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Economics, Politics Convene In MelvilleMELVILLE

About one week after the dust settledfollowing the New York State DemocraticCommittee’s convention at the HuntingtonHilton in Melville, local impacts remainbeyond the political machinations that un-folded there.For starters, the influx of thousands into

the Melville area – by way of delegates,Democratic elected officials and mediaprofessionals, and plenty of protestorslooking to give Governor Andrew Cuomoa piece of their mind – all means moneyfor Melville and surrounding communi-ties, said Mike DeLuise, president of theMelville Chamber of Commerce. Since they can’t fit them all at the 304-

room Huntington Hilton, hotels around the

area absorbed plenty of overflow dele-gates. In town for three days, those Dem-ocratic delegates went out to dinner,bought souvenirs, shopped and spent mon-ey in local shops, and all the while Hunt-ington and Melville were in the mediaspotlight as a hub of political action.“Because you have a governor who has

national prominence, media around thecountry puts a focus on the area,” DeLuisesaid.As new eyes are cast upon a part of

Long Island many were previously unfa-miliar with, the perception of the regionchanges, he added.“When people think of Long Island,

they might think of the Hamptons, theymight think of the LIE or the Long IslandRail Road, but now you’re showing themeat and potatoes of the business commu-

nity,” DeLuise said. “It’s a great, great wayto show off what we have.”As the impact comes into focus, how the

convention ended up here speaks to thepolitical value in places like Long Islandto Cuomo and his challenger, WestchesterCounty Executive Rob Astorino.Pundits across the political spectrum

agree that Long Island and upstate NewYork will be critical to determining Cuo-mo’s fate this fall.Stanley Klein, a Dix Hills resident who

has spent the better part of six decades asa political science professor at LIU Postand serves as a Huntington Republicancommitteeman, argued the Melville con-vention was aimed at bolstering support inan area where Cuomo has recently takensome lumps.

By Danny [email protected]

(Continued on page A13)

Aspiring Composer Tops ClassFive Towns College celebrates 40th commencement

DIX HILLS

As a fresh slew of graduates throw theircaps into the air this graduation season, onecap knows its home to be the head of FiveTowns College valedictorian Harrison In-gemarson – a Pennsylvania-native walkingaway with a four-year Bachelor of Musicdegree after just three years of college. Ingemarson’s father, who drives a deliv-

ery truck, was passing through New Yorkone day a few years ago when he heard aradio commercial for Five Towns Collegein Dix Hills. He mentioned the school tohis son, who graduated on Saturday.“It was easier than I was expecting, ac-

tually,” said the 21-year-old graduate. “Iwas able to waive a lot of classes and testout of a lot of things… I had already doneso much practicing and musical projects onmy own throughout high school that a lotof the curriculum that they provided herewas already at a level lower than what Iwas capable of.”Ingemarson is one of 194 members of

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If everyone could turn a night ofdrunken karaoke into a successful ca-reer the way Dan Finnerty has,there’d be a lot more Bentleys on theroad.Not to say that Finnerty has

reached that level of success, but the43-year-old singer-comedian fromRochester is making a living. Bestknown for roles in movies like “TheHangover” and “Old School,” Finner-ty has carved a unique niche in the en-tertainment industry performingraunched-up versions of songs bestperformed by women.Finnerty gained fame as the wed-

ding singer who performed an exple-tive-laced rendition of “Total Eclipseof the Heart” at Will Ferrell’s wedding

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Hills SweepsBadmintonChampionships

BADMINTON

Half Hollow Hills made a name for it-self last Tuesday.Where?On the badminton court, of course.“We had a very experienced lineup

with seniors and juniors that have been onthe team for a while,” Bill Davey, headcoach of the badminton teams, which en-compass both boys and girls from highschools East and West. “They allowed usto be very successful.”In just Davey’s first year of taking over

the program, the Thundercolts swept theboys and girls Suffolk County badmintonchampionships. Divya Rao and MonicaChen took home the girls doubles cham-pionship for Half Hollow Hills while JohnStanis and Jason Scheingold got the jobdone in the boys’ doubles category.“I told the kids that it could be any-

body’s tournament; that nobody is un-

beatable,” Davey said. “These guys havebeen working hard, waiting for this op-portunity, and they definitely steppedup.”In the singles, Alfred Shim and Carly

Cordano both saw success in the boysand girls championships respectively.“He’s truly something special,” Lavey

said of Shim. “He can make some of themost unbelievable badminton shots thatyou’ll come across, and this year heworked hard and set out on a mission.”Lavey spoke highly of Cordano as well,

calling her a great athlete that works hard.“That’s what led her to the singles

championship,” Lavey said of Cordano.“She had her mind set that this is whatshe wanted and she got it.”With such talent still remaining on the

Thundercolts roster after this year – asLavey stressed the importance of his jun-ior team members – one can only imaginewhat is next in store for the Half HollowHills badminton dynasty.

Colts Clinging ToBaseball Playoff LivesHills West falls to West Islip in Class AA winner’s bracket final

BASEBALL

The hits kept coming for the Half Hol-low Hills West baseball team last Wednes-day, but not in a good way. Instead of basehits, the team saw several hits comingdown upon its playoff life.The Colts fell to No. 8 West Islip (19-4)

on Wednesday 2-1 in the winner’s bracketfinal of the ClassAA Suffolk County play-offs. In the loss, Hills West also lost itsnumber two pitcher in junior Jon Faraciwho will be sidelined with an injury forthe rest of the season.“We decided to play our worst game in

a long time at the wrong time,” TomMigliozzi, head coach for Hills West,said. “There were base-running mistakes,we let good pitches go by, and after MikeMarino came in for [Faraci] we had a lackof clutch hitting to get us back into thegame.”The loss marked the first time since

May 1 that the Colts were defeated andsent them to the loser’s bracket final for agame between either Ward Melville orCommack, which was played after presstime.“We were in the driver’s seat and now

our back is against the wall,” Migliozzisaid last week. “The road to where youwant to go becomes a lot longer now.”That road became so much longer due

to West Islip pitcher, James Kory, whopitched a three-hitter last Wednesdaywhile striking out the Colts 6 times. Jun-ior centerfielder Owen McMenamy hadone of the few hits for Hills West when heripped a double to right-center to give theColts a scoring opportunity. However, theColts were silenced as Kory ended thethreat shortly after.“We had our shot and we blew it,”

Migliozzi said of the game.Depending on whether the Colts were

successful on Tuesday, they would havefaced West Islip again on Wednesday in ado-or-die situation.However, with the Colts ace, junior

Aaron Glickstein pitching in Tuesday’sgame – and with Faraci done for the sea-son – Migliozzi would have to trust hisnumber three pitcher with the Colts’ lives.With West Islip presumably sending Koryto the mound once again for the game, thematchup could spell disaster for the Colts.“The whole goal if you get to West Is-

lip again is to get to the second game,”Migliozzi said. “The first game is going tobe a lot more difficult than the second sowe’ll just have to take it inning by inning.”If the Colts did make it to and survive

Wednesday’s matchup they would have toface West Islip yet again, at home, sincewere already defeated by them last week.The Suffolk County championship gamewill be played today at 4 p.m.

With injuries a concern for the Colts, Aaron Glickstein, Hills West’s ace, will have to be amajor contributor for the remainder of the playoffs.

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Towns College graduates students with de-grees in such programs as music perform-ance, music education, theater, businessmanagement, film/video production andchildhood education. The class valedictori-an and salutatorian are chosen through aspeech contest with entry open only tothose with the highest GPAs in the class.Five of the Class of 2014 graduates are

already employed as music teachers. Sixtheater students have already been signedby agents in NewYork City. Others have se-cured employment, as well.Ingemarson himself has not yet made

any career decisions, but he found his gen-eral direction just over a decade ago.“I first started just writing my own little

compositions when I was 10,” he said. “Butthen, my dad showed me a cassette tapethat was a collection of a whole bunch of[composer] Danny Elfman’s scores and… Iwas just so captured by what Danny Elf-man was writing that it all just kind ofsnowballed from there.”Today, Ingemarson writes orchestra-

tions using software that simulates an or-chestra. He has also had live ensembles

perform his compositions on three occa-sions. He himself plays the piano and thetrombone and aspires to compose filmscores.“I guess my favorite part is just, you

know, the joy of creating something that Imyself can enjoy… It’s hard to describe,”he said. “It’s just really cool knowing like,‘Wow, I made that; I was able to contributeto the body of music that a lot of my idols

are a part of.’”The only-child returned to Pennsylvania

after graduation this weekend, but said hedoes not plan to stay there long. As he at-tempts to decide whether or not he will at-tend grad school – “that’s still up in the air”– he will consider moving somewhere hethinks will provide more career opportuni-ty for an aspiring composer.In his valedictory address, he took on the

topic of fear.“I just looked at myself and thought,

‘What have I felt during college, and whathave my experiences been,’” he said. “AndI do tend to be afraid of a lot of things in re-gards to the world and education and whatnot… I’ve been fighting feelings of fear.”Fear of what?“Fear of failure, fear of success… just, I

don’t know,” he said.

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Five Towns celebrates Class of 2014

Left: Graduate Corondi Kingsberry (center)with siblings Devonne Heyward and YanaraPorter. Above: Nicole Costantino holds herdiploma.

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Free Elder Care ConferenceA free HR conference entitled “ElderCaregiving: Is It Sapping Your Employees andYour Bottom Line?” will give human resourceprofessionals and business owners valuabletools and techniques to help reduce absen-teeism, downtime and turnover and promoteproductivity and job security. The event isJune 4, 8:30-10:30 a.m. at The BristalAssisted Living at East Northport, 760Larkfield Road, East Northport. RSVP to LynnOrfinger at 631-588-8102 ext. 11 or [email protected].

Israel On IsraelAll are invited to hear Congressman SteveIsrael (D-Huntington) speak about the case forthe land of Israel. The congressman will beaddressing issues such as BDS, the unfaircomparison to apartheid and other anti-Israelsentiments on June 4, 11:30 a.m. at The ChaiCenter, 501 Vanderbilt Pkwy, Dix Hills.Question-and-answer session to follow theaddress. 631-351-8672.www.thechaicenter.com.

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Power BreakfastJoin business professionals at BNI ExecutiveReferral Exchange’s breakfast networkingmeeting every Wednesday, 7-8:30 a.m. at theDix Hills Diner, 1800 Jericho Turnpike, DixHills. 631-462-7446.

Cold Spring Harbor Library95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-692-6820. cshlibrary.org.• A free combo SAT/ACT practice test helpsstudents decide which test is right for themon Saturday, May 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Studentreceive feedback that compares their per-formance on each of the analogous test sec-tions of the two exams. For teens in grades6-12. Registration required.

Commack Public Library18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-499-0888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us.• Enjoy a friendly game of bridge or mah-jonggin the Community Room every Friday, from 1-5:30 p.m.

Deer Park Public Library44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deer-parklibrary.org.• Through a grant from New York State, thelibrary offers Google Nexus 7 tablets for bor-rowing. Browse the web, download a book,play games and more with just a touch ofyour finger. Tablets can be checked out fortwo weeks on an adult Deer Park librarycard.

Elwood Public Library3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722.www.elwoodlibrary.org.• An Empire Safety Council Defensive Drivingcourse will be offered Saturday, May 31, 9:30a.m.-4:30 p.m. $35.

Half Hollow Hills Community LibraryDix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-421-4530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631-421-4535. hhhlibrary.org.• Is your French a little rusty, or are you plan-ning a trip to France? Join this fun group andpractice speaking French on Tuesday June 3,7-8:30 p.m. in Melville.

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Harborfields Public Library31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. har-borfieldslibrary.org.• May 2014 featured artist Annie Shaver-Crandell’s show, “A Collection of Views:Landscapes, Cityscapes and Interiors,” is ondisplay May 1-29.

Huntington Public LibraryMain Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631-427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New YorkAve., Huntington Station.631-421-5053. www thehuntingtonlibrary.org.• Artist Susan Phillips exhibits “Observations”in the main gallery through June 24.

Northport-East Northport Public LibraryNorthport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. EastNorthport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313.www.nenpl.org.• Award-winning gardener Rita Rover exploresthe fundamentals of growing exhibitionmums, starting from rooted cuttings and end-ing with magnificent, show-quality blooms onThursday, May 29, 7:30 p.m. in Northport.

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South Huntington Public Library145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station.631-549-4411. www.shpl.info.• Celebrate an afternoon of poetry in honor ofWalt Whitman’s birthday on Saturday, May31, 2-3 p.m. Those who want to read theirpoem aloud can do so on the stage.

Cinema Arts Centre423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaarts-centre.org. 631-423-7611.• Based on David Peace’s book, “The DamnedUnited,” set in 1974, flashes back to the1960s, and is about controversial soccermanager Brian Clough’s ill-fated 44-day reignas coach of Leeds United, then one ofEngland’s most successful soccer teams ofall time. Shows with author David Peace in-person Thursday, May 29, 7:30 p.m.Members $25/Public $30 – includes recep-tion and a copy of Peace’s book, “Red orDead.”

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John W. Engeman Theater At Northport350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwenge-mantheater.com. 631-261-2900.• “Plaza Suite” opens May 29.

Township Theatre GroupAt the Helen Butler Hall Theatre at DominicanVillage, 565 Albany Ave., Amityville. 631-213-9832. www.townshiptheatregroup.org.• Township Theatre Group presents the screw-ball comedy “Meet My Husbands,” a hilariousforay into the world of advertising. When adivorced ad executive tries to find a suitable“spouse” to introduce to a client who admiresfamily values, she suddenly winds up withnot one, but three husbands instead. All per-formances feature cabaret-style seating plusa wine/beer bar, May 31, June 6 and 7 at 8p.m. and June 1 and 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets $20,student/senior $18.

Audition For The NutcrackerAuditions for children’s roles in New YorkDance Theatre’s 2014 production of “TheNutcracker” (six performances presented atHofstra University) will be held on Sunday,June 8 at 1 p.m. at the Frank Ohman School ofBallet in Commack. Children ages 7-14 mayattend ($20 audition fee). Advanced dancerson pointe may attend the Saturday, June 7audition at 1 p.m. The audition fee foradvanced dancers includes a full ballet tech-

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High School student, award-winning singer/PBS-TV host Cristina Fontanelli, debuts her new show“From Bagels to Bocelli: the Musical Journey ofMy Life” at the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center atFive Towns College on Sunday, June 1 at 2 p.m.The show chronicles her singing career from herchildhood as a producer of Long Island neighbor-hood shows to her professional start as an enter-tainer. Through funny anecdotes and songs,including Broadway show tunes and songs inItalian and Yiddish, the show will go around theworld through music highlighting Fontanelli’sworld tours and highlighting her career accom-plishments singing in the Clinton White House, atthe inauguration of President George W. Bush,with major orchestras, opera companies, night-clubs and festivals throughout the world.



nique class. Proper ballet attire is required forall ages. You must call ahead for importantinformation, 631-462-6266.www.ohmanballet.org.

Northport Symphony OrchestraThe Northport Symphony Orchestra seeks newmembers in all sections. Repertoire rangesfrom Baroque through classical and romanticto early 20th century. Music Director RichardHyman is an award-winning music educatorand composer. Rehearsals are onWednesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. usually at EastNorthport Middle School. Email [email protected] to arrange an audition. Website:northportorchestra.org.

Art League of Long Island107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Galleryhours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.weekends. 631-462-5400.www.ArtLeagueLI.net.• More than 70 artists and craftspeople willshow and sell original works of art and hand-made crafts such as paintings, photographs,ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, woodwork,glasswork, wearable art, and more at theFine Art & Craft Fair at Heckscher Park inHuntington on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday,June 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The event will alsofeature live art demonstrations by Art Leagueinstructors, family-friendly hands-on activities,food vendors and live music. Free admission.

b.j. spoke gallery299 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours:Monday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., until 9 p.m.on Friday and Saturday. 631-549-5106.www.bjspokegallery.com.• May brings Ilene Palant’s solo exhibition ofsculpture and photography titled “NakedStones & Intimate Landscapes” and a mem-ber exhibit that fills the rest of the gallery.Both exhibitions on display May 1-31.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Openseven days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdayand Sundays until 6 p.m.: $6 adults; $4 chil-dren 3-12 and seniors over 65; members andchildren under 3 are free. 516-692-6768.www.cshfha.org.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-367-3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.• Save the date for the Hawaiian Luau onSaturday, July 19, 7-11 p.m.

fotofoto Gallery14 W. Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours:Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m., Sunday12-4 p.m. 631-549-0448.www.fotofotogallery.org.

Gallery Thirty Seven12b School Street, Northport. www.gallerythir-tyseven.com.• Visit Northport’s newest gallery and checkout the resident artists.

Heckscher Museum Of Art2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours:Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., firstFridays from 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday andSunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $6-8/adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-5/children; mem-bers and children under 10 free. 631-351-3250.• “Rhythm & Repetition in 20th Century Art,” onview through Aug. 10, focuses on artists whouse repeated shapes depicting natural, man-made, or abstract forms as a method toorganize their compositions.

Holocaust Memorial And Tolerance CenterWelwyn Preserve. 100 Crescent Beach Road,Glen Cove. Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.Sat.-Sun.: noon-4 p.m. 516-571-8040 ext. 100.www.holocaust-nassau.org.• The permanent exhibit explains the 1930sincrease of intolerance, the reduction ofhuman rights, and the lack of interventionthat enabled the persecution and mass mur-der of millions of Jews and others: peoplewith disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies),Jehovah’s Witnesses, gays and Polish intelli-gentsia.

Huntington Arts CouncilMain Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St.,Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 9a.m.-5 p.m.; Art in the Art-trium: 25 MelvillePark Road, Melville. Gallery Hours: Monday -Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 631-271-8423. www.hunt-ingtonarts.org.• The Got Talent? Long Island competition isMay 31 at the Dix Hills Performing ArtsCenter. Tickets on sale now.

Huntington Historical SocietyMain office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington.Museums: Conklin Barn, 2 High St.; KissamHouse/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave.; Soldiers& Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St. 631-427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistorical-society.org.• Exhibit “The Times They Were A-Changing –1960s & Huntington’s Response” on displayat the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building.

• Hop a boat and tour the Van Wycks-LeffertsTide Mill, built in 1795, throughout the springand summer: June 11, 10 a.m.; June 25,10:15 a.m.; July 14, 1 p.m.; July 28, 12:30p.m.; Aug. 11, 11:45 a.m.; Aug. 22, 1:45 p.m.;Sept. 8, 10:30 a.m. $10 members/$15 non-members. Reservations required.

LaMantia Gallery127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-754-8414.www.lamantiagallery.com.• Following the success of their display ofexclusive featuring never-before-seen Dr.Seuss artwork, the gallery displays a perma-nent collation of estate-authorized art.

Northport Historical Society Museum215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours:Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859.www.northporthistorical.org.• “Window Shopping Through Time” is arecreation of 10 stores that were located onMain Street and Woodbine Avenue spanningabout 100 years, from the 1880s’ Morris CityGrocery with their fresh produce and drygoods to the 1980s 5&10 with their ribbonand toys.

Ripe Art Gallery1028 Park Ave., Huntington. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 2-8 p.m.;Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.ripeartgal.com.631-239-1805.

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Museumhours through April 15: Tuesday, Saturday andSunday, 12-4 p.m. Grounds admission: $7adults, $6 students with ID and seniors 62 andolder, and $3 children 12 and under. Mansiontour, add $5 per person. 631-854-5555.www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.• The planetarium’s new show, “Black Holes:Journey into the Unknown,” has regularshowings on Tuesdays and Sundays at 2p.m.

Walt Whitman Birthplace246 Old Walt Whitman Road, HuntingtonStation. Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.;Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Apriladmission: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 students,and children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240,ext. 114. www.waltwhitman.org.• Schedule at a time convenient for your group

for high tea and transport yourself back intime as your group experiences High Tea in aprivate gathering house at the Birthplace.$25/person. 631-427-5240, ext. 113. [email protected].

• Celebrate Walt Whitman’s 195th birthday onSaturday, May 31, with WWBA’s 2014 Poetin Residence Li-Young Lee, who will give anevening reading with a book signing at 5 p.m.$10 per member/$15 non-member.

Dix Hills Performing Arts CenterFive Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, DixHills. Box Office: 631-656-2148.www.dhpac.org.• Christina Fontanelli sings her life story in “FromBagels to Bocelli: The Musical Journey of MyLife” on Sunday, June 1, 2 p.m. $25-$30.

Lynch School of Ballet• About 140 students will take the stage atHuntington High School for a production of“Sleeping Beauty” on Saturday, May 31 at 6p.m. and Sunday, June 1 at 3 p.m.

The Paramount370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-673-7300.www.paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8p.m. unless otherwise noted.• The Paramount Comedy Series presents ThePlastic Cup Boyz featuring Lavar Walker,Na’im Lynn & William Spank Horton onFriday, June 6. $25-$35.

• Robert Earl Keen performs with special guestAndrea Davidson Saturday, June 7. $26.50-$50.

Help The Troops Call HomeAssemblyman Chad Lupinacci’s HuntingtonStation district office is an official drop-off sitefor Cell Phones for Soldiers. To help the troopscall home by donating your old cell phone, stopby or mail your phone to 1783 New York Ave.,Huntington Station, 11746. 631-271-8025.

Cosmetologists WantedHospice Care Network is seeking New YorkState-licensed cosmetologists to provide 2-4haircuts per month for community membersfacing life-limiting illnesses. Download an appli-cation at www.hospicecarenetwork.org or call516-224-6423.

Be A Museum DocentThe Huntington Historical Society is currentlyseeking volunteers to train to become MuseumDocents at the historic David ConklinFarmhouse Museum. The museum is located at2 High St. in Huntington village and is a fasci-nating interpretation of the Colonial, Federal andVictorian time periods. No experience required– an interest in local history is a plus. Trainingis provided. Call 631-427-7045 ext 403.

Seeking Volunteer AdvocatesThe Family Service League’s OmbudserviceProgram of Suffolk County is seeking volun-teers to train as advocates for nursing home,adult home and assisted living facility residents

to help ensure they receive quality care andtheir rights are protected. 631-427-3700 ext.240.

Artistically Gifted NeededThe Gurwin Jewish Nursing & RehabilitationCenter in Commack is seeking artistically gift-ed volunteers to partner with residents in anew program, “heART to heART” aimed athelping people with varying levels of cognitiveability express themselves through art. ContactJudie at 516-931-5036 [email protected].

Don’t Hibernate. HelpThe Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVPSUFFOLK) needs adults 55+ to help in organi-zations throughout Suffolk County. Dozens ofopportunities available in this federally fundedprogram for just about any interest or skill. Visitwww.rsvpsuffolk.org or call 631-979-9490ext.12 for more information.

Friends At HomeLooking to earn some community servicehours while changing a life? As part of theFriends@Home program, a project of TheAriella's Friendship Circle at the Chai Center inDix Hills, visit a child with special needs in anenvironment they are most comfortable: theirown homes. Together, bake cookies, playgames, create arts and crafts, read books andmore. Contact Nati or Sara at 631-351-8672 [email protected]

Be A Friend Of The BayFriends of the Bay is in need of volunteers whocan help convert water quality data, which iscurrently kept in an excel sheet, into aMicrosoft Access database. Assistance is alsoneeded with ArcView GIS, to configure maps ofthe watershed. Call 516-922-6666 or [email protected].

Be A Host FamilyHuntington Sanctuary is seeking families orindividual adults to become Host Homes,which provide temporary shelter to youthbetween ages 12-17 who are experiencing afamily crisis. Contact Jennifer Petti at 631-271-2183 for more information.

Helping Furry FriendsLittle Shelter Animal Rescue and AdoptionCenter is looking for volunteers who want tomake a difference in the lives of animals. Freetraining provided. Visit www.littleshelter.com orcall 631-368-8770 ext. 204.

Walt Whitman BirthplaceIf you are interested in literature or history, theWalt Whitman Birthplace has fascinating andrewarding part-time volunteer positions avail-able. Free training provided. 631-427-5420ext.114.

Helping Runaway KidsShare your ideas and opinions on howHuntington Sanctuary, a program of theHuntington Youth Bureau, can help youth ages12-21 who run away or who are at risk of run-ning away. The group’s advisory board meetsone Thursday a month at 6 p.m. Call 631-271-2183.

Eyes For The BlindSuffolk County’s Helen Keller Services is look-ing for volunteers to visit blind who are home-bound to socialize and aid in reading mail, pos-sibly provide transportation. 631-424-0022.

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Celebrate Walt Whitman’s 195th birthday on Saturday, May 31, with Walt WhitmanBirthplace’s 2014 Poet in Residence Li-Young Lee, who will give an evening readingwith a book signing at 5 p.m. $10 per member/$15 non-member. 246 Old WaltWhitman Road, Huntington Station. www.waltwhitman.org.


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“The only place in the state that shouldbe solidly Democrat, besides the big cities,is Suffolk County,” Klein said. “What’shappened is he’s been attacked bitterly inSuffolk by teachers and parents on Com-mon Core, and his handling of the wholeissue of education. Therefore, a good placeto meet is in the enemy’s country thatshould be your country.”

Similarly, the decision to name formerCongresswoman Kathy Hochul, of ErieCounty, as his candidate for lieutenantgovernor, “could only help him upstate,”whereAstorino must perform well if he ex-pects to win, Klein said.Congressman Steve Israel (D-Hunting-

ton), chair of the Democratic Congression-al Campaign Committee (DCCC), agreedthat Long Island will be pivotal this year in

tipping the scales, calling it “the politicalcenter of gravity” in 2014.“He’s got to do well on Long Island. The

suburbs I think represent a particularly im-portant battleground for him, and that’swhy he’s chosen to have the convention onLong Island,” Israel said.It could also have implications for down-

ticket races, Klein said, particularly for Is-rael, who is also up for re-election this year.

And after a year of big wins for HuntingtonDemocrats in 2013, they’re well positionedto pitch in for the party’s top candidate.“One way to help him [Cuomo] do well

is to get his people in the year before heruns,” Klein said. “Now he has a winningstreak going and can go to the Democratsand say, ‘I helped you. It’s time for you tohelp me.’ And they will. There’s no doubtthey will.”


Democrats give boost to Melville area

Village East Gifted – Teachingwith TasteHUNTINGTON STATION

Upon walking into Huntington Stationenrichment center, Village East Gifted,don’t expect your normal classroom – thechildren aren’t in desks taking notes, andthe teacher isn’t spending the day lecturing.Headmaster Tobi Phillips runs this learn-

ing center that acts typically as a supple-ment for regular K-12 education. She thinksthe key to teaching these gifted children in-volves a little more creativity than what stu-dents are probably used to. But what you dosee, instead of the typical classroom struc-ture, is something unique—maybe evensomething tasty.“Everything we do here is very unusual

and very lateral. We don’t have desks andchairs here; it doesn’t work that way,”Phillips said. “[The students] are up, they’respinning wheels, they’re winning things,they’re throwing things, they’re being timed– it’s all interactive. There’s no sitting downand watching.”This innovative learning center for gifted

children could only be formed by someonewith the credentials to back it, and TobiPhillips’ certainly do not fall short. She hasmore than 35 years of teaching experienceand a master’s in education; she is even hasa doctorate from Columbia University.However, Phillips’ resume is a bit more

eclectic, and impressive, than just that. Ontop of her thorough teaching background,there is one thing that stands a tier above therest—a cake shop. Sometime in between

getting her three master’s degrees and hold-ing teaching jobs in Port Washington andGreat Neck, Phillips found the time to makecustom cake structures for six years in ashop she owned called Piece-A-Cake.It would certainly be remiss if her stu-

dents missed out on Phillips’ culinary spe-cialty, so cake-making can become part ofthe curriculum at Village East Gifted. Butdon’t be fooled – everything inVillage EastGifted must have an academic spin, Phillipssaid.“It becomes an engineering project, be-

cause they have to understand how to con-struct a wedding cake that might be six tiershigh, and know how to do it so that it’smathematically balanced,” she said.

This is just one example of how the 280students under Phillips’ wing are lucky toexperience her creative take on academics -from kindergarten all the way up to collegeadmissions. In fact, Phillips proudly notedthat this year marks her first graduatingclass, with university acceptances fromDuke toYale, and of course her alma mater,Columbia.The Huntington Station location is the

largest of her three centers for gifted learn-ing, housing around 260 of her prodigies.However, it was no small feat getting thiscompany to where it is today. Back in 2007,Phillips only offered enrichment tutoring inthe Huntington area. However, in Septem-ber of 2013, she openedVillage East Gifted

at the current Huntington Station location –with classes operating seven days a week.Later in the year, Phillips expanded herbusiness into Westbury. Even after this, herbusiness continued to grow, and she openeda half-day kindergarten program just thispast September.As a prior employee of many of Long Is-

land’s public schools, she said she has seenhow gifted children have fallen victim tobudget cuts time and time again—and that’swhy she’s continually expanding her al-ready large business.But Village East Gifted doesn’t accept

just any student, Phillips said. The schoolhas an acceptance rate of 3-4 students forevery 10 applicants, but with good reason.Students can anticipate a curriculum inwhich they become versed in Latin, learnthe wonders of marine biology, and, ofcourse, a main curriculum three grade lev-els ahead of the student’s current grade inschool—starting at age 4. The students aretaught all of this by teachers with no lessthan twenty five years of prior teaching ex-perience.In the end, Phillips said she wants her

students to walk out of her classroom with“open doors.”“My goal is to have these kids have as

many open doors as possible when theyleave. I want them to be used to beingaround the kind of kids that are here, so thatwhen they go into the workforce they havethe skills to work on a team and accomplishcollaborative goals,” Phillips said.

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Village East Gifted enrichment center’s headmaster Tobi Phillips, right, has a highly com-petitive acceptance rate and helps prepare children in greades K-12 for their next academicadventure.

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in the movie “Old School.” Other fan fa-vorites are renditions of “I Am Woman,”“What A Feeling (Flashdance),” “Shoop”and “Genie in a Bottle” generously pep-pered with f-bombs and other choicewords.With Finnerty singing lead, and a pair of

nattily suited guys as backup chicks, TheDan Band has audiences rolling in theaisles during live performances, and thesame was true when they performed at TheParamount in Huntington last week.As funny as it sounds, much of what the

Paramount audience saw on May 28 was

thanks to a night of karaoke, under the in-fluence.“It just started as drunk karaoke,”

Finnerty said. “After the last night of theshow ‘Stomp,’ we went out to celebrate bygetting drunk and singing karaoke. Ithought it would be funny to do ‘I AmWoman.’”He was living in LA at the time, work-

ing on developing a career as a comedicactor. A comedian friend had a gig bookedand asked Finnerty to do a few songs be-fore she went on. He did three songs andturned the stage over. But, “after the show,some guy came up to me and said, ‘Do you

have a flier?’” I said, ‘F-no. I don’t do this.My friend just needed someone to open theshow so people would think she’s a head-liner.’”“Turns out the guy asking was the guy

who booked The Viper Room,” Finnertysaid.He booked him. And it’s been snow-

balling ever since. In addition to movieroles, there have been albums, talk showappearances, even a cable special execu-tive produced by Steven Spielberg.Finnerty’s met a few of his “victims” –

and he says they take the parodies in jest.He’s even performed with some.

“Once I came home and Alanis Moris-sette had left a message on my answeringmachine. She said, ‘I heard you do a pret-ty good ‘You Oughta Know,’’” Finnertysaid. She invited him to perform it togeth-er, which they did at an AOL fan show.Even his mom, who caught a show in

Connecticut the weekend after Mother’sDay, has learned to like the act, saidFinnerty.“She’s come a long way,” he said. “I was

a good altar boy who wasn’t allowed toswear. Let this be a cautionary tale for allthe moms who don’t let their kids curse.Let ’em curse! Let ’em curse!”


Dan Band keeps laughs coming with parodies


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KICKING OFF SUMMER: Sparkling hotspotJewel (400 Broad Hollow Road, Melville,631-755-5777 www.jewelrestaurantli.com)is kicking off summer with an outdoor Pa-tio Party on Friday, May 30, 7-10 p.m., witheverything an outdoor party would need –and more. Enjoy the music of Steel DrumBand DNA, nosh on oysters, clams andshrimp at the raw bar, and drink up amaz-ing drink specials. It will certainly get youin the mood to soak in the summer.

COOKING FOR A CAUSE: Enjoy a gourmetfood and wine tasting event to raise fundsfor a good cause as top Long Island chefscook samples of their best dishes in Hunt-ington next week. Funds raised will go tothe IDS, Long Island’s Pay-it-ForwardCommittee, to help makeover the livingroom for homeless children staying atFamily & Children's Association Walka-bout Residence in Freeport, and helpBrendanWagner of Far Rockaway have anaccessible and functional place to comehome to. Who’s participating, might youask? La Parma, Culinary Sensations, Pic-cola Bussola, Chef Lance, Catering byBuenos Diaz and Fado will whip up theirfavorite dishes on June 4, 7- 10 p.m. Thehost is where the kitchens are: ApplianceWorld, 414 NewYork Ave., Huntington.

CONGRATS, NERAKI: Our friends at Neraki(273 Main St., Huntington, 631-385-3474www.neraki.com) celebrated their third an-niversary in Huntington village on May 23.How time flies when the fish is fresh! “Wewould like to thank the many new friendsand loyal customers who have made us feelwelcome, and paid us the highest compli-ment by returning again and again. We aregrateful for your support and happy to bepart of what makes Huntington the dinningcapital of Long Island,” owners Alex andOlga wrote on the restaurant’s Facebookpage. Here’s to many more!

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Rain Or Shine, It’s Time For ‘Art in the Park’Art League of Long Island to host its annual arts and crafts fair this Saturday and Sunday

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Even with the possibility of rain, artwill shine in Heckscher Park in Hunting-ton this weekend as the annual Art in thePark Fine Art & Craft Fair returns thisSaturday and Sunday.Sponsored by the Art League of Long

Island, the fair will celebrate its 47th yearwith more than 70 artists and craftspeopleset to make an appearance. Handmadecrafts – such as paintings, photographs,ceramics, jewelry, and sculptures – will beon display and for sale as the fair beginsat 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. both days.To celebrate these artists and craftspeo-

ple, the Art League will also be supplyingawards for those that exemplify “superiorartistry and craftsmanship,” according to arelease issued by the Art League. A rafflewill also be available for guests with pro-ceeds that will benefit the Art League, anot-for-profit organization.This year’s event also promises to pres-

ent live art demonstrations by Art Leagueinstructors, along with family-friendly,hands-on activities and live music. Alsoon-site will be food vendors to keep thecrowd ready and fueled for art.Admission is free. This year’s annual Art in the Park fair promises to provide guests will food, music, crafts, and art – rain or shine – on Saturday and Sunday.

For the 35th season, Huntington’s un-official summertime kickoff officially ar-rived this Memorial Day weekend.After all, few things say “summer”

more clearly in this neck of the woodsthan a row of cars parked haphazardlyalong Route 25A, a row of motorcyclesnear Stony Hollow Road, and the crunchof rocks under your feet as you bring apaper dish filled with fried clams back toyour picnic table.And trust us – plenty of people were

taking advantage of that opportunity thisMemorial Day weekend as the weatherbroke and the sunshine covered the mo-torcycles propped up alongside the road.It was perfect “Shack Attack” weather

– a good thing, because Mace Colodnyand the gang at The Shack in Centerportopened up for the season this weekend.But this year, it feels a bit different per-haps – it’s like they never went away.That might be because Mace is, for thefirst time, giving Huntington a doublefeature.The gregarious Colodny has had the

Centerport original since 1980, when hewas a 19-year-old moonlighting at CBGBwhile running the family business. He ex-panded his reach in September 2013,when he opened The Shack “West” on

Huntington village’s Gerard Street, final-ly solving the age-old predicament ofsolving a Shack craving when it’s raining– or snowing, for that matter.With age comes maturity, and that

promises to be the case this summer at theCenterport original. In Huntington, Maceand Executive Chef Michael Heinleinsaid earlier this year they’re “on a quest”to get away from fried food, but clam-diggers have nothing to worry about; theclassic fried clams, fish and chips andshrimp remain staples. Some of thosenew dishes from the Huntington restau-rant – the ones that can be recreated in thetight roadside cooking quarters – will bemaking their way to Centerport, so keepyour eyes open.But the bread and butter on 25A, of

course, are fried clam strips, a nod to theShack’s way-back roots as a simple clambar in the Depression years. These de-lightful little morsels are lightly breadedand gently fried, keeping the outsidecrispy and the clams sweet and tender. Asto table etiquette – forget utensils; justsqueeze on some lemon and pop them inyour mouth with your hands.There’s plenty more to peruse than

clams – you’ve got pasta choices, crabcakes, plenty of lobster selections, burg-ers, and a good selection of beers on tap,with a focus on local microbreweries andup-and-coming brands.

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Life&StyleWhyWaltWhitmanStarted The Long-IslanderHISTORY

There is good reason to believe that, hadit not been for the Panic of ’37, Walt Whit-man would have never started up The Long-Islander newspaper. But as a consequenceof that economic tsunami (and a series ofhuge fires which nearly wiped out thenewspaper industry in NewYork City), 18-year-oldWalt lost his apprentice printer jobin Brooklyn and wandered back to his fam-ily's ancestral home in the Huntington arealooking for teaching and publishing work.Much of Whitman’s journalistic career

was based in Brooklyn and lower Manhat-tan, but to understand why Whitman,whose 195th birthday anniversary is Sat-urday, started The Long-Islander in 1838in Huntington, it is necessary to under-stand that Walt’s extended family wasfirmly rooted in this area and that he him-self was born in West Hills.Of course, over the course of his life,

Whitman called many places home, andhis experiences as a printing apprentice,newspaper writer and editor figure central-ly in his life at work. At age 12 he waslearning to set type for handpresses onLong Island, and then setting type onAldin Spooner’s Star in Brooklyn.However a year into that job, the nation

was hit by the “Panic of 1837,” a financialcrisis that arose after a period of nationalexpansion and prosperity. Expansion west,fueled by the building of canals and rail-roads, caused rampant land speculation,overinflation of property values, thegrowth of “wildcat banks,” and eventuallya business crash and panic.It all came to a head on May 10, 1837,

when interest rates climbed over 20 per-cent, cotton prices spiraled crazily, andfood riots erupted in NewYork City. Some39,000 Americans went bankrupt, and the

depression reduced many people to livingin the streets and others to starvation.As bad as the situation was, the impact

on the newspaper business in New Yorkwas worse – with huge fires in New YorkCity nearly wiping out the major printingand business centers of the city.Jobless, Whitman headed east to Long

Island. After stints as a teacher in LongSwamp, Woodbury and Smithtown, helanded in Huntington.In May 1838, he started up The Long-Is-

lander – a newspaper that has continued toserve the Huntington area for going on 200years. For a year or so, Walt hitched up thewagon and delivered the paper far and widehimself – but then he returned to Brooklynand lower Manhattan, where the newspa-per industry was getting back on its feet.It was a rough and tumble time for the

newspaper industry in America, highlycharged and turbulent. Whitman estab-lished a reputation for outspoken – and of-ten stubborn adherence – to editorial posi-tions that ran afoul of publishers.That, and a simultaneous disdain for the

conventions of “hard work,” in favor of sub-mergence in the high and low culture of theday, put the young man in hot water withhis employers on more than one occasion.Bottom line? Like others in the field,

Whitman’s fortunes with individual pub-lishers were quite tumultuous.The experience of the Aurora, which he

was hired to edit in 1842, was typical. Af-ter announcing their leading editor as “abold, energetic and original writer,” withinthree months Whitman left the positiondue to editorial differences with ownershipand accusations of being a “loafer.”Over the next decade, Whitman went

from paper to paper – Evening Tattler,Statesman,Democrat, The Mirror and oth-ers – then to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle,perhaps his longest run at a single publi-

cation. He also did a stint in New Orleans,joining many enterprising journalists andcommentators covering the Mexican War.After that, Whitman’s career in journal-

ism in New York resumed, but in the1850s, it was his literary work and associ-ations that took center stage.Overall, Whitman’s name is associated

with some 35 newspapers in the NewYorkarea from the 1830s to the mid-1850s. Theexperience, some say, helped shape hisvoice as a poet.“Whitman’s poetry today may stand out

for its mystical insights, [but] his poemsalso contain a great many references to ac-tual events, including political conflicts hewould have followed as a journalist,”writes Robert McNamara. “At timesWhit-man’s poetry seems to be based on report-ing, and some passages were reminiscentof a reporter’s notes. And beyond the styleof the actual poems, Whitman envisioned

the book to be popular in the way newspa-pers are. He wished to be the poet of thecommon man.”“Biographers have always recognized

Whitman's career in journalism as a promi-nent feature of his life and his developmentas the ‘poet of democracy,’” writes biogra-pher M. Jimmie Killingsworth. “Firstthrough printing and then through newswriting and newspaper editing, Whitmandiscovered the power of the written word inan age of increasing literacy.”

Walt Whitman

Even in death, Walt Whitman isracking up awards.The great poet, who was born in

Huntington, will be the first inducteeinto the Long Island Journalism Hallof Fame, a new venture by the PressClub of Long Island (PCLI) nextweek.The club, a chapter of the

Society of Professional Journalists,announced that it will create thehall of fame to recognize trailblaz-ing journalists from the past andpresent.The inaugural induction will take

place at the PCLI Media Awardsdinner on June 5 at the WoodburyCountry Club, to help commemo-rate PCLI’s 40th anniversary.

Whitman InJournalismHall of Fame

Age Is Just AnotherMusical NumberMUSIC

Accomplished pianist StanWiest is proofthat you’re never too old to meet a new goalin life.Wiest, 69, recently released his first solo

album titled “Music to Drive By,” as part ofhis “Music You Will Love” series. TheHuntington native who now lives in FortSalonga said he originally was not interest-ed in the piano, but his love and passion forthe music grew.He graduated from Walt Whitman High

School and then went to Hofstra Universityon a piano scholarship. After college, heplayed for hotels and clubs in Manhattan inthe late 1960s while also starring on theNBC soap opera “Another World.”Wiest continued to play in yacht clubs

and country clubs across the tri-state area.A number of performances included specialguests such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy DavisJr. and the Tonight Show Band.

He eventually created theA.Wiest Enter-tainment Group, which provides an array ofentertainment from wedding bands to jazzmusicians. Wiest is CEO and president ofthe agency, but still performs as orchestraleader and solo pianist.Wiest said his musical influences are clas-

sical pianist Vladimir Horowitz and jazz pi-anists Errol Garner and Oscar Peterson.His “Music to Drive By” album was a

serendipitous endeavor. Wiest recalled be-ing approached by a client to play for theclient’s wife’s birthday. The wife and clientloved the music so much that they paid forWiest to record at Euphoria recording stu-dios in Manhattan. The music later becamethe “MusicYou Drive By” album.“I started recording at 4 p.m. and record-

ed on piano nonstop for eight hours – fin-ished at midnight. It was an incredible ex-perience,” Wiest said. “After I came homethat night, my wife and I listened to the en-tire album and I was totally exhausted.”Wiest didn’t make use of many techno-

logical advancements of the day; on this al-bum, there is no over-dubbing or goingback and fixingmistakes. For the recording,the songs had to be played in their entirety.Some songs, the musician said, had to bereplayed multiple times to get it right. Thisrecording style allowed for a better sound,as if the piano was in the room with you,Wiest said.“This album is the culmination of many

years performing as a pianist and bandleader. The arrangements are my personaland emotional renderings of wonderfulsongs from the GreatAmerican Songbook,”he said.The album includes instrumentals of fa-

mous songs by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzger-ald, and others.Although starting a new career path by

means of recording can be scary for some-one in their 60s,Wiest said he still feels likethe traveling artist he was in his 20s.Wiest will be at Barnes and Noble in East

Northport on Sunday, June 8 from 2:30-3:30

p.m. He will perform selections from the al-bum, tell humorous stories from his daysperforming with celebrities, and sign CDs.The pianist said he wants people to know

that those in their 60s are part of a vibrantgeneration that knows no limitations. Hemay be 69, but in some ways he is youngerand more vibrant than ever.

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Fort Salonga pianst Stan Wiest performsand shares stories of his days playing withcelebrities in East Northport next weekend.

Thank A Vet

DEAR EDITOR:Memorial Day is synonymous

with the unofficial beginning ofsummer. While we get to enjoythe opening of the beaches andpools, the delight of tasty barbe-cues and department store sales,we need to remember the truemeaning and significance of thisholiday. It is the occasion tohonor the men and women whohave died in all wars defendingour freedoms.On May 7, due to the generosity

of George and Harry Mountanos,owners of the Larkfield, I part-nered with Suffolk CountyDirector of Veteran Services TomRonayne to host a veteransbreakfast for 200 Suffolk Countyveterans. In attendance at theevent were County ExecutiveSteve Bellone and PresidingOfficer DuWayne Gregory, eachwho served in the military to pro-tect our liberties and has carriedtheir desire to serve into civilianlife. Also in attendance wasWilliam Ober, the New YorkState Marine Corps League 2013“Marine of the Year.” Dignity

Memorial was recognized fortheir support for veterans andtheir families by providing fittingtributes to those who do not havethe means to pay for a properburial.This breakfast was our way of

letting everyone at the eventknow just how much their timeand sacrifice is appreciated. Andon Monday, May 26, numerousparades were held in the Town ofHuntington.Remember to say “thank you”

to a vet for their selfless act andfor caring enough to keep ourflag free and secure.

WILLIAMR. SPENCERCounty Legislator

18th Legislative District

Avoid An ElectricSummer

Editor’s note: The following wasadapted from a press release.

DEAR EDITOR:For many, the arrival of Memo-

rial DayWeekend signifies the un-official start to summer – and atime to finally put away snow

shovels and boots in favor ofheading outdoors for seasonalfun, projects and chores.During this time, National Grid

reminds its customers to work andplay safely when around outsideelectricity sources.Whether tossing around a ball,

landscaping or simply enjoyingthe warmer weather, customersshould always exercise cautionwhen around electric facilities,poles or equipment. National Gridreminds customers, especially atthis time of year, that contact withpower lines can cause serious in-jury or even death. Individualsshould always stay a minimum of10 feet away from overhead pow-er lines. People can be the conduitthrough which electricity flows tothe ground, so it is safest to neverwork or play in any area whereyou are in danger of directly or in-directly contacting power lines.In addition, household projects

require extra care. Observe thefollowing tips:• When painting, be careful near

electric lines, and try to keep a dis-tance of at least 10 feet, even fromthose connected to your home.Avoid touching power lines with

any part of your body, ladder ortools. Metal parts and moisture con-duct electricity, so don’t use an alu-minum ladder or a damp, moist, orwet wooden ladder. Never place aladder in a puddle of water or ondamp ground. Before erecting a lad-der, always look up to be sure it willnot come in contact with, or evencome close to, a power line.Alwayscarry ladders horizontally, and keepthem away from power lines.• Don’t use power tools (or any

electric device) while standing on adamp floor or wet ground. Be sureequipment is properly grounded. Ifthe power tool is damaged by con-tact with water, you could receive afatal shock.• Indoor extension cords are not

safe to use outdoors. Before plug-ging in any extension cord, checkto see if the insulation is cracked orfrayed. If there is damage, replaceit with a new cord.• For an added measure of pro-

tection, install Ground Fault CircuitInterrupters on all outdoor electricoutlets. They are designed to helpto prevent shock injury.• Before installing a new anten-

na, satellite dish or any rooftop ap-pliance, be certain it is clear of allpower lines. The antenna must befirmly secured to the roof and mayrequire bracing with guy wires towithstand high winds. A metal an-tenna can form a deadly conduit forelectric current if blown into a pow-er line.•Before beginning your spring

planting project, check with the ex-perts at least two full working daysin advance of digging to determinethe precise location of undergroundlines and facilities. A simple phonecall in Upstate New York to Dig

Safely NewYork, Inc., at either 811or 1-800-962-7962 or in NewYorkCity and Long Island contactNY811 at either 811 or 1-800-272-4480 can prevent personal injury,property damage, and service inter-ruptions caused by accidentallydigging into electric, gas, tele-phone, water, sewer or cable facili-ties. Visit http://bcove.me/2jj1uovoto view a short video on the impor-tance of calling 8-1-1.Outdoor recreation requires spe-

cial cautions, too.• Kites, model airplanes and oth-

er toys should be flown only inopen fields, far from any trees andpower lines. If a toy gets tangled ina tree or power line, the safest thingto do is leave it there. Don’t fly toyson damp or rainy days. Wet stringcan conduct electricity. Don’t usemetal string or a kite that has metalin its construction. If it touches apower line, the life of the personholding it could be in danger.• When sailing and fishing, be

alert near shorelines, inlets andmarinas for overhead lines thatcould come in contact with mastsor antennae. Before casting fishingline, check for nearby electric lines.• While outdoors, remember that

the coating you may see on over-head wires is intended to protectthe wire from the weather. It willnot protect you from electric shock.Overhead power lines carry veryhigh voltages, so it’s safest to as-sume that all overhead wires areelectric wires.• Stay as far away from downed

wires as possible. If you see adowned wire, immediately notifythe fire department and NationalGrid.

NATIONAL GRID

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Opinion‘Not the types set up by the printer return their impression, the meaning, the main concern.’

Less than a month after new parking fees wentinto effect in Huntington village, the Town ofHuntington has added a new option to allowthose who park at metered spaces to pop in aquarter for a 15-minute stay.The change comes in response to an uproar

raised by village merchants after fees wereraised from 25 cents to a dollar-an-hour mini-mum for prime parking on New York Avenueand Main Street, and 50y cents an hour on allother metered spaces. Shopkeepers complainedthat they were losing business from cus-tomers who wanted to quickly dash inand out.The increased fees, instituted along with new

enforcement hours, were aimed at moving long-term parkers out of prime areas and into all dayparking lots, making those spaces in the heart ofthe village available to shoppers and restaurantpatrons.Unfortunately, many businesses depend on pa-

trons being able to run in and out, and that traf-fic seemed to have dried up after fees went up. Itappears customers didn’t see it worthwhile toadd a dollar to the price of a cup of coffee.

We applaud the town’s quick action on this is-sue. Having available parking is critical to theeconomic vitality of the village, but there’s a bal-ance that must be struck. The town’s willingnessto make changes and to do so quickly is a goodsign that they are committed to finding a solu-tion. So, too, is the town’s pilot program to pro-vide valet parking at times of peak demand likeweekend dinner hours. Devoting a portion of amunicipal lot to valet parking will allow up to40-percent more cars to fit.

The parking situation is onlygoing to get tighter as a handfulof development projects are com-

pleted, including new apartments going up inthe heart of the village. So while these programsare being implemented, a committee is studyingthe economics and viability of building a park-ing structure in the village. By gathering that in-formation now, while other programs are beingput in place, the town won’t find itself playingcatch-up.There will be growing pains. It’s good to know

that the town is willing to listen and to make re-alistic adjustments as needed.

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Family Service LeagueSaysHouse TourWasMost Successful Yet

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

There are a chicken coop and a veg-etable garden in the yard, if one wouldcall it a yard – the grounds are so simul-taneously complex and cohesive thatbackyard blends into side yard and sideyard blends into front yard.There are a pool and a patio. The water

of the pool is the kind of blue one wouldfind on a Caribbean vacation. The paleyellow lounge chairs with towels andhead rests look as if they have jumped thepages of a travel brochure.Randy Statham opened his many doors

and windows on May 21 to an estimated400 strangers. His house was one of fivein the areas of Cold Spring Harbor, LloydNeck, Huntington and Huntington Baythrough which visitors walked during the63rd Annual Family Service League(FSL) House Tour.Last year, according to FSL Director of

Development Jennie Sandler-Fiocca, thehouse tour raised approximately $80,000to benefit the not-for-profit human servic-es agency, which offers such programs ascounseling and mental health services, al-cohol and substance abuse recovery serv-ices and services for homeless families.This year, Sandler-Fiocca said, she ex-

pects to surpass last year’s total.“This is the most successful tour ever,”

she said. “We’ll probably hit $100,000raised with the tour.”The tour was held in honor of longtime

FSL supporter and Beach Glass Designs

owner Jackie Higgins, as well as the lateFSL supporter Eugenie V. Kissinger.Ticketholders visit the houses, manned

by over 150 volunteers, in the order oftheir choosing from the hours of 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.“He’s so tactile,” says one woman to

several people at separate times as sheexplores Stratham’s house. She refer-ences the uniquely-textured rugs in eachroom.The indoor rooms, with their abun-

dant windows and earthy tones, couldeasily pass for outdoor rooms. And it isno accident.“I really believe in interior and exteri-

or; they work together,” Stratham said. “Iwant you to be pulled and drawn outsideand vice versa.”Stratham lives in the house with his

partner, Andrew, and their two dogs – aShorkie and a part-Chihuahua the coupleadopted from St. Croix. When he is notdesigning his own home, Statham ishelping others design theirs through hisLaurel Hollow flower shop, Scarsella’sFlowers, Greenhouses and Home.Despite apprehension, he committed

two months ago to opening his home toticketholders because he thought it wouldbe a nice thing to do, he said.The house has been a constant work in

progress since he bought it eight yearsago.“It’s a slow crawl. I do project by proj-

ect,” he said.He wallpapered one of the rooms the

night before his visitors arrived.

Randy Statham opened his home to an estimated 400 strangers on May 21 for the 63rd AnnualFSL House Tour.


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Robert Scheiner’s term as chairman ofthe Huntington Township Chamber ofCommerce may not officially begin untilJune 1, but he already looks poised for therole.Introduced in his new position at the

May 20 annual meeting and breakfast net-working event, Scheiner walked to thefront of the room in familiar stride. Hiswalk was one of confidence and comfort;his message, one of gratitude and reassur-ance. He joked with the crowd as if he hadbeen doing it for years.Perhaps that is because the room was

filled with friends and colleagues whohave known the man for years. Scheiner, aHuntington resident for nearly 30 years,was no stranger to the crowd gathered thatmorning at the Harbor Club at Prime; hehas been serving as the chamber’s co-vicechair and as a member of the nonprofit’sGovernment Relations Committee.“I think it’s the strongest chamber of

commerce on the island,” Scheiner said.Professionally, the Commack resident is

senior vice president at H2M architects +engineering, a multi-disciplined firm inMelville. He is a registered architect andprofessional planner licensed in NewYork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania andConnecticut. As head of H2M’s architec-tural group, he has directed all phases of

work in the area and also serves as H2M’sexecutive director of marketing and busi-ness development.Scheiner also volunteers his time with a

number of community organizationsincluding Leadership Huntington and theCommunity Development Corporation ofLong Island.He said he plans to continue the many

successful programs the chamber hasgrown, and will continue to make sure theorganization is financially sound. But ofcourse, the new chair has new plans of hisown.“I’d like to be more aggressive in grow-

ing the chamber,” he said, adding that hebelieves it is critical for the chamber to bemore involved in Huntington Station andMelville-area businesses – two importanteconomic drivers for the Town ofHuntington – and hopes to work moreclosely with nearby chambers who sharethe same mission.“We all have the same goal, which is

helping the Town of Huntington and mak-ing it a better place for kids and grand-kids,” Scheiner said.

Scheiner was sworn in at the meeting,along with the rest of the chamber board,which welcomed back many familiarfaces to its ranks as well as new boardmember, attorney Keith Brown, of Brown& Altman law firm in Melville. Chamberstaff also introduced members to a newmobile application, “MyChamberApp,”which members can download to theirsmartphones to access events, hot dealsand a member directory.The new chair has solid ground to stand

on thanks in part to outgoing chairmenBob Bontempi and Jim Kelly, who jointlytook over the post when then-chair LarryKushnick died just a few days into histerm in 2013. The pair had served aschairmen at different times over the pastdecade – Bontempi from 2009 to 2013,and Kelly from 2005 to 2009 – and usedtheir experience to keep the chamber oper-ating smoothly until Scheiner could stepinto the role.“I have a great deal of admiration for

both Jim and Bob. They care deeply aboutthis town, as do I. They did a wonderfuljob during a difficult time,” Scheiner said.

NewChairmanToTakeOverChamber

The Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Commit-tee is sworn in at the Harbor Club at Prime.

Meet The Leaders OfThe Huntington

Chamber

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEERRoobbeerrtt SScchheeiinneerr,, H2M GroupRRoobbeerrtt BBoonntteemmppii,, Otsuka AmericaPharmaceuticals, Inc.JJiimm KKeellllyy,, JVKelly GroupJJiimm MMccGGoowwaann,, Adelphi UniversityVViittaa SSccaattuurrrroo,, Community National BankBBrriiaann YYuuddeewwiittzz,, Office of Brian Yudewitz,Esq.

BOARD OF DIRECTORSRRoobbeerrtt AAnnsseellll,, Silverman AcamporaRRoobbeerrtt BBeerrggeerr,, Huntington HospitalSSaarraa BBlluueessttoonnee,, Leadership HuntingtonFoundationWWiilllliiaamm BBoonneessssoo,, Forchelli, Curto, Deegan,Schwartz, Mineo, & Terrana LLPAAlleexx BBoorrgg,, Borg & Borg InsuranceKKeeiitthh BBrroowwnn, Brown & AltmanJJoohhnn CCaarraacccciioolloo,, JVC BroadcastingJJeennnniiffeerr CCaassssiiddyy,, Peoples United BankJJiimm CCoonnddrroonn,, WALK RadioVViinncceenntt CCaassiilllloo,, North Shore Financial Group,an office of MetlifeSStteevvee CCoonnttee,, financial adviserMMiicchhaaeell DDeeCCrriissttooffaarroo,, John W. EngemanTheaterSSeeaann DDeelleehhaannttyy,, BAE SystemsNNeeiill GGeesscchhwwiinndd,, Baker TillyTThhoommaass GGllaassccoocckk,, Town of HuntingtonMMaarryy AAnnnn HHuurrdd,, Sunrise Outdoor AdvertisingEEiilleeeenn KKnnaauueerr,, Huntington YMCAMMaauurreeeenn LLeesslliiee,, Adelphi UniversityJJooee MMaaddddaalloonnee,, Power StrategiesJJaacckk PPaallllaaddiinnoo,, Christopher’s Courtyard CafePPeetteerr PPaassttoorreellllii,, Value DrugsGGeeoorrggee SSaannttiiaaggoo,, Briarcliffe CollegePPeetteerr SSllooggggaatttt,, Long Islander NewsJJoonn TTeenn HHaaaaggeenn,, Ten Haagen Financial GroupDDoolloorreess TThhoommppssoonn,, Huntington StationEnrichment CenterDDaavviidd WWaallssddoorrff,, Walsdorf Insurance Agency

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From left, outgoing chamber chairmen Jim Kelly and Bob Bontempi hand off the position toRobert Scheiner, of Melville’s H2M

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o Are you looking for an employeewho can follow orders, demonstrateflexibility, thrive under pressure,and set and meet goals?Then you might consider hiring

a veteran.That was the message conveyed

at the Huntington TownshipChamber of Commerce’s breakfastprogram on May 20, which detailedan initiative aptly titled “Hire aVeteran: Good for Them, Better forYou.”Presented by the chamber’s

Veterans Committee, the programdrew speakers from both small andlarge companies to share their expe-riences of working with veterans inthe workplace.Jessica Carroll, a talent acquisition

specialist at Enterprise Holdings,recalled seeing admirable traits in hersister, who served in the military. Shehad leadership skills, a strong workethic, flexibility and a goal-orientedmindset – all qualities that are highlycoveted in the workplace.“These traits are instilled during

basic training and can easily transi-tion to the private sector,” Carrollsaid. “[Veterans] have real-world,tactile experience.”She spoke of her personal experi-

ence interviewing veterans for jobopenings in her company and said“their professionalism isunmatched.” Michael Gilmartin, of Hamilton

commercial moving and storagecompany, in Huntington Station,had similar praise for veterans in asmall business setting.“The greatest thing a vet brings to

the table is a moral code of ethics.You don’t find that in everyemployee,” he said. “It is critical tohire good people. A company’sgreatest asset is its people.”Admirable traits aren’t the only

benefits veterans can bring to theworkforce. Melville attorney BrianTully told those gathered for theprogram about several state andnational aid programs available tocompanies that hire veterans. Taxcredits from the Hire a Veteran pro-gram in New York can range from$5,000 for a non-disabled post-9/11veteran to $15,000 for each quali-fied disabled post-9/11 veteran.Joe Maddalone of the chamber’s

Veterans Committee said the pur-pose of the “Hire a Veteran – Goodfor Them, Better for You” initiativeis to raise awareness of the benefitsfor employers in hiring veteransand help employers understand thatnot all veterans coming home fromtours are suffering from a disabilitylike PTSD. The committee hopes to work

through the chamber to match poten-tial employees with employers.

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As County GOP Chair John Jay LaValleaccepted the GOP nomination to run forSuffolk comptroller last week, the race forthe Democratic nomination got messier –albeit just for a moment – as a local legis-lator representing a portion of Huntingtonannounced he was considering a run, aswas another.However, that consideration ended

Friday, the county Democratic chair said,when Legislator Lou D’Amaro (D-N.Babylon) and a fellow East End legislatordropped plans to run for the Democraticcomptroller nod.While D’Amaro said the skills he built

chairing the county legislature’s BudgetandWays & Means committees, as well ashis reputation as an independent-mindedfiscal hawk, would have made him thebest candidate, the right thing to do for theparty is to unify behind one candidate.“The most important thing for us as a

party is to win this race, and I think in thiscase, a primary would drain resources andbe divisive,” D’Amaro said Friday. “I’mgoing to do the right thing as far as theparty goes.”Both instead will back Jim Gaughran

(D-Eaton’s Neck), an attorney and formercounty legislator and town board memberwho currently serves as commissioner ofthe Suffolk County Water Commission.Suffolk County Democratic Chairman

Rich Schaffer said Friday that he learnedof D’Amaro’s interest a week earlier, onMay 16. Similarly, Legislator JaySchneiderman (I-Montauk) has been con-sidering the race “for the last month or so.”But a meeting Tuesday between the

three would-be candidates, Schaffer andCounty Executive Steve Bellone, also aDemocrat, nipped both possible chal-lenges in the bud. D’Amaro said that heand Schaffer met first before the largermeeting to “hash things out” occurred.Three days after that meeting, held fol-

lowing a welcoming reception for theNew York State Democratic Convention,D’Amaro and Schneiderman both agreedto back Gaughran, Schaffer said.“Everybody understood the importance

of mounting a strong campaign against

John LaValle,” Schaffer said.Gaughran said he has no ill will toward

D’Amaro; likewise, D’Amaro saidGaughran is a friend and very capable forthe comptroller’s job.“Lou’s a great guy, a great legislator a

friend. He’s certainly well qualified,”Gaughran said.Now, the party’s attention shifts toward

challenging Republican nominee John JayLaValle, a former Town of Brookhavensupervisor and current chairman of theSuffolk County Republican Committee,who argues his fiscally-conservative waysand work to consolidate Brookhaven TownHall make him the best choice for the job.“Suffolk families need an independent

leader who will work across party lines tosafeguard our tax dollars and fight to pro-tect opportunities for our children to liveand work here on Long Island,” LaVallesaid. “As your county comptroller, I willhelp to bring accountability and trans-parency to our county government.Effective oversight can help control prop-erty taxes and stop the overwhelming debtthat is being placed on the backs of mychildren and yours.”Gaughran similarly has touted his

efforts at the Suffolk County WaterAuthority to streamline operations, andcited past experience as a Town ofHuntington councilman and county legis-lator in enacting tough ethics laws as towhy voters should cast a ballot for him.“I have every expectation that I’m going

to win this race,” Gaughran said.

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D’Amaro Drops Bid ForCounty Comptroller

Legislator Lou D’Amaro, left, announcedFriday he will not challenge DemocraticComptroller candidate Jim Gaughran forthe party’s nomination.



After Uproar, Downtown Parking Rules Eased After ‘loud and clear’ demand, town will allow drivers to pay for parking a quarter at a time

HUNTINGTON VILLAGE

A 15-minute parking option has beenadded in Huntington village less than amonth after $1-per-hour minimums wereinstituted for street parking.

Town spokesman A.J. Carter said Fridaythat shoppers visiting Huntington villagewill, hopefully by the end of next week, beable to pay 25 cents for 15 minutes ofparking at one of the town’s multi-spacemeter spots along New York Avenue andMain Street. A quarter will now also buy30 minutes of parking at street parking onside roads.

In late April, the town increased parkingin prime areas to $1 an hour, and 50 centsper hour elsewhere in town, up from aquarter per hour everywhere. At the sametime, they implemented a 1-hour mini-mum for parking purchases.

The change to allow customers to payfor parking a quarter at a time should beimplemented by the end of this week,Carter said, once the manufacturer of themulti-meters is able to reprogram the sys-tem. The one-hour minimum, however,will remain in effect for credit card park-ing purchases.

“This is in response to some clear com-ments, both from store owners and shop-pers, that they felt there should be some ac-

commodation made for people who wantedto get a quick cup of coffee or drop some-thing off or pick something up quickly,”Carter said.

Town officials previously planned for aquarterly review of the new parking proce-dures, but Carter said “the message wasloud and clear and the adjustments are go-ing to be made much quicker than that.”

After the new parking rates and system,which went live April 28, merchants andshoppers argued the one-hour minimumunfairly burdened businesses, especiallyones that relied on quick stays and fasttransactions.

Huntington Township Chamber ofCommerce co-chairman Bob Bontempisaid a village parking consortium, includ-ing the town, Huntington TownshipChamber of Commerce, the BID, theTown Economic Development Corp. andThe Paramount, brought that feedback tothe town board, which then decided to actupon those recommendations.

“Twenty-five cents for 15 minutes is anoutcome of that,” he said. “It’s another stepin this 30-year process toward remedyingthe parking challenges in the villages, andit’s not the last step.”

The new parking fee structure was abyproduct of a village parking study fi-nanced by the consortium, which includes

recommendations on how to best resolveparking congestion and a lack of access toparking in the downtown village.

Meanwhile, valet parking in the NewStreet municipal parking lot remains onschedule to begin in the second half ofJune. Town officials hope the pilot pro-gram will increase the capacity of that lotby as much as 40 percent.

A contract with Parkmobile to launch asmart phone parking app, which would al-low consumers to remotely “feed the me-ter,” is still in the works, Carter said. Onceit is signed, the app should be live within2-3 weeks. Consumers choosing to pay re-motely would also be charged a $0.25-$0.35 service fee in addition to the parkingpayment.

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VA Sets War Hero Tribute In StoneTOWN OF HUNTINGTON

As members of the Northport VA Med-ical Center team unveiled a permanenttribute Friday to the soldiers who fought inthe major wars throughout America’s his-tory, key players behind the project re-soundingly applauded the care provided atthe facility.

As Long Island’s Congressional delega-tion looked on from the front row, theglowing endorsement came as the careprovided at VA hospitals around the coun-try has come under a microscope after re-ports emerged that dozens of veterans inthe care of the VA facility in Phoenix, Az.died waiting for care while on a secretwaiting list.

“All I can say is [that] we get the jobdone here. I’m not going to comment onstuff in the news – although I’m actuallydoing it, right?” Phil Moschitta, directorof the Northport VA Medical Center, said.“I just want to make sure people under-stand that our staff and our mission is veryfocused, and we do what’s right for ourveterans. I thank God for the staff that Ihave here, and I’m very proud to be theirdirector.”

Congressman Steve Israel (D-Hunting-ton) said his family experienced that qual-ity of care first-hand, as his uncle, Jackie,a Korean War veteran, spent the finalmonths of his life in the VA’s care.

“When I would visit him on Sundays, Iwould ask him, ‘Uncle Jackie, what kindof care are you getting?’ He would look atme and say, ‘The best on the planet.’Thank you for taking care of my UncleJackie,” Israel said.

Those comments came as the Wall ofWars, a collection of 12 black granite pan-els, each depicting one of America’s major

wars in its history, was dedicated ahead ofMemorial Day weekend.

The Wall of Wars is the third and finalstage of a project dating back to 2009 tocreate a tranquil, safe place for veteransand visitors, and the result of countlesshours of volunteer labor and scores of do-nations from benefactors near and far.

At the Northport VA center five yearsago, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Gar-den was constructed. Two years later, astage and patio were added, setting thestage for the permanent tribute unveiledFriday, which several speakers said fills avoid felt since the Dignity Memorial Viet-nam Wall, which was on site for three daysin October 2011, left.

“It was a magical week for us,” saidRich Kitson, president of the SuffolkCounty Chapter of the Vietnam Veteransof America and chief of voluntary serviceat the Northport VA. “When it left, therewas a void – there was an absolute void.From that void, we created a concept of aWall of Wars that will live in memory for-

ever that salutes all veterans.”The gardens and pavilion have become

“the epicenter of our healthcare” and astaging ground for formal programs, clin-ical offerings like tai chi, recreationalevents and, most importantly, a place toheal, Moschitta said.

“This has brought our community to-gether, it’s brought our veterans together,and it’s brought our staff together,” Kitsonadded.

Where they chose to build the garden,

plaza and Wall of Wars is no accident. Kit-son said several mental health outreachcenters, as well as drug and alcohol andPTSD clinics, are situated in buildings sur-rounding the new gardens.

Northport arts groups were well repre-sented during the afternoon’s ceremonies.The program began with a performance bythe Northport Pipe & Drum Band, whilemembers of the Northport High SchoolBrass Ensemble and Tour Choir performedpatriotic staples throughout the ceremony.

Northport VA Director Phil Moschitta welcomes hundreds to the unveiling of the hospital’snew Wall of Wars, a 12-panel tribute to America’s war heroes situated behind him.

The Northport Pipe & Drum Band performsprior to the beginning of the ceremony.


Half Hollow Hills residents voted to passits budget and to re-elect incumbents DianaAcampora, Paul Peller and Betty DeSaba-to to the school board last week.

The May 20 election saw 2,084 votes forthe budget and 709 against, and a closerace for trustee positions. Adam Kleinbergcame out with just 9 votes less thanDeSabato – cause for an unofficial victoryon DeSabato’s part as of last Thursday be-cause of 10 affidavit ballots in need of ver-ification, Kleinberg said.

“Following an election, it is imperativeto ensure that the community reunites andworks as a whole towards the future,”Kleinberg said in post on his campaign

page. “I would like to stay active and amvolunteering my services to join any boardcommittee that the board members or ad-ministrators would like me to participateon.”

According to Kleinberg, he receivedmore in-person votes than two of the in-cumbents; the other incumbents won as aresult of absentee ballot votes.

Peller said that the results are represen-tative of community sentiment.

“Considering that we cut $18 million outof the budget over the last three years andclosed two schools, I think the fact that thethree incumbents were reelected is really atestament to the quality of people that weare the hard work and the care and consid-eration that we’ve given to the communi-ty,” he said, “which I think people respect

even though we’ve made some difficult de-cisions that aren’t necessarily popular buthad to be done.”

The current school board announced thisyear that it would close both Forest Parkand Chestnut Hill elementary schools,sending students to different schools forthe 2014-2015 school year.

Meanwhile, despite community unrestafter the school closings were an-nounced, the 2014-2015 budget passedby a margin of over 70 percent, accord-ing to Peller – a margin wider, he said,than ever before.

The budget, which falls within the taxlevy cap, represents the district’s lowestbudget-to-budget increase in 18 years, ac-cording to a district budget brochure.

The $234,216,849 budget allows for the

continuation of the district’s educationalprograms as well as the restoration of suchpositions and funds as additional psychol-ogist support at Candlewood MiddleSchool, coach and assistant coach posi-tions, and full-time assistant principals ineach elementary school.

Also included in the budget is a line setto bring a generator to High School East.The school would then potentially becomea Red Cross shelter.

“[We want to] get back to uniting thecommunity,” Acampora said. “We’repleased that we can just move forward andget back to the business of education.”

The incumbents’ victory, she said, was a“nice affirmation” that the community un-derstood why the board made the contro-versial decisions it did.


Usdan Center Students Handing Out ‘Hope’WHEATLEY HEIGHTS

In times of destruction and sadness, it’s best to look fora silver lining.

That message – a message of hope – was put forth bystudents of the Usdan Center for the Creative and Per-forming Arts in Wheatley Heights with a project cen-tered upon the horrors of hate events like the Holocaust,but also upon the achievements and success had bythose who were able to live through such events.

With the project consisting of pictures and symbolsthat portray the notion of overcoming death and sad-ness, the students fittingly dubbed it “Hope.”

“I believe it’s very important to note that people wereable to live successful lives after the Holocaust,” RochelleMorgan, Usdan art department chair, said of the proj-ect. “We really wanted to get down to what exactly thestudents’ knowledge of things like the Holocaust wasand if they knew any survivors.”

On May 18, the Usdan students were rewarded for theproject by the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Cen-ter in Glen Cove, but the story begins long before that.

After asking the students if they knew any Holocaustsurvivors, it “became natural” for Morgan to introduce

the students to her mother and aunt, Lucy Gutman andRita Kurz, both of whom are Holocaust survivors.

Students at Usdan, a summer camp of arts and Unit-ed Jewish Appeal agency, interviewed Gutman and Kurzto serve as a basis for the project, which two classes –photography and painting, made up of about 40 stu-dents – soon got to work on.

Lori Sklar, a photography teacher at Usdan, andHillary Broder, a painting teacher, headed up the class-es as they worked on the project, which consisted of var-ious photographs of Gutman and Kurz, along with sym-bols of the Holocaust like barbed wire and Jewish arti-facts. After its competition last summer, Usdan staffshopped around for venues to display the piece, whichstands at 4 feet high and 6 feet wide.

“Since it’s a very unusual piece it requires a fair amountof space to be able to be viewed from its two differentsides, so we weren’t sure where we could display it,” DaleLewis, executive director of Usdan, said. “We contactedthe center and asked them if they were interested.”

Each spring, the center sponsors a competition forstudents that focuses on themes of social justice, toler-ance, and respect for diversity – a perfect opportunityfor the “Hope” project. The piece was entered into the“multimedia/still” category and won first prize.

However, while the award ceremony was undoubtedlysatisfying, Morgan seemed more interested in the overallmessage put forth by the project: the message of hope.

“When you have people who are naysayers of the Holo-caust, I think it’s very important for us to have witnessesthat lived through it all,” Morgan said. “These people areelderly now and aren’t going to be with us forever.”


Lucy Gutman, left, and Rita Kurz, the inspirations for Usdanstudents “Hope” project, stand beside the art collaborationthat won first place in a contest.

Applications Open For Senior HousingMELVILLE

Residents looking to move into The Clubat Melville can now enter a town lottery foran opportunity to buy one of the 260 af-fordable senior homes, town officials an-nounced Thursday.

The lottery, which is set for July 17, willbe run by the town’s Community Develop-ment Agency for homes priced at three dif-ferent income levels in the for-sale, age-re-stricted development.

The income levels and the sales price foreach category are: 80 percent of median in-come (sales price $211,750; maximum in-come for a two-person household is$67,800); 120 percent of the median in-come ($317,750/$101,650); and 130 per-cent of median income($385,000/$120,281).

Applicants who do not meet the incomerestrictions may apply as well. They may beoffered the opportunity to purchase one ofthe $385,000 units if any are available, de-pending on the results of the lottery process.

Officials broke ground on The Club inlate October 2013. Of the 18 acres, 13 acreswill be used for The Club, while the restwill host a BAPS mandir. Plans for TheClub include gardens, wooded areas, apond and a gazebo, as well as a 4,000square-foot clubhouse including a fitnesscenter, common room with fireplace and alounge.

The BAPS moved to the Deshon Drivesite after agreeing to sell to the town the 8-plus acre Meyer’s Farm property, whereSweet Hollow Park will be created near OldCountry and Round Swamp Roads. Devel-opment rights from the Sweet Hollow Parkland were transferred to 25 Deshon Drive.

To enter the lottery, residents must com-plete a form, which can be downloadedfrom the town’s website. That completedform should then be mailed to: the Hunt-ington Community Development Agency,Attention: The Club at Melville; 100 MainSt., Room 309, Huntington, NY 11743.

Only one application per family is al-lowed. Forms must be submitted to theCommunity Development Agency office on

or before 4 p.m. July 10, or be postmarkedby that date.

The lottery will be held at 9:30 a.m. July17 at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 ParkAve., Huntington. Hopeful homebuyers donot need to be present for the drawing.

Anyone whose lottery number entitlesthem to buy a home will then be asked tocomplete a formal application and provide

income and asset documentation to verifytheir income-restricted eligibility.

To see renderings of the community, callthe developer’s off-site sales office at 516-597-5040. For questions about the lottery,call Diane Teets, program administrator atthe Community Development Agency, at631-351-2884, or email [email protected].

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H u n t i n g t o nStation residentShannon Feeneycaught this 7-pound-plus flukeaboard the JamesJoseph out ofHuntington onMay 17.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKSTEVE ISRAEL

“[Cuomo]’s got to do well on LongIsland. The suburbs I think repre-sent a particularly important battle-ground for him, and that’s why he’schosen to have the convention onLong Island.”

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Backing Into Trouble

A 23-year-old from Melville is in hot water after heallegedly backed into a car, then took off. Police saidthe man, at 4:45 p.m. on May 18, drove his 2003 BMWinto another car, resulting in damage to the com-plainant’s rear driver’s side door. Instead of stoppingand exchanging information, he hit the gas instead, butpolice weren’t far behind.

Stick-Up Companion Busted

Two 18-year-olds, including one from Melville, werearrested in Lindenhurst on robbery charges. Police saidthe Melville teen accompanied the other suspect whenhe held another male up at gunpoint – the weapon,police said, turned out to be a BB gun – and stole prop-erty from the victim.

Money Man Gets Ripped Off

Someone who was at a certified financial planner’soffice in Melville May 20 left their office feeling a littlelighter in the wallet May 20. That’s because police saidsomeone stole a wallet from the complainant’s officebuilding on Walt Whitman Road at 1 p.m.

Duck!

A car parked in the New Street municipal lot inHuntington was damaged May 17. Police said that some-one chucked a bottle through the rear window of the2010 Mazda, breaking the rear window, at 12:30 a.m.that day.

Cat Scratch Fever

A motorist was disgruntled to discover someone hadtaken some liberties on the roof of her 2000 HondaCivic May 18. While parked on the side of Old CountryRoad in Melville, someone scratched the paint on thehood of her car sometime between May 19 and 9 a.m.the day before.

Well, That Wasn’t Worth It

A push and a shove after stealing a shirt led to robberycharges for a 24-year-old Huntington Station man May15. Police said the man was at 180 Walt Whitman RoadNov. 3, when he allegedly stole a shirt from the store atapproximately 6:30 p.m. When a security guardapproached him, he responded by pushing the guard andfleeing. After being arrested May 15 for third-degree rob-bery, he was also charged with drug counts – for criminalpossession of a narcotic drug and criminal possession ofmarijuana.

Move Your Car… Or Else

Suffolk County police are investigating a May 16harassment complaint in Centerport which all revolvedaround a car. Police said that the suspect wanted thecomplainant to move his car. When that didn’t happen,the complainant got punched in the face in his drivewayat about 9:15 a.m.

Are we ‘in’ or ‘on’ Long Island?... Can weplease, finally get one thing straight? I’m sick of al-ways hearing people say they’re “in” Long Island.You are not “in” Long Island; you are on it. Long Is-land is not a city – go home,Long Island City. Long Islandis an island. You can be in acity so go ahead and be “in”Long Island City all you want. But just remember:you are, once and for all, always and forever, goingto be on Long Island.

Floating away… Now don’t get me wrong, I’mall for a little water – especially on Memorial Dayweekend – but I’d much rather have that water be ac-companied by some sand and sun at the beach andnot dark and dreary clouds. Did you see that rainstorm on Friday night that came out of nowhere?Darn near turned Main Street into Main River. Therewere a lot of wet socks in the office that day. Almosthad me pulling my best Huckleberry Finn imperson-ation in my Buick except this wasn’t no fun-lovingadventure.

Stop beeping… We all understand that you’re themost important person in the world and that you ab-solutely need to be at the front of the line every sin-gle time the light turns red, but can you just stophonking? Maybe now that our office is smack dab inthe middle of Huntington village, I am just hearingthe symphony of traffic more than I ever used to, butit seems like impatience has become an epidemic. Ihad a guy on Wall Street the other day honk his hornfor – I kid you not – 20 straight seconds. Didn’t letup once. Just 20 straight seconds of HONK. Whatcould be that important? Did the honk-ee fall asleepat the wheel? Was there a tiny man in the hood of thecar just screaming for help? Whatever it was, justplease make it stop.

Moving bites… Speaking of our recent move,we’ve been in our (very nice) new digs at 14 Wall St.for three months now, and even after the physicalaches of the great schlep are over, moving remains agiant pain in the wazoo. For starters, once the essen-

tials were set up – computers, desks, phones, pens,paper, etc. – the rest was done on an “unpack as yougo” process. And if you know a thing or two about

the hectic world of newspaper-ing, there ain’t much disposabletime – in fact, the day after wemoved in, we were putting to-gether a paper! – and so, westill have boxes to and fro. Anyunpacking tips for us?

To and fro, up we go… Oh, and we’re sorry forall of those people and things that keep getting lost– our mail, our readers and our customers alike.Heck, I’ve seen stuff postmarked for three officesago trundle its way into our new office a few dayslate and covered with yellow stickers. So, first Imust ask, if we’re on a mailing list of yours, pleasenote our new address! And to our readers, advertis-ers and subscribers, next time you’re in town, payus a visit – we’re on the second floor above Madi-son’s Niche, across from Jonathan’s restaurant, andthere’s a very nice door on the right side of the frontof the building.

Another story from the fair… My friend Marywrote to me about another Worlds Fair 1963 story.Her daughter was 3 years old at the time, and Marypushed her around the fair in the stroller. As littlegirls do, her daughter grew up and eventually met aman, married him, and the couple had a son together.They at some point find out that they were both at thefair that day, only the husband was a 17-year-oldboy! It just goes to show you that you never knowwhere, when and how your paths with cross, so don’tforget to put on that smile before you leave thehouse!

(Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have com-ments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in yourneck of the woods, write to me today and let me knowthe latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie,c/o The Long-Islander, 14 Wall Street, Huntington NY11743. Or try the e-mail at [email protected])

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