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Board to set vote on bond Herricks residents praise $29.5M plan

By N o a h M a N s K a r The Herricks school board will likely vote Oct. 6 to set a Dec. 6 bond referendum on $29.5 million worth of building projects across the district’s seven buildings, the district announced Wednesday.

Construction on a new PHoTo By NoaH MaNSkar athletic field at Herricks High School could start as early as next summer if residents vote to Former New york City mayor rudy Giuliani, a prominent surrogate for republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, fund the work with $25 million speaks to a crowd of reporters after Monday’s first presidential debate at Hofstra University. in borrowing and $3.3 million in capital reserve spending, district officials told about 90 residents, students and staff at the high school Tuesday night.

“Just as you want to take care of your home, it’s important that we take care of our schools and we continue those upgrades,” district Superintendent Fino Cel- B y N o a h M a N s K a r nominee, Donald Trump, as he that many on both sides of the names.

A Newsday/News 12/Siena came down “spin alley” inside aisle say is critical to its future. aNd sTePheN ano said.

Trump’s walk through the College poll published last week Hofstra University’s physical edroMaNo The plan also includes renoucation building Monday night. corral lined with microphones, shows Trump leading Clinton on vations to the high school’s cafMedia outlets from across cameras and iPhones was un- Long Island by four percentage “Mr. Trump! Mr. Trump! Mr. eteria and one of its science labs, the world converged there for usual for a presidential nominee, points. as well as a new fitness center Trump!”

Trump’s promises to bring Hundreds of reporters shout- the first presidential debate be- but he took questions for more and power generator in an effort jobs back to the U.S. from overContinued on Page 59 ed at the Republican presidential tween Trump and the Democrat- than half an hour.

Clinton did not come seas and to bring “law and order” ic nominee, Hillary Clinton, through herself, but more than to city streets strike a chord with on the Uniondale campus.

For a night, Hofstra and a dozen surrogates walked the Long Island’s middle-income Long Island were at the cen- floor touting their candidate’s voters, U.S. Rep. Peter King (Rter of the election that has performance, trailed by workers Shirley), one of Trump’s surroconsumed the nation and carrying tall posts bearing their Continued on Page 64

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Gurfein wants to be GCP industrial ‘statesman’ in House zone gets $300K GOP Marine challenges Dem Rep. Kathleen Rice Feds fund design for road repairs

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As a first-time candidate for public office, David Gurfein said he thinks of himself as a particular kind of political outsider: a “statesman.”

The Republican candidate for the 4th Congressional District and retired U.S. Marine said he thinks lawmakers have a responsibility to challenge incorrect assumptions, not accept them like many members of Congress.

“Politicians will represent their district to get re-elected,” Gurfein said in an interview with Blank Slate Media. “A statesman will come back and they not only have a right to dissent, but they have an obligation to come back and explain why people may be thinking something that’s not necessarily correct.”

That’s one of several lessons taken from Gurfein’s time as a combat veteran, experience he said equips him best to support the national defense, which he called the federal government’s “primary concern.”

A Great Neck native and Manhasset resident, Gurfein launched a campaign in the 3rd Congressional District last September and switched to the 4th District in March after state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury) won the GOP nomination to replace retiring Rep. Steve Israel.

Gurfein faces incumbent Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Garden City Democrat and former Nassau County district attorney, in the district covering most of southwestern Nassau, including New Hyde Park, Floral Park, Mineola, Garden City Park and parts of Williston Park and East Williston.

Gurfein served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the first Gulf War before attending Harvard Business School and work-

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-Brooklyn) on Friday announced that the state Department of Transportation has approved the Town of North Hempstead’s use of $2 million in federal transportation funds that were previously allocated but unused.

In 2005, the town was awarded $2 million in funding for a repaving project on Grand Boulevard in Westbury, but the project was completed using other funds, so the money was left untouched.

Speaking in front of the Port Washington Long Island Railroad station in May, Schumer called on the Federal Highway Administration and state Department of Transportation to restore the funds.

“Finally, North Hempstead has been given the key it needs to access $2 million in previously locked funds and the good news is, the town will be able to use this money on local, critically needed projects like the revitalization of Port Washington’s Main Street,” he said. “After 10

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republican David Gurfein is seen in Blank Slate Media’s office on Friday, Sept. 23. ing for private companies. He re-entered active duty after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and was one of the first Marines to enter Iraq in 2003.

He was later a congressional liaison for NATO’s supreme commander in Europe and the U.S. Special Operations Command, leading representatives on tours of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gurfein said that experience would help Congress craft a “clear strategy” for the nation’s defense and how to deal with its chief threat — the Islamic State group and other Muslim terrorist sects.

A lack of strategy in Iraq created the vacuum of power that led to the birth of the Islamic State group, and a lack of one now has put the U.S. in a mode

of “constant defense,” Gurfein said.

“Right now we’re not working towards a final end state, so we have this ongoing threat as opposed to addressing it properly and ending it,” he said.

That strategy should come before any decision whether to put U.S. ground troops in Syria, Gurfein said, a move to which he would not commit.

While he said he does not think Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration is necessary, Gurfein said there should be increased screening for anyone traveling from Muslim-majority countries.

And while Trump’s proposed Continued on Page 59

years of being locked up in federal coffers, this federal funding will finally be put to good use and enable the Town of North Hempstead to get work on four shovel-ready projects. This leftover earmark will go a long way in creating local jobs and spurring the local economy.”

Schumer helped pass a provision in the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act that allows federal and state agencies to authorize the repurposing of unused funds for a new project.

Until that provision was passed, federal rules prevented municipalities from reusing any federal funding, even if the original project was no longer needed.

Schumer said that if a newly needed project was within 50 miles of the originally funded project, then the funds could be used.

The four transportation projects the town will be using the funds on, including drainage and infrastructure improvements on Main Street near the Port Washington LIRR station, a two-mile expansion and developContinued on Page 77

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth in May.

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101 and counting for NHP runner, age 69

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Bob Nordman set for 102nd marathon in November Early in his running career, Bob Nordman, a New Hyde Park resident, went “from zero to marathon in one year,” he said.

His first race was the Garden City Turkey Trot in November 1980, and the following October he found himself in his first New York City Marathon, he said.

“I could hardly walk afterwards,” said Nordman, now 69. “I said, ‘I’m never doing this again.’”

But the 26.2-mile tests of endurance hooked Nordman, he said.

His 19th New York City Marathon on Nov. 6 will be his 102nd marathon in 35 years.

That includes one marathon in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Nordman started running at age 33 on doctor’s orders to get his blood pressure down, he said.

It was a rough start — he gave up after a few weeks and

only started again to avoid having to take medication, he said.

Once he got used to it, Nordman started running races and got motivated by the competition, he said.

Now his blood pressure and heart rate are down and he’s avoided the knee and hip replacements many of his peers have had to get.

“I feel good,” Nordman said.

“There are guys older than me still running.”

Nordman started his quest to run a marathon in every state in 2007 and finished last December in Baton Rouge, La. He joined a club of runners dedicated to the feat and formed many relationships along the way, he said. His wife traveled with him sometimes, and he did a run each year with his son.

“Most of the time you end up talking to a lot of people, locals or people from other states, creating a lot of friendships,” Nordman said.

Nordman said he once ran three marathons in three days, traveling from Oklahoma to Kansas to Colorado.

As a country music lover, he said his favorite was the Country Music Marathon in Nashville.

One of his most memorable races was in the mountains of Palo Alto, Calif.

At the halfway point were warning signs about mountain lions and rattlesnakes.

A comment by a worker that there were only three mountain lion attacks last year wasn’t encouraging, Nordman said, considering there were only 17 people running.

“I’m running the last six miles looking up because I know they attack from above,” Nordman said.

Nordman once finished a marathon in 3:05 and twice ran the New York City Marathon in 3:08, he said.

A key lesson he’s learned is Continued on Page 77

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Special election set for Judy Jacobs’ seat

By C h r i s a da M s Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano last Friday ordered a special election to fill the seat of the late county lawmaker Judy Jacobs.

The vote will take place on Nov. 8 during the general election, the county said, and will determine the next person to act as legislator for Nassau’s 16th District.

The area covers Roslyn Heights, Old Westbury and parts of the Town of Oyster Bay. The Nassau County Democratic Committee nominated a Plainview resident, Arnold Drucker, as candidate for the office, Newsday reported. Drucker is a Queens-based attorney and serves on the Board of Trustees of Nassau County Community College. So far, there has been no announcement of a Republican nominee.

Attempts to reach Drucker were unavailing.

Jacobs died on Sept. 13 after falling in her Woodbury home. It was later revealed that she suffered from myelodysplastic syndrome, which limited her ability to produce platelets. A bleed in her brain spread, and she succumbed to the injury at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.

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One of the issues she took on was improving safety on a section of Roslyn Road that was the site of numerous fatal accidents.

“Judy embodied what the hallmark of the Legislature is supposed to be, which is a grassroots legislature that had the ability to advocate for all issues,” Mangano said.

“No issue was too small for Judy to take up if it was important to her constituents.”

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Meade Bros. headline G.N. AutoFest

By J oe N i K i C With the 32nd Annual AutoFest and Street Festival set to take place on Oct. 16, some familiar faces will be returning to the Great Neck Plaza stage.

For the 10th consecutive year, the Meade Brothers Band will headline the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District’s street festival.

“We’re excited to bring the Meade Brothers Band back as the featured entertainment for this year’s AutoFest and Street Festival,” said Jay Corn, Great Neck Plaza BID vice president and events committee chairman. “We keep bringing them back because our festival attendees and classic car owners love them.

“They are one of the most asked for bands on Long Island,” Corn added. “They have become an iconic part of the Long Island music landscape with their family-friendly renditions of classic hits.”

John Raguso, the band’s bassist and backup vocalist, said the band loves performing at the street festival because of the different types of people that get

The Meade Brothers Band to experience the performance.

“What’s cool about the Great Neck AutoFest is the diversity of cultures that is there,” Raguso said. “You really have four generations of people

you’re dealing with and you see all four generations of people out in the crowd.”

Formed in 1973, the band is made up of Great Neck natives Rich Meade, lead vocalist

and rhythm guitarist, and Greg Meade, vocalist and lead guitarist, Raguso, Zach Stern, the drummer, and Paul Brokaw, a vocalist and keyboard player.

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By J oE N i k i c Sparks flew at the North Hempstead Town Board meeting Tuesday night as council members clashed on whether to approve restrictions on tobacco product advertising or to seek more legal advice about the proposed legislation.

The board voted 5-2 against the proposed law, which would limit 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.

Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, who voted against the proposal, said she favored restricting e-cigarette advertising, but wanted to take Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin’s advice in strengthening the law to surmount possible legal action.

“We’re trying to find a way to make this as strong as possible so that it would stand up in a court of law,” Bosworth said. “We know our laws have to be constitutional, we’re trying to be careful we don’t infringe on First Amendment rights, and our town attorney, who I have the greatest regard and respect for, has advised all of us that the law needs more work.”

Botwin said that she felt the board should speak with marketing and other legal experts about whether the proposed law would actually have an impact on children and would not obstruct a store from advertising to adults.

“I have suggested that it would be very worthwhile to consult with some of these experts in the field who have reviewed the literature and to see whether we can prove, that these two particular regulations, that there’s a scientific basis for determining that they would be effective in making it less likely that children will be drawn into either smoking or e-cigarettes,” she said. “And as the Constitution requires, that they would not also be restricting communication to adults who have a First Amendment right to receive commercial information about legal products, which these products still are.”

The town could face a lawsuit accusing it of violating First Amendment rights, Botwin said, and she felt there were “continuing constitutional difficulties that needed to be talked through.”

Town Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio, who spearheaded the effort to regulate vape shops, said that the purpose of the proposed legislation was to limit teenagers’ exposure to tobacco product advertising.

De Giorgio provided the board with a three-ring binder filled with studies completed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as advocacy groups that aim to protect children and teenagers from tobacco products.

She said that hiring more consultants and continuing to amend the proposed law was an effort to “kick the can down the road.”

“This whole issue of getting an expert and getting more information was raised to me for the first time Thursday night, so

five days before today was the first time this was brought up,” De Giorgio said. “We have been working on this legislation for five months, we’ve been meeting regularly, we’ve been talking to experts.”

“It wasn’t until the very end that the tone changed and all of a sudden I got this sense that we didn’t want to go forward with this as a town,” she added.

Botwin said a stronger law would help the town prevail in a possible legal battle.

“It was my advice that we needed to do some more work and take the additional time that was necessary to craft a law with the backup to show that it was defensible and so that we could advise that we would be likely to prevail if we were challenged, as it’s probably likely we would be in a court, and have the law’s constitutionality challenged,” she said.

Town Council members Anna Kaplan, Peter Zuckerman, Lee Seeman and Viviana Russell voted against the proposed legislation.

Zuckerman said he was in favor of what the law was attempting to accomplish, but wanted the town to have the “most solid piece of legislation” possible.

“As a lawyer, we have to be concerned about the constitutionality with regards to this. Clearly a challenge is coming,” he said.

“I’m not afraid of a challenge but we need to put our best foot forward.”

Kaplan said she believed that the town should seek input from a constitutional law expert as she did not want to violate the Constitution or waste taxpayer money defending the legislation in court.

“I am extremely concerned that the legislation as it is proposed will not survive a constitutional challenge,” she said.

Town Councilman Angelo Ferrara, who voted in favor of the proposal along with De Giorgio, said he supported it because it is the “right thing for our children and that comes first.”

“I think that the information that [De Giorgio] provided is detailed enough and covered enough of what [she] thought the challenges might be that would protect this town,” Ferrara said.

Bosworth said that although the board voted against the proposed law, it just means that it will go back and rework the proposal and address it again.

“I think it’s unfair to say that the concerns that we’re expressing is an effort to kick this down the road so that we’re not dealing with it because that’s not the case,” she said.

Also at the meeting, Bosworth submitted the town’s 2017 budget, which includes a $67 million General Fund, a $35 million Town Outside Village Fund, and $24 million for the 20 town-operated special districts.

The General Fund covers residents across the town, both within incorporated villages and unincorporated areas. The Town Outside Village Fund accounts for those who live or own property outside the borders of the town’s incorporated villages and goes towards departments that handle Continued on Page 8

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Republican candidate Elaine Phillips received 13 endorsements from law enforcement groups over the past two weeks in her bid to replace outgoing state Sen. Jack Martins, while her opponent, Democrat Adam Haber, received one law enforcement group endorsement.

Phillips received the endorsement last Wednesday of the Police Conference of New York Inc., which represents 200 police agencies across the state and more than 12 agencies in Nassau County.

“All across Long Island and across New York State, the men and women of law enforcement put their lives on the line every single day, and events of recent days remind us how much they do to keep us safe,” she said.

“In the Senate, I will always stand up for our police and law enforcement and be a champion for public safety, and I am grateful for their support.”

A number of North Shore village police forces are members of the Police Conference of New York, including the Great Neck Estates, Old Westbury and Sands Point police departments.

Phillips, the Flower Hill Village mayor, also received endorsements Friday from a Nassau County police union that represents 2,500 police officers and the New York State Police Investigators Association.

On Monday, she re-

Democrat adam Haber (left) and republican Elaine Phillips ceived the endorsements of 10 more police groups, including the Nassau County Superior Officers Association and the Nassau County Detectives’ Association, the New York Police Department Sergeants Benevolent Association, Lieutenants Benevolent Association and Captains Endowment Association, as well as the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association, Suffolk County Detective Investigators PBA, the Suffolk County Detective Association, Suffolk County Police Conference and the Suffolk County Superior Officers Association.

“I am humbled and grateful for the support of these organizations, representing thousands of law enforcement officers across Long Island, for my candidacy,” Phillips said. Haber, a former commodities trader and Roslyn school board trustee, was endorsed last Monday by the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association.

“I’m proud to have the

support of our state troopers who work tirelessly to protect our families and communities,” Haber said.

“As state senator, I will work hard to ensure the best policies are in place for the safety of our neighborhoods and especially our children.”

In their endorsement, the state troopers PBA cited Haber’s experience.

“Adam Haber understands the critical roles that New York State troopers play in keeping our residents, roadways and property safe,” it said in a statement. “A successful businessman and school board member, Adam Haber has real, privatesector experience creating jobs, attracting investments and managing complex budgets.”

Haber is set to face off in November against Phillips.

The 7th Senate District includes most of the Town of North Hempstead, as well as parts of Elmont, Franklin Square and Hicksville.

Town Board rejects new rules for cig ads Continued from Page 6 road maintenance, snow plowing, code enforcement, building safety and inspection, and community planning.

The 43 special districts in the town include 20 operated by the town and 23

with independently elected governing boards. Each special district with independently elected governing boards has its own budget, subject to approval by the Town Council.

The board also announced public hearing

dates to discuss the budget, which will take place on Oct. 13 and Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m.

The town board will also conduct a budget work session on Oct. 7 at 10 a.m.

The board will vote on the budget on Nov. 1.

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GOP set to start ad Haber presents plan, blitz against Suozzi Phillips gets backing B y N o a h M a ns k a r Starting this week, 3rd Congressional District voters can expect to see commercials attacking Democrat Tom Suozzi among the deluge of political ads on their TVs. The National Republican Congressional Committee is slated to start airing $1.19 million worth of ads Thursday on behalf of state Sen. Jack Martins, the GOP nominee to replace retiring Democratic Rep. Steve Israel in the North Shore district.

The ads, originally scheduled to start Tuesday and set to run through Election Day on Nov. 8, will continue the committee’s role as an attack dog in a race the GOP considers one of its best opportunities to capture a seat from Democrats in the Northeast, said Chris Pack, an NRCC spokesman.

“I think you’ll consistently see the NRCC remind Long Island voters that Tom Suozzi raised taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars while taking a taxpayer-funded pay raise of $65,000,” Pack said. “Voters aren’t going to like that.”

While the committee’s spending arm does not coordinate with Martins’ campaign, the anti-Suozzi ad will be juxtaposed with Martins’ two positive ads touting his tax-cutting record in Albany.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, meanwhile, has been more reserved. Suozzi’s campaign says it has not reserved any ads on his behalf, but the campaign has spent more than $300,000 on TV advertising so far.

The race in the district stretching from northeast Queens to northwest Suffolk County has been considered tight since Israel announced his retirement in January.

Analysts for Cook Political Report and the University of Virginia Center for Politics say the race favors Democrats, but about a quarter of active registered voters have no party affiliation.

Pack said Martins shows “bipartisan appeal,” proven by his three victories in the 7th State Senate District, another district with many unaffiliated voters where Democrats outnumber Republicans.

“In Washington there’s a fantastic opportunity to give Steve Israel a fantastic going-away present” by electing a Republican to his seat, said E. O’Brien Murray, Martins’ senior campaign strategist.

The Democratic committee says it has largely stayed out of the race so far because a poll it released in August showed Suozzi leading by 16 percentage points and Martins getting hurt by his tepid support for the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump.

The poll was conducted before Martins started running ads and received several labor endorsements, giving him “an opportunity ... to close that margin swiftly and decisively and win in November,” Murray said.

But Long Islanders for Truth, a spending committee formed last month

by Patrick Halpin, a former Suffolk County executive and Suozzi ally, is planning a “comprehensive ad buy starting soon and running through Election Day” as part of $1 million in spending against Martins, a spokesman said.

“Long Islanders for Truth was established to counter the out-of-state, special interest money that is flooding Long Island in support of the Jack Martins-Donald Trump radical agenda,” Halpin said in a statement. “The truth is the special interests supporting Jack Martins have their work cut out for them.”

A Suozzi strategist, Kim Devlin, called the Republican committee’s attacks on Suozzi “typical Washington petty politics.” She noted Martins raised taxes and his own salary as mayor of Mineola and said Suozzi wants to talk “give voters what they really want, which is to talk to them about the issues they care about.”

By J oe N i k i c Adam Haber, the Democratic candidate for the state Senate in the 7th District, released on Monday an environmental plan that he said aims to protect natural resources, combat climate change and create more affordable and green energy, while his opponent, Elaine Phillips, received the endorsement of an environmental advocacy organization.

“We have the ability to both protect our environment while also harnessing great economic opportunities to create good local green jobs on Long Island,” said Haber. “We can’t sit back and let other regions and states beat us to the punch, and must be leaders in green technology.

“By working together we can take on climate change while creating cleaner and more affordable energy for working families and spur economic growth.”

Haber’s plan calls for local and state officials, as well as environmental advocates, to join together and prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from dumping dredging material in Long Island Sound and fight for funding to clean the Sound, according to the Haber campaign.

The plan seeks to invest in shoreline infrastructure upgrades and repairs, specifically related to preventing waterway contamination.

Haber’s plan also outlines his desire to work with unions, higher education institutions and the business community for green job training and job transition programs to a create a more skilled workforce for green energy jobs.

In an effort to reduce costs and preserve green spaces, the plan would identify and use large, flat open spaces, such as the roof tops of school buildings, for solar power rather than cutting down trees to create a solar farm.

The final point of the plan calls for

Grand jury indicts Terry for tax crimes B y N o a h M a ns k a r

A grand jury on Tuesday formally indicted Gerard Terry on six felony tax fraud charges prosecutors brought against him last month.

The former North Hempstead Democratic Committee chairman is charged with felony tax fraud for allegedly omitting income from his 2013, 2014 and 2015 Photo by Noah Manskar state tax returns, and three counts of offering a false instrument for the same years.

Democrat Tom Suozzi (left) and Republican Jack Martins are seen at an Those charges were revealed Aug.

event in Sands Point in July.

supporting NY Renews, an environmental advocacy coalition, in its efforts to combat climate change by achieving access to 100 percent clean energy by 2050 and its benchmark goal of 50 percent by 2030.

“Long Islanders know the real and life-altering impact climate change can have on a community and we must work to be prepared, especially when it comes to our infrastructure, for future storms and also be proactive in doing our part to fight climate change,” Haber said.

He is set to face off with Phillips, the Republican candidate, in November in the race to replace outgoing state Sen. Jack Martins.

Phillips, the Flower Hill Village mayor, was endorsed Monday by the New York League of Conservation Voters.

“The environment will have a strong ally in Elaine Phillips,” said the group’s president, Marcia Bystryn. “We are particularly encouraged by her passion for improving the quality of drinking water and our local waterways. We are proud to endorse Elaine Phillips and we encourage Nassau County residents who care about clean water and environmental progress to vote for Elaine Phillips for state Senate.”

Phillips said she appreciates the group’s endorsement and will work with it to improve the environment if elected.

“Long Islanders understand that clean air, open space and, especially, pure water, are an important part of the reason why we love living here, and I’m proud of my record that’s helped to safeguard our harbors and drinking water and improve the environment in my community,” she said. “A clean environment is a gift that we leave to future generations and I am grateful to the N.Y. League of Conservation Voters for recognizing my efforts and look forward to partnering with them to create an even cleaner and better future.”

24, when Terry was indicted on two other felony charges of third-degree criminal tax fraud for failing to pay state income taxes in 2010 and 2015 “with the intent to evade any tax due,” according to that indictment.

Terry, a 62-year-old Roslyn Heights resident, now faces a total of eight charges following Newsday’s revelations in January that he owes $1.4 million in state and federal back taxes. He is due back in court Oct. 17.

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Meade Bros. headline Great Neck AutoFest Continued from Page 5 can play over 10,000 songs and leaves it to the audience to dictate what song genre and time period it will play.

“The band is not bigger than the crowd, we are the crowd,” he said. “We relate to the crowd and the people who come see us.”

“People love us because we play music from every genre,” Raguso said.

“We do it all.”

He said playing at the street festival was important for the band because it allows those who don’t have the opportunity to watch the group perform elsewhere to see them at a free, public event.

Since the band plays at a lot of private venues, Raguso said, its members appreciate opportunities to perform for the public.

“What’s cool about this particular venue is it’s open to the public,” he said.

“This is one of the few events during the course of the year where our fan base can follow us and come to a free venue and appreciate the sounds of the band.”

The AutoFest and Street Festival will take place in downtown Great Neck on Oct. 16 from noon to 5 p.m. and will feature classic cars, vendors and activities for families and children. In case of inclement weather, the street festival will be held on Oct. 23.

Similar to the Meade brothers’ family background in Great Neck, Raguso said, the band itself is establishing a history with the Great Neck AutoFest.

“The Meades and Great Neck sort of go hand in hand,” he said. “So in this case, the Meade Brothers Band and the AutoFest go hand in hand.”

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Feinstein gets $3M to research autism links

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The truth is, caring for a loved one can quickly become more than one person can handle.

Two researchers at the Feinstein Institute in Manhasset were awarded a $3 million grant for an autism study, Northwell Health announced last Wednesday.

Doctors Betty Diamond and Peter Gregersen are heading the project, which aims to study the link between a high count of antibodies in pregnant mothers and cases of autism, a release from the health network said. The grant was given by medical research group the National Institutes of Health.

“We are extremely grateful for the NIH’s support of this project,” Diamond said. “If we do discover this correlation, we have the potential in the future to block or remove antibodies that produce autism spectrum disorders in utero, thereby preventing the child from living with the condition once born.”

The study will take a look at 4,500 pregnant women who give birth at Northwell hospitals.

Before the mothers give birth, re-

searchers will take a blood sample to measure their antibody levels, and monitor the mothers and their children for two years to check for signs of a disorder, the release said.

Autism spectrum disroders affect every 1 in 68 children, the Northwell release said. The group of disorders impacts a person’s ability to interact socially, and typically first shows signs in the first two years of life.

“Autism spectrum disorders are partly influenced by genetic factors, but relatively little attention has been paid to the role of environment, and particularly the intrauterine environment,” Gregersen said. “Clearly, the increasing incidence of autism in recent decades cannot be ascribed to genetics, and we believe that autoimmunity and inflammation play a major role here. If we can understand these relationships, it will have important practical applications in terms of preventing the development of autism spectrum disorders by reducing these intrauterine risk factors.”

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Love of cheap travel turns into business

By N o a h MaNsKar David Streisand has made his love of cheap travel into a family affair — and a business venture.

After “travel-hacking” his own 142,000mile round-the-world trip for just $240.75 in 2013, the East Williston native and Wheatley School graduate took his wife, Christine, and 3-year-old daughter, Bella, on a three-week vacation to the South Pacific and southeast Asia in February.

With their crafty use of credit card points, they paid just $500 for a trip that should have cost about $30,000 with business-class international flights and lodging, Streisand said.

Along the way, he and Christine got

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Since publishing a guide to “travelhacking” in April, David Streisand has launched Napoleon Streisand Intelligence, a subscription-based service that teaches customers how to pay pennies on the dollar for their own trips, large or small.

“With a little smart, strategic planning, [you] could really create experiences of a lifetime, and I feel that really comes easy for me, just with years of research and travelhacking,” he said.

While Bella had flown to Jamaica once before, the Streisands’ “epic family vacation” was her first major trek, Streisand said.

The family first flew to Fiji from New York via Los Angeles on first- and businessclass flights.

They stayed with locals there for about a week, including three nights in a small beachside village where the residents lived off the land, Streisand said.

They visited a volcano and a mud spring and ate mangos that fell from trees.

They then spent four days in Brisbane, Australia, before heading to Balangnan Beach in Bali, staying first in a beach bungalow and then in the Grand Hyatt Hotel — paid for with credit card points, he said.

It was there that David and Christine eloped on a beach.

They made the plan about a month before and didn’t tell any family or friends to avoid the to-do of a big ceremony, David Streisand said.

“It was really spontaneous,” Christine said. “We had this huge trip and then to get

married in a destination that’s so exotic — it was exciting.”

They then traveled to Ubud, about three hours from the beach, and then flew to Taiwan, where Christine had a special reunion before they took the long trip home through Osaka, Japan.

David and Christine took similar international trips in 2013 and found out Christine was pregnant with Bella about a week before they left. They met in Thailand and celebrated the Thai New Year together.

Christine’s trip took her to Taiwan, where she stayed with a woman named Anna who cared for her when she struggled with morning sickness and some other pregnancy issues, Christine said. The two reunited in Taiwan, and Anna got to meet David and Bella.

“It just felt like even though we live in other countries, being back with her and seeing her again, it felt like everything was the same.” Christine said.

Bella’s longest trip before this one was one week, and sleeping in 10 different beds in three weeks wore her out, David said.

He often carried the small rolling suitcase he and Christine bought for her.

But it was a good introduction to the kind of travel David and Christine want to do in the future, he said.

“It makes her learn how to be around other cultures and hear other dialects of language,” Christine said. “I think it helps with her brain development and I think tasting different foods helps her to be more open-minded.”

The family moved from Mineola to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in March after returning from the trip.

David then published “Memoirs of Napoleon Streisand,” a document of his 2013 trip and a guide to getting cheap flights and lodging.

Some friends asked for David’s help “travel-hacking” their own trips, and in July he started Napoleon Streisand Intelligence, now charging $15 a month to help clients manage credit card rewards to make their travel dreams come true.

David helped one friend fly to Hawaii for $10 round-trip and visit his mother in Kansas twice, he said.

Another was able to go to a conference in Israel with three free days in Germany for less than $200.

David said he sometimes thinks about the risk of his travel-hacking plans getting his clients — most of whom are friends and family so far — into credit card debt. He always stresses that the credit card is “just a tool” and “shouldn’t be used to buy anything that they couldn’t pay for.”

Getting to share his passion for travel makes David Streisand feel “very fulfilled,” he said.

“For me it’s very rewarding to help people just have an idea that they want to travel,” he said.

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Another fine Nassau mess You have to hand it to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

Just when you thought it impossible to come up with one more gimmick to balance the county budget, Mangano has come along to propose that a $105 traffic fee be added onto all traffic and parking tickets.

Red-light tickets currently carry a cost of $95. That $95 is comprised of a $50 fine and a $45 administrative cost, begging the question of whether it really costs Nassau County $45 to process a $50 ticket. If so, $105 may not be enough for the $64.4 million in revenue Mangano is seeking.

Putting that aside is the total cost, which under Mangano’s proposal would rise to $200 on red-light tickets. Most other tickets, from parking violations to illegal turns, cost between $110 and $225 – without the fee.

Mangano defends the “fee” as preferable to raising taxes since some of the ticket fees would be paid by non-county residents and would affect fewer people — at a much higher cost.

This is a curious argument for a county whose budget has been hurt by declining sales tax revenues.

A $200 parking ticket is not exactly a welcome mat for outof-county shoppers.

It is also not fair to in-county or out-of-county violators.

The punishment should fit the crime, not the county’s finances.

Mangano said the fee, which he has dubbed the “Public Safety Fee,” would raise $64.4 million next year to fund police depart-

ment hires and cover rising officer salaries and overtime. He stressed the need for more police officers, particularly to guard against terror threats.

This would have one believe that revenue collected by the county goes to specific purposes.

It does not. Money raised by traffic and parking tickets, along with property taxes and other forms of revenues are allocated as seen fit by the county.

Calling it a “Public Safety Fee” is simply a politically acceptable — and cynical — way to raise county revenues. It is a tax by another name.

If the county chose to, it could simply move revenues allocated from one department to public safety. And if, in fact, the county policing efforts are falling $64.4 million short from what is needed to guard against terrorism the money should have been shifted long ago and Mangano has been grossly negligent.

Before raising taxes dressed as fees, the county ought to take a hard look at county spending first — including the police.

In 2015, 35 of the 50 highest paid county employees in New York State were Nassau County police, all of whom earned more than $260,000, according to the Empire Center Report.

Mangano says the 150 new police officers hired with the $64.4 million will help reduce overtime, which fiscal watchdogs say may be more than $10 million over budget, according to a report in Newsday.

These officers would be kept busy issuing tickets to pay for their salaries. The $64.4 million was calculated assuming Nas-

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sau would issue roughly 600,000 tickets next year, the same number as 2015.

One wonders what happens if motorists, facing fines that exceed $200, take greater care in how they drive and how they park.

We’d hate to see police think that motorists taking greater care would be a bad thing.

Mangano’s proposed fee is just the latest in a series of efforts he has taken to avoid raising property taxes — the issue helped him win election the first time around and re-election the second time three years ago.

Too often those efforts fell short.

In 2014, the county canceled

a school speed cameras begun during the summer no speed signs, flashing lights or other warnings installed where the cameras were. That left a $30 million hole in the county budget.

In 2012, Mangano presented a plan to merge the county’s eight police precincts into four in 2012, predicting a savings of $20 million with no impact on crime.

But a county legislative budget analysis said the police department’s rising overtime costs had negated any savings.

The county later decided to reverse the merger of the Fifth Precinct in Elmont with the Fourth in Hewlett, which then Acting Police Commissioners Thomas Krumpter said would not

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cost the county any money.

The county followed that decision by canceling plans to merge the First Precinct in Baldwin with the Seventh Precinct in Seaford.

Now Mangano said in the face of heavy community opposition he is willing to reconsider the merger of the 6th Precinct in Manhasset with the Third Precinct in Williston Park.

With Mangano up for reelection next year, the odds looks pretty good for a return of the 6th Precinct.

For an end to the budget woes of Nassau County, whose finances have been subject to state supervision since 2000, the odds don’t look nearly as good.

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KREMER’S CORnER

Is Trump’s women problem ours While watching the first presidential debate, I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a performance of “My Fair Lady.”

On a number of moments, I thought that Donald Trump, in his demeaning style, was Professor Henry Higgins and he was addressing Hillary Clinton as if she was poor Liza Doolittle.

Trump insisted on interrupting her and made numerous side noises and grunts.

I wondered whether he would do the same thing if Barack Obama or Bill Clinton was his adversary.

I don’t claim to be an expert on body language, but his annoyance and demeanor pointed to the fact that not only doesn’t he like her, he has a woman problem.

This debate raises an underlying issue that no pollster is asking about or at least has not been reported.

The question that will linger as Election Day approaches is whether voters want a wom-

an running the country?

There is no doubt that there are a lot of men in the heartland who would gladly share a beer with Donald Trump.

Besides the fact that Trump would never share a beer with them, they wouldn’t think of having a sit down with Hillary at a Sunday football game.

The White House has a history of tough-minded presidential spouses helping run the country.

Going as far back as Woodrow Wilson, his wife was in charge while Wilson was ailing from a stroke.

If you think Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan made all their own decisions you are sadly mistaken.

Roslyn Carter was one tough woman and Nancy Reagan wouldn’t let the president make a decision without consulting the astrological calendar.

Somehow, for some voters, it is acceptable to have a tough lady in the White House, just so long as she doesn’t hold the

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title of president. And that is the dilemma for female candidates.

From time to time, Republicans invoke the name of Margaret Thatcher, the late British Prime Minister, as their vision of a strong leader, but they attach it to Ronald Reagan as if they were a power couple, and not two separate and distinct personalities.

On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean there are 20 wom-

en in control of their countries, dealing each day with the same crises that we face on this side of the world.

The Prime Minister of Myanmar, formerly Burma, won the right to serve, despite the hostility of the military powers.

She lives in perpetual danger, but wants to serve her people at any cost.

How about the United States Senate?

That’s the place where everyone of the senators think they should be president.

We had three sitting senators, Rubio, Paul and Cruz, seeking the White House, yet the Republican Party made no effort to advance a woman for that position to counteract Mrs. Clinton.

What’s wrong with senators Collins, Feinstein, Murray, Capito, Gillibrand and Mikulski? Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina is a rising star, but somehow the locker room crowd wouldn’t consider making her the Vice President

choice.

In Donald Trump’s world, women are loyal executives who do his bidding, secretaries, beauty contest winners and Hollywood types, so long as he rates them a “10.”

People like Carly Fiorina, Heidi Cruz, Mika Brezinski and Elizabeth Warren get tarred with ugly nicknames and derision by the man who wants to be the leader of the free world.

Donald Trump turned out to be a flop as Henry Higgins as he couldn’t convince the viewers that Hillary Clinton was an empty suit.

At the next debate, he will have another opportunity to take his best shot at his opponent, but she will in turn have a chance to sharpen her arrows for him.

Mrs. Clinton is not another one of his past targets, who didn’t have a national platform to fight back.

Maybe her smarts and her resilience will convince some undecided voters that it is permissible to vote for a woman.

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nIFa’s conclusions vindicated

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n Sept. 14 New York State’s Appellate Division handed down a decision that upheld the legality of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority’s March 2011 unanimous vote to impose a wage freeze on county personnel.

That decision was a great victory for Nassau taxpayers because the freeze cumulatively saved over $200 million, and the court’s ruling exonerated the then members of the NIFA board (of which I was one) who squarely met their fiduciary obligations, and did so on the advice of learned and capable counsel.

Here’s the background surrounding this controversy: On January 26, 2011, NIFA, citing a projected 2011 Nassau County operating budget deficit of $170 million, voted to declare a control period as required by state law.

Several weeks later, the county filed a suit to enjoin and restrain NIFA, claiming the Authority exceeded its statutory powers.

State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Diamond issued a 29-page

decision on March 11 ruling that NIFA’s action was neither unconstitutional, arbitrary nor capricious.

The county declined to appeal the case and on March 22, 2011 submitted to NIFA a revised budget that included a request for a wage freeze.

On March 24, 2011, NIFA passed two resolutions; one finding that a wage freeze was essential and the second declaring a fiscal crisis existed and the ordering of a wage freeze.

Reacting, County public employee unions filed lawsuits in federal court claiming NIFA not only did not have the authority to impose a wage freeze, but that the action was unconstitutional because it violated the contracts clause of the United States Constitution.

After the U.S. Circuit Court ordered a lower federal court to dismiss the case because it lacked jurisdiction, the unions filed petitions in the New York Supreme Court claiming the wage freeze was unauthorized because NIFA’s enabling legislation expired in

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Judge Diamond rejected the claim on March 11, 2014 and dismissed the case.

The unions proceeded to appeal to the Appellate Division which affirmed the Diamond decision on September 14, 2016.

Throughout the entire legal process, NIFA attorneys, which included Judith Kaye — the late Chief Judge of New York’s top

court, the Court of Appeals — were confident NIFA would prevail on the wage freeze.

Hence the freeze was re-authorized in 2012 and 2013.

However, when John Kaiman was appointed NIFA’s chairman

by Gov. Cuomo in September 2013, he decided to take a different tact.

Because of his “vast experience” as a North Hempstead Traffic Court judge, he concluded that NIFA was in danger of losing the wage freeze case, a flawed legal view that he would later foist on all but one member of the NIFA board.

As a result, he took it upon himself to negotiate with the county and the unions a deal to lift the wage freeze which he claimed was cost neutral.

Despite every objective analysis that predicted the union agreement would cost up to $70 million more a year than it would save, Kaiman convinced five of six NIFA board members to endorse his union deal.

Well, it turns out that Kaiman was wrong on every count, as

were the board members who followed his lead, perhaps for purposes of finding cover for an otherwise obviously wrong decision.

NIFA has won the wage freeze suit and, sadly, Kaiman’s union deals are costing the county up to $70 million more a year than they are saving.

Had those deals not been approved, the 2011 NIFA plan developed under the leadership of Chairman Ronald Stack would have resulted in Nassau balancing its budget in 2015 or incurring a deficit of less than 1 percent, and the controls would have been lifted.

Instead, thanks to Kaiman, the county has continued to incur large GAAP operating deficits and will continue to do so for years to come.

While Kaiman was the driving force behind the union deals, he did have an accomplice: County Executive Ed Mangano.

It was Mangano who convinced the Republican-controlled Legislature to approve the settlement, even though its own indeContinued on Page 18

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was seeing double. I was watching Denzel Washington, as he introduced himself to the Western townspeople he is about to save — but all the while, I was waiting for them to recoil, saying something like, “The new sheriff — he’s a N……!”

In point of fact, I was watching the new “Magnificent Seven,” just out in movie theaters — but in my head, for most of the movie, I was really seeing and hearing “Blazing Saddles.”

Of course, “Blazing Saddles” is No. 1 on my list of movies. I think it’s the greatest movie of all time, with the only possible competition being Mel Brooks’ “The Producers.”

No matter how many times I watch it, sooner or later I bust a gut laughing.

One time it’s Mel Brooks in war paint as an Indian chief, commenting in amazement (and in Yiddish) about black settlers: “Schvartzes!… They’re darker than I am!”

Another time, it’s Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp, doing a priceless send-up of Marlene Dietrich as she sings “I’m Tired!”

And every time, it’s Harvey Korman as the delicious mustache-twirling villain whose evil plot is to send a black man as the new sheriff to the town of Rock Ridge, so the townsfolk will run away and leave valuable land up for grabs.

In fact, my double vision actually started before I even got to the movie theater.

It began the moment I heard director Antoine Fuqua being interviewed about his new “Magnificent Seven.”

“Personally,” he said, “what (made) me really want to make this movie is to see Denzel Washington on a horse in all black as a cowboy.”

Immediately, the image sprang into my mind, too — but it wasn’t Denzel I was seeing.

No, it was Cleavon Little as Black Bart, Brooks’ sheriff.

In “Blazing Saddles,” the townsfolk are all incredibly racist, and just about to lynch their new sheriff, when my absolute favorite scene in the movie arrives: Bart takes his own gun, puts it up to his face, and yells out, “Nobody move, or the n……r gets it!”

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I went to see the new “Magnificent Seven” to see if I could get the double vision out of my head… but it only grew stronger as the movie went on.

I can even cite spots where I think Brooks must have based his movie on the original “Seven.”

For example, in the original (which I watched, purely in the interests of research), there’s a moment early in the film where you see the name “Wm. Johnson”

painted on a wooden wall behind the character “Vin,” played by Steve McQueen.

It feel sure that this was the inspiration for Mel Brooks’ Johnson brothers, whose scene eating beans at a campfire is probably the single most unforgettable (dare I say “incendiary?”) part of the film.

I also re-watched “Blazing Saddles” recently.

It was as hilarious as ever, but I found myself wondering if it could even be made today.

The Daily Beast asked Mel Brooks the same question, recently, and his answer was a resounding, “No!” Not that he’d had it easy in 1974. “I actually got notes from the studio head in vivid detail who said, “Lose the fart scene, cut out any racial and ethnic jokes, edit scenes where a horse and an old lady get punched,” and my favorite note: “Can you reshoot Black Bart with a white actor?” If I had made their changes the film would have been just 14 minutes long!”

Finally, there were some moments when “The Magnificent

Seven” parted company with “Blazing Saddles.” They came, in fact, when I braced myself for the townspeople’s racist reactions to Denzel Washington the gunslinger… and… nothing!

Things just went on as a matter of course.

I have no idea what white — or black — people were really like in the actual Old West.

But if here and now, in spite of everything going on in our nation today, we can have Denzel Washington as the hero in a remake of “The Magnificent Seven” — and no one bats an eye, either in or out of the movie — at least there has been some progress.

In my final analysis, “The Magnificent Seven” is a fine movie, and if a Western with lots of shootin’ and killin’ is what you want, then by all means go and see it.

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t the most recent Village Board meeting, a resident expressed concern regarding ADA access to the station platforms at the LIRRFloral Park Station.

This concern is not new.

The village’s concern has been enunciated to the LIRR by this board and each board with whom I have served.

How could the LIRR continue to ignore this glaring deficiency and neglect an important population’s access to the trains?

The LIRR identifies handicapped access on the Hempstead Branch to be at the Stewart Manor station where there is a ramp.

This has been and continues to be an inadequate response.

This same resident also stated that an unidentified representative of the governor’s office

stated that the village has not raised the concerns about handicap access at the Floral Park Train Station since the LIRR resurrected the third track project this past January.

If this is in fact what the governor’s representative stated, this is clearly factually inaccurate.

In early January, Gov. Cuomo asked that we meet with his representatives and keep an open mind. Out of respect for the governor and his office, we undertook these meetings in good faith.

We made it clear that although we would approach this with an open mind, we had very deep skepticism of their proposals, due in no small part to the LIRR’s past record.

At our first meeting attended

by Trustee Fitzgerald, myself, Village Administrator Gerry Bam-

brick and the governor’s highest ranking Long Island staff we asked that the station be renovated and that handicap access be addressed immediately, not as our price for accepting the third track, but because it should have been done already.

The LIRR president and each of the governor’s representatives responded that all work would begin at the eastern edge of the platform and no renovations to the station are included in this project.

During my and Trustee Cheng’s subsequent meetings with the LIRR officials and the governor’s staff we continuously advocated to remedy this necessary and fundamental need.

Further, the LIRR’s moral obligation to provide handicapped accessibility to its entire ridership

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was addressed and contained in Trustee Lynn Pombonyo’s Scoping Hearing comments and is available along with all the board’s Scoping Hearing statements on our website.

Our position continues as before. This process is replete with glaring and materially significant problems.

We do not believe that the justification for spending billions of dollars and possibly devastating our village for this third track project has been set forth, especially when the LIRR itself has already articulated a seven point plan to improve main line service.

Nor are we satisfied that questions as to the funding for this project has been answered.

Further, the environmental review process is premature and proceeding at an irresponsible pace.

This is especially true because the LIRR has failed to provide sufficient details of their proposal to make a meaningful review possible, as legally required.

The failure of the LIRR to provide details of the Proposal makes it impossible to completely

identify the impacts of the proposal.

The concept of “mitigation” in the environmental review context relates to avoiding or diminishing specific impacts of the proposal.

Without an ability to fully identify the impacts of the LIRR’s third track proposal it is not possible to properly discuss mitigation with the LIRR. The resident who came to the Village Board meeting is correct in that the handicap accessibility of the FP LIRR Station needs to be addressed.

We believe, and have repeatedly expressed to the LIRR and the Governor’s staff, that this is true whether the third track proposal proceeds or not.

I ask that you stay informed and feel free to ask any questions of myself, LIRR Third Track Task Force Chairman Trustee Archie Cheng or any member of the Board anytime.

We love this village and its future is our shared concern.

Thomas J. Tweedy Floral Park Mayor

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Having a female Commander-in-Chief

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any will vote for Hillary Clinton simply as a choice apart from fear, hate, divisiveness, and illiberal ideas.

Certainly, most Democrats, and others, will vote for Clinton since she represents specific policy positions and values.

Some of these are: civil rights and liberties including women’s rights and equality, minority rights, LGTBQ rights, environmental protection, green energy, help for the poor and disenfranchised, respect for our veterans, respect for the disabled, respect for all cultures, races and religions, compassion for seniors, help for the middle class, a fair taxation system, job growth, equal access to quality education, and gun control.

Further, many voters want to ensure intelligent foreign relations, diplomacy, and counterintelligence strategies to both protect our homeland and facilitate a more peaceful world.

These issues, and many more, are some of the reasons that many of us will be voting for a Demo-

crat.

Nevertheless, as a society, we should not be ashamed or indifferent, but celebratory about the fact that our next Commander-inChief may indeed be a woman.

Somehow, the narrative on how we may soon witness the historic electoral victory of a first female president has seemed to dissipate; the excitement has been lost somewhere in the midst of this uniquely contentious, unpopular, and tense election cycle.

Yet, the prospect that we may soon have a first female Commander in Chief is not something we should minimize.

Women’s equality has come a long way, but also has a long way to go.

In the United States, women gained the constitutional right to vote in 1920, with the ratification of the 19th Amendment, a mere 96 years ago.

The women’s rights movement has evolved in this country through feminist leaders, writers, politicians, and activists. Still, there is much work to be done.

An American woman who

works full time, year round, is paid only 79 cents for every dollar paid to men.

It’s time to fix the inequity. Of course, women have broken many glass ceilings and have excelled in various careers that were once male-dominated.

American society has evolved plenty, shattering conventional social roles that both men and women were once confined to.

Nevertheless, we can do even better. Moreover, there are many politicians, both male and female, and other portions of our citizenry, who are in favor of repealing reproductive rights.

Many look to the Democrats, and liberal political activists, writers, and politicians to further the cause of equality.

Yet, even among Democratic thinkers, women’s inequality still exists in various forms.

Some of our fellow citizens still see women confined to conventional roles, not as independent or as capable as men. Age, marital status, number of offspring, gender, or appearance should not matter in the world of

intellectual and civic engagement.

Yet, it still often, and surprisingly, does matter.

Women, in many instances, are stigmatized when it appears that one is operating outside of a conventional role.

We would be naïve to think that liberal men and women are immune to facilitating this stigmatization.

Regardless of how educated, liberal-minded or enlightened that we think we are, it would be helpful to reflect upon our own deep-seated stereotypes, or prejudices that we carry around with us, often unknowingly.

Higher education does not inoculate one against sexism — it’s surely something many of us need to consider.

The young, the old, the inbetween, male and female, of all backgrounds and appearances have much to share with one another.

Thus, women’s equality is not only a female issue, but humanity’s issue.

Confining women to various societal conventions and stereo-

types nonetheless confines men to certain roles, as well.

In this way, human connectedness, progress, and innovation becomes stifled.

The demos functions best with not a denial of male or female, but with the strength that comes from the celebration of both the masculine and feminine.

The liberation of males and females from outdated or unnecessary societal convention helps to empower diverse citizen engagement, democratic progress and innovative problem-solving.

It is with this functionality that we can effectively work to solve our societal ills, combatting racism, injustice, illiberalism, violence, poverty, and other problems.

The remaining divisiveness along gender lines that exits in our great nation is similar to the divisiveness that we all too often witness along racial and cultural lines in our country.

Much of this divisiveness comes from fear, misunderstanding, and disconnection.

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Steven Blank, Blank Slate Media publisher with Peter Scala from Parkway Pest Services winning Best Pest Services

Steven Blank, with Sarah Gilroy from The Amsterdam At Harborside winning Best Assisted Living Facility and Best Senior Independent Living

Shelly Silver, general manager of the Swan Club with Maria Levada, MD and Casey Bay from Prism Med Spa winning Best Spa

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Steven Blank, Blank Slate Media publisher with Mineola Library Director Charles Sleefe winning Best Public Library

Steven Blank, Blank Slate Media publisher with Terry Lynam, Northwell Health senior vice president and chief public relations officer

Steven Blank, Blank Slate Media publisher with Shelly Silver, general manager of the Swan Club winning award for Best Catering Facility

Steven Blank, Blank Slate Media publisher with Nancy Layton from Inside Out Design winning Best Home Decorator

Holly Blank, Gloria Mishkin and Linda Matinale

Erika Osbeck and Sarah Gilroy from The Amsterdam At Harborside with Steven Blank, Blank Slate Media publisher

Blank Slate Media Staff - (left to right) Linda Matinale, Gail Hicka, Stacy Shaughnessy, Steve Blank, Holly Blank, Melissa Spitalnick, Sue Tabakin, Jewell Davis PHotos By MicHaEL scro

Blank slate Media celebrated the winners of its second annual “Best of the north shore” contest at the swan club in roslyn on thursday, sept. 22. More than 10,000 votes were cast to determine the top local businesses in more than 150 categories.

Melissa Spitalnick with Peter Scala from Parkway Pest Services

Robyn Segreti and Linda (left to right) Rita Mack, Nassau County Museum of Art director’s assistant and office manager; Doris Meadows, Nas- Greenspan from Sadick Dermatology sau County Museum of Art Public Relations; Ariadne, Prism Med Spa; Casey Bay, Prism Med Spa; Maria Levada, Prism Med Spa

Bob Berman and Deborah Cerreta from Plum Tomatoes Pizzeria Restaurant

Dr. Harvey Passes and Marji Passes with Melissa Spitalnick, Linda Matinale and Jewell Davis

(left to right) Stacy Shaughenessy, John Lundgren from Massage Envy Of Lake Success, Joe and Lisa Velotti from Roslyn Heights Funeral Home, Anna Lundgren from Massage Envy Of Lake Success, Gail Hicka and Jewell Davis

(left to right) Mark Oxios, Nancy Layton from Inside Out Design, Josephine Parente from Serafina Designs Dress Boutique, Gail Hicka, Serafina Gaglio from Serafina Designs Dress Boutique and Jean Halkias

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Community Meetings Village of Baxter Estates Board of Trustees Meeting

Village of Great Neck Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting

Thursday, October 6 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck 516-482-0019

Thursday, October 6 @ 7:30 p.m.

Manhasset Secondary School 200 Memorial Place, Manhasset (516) 267-7700

East Williston School District Board of Education Special Meeting/Audit Presentation

Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Trustees Meeting

Village of Manorhaven Planning Meeting

Thursday, October 6 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 315 Main Street, Port Washington 516-767-0096

Wednesday, October 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

Wheatley School 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury (516) 333-7804 Village of East Hills Architectural Review Board Meeting

Manhasset School District Board of Education Meeting

Wednesday, October 5 @ 8:00 p.m.

2 Gussack Plaza Great Neck 516-482-4500

Tuesday, October 4 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall, 3 Manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington 516-883-7000

Herricks School District Board of Education Meeting

Village of Mineola Board of Trustees Meeting

Thursday, October 6 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 209 Harbor Hill Road, East Hills 516-621-5600

Thursday, October 6 @ 8:00 p.m.

Herricks Community Center 999B Herricks Road New Hyde Park (516) 305-8900

Village of Floral Park Board of Trustees Meeting

Hillside Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, October 5 @ 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall 155 Washington Avenue, Mineola 516-746-0750 Mineola School District Board of Education Workshop Meeting

Tuesday, October 4 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall, Floral Boulevard, Floral Park 516-326-6300

Wednesday, October 6 @ 7:30 p.m.

155 Lakeville Road New Hyde Park 516-355-7850

Thursday, October 6 @ 7:00 p.m.

Willis Avenue School 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola (516) 237-2000

Great Neck School District Board of Education Meeting

Village of Kensington Architectural Review Board Meeting

Village of New Hyde Park Board of Trustees Meeting

Thursday, October 6 @ 6:00 p.m.

Phipps Administration Building 345 Lakeville Road Great Neck 516-441-4000 Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, October 4@ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 61 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck 516-482-0019

Wednesday, October 5 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 2 Nassau Drive Great Neck 516-482-4409 Manhasset Civic Association Meeting

Wednesday, October 5 @ 8:00 p.m.

Town Hall 220 Plandome Road, Plandome

Tuesday, October 4 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 1420 Jericho Turnpike New Hyde Park 516-354-0022 Village of North Hills Architectural Review Board Meeting

Tuesday, October 4 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 1 Shelter Rock Road, North Hills 516-627-3451

Village of Old Westbury Planning Meeting

Village of Russell Gardens Board of Trustees Meeting

Thursday, October 6 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 1 Store Hill Road Old Westbury 516-626-0800

Wednesday, October 5 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 6 Tain Drive Russell Gardens 516-482-8246

Village of Port Washington North Board of Trustees Meeting

Village of Saddle Rock Board of Trustees Meeting

October 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 3 Pleasant Avenue Port Washington 516-883-5900

Village of Plandome Board of Trustees Work Session Meeting

October 3 @ 7:00 p.m.

Village Hall 65 South Drive, Plandome 516-627-1748

Village of Plandome Heights Board of Trustees Meeting

October 3 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 37 Orchard Street, Manhasset 516-627-1136

Village of Roslyn Estates Planning

Wednesday, October 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 25 The Tulips Roslyn Estates 516-621-3541 Roslyn School District Board of Education Meeting

Thursday, October 6 @ 8:00 p.m.

Roslyn High School 475 Round Hill Road Roslyn (516) 801-5000

Wednesday, October 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

Village Hall 18 Masefield Way Saddle Rock 516-482-9400 Village of Williston Park Board of Trustees Workshop Meeting

Monday, October 3 @ 8:00 p.m.

Village Hall 494 Willis Avenue Williston Park 516-746-2193 Great Neck Water Pollution Control District Board of Commissioners Meeting

Thursday, October 6 @ 8:30 a.m.

District Office 236 E Shore Rd Great Neck (516) 482-0238 Meetings are held at the respective Village Halls except where noted. All meetings, dates and times are subject to change.

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l.I. band to open for B-52s Long Island’s Iridesense recently released their new single “One Heart,” and will be performing live opening for the B-52’s on Friday, Oct. 28 at The Space at Westbury Theatre.

With the International Day of Peace a.k.a. “World Peace Day” on Wednesday, Sept. 21, Iridesense prepped the release of “One Heart”.

Normally known for their more progressive pop-rock stylings, the band toned down for the

Dave Caggiano at Betamax Artist Development produced track which features members of the group singing along with their children.

“The song is all about diversity, and acceptance — it explores the reality of our differences,” said Tara Eberle-Drouin, bass player, vocalist for the group and a Roslyn resident. “If you look at who we truly are, at our core, we are all the same.”

Formed in 1993 with the same

members as today — Rick Eberle (vocals, guitar), Tara Eberle-Drouin (vocals, bass), Rob Viccari (lead guitar), Roslyn resident Rich Drouin (drums) — their music can be heard on Nickelodeon in the shows Zoey 101(featuring Jaime Lynn Spears and Victoria Justice) and Drake & Josh.

They’ve also been featured on MTV shows such as Pimp My Ride, Room Raiders, NEXT and on an episode of the show “Boiling Points”.

Iridesense was a semi-finalist in the Q104.3 Mojito Band Search, in the Shift 2 Nissan Battle of the Bands, and were also semi finalists, top 20 out of thousands of entries nationwide, in the national “Be A Radio Star” competition where they received airplay in rotation at Z100 radio, in addition to a nationally broadcast radio interview with Elvis Duran from the ZMorning Zoo, and Actress Amanda Bynes.

The band, who recently re-

leased “Thought Parade” which includes their songs ‘Mind Control Society”, “The Line” and “My Revelation” also released their Secret Constellation EP in 2013.

In June 2008, they released A Trip Called Life on Paradiddle Records; their previous cds include a 1997 release “Cool Dream Tomorrow” on Rock Diva records, a 2001 release “Iridesense” on LLJ Records, and the 2002 self released “Gasoline”.

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The Tamburitzans:

When they formed the band in 1980, quintessential punk pioneers Bad Religion were four teenage friends living in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Fast forward to today, Bad Religion has become synonymous with intelligent and provocative West Coast punk rock and are considered one of the most influential and important bands in the genre.

Where: 370 new york Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com

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Gladys Knight

Sunday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has long been one of the greatest. Very few singers over the last fifty years have matched her unassailable artistry. This seven-time Grammy winner has enjoyed #1 hits in pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television and live performance.

Where: 960 brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info: (516) 247-5200 venue.thetheatreatwestbury.com

New Horizons 3 Sunday, October 9, 2016, 3pm TICKETS: $35

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violent Femmes with special Guest: christopher John campion

Sunday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m.

Violent Femmes’ ninth studio album and first full-length collection in more than 15 years, WE CAN DO ANYTHING may well be part of a long musical continuum but it is also among the most provocative and playful in the legendary band’s remarkable canon.

Where: 370 new york Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com

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Friday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.

A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums over three decades. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of Americana, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers.

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EagleMania,The World’s Greatest Eagles Tribute Band. That isn’t their slogan by mistake. EagleMania has dedicated itself to faithfully reproducing the sound of The Eagles for the past three years. Since their inception, EagleMania has been thrilling audiences all over the East Coast with their stunning five part harmonies and their uncanny ability to emulate The Eagles note by note.

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Dick Fox’s Golden Boys Saturday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m.

The Golden Boys! Frankie Avalon (“Beauty School Dropout” from the hit movie Grease, “Venus”) Fabian (“Tiger”, “Turn Me Loose”) Bobby Rydell (“Wild One”, “Sway”) Where: 960 brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info: (516) 247-5200 venue.thetheatreatwestbury.com

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Saturday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m.

Grammy Award-winner, Loudon Wainwright III’s recording career started in 1970 and now includes 25 albums. The latest is Older Than My Old Man Now, which employs Wainwright’s unique mix of poignancy and devastating wit to examine aging.

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friday, oct. 7 to sunday, oct. 30 Returning to New York is the most iconic, truly unique family-friendly fall event, RISE of the Jack O’Lanterns. Come see thousands of hand-carved illuminated jack o’lanterns creatively arranged along a scenic walking path and set to a musical score designed to bring out the Halloween spirit in visitors of all ages. The various new and exciting themes created for 2016 are sure to impress both RISE newbies and returning RISE fans.

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saturday, oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and sunday, oct. 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Come and join us for our 10th Annual Family and Friends Weekend. Rain or Shine. Vendors Needed Sunday, worship services are 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

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Fossils are preserved remnants of plants, animals and other creatures from the past. Come learn about existing fossils and the job of a paleontologist.

Then excavate your own dinosaur “fossil” to take home with you.

Age: 5 and up. Fee: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members.)

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saturday, oct. 1 at 11 a.m.

Join us for engaging actvities and fun with features from HIGHLIGHTS Magazine, including puzzles, group activities and a make & take book (while supplies last). For more than 70 years, the Highlights for Children brand has been committed to helping families raise creative, curious, caring and confident kids. Don’t miss this engaging event for your little one.

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THE CULInARy ARCHITECT

Fall is the perfect time for a barbecue Barbeque, (bar be.kyuoo) 1. A social gathering, usually outdoors, at which meat is roasted over an open fire.

2. To roast over an open fire, often using a highly seasoned sauce.

The barbeque may not have been invented in America, but it certainly was perfected here.

I love to barbeque in the fall because the weather is not too hot and not too cold.

Barbequing, one of America’s famous pastimes; is well-suited for entertaining because it allows the host and hostess to be as much of a guest as possible.

All you need is a good grill, dry wood or charcoal, and a few matches.

The following recipes may be prepared early in the day and then grilled right in front of your gusts during cocktails.

To make a great barbeque fire, you must be patient!

If you are the “if one’s good, two must be better and three’s the best type,” let someone else make the fire!

Approximately 35 minutes before cooking time, start the fire by mounding up a goodly amount of coals in the barbeque and then light. (There are several gadgets and gizmos on the market that make lighting the fire a breeze. If possible, stay away from lighter fluid, as it often imparts an “off taste” to foods while cooking.)

If you do use lighter fluid, use it sparingly. At first there will be high flames.

When the flames die down, spread the coals out evenly and cover them with mesquite chips, herbs or dried grapevines.

Each imparts a delicious fla-

total cooking time of six minutes.

Remove from grill and serve. Note: Be sure not to overcook!

vor on the food.

Then proceed with the following recipes.

MENU For 6 Guests Sea Scallops Culinary Architect Marinated Chicken Breasts Skewered Vegetables Grilled Long Island Sweet Corn Seasonal Mixed Greens with Vinaigrette* Fresh Melon* *Recipe Not Given Sea Scallops Culinary Architect 18 Large Sea Scallops 1/2 cup olive oil Salt & Pepper Wooden Skewers, soaked in water

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1. Up to four hours before serving, lightly salt and pepper the scallops. Place the scallops in a bowl and marinate in olive oil.

2. Just before grilling, place three scallops on each skewer. Place the scallops on the grill and cook three minutes on each side for a

Marinated Chicken Breasts 6 chicken breasts, boned 1/2 cup olive oil 1/4 cup White Wine Worcestershire Sauce 1 oz. fresh tarragon 1 cup mayonnaise (optional) 1. Up to eight hours before serving, combine the olive oil, white wine worcestershire sauce and tarragon in a bowl. Add the chicken breasts and marinate, covered in the refrigerator.

Baste occasionally.

2. Fifteen minutes before serving, place the breasts on the grill, cover and cook. After eight minutes turn the breasts over and, if desired, brush the cooked side of the chicken with mayonnaise. Cover the grill and continue cooking until done. Serve.

Skewered Vegetables 1 green pepper 1 red pepper 1 yellow pepper 1 Japanese eggplant 1 zucchini 1/2 cup olive oil 1 tbls fresh coriander 1 clove garlic, minced Salt & Pepper 8 tbls melted sweet butter 18 wooden skewers, soaked in water 1. Combine the olive oil, coriander, garlic, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Cut the vegetables into large pieces and marinate in the olive oil for up to eight hours.

2. Just before grilling, skewer the vegetables. Place on the grill and cook for approximately five minutes.

Be sure to baste the vegetables with the melted butter. Serve.

Grilled Long Island Sweet Corn 8 ears Long Island corn 4 tbls sweet butter 4 tbls fresh herbs 1. Cream the butter and herbs together. Husk the corns by peeling down the husk, but leaving it attached to the corn. Smear the butter mixture over the corn. Place the husks back over the corn and wrap each corn cob in aluminum foil. This can be done up to four hours before grilling.

2. Fifteen minutes before serving, place the corn cobs on the grill and cook. Turn every five minutes to insure even cooking. Unwrap the corn and serve.

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.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar Gold CoasT arTs CEnTEr 113 Middle Neck road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. natasha, pieree & the Great Comet of 1812 on Broadway Thursday, Nov. 10 during evening Gold Coast International Film Festival opening night Gala about Gold Coast International Film Festival (GCIFF): The Gold coast international Film Festival takes place in venues throughout the North Shore of Long island. an annual event located in the Town of North hempstead, the Festival celebrates the art and influence of cinema in the charming, historic towns and villages of Long island’s Gold coast. GciFF events include screenings, workshops, conversations with prominent members of the film community, parties and a gala. neiman marcus “love to Give” Collection The Gold coast arts center will be one of the beneficiaries for this year’s Neiman Marcus “Love to Give” collection, available online beginning october 19 and in stores on November 3.

The collection will feature “dozens of perfectly priced items for gift giving” from which each store will give ten percent of the proceeds to benefit youth arts education in Neiman Marcus communities across the country.

The Gcac will be recipients from the roosevelt Field location at 630 old country road, Garden city. an additional $50,000 from online sales will also go to The heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation to support national youth arts programs as well. landmarK on maIn sTrEET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Friday, Sept. 30 at 8 p.m.

Betty Buckley, The“Voice of Broadway” hailed as “The Voice of Broadway,” Betty Buckley is one of theater’s most respected and legendary leading ladies. She is an actress/singer whose career spans theater, film, television and concert halls around the world. She is a 2012 Theatre hall of Fame inductee.

Buckley was featured in the royal albert hall concert of Follies in celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s 85th birthday. She has recorded 16 cd’s: most recently Ghostlight produced

by T Bone Burnett released in 2014.

Saturday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. loudon Wainwright III & nellie mcKay Grammy award-winner, Loudon Wainwright iii’s recording career started in 1970 and now includes 25 albums. The latest is older Than My old Man Now, which employs Wainwright’s unique mix of poignancy and devastating wit to examine aging.

Friday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m.

Eaglemania EagleMania,The World’s Greatest Eagles Tribute Band. That isn’t their slogan by mistake.

EagleMania has dedicated itself to faithfully reproducing the sound of The Eagles for the past three years. Since their inception, EagleMania has been thrilling audiences all

over the East coast with their stunning five part harmonies and their uncanny ability to emulate The Eagles note by note.

Saturday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m.

The Hot sardines in the talented hands of the New york-based ensemble, music first made famous decades ago comes alive through their brassy horn arrangements, rollicking piano melodies, and vocals from a chanteuse who transports listeners to a different era with the mere lilt of her voice.

Sunday, Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. super scientific Circus The Super Scientific circus starring Mr. Fish and Trent the Mime, proves that science can be fun and funny. alternately assisted and foiled by the comedic antics of Trent the Mime, Mr. Fish uses amazing circus skills involving boomerangs, bubbles, beachballs, bull whips, and magic to introduce the principles of friction, inertia, centripetal force, aerodynamics, sonic booms, air pressure, and ultraviolet light.

Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. octoberfest for Bravura soprani Elizabeth Francesco & Jennifer Lynde perform popular drinking and party songs by J. Strauss. Verdi and Lehar. The program will also feature well-known musical theatre hits by composers such as rodgers & hart and Lerner & Loewe, all to celebrate fall and fun.

Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. step sistas Watch the Step Sistas kick up their heels and tap dance into your hearts. The performance includes an audience participation portion.Light refreshments and snacks will be served. lonG Island CHIldrEn’s musEum 11 Davis avenue, Garden city 516-224-5800 • www.licm.org children must be accompanied by an adult.

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Easy ways to improve your memory E

veryone forgets things from time to time. Periodically forgetting where you left your keys is likely not indicative of a bad memory. But some people find themselves forgetting things more frequently, a troubling development for those who can’t explain their sudden loss of memory.

Memory loss is often considered to go hand-in-hand with aging. As a person ages, conventional wisdom suggests memory will begin to fade. But sometimes memory loss has nothing to do with aging, and a lot to do with a brain that isn’t sharp because of an unhealthy lifestyle.

The following are a few ways men and women can improve their memory.

Prioritizing a good night’s sleep is one way to improve memory.

Get some sleep. Men and women who aren’t getting enough sleep can almost certainly blame that lack of shut-eye for at least some of their memory loss. When you don’t get enough sleep, your brain’s ability to think critically, solve problems and even be creative is compromised considerably. In addition, research has shown that memory-enhancing activities occur during the deepest stages of sleep, further highlighting the importance of getting a full night of interruptionfree rest.

hit the gym. Exercise is another activity that can improve memory.

Daily physical exercise increases the amount of oxygen that gets to your brain while reducing the risk for certain disorders, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease, both of which can lead to memory loss.

Manage stress effectively. Stress has a host of negative side effects, not the least of which is its impact on your memory. Chronic stress that goes untreated can destroy brain cells and damage the region of the brain that deals with the formation of new memories as well as the retrieval of older memories.

Numerous studies have shown that men and women cite their career as their primary source of stress.

Since quitting your job is likely not an option, find ways to manage your stress more effectively. This may mean finding a way to make the most of your time, be it working more efficiently, emphasizing planning ahead or even vowing to stop procrastinating. Other ways to manage stress include making time to relax and recognizing that you have limits while seeking the help of others.

Make some dietary changes.

Diet can also have an impact on memory. What you eat is fuel for

both your body and your brain, and a poor diet can have a negative impact on your memory. Be sure to include omega-3 fatty acids, sources of which include salmon, tuna and other cold water fatty fish, in your diet. Research has shown that omega-3 fatty acids, which can also be found in walnuts, can boost brain power and possibly reduce your risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

Foods with antioxidants, including fruits and vegetables, can also protect your brain cells from damage, which can have a positive impact on your memory. Leafy green vegetables like spinach, romaine lettuce and arugula as well as fruits like apricots, mangoes and cantaloupe are good sources of antioxidants.

A diet high in saturated fat, which is found in red meat, whole milk, butter and cheese, has been found to have a negative impact on memory.

Research has shown that such a diet increases a person’s risk of developing dementia while impairing an individual’s ability to concentrate and remember things.

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make your favorite recipes healthier Using nonstick cookware when preparing your favorite meals can reduce reliance on oil or butter, cutting fat and calories from your diet.

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healthy diet plays a significant role in a person’s overall health.

Without a healthy diet, men and women are more susceptible to disease and other potentially harmful ailments.

But when many people think of a healthy diet, a lack of flavor is often one of the first things to come to mind.

That’s a common misconception, as a diet that’s healthy and full of nutrients can simultaneously be flavorful. In fact, it’s easy to enjoy many of your favorite dishes in a way that makes them much healthier. Oftentimes, a few minor alterations to a recipe is all it takes to turn the dish from high-risk to healthy.

Trim the fat. No one wants to eat fat, but fat isn’t entirely bad for you. Fat can help your body absorb vitamins A, D, E and K, and replacing fat with something like carbohydrates decreases how much these valuable ADVERTORIAL

vitamins are absorbed. In addition, dietary fat releases chemicals in the brain that make you feel full, reducing the likelihood that you will overeat.

Those are just a few of the benefits of dietary fat, which is an essential element of a healthy diet. But overconsumption of dietary fat can be dangerous, and many people simply need to trim some fat from their diets.

One way to do that is to reduce how much butter, shortening or oil you use when cooking. For some recipes, you may be able to cut suggested portions of such ingredients by half without replacing them; however, for others, especially those for baked goods, these items may have to be replaced.

In the case of the latter, find a suggested alternative to high-fat items, and only use half of the high-fat item listed in the original recipe. Chances are you won’t taste the difference, but your body will be better for it.

Substitute healthier fare. Substituting items is another way to turn a favorite dish into a healthier dish without altering the flavor dramatically, if at all. For example, instead of cooking with enriched pasta, purchase wholewheat or whole-grain pastas, which are higher in fiber and lower in calories. If a recipe calls for using milk, choose fat-free milk instead of whole milk.

Doing so reduces your fat intake by nearly 8 grams per cup.

Recipes can even be made healthier by simply cutting back on the main dish and adding more vegetables. Instead of using the recommended amount of meat or chicken, scale back and make up for it with additional vegetables, which reduces your caloric and fat intake while adding more vitamins and minerals to your diet.

Change your methods. Certain cooking techniques are healthier than

others. Frying foods or cooking with fat, oil or salt is not the healthiest way to prepare a meal. Some of your favorite dishes that call for frying or cooking in oil can be just as flavorful if you opt for healthier methods like braising, broiling, grilling, or steaming.

When recipes call for basting foods in oil or drippings, forgo these unhealthy options and baste foods in vegetable juice or fat-free broth instead.

What you use to cook can also be healthy or unhealthy. Nonstick cookware won’t require you to use oil or butter to keep foods from sticking to the pan. This reduces the amount of fat and calories you will consume, and you likely won’t notice a difference with regards to flavor.

Men and women who enjoy food and cooking their own meals can take several steps to make those meals healthier without sacrificing flavor.

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Tension and stress are almost inevitable in our lives.

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Every coach on earth and every personal trainer have thought about this simple word and have lost sleep trying to figure out how to instill determination into their players.

The fact that no one has thus far found the answer to this question suggests that it is one of the world’s great secrets and that it remains hidden from conscious view.

I know Dr. David Huw Burston, an internationally known Jungian sport psychologist and he’d say the secret to the athletes drive or determination lies within our ‘shadow’ life.

The shadow is all the unconscious, repressed and disowned feelings that we have experienced while growing up.

The shadow is not necessarily a force of evil or neurosis. It can and often does produce power and achievement in the person that knows how to deal with it.

His interviews with world class athletes suggest that they all hate to lose and will do anything to avoid the pain of loss.

I remember playing golf with the football legend and philanthropist Boomer Esiason who was raised in East Islip.

During the round he told me he only hates one thing in life and that is to lose.

Let me give you a good example of the shadow within an athlete and how it helped him to become one of the most iconic figures in sports.

Arnold Palmer recently died and thanks to the journalistic efforts of Golf Channel we all had a chance to hear about Arnold Palmer’s humble beginnings.

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lowed inside the clubhouse for any reason nor could they use the pool.

Arnold’s Dad was a severe and stern taskmaster and did not allow back talk.

When Dad told Arnold to do something Arnold did it. From these humble and shame inducing beginnings Arnold Palmer grew into one of the world’s most beloved champions.

Arnold loved golf from an early age and to live on a golf course is idyllic for a child but the key to his success may be found in the pain that was there as well.

Palmer not only elevated golf to its current international popularity but his charm and charisma earned him over $30 million per year in endorsements.

We all have our Arnold Palmer story.

I first met him at a sport dinner, when he was 78 years old and I can still recall the visceral power of his gaze and his hand shake.

He had this effect on everyone who met him.

A tour player I worked with years ago once remarked to me that Palmer was the only golfer who ever intimidated him.

He told me that “all he did was shake my hand on the first tee and I was done for the day”.

And it’s no surprise that later in life Arnold Palmer actually purchased Latrobe Country Club, which is where he remained his entire life, thereby conquering his shadow completely.

Tiger Woods also has an obvious shadow life. His impact on the world was noticeable.

When you meet him there’s palpable force that one feels which seems to me to be a combination of raw animal power and an enormous will to win.

Woods came from humble beginnings, growing up as the only African American in an all-white community where he experienced shame and overt discrimination.

And he has been fighting that shadow his entire life.

Rory McIlroy is another world famous athlete that may be driven by a shadow.

A local pro who had recently played golf with Rory remarked to me “ Rory is a really super nice guy but you also get the feeling that he will beat you no matter what it takes.

Rory grew up in Northern Ireland where both his parents worked several jobs to allow Rory to play golf.

Their obvious sacrifices probably had an impact on Rory producing some kind of shadow of both shame and guilt and great drive to win.

All three of these impact champions, Palmer, Woods and McIlroy grew up in a crucible of adversity.

Palmer was the working class boy amongst upper class peers.

Woods was the only African-American in the neighborhood amongst whites who were happy to ridicule him and once tied him to a tree and wrote the N word on his chest.

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mineola st. Fair takes a bigger stage Annual community event expands footprint, adds a fourth venue for performances

By N o a h MaNSkar The more than 30 local artists performing at the Mineola Street Fair on Sunday will have a bigger stage than ever.

The annual fair has expanded its footprint in its second year on Jericho Turnpike and added a fourth venue for musicians and other performers, a hallmark of the event that’s helped it grow, said Tony Lubrano, president of the Mineola Chamber of Commerce.

“That entertainment draws people in and those people are going stop and hit a restaurant or Kentucky Fried Chicken or grab an ice cream,” said Bill Green, a past chamber president and owner of Tsontos Furs. “One thing helps the other.”

The thousands of people attending the fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday can see bands, dancers and other performers at two stages on Jericho Turnpike and a new “open mic” venue at 170 Jericho Turnpike, Lubrano said.

The Irish-American Society of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens will also host Irish music on its own stage next to the Irish-American Center at 297 Willis Ave.

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The Mineola chamber has upgraded the fair’s entertainment in recent years by hiring a professional sound technician, which attracts quality bands and, in turn, more people, Lubrano said. aa Many acts performing Sunday are from Mineola, Green said.

“I think the higher quality and having multiple stages like we do ... draws a different

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crowd,” said Lubrano, owner of Piccola Bussola Restaurant.

More than 100 vendors, local businesses and community organizations will also line Jericho Turnpike between Nassau and Mineola boulevards for the fair, Lubrano said.

The fair has expanded a block north on Willis Avenue this year, from Jericho Turnpike to Linden Road. Kids can enjoy amusement rides there from

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Send in the Clowns, a New Hyde Park-based entertainment company, Lubrano said.

The street fair has grown from about 90 vendors since its days as a craft fair in Mineola’s Memorial Park to 160 last year, its first on Jericho Turnpike, the village’s main commercial thoroughfare, Lubrano said. Organizers moved it last year from Mineola’s downtown area to allow for more growth.

More Mineola businesses have also gotten involved since then, Lubrano said, including several from the downtown area, which the village has sought to revitalize in recent years. Some, including Lubrano’s and Green’s, are fair sponsors.

Expanding the fair’s footprint brings foot traffic to even more local businesses, Green said.

“This I think gives people the opportunity to really see the stores differently than you would if you drive by in the car,” Green said.

Last year the chamber raised about $2,000 from the fair, Lubrano said. Proceeds go to scholarships for local high school students and other charitable causes, he said.

Support from the Village of Mineola has also helped the fair grow, Green and Lubrano said.

Mayor Scott Strauss sits in the Mineola junior firefighters’ dunk tank for hours each year and lets fair-goers get him wet, Lubrano said.

“It’s a day to celebrate and to show off Mineola,” Green said.

The Mineola Street Fair runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, with an opening ceremony at 12:30 p.m.

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UNDERSTANDING VEIN DISEASE

by Dr. Mark Schwartz MD, FACS, RPVI

Vein disease is a common ailment that affects 30% to 50% of the adult U.S. population. Symptoms may include pain, swelling, superficial blood clots, skin changes and even ulcer formation on the lower extremities. With awareness, however, symptoms can be caught at an early stage and treatments as well as preventative measures can be taken. Typically, women are often more affected than men, but men present with more severe symptoms including skin changes and ulcer formation.

A series of one-way valves control the actual flow of the blood in the veins. When valves malfunction and fail to operate properly, disease may develop. In this case, it may allow blood to leak or flow backwards especially in the lower extremities. This backward flow, called venous reflux, is what precipitates symptoms. These symptoms arise from an elevated blood pressure in the veins and may be referred to as venous hypertension. This process leads to an intense inflammatory process both in the vein wall and valves as well as the skin and underlying healthy tissue.

Spider veins and varicose veins are two of the more common vein problems in which people are typically more familiar. Spider veins lie just below the skin’s surface and usually appear as red or blue blotches. They are typically not dangerous and are simply cosmetic in nature.

Varicose veins also lie just below the

issue and are visually undesirable; skin’s surface but may represent therefore, many patients prefer to a more serious problem and have them treated. It is a relative require medical attention. They easy procedure and can quickly be often appear as twisted, bulging done in a doctor’s office with the or lumpy veins and are usually injection of a sclerosing agent or quite noticeable. Varicose veins topical skin laser. Varicose veins and underlying venous hypertenwith underlying venous valvular sion may lead to blood clots, insufficiency can be treated with skin damage, inflammation and minimally invasive procedures, leg ulcers if left untreated. with little or no down time and can Symptoms can often be present for many months or years withDr. Mark Schwartz be performed in the doctor’s office as well. out escalating into serious probThere are a variety of non-invasive minilems. When symptoms develop slowly, people start to accept them as part of the regular mal venous treatments that will eliminate the aches and pains associated with aging and visible effects and potentially prevent more serious health risks. These minimal invasive simply ignore their presence.

In addition to the appearance of spider or procedures include endovenous radiofrevaricose veins, there are many other symp- quency ablation, endovenous laser ablation toms to watch for including swelling, discol- and ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy oration with inflammation, along with com- among others. All of the modalities listed plaints of pain, heaviness and tenderness have completely eliminated the need for along the affected areas. Some patients have painful stripping procedures that led to proa sensation of itching or burning within the longed convalescence, hospital admissions affected leg. Another complaint is restless leg and general anesthesia. All patients with syndrome. This typically occurs during the symptomatic vein insufficiency can be treatnight as the cramping leg muscles contract to ed, almost regardless of age. We have treatpush the blood out of the legs back toward ed patients as young as 16 and as old as 95.

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Calories burned during daily activity S

ome people think they have to spend hours at the gym sweating on the treadmill or elliptical trainer in order to burn calories and lose weight. As it turns out, the things you do every single day could be burning more calories than you realized. Some discipline with your diet and certain healthy habits can make the difference for those attempting to lose weight.

Clean rain gutters and burn 372 calories in one hour.

Getting eight hours of sleep can burn more than 300 calories for the average person. But there’s a good chance you are interested in what activities you can do while awake to help burn calories.

Courtesy of Discovery Health and Harvard Medical School, here are common everyday activities and how many calories can be burned depending on weight. These figures are based on a person weighing around 150 pounds and a duration of one hour of activity.

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300 cals.

160 cals.

200 cals.

Supermarket shopping: Pushing a wagon around the supermarket for an hour can burn 240 calories or more.

Up the ante by bagging groceries yourself and packing and unpacking them from the car.

Raking leaves: If you spent time manually raking leaves this past fall, you were doing something good for your body. In addition to working several muscle groups, you may have spent 300 calories.

Dusting: Spring cleaning is right around the corner, and that can be good news for your health. Dusting alone can burn as much as 160 calories.

Cooking: Here’s a reason to get fired up about cooking.

Making a simple meal can add up to 200 calories lost.

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Moving: Packing and moving may seem like a big task one rarely looks forward to, but carrying boxes can burn 460 calories an hour. Packing, moving and unpacking yourself may be the diet plan you’ve been seeking.

Painting: Perhaps you’ve been procrastinating on that house painting project. Here’s inspiration to break out the rollers and brushes. Spending an hour painting can burn 350 calories.

After several hours applying a primer and then top coat, you may find you painted yourself thinner.

Community service: If you want to help the environment and your health, spending time picking up trash from a park or seaside can shed some serious calories — 450 an hour.

Playing with kids: Engaging in some fun family time can burn around 400 calories. Plus, it’s a great way for parents and children to bond.

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Healthier ways improving your to cook heart health comfort foods H

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ith the arrival of the colder weather, people often turn to hearty foods to fill up and keep the body warm. Too often, however, so-called comfort foods tend to be big on fat and calories as much as they are big on flavor. With a few small ingredient changes, comfort foods can be both delicious and healthy.

Just think of all those hearty and filling foods you enjoy when winter arrives. The stews, casseroles, pastas, and soups that make cold days bearable are often not the healthiest choices a person can make. The average two-cup bowl of beef chili, for example, comes in at 595 calories and 25.9 grams of fat, according to Calorie King. That’s before the addition of sour cream, cheese or bread is included. One entree of Lasagna Classico from the popular chain eatery Olive Garden weighs in at 850 calories and 47 grams of fat.

Unlike the salads and sandwiches of warmer weather, comfort foods tend to be built on meats, cheeses and carbohydrate-rich ingredients.

Indulging too often can mean quick weight gain and extra fat the body simply does not need. However, you do not have to give up on your favorite comfort foods; simply find ways to make them healthier.

Choose leaner meats. Substitute lean cuts of meat or alternatives to reduce the fat and calories. For example, ground turkey can be substituted for ground beef in many cases.

Reduce the cheese. Cut down on the amount of cheese in a recipe. In a dish like lasagna, add vegetables to the recipe to beef it up instead of extra cheese. When using cheese, opt for low- or no-fat varieties.

Use stocks for flavor. Soup stock can be used to flavor everything from rice to mashed potatoes, instead of relying on butter or heavy gravies.

Select whole-wheat breads. A

lot of extra calories are consumed when loading up on breads that are essentially devoid of nutritional benefits. When selecting breads and doughs, go for whole-wheat products that will offer more fiber.

Opt for low-fat dairy. When a recipe calls for cream or whole milk, substitute skim milk and see if you can notice the difference. In many cases, the change in flavor will be negligible.

Stock up on nonstick sprays.

Lightly mist foods with some nonstick spray instead of coating pans and ingredients in a lot of oil to cut down on calories.

Use vegetables and legumes to make a meal more hearty. Stews, soups and other comfort foods can be enhanced with mushrooms, beans or other filling items at a fraction of the fat and calories of adding meats or cheeses.

Bake or grill instead of fry. Many popular comfort foods, like fried chicken, can be made healthier simply by changing the cooking method. Make popular recipes healthy by baking them instead of frying them.

Fill up first. If you want to enjoy comfort foods as-is, fill up first on salad or soup before having a portion of the selected comfort food.

This way you’re less likely to overeat on the fattier dish but will still feel satiated.

Use fruit in place of oil. In cake mixes and other desserts, applesauce or another pureed fruit or vegetable can often replace oil without drying out the end product.

Comfort foods are common when the mercury drops. Making some easy changes to some favorite recipes can mean enjoying these hearty meals without paying the price in extra fat and more calories.

eart disease is one of the leading causes of death across the globe. According to the World Health Organization, ischaemic heart disease, in which blood supply to the heart is reduced, is the leading cause of death in middle- and high-income countries and the fourth-leading cause of death in low-income countries.

Perhaps the most troubling fact about the prevalence of heart disease is that it can be largely preventable. The American Heart Association notes that there are several ways to easily improve heart health and avoid becoming one of the millions of people to succumb to heart disease.

Embrace aerobic exercise.

Aerobic exercise is essential to cardiovascular health. Daily aerobic exercise, which can be as simple as walking around the neighborhood, can help men and women lower their blood pressure, maintain a healthy weight and lower their bad

The crucible of adversity, success Continued from Page 36 who traveled with the privileged class who were probably happy to remind him of the difference.

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Decade brings diversity in N. Shore schools

‘ART WITH SUGAR’

Education quality spurs growth in Asian, Hispanic communities

has since decreased to 35 percent.

BY J OE N I K I C The Asian student population, of Over the past 10 years, an which accounted for 45 percent now influx of new groups has brought the student body in 2005-06, greater ethnic diversity to North accounts for about 57 percent.

The Hispanic/Latino student Shore schools, and administrators 4 to are working to foster a climate of population has increased from 6 percent, while the African-Ameracceptance and tolerance. the The Great Neck, Manhasset, ican population has remained Roslyn, Port Washington, Herricks, same at 1 percent.

Herricks Superintendent Fino Mineola, Sewanhaka, East Willissaid that students have a Celano ton and New Hyde Park-Garden for City Park school districts have all lot of “empathy and respect” seen populations of minority stu- each other because of the district’s diversity.

2005-06 the dents increase from “I think that’s a byproduct of school year to the 2014-15 school year, according to state education the fact that we have a wonderCelano department data. A sharp increase fully diverse community,” the in enrollment by Asian students said. Kids are going through experience of having classmates has been seen in several districts. erThe Herricks School District of different ethnicities and diff it really has seen the biggest change in stu- ent religious beliefs and and dent demographics, with the Asian fosters a spirit of acceptance is a population now totaling more tolerance and respect, which wonderful thing.” than half of the student body.

He said that the district deIn 2005-06, the white populato tion made up about 50 percent of votes “a lot of time and energy” the student body, but that number Continued on Page 54

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A&E Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 32 Tuesday, Oct. 11 through Friday, Oct. 14 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. “owl” Be your Friend! create your own friendly owl collage using torn paper and feathers! all ages. free with museum admission.

Friday, Oct. 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Kids in the Kitchen Each week little chefs will be making an easy and yummy, kid-friendly snack (cookies, mini pizzas, etc) that they make from start to finish.

Helping in the kitchen is a great learning tool as children practice measuring ingredients, following directions and building their vocabulary.

Join us as we mix things up in the kitchen to stir an interest in kitchen creativity and healthy eating. ages 3-5. fee: $5 with museum admission.

Oct. 15 and Sunday, Oct. 16 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. messy afternoons We’ll be up to our elbows in oobleck, clean mud and slim — and we hope you’ll join us for the type of artistic activities that everyone loves, but not one likes to clean-up after. Except us! ages: 18 months to 4 years. free with museum admission.

Oct. 8, to January 8, 2017 Traveling Exhibit - your House, my House your House, My House takes visitors on a fantastic journey into the homes of people around the world – no passport or luggage required! see how culture, climate, tradition and geography influence the way a house is built. the bilingual (English/spanish) exhibit includes four themed areas allowing visitors to design, build and visit homes; large (walk-in) houses, small houses, floating houses and even houses that pack and up and go with a family, called a ger. Explore interior elements such as furniture, cooking utensils, games and musical instruments to gain insights into how lifestyle and culture are reflected in homes. Local exhibit support provided by astoria Bank . all ages. free with museum admission.

Oct. 1 to 30 Community Gallery – arts alive lI artists ranging in age from pre-k to high school were asked to use “the arts” – visual, performing and media arts as inspirations for poster designs for celebrate arts Month. the posters on display in this exhibition represent winning entries in each of three age categories: pre-k Grade 2; Grades 3 – 6; Grades 7 – 12. all ages. free with museum admission All activities will be held at the Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Museum Hours: Tuesday-Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and most school holidays. Museum admission: $13 for adults and children over 1 year old, $12 seniors, FREE to museum members and children under 1 year old. Additional fees for theater and special programs may apply. For additional information, contact 516-224-5800 nIKon aT JonEs BEaCH THEaTrE 1000 ocean Parkway, Wantagh 516-221-1000 • www.jonesbeach.com Sunday, Oct. 2 at 9 a.m.

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seum.com 2016 annual native american Fest Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

When the autumn leaves start to turn, and the crisp fall air is here, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and it’s time for Garvies Point Museum’s NaTiVE aMEricaN FEaST. This celebration of northeastern Native american culture has been held the weekend before Thanksgiving for more than 25 years.

THE 50+ ComEdy Tour 2016 sCHEdulE Long island comedian Paul anthony announces the launch of an all new comedy show, The 50+ comedy Tour.

Each show features top comedians all 50 years of age or older Shows are designed for the growing Baby Boomer population Talent Search for the Next 50+ comedy Star Tickets for all performances just $35 Press Passes available for all performances official website for all the fun details is www.50Pluscomedy.com Friday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Cultural Arts Playhouse in Syosset Paul anthony Sherry davey Nickmom Jim dailakis Saturday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson Talia reese Johnny huff Tom daddario Maureen Langan 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 nyCB THEaTrE aT WEsTBury 960 Brush hollow road, Westbury (516) 247-5200 venue.thetheatreatwestbury.com Friday, Sept. 30 at 9 p.m.

The Band perry Saturday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. dick Fox’s Golden Boys Sunday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Gladys Knight Friday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.

Johnny rivers and Eric Burdon & The animals Saturday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m.

The o’Jays and The Commodores Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m.

Joan Baez Thursday, Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. sergio mendes Friday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m.

Engelbert Humperdinck Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Charlie puth - We don’t Talk Tour 2016 Sunday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. les Brers Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. peter Frampton raw: an acoustic Tour Saturday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. lisa lampanelli Sunday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. styx Continued on Page 50

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Whaling Museum expands offerings Ever wonder what cooking blubber on a whale-ship smelled like?

Long Islanders will find out in October as staff at The Whaling Museum & Education Center are currently busy installing new exhibits to better connect the public with the area’s rich maritime heritage.

On Sunday, Oct. 2 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., two exhibits “Thar She Blows!: Whaling on Long Island,” and “Untold Stories” will first open to the public during a special event — SeaFaire.

“The Museum’s foundation is in its collection, and these significant additions and improvements to our permanent exhibits will help people of all ages better connect with the artifacts and their stories on a more meaningful level,” Executive Director Nomi Dayan said. “Our staff could not be more excited to make these changes, and we can’t wait to reopen our doors to see the exhibits in action.”

“Thar She Blows!: Whaling on Long Island,” will explore the local whaling industry, its impact in on our regional and cultural history, and its sustained implications on modern life.

Artifacts, signage, images, and interactives will retell this vital story in a compelling format, illustrating how commercial whaling played a major role in the social and economic development of Long Island.

Visitors will be able to help build the side

of a whale-ship, understand how the ship functioned as a floating factory, smell the distinct aromas on board, and see how whalebone was used in fashion.

The exhibit will help people understand the challenges whales face today, and inspire young conservationists to take a pledge to help better whales’ future.

“Untold Stories” will feature life-size, multiracial character cutouts of historic individuals who will show the range of personal experiences in the whaling industry through their individual narratives.

Additionally, for the first time at the museum, corresponding signage will be bilingual to help break the language barrier for Spanish-speaking visitors.

Visitors will be able to “meet” Captain Thomas Roys, one of the most prolific Long Island whaling captains, as well as six-year-old Laura Jernegan, who set out on a three-year voyage with her family.

The family-friendly event will include demonstrations of historic crafts from local artisans, including calligraphy, weaving, spinning and more.

Visitors can try their hands at scrimshaw carving, candle dipping, and boat building.

General Admission prices: $6 for adult, $5 for children and seniors.

Additional charges apply — $4 per craft or $10 for all three.

adelphi production aimed at children

Special family programming returns to the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center with the Theatreworks USA production of “Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School.”

Based on the best-selling children’s books, this piece will be performed on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 3 p.m. on the Westermann Stage in the Concert Hall located at AUPAC, 1 South Avenue in Garden City.

This musical performance is specially designed for children in grades K-5 and their families.

Based on the book series by Barbara Park, Junie B. has been going to school for over one-and-a-half years.

With a multitude of tips, tricks and trip-ups, Junie B. shares her hard-won expertise and shows how school is sometimes scary, sometimes fun, and always something to sing about.

Music is by Zina Goldrich and lyrics are by Marcy Heisler.

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The B-52s Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. rock legends live Halloween Celebration with pink Floyd Tribute us and Floyd special appearance by matt searing THE paramounT 370 New york ave., huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Friday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m.

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The Vox populi Tour 2016: Bad religion & against me with special Guest dave Hause Sunday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m.

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•Level 4 Beginners iV – 1:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

•Level 5 intermediate i –1:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

•Level 6 intermediate ii – 12:00 p.m. to 1:20 p.m.

•Level 7 advanced i – 10:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.

•Level 8 advanced ii – 9:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.

Each level is $160; 25 percent discount available for multi-family registration, children under 18, seniors and for members of the irish cultural center in Mineola. register for an upper level, and you get two more free, one for your review and one for moving ahead more quickly. or use both free classes for review. Scholarships also available.

To register and for more information and additional programs offered, contact catherine Tully Muscente at (516) 323-4710, cmuscente@molloy.edu online registration is available at: http://connect.molloy.edu/irishstudiesinstitute sEnIor pops orCHEsTra prEsEnTs ConCErT In sEaFord Seaford high School 1575 Seamans Neck rd., Seaford Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m.

The Senior Pops orchestra, an intergenerational orchestra of approximately 65 musicians, will present a program of wonderful music on The program, led by Music director/conductor Stephen Michael Smith, will feature music from Guys and dolls, Fiddler on the roof, Pirates of the caribbean and other favorites.

The concert is open to the public, and a suggested donation of $5.00 will be requested at the door.

The facility is handicapped accessible and there is adequate free parking.

For further information contact (516) 4141831 or seniorpops.org GoVErnors’ ComEdy CluB 90 division ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/ index.cfm Friday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. andrew “dice” Clay Friday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m.

Joe devito Ticket Price: $15.00 - $45.00 Saturday, oct. 15 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Gilbert Gottfried - special Event Ticket Price: $25.00 BroKEraGE ComEdy CluB 2797 Merrick road, Bellmore (516) 781-LaFF (5233) GovernorsFeedback@gmail.com Friday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. sean donnelly Ticket Price: $17.00 Friday, Oct. 7 at 10:30 p.m. sirens of Comedy- all Female musical Comedy show Ticket Price: $15.00 Friday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. nick dipaolo - special Event Ticket Price: $25.00 Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.) patrick J. mitchell presents “diversity Training” Ticket Price: $12.00

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Community Calendar project Independence support & social Group The Town of North hempstead’s Project independence is reminding residents that they offer free support and social groups. call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information. parents of millennials Group Join us as we explore ways to help our 18-30 year olds move on to independence and pursue the life they want.

For more information please visit: www. meetup.com/Parents-of-Millennials-MeetupGroup

Trivia Challenge come see how much you know. Match wits with other great minds. you may win a prize! Last Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. havana central restaurant roosevelt Field, Garden city. For more info, call (516) 676- 1976. singles association of l.I. For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com. your Widowed social Group The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and august)

from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s r.c. church on Franklin ave. and Fifth Street, Garden city. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280. area Cyclists unite There are several area cyclists & cycling groups that ride before or after work on Weekdays. a bigger group is more fun and a better work out. you are invited to join the areas longest running Weekday cycling group.

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Community Calendar cont’d. Club to present stars Continued from Page 51 cyclists. contact david (Speedy) Emanuel at speedyemanuel@optonline.net or 516-8409370 or 516-487-8065 before 9:45 p.m. for schedule and to confirm your participation.

ToWn oF norTH HEmpsTEad CalEndar Friday, Sept. 30; Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28; and Nov. 4 Monday, Oct. 3, 17, 24 and 31 Exercise for Balance and strength to reduce Falls-Tai Chi & advanced Join this program and learn how to improve your balance and strength, and reduce falls.

The Tai chi Balance and Strength course is offered on Friday, Sept. 30, oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, and Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and on Monday, oct. 3, 17, 24 and 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tai chi Participants must commit to 11 out of the 16 classes. The advanced Fall Prevention course is on Friday, Sept. 30, oct.

7, 14, 21, 28, and Nov. 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the North hempstead “yes We can” community center, 141 Garden Street, Westbury. North hempstead Project independence invites all Town residents 60 and over.

Participants must wear comfortable clothing, secure footwear and bring a bottle of water.

Please call 311 or 869-6311 to register or for more information.

2017 Budget Hearing dates North hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board would like to announce that the hearing dates for the proposed 2017 budget have been set. october 7, at 10 a.m. The Town Board will conduct a work session during this time. october 13, at 7:30 p.m. There will be opportunity for public comment during this time. october 25, at 7:30 p.m. There will be opportunity for public comment during this time.

November 1, at 7:30 p.m. The Town Board will vote on the budget at this meeting.

The meetings will be held at North hempstead Town hall (220 Plandome road, Manhasset).

For more information, please call 311 or visit www.northhempsteadny.gov. aanG oKToBErFEsT accounting attorney Networking Group The Garden city hotel Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Networking cocktail reception Members are complimentary Non-members - $95 at the door - $115 Sponsorships are available

america’s Got Talent star aids fundraiser Long Island singing sensation and recent television personality Sal “The Voice” Valentinetti recently performed for a crowd at the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center fundraiser for its Children’s Center at Nassau County Family Court.

The event was held at Tesoro’s Ristorante, located at 967 Old Country Road in Westbury, where Valentinetti sang a selection of covers including the Rat Pack and Bobby Darin — all met with enthusiastic reception.

Over 60 guests came out to support the children’s center, and raised in excess of $13,000.

The children’s center provides care and early learning to almost 2,000 children annually — ages six weeks to 12-years-old — while their parents or guardians are in court.

“State funding cuts have caused similar facilities across the state to close, but thanks to the generous support of our donors, the children’s center remains open and providing services full-time,” Executive Director Andrew Malekoff said.

Malekoff also introduced Nellie Taylor-Walthrust, director of The Leeds Place, under which the Children’s Center operates, who referenced the center’s focus on early childhood education.

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Club Loaded NY will be presenting a series of live shows with some of the most known artists to ever rock the heavy metal music scene’s from the 1970s and 1980s through today with Sebastian Bach: The Original Voice of Skid Row on Saturday, Oct. 1 and The Trinity Tour with Geoff Tate (Queensryche), Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest), and Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden) on Saturday, Nov. 19 at Mulcahy’s Pub & Concert Hall at 3232 Railroad Avenue, Wantagh.

The original voice of hair metal hitmakers Skid Row, singer Sebastian Bach was born Sebastian Bierk in the Bahamas on April 3, 1968.

A veteran of short-lived, littleknown bands including Herrenvolk, Madame X, V05, and Kid Wikkid, he was living in Canada when in 1987 he received a demo tape from an unknown New Jersey band in search of a lead singer; the group was Skid Row, formed a year earlier by ex-Bon Jovi guitarist Dave “The Snake” Sabo.

Signing to Atlantic, Skid Row issued its self-titled debut album in 1989.

As an opening slot on Bon Jovi’s U.S. tour, and combined with heavy MTV airplay of the video “Youth Gone Wild,” the band’s career was launched to stardom, and the singles “18 and Life” and “I Remember You” both reached the Top Ten. Bach, with his wild-man persona, quickly emerged as the focus of fan and media attention.

Geoff Tate, Tim “Ripper” Owens and Blaze Bayley will be performing the hits from their respective bands on stage together.

“We want to give fans a great selection of hits and rarities along with songs we just enjoy performing — and the ‘Trinity’ tour was born,” Tate said.

Tate, whose Operation: Mindcrime will release their second CD in September, titled “Resurrection”, states that the collaboration between the three singers first came about while recently in the studio.

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Arts council hosting Frampton tour adds shared group exhibit date in Westbury After an overwhelming response from audiences nationwide, Peter Frampton will resume “Peter Frampton Raw, An Acoustic Tour” with more dates this October including a stop at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Peter Frampton remains one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history, and his fifth solo album, “Frampton Comes Alive!” is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

At 16, Frampton was lead singer and guitarist for British band the Herd, and at 18, he co-founded one of the first super groups — Humble Pie. His session work includes collaborations with such legendary artists as George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, Jer-

(from left to right) Linda Louis, Hac Board Member & Exhibition chair, artists Laura Powers-swiggett, renee Blank, ruth sachs and Denis Ponsot The Huntington Arts Council is presenting their Invitational Gallery Show “Balancing Light and Form,” featuring the work of Renee Blank, Denis Ponsot, Laura Powers-Swiggett and Ruth Sachs through Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main St. in Huntington.

The show is an opportunity for small groups of artists to participate in a shared exhibit in our Main Street Gallery.

The exhibit opened Friday, Sept. 16 to a crowd of friends, family and colleagues of the artists. All four of the artists were on hand to celebrate.

Renee Blank earned her masters of fine arts degree at C.W. Post LIU and has since been an arts educator in both private and public schools, as well as nonprofit organizations.

As primarily an abstract artist, Blank uses nature and architectural elements as inspiration focusing on shape, marks, lines and two-dimensional surfaces.

Watercolor artist, Denis Ponsot, began his career in 1966 while traveling through France with his father, who is also an artist and teacher.

After studying at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, Ponsot now teaches

adult classes at SVA, The Jewish Community Center of Manhattan, as well as The Art League of Long Island.

Laura Powers-Swiggett received her BA in Visual Studies from Dartmouth College which lead to a career in marketing.

She now devotes herself to international advocacy work and her paintings — studying under Paul Wood, Stan Brodsky and Christian White.

She has been exhibited throughout Long Island and has served on the Board of Directors for The Art League of Long Island.

Ruth Sachs was instructor and coordinator of the Ceramics Department at the Art League Long Island for 20 years.

Sachs also serves on the board of directors for the Greene County Council on the Arts and is a participant in the Windham Arts Alliance in Windham, N.Y., the National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts, the Long Island Craft Guild, and the Clay Arts Guild.

For more information on the Invitational Gallery Shows and the Huntington Arts Council go to huntingtonarts.org or call 631-271-8423.

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ry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, John Entwistle and many others.

Gordon Kennedy, Frampton’s longtime collaborator and co-producer of his grammy award-winning album “Fingerprints,” will join him again for the October run alongside Frampton’s son, singer and guitarist Julian Frampton.

The tour will follow a summer of fullband headlining dates as well as stops with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Gregg Allman.

The new dates follow the release of Frampton’s latest album, “Acoustic Classics,” which continues to receive critical acclaim from The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Billboard and more.

Frampton will be playing strippeddown versions of his classic hits, including “Baby, I Love Your Way,” “Lines On My Face,” “Do You Feel Like I Do,” “Show Me The Way” and more. Acoustic Classics includes one new song, “All Down to Me,” which was co-written by Gordon Kennedy.

Tickets are $49.50, $59.50, $69.50, $79.50 $99.50 and $149.50 plus applicable service charges.

Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 800-7453000 or at the Westbury box office.

For further information, please visit www.thetheatreatwestbury.com.

Event, date and time is subject to change.

cradle of aviation to host baseball exhibit The Cradle of Aviation Museum in East Garden City will be exhibiting a large portion of the internationally recognized Randy L. Kaplan Collection of autographed baseballs from world leaders and heads of state through Nov. 8 to coincide with the World Series and the 2016 presidential elections.

The exhibit is free with museum admission.

“The collection has taken on a life of its own, as almost everyone who I ask is honored to sign a baseball,” Kaplan said.

“It is as if every political figure secretly yearned to be a professional ballplayer, at least that is what most of them tell me.”

The exhibit features over 180 signed baseballs from leaders, both past and present, from all over the globe, including the late South African President Nelson Mandela, President Barack Obama and former leaders Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher.

The exhibit will also include a timely collection of balls signed by 2016 presidential candidates Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz and John Kasich.

The Randy L. Kaplan Collection of

signed baseballs from world leaders and heads of state brings together the love of collecting autographs from global leaders on what can only be described as an icon of American culture — the baseball.

Kaplan, who is a governmental affairs specialist in New York, has been collecting signed baseballs from world leaders and heads of state since 1996 when then President Bill Clinton signed a baseball for him at a meeting in Washington, D.C. Kaplan’s collection has been exhibited at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa in 2015; the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas in 2014; the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California in 2014; the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2012 and at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2008.

The Cradle is home to over 75 air and spacecraft, a full dome theater and planetarium, and is located on Charles Lindbergh Blvd. in East Garden City.

Operating hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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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 516-434-2306.

Ongoing: Community Volunteers with Music background needed.

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 Searingtown 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.

Ongoing: Tuesday Night Bingo.

Ongoing: Exercise Classes. 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.

ADVICE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS “SATuRDAYS with Sabaa”: Breast cancer and lymphedema education and tips from the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program. Physical therapist Sabaa Mundia, a blogger for the Facebook site of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is offering useful tips on the site every Saturday.

To access the information, visit #saturdayswithsabaa and https:// www.facebook.com/adelphibreastcancerhotline. To reach the hotline call 800-877-8077.

TEMPLE TIKVAH ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE Temple Tikvah of New Hyde Park Annual Rummage Sale is Sunday, Oct. 9 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. is “Bag for $5 & Stuff Day”

Highlights this year include costume jewelry, watches, pocket books, clothes, shoes, books and household items. Vintage fashion finds and great bargains. Temple Tikvah borders the tip of Nassau near Queens.

It is conveniently located at 3315 Hillside Avenue in New Hyde Park.

Village of New Hyde Park Fall 2016 Adult Fitness - Long and Lean Classes held every Monday and Thursday from to Oct. 13 at New Hyde Park Village Hall in Lower Level/Basement 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Free for village residents $20 for non-residents For more information, call Village Hall at 516-354-0022 or visit www.vnhp.org Bring 3 pound weights, exercise mat, towel water bottle INNOVATIONS IN JOINT REPLACEMENT — FREE COMMUNITY SEMINAR Long Island Jewish Medical Center

LIJ Teaching Hospital 270-05 76th Ave. New Hyde Park Thursday, Oct. 13 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Northwell Health¹s Orthopaedic Institute will offer a free seminar about the latest advances in hip and knee replacement surgery.

Vijay Rasquinha, MD, a Northwell Health orthopaedic surgeon specializing in joint replacement, will present “Innovations in Joint Replacement.”

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VENDORS WANTED – TWODAY CHRISTMAS FAIR Saturday, Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Holy Spirit R. C. Church in New Hyde Park is sponsoring a Christmas Fair Vendors’ fee for two days is $75.00.

If interested, please call Eileen Smith at 516 328-0348.

FLEA MARKET/CRAFT FAIR Christ Lutheran Church in New Hyde Park holds a flea market/ craft fair every second Saturday of the month from March through November. Our next event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event has showcased many specialty items such as jewelry, customized items, hand crafted items, holistic health products, upcycled and repurposed home decor, collectibles, and much more. We are looking for vendors who want to participate in our event as we look to provide high quality and unique items. For more information email us at clcnhpoutreach@gmail.com or call 516-446-0570. This event is rain or shine.

New Hyde Park Senior Chorus Welcoming New Members Like to sing? We are welcoming new members. The chorus meets Monday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at The Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Ave. and New Hyde Park Road. To join us, call (516) 7758118. Starts on Sept. 19. We need

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR EDUCATION We are 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.

For more information on this program, please call Eileen Bileski at 516-434-2306.

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F.P. Lions Club Santino visits AARP club touts success

The Floral Park Lions Club, established in 1925, is looking back at its accomplishments over the past year.

In addition to awarding two $1,500 scholarships and the John S. Murphy Community Service Award ($500) to graduating seniors at Floral Park Memorial High School, the Lions established a Leo Club at the school.

The Lions presented $100 community service awards to graduates of local elementary schools.

“The Floral Park Lions Club is an extremely active service organization and very generous in supporting nonprofit organizations that have a positive impact on the lives of countless people,” said Terry Whalen, Lions International second vice district governor and Floral Park resident. “For example, the club’s annual spring golf outing, co-chaired by Jim Whalen, provided funds for a service dog for a disabled veteran.”

In 2015 and 2016, under the leadership of Helen Farley, president of the Floral Park Lions Club, the tradition of supporting numerous charities and foundations was advocated.

Causes and groups that received donations over the past year include: Freedom Guide Dogs and Guide Dog Foundation of Smithtown; St. Vincent De Paul; The Inn; Anna House; Building Homes for Heroes, Floral Park Memorial HS Field of Honor; Floral Park Chapter of F.I.S.H.; District 20k2 Diabetes Association; Lions Clubs International Foundation; NYS & Bermuda Foundation; Dinner In The Dark; Hagedorn Craniofacial Clinic at LIJ; Canine Companions; Brandel-Murphy Youth Foundation; Long Island Lions Eye Foundation; Leadership Foundation and “Be The Change” Floral Park Memorial HS; North Shore Lions Club Blind Bowling; Visions Camp For The Blind; American Diabetes Association; Empire State Special Needs Foundation; Avon 39 Breast Cancer Walk, and participation in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest in four local schools.

The Lions Club meets monthly at noon and welcomes new members who are interested in its service activities.

To join, please call the membership chairman at 516-7756849 for information and an application.

The Floral Park AARP hosted Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino at their September meeting. Santino is shown with AARP board members Pat Pedley, Joe Contardi, Assunta Redvanley and Marion Conte. AARP Floral Park “Bithday Babies” for July, August and September are (from left) Patricia, Kay, Ann, Vilma, Grace and Richard.

Society teaches track history Pictured (from left) at the recent Floral Park Historical Society program meeting holding a “NO LIRR 3rdTrack” lawn sign are Historical Society Director Bill Corbett, Sr., Garden City resident Karen Reiter, Floral Park Mayor Tom Tweedy and Historical Society President Ann Corbett.

Ann Corbett presented “History in the Making: MTA LIRR Third Track Update,” an overview of history and projected impact on the community of the proposed 9.8-mile third track from Floral Park to Hicksville.

Tweedy spoke about concerns related to the village’s rec- her Greenwich Street neighbor- items related to the history of reation center and pool complex. hood in Garden City.

Floral Park.

Reiter spoke about the imAttendees were also invited For more information call pact the project would have on to view a display of archival 516 775-6849.

A lesson on Stepping Stones Bosworth meets seniors North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth joined Independent Seniors of New Hyde Park on Sept. 20 for a lively discussion. The group, established eight years ago, meets

once a week at the Glory Day Lutheran Church. The event was organized by Director Kurt Langjhar, who is also a member of the town’s Project Independence Advisory Committee.

The Floral Park Historical Society will present “Stepping Stones: National Historic Landmark” on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Floral Park Recreation/Pool Building.

Sally Corbett-Turco, executive director of Stepping Stones, will give an illustrated talk about the life, legacy, and historic home of Bill Wilson, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon Family Groups.

The speaker’s behind-the-scenes account will give the audience a glimpse at the effort that goes into operating a historic home museum and site, including safeguarding 15,000 objects and

100,000 archived items, maintaining the property (buildings, gardens and grounds), and interpreting an American story of hope for visitors from around the world.

Corbett-Turco is a graduate of Floral Park Memorial High School and SUNY Albany.

She has served for more than 20 years in leadership and communications capacities for nonprofit cultural, educational and political organizations.

The public is invited to this free program. Note the October program will be held on the third Sunday of the month. For more information, call 516775-6849.

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NhP seniors named to National Merit semis

Bosworth visits NhP street fair North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth attended the 21st annual New Hyde Park Street Fair along Jericho Turnpike on Saturday, Sept. 17. While enjoying the festivities, Bosworth stopped by the AARP table and chatted with the volunteers.

New Hyde Park Memorial High School seniors Rena Fukuda and Sam Kooran were named semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. Each year, an estimated 1.6 million juniors from 22,000 high schools across the nation enter this academic competition by taking

the PSAT/NMSQT, and approximately 16,000 of them are identified as semifinalists. This group represents the highest-scoring entrants in each state and have the opportunity to advance to finalist status with the prospect of winning scholarship awards.

Green Club takes on cleanup

Despite the arid conditions this summer, the vegetation continued to grow in Sewanhaka High School’s courtyard.

On Sept. 14, members of the Green Club and their adviser Yvonne Sherwood cleaned up the area to beautify the grounds at the school.

The club also participated in an International Beach clean up at Hempstead Lake State Park on Sept. 17.

The group spent two hours collecting more than 25 bags of litter at the northeast pond.

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Herricks celebrates homecoming

The Herricks community showed its pride during the 2016 homecoming weekend, which featured an “Honoring America” theme.

Celebrations at Herricks High School kicked off with a pep rally, held on the afternoon of Sept. 16, that boosted excitement and cheered on the Highlanders in anticipation of an evening football game against the Sanford H. Calhoun Colts.

Students, staff members, alumni, residents and other guests gathered on the field for a barbecue held prior to the game.

Musical entertainment was provided by the band, while the cheerleaders

rooted on the Highlanders throughout the four quarters. Spectators and fans filled the bleachers, and some students continued a display of support that seems to have become tradition, proudly sporting painted letters that spelled out “Herricks.”

The halftime show included a performance by the cheerleaders and presentation of the homecoming court.

Cheerleaders formed a path that nominees Joseph Carmody, Samantha Aloysius, Steven Gerazounis, Gianna Chan, Ashwin Palaniappan, Priyanka Kumar, Alan Ponieman, Chase McGahan, Haseeb Waseem and Julia Sombrotto

Psychologist gets honor Sonia Azevedo, the school psychologist at Mineola Middle School, has been selected to receive the School Practitioner of the Year Award from the Nassau County chapter of the New York Association of School Psychologists, or NYSAP. To be considered for the award, Azevedo was nominated by several administrators who wrote about her commitment to the well-being of all students.

Azevedo has been with the

district for 18 years, and has been at Mineola Middle School for the last 10.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s degree in psychology and a doctorate in school and clinical psychology, all from Hofstra University.

Azevedo will be honored with the award during a ceremony on Nov. 10 at the NYASP conference in Rochester.

walked through, two by two.

Assistant principal Andrew Frisone announced each candidate and shared brief bios, and assistant principal Bryan Hodge officially crowned Aloysius and Palaniappan the 2016 homecoming queen and king.

Principal James Ruck and district Superintendent Fino Celano, along with other administrators and members of the school board, extended their congratulations and praise to these highly regarded seniors.

As in past years, football players took homecoming as an opportunity to give back through charitable efforts. The team

raised more than $1,800 in donations for the Stop Soldier Suicide organization by selling T-shirts during the week that led up to the festivities.

Stop Soldier Suicide director Maj. Ian Fuller, a retired U.S. Army veteran, visited from North Carolina to attend the game and participate in the opening coin toss.

He was joined by Frank Wirth and Aaron Kim, Herricks High School alumni who have served in the military.

The events continued after the game, as students enjoyed a homecoming dance on Sept. 17.

Staiano makes N.Y. choir The Sewanhaka High School junior Jessica Staiano has been accepted into the All-State Mixed Choir as a soprano 1 and will be performing at the AllState Festival in Rochester, New York from Dec. 1 to 4. This selective ensemble is made up of the best musicians across New York.

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Gurfein touts statesmanship Continued from Page 2 wall may not be necessary, there should be “some sort of physical deterrent” along the southern border with Mexico to stanch the flow of immigrants, Gurfein said.

Gurfein said he is not endorsing Trump, but prefers the real estate magnate to the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, because Trump has been “willing to learn and grow” while Clinton “believes [she] has all the answers” and makes choices “based on political expediency,” Gurfein said.

“I’m concerned about many things he’s said. However, I’m more concerned about the things Hillary Clinton has done,” Gurfein said. “He can say ridiculous things, and has. She’s done horrible things, of which I’ve been a party to,” he said, citing her vote to authorize the Iraq War. The nuclear accord with Iran that President Barack Obama brokered last year was not a sound foreign policy move, Gurfein said. He said the U.S. “gave it all away” in the negotiations and characterized the $150 billion released to Iran when economic sanctions were lifted as foreign aid.

Gurfein also thinks lawmakers should have clear strategies for addressing domestic issues such as health care and spending cuts, he said.

Gurfein opposes any federal tax increase and wants to aggressively cut spending to pay down the national debt, he said.

He said he favors cutting the capital gains tax but did not specify by how much. Major cuts should be considered for certain offices, such as the Department of Education and the Internal Revenue Service, he said.

Military spending could be cut, he said, but not without a “clear strategy” for military operations.

Congress should also have

plans for a new health care system if it repeals the Affordable Care Act, Gurfein said. He would support allowing insurers to compete across state lines but would look at some parts of the law to keep, he said.

Gurfein opposes expanding background checks for gun purchases, banning semiautomatic weapons and banning people on the federal terrorist watch list from buying guns without being

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given a hearing.

“I don’t want a bureaucrat taking away my rights, or anybody’s rights,” he said. “... We want defense and we take away our own freedoms and securities.”

Gurfein faces an uphill climb against Rice, an incumbent who is well known and popular in the district. Four local Republican lawmakers endorsed her last month.

Gurfein had $187,357.54 in his campaign war chest as of June 30 to Rice’s $887,571.37.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has not booked any TV ads on his behalf, a committee spokesman said.

Gurfein and Rice face off in the Nov. 8 general election.

house listed for $8.75M Continued from Page 22 Army unit and to look for evidence of a cover-up.

Twenty-six soldiers were charged with war crimes, but only the platoon leader was convicted.

MacCrate was also president of the American Bar Association from 1987 to 1988.

His father was John MacCrate, a U.S. Congressman and justice of the New York Supreme

Court.

In addition to the home’s connection to Robert MacCrate, Keats said, there is some lore surrounding the original owner of the property in the 1920s.

She said the house may have been built by a New York City business tycoon for his Ziegfeld Follies mistress, whom he would visit on his way home to Sands Point.

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Herricks school district Superintendent Fino Celano presents the district’s capital plan to residents at Herricks High School on Tuesday.

Herricks board to set vote on capital bond Continued from Page 1 to modernize the 58-year-old building.

About 60 percent of the work is “health and safety” upgrades at all five schools, Shelter Rock Academy and the Herricks Community Center, Celano said.

They include new asphalt, sidewalks, doors and locks, renovations to select bathrooms, ventilation improvements, and electrical and plumbing fixes.

While some thought it could use some additions, residents and students told district officials Tuesday that the plan is a much-needed investment.

“I consider this my hometown, and it’s very important to me that this get done,” said a resident, Kevin Dowd.

The bond would replace existing debt that will expire in the 2021-22 school year, meaning it would not raise residents’ property taxes, said Lisa Rutkoske, the assistant superintendent for business.

Residents would have to vote on another capital reserve expenditure once the district puts more money away after

the December vote, Celano and Rutkoske said.

The timeline for the work is tentative, but workers would likely start building the new athletic field, fixing walls and replacing doors and hardware in the summer of 2017, Rutkoske said.

A new press box, bathroom, bleachers and lights for the track would follow in 2018, she said, as would the cafeteria renovation and electrical and ventilation upgrades.

Science lab renovations, new windows and upgrades to bathrooms to make them handicap-accessible would come in 2019, along with other fixes, Rutkoske said. The rest of the work, including construction of the fitness center, would happen between 2020 and 2023, she said.

The projects are the highest priorites on an $80 million list of fixes identified in a building survey last year, Celano said.

The plan addresses many long-standing needs at the high school, such as bathroom doors not locking properly and

the cafeteria getting too hot in warmer months, said Samantha Aloysius, a high school senior and vice president of the Herricks Student Government.

The crowd sitting in the cafeteria Tuesday applauded when architect Roger Walsh said it would get air conditioning.

“Everything’s pertinent to what we need right now,” Aloysius said.

The district plans to get more feedback from residents before finalizing designs for the work after the bond vote, Walsh said.

Some other students and parents asked that the plan include more cool air for the high school, which Celano said is only about 50 percent airconditioned.

The district plans to pay for more air conditioning there with its future budgets, Celano said. The district’s three elementary schools have air conditioning throughout the buildings, and the middle school is between 80 and 90 percent airconditioned, he said.

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Play tells story of S. Vietnamese refugees

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s the playwright (not compiler) of “Children of the April Rain” I thought I might give you the facts (and the special story) this play tells.

The uniqueness of it is that the memoirs of nine of those who lived it are written together to form this epic, true, account. I came up with that idea upon learning of the nine of them — all but two were in S. Vietnam during the historic Fall of Saigon.

The two in the United States: 1. Lana Noone and her late husband, Byron, metaphors for couples awaiting the arrival of their adoptees in New York and on Long Island; and 2. Col. Robert Kane, Commander of The Presidio in San Francisco (who gave the “pirate” plane, flying out of the darkness after taking off against the Tower’s

orders back in Saigon) permission to land here in America with the first 57 children.

This first flight and its publicity forced the President and his men into action and while this play is the back story, their action would eventually become known as Operation Babylift.

Those whose memoirs became “Children of the April Rain” are: Cherie Clark, in Saigon to get her own adoptees, returned and reopened a closed orphanage there when she discovered babies dying in buckets in a hovel in the center of town.

Cherie was not a “humanitarian worker” but a liberal, a wellread housewife with children of her own, who played the Viet Cong in college and who worked for Mother (now Saint) Theresa later in life.

In short, Cherie is the person who began it all.

Tia Keevil is in real life not Cherie Clark’s daughter — she was/is an adoptee from Cherie’s care to a family in the USA and has remained involved.

Ross Meador, a 19 year-old hippie just showed up for the escape and stayed — the expert of them all when called for; even standing up to the S. Vietnamese authorities.

Alyce “Sally” Vinyard — one of the most compelling stories — was the grandmother, assigned to run the Processing Center near Tan Son Nhut Air Field who got literally thousands of South Vietnamese loyalists and secret agents out in advance of the arriving Viet Cong!

There were Sister Marie Therese LeBlanc — a Nun who

made five trips back and forth from Saigon to San Francisco with plane loads of infants, toddlers and kids (eight of them kidnapped in San Francisco); and Sgt. Phillip Wise — the Medic who flew in on the C-5A to evacuate hundreds of children and lived through the C-5A crash shortly after takeoff to tell about it.

The child you mention (there are two, actually) was Thanh Jeffery Gahr — who outran the MP’s to escape military service at age 11 and the crippled child, Phuong, struggling to also get out or be conscripted.

There was Leann Thieman, an Iowa housewife who flew straight into the War , struggling to get out with, not six as planned, but assisting to evacuate 200 including an adoptee of her own.

That first pirate plane was under the control of Ed Daly, presi-

dent of World Airways (thought to be a part of the CIA’s legendary Air America).

His DC-8 “felt” its way into a liftoff after dark on April 2, 1975 against the tower’s orders to stop and with the runway lights shut down completely!

Daly is likely the most colorful character in the play. He played by his own rules.

The hook on this story is the virtuosity of these people — their courage at this exact point in history.

That is what the play “Children of the April Rain” is about.

If any of your writers would like, I am certain the co-authors would be happy to speak with you by simply returning this email.

William Bryant Doty The Playwright

Town park not Cuomo acts like emperor handicap friendly Y

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y family and I just returned from what could have been a delightful afternoon at the GreekFest held in the large parking lot of the derelict North Hempstead Beach Park.

Unfortunately, for my wheelchair bound son, the many other people with disabilities who I saw there, and mothers pushing strollers, the ability to enjoy this event was hampered if not made impossible by the raised islands separating the sections of the parking lot which did not have any curb cuts allowing passage.

There were also no apparent curb cuts from the parking lot, in general, to the waterfront promenade.

This is not a new problem; it has existed for many years for this event and all other events, feasts, and festivals held at that venue.

The fault here lies with the Town for North Hempstead, which rents out or otherwise allows the use of this area with no regard to people with disabilities and probably in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. I am now speaking up for this community which, unfortunately, appears to have been silent until now.

Perhaps a lawsuit in federal court under the ADA is in order.

Let the town be on notice.

Donald S. Hecht Port Washington

Probably not. ou will cut down those trees in that part of The candidates say much about themselves by that remaining pristine forest and that’s an having no guilt for wrongdoing. order!

I keep bringing this up as it is something we So says by word and action does Gov. should never forget.

Cuomo.

Back to the past: Andrew Cuomo as Secretary of Hey! What has happened to democracy?

I am up to my fifth step of describing government. HUD in cahoots with Bill Clinton were the kingpins in Our elected officials, [state Sen. Jack] Martins and the subprime mortgage crisis and they got away with [state Assemblywoman] Schimel, bending the courts it.

They all got away with it. A lot of it. to get their way in an area where they don’t reside.

Now Bill Clinton wants to be our First Ever ‘First Our Emperor Cuomo now stands naked as all those who clothed him all around are falling and he Gentleman’? Sir! And the candidate herself: “I don’t remember.” I says he knows nothing.

As I remember both he and Sen. Martins received was only ‘half there’ and that is only a small part of a $200,000 apiece donation from a New York busi- the story.

Honor in our federal government these days is ness conglomerate whose housing leaves much to be little and far apart. desired.

None of the six steps of government I have deAnd also there are the two who were convicted scribed are what they should be. not long ago.

Everyone surely has heard the expression “Seven [State Comptroller] Tom DiNapoli, however, Steps To Heaven.” stands out like an honorable shining knight.

Perhaps there are also “Hex Steps To Hell.”

To the sixth step of government.

This Monday is the first presidential debate.

Will the defrauding of Sen. Bernie Sanders out of Charles Samek the nomination come up?

Mineola

Crossing party lines to support Adam Haber

I

’m an entrepreneur, a businessman and a lifelong Republican, but this Election Day, I’m voting for Democrat Adam Haber.

I’ve always believed Republicans are the ones who focus on lowering taxes, but Adam Haber’s resume and suggestions on how to make Long Island a better place, make him the best person for the job.

Democrat Adam Haber has a proven track record of finding new ways to generate real revenue.

It was one of the most important things

he did for the Roslyn School District, working with his fellow board members to help us recover from one of the largest school thefts in national history.

As soon as he was elected to the Board of Trustees, he recommended the district refinance debt, saving over $2 million dollars in his first year of office.

Then he initiated and piloted a program to combine private school bus routes with neighboring districts. The savings were significant, and now many districts in Nassau are participating.

These savings total millions, but that’s not all. Adam Haber served as a NIFA director this past year (leaving only to run for New York State Senate).

At the first meeting Adam attended he initiated significant changes to Nassau’s contract approval process that were voted on and accepted.

These changes make the process more transparent and go a long way to preventing the usual pay-to-play business operations in Nassau.

Our state is desperate for real leaders

and original thinkers, someone we can trust to come up with fresh ideas to lead us from problems to solutions.

Adam Haber has a proven track record of doing just that.

Party affiliation aside, Nov. 8, this Republican is voting Democrat.

Adam Haber, you have earned my vote!

Howard Zodicoff Roslyn

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More costs, delays for East Side Access

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he U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration amended the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Rail Road East Side Access Full Funding Grant Agreement, which was recently signed off by both DOT, the FTA and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Sen. Charles Schumer and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are never shy around a camera or microphone and always looking for a photo op.

Neither of them held a standard Sunday sidewalk press conferences to celebrate this event.

Here’s why both Schumer and Cuomo are so silent.

After years of negotiations, the MTA and U.S. DOT FTA came to an agreement which would reflect the true current cost and schedule.

Both the cost went up and first revenue day of service slipped once again.

Taxpayers now have to pick up the tab for a $12 billion dollar project.

Riders will have to wait until

Dec. 31, 2023 before boarding the first train to Grand Central Terminal.

Take a trip down memory land to understand how the MTA has repeatedly increased the budget by billions and pushed back the first day of service by years.

On several occasions the MTA has blamed Amtrak for being responsible for additional delays on the progression of LIRR ESA to Grand Central Terminal project.

Insufficient support from Amtrak has been responsible for periodic delays since 2006.

This includes failures to provide both sufficient track outages along with Amtrak Force Account (employee) support.

As a result, both LIRR workers and ESA third party contractors have had problems with timely and adequate access to work sites necessary to progress the project.

This problem will grow even worse in coming years.

Amtrak needs to assign its own limited Force Account staff to work in both the Hudson and East River Tunnels, Penn Station and other competing projects

along the Northeast Corridor rather than support the MTA ESA project.

There is no guarantee that this issue will continue resulting in missing the new December 31, 2023 first day of passenger service.

Since 2001, the total direct cost for MTA LIRR ESA to Grand Central Terminal has grown from $3.5 billion to $4.3 billion in 2003, $6.3 billion in 2006, $8.4 billion in 2012, $10.8 billion in 2014 and now $12 billion today.

The original FFGA between the US DOT FTA and MTA was approved in December 2006.

The $2.63 billion of Federal Grant funding remains unchanged (virtually all of which has already been spent) with the MTA as local sponsor having to cover the $6 billion in cost overruns.

The FFGA was finally amended ten years later in August 2016 to reflect a more accurate cost and schedule.

Based upon past history, who knows if the final cost will go up again over the next seven years by a billion or more.

The anticipated opening day for passenger revenue service date has slipped on a number of occasions from 2011 to December 2022 and now December 2023.

Over the next seven years will both this date and budget hold.

No one should be surprised, if it ends up in 2024 or later.

The MTA has repeatedly missed every budget and schedule for this project.

They have ended up being worthless paper. No one at the MTA will acknowledge that the real project cost may be over $15 billion.

This includes other items which are considered indirect and carried off line from the official project budget.

These are financing charges ($600 million), additional capacity improvements at Jamaica LIRR station ($450 million), along with numerous capital improvements east of Jamaica.

They include construction of additional parking spots (totaling in the thousands necessary to accommodate all the new riders) at numerous stations, new New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Nas-

sau Inter County Express, Suffolk County Transit and Huntington Area Rapid Transit bus feeder services to stations, construction of new stations, completion of the Ronkonkoma branch double tracking between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma ($450 million), Main Line Third Track between Floral Park and Hicksville ($1.5 billion plus $700 million to eliminate 7 grade crossings), new pocket tracks on other branches, new storage yards and other capital projects which will support implementation of ESA. Without all of the above, the LIRR will not be able to achieve 100 percent utilization of this investment including the promise of 24 trains per hour during peak service periods.

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

G.N. Library board treating staff badly The ad the Great Neck Library staff had to take to inform the community that all was not well with the Great Neck Library is sad.

Why is the Great Neck board so damned secretive and disloyal ?

HOW can they allow their staff to work without a contract for five years now and not

breathe a word about it at meetings, public gatherings, to trample it down?

If GE or GM have problems with contracts with their staffs it hits the headlines!

The staff of those organizations protest publicly!

The board has suffocated it.

Why? What are they trying to do?

This is a disgrace !

What is the staff, their puppets ?

Don’t they know that they depend on their staff?

They are the first line serving the public.

What infuriates me is that

way back on March 30, 2014, I wrote a letter to the editor of this paper that revealed this horrible secret.

This paper printed it in a bold spot.

And not a damn thing has been done or even tried. And that was over two years ago!

Let the staff and the board

hear from you.

Show your sense of justice, your sense of morality about how our staff is being treated?

And imagine if you were on the staff and working without a contract of now, five years!

Muriel H. Weinstein Great Neck

Threat of Trump presidency needs to be fought During this weekend before the first presidential debate to be held at Hofstra University on Monday, Sept. 26, I felt that several people I met were feeling concern and a certain amount of dread.

They assuredly had been following events these past weeks and could not predict what might happen.

I, for one, am filled with disbelief that at this late date, so many have not absorbed the fact that a fabulist has so survived all the evidence that his past, indeed his entire life, has provided evidence that marks him as totally unfit to lead this nation.

I know that we have lived through a period in which the middle class has experienced difficult times, job losses, diminished earnings for hard work and productivity, and huge changes in our environment.

Because a hugely successful sector has benefitted while others have losing out, the moneyed class has spent billions of dollars on propaganda to advance their justification for this.

Their spurious theory that giving them freedom from reasonable taxation and regulation would result in more job creation has returned. So many progressive programs face annihilation if Trump’s crew wins.

Aside from this basic fear is the sense that Trump has so damaged our conception of, and the pride we have so long held in our melting pot and the improvements that our society aspires to, that there is the pros-

pect of more violence, division, unfairness, economic destruction, and even military adventurism.

We must, at almost the last minute, fight to change the minds of the undecided before

@TheIslandNow

this power hungry man and his unscrupulous, uncaring associates gain the upper hand.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park

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Town long ignored Clinton Martin ills

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ast evening, Tuesday, Sept.

20, my wife and myself had the opportunity to attend a North Hempstead Town meeting held at the Clinton G. Martin Park concerning the renovation of the pool.

I was sent an email on Saturday from the town advising me of the Tuesday meeting.

Why was it not sent out to the community earlier in time or even posted at the Tully Park/ Pool facility or in the local libraries or supermarkets or mailed to the members of the CGM Pool.

Many people filled the meeting room concerned about the proposed renovation and the related costs and the impact on the homeowners.

The first 30 minutes (of the meeting) was taken up by town elected officials and appointed officials and committee members “taking a bow” and thanking us for being there.

Then came the slide-show presentation and explanation about the time-line to start and complete the proposed project.

The question-and-answer period was filled with disappointment and amazement by the residents.

The town is proud of the revised plan and that they were able to scale down the renovation

cost by about $1.5 million; essentially by not installing a “waterslide” for the younger residents and making some minor modification to building finishes and materials.

What was the 10 percent cost reduction impact on the tax increase/adjustment?

Was it $18 per year?

Many suggestions were made by members of the New Hyde Park community.

Each was challenged and immediately rebuffed.

Not once did the town respond: “I am going to make a note of that and have it reviewed.”

Still unanswered is the big question as to why there wasn’t any plan formulated years ago?

Who prepares the capital budget? Was Councilmember Ferrara aware of the need for a renovation?

He stated that he raised his family in our community — however, when was the last time that he visited the pool (and not for a concert to shake hands) during the summer months but to take a stroll around?

Did anyone notice that the bathrooms are in awful disrepair.

Actually, the bathrooms at the NY/NJ Port Authority Bus Terminal are nicer.

Has Councilmember Seeman

visited the pool in July or August during the time of her tenure?

Did she reach out to the parks and rec commissioner to voice shock or make any comment about the disgusting and disgraceful and deplorable conditions?

Who was asleep at the wheel of this ship? Prior parks Commissioners?

When was the renovation committee (formerly advisory committee) established?

Why was there no outreach to the residents at any time before May 2016 regarding this plan to create oasis in New Hyde Park?

Were any of the older generation ever asked for comments during their weekly/monthly (senior) meetings? Why does everyone avoid responding to my questions and wave their hands at me like swatting an insect?

Has this professional design team ever worked on a similar project?

Did any of the committee members visit any other recently renovated community pool?

Where was the due diligence?

Were the Town council members kept informed, over the years, of the advisory/renovation committee progress?

Last night, I was told that the

town is anxious to hear what I have to say but this is only after the meal has already been made.

Is anyone listening?

If the town truly wanted community input then it would have asked for it over the last 24 months.

The pool is not just a place to take a swim but it is an afternoon out of the house.

Sitting with friends and schmoozing and taking a dip in the water now and then.

Telling us that we can use the Tully pool is nothing special as we always had this option.

The history with the Tully pool is also filled with wonder and amazement.

I hope that it doesn’t need to close for maintenance.

What has the town done in the last five years to work on a plan to renovate the pool?

Why is it being done in such a quick and swift manner? Do the people we elect represent our interests.

Are they aware of our interests.

Don’t rely on one individual to find out what is a “hot topic.”

When the town supervisor went to her local pool, did she think about renovating CGM? When Councilmember Seeman visited her community pool did

she think about our residents.

Councilmember Ferrara drives by the CGM Park/Pool frequently and somehow he did not see a decrepit crumbling structure from the Eisenhower era?

There are more weeds in the parking lost than in Prospect Park.

And to the commissioner of public works, please note that the 9 million dollar plan was not presented at the May CGM meeting.

It was only communicated to us when the survey was created.

Just remember, someone is actually listening.

This is too little too late.

The town cannot defend the failure to govern and provide adequate services. The Town should accept responsibility for the current situation.

They don’t and instead blame it on previous administrations.

I won’t even mention the dead plantings in the medians on Hillside Avenue.

Is being honest the same as being too harsh?

Nonsense — I have observed that being an elected town official seems to be a great retirement plan.

Sink or swim.

Mitchell Friedman New Hyde Park

Trump’s an ugly Cheers for Preet Bharara symbol of America M

W

hile many are appalled

by Donald Trump, I find him strangely comforting and familiar.

Trump has been a part of me since childhood, a part that has developed and deepened over the decades.

Trump is what I expect to find when I travel 50 miles outside of my insulated, lily-white town that has just enough Jews to make me feel safe.

Trump is what I expect to come pouring out of all the churches I had seen as I drove through America’s Bible Belt.

Trump is what I expect to come pouring out of a Louisiana parish, a dirt poor Texas town, an upstate New York village.

In the Jewish imagination, the one that has been pumped into my head by my mother, my father,

anhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, announced last week that indictments of 10 people for corruption.

Now in my view these people betrayed the public trust which I find extremely appalling and disturbing.

These alleged criminal acts extend from bribery, to money laundering, extortion, special favors also known as pay for play pay also for a no show job and the list goes on.

Added to all this companies got rich as the public got stiffed.

Meanwhile those that are charged are close associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Although the governor is not charged with any wrong doing, for now.

Let me also point out that Gov. Cuomo pledged when he took office to clean up Albany’s pay-for-play schemes.

My question is what happen ?

Well at least we have U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara who intends to clean up corruption in Albany.

He has already done so with convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Now for that I say,” Bravo Preet Bharara for caring about the people of New York.”

my rabbi, my aunts, uncles, cousins, countless books and movies, is that the Jew is always a visitor and his presence is only tolerated, never accepted, and that the toleration can end at any time.

It doesn’t matter how many pairs of cowboy boots I have, how many Stetsons, how many times I’ve been to the Grand Ole Opry.

This is all pretend.

America, to me, is a narrowminded, Christ-loving, anti-Semitic, racist, misogynistic thug.

This is the America of Trump.

It’s the real America.

The one my mother warned me about.

The one that’s been living in Here is the shortest impres- people - that is liberty.” my imagination for over 50 years. sive sentence ever written: - Thomas Jefferson “When people fear the govJeff Siegel ernment - that is tyranny; Theodore Theodorsen Port Washington When government fears the Manhasset

Of liberty, tyranny

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Mineola

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Herricks pummels Great Neck North 40-13 Continued from Page 78 back Nick Bhagratte to recover the ball in Great Neck North’s end zone to give Herricks a 19-0 lead.

Saleme converted on the extra attempt and Herricks led 20-0 with 4:05 left in the first quarter Herricks junior quarterback Mike Lee gave them a 26-0 lead on their next drive with a 55 yard touchdown pass to Saleme on their first play from scrimmage.

He failed to convert on the extra point with 1:05 left to play in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the big blow came with 5:52 left in the half when Saleme scored on a 100yard interception return to make it 32-0 Herricks.

He also kicked the extra point

giving Herricks a commanding 33-0 lead going into halftime.

“I thought I was gonna get tackled,” Saleme said. “I knew that in order to win the game, I had to put on the jets and make sure I scored.”

Great Neck North opened up the second half with a much needed touchdown pass from senior quarterback Jared Kaiman to senior wide receiver Joe Gad for 60 yards.

Senior kicker Aaron Yehoshua successfully converted on the extra point to put Great Neck North on the board, who trailed 33-7.

“I was supposed to run a fly and Jared saw that there was no safety,” Gad said. “So he checked to a post and I caught it and just

ran down the field as hard as I could.”

Herricks scored again midway through the third quarter on a 15 yard run from senior wide receiver Brian Ginter, giving them a 39-7 lead.

Saleme gave Herricks the extra point to make it 40-7.

Great Neck North capped off the scoring with a nine yard by junior running back Edan Cohen to open up the fourth quarter.

That was as far as they would get as Herricks went on to claim their first win of the season 40-13.

Yoo said he was happy with the win, but stressed there was more work ahead for Herricks.

“We’re just trying to get better at what we do,” Yoo said. “We’re

not trying to reinvent the wheel.

We’re just trying to perfect our craft.”

Weekly Football Scores Sept. 24 Long Island Lutheran defeated Port Washington 14-12. Brendon Allen led Long Island Lutheran with two touchdown catches of 70 and 40 yards.

Carle Place/Wheatley defeated Valley Stream South 41-20. Carle/Place Wheatley turned a 20-7 halftime deficit around by scoring 34 unanswered second half points.

They used the ground game to all six of their touchdowns.

Mineola defeated Friends Academy 34-6.

Sebastian

Domenech led Mineola with 324 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries.

Floral Park defeated Lynbrook 10-7. A 45-yard field goal from Harry Fingleton with just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter was the difference.

Division defeated New Hyde Park 21- 6. Quarterback Vinny Inciarrano led Division by going 8/11 for 141 yards and three touchdowns.

Manhasset defeated Jericho 28-0. Grant Petracca led Manhasset as he ran for 85 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries.

Manhasset lineman Christian Andriotis also scored a touchdown on a interception return for 24 yards.

Wheatley holds on against New Hyde Park 3-2 Continued from Page 78 Hyde Park would get as Wheatley was able to close it out.

Paino said he felt that his team was better up front and in the back but had trouble keeping up with New Hyde Park’s play in the midfield.

He said after clinging on to a one goal lead, they needed to match the opposition’s backfielders and midfielders.

“Because we put enough pressure on their back field and midfield, they didn’t get any strong opportunities,” Paino said. “They tried to keep the pressure off our back end and that’s what we had to do. If we let their midfield and backfield control the play, we would have lost.”

Wheatley’s sam rothstein (#14) and new Hyde Park’s Julia aronov (#6) on the move Weekly High School girls Soccer Scores Monday Sept. 19 Wantagh defeated Manhasset

4-2. Ashley Gendels led Wantagh with two goals. Caitlyn Albanese and Julia Fazio each scored a goal for Wantagh while Julianna Kissane recorded two assists. Wantagh’s Julianna King finished with seven saves.

Mineola defeated Elmont 4-1.

Abbey Ahmed led Mineola with two goals in a four goal second half after trailing 1-0 at halftime.

Port Washington defeated East Meadow 2-1. Rachel Rosen scored the game winning goal with six seconds left to play. East Meadow’s Rachel Rose scored in the 19th minute while Port Washington’s Caroline McCarthy answered with the equalizer six minutes later.

Robyn Hansen finished with six saves for Port Washington.

Glen Cove defeated Sewanhaka 8-0. Delilah Perez led Glen Cove with a hat trick. Tatiana Guevara recorded two goals and an assist while Micaela Costello finished the game with a goal and two assists for Glen Cove. Sewanhaka’s Jasmine Romero made seven saves.

Tuesday Sept. 20 Wheatley tied with Bethpage 0-0. Wheatley’s Sydney Silverman made 10 saves, including one on a penalty kick with 16:20 left in the game. Veronica Suggs recorded six saves for Bethpage.

Great Neck South defeated Malverne/East Rockaway 2-1.

Madison Solomon and Danielle Delponte led Great Neck South with one goal apiece. Alessia Drevnyak finished with 12 saves for Malverne/East Rockaway

New Hyde Park defeated Jericho 5-2. Logan Ward led New Hyde Park with two goals and two assists. Marina Pappas also scored twice for New Hyde Park.

Division defeated Roslyn 3-1. Hailey Thomas, Daniela Perdomo and Amy Rzemieniewski led Division with one goal each.

Sarah Kinkel had two assists for Division. Molli Spencer scored the lone goal while Jasmine Berger recorded 10 saves for Roslyn.

Baldwin defeated Herricks 1-0. Maggie Thibault broke a scoreless tie on a penalty kick with 3:24 left to play. Baldwin’s Montia Moon recorded six saves to earn her third consecutive shutout.

Herricks’ Erica Lorenzana and Elaine Liu combined for 10 saves.

Wednesday Sept. 21 Floral Park tied with Friend’s Academy 2-2. Katarina Heffron led Friend’s Academy with two goals. She scored her second goal of the game with 16 minutes remaining in the game.

Eve Fine recorded 12 saves for Friend’s Academy. Jacqui Diffley and Hannah McAllister scored both goals for Floral Park.

Manhasset tied with Lynbrook 1-1. Kayla O’Doherty scored for Lybrook 10 minutes into the game. Gina Giovinco assisted on the goal. Kendall Sims tied the game 15 minutes in the second half while Nadia Sbuttoni finished with eight saves for Manhasset.

Mineola defeated Roosevelt 5-0. Abbey Ahmed and Nicole

Genova led Mineola with two goals each while Jordyn Sinert recorded seven saves.

Port Washington defeated Oceanside 3-1. Rebecca Rosen led Port Washington with two goals.

Rachel Rosen recorded two assists and Abby Weinstein scored a goal for Port Washington. Robyn Hansen finished with six saves for Port Washington.

Sewanhaka defeated Elmont 3-2. Ayiana Diaz led Sewanhaka with the game winning goal on a breakaway with 18 minutes left to play. Sewanhaka’s Yessenia Martinez tied the game at two with five minutes left in the first half. Jazzlyn Diaz assisted on Sewanhaka’s second goal.

Thursday Sept. 22 Locust Valley defeated Great Neck South 2-0. Lily D’Addario and Gabriella Angelone led Locust Valley with one goal each.

Great Neck South’s Silvana Seidita finished with 13 saves Great Neck North defeated Malverne/East Rockaway 3-1.

Maya Ran led Great Neck North with a goal and an assist. Ali Lux and Bella Mirro added a goal each for Great Neck North while Taylor Tehrani recorded 11 saves.

Wheatley defeated Roslyn 5-1. Freshman Isa Rios led Wheatley with two goals and an assist in her first varsity game. Gabby Pergament finished with seven saves for Roslyn while Sydney Silverman also recorded seven for Wheatley.

West Hempstead defeated

New Hyde Park 2-0. Lisette Palomo led West Hempstead with two goals. Sydney Reitz finished with 11 saves for West Hempstead while Samantha Petriello recorded 10 saves for New Hyde Park.

Floral Park defeated Clarke 4-1. Jacqui Diffley led Floral Park with a hat trick.

Friday Sept. 23 Floral Park defeated Carey 5-0. Jacqi Diffley and Hannah McAllister led Floral Park with two goals each. Alyssa diLorenzo scored a goal and recorded two assists for Floral Park.

Manhasset defeated Island Trees 1-0. Madison Rielly led Manhasset with the lone goal of the match off a cross from Kendall Sims in the 13th minute. Manhasset’s Nadia Sbuttoni recorded four saves in the shutout.

Massapequa defeated Port Washington 7-1. Hope Breslin led Massapequa with four goals and an assist. Massapequa’s Marissa Fischetti added a goal and an assist.

Roosevelt defeated Sewanhaka 3-1. Jennifer Hernandez led Roosevelt with two goals.Kelly Galeas added a goal and an assist for Roosevelt. Ayiana Diaz scored a goal and Paolo Aquino recorded 15 saves for Sewanhaka.

Saturday Sept. 24 West Hempstead defeated Roslyn 3-0. Aruna Mathura led West Hempstead with two goals.

Roslyn’s Jasmine Berger recorded five saves.

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All eyes on L.I. for 1st debate Continued from Page 1 gates, said in the “spin room” after the debate.

“He resonates with middleincome voters. He resonates with people who live in neighborhoods, who live in communities — hard-working people,” King said.

Trump hit those points hard, pledging to grow jobs by cutting taxes and crack down on crime, while Clinton promised to bolster the middle class and improve police relations with minority communities.

Their exchanges got personal. Trump interrupted Clinton more than 50 times (she interrupted him 17 times), and both dug up each other’s past gaffes.

Some moments drew gasps or laughs from reporters watching from a room inside the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.

Rep. Greg Meeks (DQueens) said Clinton showed her mastery of the issues while Trump resorted to interrupting her to avoid discussing them.

“He bragged about that he didn’t prepare for the debate — that was evident. He didn’t prepare,” said Meeks, who represents parts of southwest Nassau County. “So clearly he hasn’t

prepared to be president either.”

As midnight neared, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a prominent Trump surrogate, told a scrum of reporters that were he in Trump’s position, he would not do another debate without a pledge that the moderator would be fairer than the “NBC Nightly News” anchor, Lester Holt.

Trump himself, though, said earlier that he thought Holt’s questions were “very fair.”

On the campus before the debate, students filed in front of elevated stages for television broadcasts, cheering, shouting and chanting their support for their preferred candidates.

“I’m a Hillary supporter, but that’s me picking the lesser of two evils,” said Emily Culverhouse, a Hofstra junior from Pennsylvania. “I’m hoping to see less bashing from the two and more focus on policy.”

Culverhouse said she was able to volunteer for the debate.

Out of the 800 students who applied to volunteer, 300 were selected, she said.

Standing behind the Fox News broadcasting stage, Nick Vanchot, a freshman from Milford, Connecticut, said he’s a

Top photo by Karen Rubin; bottom photos by Stephen Romano

Above: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton addresses supporters in Westbury after Monday night’s presidential debate. Below left: Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in the “spin room” at Hofstra University. Below right: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took questions from reporters after the debate. moderate Republican voting for Trump.

“I’m hoping he can justify his immigration standings,” Vanchot said. “I want to see him have a solid backing for what he’s saying.”

During the week leading up to the event, Vanchot said, the student body had more energy and excitement about the candidates.

“It was really a time that people showed their true colors,” he said. “Political topics can get touchy and sometimes people don’t really talk about them, but this week it’s been different.”

Ryan Lopez, a senior from Westchester County, said the country needs to see progress.

He’s voting for Trump because he’s tired of Clinton’s dishon-

esty, he said.

“How can this country elect someone into office who paid for weapons for ISIS,” Lopez said. “A Trump presidency won’t be as bad as people think, because in America we have checks and balances.” (Trump has described President Barack Obama and Clinton as founders of ISIS, a claim that has been debunked by fact-checkers.)

With many students packed behind the Fox News stage supporting Trump and others behind the MSNBC area supporting Clinton, Dempsey Goodale, a freshman from South Windsor, Connecticut, said he would vote for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate.

Goodale said he likes Johnson’s lack of extremism, and that he thinks Johnson seems

more trustworthy than Trump and Clinton combined.

“It’s frustrating to see honestly [that Johnson wasn’t debating] because I believe a lot of the people here are saying they’re very unsatisfied with both the candidates,” Goodale said.

Many students, like Hannah Goodman, a freshman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, said they don’t fully support either candidate, but they’re leaning toward one side.

Goodman, originally a Bernie Sanders supporter, said she was excited to see the two candidates square off at Hofstra.

“I’ve been getting texts all week from people asking me what it’s like here,” Goodman said. “It’s unreal and it’s a really great experience.”

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New disclosure law protects buyers I had dinner with one of my real estate attorneys, Robert Kaplan, the other weekend, who suggested I write an article on the new T.R.I.D. law that was put into law last year, to protect the borrower in real estate transactions.

There is a new term out there over the last year, it’s called T.R.I.D., as a purchaser, do you know what it means and what it’s function is in the real estate process? TILA/ RESPA Integrated Disclosure forms, also known as “TRID” or “Know Before You Owe” was created by the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau in November 2013.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau integrated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and Truth in Lending Act disclosures and regulations. Any transaction involving a mortgage must use new CFPB disclosure forms.

The new TRID rules and forms took effect on Oct. 3, 2015.

It allows buyers a threeday waiting period to see all the terms and conditions in the purchase of their property, to make sure what they are receiving in the transactions, are what they agreed to, with respect to their mortgage and interest rates at the time of their agreement with their lending institution.

You can check out this link for further information: http://www.realtor.org/topics/trid-tila-respa-integrateddisclosure.

In the past I have expe-

rienced a switch and bait scenario at several closings, where certain lenders would add additional costs and even being so bold as to increase their interest rates by 1/8-1/4 point or more, due to erroneous and false reasons.

Unfortunately, most lenders are honest in their dealings with consumers; however, it only takes a few to tarnish and potentially ruin the reputation of an industry.

The government then steps in and adds more paperwork and bureaucracy to an already burdened and complicated real estate process, due to those few who abuse the system.

However, all the parties in the transaction, including the real estate agents and brokers, have to note their license numbers as well as their corporate numbers (optional) on either their commission agreements or their deal sheets when sending them over to the seller’s attorney.

Now, everyone is on the hook, so today, we are all accountable in the real estate transactions for any improprieties.

Did any bank executive ever go to jail for misappropriation of funds or adding costs and raising interest rates at any closings, none that I am aware of; or did anyone in Wall Street or hedge funds go to jail for the last debacle in the mortgage industry with their Collateralized Debt Obligations being sold to every Tom, Dick and Harry, other

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countries or mortgage scams and rewriting loan documents, that brought our economy to its knees?

None that I am aware of either.

I guess multi-million dollar fines are sufficient for those banks, and for our government, but everyone else, on the lower level, go to jail.

What a system! It’s about the money and always will be, unless something drastically changes; but it’s been a pork barrel since 1776.

I am not going to go into any explanation here, but you can Google the term CDO’s and read up as to what they are and the perilous and tragic impact they had on our country’s economy, jobs and many other things.

Why didn’t we have T.R.I.D. before?

It is the way our country and system works in all facets of everyday life.

When there is a dangerous road, we wait until enough people die in acci-

dents, before a traffic light or some safety control is put in.

We are in many situations, Monday Morning quarterbacks, even though we know that we could do something on Friday, we just wait for the tragedies to occur.

My opinion is that bureaucratic red tape is always the culprit in getting things done and you scratch my back and I will scratch yours, scenarios.

It’s politics as usual and we are so use to it, that we are numb from it all (that’s why we have the worst voting statistics in the world, because most don’t care, because they feel nothing will change by voting) So again, now that the T.R.I.D. law is here, it will hopefully minimize and prevent those lenders and/or brokers from slipping in any extra costs or language that wasn’t in the original agreement; because the purchasers have that three-day window to go over their documents with or without their attorney, to make sure they are getting what they agreed to.

This allows the powers to be, to go after any and all involved in the real estate transaction, who may abuse their positions and do any illegalities and potentially prosecute and penalize them.

However, will the laws on the books be followed and executed to the full extent of the law? I am not sure, but I doubt it.

However, it is all about the money that the government can collect and not

about jail time that just might put a damper on these activities or any other types of illegal situations.

They collect the penalty, but how does that protect the consumer?

How does this set an example for an industry that has been in the past and maybe presently, plagued with these kind of activities?

What about jail time?

It is no different than when our multiple listing service has fines for illegal or unethical activities, there is no jail time, not this is comparable; but if the fine is even from $250-$5000 or more, the deterrent is, in my opinion, a slap on the hand, unless they take away the access to our Stratus system that allows us to search for properties, but that is another day’s conversation.

We will see what the impact on real estate will be when whomever the next President will be in November.

Remember, if you don’t vote, don’t ever complain, because you don’t count!

Phil Raices is the owner/ Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 7 Bond St. in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate Realtor Institute Certified International Property Specialist.

He can be reached by email: Phil@TurnkeyRealEstate.Com or by cell (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions or article suggestions.

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The press club also awarded the Roslyn Times 3rd Place in the category of best community weekly newspaper and gave columnist Judy Epstein 2nd Place for best humor column.

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Home Care & Housekeeping Services We provide these services: Live in or live out maids Companions Home Care Housekeeping

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25 Great Neck Rd, Suite #3, Great Neck NY 11021

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PAINTING/POWER WASHING painTing

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MOVERS

est. 1978

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Tuesday 11:00am: Classified Advertising Tuesday 1:00pm: Legal Notices/ Name Changes Friday 5:00pm Buyers’s Guide Error Responsibility All ads placed by telephone are read back for verification of copy context.

In the event of an error of Blank Slate Media LLC we are not responsible for the first incorrect insertion. We assume no responsiblity for an error in and beyond the cost of the ad.

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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help wanTed ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WANTED: Garden City based software company seeking talented PT Administrative Assistant. Excellent communication skills, experience with MS-Office, QuickBooks desirable. Ability to multi-task and work on projects. Sales/marketing support, light bookkeeping and administrative experience desirable. College degree desirable. Perfect for local working mom. Flexible hours. Reply sbarcia@metacaresolutions.com or 516-488-6189 CAREGIVERS WANTED: Experienced Infant Caregiver(s) needed (3 months-18 months) for new Child Care Center in Roslyn. Interviews are now being conducted. All qualified people are welcome to apply.

Full or part time available. Please call 516-626-0293 CHILD CARE ASSISTANT IN GARDEN CITY. PT 2:00-6/7pm weekdays & Monday mornings. Previous experience caring for children is required, as well as having a passion for working with children in an educational, fun, nurturing, positive environment. Contact Nidia 516873-1853

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DISPLAY ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Blank Slate Media, a fast growing chain of 6 award winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for an energetic, service oriented professional with good communication skills to sell display, web and email advertising. Earn up to $60,000 in the first year representing 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well as 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate Media’s partner, Litmor Publications.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and service oriented sales professional with good communication skills. Requirements: minimum 2 years outside sales experience.

Newspaper sales experience a plus.

Must have your own car. Exclusive protected territory. Opportunity to sell both print and online programs.

A collegial, supportive sales team.

Award-winning editorial coverage. A separate newspaper for each community allowing advertisers to target their markets. And you to provide the most cost-effective way to advertise.

Represent media that produce superior response for clients. Compensation: Salary plus commission, health.

To apply please email resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steven Blank at 516-307-1045 ext 201

MANUFACTURING PURCHASING AGENT: Manufacturing company located in Lake Success, NY seeking purchasing agent to effectively manage the inventory levels of electronic components. Strong organizational skills with the ability to work on multiple projects, monitor inventory levels, negotiate costs and observe quality of purchasing materials. Create and maintain mutually beneficial long-term partnerships with suppliers, four to seven years purchasing experience. Please email resume to tkerls@escalonmed.com

TEACHER Pre-K 4’sFull time Monday thru Friday. Must be certified by NYSCDA is acceptable. Minimum 2 years experience. Work in prestigious, well established Nursery School. Warm, friendly environment.

Email resume to J10291@aol.com or call 516-625-9080 for interview

CAREGIVER AVAILABLE FT/PT days or evenings. Available immediately. 20 years experience. Live in or out. Able to run errands. Excellent references. Valid driver’s license & own car. Please call Lorraine 646269-9540 or 646-209-1900

SiTuaTiOn wanTed BABYSITTING: COLLEGE STUDENT Experienced babysitter to work weekdays part time flexible hours. Solid references. Licensed driver with car. Call 516-404-1045

CERTIFIED NURSE’S AIDE 15+ yrs experience, honest & reliable seeking home care position. Available full-time, part-time, nights, weekends & overnight. Licensed driver with own car. Contact Barbara 516-4681340

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PART TIME SECRETARY: to the Board of Trustees/Zoning. Applicant must be well organized and dependable, have excellent computer skills, good communication skills and able interact well with the public. 19.5 hours per week, which includes approximately 3 night meetings a month. Interested parties should email their resume to: jkain@villageofwillistonpark.org Salary $15/ hour RESTAURANT POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Experienced grill person, waitstaff, dishwasher and delivery person. Full or part time. Please call 917-626-9151 or in person. Mineola Eats, 85 Mineola Blvd, Mineola.

SITTER PART TIME GARDEN CITY: Needed to care for two active children ages 8 & 11. Must have flexible schedule & own car. Immediate opening.Call 516-747-0982 (Please leave message)

Atria Home Care is growing and we are hiring immediately for the New York City & Long Island areas Certified Home Health Aides Companions RN’s • LPN’s Live-in (HHA & Companion) Drivers We pride ourselves in being one of the top Home Care companies for care professionals.

Contact Alicia La Roche at 516-482-3705 or Alicia.Laroche@atriahomecare.com for immediate consideration!

RECEPTIONIST

Monday through Thursday

4-7pm and an occasional Saturday.

We are also looking for: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ACADEMIC TUTOR Send resume to: Articulate50@yahoo.com or call 516-742-5243

(Speech, Education, Evaluation & Developmental Services) 129A Hillside Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596

Tele: 516-742-5243

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▼ MarkeTplaCe, real eSTaTe, ServiCe direCTOry SiTuaTiOn wanTed SiTuaTiOn wanTed CERTIFIED NURSING AIDES: Experienced, reliable, honest, hard working, knowledge of CPR. Seeking private care job for the elderly as companion. Rates per hour/day, negotiable. Please call Carmen 347307-2883 or Florette 507-460-9915

HOUSECLEANING Very honest and kind woman available to clean your home Mon-Fri. Own transportation, own supplies, great rates.

Local references. Pet lover. Spanish /English speaking. Contact Marleni 516-734-1016 or 516-902-7249

CLEANING SERVICES AVAILABLE to clean homes, apartments, offices & stores. Free estimates.

Own transportation. References available. Please call Rosemary 516-782-5764

MAYA’S CLEANING Excellent Work! Reasonably priced. Provides cleaning supplies and vacuum or use yours. Own transportation 516859-5355 516-244-3535

CLEANING SERVICES FOR OFFICES OR HOMES. Available 7 days a week. Excellent references.

Own transportation. Gift Certificates available! Call 516-974-8959 EXPERIENCED POLISH HOUSE CLEANER Good references. Very honest, reliable, responsible and hard working. Own transportation.

English speaking. Flexible days/ hours. I will do a good job. Please call 516-589-5640 HOME HEALTH AIDE AVAILABLE: Kind, compassionate aide working with sick, elderly and newborn care seeking FT/PT position on weekdays, weekends or overnight. 25+ years experience. References available. Call Liz 516-590-5338 HOME HEALTH AIDE/ ELDER CARE Home health aide with over 15 years experience !! Excellent references. Cooking, cleaning, showers, all aspects of daily care. Live in.

Available Immediately !! Call Sharon 347-739-7717 HOME HEALTH AIDE: CERTIFIED North Shore LIJ/ Regioncare experience seeking position to care for elderly. Available 7 days a week days or evenings. References. Call 347525-6999 or email: JJKafarski12@ gmail.com HOME HEALTH ATTENDANT/LPN CERTIFIED: Available to work & care for elderly. Live in or out. Offering Skilled Nursing Care full time or part time. Overnight also. Please call Audrey Allen: 516-444-2331

NANCY’S CLEANING SERVICE Let me do the work for you! Homes, apartments and offices! Vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, organizing, etc.

Professional appearance Excellent references English speaking Own transportation Free estimates!

Loves animals !! Call or text Nancy 516-469-5517.

Email: nancybenitez023@gmail.com NANNY/ BABYSITTER Experienced Babysitter available FT/PT. Trustworthy, responsible, active, creative and fun! Background child development and experience with Autistic children. Excellent references. Please call Angela 516-3300230 or email angelamargoth@ yahoo.com

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JULIANA-Psychic Helps With Career, Family, Money, Relationships, Removes Spells.

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MARKETPlACE CATHEDRAL GARDENS: FURNITURE/ CONTENTS OF HOME for sale. House full of traditional furniture, rugs, dinnerware, pictures, pinball machine, taxidermied fish, etc.

Call Barbara 516-508-1946 (leave message) FOR SALE: STICKLEY AudiHaverford Dining Table (Mahogany) & Chippendale Chairs$6,000.

Purchased September 2014. Set includes: table; leaves; customer cover; 4 side chairs; 2 arm chairs.

Fabric modern pattern, sand color.

Pick up Brooklyn Heights. Email: monrow71@gmail.com or Cell: 646461-0593 INVITED SALES

BY TRACY JORDAN Consignment Shoppe and Auction House 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales. com Open 7 Days a Week Consignments by Appointment Monthly Live & Online Auctions Tag Sale, Appraisals and Estate Sale Services Complete House Cleanouts Moving Services Home Staging Services PRIVACY HEDGES LIMITED SUPPLY. 6’ Arborvitae, fast growing, reg. $129 NOW $69. Beautiful, bushy, nursery grown. FREE installation/ FREE delivery. Other trees available! 844-592-3327 www.lowcosttrees.com STAIRMASTER: 10 step, excellent condition, hardly used. $900. 843384-6011

wanTed TO buy ABE BUYS ANTIQUES: Silver, paintings, rugs and all contents. All Cash! 917-817-3928

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wanTed TO buy LOOK! Old clocks and watches wanted by collector regardless of condition. Highest prices paid. 917748-7225 LOOKING TO BUY! Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com WANTED CASH PAID for Pre-1980 COMIC BOOKS & Star Wars Action Figures. Original Comic ArtSports Cards & Autographed Memorabilia1990’s MagictheGathering. Call WILL: 800242-6130 buying@getcashforcomics.com

Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 email: store@atstewartexchange.org www. gardencityhistoricalsociety. org INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Tuesday, October 4 10:00 am 46 East Shore Drive Massapequa, NY 11758 Tons of tools, furniture, collectibles, books, china, crystal, dishes, clothing and household items. Dog accessories and large crates. Garage packed......Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details !

Tag Sale INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Monday, October 3 9:30 am 83 Brixton Rd Garden City, NY 11530 Beautifully decorated home selling inlaid dining room table, large handmade rugs, bedroom furniture, leather couches, books, records, jewelry, garage items, tools, basement items, dressers, 4 poster bed, highboy, mirrors, large executive leather top desk, slipper chairs, leather club chairs, sports memorabilia, brass headboard, foosball table, outdoor furniture, refrigerator, snowblower, ladders, bikes.......Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details !

INVITED SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Wednesday, October 5 9:30 am 81 Monroe Street Garden City, NY 11530 Living room, bedroom and dining room furniture, Lladros, artwork, costume jewelry....Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details !

DONATE YOUR CAR

Wheels For Wishes Benefiting

Make-A-Wish® Suffolk County or Metro New York WheelsForWishes.org

*Free Vehicle/Boat Pickup ANYWHERE *We Accept All Vehicles Running or Not *Fully Tax Deductible

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Metro New York

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* Car Donation Foundation d/b/a Wheels For Wishes. To learn more about our programs or financial information, visit www.wheelsforwishes.org.

PETS

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

Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256

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auTO ServiCeS ELITE AUTO DETAILING: Anthony Masia, Owner/Operator Dependable, professional detailer. SUV’s, vans, pick-ups also detailed at a higher price. We specialize in imports/Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi, Jaguar & Maserati. $10 off complete detail. Spring Wash & Wax Special $85/cars only. Coupons not to be combined 631-612-7152

auTOS wanTed DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-a-Wish.

We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631317-2014 Today!

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aparTMenT FOr renT GARDEN CITY BORDER APARTMENTS: Spacious, bright studio apartment $1,275 + electric. Gated parking, laundry room, air conditioning, hardwood floors, near LIRR. NO BROKER FEE. www.gcbapts.com 516-742-1101. Available November 1st GARDEN CITY Brand new 4 rooms.

1 Bed, Office, walk in shower, wood floors, magnificent EIK, elevator, parking. $2,500 Five rooms. 2 Bed, DR, 2 full Baths, A/C, wood floors, parking. $3,100 New EIK, LR / DR combo, Walk in Shower, Doorman, elevator, Immed. $2,600 Garden City Properties 516-746-1563 516-313-8504 MINEOLA/EAST WILLISTON AREA: Rooms and or suite, convenient to all. Range $900-$1300. Fax to Sheila 516-747-2689 PORT WASHINGTON: By owner.

Beautiful, spacious three bedrooms, two European style baths, central air, living room, dining room, eat-in-kitchen, basement with storage, washer /dryer, beautiful hard wood floors, off street parking for two cars, use of yard. Two year lease. Immediate.

No smoking/pets. No fee, one month security deposit. Call for information 516-382-0783 WILLISTON PARK: renovated, 1 bedroom, 2 bath on first floor of 2 family home. Eat in kitchen, new carpets throughout, finished basement with bonus room and with new washer and dryer, garage parking, backyard access, few blocks to LIRR, village area, nice quiet neighborhood! Includes all utilities. $2,000.

Reference check required. Call Penny 1-917-848-9366

hOMeS FOr renT GARDEN CITY CHARMING CAPE Western section, Seven roomsFour Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Near New Hyde Park Railroad. $3,800/month + utilities. Call 516-306-6621

hOMeS FOr renT GARDEN CITY ESTATES Clean/ Bright, 3 beds, 3 baths, 2 car. Near Stratford School, Merrillon RR. $4,250. Call 516-747-1024

vaCaTiOn renTal OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full/partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure.

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COndO/CO-Op FOr Sale LYNBROOK: MINT CO-OP Just listed. Located in a prestigious building convenient to all. 4 1/2 rooms, 2 beds, 2 full baths, terrace, IGP. $259,990 All Cash Offers. Maffucci Real Estate 516-599-0707

lOTS FOr Sale CATSKILL MOUNTAIN LAKE LOT! 2 hours NYC. 14 acres WAS $79,900, NOW $69,900! Beautiful lake, private gated community.

Terms avail! 888-905-8847 FARM ESTATE LIQUIDATION! 7 hilltop tracts from 6 to 30 acres from $19,90! Gorgeous views, streams, ponds, woods, fields! Quiet country setting! Financing available! 888701-7509 NewYorkLandandlakes. com GILBERTSVILLE, NY 47 acres, build your dream home. Pristine woods, creek, filed. Photos on request. Owner 607-263-5015 LENDER ORDERED FARM SALE! 39 acres WAS $119,999, NOW $89,900! Catskill Mountains, stunning hilltop setting, less than 3 hrs NYC! Woods, awesome views, great deer hunting! EZ financing. 888-4793394 SANDS POINT, NEW YORK: 5 acres, zoned residential, Middle Neck Road, Lot 278, Section 4, block B across from the Sands Point Golf Club at entrance to the Sands Point Preserve. Please contact Port Washington School District, 100 Campus Drive, Port Washington, NY 10050, Attn: Mary Callahan, District Clerk.

lOTS FOr Sale SCHOHARIE CO. 95.7 acres, fields /woods $129,000. OTSEGO CO. 30.7 acres, views $85,000. RENSSELAER CO., Rt. 7, 27.6 acres fields/woods $75,000. Owner financing. www.helderbergrealty.com 518861-6541

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ServiCeS HOME CARE & HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES: We provide these services: Live in or out maids, companions, home care, housekeeping.

Haya’s & Rona Agency. Haya office 516-482-4400. cell 516-298-9445.

Rona office 516-441-5555 cell 516316-0111. 25 Great Neck Road, Suite 3, Great Neck, NY 11021

COMPUTERS COMPUTER REPAIR AND INSTRUCTION Chaminade Graduate Eliminate viruses, malware, bloatware, adware, spyware Computer Instruction Home & Business Networking Reasonable Rates Call Phil at Aspect Networking 516-830-3366 OR email: support@aspectnetworking.com

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▼ ServiCe direCTOry hOME iMPROvEMEnTS AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 23year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-741-2154 ARMIERI SPECIALTY CONTRACTING, INC. High Quality Professional Services By Life Long Garden City Resident:Property Management Project Planning Home Improvements and Maintenance Audio, Video & Technology Smaller Projects Professionally Executed. 516-6370139 ArmieriSC@gmail.com DEVLIN BUILDERS Since 1979. We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS. No job too small. Bob Devlin 516-365-6685.

Insured License H18C730000 LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service.

Handy Howard. 646-996-7628 SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain/rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

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

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

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CHEMISTRY TUTOR: Call Jonathan, Ivy League Ph.D. AP, SAT II, Regents. I also tutor Biology, Physics, Earth & Environmental Science. itutorchem@gmail.com or 516-6690587

SPANISH TUTOR: CERTIFIED High School Spanish Teacher. Experienced in all levels of Spanish: Middle School/High School/College Level/AP Spanish/IB Spanish. Experienced with all levels of Chaminade curriculum and exams. Excellent references provided upon request.

Phone 516-655-8194 or email: mmiller@emufsd.us

STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

DECLUTTER & ORGANIZE YOUR HOME/OFFICE: Organize all aspects of your home or office. We stage. We pack & unpack. We sort, donate and toss. Free Consultation.

Neat Freaks Lisa Marx & Randi Yerman. 516-319-2762. Email: neatfreaks1976@outlook.com

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$300K for road fixes in GCP Continued from Page 2 ment project of the Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, a reconstruction project for the culvert that connects Leeds Pond in Plandome Manor and the Manhasset Bay and a planning, design and engineering project for the Garden City Park Industrial Zone.

According to Schumer’s office, $500,000 would be allocated for the Port Washington revitalization project, $700,000 for the Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail project, $500,000 for the culvert reconstruction project and $300,000 for the Garden City Park Industrial Zone project.

North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said the reallocation of the funds allows the town to address necessary projects.

“We thank Senator Schumer for assisting us in getting the approval to repurpose the use of federal transportation dollars,” Bosworth said. “The new funding will enable North Hempstead to complete several new projects that will improve our infrastructure, benefit our residents while reducing the need for borrowing for projects.

“We are excited to break ground and get started.”

101 and counting for NHP runner Continued from Page 3 not to push too hard when training, he said.

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He runs with an 82-year-old blind man at his upstate weekend home in Chester, where he is a member of the Orange County Runners Club, and he once saw a 100-year-old man from India run the New York City Marathon, he said.

“I don’t know if I’ll make it that far, but I’ll keep going for a while longer,” Nordman said.

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Herricks pummels Great Neck North 40-13

By G r E G ory GiacoNELLi

Herricks’ anthony Esposito lunges for the goal line

The Herricks Highlanders defeated the Great Neck North Blazers 40-13 on Saturday afternoon, scoring four touchdowns in the first quarter.

Senior wide receiver and defensive back Mike Saleme had a two-touchdown performance, including a 100-yard interception return.

He also was four for six on the extra point attempt.

Herricks head coach Mike Yoo said after starting the season 0-2, it was crucial to come out with a win at home.

“It was a game we needed to have,” Yoo said. “We felt that we matched up well. We needed to come out and play well and the boys were able to do that.”

Great Neck North head coach Kevin Graham said his team felt optimistic coming into this game but couldn’t execute.

“We couldn’t get our running game going,” Graham said. “They won the turnover battle and had a couple of big plays early that really hurt us.”

Herricks dominated the first quarter by putting up 26 points to set the tone for the rest of the game.

They scored on their opening

drive with a one yard touchdown run by senior wide receiver Anthony Esposito to make it 6-0 with 9:32 left to play. Saleme failed to convert on the extra point.

After stopping Great Neck North on their first drive, Herricks scored again on their next drive with a six-yard touchdown run by senior running back Mike Chase to take a 12-0 lead.

Saleme tacked on an extra point and Herricks led 13-0 with 5:21 left to play in the first quarter.

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Wheatley holds on against New Hyde Park 3-2

By G r E G ory GiacoNELLi The Wheatley Lady Wildcats defeated the New Hyde Park Lady Gladiators 3-2 on Saturday morning.

Senior forward Allison LaMonica and sophomore midfielder Tiffany Bernot each led Wheatley with a goal and an assist.

Wheatley sophomore goalkeeper Sydney Silverman recorded seven saves to help Wheatley protect a one goal lead with 22 minutes to play in the second half.

Wheatley head coach Paul Paino said this game was very comparable to the team’s last meeting on Sept. 7 where New Hyde Park forced at 4-4 tie after trailing 4-1

in the second half.

“It was similar to the last time we played these guys,” Paino said. “We had a 4-3 lead with 40 seconds to go and they tied the game.”

New Hyde Park head coach Kim Teemsma said this loss was disappointing as they couldn’t mount another comeback against Wheatley.

She said she was very proud of her girls for working hard in the second half.

“We maintained possession for the majority of the game,” Teemsma said. “We out hustled them but we didn’t get those goals in our favor this time. We had a few mental lapses in the first half which hurt us but my girls had a lot of heart.”

Wheatley dominated the pace as Wheatley took a 3-1 lead into ball movement and it pretty much shows everybody the potential halftime. of play in the first half.

Wheatley senior forward that we have as a team.”

Sophomore defender SamanIn the second half, New Hyde tha Rothstein opening up the scor- Micki Wain said their strong play ing with 28:46 remaining. Bernot in the first half was crucial in earn- Park dominated in possession of play and scored the lone goal with took a corner kick to the right side ing the victory.

“Last game we also had a lead 22:24 left to play. Ashley Aguilar’s of the New Hyde Park goal and Rothstein was able to find the back but it was hard at the end and they shot from outside the box bounced of the net to give Wheatley a 1-0 came right back,” Wain said. “Get- off the crossbar and landed in lead. LaMonica added another ting off to a good start to this game front of sophomore forward Magoal for Wheatley four minutes was definitely very important to us rina Pappas, who netted the rebound to cut the lead 3-2. and six seconds later with an as- and it helped us a lot.”

Teemsma said Pappas’ goal New Hyde Park junior forward sist from Cecelia Jozef. New Hyde Park trimmed the lead to one with Mackenzie Griffin said they didn’t was huge as the momentum began 16:38 remaining in the first half on come out as strong as they wanted to shift their way.

“Any goal gets us going,” a goal by senior midfielder Tiffany in the first half but they looked to Velin. Sophomore forward Julia make some adjustments for the Teemsma said. “Whether it’s the first one or the fourth one, it brings second half.

Aronov assisted on the goal.

“I felt that really made us re- a little fire back to the team.”

With 11:17 left to play, Bernot This would be as far as New capped off the scoring in the first alize what we have to do better,” 1-8 Page - 09-21-16_Layout 1 Griffin said. “It’s great1 to9/26/16 see the2:41 PM Page half with an assist CHERRY from Lamonica Continued on Page 63

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Great neck north edges manhasset 1-0

By G r E G ory GiacoNELLi The Great Neck North Blazers defeated the Manhasset Indians 1-0 on Thursday evening behind Senior midfielder Jordan Greif’s only goal of the match.

Great Neck North head coach Kieran Griffin said this was a must win game and was happy his team grinded out the one goal victory.

“We’re a pretty defensiveoriented team,” Griffin said.

“We have had a couple of games now where we haven’t scored.

It’s good to come away with three points on the road.”

Manhasset head coach Mark Giardino said the opportunities were there for his tream but they couldn’t find a way to generate any offensive pressure.

“They scored a goal off a bouncing ball in the box and we didn’t have enough offense,” Giardino said. “We gotta play better together. We’re playing hard just not playing together.”

Neither side had a good scoring opportunity in the first half. Most of the action took place in the midfield with both teams fighting for possession.

Greif netted the game’s lone goal with 26:15 left to play in the first half.

Freshman forward Charlie Hakimi started the sequence

with a corner kick to the right side of the Manhasset goal. The ball found its way to junior defender Julien Hakimian, who took control of the ball and nudged it forward to Greif.

Greif eventually found the back of the net and gave Great Neck North a 1-0 lead.

“It was a great play by Julien,” Greif said. “He found me in the right spot at the right time and I just tapped it in.”

Manhasset junior center midfielder Alex Maleno said the Indians didn’t communicate enough and were lackluster towards the end of the first half after starting the game off strong.

“We weren’t together in the middle or where we needed to be,” Maleno said. We weren’t talking enough or on the same page. That’s what broke us down and led to the goal” In the second half, Great Neck North played strong defensively as they were able to shut down Manhasset to keep a clean sheet.

Griffin said he liked how his team responded after leading by a goal to start the half.

“I thought we controlled the ball better and made fewer turnovers,” Griffin said. “As a result, we were able possess the ball more in their half.”

After earning the victory, Griffin said he wants to play

more of a high-pressure style in Great Neck North’s next outing.

“My guys are almost all comfortable sitting back 30 yards in and letting them pass around,” Griffin said. “Our next two opponents, New Hyde Park and Bellmore, are teams that we should hopefully be a little more offensive with.”

Weekly High School boys Soccer Scores Monday Sept. 19 Calhoun defeated Port Washington 5-1. Alex Sipos and Joe Thomann led Calhoun with two goals each. David Futterman finished the game with five saves and an assist while Eric Stewart recorded a goal and an assist.

Mineola defeated Wheatley 5-1. Dimas Cabrera led Mineola with two goals while Luis Tinoco and Christian Melendez each added a goal and an assist.

Nick Tagios scored the lone goal for Wheatley while Zach Jacobs recorded eight saves.

Tuesday Sept. 20 Chaminade defeated Kellenberg 5-1. Tim Demij led Chaminade with two goals and an assist. Tim Davis, Kevin Lynch and Brendan Slattery each scored a goal for Chaminade.

Farmingdale defeated Herricks 5-0. Tommy Hamel led Farmingdale with a hat trick.

Great Neck South defeated MacArthur 2-0. Jorey Garcia and Chris Park led Great Neck

South with one goal apiece.

Danny Churbakov recorded two assists while Jonathan Farkas finished with six saves for Great Neck South.

Manhasset tied New Hyde Park 2-2. Matt Corrigan led New Hyde Park with two goals while Jake Temares and Luke Ferrone scored for Manhasset.

James Connolly recorded nine saves for New Hyde Park.

Floral Park tied with Plainedge 1-1. Daniel Schaeffer headed the first goal off a free kick from Richard Ventura 30 minutes into the game for Floral Park.

Plainedge answered back a minute later with a goal from Lucas Sauer. Brian Hamerman finished the game with six saves for Floral Park while Plainedge’s Justin Lubitz made seven stops.

Wednesday Sept. 21 Mineola defeated Malverne/East Rockaway 5-0. Dimas Cabrera led Mineola with a hat trick. Luis Tinoco and Andi Tuti round out the scoring for Mineola with a goal apiece.

Thursday Sept. 22 Great Neck South defeated Elmont 5-1. Jorey Garcia led Great Neck South with a hat trick.

Floral Park defeated Lynbrook 4-2. Savion Prince led Floral Park with a pair of goals in each half. Brian Hamerman recorded five saves for Floral Park, including a late stop in the closing minutes.

Jericho defeated New Hyde Park 7-1. Todd Perlman and Tyler Deluca led Jericho with three and two goals respectively. Tyler McElhinney recorded 10 saves for Jericho while New Hyde Park’s James Connolly finished with 11 stops.

Sewanhaka defeated Mepham 2-1. Elijah Kerr led Sewanhaka by scoring the go ahead goal with eight minutes left to play.

Mineola defeated Seaford 4-0. Dimas Cabrera led Mineola with two goals while Justin Bracken and Luis Tinoco each scored a goal. Manny Mirao finished the game with five saves to pick up his fifth shutout of the season.

Chaminade defeated St. John’s the Baptist 5-0. Matt Vowinkel led Chaminade with two goals while Tim Davis recorded a goal and two assists.

John Murphy finished the game with a goal and an assist while Brendan Franko added a goal for Chaminade.

Friday Sept. 23 Oceanside defeated Herricks 2-0. Aidan Barry and Jason Rosa led Oceanside with one goal each while Andrew Liu recorded six saves for Herricks.

Saturday Sept. 24 Carey defeated Great Neck South 3-0. Vince Matozzo led Carey with one goal and one assist while Gianclaudio Arboleda made five saves. Jonathan Farkas finished with eight saves for Great Neck South.

Great Neck North defeated New Hyde Park 4-0. Julien Hakimian led Great Neck North with a goal and an assist. James Connolly recorded six saves for New Hyde Park.

Floral Park defeated North Shore 5-1. Luke deArmas led Floral Park with a hat trick.

MacArthur defeated Sewanhaka 3-1. Joe Mutino led MacArthur with the game winning goal on an assist from Danny Conigliaro late in the second half to break a 1-1 tie.

Conigliaro recorded two assists while Ryan Mehryary and Kevin Eceda each scored a goal for MacArthur. Sean Lyons finished with eight saves for MacArthur.

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