toward him and his sister.

“I was miserable, had no good relationships, no career and couldn’t do anything right,” said Miranda, a New Hyde Park resident.

Learning to think positively and trusting in God wasn’t just the blueprint for his book, but his life, too, he said.

“I was called to write this book,” he said. “I sat and I wrote for about a year, and it’s really geared toward people who can’t get out from under themselves.”

Miranda, a former school board member and current New Hyde Park zoning board member, said the book is all about Continued on Page 54

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Nassau County fire marshals are investigating the cause of a fire that set a Lake Success home ablaze Saturday evening, a spokesman for the fire marshal’s office said.

The spokesman said that although the home, which is located at 59 Meadow Woods Lane, did not need to be demolished, there was “extensive damage” and it was no longer “livable.” No injuries were reported.

He said the fire originated in a bedroom on the home’s second floor and that the cause remained unknown.

A Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department official said the department was dispatched to the home about 6:34 p.m.

Second Deputy Chief Brian Stone was the first to respond, the fire department official said, after hearing in the dispatch

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Firefighters battled this blaze in Lake Success last week. that Lake Success police officers were at the scene.

He said ManhassetLakeville’s Engine 8740 was the first on the scene and began to extinguish the fire.

A second fire department hose line, the official said, was then stretched over by crew of Engine 8758 and assisted in extinguishing the fire.

He said two of the fire department’s companies

then assisted in putting out the fire, which had extended to the attic of the home.

The fire was under control around 7:30 p.m. and firefighters left around 9:30 p.m.

Great Neck Alert Fire Company firefighters were also on the scene standing by for firefighter assistance and serving as a search team, the ManhassetLakeville fire official said.

Man charged in kidnap plot

BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O A man who was convicted in 1993 of killing a Manhasset man pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of plotting to kidnap and assault the former Nassau County assistant district attorney who prosecuted him.

Chandran Nathan, 59, allegedly offered $10,000 to abduct the former prosecutor, Fred Klein, and place him in handcuffs and assault him, prosecutors said.

Nathan requested that Klein be

beaten — but not around his face — and waterboarded to force him to make a videotaped statement saying Nathan’s confession was coerced, prosecutors said.

Nathan alledgedly wanted Klein to mention a few cases he prosecuted so the video would not be linked back to him, a news release from the district attorney’s office said.

Nathan, an inmate at Shawangunk Correctional Facility in upstate New York, was sentenced to 37 years in prison in Continued on Page 63

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That’s a wrap for Gold Coast film fest

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he films stopped rolling Tuesday as the Gold Coast International Film Festival ended its sixth annual weeklong affair of movie screenings, guest speakers and Q&A sessions. Caroline Sorokoff, the film festival’s director, said the film festival saw a record number of attendees at the various screenings. In total, 4,400 tickets were sold for the film festival.

“We saw so much excitement from the community and so much support for what we are doing,” Sorokoff said.

“People from all parts of Long Island and Queens came and were really vocal of their support of what we’re doing and the type of content we’re providing.”

“That was really fantastic,” she said.

Sorokoff said one of the biggest takeaways from the festival was the large response from the community despite competing with things like cellphones and movie screening applications like Netflix.

“To come to the festival and see all these sold out houses and all the interacting and participating and people coming back night after night, it just shows that there are many people who don’t want to get stuck in that world,” she said. “They want to enjoy these live events.”

“It’s not rejecting the idea of being in their homes, but embracing the idea of coming out and appreciating art and live events and intelligent conversation and creative thought,” Sorokoff added. “And they’re really embracing that in a way that I think is inspiring to everyone at the arts center and the festival.”

On Wednesday, the festival held its awards lunch at Lola, a Mediterranean restaurant in Great Neck, to honor filmmakers for their work and celebrate the end of a successful film festival.

The film festival’s 2016 Artist of Distinction Award winner was Bert Berns, who was the subject of the film “Bang!

The Bert Berns Story,” a documentary about the career of Berns, who was a songwriter and producer whose hits include “Twist and Shout” and “Piece of My Heart.”

His son, Brett Berns, a director of the film who attended the screening for a Q&A session, accepted the award in honor of his late father.

The Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature was “Burn Your Maps,” starring Jacob Tremblay and Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga, which has appeared at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival and will appear in theaters next year.

“Sidemen: Longg Road to Glory,” a docuumentary about the lives ives of Muddy Waters’ sidemen, demen, piano player Pinetop Perkins, drumme drummer p Perkins eerr Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and guitarist Huubert Sumlin, won the Audience Award for or Best Documentary Feature.

The Jury Award for Best Short Film m was “The Gunfighter,” a film about a group of people in a saloon and their innteractions with the movie’s narrator.

“The Bench,” a short film about the connection between an old blind man and a young man at a park bench, won the Audience Award for Best Short Film.

Also winning an Audience Award for Best Short Film was “Jewish Blind Date,” which is about a woman’s search to find a Jewish husband.

The Director’s Choice Award was “Joe’s Violin,” a short film about a Holocaust survivor who donates the violin he has owned for 70 years to a 12-year-old girl from the Bronx.

Sorokoff said one of the interesting aspects of this year’s film festival was the offering of live music performances along with screenings of some films.

“Joe’s Violin” featured a performance by the LIU Post String Ensemble and high school musicians at its Nov. 9 screening.

Going forward, Sorokoff said, it was

something the film festival wanted to “build upon.”

The festival also presented a “New York Spotlight” program at LIU Post, which features films by local filmmakers.

Sorokoff said the young filmmakers program, which features films by students from kindergarten to 12th grade, was continuing to grow.

“It’s taking on a life of its own and growing into a program that’s inspiring these young filmmakers around the region and beyond,” she said.

Sorokoff said that she was looking to continue the film festival’s growth, as well as continue to offer movie-goers a wide range of events.

“Word is really spreading and it’s starting to become a movement in the region,” she said. “It’s great to see.”

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Grammy Award winning artist Scott Stapp has encompassed all the talent and torment imaginable in scaling to musical success. The founder and lead singer of Creed chronicled his quest for answers, and his dreams and personal journey to fatherhood in chart topping hits, “My Own Prison,” “Higher,” and “With Arms Wide Open,” which dominated the sonic landscape of the 90s-2000s.

Where: 370 New York Ave, Huntington Info: paramountny.com (631) 673-7300

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Evanescence with Special Guest – VERIDIA

Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m.

Evanescence’s third album is self-titled for a reason: 15 years after its formation, the multi-platinum band has made the most collaborative, united album of its career.

Where: 370 New York Ave, Huntington Info: paramountny.com (631) 673-7300

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Saturday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m.

As Joe Bonamassa approaches his 26th year as a professional musician, he continues to blaze a remarkably versatile artistic trail, and amass an authentic, innovative and soulful body of work.

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Friday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.

The Dillinger Escape Plan’s creative energy and unwavering artistic commitment has reverberated through underground subculture and in tastemaker circles alike for over a decade.

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Doggies shine at the Model train show in 4th annual barkfest Bethpage on Nov. 19, 20 The Fourth Annual Nassau Barkfest was recently held at Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, which is also a host site for rescue groups and animal friendly organizations with puppies and dogs for adoption.

The event drew thousands of attendees that enjoyed a pet costume contest and parade complete with prizes, according to a press release from the Nassau County executive office.

“I thank everyone that participated in our Pet Food Donation Drop that took

place at the 4th Annual Nassau Barkfest,” Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano said. “Thanks to our residents we were able to bring donated pet food items to the Long Island Cares Pantry in Freeport — these pet food items will help feed pets in need, which in turn keeps pets with their loved ones and out of shelters.”

Anyone interested in donating pet or regular food items, please feel free to contact the Freeport Long Island Cares Facility at (516) 442-5221 or visit during operating hours 84 Pine St. in Freeport.

Trainville Hobby Depot recently announced their model train show on Saturday, Nov. 19 and Sunday, Nov. 20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bethpage Senior Community Center at 103 Grumman Road West in Bethpage.

The show includes operating model layouts and other displays coordinated by Trainville Hobby Depot.

Donations are being accepted at the exhibit to support the Nassau County Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged.

Admission in to the exhibit is $5, children ages four to 11 are $3 and entry for children under that age of four is free.

For further information, visit trainville.com or call (516) 433-4444.

Garvies Point to host Native American feast Garvies Point Museum and Preserve recently announced it will be holding the Annual Thanksgiving Native American Feast on Saturday, Nov. 19 and Sunday, Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This celebration of Native American culture has been held the weekend before Thanksgiving for more than 30 years, according to a press release from the Nassau County executive office.

Hands-on activities during the weekend will be on-going, which will include pottery-making using ancient methods, primitive fire-building and on-site open fire cooking with samples — including our famous popcorn soup.

Other activities will include authentic Native American food displays with sampling; artifacts and tool technology including drilling in stone; face painting with natural pigments and spear throwing using an atlatl.

Films about Native American culture will be shown throughout. Activities are appropriate for all ages, and

are held both indoors and outdoors.

Participants can also take this opportunity to view the museum’s exhibition hall, which explores Long Island Native American culture and archeology, as well as New York State and Long Island geology.

Fee is $5.00 for everyone above age five. Children under five years of age are free with parent.

Garvies Point Museum and adjoining 62-acre preserve are located at 50 Barry Drive in Glen Cove.

Regular admission to the museum is $3.00 for adults, $2.00 children five to 12 years.

The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information about Garvies Point Museum, call (516) 5718011 or visit www.garviespointmuseum.com.

For more information about Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museum, call (516) 5720200 or visit www.nassaucountyny. gov/parks.

Temple Sinai to host ‘Holiday Spectacular’ American artists talk at Hofstra on Nov. 27 The Temple Sinai of Roslyn is holding “American Artists,” an event to learn about American artists of the 20th century, on Sunday, Nov. 20 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The afternoon will be presented by Nancy Traeger, a docent at the Nassau Museum of Art, according to a press release from Temple Sinai of Roslyn.

Traeger’s presentation will focus on “All Things American” as painted, printed or photographed by American artists.

Each artist featured presents his/ her own vision of American history and of modern American life.

Works studied will include Georgia O’Keefe’s “flowers,” Jasper Johns’ “flags,” Peter Max’s “Statue of Liberty,” and portraits of American women.

Traeger has studied art history, studio art and performance art at the University of Madrid and Lincoln Center Institute and is an engaging presenter.

Refreshments will be served.

Entry price is $5 for congregants and $10 for non-congregants.

Temple Sinai of Roslyn is located at 425 Roslyn Road in Roslyn Heights.

For more information about Temple Sinai, contact Alison Stamm at (516) 621-6800 or visit mysinai.org.

The Dean Karahalis and the Concert Pops Orchestra will be performing in Nassau County’s “Holiday Spectacular” concert on Sunday, Nov. 27 at 5 p.m. the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University.

Guest vocalists for the 90-minute show will be soprano Deana Verone and tenor Christopher Macchio, and special guest vocalist will be “Sal the Voice” Valentinetti, Season 11 finalist on America’s Got Talent.

Additionally, the Five Towns College Chamber Singers and the Glen Cove Select Choir will perform.

Admission will be free, however tickets are required. Free tickets are avail-

able at all Bethpage Federal Credit Union branches, as well as at the Administration Building at Eisenhower Park, while supplies last.

The Concert Pops Orchestra, featuring 43 New York musicians, many of whom regularly perform on Broadway and with the Metropolitan Opera, has been recognized by the New York State Council for the Arts, according to a press release from the Nassau County executive office.

For more information on the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums please call (516) 572-0200 or visit the website at www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

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County museum to host 3 photo exhibits

BY M A X Z A H N Three photography exhibitions, including works by the famed landscape photographer Ansel Adams, will open on Saturday at the Nassau County Art Museum.

“It’s an exciting project for us,” said Karl Emil Willers, the museum director. “Because for the first time since I’ve been at the museum and possibly for the first time in the museum’s history, we’re turning the entire exhibition space over to photography.”

Three separate shows will occupy the two floors of the museum’s central gallery. The first floor will feature “Sight and Feeling: Photographs by Ansel Adams,” a collection of his works from the 20th century, and “Light Works: A Century of Photography,” which surveys the history of the medium.

Both exhibitions have been loaned to the museum by the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan.

“We expect the Ansel Adams exhibition is going to be extraordinarily popular within the community,” Willers said. “He is one of the best known photographers in history.” The show includes a range of Adams’ work from his signature photos of American national parks to his lesser-known images of the

Ansel Adams, Oak Tree, Sunset City, Sierra Foothills, California, 1962

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American Southwest, Willers added.

Of the “Light Works” exhibit, Willers said, “We’re lucky to have a body of photos from history.”

The photos span styles from contemporary to landscape to blackand-white and are by influential photographers like Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Curtis, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, and

Oyster Bay and other areas very close by. They have been very generous in opening their collections and lending to our institution,” Willers said. The exhibit will also include some works from the museum’s permanent collection.

Among the artists included in this show are John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Vic Muniz, Cindy Sherman

yes, Ansel Adams.

The exhibit on the museum’s second floor is called “Long Island Collects: Photography,” which focuses on contemporary images contributed by institutions and individuals in geographic Long Island, including Brooklyn and Queens.

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Stock up on supplies before your next party

Furniture Depending on the size of your guest list, you may need to buy some extra furniture so everyone has a place to sit during the festivities. When throwing a backyard barbecue, stock up on extra patio furniture or ask guests to bring beach or camping chairs so no one has to stand while eating. If you are hosting a party at home for the big game, purchase some folding chairs and consider moving armchairs or office chairs from around the house into the room where everyone will be watching the game. If you are throwing a formal dinner party and are worried your existing dining room table can’t accommodate all of your guests, consider purchasing a new table that features extensions you can remove or install depending on the size of your party.

Food

Before hosting a formal dinner party, hosts should make sure their dining room tables can accommodate all of their guests.

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osting a holiday party is no small task. Hosts must tend to a slew or responsibilities when inviting friends and family to their homes, and one of the biggest is stocking up on party supplies.

The supplies necessary for hosting a party depend on the type of party hosts

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No matter which type of party you will be hosting, guests will expect to be fed.

Plan a menu that suits the type of party you are throwing, offering kid-friendly fare like pizza and macaroni and cheese when hosting children’s birthday parties and a more sophisticated menu when inviting professional colleagues over for dinner. Asks guests if they have any specific allergies or dietary restrictions, and do your best to cater to those needs. If hosting a less formal affair like a game watch, have snacks on hand when guests arrive and then order some pizzas once everyone has arrived. This

allows everyone to pitch in and ensures hosts aren’t missing any of the action while preparing food.

Beverages Beverages also must be offered when hosting a party. Offer juice, water, coffee, tea, and soft drinks to your guests regardless of which type of party you’re hosting. If hosting an adult-only or more formal affair, have some alcoholic beverages on hand but be careful that guests don’t have too much to drink.

Prepare tea and coffee after the meal to help guests digest their meals and relax.

Servingware If your guest list is small, chances are you won’t need to buy extra plates, utensils or glasses. But you likely will need to stock up on servingware when hosting larger soirées. Purchase reusable items so you won’t have to stock up come your next party. Reusable items also reduce the carbon footprint of your party, which can be considerable when using disposable servingware.

Miscellaneous In the days leading up to the party, be sure to stock up on miscellaneous items like paper towels, napkins, toilet tissue, and hand soap for the restrooms. Make sure extra rolls of toilet paper are left in a visible spot in the restroom, and keep paper towels alongside any buffet-style offerings so guests can quickly address any spills.

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hoppers across the country routinely make the holiday season one of the biggest spending periods of the year.

American Research Group, Inc., said that in 2015 the average predicted expenditure on gifts equaled $882, which was up from $861 the previous year.

Many holiday shoppers worry about whether or not they will have enough money for gifts, while others anticipate using credit cards or other financing methods to stretch their abilities to spend even further. This can make the holiday season more stressful than it needs to be while affecting finances into the new year.

Budgeting for the holidays is a great way to keep spending in check. With these suggestions and shopping strategies, holiday shoppers can better manage their spending.

Look at spending from last year.

The first step to establishing a budget is to review spending from last year.

See how much you allotted to each person and how much you actually ended up spending on those people.

Did you go over or under? Think about the other ways you spent money, including on decorations, entertaining, etc. Once you have a clear picture of how you spent your money last year, you can start building a budget for this year.

Set limits on spending. You may want to be generous with everyone and go above and beyond, but

overspending is impractical and can have some grave consequences.

Many financial planners recommend shoppers spend no more than 1.5 percent of annual income on holiday expenses, so establish realistic spending limits that won’t break the bank.

Make lists of high-priority gifts.

Select the gifts that have the most importance or those you want to buy the most, and budget with them in mind. Resist the temptation to buy extra items in an effort to make gifts look more impressive.

Keep track of spending. Be sure to keep receipts and maintain a log of all your holiday spending. You will not know if you are sticking to your budget if you do not keep a running tab of all your spending. Those receipts and spending records also will be handy to keep for next year when you have to establish a new budget.

Correct mistakes promptly. If you spend a little more than intended on one gift, make the proper adjustments the next time you go out shopping.

Otherwise, those few dollars here and there can really add up.

Holiday shopping can be expensive if shoppers let things get out of hand. However, by establishing a budget based on prior purchases, and keeping track of spending, it’s much easier to stay afloat this holiday season.

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How to make holiday guests feel comfortable

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arty hosts and hostesses may feel the stirrings of butterflies in their stomachs in anticipation of a special event. It’s natural to have nerves when inviting others into your home or planning an event at a restaurant or catering hall, as you no doubt want everything to go right and may feel the pressure to impress.

Although hosts may be feeling some mild trepidation, they should recognize that guests may be a little nervous about attending an event as well. When attending a party, guests may not know what to expect or who else may be on the guest list. To ensure everyone has a good time, hosts can take steps to

make guests feel more comfortable and at home.

When attempting to make guests comfortable, lead by example. Guests will sense your energy when they walk through the door. If you are agitated or appear stressed, guests may feel that way as well. Project a calm and inviting spirit and greet guests with a smile.

This will help set the tone for the rest of the festivities.

Get as much done as possible before guests arrive so they’re not walking in on the set-up of the party. Leave a trivial task, such as mixing a salad or preparing cocktails, for last so you can pay some attention to early arriving guests.

Keep in mind that food should look inviting, but don’t feel pressured to make food look like something out of a cookbook. Some guests may even be hesitant to be the first to dig if dishes appear too perfect. Arrange foods in such a way that guests won’t be afraid to dig in and ruin the impressive display.

Play soft music make sure snacks are available before guests arrive. This way the first guests are not walking into a house where they can hear a pin drop. Set up appetizers around seating so that smaller groups of people can mingle.

Take time to chat with different guests throughout the evening. This allows you to introduce people who might not know one another, and such introductions can make guests feel more at ease.

Don’t forget to toast or thank your guests for coming and show them your appreciation by sending them home with a small party favor. A token of appreciation mixed with having a fun and festive night will ensure guests look forward to your future parties.

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

Give pho a try in chilly autumn season Autumn is a great time of year to enjoy broth-based, warming soups.

However, I am just a little bored with the traditional chicken broth and beef broth soups. Imagine my delight to discover Vietnamese broth soups?

Pho (bo) and Pho (ga), beef and chicken, respectively, are Vietnamese “fast food” staples.

Pho means soup in Vietnamese and it is eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

One of the beautiful things about these soups, are their accompaniments.

In Vietnam, the soup is served with a platter of garnishes. The garnishes may be added according to personal preference.

The two following recipes have been “Americanized” and made less time consuming so that you will be tempted to taste Pho this Fall.

Try out one or both and tell me what you think — I know you will love them.

MENU Serves 4-6 Pho Bo - Beef Soup Pho Ga - Chicken Soup Garnishes Sauces Pho Bo - Beef Soup For the stock: 1 32 oz. can best quality beef broth or homemade beef broth 3 cloves 1 cinnamon stick 1 star anise 2 tblsps. grated ginger 9 oz. beef sirloin, sliced thinly across the grain 1/2 lb dry rice sticks (vermicelli) soaked in lukewarm water for 20 minutes rice sticks are available at Asian Markets, like H-Mart, and The International aisle of most supermarkets) 1 tsp. black peppercorns 2 tblsps. soy sauce 2 tblsps. fish sauce salt (optional) 1. Bring the stock to a gentle simmer. Add grated ginger, cloves, cinnamon stick and stir in anise..

Simmer for 15 minutes.

2. Bring the stock to boil once more, stir in the fish sauce, season to taste with salt (if needed), then reduce the heat and leave the stock simmering gently until ready to use.

3. Meanwhile, bring a pan, filled with water, to a boil. Drain the rice sticks and add to the water.

Cook for about 5 minutes or until tender. You may need to separate them with a pair of chopsticks if they look as though they are sticking together.

To Serve: 1. Drain the rice sticks and divide them equally among six wide soup bowls. Top each serving with the slices of beef. Ladle the hot stock over the top of these ingredients.

2. Pass garnishes along side and let guests help themselves.

Then, using your chopsticks, lift the noodles through the layers of flavoring and enjoy the essence of Vietnam.

Pho Ga Chicken Noodle Soup 1 (3 lb.) whole chicken 6 whole scallions 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, crushed 1 tblsp. Kosher salt 3 qts. homemade or store bought chicken stock Fish sauce, for seasoning 1 16 oz. package dried rice

ALEXANDRA TROY The Culinary Architect vermicelli, cooked the same way as above.

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add the chicken, scallions, ginger and salt and boil for 15 minutes. Then turn off the heat, cover the pot and let stand for 15 minutes. If your chicken is larger than 3 lbs., let stand 10 minutes longer.

2. Just before the chicken is ready, prepare a large ice-water bath. When the chicken is done, remove it from the pot (discarding the cooking liquid) and immediately submerge it in the ice water bath, which will stop the cooking

and give the meat a firmer texture.

Let stand 20 minutes, until the chicken is cool enough to handle easily, remove from the water and pat dry. Pull the chicken meat from the bones, discarding the bones and skin Shred the meat with your fingers; you should have about 4 cups. (This step can be done a day ahead.)

3. In a large saucepan, bring the stock to a boil over high heat.

Taste for seasoning and add fish sauce, if needed.

To Serve: 4. Divide the rice noodles evenly among warmed soup bowls.

Top each serving with about 3/4 cup of the shredded chicken. Serve immediately, accompanied with the platter of garnishes.

Then, using your chopsticks, lift the noodles through the layers of flavoring and enjoy the essence of Vietnam.

Garnishes 6-8 scallions cut into long pieces 2-3 red Thai chilies, seeded and finely sliced (optional) 1/2 cup bean sprouts

1 large bunch each fresh coriander (cilantro) and/ or mint, and/or Thai Basil (my favorite herb) washed and dried well 2 limes, quartered 8 oz. Enoki mushrooms (optional) 1. On a platter, artfully arrange all of the above. Serve alongside your Phos.

Sauces Hoisin sauce nuoc mam nuoc cham Maggi Sauce Soy Sauce 1. Choose one or all four sauces to pass alongside the Pho for guests to add as they desire.

Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 32year old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties.

For more photos and presentation follow Culinary Architect Catering on Facebook.

Please email me photos of your dishes at party@culinaryarchitect. com.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1, Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26 and 27 The Nutcracker, Long Island Ballet Theatre’s Annual Classic GARVIES POINT MUSEUM 50 Barry Dr. in Glen Cove (516) 571-8010/11 • www.garviespointmuseum.com 2016 Annual Native American Fest Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

THE 50+ COMEDY TOUR 2016 SCHEDULE Saturday, Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson Paul Anthony Rich Walker Keith Anthony Saturday, Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. at The Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre Eric Haft Tina Giorgi Rob Falcone Saturday, Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. at Cultural Arts Playhouse in Syosset Peter Bales Steve Lazarus Carie Karavis NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5200 venue.thetheatreatwestbury.com Friday, Nov. 18 Tower of Power and Average White Band Saturday, Nov. 19 Joe Bonamassa Friday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. Saturday Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Jim Gaffigan:Fully Dressed Sunday, Nov. 27 at 8 p.m.

Sirius XM pres. The Brian Setzer 13th Annual Christmas Rocks! Tour Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m.

Ralphie May THE SPACE AT WESTBURY 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Friday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.

Chris Robinson Brotherhood Saturday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m.

Get The Led Out Saturday, Nov. 26 at 9 p.m.

Ebi THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.

The Dillinger Escape Plan with Special Guests – O’ Brother, Car Bomb & Cult Leader Saturday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m.

Kansas: Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m.

Scott Stapp: The Voice of Creed with

Special Guests Adelitas Way & Citizen Zero Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m.

Evanescence with Special Guest - VERIDIA: Presented by 94.3 The Shark Friday, Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m.

Dark Star Orchestra – Celebrating The Grateful Dead Experience: Fall Tour 2016 (2 Nights) ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Westermann Stage, 1 South Avenue, Garden City (516) 877-4000 aupac.adelphi.edu Friday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Jarrod Spector: Jukebox Life Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Trio Solisti Wednesday, Nov. 30 to Sunday, Dec. 4 Fall Dance Adelphi: Aszure Barton Sunday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m.

The Celtic Tenors LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City 516-224-5800 • www.licm.org Tuesday through Friday (Nov. 1-30) from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Fox Friends Sunday, Nov. 20 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

LICM Theater - “Goodnight Moon” Saturday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.

Turkey Talk Sunday, Nov. 20 at 1 and 3 p.m.

Meet the Author - The Water Princess Sunday, Nov. 20 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Green Teens – Water Conservation Friday, Nov. 25 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 26 at 11:30 a.m.

LICM Theater - Danny Weinkauf and the Red Pants Band Saturday, Nov. 26 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Beat of Your Own Drum LaMantia Fine Art Gallery 127 Main Street, Northport (631) 754-8414 If I Ran The Zoo — The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss Exhibiting through Sunday, Nov. 27 GOVERNORS’ COMEDY CLUB 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/ index.cfm Friday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Bret Ernst Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m.

Joe Starr and Friends — Thanksgiving Eve BROKERAGE COMEDY CLUB 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore (516) 781-LAFF (5233) GovernorsFeedback@gmail.com Friday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.

Mark Riccadonna Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m.

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Community Calendar ETHICAL HUMANIST SOCIETY OF LONG ISLAND Free Monday Talks at the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island 38 Old Country Road At the western end of Old Country Road Thoughts On Ethnic Diversity Monday, Nov. 21 Paths To Humanism Monday, Dec. 5 Temple Chaverim Sisterhood Annual “Shop & Schmooze” Holiday Boutique 1050 Washington Avenue Plainview Sunday, Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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.

Saturday, Nov. 19 at 10:45 a.m.

Mini Minyan Monday, Nov. 21, 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Herbert Tarr North Shore Courses In Jewish Studies

Drive Temple Chaverim 1050 Washington Avenue, Plainview (516) 507-9992 Sunday, Dec. 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The Samuel Field Y Two Weekday Programs For Preschool Children With Developmental Disabilities Contact Amanda at (718) 423-6111 ext. 242 or e-mail asmith@sfy.org 58-20 Little Neck Parkway. Little Neck On Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

SID JACOBSON JCC 300 Forest Drive East Hills, 11548 www.sjjcc.org/jll.

Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Meditation Classes To Calm The Spirit

NASSAU COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION 15th & West Streets Mineola, 11501 Free Mortgage Foreclosure Legal Consultation Clinics Monday, November 21 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Temple Chaverim Hosts 11th Annual Blood

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COPAY 1 North Station Plaza Great Neck Psycho Neurology Of Trauma Friday Nov. 18 at 10 a.m.

WALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE ASSOCIATION 246 Old Walt Whitman Road Huntington Station Yuletide Family Day Sunday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m.

WINTHROP-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 200 Old Country Road, Suite 250 Mineola, NY 11501 Winthrop-University Hospital’s Department of Neuroscience Offering Free Support Groups Brain Tumor Support Group for Patients: First Monday of the Month 10:30 am to 11:30 am on Dec. 5 Winthrop Wellness Pavilion, 1300 Franklin Ave., Suite ML-5, Garden City 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 28, Dec. 19 Dystonia Support Group for Patients – Fourth Monday of the Month Winthrop Wellness Pavilion, 1300 Franklin Ave., Suite ML-5 Garden City 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Dec. 14 Epilepsy Patient Support Group – Third Wednesday of the month Winthrop Research & Academic Center, 101 Mineola Blvd. Room G-020 Mineola 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. on Dec. 12 Huntington’s Disease – 2nd Monday of the month Winthrop’s Research & Academic Center, 101 Mineola Blvd., Room G-013 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 Relapsing & Remitting Multiple Sclerosis and Newly Diagnosed MS Winthrop Wellness Pavilion, 1300 Franklin Avenue, Suite ML-5, Garden City Head and Neck Cancer Patient Support Group Offered by Winthrop-University Hospital’s

TEMPLE JUDEA OF MANHASSET 333 Searingtown Rd. Manhasset (516) 6218049 temple-judea.com Three Days of Duplicate Bridge The game schedules are: Mondays and Tuesdays at 12 p.m. and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation 21 Old Westbury Road Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m.

SINGLES ASSOCIATION OF L.I. For further information on any or all these events, call 516-465-3953 or email singlesassofli@optimum.net.

Sunday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m.

Apple Bee’s Restaurant 1300 Corporate Drive (off Merchants Concourse) Westbury Saturday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.

Ben’s Carle Place Restaurant 59 Old Country Road Carle Place End of the Year Christmas Dinner Social Saturday, Dec. 17 at 6 p.m.

Domenico’s Restaurant Levittown Shopping Center 3270A Hempstead Turnpike Levittown TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM 401 Roslyn Road Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 516-621-2288

“HE TAUGHT ME WELL” DIANE ANDERSEN, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker Platinum Award Winner, 2015 | C: 516.695.2400 | diane.andersen@elliman.com | elliman.com/dandersen KNOWN GLOBALLY. LOVED LOCALLY. 110 WALT WHITMAN ROAD, HUNTINGTON STATION, NY, 11746. 631.549.7401 © 2016 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE.

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LIU gallery to host L.I. Festival of Trees art therapy exhibit at Cradle of Aviation The exhibition “Me, Myself, and My Dirty Laundry” was recently announced to be open through Monday, Nov. 21 in the Sculpture Studio Gallery on the east side of LIU Post.

A reception was scheduled to be held on Thursday, Nov. 17, which was open to the public.

The exhibition was conducted through the clinical art therapy program at LIU Post, which offers a creative educational experience that leads to a Master of Arts in Clinical Art Therapy, according to a press release from LIU Post.

AnnCharlotte Tavolacci, a working artist and adjunct professor in the LIU Post graduate art therapy program, teaches a course called Drawing, Painting and Sculpture for the Art Therapist, and spoke of her class as being “ex-

teremely personal.”

“As students have to open up in the class because they will eventually have to do it once they become an art therapist,” Tavolacci said. “As an art therapist, they will have to ask someone to deal with issues in a similar way.”

According to Tavolacci, students have to work on directives each week, and also write a thesis.

Victor D. Franco, a graduate art therapy student in the class, based his theme around the idea of growing up too fast.

“This body of work explores personal fears that have arisen with growing up too fast, and the exploration of layers due to the belief that one self- actualizes through an onion-like ‘peeling’ process,” Franco said.

Santa at the Festival of Trees at the Cradle of Aviation.

The 27th Annual Long Island Festival of Trees will be held from Friday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 27 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City.

Cost for adults are $15 per person and children age two to 12 are $10. Children age two and under are admitted free.

The Festival of Trees is a holiday tradition families, and features an array of designer-decorated trees and gingerbread village, along with continuous live entertainment, Santa, vendor marketplace, children’s activities, according to a press release from the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc. The trees are all for sale and, in addition, there will be 300 two-and-a-half ft. trees in different themes and wreaths, as well as swags for sale, with all the proceeds going to Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc. Star Wars will be the theme on Saturday, with the group from the 501st Legion and Empire City Garrison mingling with guests from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

There will be continuous entertain-

ment including many talented dance and choral groups.

The first place and second place winners from the “Nassau Has Talent,” Christelle Pascal of Baldwin and Nicolette Kosowski of Lynbrook will open up the entertainment on Friday at 11 am.

On Saturday, Nassau Dance Force from Seaford, Ella Marie Dance from Hicksville, Step by Step from Farmingdale, Dance Dimensions from Hicksville and North Shore Studio from Huntington Station will perform.

The KG Group and Leggz Ltd. will be back on Saturday as well, and Sunday will be devoted to Irish celebration, with the “Show Stompin” Irish dance group from Rockville Centre, the Gerry Finley Band and the Greek Bagpipe band.

Cost includes entry to the Festival and Cradle of Aviation Museum and the Junior Jet Club.

Tickets are available online at www. cradleofaviation.org.

For information call (516) 378-2000 ext. 648 or go to www.cpnassau.org.

Chorus to perform World of Lizards on annual winter concert

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display on Nov. 26 The “Fascinating World of Lizards” program was recently announced to take place at Tackapausha Museum and Preserve on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 1 p.m.

There will be a live animal presentation featuring lizards and reptiles from around the globe, and children will take part in the 40th Birthday Celebration of “Glassy the European Legless Lizard,” as well as lizard-oriented crafts, according to a press release from the Nassau County executive office.

The program is $5.00 per person.

The Tackapausha Museum and Preserve is located at 2225 Washington Ave. in Seaford.

Regular admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children over five and senior citizens.

For further information, call (516) 571-7443 or visit the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums at www.nassaucountyny.gov/ parks.

The Huntington Men’s Chorus will be performing its 68th Annual Winter Holiday Concert on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. at Huntington High School.

The chorus has been entertaining Long Island audiences since its origin in 1949, according to a press release from the Huntington Men’s Chorus.

They perform three formal concerts per year with programs that include Broadway medleys, sea chanteys, spirituals, classical pieces as well as sacred and patriotic music.

They also participate in religious services and community events throughout the island.

A yearly Huntington Men’s Chorus scholarship is also presented to a graduat-

ing senior in one of the Huntington Township high schools who has demonstrated both a continuing interest in choral music and a commitment to charitable work in the community.

This season, the Huntington Men’s Chorus will feature the music of Andrew Lloyd Weber, John Rutter and pay a tribute to John Denver.

They will also perform a collection of Christmas and Chanukah songs and the audience will be invited to join a holiday sing-a-long.

They will be joined by pianist Alex Pryrody.

Tickets are available at the door or on their website HuntingtonMensChorus.Org.

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Community Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 47 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR EDUCATION Currently looking for community volunteers, with a music background, to assist our music teachers with students for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District.

(516) 434-2306.

SAMUEL FIELD Y WEEKDAY PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES 718 423-6111 ext 242 asmith@sfy.org 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Little Neck site on Nov. 20, Dec. 4, 18 Sunday Fun Day Program CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Meetings are held every month and are open to residents of Nassau County.

(516) 227-7071 Project Independence Support & Social Group Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

Trivia Challenge

Last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

Havana Central Restaurant Roosevelt Field, Garden City.

For more info, call (516) 676- 1976.

Your Widowed Social Group The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, Garden City.

There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members.

For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

Area Cyclists Unite Weekdays before work or after work Parking lot across from Great Neck Diner Corner of Bond Street and Grace Avenue.

Contact David (Speedy) Emanuel at speedyemanuel@optonline.net or 516-840-9370 or 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m. for schedule and to confirm your participation.

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Ralphie May’s ‘White Trash Christmas Show’ Comedian Ralphie May will perform his “White Trash Christmas Show” at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Wednesday, Nov. 30 .

Since his debut on season one of “Last Comic Standing,” May has become one of the most popular comedians in America, according to a press release from the NYCB Theatre at Westbury.

During this performance, Ralphie tells stories about growing up poor in Clarksville, Ark., dealing with brutal winters, the dead Christmas tree, and

getting shafted on Christmas presents.

“It’s like the film Bad Santa meets fried bologna sandwiches,” May said.

May has starred in four one-hour Comedy Central Specials and two Netflix Specials.

Tickets are $29.50, $39.50, $49.50, and $65.

Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 800745-3000 or at the Westbury box office.

Event, date, and time are subject to change. For more information, please visit www.thetheatreatwestbury.com.

North Shore University Hospital Weekly Stroke Support Group 300 Community Dr., Entrance 3 Building #304, Manhasset Every Friday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Art & Craft Fair to be held on Dec. 3, 4 The 53rd Holiday Fine Art & Craft Fair at the Art League of Long Island is presenting a variety of art and craft work created by 70 exhibitors at their art center in Dix Hills on Saturday, Dec. 3 and Sunday, Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visitors to the fair can expect to find gifts for friends and loved ones, according to a press release from the Art League of Long Island.

There will be opportunities to meet the artists behind the paintings, sculpture, woodcraft, ceramics, mosaics, fiber art, photography, jewelry, wearable art, glass art, and other handcrafted items on display.

The fair is juried, and prizes will be awarded to participating artists and crafts people with the most innovative designs.

At the fair will also be art demos, a hands-on art activity, live music, and a gourmet food truck.

Admission to the fair is free as are the demos, music, and art activity.

The Art League’s center is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills, just off exit 42N of the Northern State Parkway, and about two miles north of exit 51 off the LIE. For more information, call (631) 462-5400 or visit www.artleagueli.org.

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LIU troupe to perform Ionesco play

BY RU H I G A N D H I The Post Theatre Company at LIU Post presents “The Killer,” by Eugene Ionesco, this month in the Little Theatre on the Brookville campus.

The show is directed by Brendan McMahon, a New York based theatre director, who was brought in for the show.

“The Killer” begins in a “radiant city,” or so Berenger, the main character, thinks.

His elation is short lived. It is only a matter of time before he discovers that the city hosts a killer who is on the loose, luring and drowning victims in a pool.

Oddly enough, all the citizens are well aware of this killer’s presence in their city.

Dany, a woman who Berenger is madly in love with and believes he is engaged to, is killed as well. Berenger leaves the city and attempts to track down the killer and reason with him. Alas, they encounter one another…

Ionesco is a Romanian-French playwright and dramatist whose work is known to have ridiculed the most clichéd situations, and depicted both the solitude and insignificance of human existence, realistically.

The play is reflective of Ionesco’s personal life, and emotions he felt as a child.

Ionesco believed that critics never captured the true meaning behind the play. He suggested that “It was a very happy city that had been entered by a destructive spirit.”

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The cast includes LIU Post theater majors Marlin D. Slack, Taylor Bass, Brandon Bennett, Tanner Bolin, Matthew Burney, Kaitlyn Curci, Daniel George, Nicole Harley, Kelly Leibman, Claire Main, Audrey Ney, and Shabbi Sharifi, in various roles. The cast holds a diverse mix of sophomore, junior, and senior students.

“The Killer happened to fit the cast we had perfectly. I loved the dream like narrative quality of it, and of course how applicable it was to the current elections.”

He believes the play is about the fear of the other, the ignorance and indifference of other people.

“It feeds into so many different themes like terrorism, immigration, politics, and religious values, so on and so forth,” director McMahon said.

He also enjoyed the professionalism and high level of commitment that the cast put forth.

“I think it goes beyond what you expect from people this age,” he said.

Brandon Bennett, a sophomore musical theatre major who plays the killer and several other characters in the show, said, “The Killer is about the everyman and his quest to change a problem that no one else is willing to, while overcoming numerous obstacles

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from outside forces, and everything else around him.”

Bennett said that “the Killer was the most complex of all the characters he plays in the show because he may be real or he may be in Berenger’s head and you can never really know. “The Killer” is pure manipulation, and I love it.”

“Working with this cast has been a dream. Everyone works together so perfectly. That sense of ensemble we have is truly an amazing feeling. We hope that the audience sees this, even when there comes utter chaos within the show,” Bennett added.

The show offers an odd sense of humor, and extreme political relevance.

The audience is required to pay close attention to the ideas that this play presents in an abstract and rather absurd manner, for which Ionesco is actually known.

The play opened in the Little Theatre Mainstage on Nov. 11-12.

Its run continues on Nov. 17- 19 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 13 and 20 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for seniors, and $10 for students.

For reservations or purchase tickets, go to www.tix55.com. Post Theater Company can be reached atpost-ptc@liu.edu or 516299-2356.

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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New Hyde Park Community Calendar 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 516775-8118.

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 516434-2306.

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 516-745-8050.

FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors.

Monday through Saturday. Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck.

Call for more details, including seeing if you are eligible and class times, (516) 745-8050.

AARP Floral Park Chapter 5224 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 Searing-

ONGOING: Exercise Classes. town Road in Albertson.

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 Park Road. Contact 516-775-8118 for more information.

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. 516-2486420.

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Ongoing: Community Volunteers with Music background needed. the date of the class you wish to call 800-877-8077. attend. Seating for each class is limited.

New Hyde Park Senior Chorus Please mail all checks to: DefenWelcoming New Members sive Driving Coordinator, DepartLike to sing? We are welcoming ment of Community Services, 1601 new members. The chorus meets Marcus Ave., New Hyde Park.

Mondays from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 Once checks are received, a seat p.m. at The Clinton G. Martin Park, will be reserved in your name and Marcus Ave. and New Hyde Park a letter confirming your registraRoad. To join us, call (516) 775tion will be mailed to your address.

8118. Starts on Sept. 19. We need male voices.

CHANUKAH BOUTIQUE Temple Tikvah of New Hyde Park COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS will hold its annual Holiday Fair FOR EDUCATION Dec. 11, We are currently looking for comSunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. munity volunteers, with a music There will be a variety of reasonbackground, to assist our music ably priced teachers with students for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde items for children and adults to purchase. Highlights include jewPark-Garden City Park School elry, scarves, District. toys, books & gift items for ChanuFor more information on this kah and other occasions; program, please call Eileen Bileski Temple Tikvah borders the tip at 516-434-2306. of Nassau and Queens at 3315 Hillside Avenue, Ten upcoming AARP defensive New Hyde Park. For further infordriving courses at Clinton G. mation call 516-746-1120.

Martin Park in New Hyde Park for 2017 National council jewish woman/ The classes, open to drivers age lakeville section 50 and older, will be held on FebMeeting on <onday, Nov. 28 at 12 ruary 4, March 11, April 8, May 13, p.m.

June 3, June 17, Sept. 9, Oct. 14, Clintoon Martin Park on Marcus Nov. 11 and Dec. 9.

Ave. To register for an AARP defensive East of New Hyde Park Rd. driving class, please make your Guest will be Dr. Stanley Pugliese check payable to AARP. The cost Topic: 2000 years of italian jewish is $20 for members and $25 for history non-members. All participants For more information, call 718must be 50 and older. Please be 343-6222 sure that your check contains your name, address, phone number and

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Celebrating Diwali with town officials

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Councilman Peter Zuckerman (D-East Hills), Town Clerk Wayne Wink and Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman celebrated the ancient festival of Diwali with the Milan Senior Group at the Nanking restaurant in New Hyde Park on Oct. 26.

Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, is celebrated each year in October or November, and coincides with the darkest new moon night of the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika.

This year Diwali fell on Oct. 30.

The event was organized by the Milan Senior Group, a division of the Herricks Indo US Community Group.

Mayor pans study Temple to host annual of air noise in NHP holiday fair Dec. 11 Continued from Page 4 “So even though you see a plane on the monitor going over the meter and you see the meter go up accordingly, they can’t use that in their study,” he said.

“They have to use computerized models to determine the sound, so in my opinion I think that it is relatively a flawed study to some degree.”

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is studying noise from the John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty and Teterboro airports in an effort to address noise concerns of residents of Queens, Brooklyn and Nassau County who live near the airports. Monitors at the airports and other locations measure sound levels.

Lofaro said two meters measure sound near New Hyde Park: one at the intersection of New Hyde Park Road between Baxter and Corwin Avenues, and one in South Floral Park.

They spike anywhere between 70 and 80 decibels when a plane flies overhead, “which is quite loud as we know living in this area,” Lofaro said.

The Port Authority contracted with Environmental Science Associates, a consulting firm, in March 2014 to develop noise exposure maps and compile data to help identify noise mitigation measures in accordance with federal rules and regulations.

The Nov. 3 workshops provided the latest developments in the Port Authority’s planned three-year study to gauge and abate aircraft noise in areas most affected by air traffic.

Lofaro said he hopes there will be a public hearing or some other opportunity for the Village Board and residents to voice more of their concerns.

A Port Authority spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday.

Temple Tikvah of New Hyde Park will hold its annual Holiday Fair on Sunday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There will be a variety of items for children and adults to purchase. Highlights include jewelry, scarves, toys,

books & gift items for Chanukah and other occasions.

Temple Tikvah sits on the border between Nassau County and Queens at 3315 Hillside Ave. in New Hyde Park. For further information call 516-746-1120.

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Museum breaks ground on building

BY M A X Z A H N The Nassau County Museum of Art was closed this week during preparation for three photography exhibitions that open on Saturday. But such closings for the replacement of art in the museum’s exhibition space will soon become a thing of the past. Last Sunday work began in earnest on a renovated exhibition and education building: the Manes Family Art and Education Center.

“We are very excited about this new space that builds upon the many exhibition and education initiatives at Nassau County Museum of Art,” said Karl Emil Willers, the museum director.

The Manes Center will open next spring after renovation and reconstruction of a building that had been in disrepair. It will feature a contemporary art exhibition space surrounded by classrooms, with each classroom dedicated to a specific type of art learning, according to a statement from the museum.

A ground-breaking took place on Sunday, when 50 people attended an event for museum staff, community leaders and local elected officials, among them Nassau County Legislator Carrie Solages and Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages.

“We will now have more of a proper professional studio space [for visitors] to make art,” said Laura Lynch, the museum’s director of education. “The Manes Center extends our offerings for the community to accommodate different learning styles and abilities.” Willard estimates that the museum serves as many as 30,000 school children each year.

A new tech-equipped classroom will allow visitors to experiment with technological advances in the arts, and a com-

programs, whether sketching classes for adults or an art therapy groups for children with autism, will shift to the new building, Lynch said.

The museum plans to add new programs as well.

“Eventually we want to have outdoor film screenings and animation festivals,” Lynch said. “I have a lot of dreams.”

Efforts to raise money for a renovation of the building began as many as six years ago, but the project proved costly because the building had fallen into disrepair.

“The building was closed after superstorm Sandy,” Willers said. “A few trees fell on the building. It had already flooded Nassau County Museum of Art Board Trustees Clarence F. Michalis, Dr. Harvey frequently before that.”

Manes, Sharon Cuchel, Deborah A. Cannon, Board President Angela Susan Anton, Until a large donation one year ago, Museum Director Karl E. Willers. the museum remained well short of the funds needed for renovation.

“Fund-raising culminated with a generous gift of $1 million from Harvey Manes, one of the museum’s trustees. It gave us funds to complete renovation and construction on the building,” which began with preliminary work in September, Willers said.

“The construction will be very visible with lights staying on all night at the building,” he said. “Since it’s a construction site, the area will not be accessible to visitors for the sake of people’s safety.”

Noting the sizable property on which the museum sits, Willers assured that visitors to the museum’s main building “won’t be able to hear construction.” He said: “Even members of the local community surrounding the museum probably won’t be able to hear any of the construction Museum Director Karl E. Willers, Nassau County Legislator Carrie Solages, Museum noise.”

Board Member Dr. Harvey Manes, Assemblywomen Michaelle C. Solages.

There is no official date set for the building to open. bination indoor-outdoor classroom will The museum will hire a director for “Whenever the weather gets nice,” improve the museum’s art and nature the building as well as additional secu- Willers said. programs, Willers said. rity guards, he said. Current educational

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Nassau County Legislator Ellen W. Birnbaum (D-Great Neck), in conjunction with New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, will hold an elder abuse prevention workshop at the end of November.

The program, entitled “Smart Seniors,” is a statewide initiative designed to help seniors identify potential scams and abuses before they happen, and provide them with information they can use to stay safe and healthy in their daily lives.

Seniors will learn about

t h e most common scams, the techniques perpetrators

commonly use and who to alert if they identify a scam or are victimized.

Seniors will also be informed of how to protect their physical safety at home and in other common day-today situations.

The workshop will be held on November 29 at 12:15 p.m. at the Herricks Community Center at 999 Herricks Road in New Hyde Park.

No reservations are necessary. For more information, call Birnbaum’s office at 516-571-6210.

learning the law of attraction and “changing how you think and take things and how we can look at things from a different lens.”

“I learned at a certain point that you have to be nonjudgmental and accept people for who they are,” he said. “Everyone wants to be happy and do things they want to be doing and that’s the message I wanted to convey through my writing.”

Working in information technology, Miranda said, he had always hated to read and had no formal writing background, but because he was so invested in the topic, writing came naturally.

“Truthfully, I don’t even like to read and I was always very bad in English growing up, but this just came to me,” Miranda said. “So it’s an easy read that doesn’t get too technical.”

Sitting in Starbucks, trying to orga-

nize his thoughts, Miranda said, he would write around 1,000 words a day.

“I would get into certain moods and just write,” he said. “One day I sat there for four hours waiting for a friend and knocked out 4,000 words. It was unreal.”

Miranda credits daily meditation for his being able to speak in public, saying he “came in contact with his true self.”

The book includes Miranda’s quest to become a yes man, he said.

“It’s like that Jim Carey movie,” he said. “You just have to be open to trying new things. I accept things that come my way in life, and I encourage other people to do that, too.

The book is broken into four sections: money, health, relationships and career.

“It’s really a inspirational book,” he said. “I set out to write it to inspire people so they could change like I did. People have told me I’m good at that.”

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Herricks names top 2 in class of 2017 Herricks High School seniors Setu Mehta and Alan Chen have been named class of 2017 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

Mehta was named a National Merit Commended Student in September, is secretary of the senior class, serves as president of the South Asian Student Alliance cultural organization and participates as a member of the National Honor Society and Mock Trial team.

A science research student, Mehta earned a $2,000 grant through the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research’s Advancing Women in Science and Medicine program and Girl Scouts last year.

In addition to standing out academically, Mehta excels in athletics and music. She is co-captain of the varsity girls tennis team, plays the viola in the Chamber Orchestra and has served as secretary and treasurer of the Tri-M Music Honor Society.

She is also an Ambassador Girl Scout and has obtained her Bronze and Silver Awards, and is currently working toward her Gold Award. These are the three highest awards of honor a Girl Scout can earn.

Through her involvement with the Girl Scouts’ Media Girls group, Mehta had the opportunity to attend a Broadway program hosted by Michelle Obama as part of her “Let Girls Learn” initiative.

Mehta is active in the community, as she demonstrates through her volunteer work at the Shelter Rock Public Library, where she is vice president of the Teen Advisory Board and helps to coordinate programs for children and young adults.

Chen was distinguished as a National Merit Semifinalist earlier this school year and is a National Honor

Society member.

He is a four-year member and current captain of the Mathletes team and, as a top-performing student, was accepted to the Nassau County Interscholastic Mathe-

matics League’s All-Star team. This opportunity affords him special practices and rigorous training sessions with the goal of competing at the state and national level.

Chen is a science research student who participates in Science Olympiad and has been recognized as a regional medalist for the past four years.

He has also earned achievements in National History Day and was part of Herricks High School’s ninth place nationally-ranked team last year.

Chen plays violin in the Chamber Orchestra, was selected to the NYSSMA All-State String Orchestra last year and is a member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society.

Additionally, he participates in the Asian American Cultural Club as a performer in Chinese yo-yo. He also performs in the Dance Theatre Club.

Chen has been giving his time and services to the Tzu Chi non-profit organization since his middle school years, taking part in disaster relief efforts.

Both students have valuable advice to share with younger peers as they head into their high school or senior years.

“If you’re actually passionate about something, you’ll follow through with it,” Mehta said.

Mehta said she has succeeded by “putting my best effort forward in what I really like. It’s really good for you to try new things.”

Chen shared similar reflections.

“The most important thing is to love what you do,” he said. “Take every opportunity you can – try clubs and always find something that will motivate you to keep working. Seeing other people succeed inspires me to do my very best.”

Kids show off STEAM Floral Park plans to study parking rules

BY N O A H M A N S K A R

Students and teachers from Meadow Drive and Hampton Street schools in the Mineola school district showcased their science, technology, engineering, arts and math, or STEAM, skills for the entire community at the second annual Barnes and Noble Bookfairs Mini-Maker Fair.

Denise Maynard, Eileen Bellusci and Katelynn Schmidt were on site with the students to share their expertise and demonstrate STEAM learning tools like the BlueBots.

Parents and visitors, big or small, had the opportunity to see the STEAM programs in action and learn from the Mineola Makers.

The Village of Floral Park is looking to conduct a study of parking laws in village business districts, officials said Tuesday.

It will evaluate the village’s parking regulations and propose changes to ease parking problems in overcrowded areas, Mayor Thomas Tweedy said.

There is not yet an exact timeline, but officials plan to move as quickly as possible, he said.

“At this point I think this is a prudent action for us to do, is to retain professionals who have had success in other places, and there may be solutions that we’re not seeing,” Tweedy said at Tuesday’s village Board of Trustees meeting.

The study will focus on the area near Centennial Hall at the corner of Tulip and Carnation avenues and the stretches of businesses along Tulip Avenue, Covert Avenue and Jericho Turnpike, village Trustee Lynn Pombonyo said.

It may be extended to areas near schools that struggle with parking, Tweedy said.

The village has so far received four quotes from two firms for the study saying it would cost between $20,000 and $21,000, Tweedy said. He declined to name the firms because the study was not competitively bid.

The study will specifically examine

hours for certain parking spaces and permits the village offers, Tweedy and Pombonyo said.

“As we embark on that we will be getting input from professionals, businesses, police, et cetera on what they see,” Pombonyo said.

One parking regulation that may be changed is a law giving businesses 10 permits for employees to park at metered spaces, officials said.

Cathy Grassman, co-owner of JoMar Grooming & Boarding on Covert Avenue, said that provision allows a business neighboring hers to block customers from entering and parking near her building.

“My employees and myself walk blocks away to get in,” Grassman said. “... I feel like I’m being tortured every day.”

U.S. Census data indicate the number of cars in Floral Park may have increased in recent years.

Some 75.7 percent of village residents drove to work in 2014, up from 72 percent in 2010.

The population has grown slightly in recent years, to 15,969 in 2015 from 15,883 in 2010.

“We’re a successful place to do business, to live, to do all those things,” Tweedy said. “Our culture has changed as it relates to walking and cars. All those things have changed.”

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Nova Asian Bistro cuts ribbon in NHP On Wednesday, Nov. 9, the Greater New Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Nova Asian Bistro located at 1215 Jericho Turnpike in New Hyde Park. Pictured (from left) are past chamber President Chris Vulpis, chamber member Ed Powers, past chamber President Mark Laytin, chamber board member Chris O’Brien, past chamber President Rich DeMartino, chamber President Jerry Baldassaro, Nova Asian Bistro owner Peter Zheng, chamber Director Donna Pagano, state Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square), North Hempstead Town Councilman Angelo Ferrara, Town Clerk Wayne Wink, chamber 3rd Vice President Cheryl Fajardo, past chamber President Ralph Ventura and chamber 1st Vice President Jeanette Frisina. Citations were presented to Zheng by Wink, Ra and Ferrara.

Port resident aids Trump transition

BY ST E P H E N R OM A N O President-elect Donald J. Trump appointed a Port Washington resident, Anthony Scaramucci, to his transition team on Friday.

Scaramucci, 52, the founder and comanaging partner of SkyBridge Capital, an investment firm that specializes in hedge fund advisory services, praised Trump in an op-ed article in The Financial Times on Friday.

“He is an empathic person who recognizes the pain of America’s middle class,” he wrote.

Scaramucci donated over $210,000 to the Trump campaign, “super PACs,’’ joint fundraising committees and joint

contributions supporting Trump in the last two years, according to Federal Election Commission records.

He donated over $177,000 to the Republican National Committee in the same period, according to the FEC. “Pundits made the mistake of treating Mr. Trump as just another political ideologue rather than what he is: a pragmatic entrepreneur who understands economic incentives better than any head of state in modern history,” he said in the op-ed article.

Susan Scaramucci Mandato, Scaramucci’s sister, said in a Facebook post that she could not hold back tears when she got to speak to her brother.

“I am so proud of him,” she said in

the post. “He loves our country. As far back as I could remember he has always been very patriotic.”

On Fox News’ “Hannity,” host Sean Hannity said Scaramucci is being considered for a cabinet position.

On the show, Scaramucci said Trump has been picking “great people” for his team, and commended Trump’s decision to select Stephen Bannon, who is associated with the “alt-right” movement, as chief strategist.

Scaramucci, a registered Republican, donated money to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, as well as Rand Paul and Jeb Bush’s 2016 bids for president, according to FEC records.

He also donated money to President

Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.

Scaramucci has written three books, including his most recent, “Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole,” which is about thriving in the business environment and focuses on his experiences.

A post announcing Scaramucci’s appointment in The Real Port Washington Facebook page received 273 likes and residents offered their congratulations.

“This is just awesome,” Annmarie Mione-Hickey commented on the post.

“We could have seen this coming in [high school.]’’

Scaramucci was featured on Worth magazine’s “Power 100: The 100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance.”

Helen Keller’s life comes to Mineola H.S. stage Continued from Page 24 it performed this weekend, he said.

The opportunity to play real historical figures has proven a “rich and rewarding” experience for the student actors, DeLuca said.

“There’s so much subtext below the text, so they really loved digging into that and coming up with a full life to tell these people’s stories before

they walked on stage,” he said.

“So they felt like they had a duty to do right by these people.”

Bridget Healey, a Mineola ninth-grader who plays Keller, said she rehearsed with a blindfold on to get a sense of what blindness is like.

Katrine Gulinao, an 11thgrader who plays Sullivan, said she found an “extremely complex role” when she researched Sullivan’s life story and learned how the obstacles she overcame influenced the rest of her life.

“In some ways I relate to her darkness and I connected it to, pretty much, the hardships in my life,” Gulinao said.

The story goes beyond Keller’s disability and shows how she “completely changed the rule” about perceptions of disabled people as incapable or passive, Healey said.

“She really did prove to everyone, ‘You can do this. Even though I’m blind and deaf, I can still do what I need to do,’” Healey said.

The production will open about 10 days after a contentious U.S. presidential election in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.

In that time, several attacks in Trump’s name on ethnic and religious minorities have been documented.

Given the timing of the show, DeLuca said it shows the importance of acceptance, love and understanding for those who are different.

“Without acceptance and

love, Helen would never have been reached,” he said.

Auditions will start in about three weeks for Mineola’s spring production of “Seussical,” a musical based on the works of Dr. Seuss, DeLuca said.

“The Miracle Worker” will be performed this Friday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Mineola High School, located at 10 Armstrong Road in Garden City Park.

Sewanhaka chided for handling of fees Continued from Page 2 for handling cash by Nov. 30, Ferrie wrote in his response. They will also ensure that clerks issue sets of three receipts and use documents to see that school records match deposit records, he wrote.

“The findings and recommendations from this audit pointed out some areas

where the District can strengthen its controls over collection of cash for these activities, and will also assist the District in its review of all Business Office procedures,” Ferrie wrote.

The district also plans to hold annual training sessions on the procedures for finance officials and will train a separate

person to reconcile payment and deposit records, the response says.

Each school’s procedures may have changed over time because finance clerks were trained by their predecessors and “may have customized their procedures, resulting in various methods to perform the same task,” Ferrie wrote.

Large numbers of students making payments within a short period of time may have also led clerks to create spreadsheets to “hasten the process,” Ferrie wrote.

District officials will work to lower the number of those instances so each student gets a proper receipt, Ferrie wrote.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Real estate group donates to charities The Long Island Real Estate Group recently donated $134,500 to five Long Island charities, including the Tilles Center for Performing Arts, Glen-Cove based School for language and communication development and Hempstead-based Interfaith Nutrition Network.

LIREG, a networking and philanthropic group composed of over 400 professionals in the real estate industry and allied trades, raised the funds through member contributions and fund-raising events held throughout the year, according to a press release from LIREG. “Thanks to all of our generous supporters, we are thrilled to be able to benefit these organizations,” LIREG Co-President Scott Burman said. “I am very happy that our organization can do so much good by spreading our donations across such a cross-section of Long Island charities.”

The Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Greenvale received $27,500 to upgrade the assistive listening system used by patrons with hearing loss at the Tilles Center Concert and Recital Halls on the CW Post Campus.

The School for Language and Communication

Development received $51,000, where funds will be used for renovation of a preschool and elementary school playground at a school SCLD operates in New Hyde Park.

The Interfaith Nutrition Network received $30,000, and the money will help pay for the design and installation of a family dining room at the Mary Brennan INN in Hempstead.

The Nassau Suffolk Chapter of the Autism Society of America, based in Wantagh received $28,000.

The funds will be used to pay for the renovation of a greenhouse in Wantagh to enhance NSASA’s Day Hab programs.

Response of Suffolk County, based in Stony Brook, received $25,000 to upgrade the working environment at the organization’s offices.

“Giving to these charities, and the others that we have contributed to over the years, makes it all worthwhile at the end of the day,” said LIREG Co-President Peter Schapero. “These contributions demonstrate how seriously the Long Island Real Estate Group regards its efforts to make a difference on Long Island.”

From left: Richard Herzbach, LIREG charity committee chair; Karen Katzman, principal of the school, Marnie Katzman, director of special events for the school; Peter Schapero, co-president of LIREG; Matthew J. Zangwill, SLCD board member and Scott Burman, co-president of LIREG.

Software aids prostate patients

Dr. Michael A. Diefenbach

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset scientist Dr. Michael A. Diefenbach recently previewed a new software application that guides patients living with prostate cancer through the treatment decision process.

Diefenbach, who is also Northwell Health director of Behavioral Research in the Department of Medicine and Urology, demonstrated the application during a presentation titled “Promoting Patient Decision Making in the Medical Context: Developing a New Paradigm,” at the Feinstein Institute’s Centricity Series Symposia, according to a press release from Northwell Health.

The application is a software-based decision-making tool for prostate cancer treatment.

It is designed to help patients navigate the often complex decision-making process for prostate cancer treatment.

The application is loaded on a mobile device, tablet or PC/ Mac and uses prompts to lead the patient through the initial decision process to pursue treatment or ongoing observations by a health-care professional.

If they decide treatment, the software then provides additional questions with statements related to treatment requirements and outcomes, for which they then rate their agreement

or disagreement.

Based on the patient’s answers, the software’s unique algorithm matches their preferences to a treatment option.

Patients can then discuss the treatment approach with their physician and have the option to email the results to the provider.

“Making treatment decisions can be daunting with any type of cancer, but it can be particularly difficult for men dealing with prostate cancer as it has a big impact on very basic everyday physical functions,” Diefenbach said. “My goal in previewing the application at the Centricity Symposium is to show the benefit of incorporat-

ing modern technology into research and treatment options, as well as making health care professionals aware that this tool has the potential to successfully guide patients through their cancer treatment.”

Diefenbach and his team conducted a usability study that showed the application is user-friendly and helps identify patients’ treatment preferences prior to talking to their physician visit.

The team will initiate a larger randomized controlled trial to further study the application and determine the extent of its usability and helpfulness in a clinical setting.

Town offers battery disposal program North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, the town board, and the is encouraging residents to take advantage of several free take back programs to dispose of rechargeable batteries and thermostats that contain mercury. When rechargeable batteries and thermostats are returned to town’s Solid Waste Management Authority at town S.T.O.P. events, there is an expense incurred by the town to dispose of them properly, therefore residents are encouraged to use alternative drop off sites for these items when convenient, according to a press release by the Town of North Hempstead.

As of December 2011, it has been against

the law for New Yorkers to knowingly dispose of rechargeable batteries in their garbage.

Call2Recycle, a not-for-profit arm of the battery manufacturing industry, is a free takeback program for rechargeable batteries.

Alkaline batteries, the common household non-rechargeable batteries, can still be disposed of properly along with other waste.

Call2Recycle’s kiosks can be found at Lowes and Home Depot stores, where consumers can discard rechargeable batteries at no cost.

For a full list of drop-off locations near you, please visit www.Call2Recycle.org/NewYork.

Visitors will have the option to enter their zip code to find the closest drop-off.

Likewise, thermostats containing mercury are illegal to discard in regular garbage.

The Thermostat Recycling Corporation is a non-profit stewardship organization that facilitates and manages the collection and proper disposal of mercury-containing thermostats.

Both these programs are free and any batteries or thermostats that are returned through this program are both properly dealt with at no cost to taxpayers.

For more information on either program, call (516) 869-6311.

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Business&RealEstate Trump’s effect on real estate market Well, he did it, he was the clear winner with 306 Electoral College Votes to her 232. (even though he lost the popular vote by about 230,000 votes).

If it weren’t for the millions of votes Hillary got in New York and California, she would have lost the popular vote severely.

Whether the Electoral College votes should determine an election today and whether it is antiquated; that is something that is up for discussion, but maybe in the future, it might be changed or should be completely eliminated.

But I guess back in the early times of our colonies, the thought of farmers picking our country’s President, probably weren’t well versed about the candidates and politics.

The distance was great for the 4 million inhabitants of our country that were spread up and down the east coast and their accessibility was very limited.

The election of 1800 changed things drastically when the 12th amendment was passed in 1804 creating the Electoral College and the way it functions.

It is a very complicated issue, especially today and I will not get into it; but you can read more about its history and why it was

created.

Now back to whether the new President will affect real estate positively or negatively, that is something we shall experience over the next four years.

However, with a record low inventory of property for sale today, (due to the lack of demand and new construction, from 2008 thru late 2011, because of the banking crisis and the lack of available funding), and a ramping up of demand over that period, as borrowers saved and became more qualified There is a 40-year low in interest rates and an overload of demand from the Asian market, millennials, and all those that are qualified to purchase, which has created a perfect storm for buying as well as selling, residential property and the marked improvement in the commercial market.

If Donald Trump and his advisors can truly pick the most qualified experts to provide the guidance he will need, to create higher paying jobs (to fix our decaying infrastructure of roads, bridges, tunnels and beginning and finishing our much needed high-speed rail in the west, north south and east; the effect on real estate would surely be positive

PHILIP A. RAICES Real Estate Watch and it would potentially enable more people to purchase.

However, going forward, the big issue will be, how do the builders catch up to the current and future demand for housing?

My feeling is at the current rate of sales, it might take 10-15 years to come close to satisfying the growing demand for the “American Dream” of owning one’s home.

As long as inventory and interest rates are low, (although the Fed has said they will be raising rates in December, which I think they might, as they didn’t do in 2015, prices will keep going up at 3-5 percent or more per year!

However, real estate fuels the economy of the U.S. and the Federal Reserve, who is responsible for interest rate hikes, must be extremely careful, not to push the rate to far up too fast.

This will psychologically depress the market, even though normal rates years ago, had been around 6-8 percent.

Raising the rates, will increase the cost of borrowing and as this occurs, many who can afford to purchase now, might just be put into the crowd of “borderline borrowers” and will have to save more to be able to buy.

On the plus side, as rates increase the affect will be a cooling off of the real estate market; allowing more builders to catch up with current and future demand.

I believe that the economy isn’t heating up, but interest rates are at historic lows.

As rates are raised our dollar becomes stronger, making our exports more expensive to foreigners in other countries, slowing our economy and reducing our production and purchase of equipment, e.g. washing machines, dryers, dish washers, lawn mowers, snow blowers, etc and all those items that people purchase for their homes.

The economy is very much of a balancing act between over producing and under producing goods and services.

But the domino effect of reduced real estate sales and investments can have a major effect on a multitude of other things that people purchase, so the thought is, Washington, be very careful what you do next month, because things seem to be very good right now.

Mr Trump, when you get into office, and begin creating all those 25 million higher paying jobs you talked during your campaign, then I will be more of a believer!

P.S. I want to wish all my readers and their family, friends and business associates a healthy and happy and enjoyable Thanksgiving.

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We are a 501C3 Non Profit and your tax deductible donation can be sent to the address below.

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He can be reached by email: Phil@TurnkeyRealEstate.Com or by cell (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions or article suggestions. To search for any type of properties or to see what your home is worth or homes that have sold in your area, go to WWW.LiRealEstate.Com or if you desire a free, no strings attached customized comparative market analysis for your home in today’s market and learn of its value, just call him for an appointment.

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Recent Real Estate Sales in New Hyde Park New Hyde Park Real Estate Market Conditions Median sales price $600,000 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

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9 Whitehall Lane, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $610,000 Date: 09/15/2016 Split, 1 Family Beds: 4 Baths: 1 Full/1 Half Lot Size: 70X154 Total Taxes: $11,717 MLS#: 2862203 Type: Single Family Schools: New Hyde Park-Garden City Park

11 Kingston Street, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $588,000 Date: 10/11/2016 Cape 1 Family Beds: 4 Baths: 2 Full Lot Size: 50X100 Total Taxes: $11,848 MLS#: 2863021 Type: Single Family Schools: New Hyde ParkGarden City Park

502 5th Avenue, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $496,000 Date: 10/03/2016 Cape, 1 Family Beds: 5 Baths: 2 Full Lot Size: 57X86 Total Taxes: $9,348 MLS#: 2863726 Type: Single Family Schools: New Hyde Park-Garden City Park

14 Leslie Lane, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $730,000 Date: 08/31/2016 Exp Cape, 1 Family Beds: 4 Baths: 2 Full Lot Size: 49X100 Total Taxes: $10,643 MLS#: 2863467 Type: Single Family Schools: Great Neck

Editor’s note: Homes shown here were recently sold in New Hyde Park by a variety of real estate agencies. The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes are presented based solely on the fact that they were recently sold in New Hyde Park and are believed by Blank Slate Media to be of interest to our readers.

PLEASE CALL ME FOR YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS Happy Thanksgiving to all…

MIMI VALENTE, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson C: 516.652.9514 | herminia.valente@elliman.com elliman.com/hvalente 192 Hillside Ave, Williston Park, NY 11596

KNOWN GLOBALLY. LOVED LOCALLY. © 2016 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE.

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Legal Notice Notice of Formation of Sky Steel LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/07/2016. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 263 Robby Lane, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NHP 144574 6x 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16 /2016 #144574

Notice of Formation of EWSafe LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/28/16. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 16 S 3rd St., New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NHP #144625 6x 11/18, 11/25, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23 /2016 #144625

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff v.

ROBERTA POWELL, et al., Defendants.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on May 25, 2014, I, the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on December 20, 2016 at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 11:30 A.M., the premises described as follows: 620 Wayne Ave New Hyde Park, NY 11040 SBL No.: 32-95-52 (lot grouping 52-53) ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Village of New Hyde Park, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 4765/10, any state of facts an accurate survey and inspection of the premises may disclose, to covenants, restrictions and easements, if any, to assessments or water charges not a lien upon the property, to violations, zoning regulations, prior liens of record, if any, and ordinances of the city, town or village in which said premises lie, to leases, tenancies and occupancies, and to other charges and liens with priority over plaintiff’s mortgage.

Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee Judgment Amount: $519,466.03 Aleksandra K. Fugate, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel: 585-987-2800 NHP #144612 4x 11/18, 11/25, 12/02, 12/09 /2016 #144612

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, THOMAS MARRON, Plaintiff, vs. NEW YORK 1 PROPERTY HOLDING INC., ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated September 29, 2016, I, the un-

dersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on December 20, 2016 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 1204 New Hyde Park Road, New Hyde Park, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 8, Block 165 and Lots 56, 57 & 158.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 392/16.

Jeffrey Halbreich, Esq., Referee Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff NHP 144449 4x 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9/ 2016 #144449

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2, Plaintiff AGAINST PEDRO CAMPANA and MARCELA ARRIETA A/K/A MARCELA D. ARRIETA, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 20, 2013 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on December 13, 2016 at 11:30AM, premises known as 94 FULTON AVENUE, NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of North Hempstead, at Garden City Park, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 33, BLOCK 147, LOT 1539. Approximate amount of judgment $557,769.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 23054/09.

Frank Alleva Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 NHP #144598 4x 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/02 /2016 #144598

NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Herricks Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York, has adopted a resolution on October 6, 2016, authorizing a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of said School District to be held on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 from 7:00 o’clock A.M. to 10:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) in the Gymnasium of the Herricks Community Center, New Hyde Park, New York for the purpose of voting upon the following Bond Proposition: BOND PROPOSITION RESOLVED (a) That the Board of Education of the Herricks Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the ‘District’), is hereby authorized to

undertake a capital improvement project (the ‘Project’) substantially as described in a Plan prepared for the District

by BBS Architects Landscape Architects and Engineers PC (the ‘Plan’), which Plan is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the District Clerk, including, but not limited to, new windows; science lab, cafeteria and kitchen renovations; fitness center addition; plumbing, ventilation, generator, drainage, electrical, lighting, masonry, lavatory, paving and sidewalk improvements; interior construction and reconstruction; replacement of doors, including hardware; athletic facility improvements, including the construction of a new synthetic turf field, comfort station and storage shed, installation of walking track lighting and new bleachers with press box and concession building improvements; and other improvements; all of the foregoing to include the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $28,291,141; provided that the estimated costs of the components of the Project as set forth in the Plan may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interest of the District; (b) that $3,291,141 from the Capital Reserve Fund heretofore approved by the voters on May 19, 2015, is hereby authorized to be expended to pay all or a portion of the cost of the generator, interior construction and reconstruction, replacement of doors, including hardware, drainage, paving and sidewalk improvements and window replacements described in the Plan and such expenditure is hereby approved; (c) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $25,000,000 to pay the balance of such total cost of the Project, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; (d) that in anticipation of said tax, obligations of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $25,000,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said obligations as the same shall become due and payable; and (e) that any additional District funds that become available from operations in any subsequent fiscal year are hereby authorized to be expended for the Project, and shall offset and reduce the amount of taxes herein authorized to be levied and the amount of obligations herein authorized to be issued.

Such Bond Proposition shall appear on the ballots used for voting at said Special District Meeting in substantially the following condensed form: BOND PROPOSITION YES NO RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the Herricks Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the ‘District’), is hereby authorized to undertake a capital improvement project (the ‘Project’), and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the

financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $28,291,141; (b) that $3,291,141 from the Capital Reserve Fund heretofore approved by the voters on May 19, 2015, is hereby authorized to be expended to pay all or a portion of the cost of the generator, interior construction and reconstruction, replacement of doors, including hardware, drainage, paving and sidewalk improvements and window replacements, and such expenditure is hereby approved; (c) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $25,000,000 to pay the balance of such total cost of the Project, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; (d) that in anticipation of said tax, obligations of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $25,000,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said obligations as the same shall become due and payable; and (e) that any additional District funds that become available from operations in any fiscal year are hereby authorized to be expended for the Project, and shall offset and reduce the amount of taxes herein authorized to be levied and the amount of obligations herein authorized to be issued.

The voting will be conducted by ballot on voting machines or paper ballot as provided in the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00 o’clock A.M. to 10:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that personal registration is required pursuant to either ß2014 of the Education Law or Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to ß2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years (since January 1, 2012), he or she is eligible to vote at said Special District Meeting. All others who wish to vote must register.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration and the District Clerk will meet in Room 208 of the Herricks Community Center in said District on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 between the hours of 4:00 o’clock P.M. and 8:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) for the purpose of preparing the register of the qualified voters of the District who are entitled to vote; at such time and place, any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed upon such register provided that he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration to be entitled to vote at the meeting for which such register is to be prepared. In addition, registration can be accomplished on any school day from 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 3:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) when school is in session at the Office of the District Clerk, Herricks Union Free School District, Herricks Community Center, New Hyde Park, New York through and including Thursday, December 1, 2016.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that immediately upon its completion the register thus prepared will be filed in the office of the District Clerk, Herricks Union Free School District, Herricks Community Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040 and that such register will be open for inspection to

any qualified voter of the District at said office of the District Clerk between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 3:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on each of the five (5) days prior to the day set for such vote, except Saturday, December 3, 2016 when said register will be available for inspection between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. and 11:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) by advance appointment only, and Sunday, December 4, 2016.

Individuals wishing to make an appointment to inspect the register on Saturday, December 3, 2016 during the hours listed above must contact the District Clerk at 516-305-8903

by Noon on Friday, December 2, 2016 to make such appointment.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a person shall be entitled to vote at the annual election who is: 1) a citizen of the United States, 2) eighteen years of age or older, 3) a resident of the School District for a period of thirty (30) days next preceding the vote he or she offers to vote at and 4) registered to vote for said vote. A person shall be registered to vote if he or she shall have permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections or with the School District’s Board of Registration. Only persons, who are so registered, may vote.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots for voting on the bond proposition may be applied for at the Office of the District Clerk, Herricks Union Free School District, Herricks Community Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, at least seven (7) days prior to the day of the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day prior to the day of the vote if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. No absentee voters ballot shall be canvassed, unless it shall have been received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on the date of the vote.

A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been given will be available for inspection in said Office of the District Clerk, and be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 3:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on each of the five (5) days prior to the day set for such vote, except Saturday, December 3, 2016 and Sunday, December 4, 2016.

BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Dated: October 6, 2016 Lisa Rutkoske, District Clerk NHP #144397 4x 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2/ 2016 #144397

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 15-009376 CAPITAL ONE, N.A., Plaintiff, -vsANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE YOUNG HAN PARK, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCES-

SORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, COMMERCE BANK, N.A., JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA, AS ACQUIRER OF CERTAIN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FROM THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ACTING AS RECEIVER, AS SUCCESSOR-BY-ASSIGNMENT FROM THE BANK OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, and JOHN DOE, Defendants.

To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable Thomas A. Adams, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 6th day of September, 2016, at Mineola, New York.

Tax I.D. No. 9-515-34 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Garden City Park, in the Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of premises herein described distant the following two courses and distances from the extreme southerly end of the arc connecting the Southerly end of the arc connecting the Southerly side of Wicks Road with the Easterly side of Schumacher Drive; 1. Southerly along the Easterly side of Schumacher Drive, 90.14 feet; 2. South 8 degrees 04 minutes 06 seconds East, along

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Main Building opens new chapter for library pleasing environment. a clear line to the outside.

Nothing fancy, but it The library is bright, with will serve its purpose. The easy flow. The stacks, where lower level also has a histhey don’t support the meztory room, community zanine, are half the height, to rooms, and the open lobby open up the views and let the area which serves as a gallight stream through. lery.

One nice consideration Where the children’s — thanks to Carol Frank’s room had been on the suggestion: the new energymain level is now the comefficient windows are specialmunity room, accommoly made so that birds can see dating approximately the them and don’t crash. same number of people, There are sitting areas KAREN RUBIN though with a much more virtually wrapping the build- Pulse of the Peninsula horizontal configuration ing along the pond with gorthat I am assured will still geous views through picture windows; a balcony that overlooks the allow sightlines to films.

It cleverly has a special entrance/ pond, and two beautiful group study exit so that performances can take place rooms that are on the main floor.

Many in the community will be de- when the main library is closed. Also, the lighted to see that Levels looks almost audio/visual room, much more accomexactly as it did with the familiar seat- modating that the crowded, sequestered ing areas kept intact ,except everything area before, is right at the main entrance.

The new building accommodates the is new and upgraded, with an ambitious now nearly ubiquitous use of technology new lighting system.

The facility shows respect for the lev- and new media. There are various access els program and its importance to a large points to connect wireless — whether in segment of our young adult community front of a window or in Levels or in the for whom levels has been such a vital children’s room.

Perhaps the best of all is yet to come part of their lives.

The warren of dark, stuffy hallways, — thanks largely to a legacy grant from useless spaces and depressing meeting Ann Hyde, who died in June 2014, the rooms, and decrepit community room Ann Hyde Memorial Children’s Garden in the lower level have been completely promises to be spectacular.

It is expected to be completed in the opened up and all that space put to exspring of 2017. cellent use.

Certainly the community, who Instead of a community room in that lower level, there is the self-contained turned out in force for the official openchildren’s room, with its own entrance ing on Sunday, Oct. 30 were thrilled with from the lower parking lot, and again, a the newest community facility.

The library board members deserve massive amount of windows, making it a

accolades and our appreciation for their extraordinary hard work — made all the more harder by working for about a year without an official Executive Director.

I am deeply saddened that Varda Solomon, who poured heart and soul into the project, lost her reelection, but this puts the onus on the incoming trustees, Douglas (Gee-Kang) Hwee, who defeated her (275-218) and Rebecca T. Miller who won election to fill the vacancy by outgoing trustee Josie Pizer, to take up the torch.

Challenges remain for our library, as every library — to balance technology and new media with preservation of traditional media that feels comfortable and reassuring — and yes, has that special textural feel.

Its role as a storehouse and center for information, knowledge and heritage, with being a place for community, for face-to-face human interaction — and balancing its function of supplying information (books, media) with programming.

These require choices in allocation of financial and physical resources and in the professionals who the library hires.

“The Great Neck Library is the cornerstone and heart of the community,” Kathy Giotsas, the executive director, wrote in the Grand Opening Journal. “In person and online, we connect people to a whole world of ideas and information.

Libraries offer the insight of the past as well as the promise of the future.”

The library is a reflection of our civic pride, a center for lifelong learning, a community gathering place, a place that serves “as an equalizer, offering access to materials and information to all people.”

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I’ve had strong issues – complaints – with the way the planning for the Main Library unfolded, particularly the design, which I felt was too small which meant that the building is inflexible to accommodate changes in community needs, that it made assumptions about how ebooks would displace actual books, that the library missed an opportunity to create an environmentally sustainable building and a structure that would be the basis of civic pride and community spirit for generations.

The difference between a minimalist project that might serve for a couple of decades and a more ambitious one, if I remember correctly, would have worked out to about $25 a year in taxes.

To say I was skeptical of the result is an understatement.

But after 20 years of starts and stops and two years of construction, the new building opened on Sunday, Oct. 30, to great praise and appreciation.

I can put myself in the camp of appreciating the new building.

I am willing to concede that the new building is the best result given the budgetary constraints of a beggarly bond.

It is minimalist but functional, and certainly will become less “institutional” when the library’s artwork is restored.

The building maximizes every square inch of space and is ergonomic in that it offers an environment that is comfortable and user friendly.

Most appealing is how the sight-lines have been opened up to take advantage through big picture windows and magnificent new seating areas out to the gorgeous landscape of Udalls Pond, beginning with the entranceway that gives you

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1994 for killing Shaleen Wadhwani, a 20-year-old medical student from Manhasset, who was engaged to Hema Sakhrani.

Nathan shot Wadhwani 11 times with a semiautomatic rifle at his home in Manhasset on May 26, 1993. Nathan was obsessed with Sakhrani and was angered over her engagement to Wadhwani with whom she was living, prosecutors said.

Two days after Wadhwani was killed, Sakhrani committed suicide by jumping from the 16th-floor terrace of her family’s Queens apartment.

Efforts to reach Klein, who is now a law professor at Hofstra University, were unavailing.

According to an indictment, the district attorney’s office received a tip about Nathan’s plan, carried out between May and October, to hire someone outside prison to assault Klein.

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Chandran Nathan lene Gugerty issued an order of protection, ordering Nathan to not try and contact Klein.

Nathan was charged with second-degree criminal solicitation, and is due back in court on Dec. 15.

“This case is a reminder of the difficult and dangerous jobs that law enforcement professionals do every day,” Nassau County District Attor-

ney Madeline Singas said in a statement. “We will continue to work to ensure their safety and those who attempt to tamper with our prosecutions will be held accountable. I thank the Nassau County Police Department, State Department of Corrections and our NCDA Detective Investigators for investigating this case.”

Assistant District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said she believes Nathan exhibits “no remorse” for his actions.

“His motivation basically was that he had exhausted all of his appeals, and I think he should be examined to determine his stability,” said Stephen Murphy, Nathan’s defense lawyer.

Murphy said Nathan wanted to get out of jail to care for his mother, who has cancer.

Murphy was not Nathan’s attorney in the 1994 case.

Prosecutors said Nathan, if convicted, faces 3 1/2 to seven years in prison. Nathan is not eligible for parole until 2030, Murphy said.

Continued from Page 23 third term as president of the New York State Family Court Judges Association and is also the deputy presiding member of the judiciary section of the New York State Bar Association.

Singer has been a member of the Great Neck Vigilant Fire Department since 1980, and served as chief of the department from 2000 to 2004.

The remaining two county Family Court seats were won by Democrats Stacy Bennett, who received the most total votes, 273,026, and Ayesha Keri Brantley, who won the last seat over Republican Eileen C. Daly-Sapraicone by 142 votes.

The other three candidates who lost the election were Republicans Virginia Clavin-Higgins, Darlene Harris and Martin Massell, who received 247,459, 246,527 and 241,362 votes respectively.

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Clinton’s hopes, our hopes hit glass ceiling Continued from Page 18 Muting our own personal beliefs in the face of an electoral loss is a defeatist attitude. We must decide what women’s equality means to each of us and further develop the voice that we’ve found.

This takes bravery and fortitude in the face of our fellow men or women who may not see women the way see ourselves.

Our common beliefs and voices can become even more powerful together.

In the spirit of the famous Harvard scholar David Putnam, a great many of us are currently “bowling alone.”

While many advocates of social and political justice are already civically engaged in various organizations, many of us are not. This leaves our voices to be heard, perhaps, only to our family, close friends, coworkers, or in the context of social media, if we’re not afraid of losing the good graces of people of different mindsets. This is a start.

All of the above categories are part of social capital. Yet, more organized civic engagement within our communities can galvanize political dialogue and action.

This is the real facilitator of democratic progress and a vehicle of change. If love inspires individuals in their personal lives, it is civic community that inspires democratic viability.

Civic community is democracy’s Eros.

Social media and Internet-based forms of civic community and social capital is invaluable. Surely, there is much potential for technology to facilitate civic engagement.

With busy lives and obligations, this type of engagement can make civic community much more available and convenient.

Further, as we find and develop our voices, we need to be seen, heard, and engage in face-to-face dialogue and connection. When we find our voices and

then become civically engaged with others, offering our thoughts and ideas, we can truly do great things together. We can fight injustice and work towards the common good. We can protect our environment, overcome racial, cultural and religious divides, provide access to quality public education and affordable higher education, improve access to health care, create a fair taxation system, help the poor and middle classes, ensure LGBTQ rights, protect women’s equality, etc.

In the words of Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison on the day following the election: “Don’t mourn. Organize.”

The feelings of despair, frustration, and fear will not quickly dissipate, nor should they. These emotions are justified, and can be channeled to help us strengthen our voice and more passionately articulate our values.

We can take refuge in the fact that we had a first female presidential candi-

date that won the popular vote. It was not just a testament to the potential for a female to reach the Oval Office, but a message that love really does trump hate.

Strong women across the nation have the capability to remain powerful voices of feminism and justice and to help our fellow citizens strengthen their own voices.

We will not cower in the face of blatant sexism or tawdry insults. We will not hide our intelligence or political passion and liberalism as a result of the electoral outcome.

The fight against injustice starts with winning our own individual battle; this entails nurturing our personal beliefs rather than passively conforming to the judgment of the day.

As Maya Angelou had stated, “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.”

Diana Poulos-Lutz Mineola

Manhasset still great despite change

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e are long term residence of Manhasset having moved here nearly 60 years ago. We raised our two sons here.

It was a great community then and still is today. Our public schools and Saint Mary’s Catholic schools then and now are highly regarded. The Town Hall of North Hempstead is located here.

Physically the town appears largely unchanged except that trees and shrubbery are somewhat overgrown.

Even then it was one of the more expensive Long Island places to purchase a home. A major attraction was and remains the 30-minute LIRR commute to downtown Manhattan.

In the 1960s and even later a majority of families owned only one car.

Stay at home wives were pretty

much the norm. The wife often dropped her husband off at the railroad station.

Thus the six hundred parking spaces available at the station was sufficient.

Today many wives have careers and cars even if they don’t have a job.

Many school-age children also have their own cars. Back then few if any child had his own car.

Occasionally a moped perhaps.

Our two son’s first car came as college graduation presents.

Cars had grown so long that the previous owner of our home had added a one-foot extension on the garage.

However by the time we moved in cars had shrunk. Those big cars often got less than 15 miles per gallon and gas cost around $1 a gallon. Now 30 miles per gallon is common.

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Plandome, the main street in Manhasset, has seen stores come and go.

This is true no doubt for any Long Island town.

Then there were three medium-size grocery stores on the main drag, An A & P, a Bohack (which is now the Town of North Hempstead annex) and a third store which is now a pharmacy.

The magnificent Manhasset Miracle Mile on Northern Boulevard then had a Walbaum supermarket since replaced

by Brooks Brothers.

For some time Manhasset had no grocery store.

Then King Kullen opened a much needed store in the Manhasset Center.

Children’s lives in Manhasset are decidedly different.

At that time children were often seen outdoors.

Perhaps they were outdoors because there was little to do indoors.

No computers, no Iphones, minimal TV programs for children.

Even in winter children dressed up and played in the snow.

Young children played games outside and rode their tricycles and the older ones their bicycles. Many rode bicycles to school.

Today one rarely sees children outdoors summer or winter. Few tricycles or bicycles are evident.

Today some children are taught to ride cycles but the bikes are seldom used after that.

Only wives and nannies are seen on the streets pushing baby carriages.

It seems the only exercise school children get today is working their Iphones with their index finger (a small

percentage of school children do get involved in good healthy sports activities).

Pet dogs are now the norm, but not then.

Look out your window to see who is walking the dog.

Kids are rarely seen as I am sure they promised their parents they would.

Most of the Manhasset area was largely already built up when we moved here in the early ‘60s.

The majority of homes had only a one-car garage and this did not house their car. Nearly everyone had a lawn mower.

Families either cut their own lawn or hired a kid to do it.

The garage was fully occupied with mowers, garden tools, bicycles, sleds, etc.

Also I do not ever recall seeing a lawn maintenance truck in our community.

Now it seems that few people tend their own lawns.

Today no kid cuts grass or shovels snow as many did then.

Also quite a few families did personally decorate their homes for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

But now when it is done it is by professionals..

From what I have reported one might draw the conclusion that our community was not really so prosperous in the old days. This is not true.

However, relative to other communities Manhasset was even then considered prosperous.

A desirable location for sure.

Theodore Theodorsen Manhasset

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New Doors New Windows New Moldings Free Estimates

CLEANING HOMEOFFICE WEEKLY - MONTHLY Since 1979 Insured / Bonded Trusted and Reliable

516-884-4016

CALL OLYMPIA CLEANING

516-883-0359

Lic# H0454870000

HOME IMPROVEMENT

CONSTRUCTION

LAMPS FIXED $ 65

ACPM CONSTRUCTION CORP RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

ALL TYPES OF MASONRY Concrete • Bluestone • Pavers • Cultured Stones Blacktop • Patios • Stoops

In Home Service Handy Howard 646-996-7628

Free Estimates • References Family Owned and Operated • 35 years in business LICENSED & INSURED OFFICE 516-328-9089

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HOME IMPROVEMENT

PLACE YOUR AD WITH US

DEVLIN BUILDERS

ADVERTISE WITH US!

Since 1979

To place your ad, call 516.307.1045 or fax 516.307.1046

We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS No job too small

Bob Devlin @

516-365-6685 Insured, License # H18C730000

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Elegant Touch Remodeling “Quality Construction with a Personal Touch” Deal direct with owner - Serving li over 25 years

• • • •

All Types of Home Improvements Free Estimates • Free design service extensions • Kitchens dormers • bathrooms decks • siding

631.281.7033 Licence #H18H2680000

HOME IMPROVEMENT

GENERAL CONTRACTING

Clearview General Contracting, Inc. Complete Home Improvements • Kitchens • Baths • Carpentry • Painting & more PORT HOME

IMPROVEMENT & PAINTING Renato Gatica Licensed Contractor Lic. # H0450780000

516-305-3153

Free Estimates renatogatica@yahoo.com

516-767-2000

# Shingle, Slate, Flat Roofing and Repairs # Vinyl Siding, Trim, Gutters & Leaders # Windows # Kitchen, Bath & Interior Remodeling Residential/ Commercial

Free estimates

171 Main Street, Port Washington, NY 11050 • Nassau Lic. H187230000

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BUYER’S GUIDE ▼

HOME CARE/HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES

Home Care & Housekeeping Services We provide these services: # Live in or live out maids # Companions # Home Care # Housekeeping

Haya’s & Rona Agency Haya Rona

Office: 516-482-4400 Cell: 516-298-9445

Office: 516-441-5555 Cell: 516-316-0111

25 Great Neck Rd, Suite #3, Great Neck NY 11021

HOME/OFFICE ORGANIZER

HOME HEATING OIL

LAWN SPRINKLERS

Sage Oil 516 485-3900 Quality Oil at a Great Price Since 1960 No Fee For Visa/MC/Discovery or Debit Cards

• • • • •

Fall Drain Outs Backflow Device Tests Free Estimates Installation Service/Repairs

Joe Barbato (516) 775-1199

JUNK REMOVAL

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

Declutter & Organize • All aspects of your home/office organized – whether you are moving into a new space or moving out – we assist and organize it all.

• Dealing with an “Estate” – we sort, donate and toss.

• Photographs and memorabilia beautifully arranged and organized.

Lisa Smerling Marx

516-319-2762

Randi Yerman

917-751-0395

• We haul anything & everything • Entire contents of home and/or office • We clean it up and take it away Residential - Commercial Bonded Insured / Free Estimates

STRONG ARM CONTRACTING, INC.

neatfreaks1976@outlook.com Follow on Instagram @organizethisnthat

516-538-1125

JUNK REMOVAL

LANDSCAPING

ALL PHASES OF RUBBISH REMOVAL & DEMOLITION

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

Residential • Commercial Construction Sites

Kitchens • Bathrooms Clean-Ups • Attics Basements Flood/Fire ALL SIZE DUMPSTERS Bob Cat Service Some Day Service,

516-541-1557

Fully Insured

www.1866WEJUNKIT.com

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

MASONRY

Pool Patios/ Driveways / Sidewalks Brickwork/ Belgium Block/ Retaining Walls Patios / Steps / Pavers / Nicolock / Cambridge Stucco / Cultured Stone / Stone Veneer

Finishing Touch Masonry 516-635-4315 FCFinishing Touch • Web – fcfinishingtouch.com Nassau #H0432180000

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

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BUYER’S GUIDE ▼ MOVING

PAINTING

MOVING

N.Y.D.O.T.#10405

Serving the community for over 40 yrs

BRIAN CLINTON

MOVERS

MOVING & STORAGE INC.

PAINTING & WALLPAPER est. 1978

Long Island and New York State Specialists

One Piece to a Household/ Household Rearranging FREE ESTIMATES

• Residential • Commercial • Piano & Organ Experts • Boxes Available

333-5894

FREE ESTIMATES www.ajmoving.com

516-741-2657

Owner Supervised Licensed & Insured Licensed #T-11154

114 Jericho Tpke.

Mineola, NY 11501

PAINTING, POWERWASHING

Interior and Exterior • Plaster/Spackle Light Carpentry • Decorative Moldings Power Washing www.MpaintingCo.com 516-385-3132 516-328-7499 New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Licensed & Insured

TREE SERVICE

SWEENEY PAINTING

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

and CARPENTRY Interior B. Moore Paints Dustless Vac System Renovations

Exterior Power Washing Rotted Wood Fixed Staining

ADVERTISE HERE

516-884-4016 Lic# H0454870000

516.307.1045

PRESSURE WASHING

ISLAND WIDE

ADVERTISE HERE

PRESSURE WASHING • House Washing • Decks • Fences • Patios • Driveways • Sidewalks “I will call you back & always follow up with you”

26 Lic/Ins Owner Operated

516.307.1045

409-9510

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www.islandwidepressurewashing.com

TREE SERVICE

OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE Owner Operated Since 1989 Licensed & Insured

FREE ESTIMATES Member L.I. Arborist Assoc.

516-466-9220

ROOFING

RESD/COMM CLEANING

STRONG ARM CLEANING

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

Residential and Commercial Cleaning Specialist • Post construction clean ups • Stripping, waxing floors • Move ins and move outs

ADVERTISE HERE

Free estimates / Bonded Insured

516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

WINDOW REPAIRS

516.307.1045

631-385-7975

WINDOW REPAIRS & RESTORATIONS

Outdated Hardware • Skylights •Andersen Sashes • New Storm Windows • Wood Windows • Chain/Rope Repairs • Falling Windows • Fogged Panes • Mechanical Repairs • Wood Repairs

ALL BRANDS W W W. S K YC L E A RW I N D OW. CO M Call Mr. Fagan • 32 Years Experience Lic. # H080600000 Nassau

ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045

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Cancellation Policy Ads must be cancelled the Monday before the first Thursday publication. All cancellations must be received in writing by fax at: 516.307.1046 Any verbal cancellations must be approved by a supervisor. There are no refunds on cancelled advertising. An advertising credit only will be issued.

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Join a superior home care agency that ranks in the top 25% in the US! One of the most crucial services that we provide our communities is exceptional highquality home-based health care. South Nassauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s superior, award-winning home health care service continues to grow and needs dedicated nurses with home care experience to care for its recovering patients. You will assess all aspects of the status of our patients and develop a nursing care plan with measurable goals.

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Apply online: www.southnassaujobs.org

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Full Time Receptionist Mineola Home Improvement Company â&#x20AC;˘ Answer phones, greet customers in showroom and assist in customer service â&#x20AC;˘ Data entry in QuickBooks â&#x20AC;˘ Scanning, Copying, Emailing, Faxing, Filing â&#x20AC;˘ General administrative tasks to assist office staff Candidates should be proficient in Microsoft Office and QuickBooks (will train).

Experience of Home Improvement Industry is helpful.

MUST BE Personable, Upbeat and Patient with Customers, Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

â&#x20AC;˘ Hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 6pm. â&#x20AC;˘ Salary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; To Be Determined

Email resume to: info@wendelhome.com Fax to: 516-742-0223

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Class B/PS or C/PS Full Time 5 days/week Year Round Steady Work Holiday & Sick Pay $600 to Start Sign On Bonus

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8 running for single G.N. ed board seat Continued from Page 1 matter” how many candidates are vying for the seat, as he is a “unique” candidate because of his work in the community and in the school district.

He said he moved to Great Neck with his wife in 2006.

The two have three daughters who attend schools in the district in first, third and seventh grade.

Toch said that as well as serving as a parent coordinator for Great Neck travel soccer teams, on which all three of his daughters play, he has worked with the Great Neck United Parent-Teacher Council, or UPTC, since 2009.

In 2009, he joined the budget committee and in 2012 began chairing the committee, he said.

Toch said he became a member of the UPTC executive board in 2012, first serving as a treasurer and now serving as a recording secretary.

He said he went to the University of Michigan, attended law school at George Washington University and received his M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Toch said that his experiences for 14 years as an analyst at various hedge funds, and the fact he specializes in the financial services sector and in government bonds, are relevant to the district’s endeavors.

The school district is discussing plans for a proposed bond referendum to address the district’s estimated $51.7

million in capital needs. The district has scheduled a vote for Feb. 14 on the proposed capital projects.

Toch said one of the main reasons he is running for the seat is to ensure that residents in the district have all the information they need to make a decision on the proposed bond referendum.

“That has been my goal,” he said. “To provide help to the district and to help the board understand what financial stability means, promote it and the same time provide transparency so the people of the community can make the decisions.”

While serving on the UPTC’s budget committee, Toch said, he has worked on and submitted to the school board budget reports on projections and financial models, which are available on the UPTC website.

“My committee is responsible for saving the taxpayers of Great Neck a substantial amount of money and, at the same time, preserving teacher jobs,” he said.

Toch said that although working on the budget and discussing it with school officials can lead to tense discussions and disagreements, he “gets along very well” with the Board of Education.

He said voters should select him because he is seeking to provide the community with his expertise in the financial aspects of the school district.

“I am talking about an issue that goes across the different

Donna Peirez

Grant Toch ethnicities in our community in a way that is not opportunistic, it is sincere and demonstrated over a long period of time,” Toch said. “My candidacy is about the promotion of financial stability, providing transparency and ensuring that our students and our teachers are provided the opportunity to achieve their maximum potential.”

Peirez, a 28-year first-grade teacher at Lakeville Elementary School who retired in June, said what makes her different from the other candidates is her knowledge of what goes on inside the classroom.

“I think the main thing ...

is my experience from working in the classroom with the children,” she said. “That one extra piece is my knowledge of the intricate workings of the district.”

Before teaching in the district, Peirez said, she was very involved in the district by serving on the Parent Teacher Associations of the former Kensington-Johnson Elementary School, E.M. Baker Elementary School, North Middle School and North High School.

She said that she is a “consensus builder” and that one of her biggest achievements was when Kensington-Johnson closed around 1980 and she helped facilitate the move of students to E.M. Baker.

“When the two schools were merging, all those areas required bringing people from very different points of view together and trying to get them to agree on something,” Peirez said. “I have always worked under the term of consensus, which is another thing I felt I could offer to the board and the community.”

She said that as a teacher, she was involved in contract negotiations with the district, which helped her understand the “fine line” the district faces when making decisions about finances and maintaining the quality of education.

Peirez, who also taught at the Great Neck Community School, a cooperative nursery school, for 11 years, said her expertise on what works best in the classroom would be an asset

to the board.

“I feel that I can bring a current knowledge of curriculum that is successful and some that is not,” she said. “Everybody has great ideas about what they want in the budget, but what really affects the teaching in the district, the students, facilities, technology? What are we bringing that’s meaningful and what isn’t?”

Peirez said that in addition to maintaining the district’s high academic standards, she wanted to see increased efforts in developing students’ social skills and understanding of other cultures.

“I think that in some situations we have gotten so involved in curriculum that we have forgotten the interpersonal skills that are so important in our students to make them a well-rounded person,” she said.

In terms of the bond issue, Peirez said, it is important to look at the needs of everyone within the district, including how it could affect those who don’t have children attending public schools.

She served as UPTC president from 1986 to 1988 and chaired various UPTC committees, including the budget committee, legislative committee, health and safety committee and transportation committee.

Efforts to reach Kron, Toumbekis, Schwartz and Darvish were unavailing.

The election will take place on Dec. 6 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the E.M. Baker School and Great Neck South High School.

More building work outlined for G.N. schools Continued from Page 12 bond as low as possible.”

Powell said the proposed $95.56 million in spending, for the $51.7 million in capital needs and $43.86 million in educational and building enhancements, would come from a bond issue of $85.9 million and about $9.66 million from reserves.

For taxpayers living in a $500,000 home, he said, taxes would increase by $157.50 annually.

Taxpayers living in a $750,000 home would see an increase of $236.25 per year and those living in a $1 million home would see an increase of $315 annually, Powell said.

Many of the “areas of focus” that were detailed by Fred Seeba and Joe Rettig, architects from BBS, 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.

Seeba said the goal was to update the school facilities to the “21st century.”

“You have a great educational pro-

gram here in Great Neck. It is well known on the island, it is well known in New York State, it is well known throughout the country,” he said. “What we’re trying to look at is now bringing your facilities up to the level of that program.”

One of the biggest upgrades as part of the proposed bond would be the creation of a $6.58 million early childhood center, where children across the district would be offered a pre-kindergarten education, at the district’s Adult Learning Center on Clover Drive.

The district currently has a universal pre-kindergarten program at Parkville Elementary School, but the location is more convenient for students living in the southern half of the district.

Prendergast said the transformation of the Clover Drive facility into an early childhood center would offer prekindergarten for students zoned to begin kindergarten at E.M. Baker Elementary School, Saddle Rock Elementary School and Lakeville Elementary School.

As the facility currently houses the Adult Learning Center, Supportive Environment for All Learners and Pupil Personnel Services programs, the district is

proposing to construct a building at the Cumberland Adult Center to relocate those programs. The proposed building would cost about $9.8 million.

Prendergast said the early childhood center would also help alleviate overcrowding at E.M. Baker.

“That would be an ideal situation to resolve some of the overcrowding issues that are here while still being able to make sure that every single child on the north side of town has the opportunity for a pre-K experience in our public school setting,” she said.

Donna Profetta, a kindergarten teacher at John F. Kennedy Elementary School, said she was in favor of an additional universal pre-kindergarten program because it better prepares children for the next level of education.

“When 4-year-olds are exposed to a number of the letters and shapes in preK, it’s just going to lead them to be more successful in kindergarten,” Profetta said.

“It makes my job so much easier, it makes their learning so much more pleasurable.”

Prendergast said that if the bond is approved, the early childhood center would ideally open by September 2018,

though that was not a final date.

Another of the biggest expenses of the proposed bond is an approximately $6.9 million project to construct a new school auditorium and expanded cafeteria at E.M. Baker.

Rettig said the space at E.M. Baker was undersized for the number of students at the school.

Board President Barbara Berkowitz said the district would send out a brochure to residents detailing the proposed bond issue and she will make efforts to inform other people in the community.

Berkowitz also urged those who attended the meeting to educate others in the community, who may not be up to date on the bond issue, on what is going on at the district.

By Dec. 12, the board needs to adopt a state environmental quality review act determination for the projects and a bond referendum resolution to move forward with the plan.

In January and February 2017, there will be further bond referendum presentations and informational meetings.

The district has scheduled a vote for Feb. 14 on the proposed bond issue.

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Sports Chaminade Flyers champions again Rout Canisius Prep for 2nd title in a row after overtime victory over Fordham Prep

BY G R E G ORY GIACONELLI The Chaminade Flyers captured the Catholic High School Athletic Association State championship with a 6-0 win over the Canisius Prep Crusaders on Sunday afternoon at St. John’s University.

Matt Vowinkel led Chaminade with a hat trick and two assists as they captured their second consecutive CHSAA title and sixth overall.

A.J. Codispoti recorded a goal and three assists for Chaminade.

Goalkeepers Yanni Rigos and

Patrick Iorio combined for six saves to earn the shutout.

Head coach Michael Gallagher said it felt great to win back to back titles and was glad for the seniors who had the opportunity to hoist another one.

“The biggest expectation is that you have juniors who did well last year and won a state title” Gallagher said. “Once they became seniors, their expectation to get better and win a state title again was always in the back of their minds. I was happy they did it.”

Chaminade got off to a hot start by scoring a pair of goals 10

Chaminade 6 Canisius Prep 0 minutes into the game. A goal by Tim Davis and Vowinkel one minute apart put Chaminade up 2-0.

Eight minutes later, Codispoti increased Chaminade’s lead to three off an assist from Vowinkel.

Jack Graziano gave Chaminade a 4-0 lead to round out the scoring in the first half.

Gallagher described Grazia-

no’s goal in which he rocketed a shot from 18 yards out into the upper left corner of the net, as one for the highlight reel.

Vowinkel struck for two more goals early in the second half to complete the hat trick.

Gallagher said Chaminade quickly found holes in the Canisius that they failed to correct as the game went on.

“They didn’t change what they were doing and it created gaps and we were able to exploit it,” Gallagher said. “We played well because we were able to play well. They played very hard but it was one of those days that

we were on our game.”

Two days earlier, Chaminade defeated Fordham Prep 2-1 in the CHSAA state semifinals with an overtime goal by Tim Davis after Fordham had tied the game with less than a minute left in play.

Vowinkel had scored a goal 90 seconds into the game but Fordham tied it with a minute and four seconds left in regulation to force overtime.

Halfway through the overtime, Jack Nuttall took a corner kick that came to Alex Brutschin, who headed the ball to Tim Davis, who knocked in the game winner.

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Carle Place/Wheatley headed to finals

BY G R E G ORY GIACONELLI Behind three touchdowns

by Tziah Albert, the secondseeded Carle Place/Wheatley Wild-frogs defeated fourth-seed North Shore Vikings 37-22 in the Conference IV semifinals Saturday evening at Hofstra University.

Albert rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns, including a 67-yard dash in the fourth quarter. He also had 32 receiving yards.

Carle Pl/Wheatley 37 N. Shore Vikings 22 Carle Place quarterback Chris Kelly ran for 95-yards and two touchdowns.

He threw for 61 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown pass to Albert.

Carle Place/Wheatley head coach Tim Moran said the most important component to their second half push was pressuring North Shore’s quarterback Ryan Aughavin and were able to take control on offense.

“The offense dominated the line of scrimmage so we were able to run the ball,” Moran said.

“We needed to keep possession in our favor.”

After forcing North Shore to go three and out on their opening drive, Carle Place followed up with an 81-yard drive, capped off by Dominic Pascarella’s 42-yard run.

Luke Caliendo’s extra point attempt was blocked and Carle Place/Wheatley led 6-0 with 7:29 left in the first quarter.

North Shore responded with a three-yard touchdown run from Aughavin to complete a 65-yard drive.

Carle Place/Wheatley captains from left to right: Dom Pascarella (No. 24), Matt Teemsma (No. 67), Sahaj Gulati, and Chris Kelly (No. 3) John Magliocco’s extra point attempt put North Shore up 7-6 with 2:43 remaining in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Carle Place regained the lead on a 20yard rushing touchdown by Albert, finishing a 62-yard drive.

Carle Place/Wheatley attempted the two-point conversion on a run by Dayce Niosi but was stopped. Carle Place led 12-7 with 10:43 left in the half.

North Shore answered back with a 14-yard touchdown run

by Magliocco, completing a 64yard drive.

Magliocco ran again on the two-point conversion attempt and gave North a 15-12 lead with 8:22 remaining in the half.

Carle Place/Wheatley took back the lead with a minute and five seconds in the half with a three-yard run by Kelly.

Caliendo missed the kick but Carle Place led 19-15.

With 18 seconds left in the second quarter, North Shore grabbed the lead again as Aughavin connected with James Ledden on an 18-yard touchdown reception, capping off a 59-yard drive. Magliocco’s kick gave North Shore a 22-19 lead into halftime.

In the third quarter, Kelly threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Albert to give Carle Place a 25-22 lead.

In the final quarter, Kelly ran for a one-yard touchdown

run and Albert rushed for a 67-yard touchdown run to round out the scoring as Car-

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LIU Post wins conference title

BY M I C H A E L OTERO One point separated the LIU Post football team from the Assumption College Greyhounds in their previous matchup in October.

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The Pioneers were determined this time around to assure there would be no necessary fourth quarter heroics as the team defeated the Greyhounds 43-23 in the NE-10 Conference Championship on Saturday, Nov. 13, on the LIU Post campus in Brookville.

It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for the Pioneers though, as they faced adversity right out of the gate.

The Greyhounds drove down the field and into the red-zone on their opening possession but were held up at the four yard-line and had to settle for a 21-yard field goal.

PHOTO CREDIT: NICOLE CURCIO

Pioneers wide receiver Shane Hubbard (right) After a Pioneer interception, the Greyhounds started their drive in LIU territory, again entering the red-zone, and stalled at the four yard-line and settled for another field goal.

On the ensuing Pioneer drive, senior LIU Post quarterback Jeff Kidd tossed another interception and the Greyhounds set up shop 13 yards from a touchdown.

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Pioneers quarterback Jeff Kidd

Another red-zone trip and the same result; the Greyhounds settled for three points instead of punching it in for a touchdown.

They led 9-0 with just over two minutes left in the first quarter.

The LIU Post defense stood tall, holding the Greyhounds to three field goals and no touchdowns in the first 15 minutes.

“I think it was just us settling in,” head football coach Bryan Collins said. “It’s a totally different game being down 21-0 and 9-0. It’s funny — we did spend one extra day on goal-line defense this week and so it paid off obviously.”

Seeking a jumpstart, the Pioneers’ special teams made a play and red-shirt sophomore running back Malik Pierre almost broke a kickoff back to the house, but was tackled at the LIU 45 yardline.

After a 20-yard rush by senior tailback David White, Kidd dropped a pass into the bucket for red-shirt junior receiver Kyle Ward, who scored the game’s opening touchdown.

The drive took four plays and 54 seconds. Even though they

still trailed on the scoreboard, the score was a confidence boost for the Pioneers, who seized control from that point forward.

On their first drive of the second quarter, the Pioneers got a second chance with a 15-yard personal foul penalty that kept their drive alive.

The possession culminated with a touchdown to red-shirt senior receiver Shane Hubbard, who found the soft spot in the zone for six.

The score not only gave the Pioneers a 13-7 lead, but it also put Hubbard ahead of former Pioneer Jim Byrne on the all-time touchdown reception list in program history, with 31.

A 41-yard field goal in the waning seconds of the half put the Pioneers up 16-9 at the break.

After a first half that saw the Pioneers come alive late, they owned the second half; outscoring the Greyhounds 27-14.

The tone was set on the half’s first play. Pierre, who already had a big kickoff return to his credit, ran back the kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown, making it 23-9 in favor of the Pioneers.

Pierre added two more touchdowns to widen the Pioneer advantage and put them one step closer to becoming NE10 champions.

Pioneers concluded their scoring onslaught with a 37-yard strike to Hubbard, who added to his historic day with another touchdown.

The 43-23 victory for LIU Post earned them the NE-10 Conference Champion title.

Kidd went 14-0f-27 through the air for 203 yards and three touchdowns.

On the ground, the Pioneers got 100 yard games from both Pierre and White.

In addition to his two touchdown receptions, Hubbard was also a security blanket for Kidd, as he hauled in seven passes for 100 yards.

Defensively, sophomore linebacker Connor Farrell led the squad with nine tackles, while senior defensive back Jhaleel Oswald accumulated seven tackles and was all over the field making plays.

Defensive backs Jared Chester and Joshua Flowers each had great performances, with Chester intercepting a pass and totaling seven tackles and Flowers making six tackles and two pass break-ups.

Kidd, Pierre, Hubbard and Farrell were all named to the NE10 All-Championship Team.

With the win, the Pioneers will play in the NCAA Division II Tournament and host a game.

Winston-Salem State University will visit Brookville, N.Y. on Saturday, Nov. 19 to play the No. 2 seeded Pioneers.

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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