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New school aid maintains programs, teachersby Douglas Finlay
While one public official told MerrickLife the new state aid to local schools inthe 2013-2014 New York State legislativebudget “is never enough,” school officialswere still glad to see increases that willhelp maintain the status quo of class sizes,programs and teachers – rather than incurmore losses.
Dr. Christine Grucci, the MerrickSchool District’s assistant superintendentfor business and technology, told thisnewspaper that the district was pleasedwith no further cuts to school aid.
Getting $267,002, or a 5.33% increasein school aid, will “enable us to maintainour instructional programs” for the fore-seeable future.
The 2013-14 school budget of$45,223,466, is $1,935,652 more than the
2012-13 budget of $43,287,814, or a4.47% increase. The tax levy increase isestimated at 3.43%, Dr. Grucci said.
She added, however, that it was still tooearly to tell if the increase in school aidcould offset any potential teacher layoutsdue to decreasing enrollment.
Final numbers have not been madeavailable, she said.
David Feller, superintendent of schoolsfor the North Merrick School District, calledthe school aid increase of $450,000 signifi-cant. “We will be able to prevent cuts to ourprograms and maintain class sizes at currentlevels rather than reduce them,” he said. Inaddition, no teachers will be laid off.
He said the school aid increase willenable the district to keep the tax levy hikeat 3.21% on a 2013-14 budget of$28,897,000, up 4.92% from 2012-13’sbudget of $27,541,000. “Our allowable
tax levy cap is 3.63%,” he added.Mr. Feller wished to thank state Senator
Charles Fuschillo Jr., and stateAssemblymen Dave McDonough andTom McKevitt for their uncompromisingwork in securing more funding for LongIsland schools, especially the high tax aid.
“The high tax aid offsets the formula-driven model that gives more to upstate andless to downstate districts,” he continued.
Mark Schissler, new superintendent forbusiness at the North Bellmore Schools,remarked to this newspaper that the new$50,498,245 2013-14 budget will includean increase of $776,128 in state aid, or6.99%. The 2013-14 budget also reflects a2.5% tax levy increase from 2012-13’s$48,101,775 budget.
“These increases in state aid are goingtoward maintaining the tax levy increase atless than 3% while maintaining pro-
grams,” Mr. Schissler said.In an email to this newspaper, Cynthia
Strait-Regal, superintendent for businessat the Bellmore-Merrick Central HighSchool District, she said that the increaseof $1,133,459, or 6.52% in state aid wouldbe “helpful” by allowing the district to “beless reliant on applied fund balances.”
Applied fund balances refer to anyunspent monies that are carried over to thefollowing year’s budgets.
However, Ms. Strait Regal said that,unlike the other two school districts whowould keep their teachers, “Our teacherlayoffs...were due to a decrease inenrollment.”
The district will see a tax levy hike of3.48% in the 2013-14 budget, based on abudget of $135,920,888 and the need tocollect $106,814,583 of that through thetax levy.
Merrick Chamber KidsFest is this weekendby Erin Donohue
Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April28, the Merrick Chamber of Commercehosts its annual KidsFest in the parking lotof the Merrick LIRR. Parking in the areawill be limited after the rides arrive –between Wednesday and Thursdayevening – and parking lot sections will beclosed as of 6 p.m. Friday.
On display will be members of thechamber discussing their businesses andservices, and selling their goods. NassauCounty crafters return with distinctiveitems for sale. Music will be performedthroughout the weekend, dancers will per-form and a music competition will be held.
Entertainment will be at both ends of theparking lot at the gaze-bo, where radio stationsK-JOY and 94.3 TheShark will spin music.
At the gazebo therewill also be live per-formances from a chil-dren’s magician, andmusical performancesby Charlie Dane, KaylaStockert, Bryce Larsen,Zeiss and the Boys,Ryan Doby, KatiePearlman and the bandIridesense.
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the west end of the parking lot Rising Stars Performing Arts will present its singingcontest finalists Sunday at 1 p.m., anddancers from Integral Ballet will performat their booth location. More acts areexpected to be added.
On Friday, April 26 (beginning at 6 p.m.)the midway carnival area by NewtonShows will be open with rides, games andfood. Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April28 (10 a.m.-6 p.m., rides begin at 11 a.m.)visitors can check out the vendors.
The opening ceremony for the festival is11 a.m. on Saturday. This annual eventserves as a fundraiser for the MerrickChamber of Commerce Scholarship Fundthat gives prizes to graduates from allthree local high schools.photo by Serengeti Design Studios
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Tom Riordan, Post 1282 commander, dies at 82Robert Tom Riordan, 82, of North
Merrick, a dedicated advocate for veteransand devoted family man, died onThursday, April 19. He will be remem-bered for his “just ask” philosophy thatensured that veterans and soldiers receivedtheir fair share and were never forgotten.
Mr. Riordan is survived by his wifeMargaret of 50 years and his three chil-dren: Peggy Vento (Michael), AnneManson (Steven) and Robert (Megan), aswell as his brother, Paul.
He is the grandfather of Ryan, Patrick,Matthew, Tara, Christopher, Timothy,Kevin, Julia, Brian and Sara, and is alsosurvived by many loving nieces andnephews.
Robert Tom Riordan was born inManhattan on July 20, 1930. He wasalways called by his middle name Tom,never Robert. According to his daughterPeggy, “It was my great grandmother whosaid the name ‘Robert’ was too big a namefor such a little baby and she called himTom. It stuck,” she explained.
Mr. Riordan served in the UnitedStates Marines from 1951 to 1953. Hemarried Margaret in 1962 after twoyears of courtship, and in 1969 the cou-ple moved to North Merrick. He was aself-employed businessman in theinsurance business and also worked as aNassau County park ranger.
He joined the American Legion in 1988and became of a member of the NorthBellmore American Legion Post 1749,where he served as president of the post’sbuilding unit. He later served as command-er for three years. During his term heobtained a grant of $60,000 to help reno-vate the Post.
In 1997 he transferred into MerrickAmerican Legion Post 1282 to help ensure
that the Post was able tokeep its charter amiddwindling membership.Mr. Riordan aggressivelysought to attract newmembers to ensure that thePost could remain in thecommunity. It was this“just ask” philosophy hecarried with him all his lifethat helped grow member-ship from 15 people toover 160 members.
“As a young teenagergoing to dances, I’d ask agirl to dance,” said Mr.Riordan in a 2011 inter-view with the AmericanLegion Dispatch. “Sometimes she wouldsay yes and sometimes she’d say no. Ifshe said no, I’d just walk away.
“I take that approach with the AmericanLegion. When I see a veteran in the com-munity, I ask him or her to join. They mightsay yes, or they might say no. But it does-n’t hurt to ask,” he said.
Under his leadership Post 1282 has alsoreceived national and local recognition forexcellence.
As the Post commander, Mr. Riordanactively pursued a number of differentservice projects to benefit veterans, sol-diers and the community. He helped organ-ize collection efforts of used eyeglasses togive to residents in need, and old books tobe donated to veterans in the Northport VANursing Home.
In addition, he organized the collectionof old cellphones, which are then sold togenerate proceeds to purchase care pack-ages for Nassau County residents servingin Iraq and Afghanistan. He worked withstudents from Merrick Avenue Middle
School to send care pack-ages to American troopsstationed overseas.
Mr. Riordan was afamiliar figure at MerrickLife, dropping by fre-quently to make sure thepaper “got the word outabout the veterans andsoldiers,” he would say,and to briefly chat abouthis beloved hometownand his family.
In addition to his serv-ice to veterans and sol-diers, Mr. Riordan was apast Grand Knight of theKnights of Columbus
Pope Pius XII Council and a past-presi-dent of Holy Name Society at SacredHeart Church.
He has been honored many times,including as Merrick’s Man of the Year in2001, recipient of the Town of HempsteadVeterans Medal in 2002, election asNassau County’s commander of theAmerican Legion in 2005, recipient of theNassau County Distinguished ServiceAward in 2007 and induction into the stateSenate Veterans’ Hall of Fame in 2010.
“I am deeply saddened by the passing of
one of our community’s most devotedleaders,” said state Senator CharlesFuschillo Jr. in a statement to Merrick Life.
“Tom was a tireless and passionateadvocate for our veterans. Whether it wasorganizing service projects to benefit veter-ans in the Northport VA hospital, workingwith students to help send care packages totroops serving overseas, or coordinatingveterans’ remembrance ceremonies in thecommunity, Tom never stopped fightingfor those who fought for us.
“Tom touched many lives through hisgenerosity. As his incredible legacy ofservice shows, our entire community is abetter place because of Tom. He will begreatly missed. My heartfelt condolencesare with his family,” said the senator.
Tom always knew what was mostimportant in life. In a telephone conversa-tion with Merrick Life just before his death,he confided that he was “the richest man intown. I am surrounded by my loving fami-ly. What else could any man ask for?”
Viewing took place at the BellmoreFuneral Home in North Bellmore; a Massof Christian Burial was held at SacredHeart Roman Catholic Church in Merrick.Interment is at Long Island NationalCemetery in Farmingdale.
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What is the difference between a coach and a teacher?
A coach knows each player for his strengthsand positions him accordingly. That big kidwith the strong kick in defense, the speedy lit-tle kid in front, the one with the great reflexesin the goal. A New York State public schoolteacher is expected to prepare all his studentsin the same material.
A coach’s passion for a sport ignites a sparkin the kids he is mentoring. A New York Statepublic school teacher does not have time todeviate from the planned curriculum.
A coach teaches skills that will build on eachother to make a standout junior varsity player avarsity star, while always remembering that histeam is only as good as its least adept player. ANew York State public school teacher isexpected to prepare his students to take a test,not truly learn the subject.
A coach’s mantra is “It is not whether youwin or lose, it’s how you play the game.” ANew York State public teacher’s livelihoodrides on how well his students do on the test.
A coach inspires a lifelong habit of physicalexercise that is not a task but a joy. A New YorkState public school teacher is supposed to teachchildren to take tests, not ignite in them a loveof learning for learning’s sake.
A coach teaching his kids teamwork is cru-cial to success. A New York State public schoolteacher has a room full of students each intenton the same task.
Something is wrong here.Want to end high-stakes testing? Call
Governor Andrew Cuomo at (518) 474-8390or email Commissioner of Education Dr. JohnB. King at [email protected].
FOUND: A bracelet wasfound on Bedford Avenue theweek of April 3. Call 377-1357,with identification of bracelet,daytime.
© © ©CHSD TO MEET: Bellmore-
Merrick CHSD will hold itsmonthly Board of Educationmeeting and final budget hearingon Wednesday, May 8, at 8 p.m.in the Board Room, 1260Meadowbrook Road, NorthMerrick. All are invited to attend.
© © ©SPIRITUAL RETREAT: A
Spiritual Retreat will be held atMerrick United MethodistChurch on Sunday, April 27,from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The presen-ter will be the Rev. Dr. PennyGadzini, pastoral counselor andstate licensed mental healthcounselor.
The theme is “Helping Peopleto Heal.” The church is at 1425Merrick Avenue North Merrickwith additional parking at the rearof the church.
For information call thechurch office at 378-9222. Theretreat is free of charge, butlunch must be brought.Beverages will be provided.
© © ©VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
FOR “SPRING CLEANSWEEP”: The South MerrickCommunity Civic Associationwill meet at Cammann’s PondPark on Sunday, April 28, at 2p.m. to begin its Third AnnualSpring Clean Sweep.
Local Girl and Boy Scouttroops will participate. All resi-dents are also welcome to partic-ipate. Volunteers are asked tobring gloves.
The event is scheduled to con-tinue with planting and cleanup ofareas, including the Merrick Roadpost office, Julian Lane Park andClubhouse Road at Merrick Roadthe following weekend.
Contact SMCCA President JoeBaker at 978-8310 or [email protected] if you haveany questions.
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TOUR: Do you have a questionabout town government? Are youconcerned about something hap-
pening in your community? Canyou offer suggestions on how toimprove an area of your home-town? If so, Hempstead TownCouncilman Gary Hudes invitesyou to meet with him at SacredHeart Church in North Merrickon Monday, April 29, at from 5-7 p.m., as part of his “Gary onthe Go” Sixth CouncilmanicDistrict tour.
© © ©BUDGET VOTE: Absentee
ballots will be available for theupcoming North Merrick SchoolDistrict budget vote and trusteeelection on Tuesday, May 21.Applications for absentee votingmay be requested from JoanneLong, district clerk, in writing orby calling 282-1802.
To be eligible for an absenteeballot, a resident must be regis-tered to vote on the district or gen-eral election rolls and meet one ofthe following criteria:
• A patient in a hospital orunable to appear personally at thepolling place on such day becauseof illness or physical disability.
• Duties, occupation, businessor studies will require the residentto be outside of the country or cityof their residence on such day.
• Absent due to vacation.• Detainment in jail.
© © ©SAVE THE DATE: The
North Bellmore CoordinatingCouncil of PTAs invites the com-munity to a free screening of“Race to Nowhere” tonight,April 25, at 7 p.m. at theBrookside School, 1260Meadowbrook Road, NorthMerrick. Seating is limited.
“Race to Nowhere” is anaward-winning documentary thathighlights the unintended conse-quences of our pressure-cookerculture and educational system.An eye-opening call to action, thefilm challenges current assump-tions about how to best prepareyoung people for the future.There will be a panel discussionto follow.
You can visit the website atwww.racetonowhere.com to viewa trailer of the film, along withsome additional clips (under theFILM tab).
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for questions, contact DianeSadofsky or email to [email protected]
© © ©THE MEMORIAL DAY
PARADE will be held onMonday, May 27. Marchers gath-er at 8:45 p.m. and the paradebegins 9:30 a.m. If your organiza-tion wishes to participate in theMerricks’ parade, contactMerrick American Legion Post1282, 160 West Merrick Road,521-6989. Replies are needed byMay 13.
© © ©THE SPRING FESTIVAL
will be held on Saturday, May 4,from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. John’sLutheran Church on the corner ofMerrick Avenue and MargaretBoulevard. The festival will haveactivities for the whole familyincluding a plant sale, bakedgoods, crafts, food and more. Forinformation call 379-3858 or 652-7549, or email [email protected].
© © ©ANNUAL VOLLEY: North
Merrick teachers team up toplay volleyball. Come cheerthem on at Frasier Park (acrossfrom Old Mill Road School) onWednesday, May 8 (raindateMay 22), from 4-7 p.m. Thereis no entry fee but spectatorsare asked to bring a new book.All books will be donated toschools on Long Island thathave lost their libraries due tosuperstorm Sandy. All childrenmust be supervised by an adult.
© © ©S E P T A S E M I N A R :
Tonight, April 25, at 8 p.m.Bellmore-Merrick Central HighSchool District, in conjunctionwith Bellmore-Merrick SEPTAand Community Parent Center,will host the workshop on HowTo Protect Your Child Legallyand Financially, offered byAndrew Cohen, Esq. and MitchWeisbrot, CLU. at CalhounHigh School, 1786 State Street,Merrick. The seminar will beheld in the B169 room.
For information, call CherylGitlitz, LCSW, at 992-1349.
To learn about the speakers,you can visit www.amcohen-law.com and www.mitchweis-brot.com.
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SMALL BUSINESSEXPO: MerrickChamber ofCommerce Vice-Presidents MargaretBiegelman and IraReiter spoke to sever-al people in the com-munity about the ben-efits of becomingchamber members,and what it does tosupport the local busi-nesses and town.Visit the chamberbooth at the KidsFestthis weekend.
Kennedy Unplugged delivers a delightful eveningby Dylan Campbell
Kennedy High School held its annualJFK Unplugged talent show lastThursday night in the three-quarters-filled chorus room.
The rhythmic event was not only asource of entertainment but held an evenbigger meaning: One dollar of the $10admission was later donated to theBellmore food pantry.
JFK Unplugged was a chockful arrayof entertainment and talent that appearsto be hidden within the Kennedy studentbody. Its host, Austin Koenigstein, alongwith performers, made the night as suc-cessful as anticipated. Each performancewas outstanding, a result of the readyingand try outs prior to the occasion.
The preparation by artists brought outpeak performances, such as the eloquentpiano playing of Eric Fegan on “Take aPebble,” contrasted by the slightly morehumorous, charismatic and entertainingperformance by Jeme Casco and JoeChiarovano of “If I Had a MillionDollars” by Bare Naked Ladies.
Along with these performances wasthe stunning voice of Mara Friedmanin “Body and Soul” and the outstandingharmonies of Rebecca Jellinek, Austin,Sarah Lermsider and Jake Sachs in“Because” by The Beatles that helpedshape the memorable night.
The event was also marked with analumni performance and Music Boostersnack sale of donated food from localplaces such as Mary’s Pizza.
All in all, the uncovering of hithertohidden talent was a great experience forthe all attendees. Blake Lingenau,Kennedy student and music enthusiastremarked, “This event was a favorite. Itshows a different side of school past allthe books and tests. The different dimen-
sions and sides of Kennedy are whatmakes it great.”
Dylan is news editor of the KennedyCougar Crier and a Merrick Life intern.
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RobbieRosen –Merrick’sOwn Idolwill BeOne ofTheJudges
Natalie Giovino, a senior atKennedy High School, has receivedfirst place in the category of medicinein the Long Island Science andEngineering Fair.
She will now move on to competeas a finalist in the Intel InternationalScience and Engineering Fair beingheld this year in Phoenix, Arizona.
Her research took into account thata major obstacle in the fight againstcancer is the development of resist-ance to current treatments. Her studyinvestigated the mechanism of resist-ance to selumetinib, a drug used totreat uveal melanoma.
Using uveal melanoma cells thatwere either sensitive or resistant toselumetinib, she identified proteinsthat mediate this resistance and stud-ied the effect of treating melanomacells with a combination of selume-tinib and another drug, MK2206.
This drug combination increases thepotency of either drug alone. A clini-cal trial investigating this combina-tion therapy is planned based on thefinding presented in her study. It is anaccomplishment to have a real-lifeapplication based on a high school
student’s discovery. The school wish-es her great success as she travels toPhoenix in May to present herresearch, along with more than 1,500high school students from about 70countries, regions and territories com-peting for more than $3 million inawards and scholarships.
Kennedy’s Natalie Giovino a finalist in medicine
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Digital Media Center Grand Opening set for SundayThe family of Walter Mintz, and the
board and staff of the Merrick Librarywelcomes the community to share in theGrand Opening of the Walter Mintz
Digital Media Center on Sunday, April28, from 1-5 p.m. The DedicationCeremony will be at 2 p.m.
Activities will be held for library
enthusiasts of all ages. Refreshmentswill be served.
The Walter Mintz Digital MediaCenter is a creative and collaborativeenvironment for 21st century thinkingand building. Access is provided to threeiMac computers and two MakerbotReplicators, 3-D printers.
Blender and Google Sketchup are 3-Dmodeling programs that can be used to
develop unique projects, which can thenbe printed on the Makerbot.
Not familiar with these programs? Wehave reference materials to help, or youcan download pre-existing projects fromthe Internet and see how they print.
Other software on the iMacs includeAdobe Photoshop, iMovie, GarageBand, and Office 2011 for Mac.
Some of life’s events are so importantthat, if we had a choice, we would wantfamily or friend to help us with them. For most of us, somethingas personal and as important as a funeral, is one of those events.Since our beginnings in 1900, four generations of the Kearnsfamily and our well qualified dedicated staff have been buildingrelationships with families that often go back three and four gen-erations. It’s facts like this that confirm for us the value of a localfamily owned and managed funeral home.
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As a privately owned funeral home, we have a local, communityfocus and not a “big business”, corporate approach to what we do.The “bottom line” doesn’t drive us. Service and satisfaction ofeach family that calls us for help is what we’re about. At the sametime, we have the resources, experience and networking ability toassist families wherever and whenever death occurs, regardless of the complications.
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will open its doors to the community onSaturday, April 27, and Sunday, April28, from 2-6 p.m. at the North MerrickFire Department, 2095 Camp Avenue,to provide information on what it takesto be a volunteer firefighter, and howyou can help your community by beinga volunteer firefighter.
The open invitation is part of thethird annual RecruitNY statewide intia-tive to recruit more volunteer firefight-
ers in the face of a widening shortageof volunteer firefighters throughout thecommunity – and the region.
Part of National Volunteer Week2013, the fire department will conducttours of the station and show how fireequipment and vehicles work, allowvisitors to try on firefighter gear, andprovide activiets and stations through-out the firehouse for visitors.
Call Chief Sean Kelleher at 223-4102 to sign up for a tour.
Town Mobile Building Department in Merrick
The Hempstead Town MobileBuilding Department is on the roadagain, setting up its one-stop shop atseveral locations over the course ofthree weeks.
The mobile office provides victims ofsuperstorm Sandy with importantBuilding Department services, includ-ing the distribution and processing ofpermit applications, as well as theopportunity to meet with an on-siteplans examiner.
Many Sandy victims have utilizedthe services provided by the MobileBuilding Department, which has vis-ited several communities in the wake
of the superstorm.“The aftermath of Sandy has truly
been difficult for many of our resi-dents,” Town Supervisor Murray said.
“We want to do everything we can toassist neighbors as they work hard torebuild after the superstorm and returnto normalcy.”
At each scheduled visit, the MobileBuilding Department will be availablefor Sandy-affected residents from noonto 6 p.m.:
• Today, April 25: Merrick RoadPark, 2550 Clubhouse Road, Merrick;Town Park Point Lookout, LidoBoulevard, Point Lookout.
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A concert/dance featuring theGolden Tone Orchestra will take placeon Wednesday, May 1, from 10 a.m. tonoon at the Freeport RecreationCenter.
This and all performances are opento the public at no charge.Refreshments will be servedthanks to its sponsors Astoria FederalSavings Bank, Merrick Bagel Cafe’and Love & Quiches.
“Golden Oldies,” along with showtunes, will be performed for your lis-tening and dancing pleasure.
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Calhoun High School’s SeniorExperience class hosted its Seventh AnnualFashion Show last Thursday, raising over$10,000 to benefit the Long Beach SchoolDistrict, whose schools received severedamage from superstorm Sandy. Themoney was raised through ticket sales,donations and raffles.
Students from the Senior ExperienceClass, as well as teachers from the school,modeled clothing from Saks on FifthAvenue, Reign, Esquire, Runway Coutureand Max & Gino’s.
The theme of the night was based aroundDisney and Pixar’s upcoming sequel to“Finding Nemo” called “Finding Dory.”Lizzie Fitzpatrick starred as Dory, who hadaccidentally misplaced the money raised forthe Long Beach School District.
The whole night was given over to studenthosts and actors Lindsay Grice, Jenn Hazel,Hollie Foster, Jacob Derwin, Rebecca Costa,John Dominguez, Emily Marinello, ClaireBricken and Sam DePasquale searching forDory, and whose energy kept the show mov-ing forward.
Students, teachers and teachers’ childrenmodeled clothing throughout the night.
Memorable moments include teacherRyan McSherry modeling a classy brightred tuxedo from Esquire Tuxedo withmatching sunglasses, and teacher NicoleMorris walking down the runway withher infant son Gavin (who was also wear-ing sunglasses).
“Planning has been fun, and a lot ofhard work,” Kari Schafer told at theshow, as she was the primary studentplanner for the event. She thankedJason Elias, Ryan McSherry and KateCapporusso, teachers in charge of theSenior Experience program, as studentMaddy Gottlieb brought up flowers forthem.
At the end of the show, after the totalmonies raised was announced, the hostsdeclared, “Fashion show closed, bring outthe dancing lobsters!” – keeping with theunderwater theme of the night.
Senior Experience wishes to thankeveryone for coming out to the show,and for donating to such a great andlocal cause.
Jacob Derwin is in the SeniorExperience Class and an intern atMerrick Life.
Calhoun fashion show raises over $10,000
SENIOR EXPERIENCE STUDENTS Rebecca Costa, Jenn Hazel, Hollie Foster,Lindsay Grice, Kari Schafer, Jacob Derwin, Alexa Weinblatt and Breanna Goldsteinpresent the total amount of proceeds raised for the Long Beach School District.
Merrick Life photo by Paul Laursen
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AMERICAN LEGIONAUXILIARY UNIT1282 annual SpringFair was a successwith lots of raffle win-ners, a beautiful dayand a great turnout toshow support. Fromleft are FlorenceHoffman, MargaretBiegelman andSharon Williams.
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Friday night’s Battle of the Bands atBrookside School raised $4,500,Community Wellness Council ExecutiveDirector Fran Licausi wrote on sister pub-lication Bellmore Life’s Facebook page.
She commented that the bands “wereamazing,” and that White Castle donat-ed $2,000 – in addition to 700 ham-burgers for the event.
She told this newspaper later thatArizona Beverage Corp. also donatedsoda and water for the event.
She wished to thank those two spon-sors and Rock Underground – which
provided the bands and judges for theevent – for a successful night of support.
Lighting and sound was operated byHDH Davidson, with Donald Davidsonon sound and Nick Manganiello onlighting.
The funds will go toward theCommunity Wellness Council’s annualMidnight Madness post-prom partyThursday, June 20, at Zachary’s in EastMeadow from midnight to 6 a.m.
Ms. Licausi told this newspaper thatshe has seen several seniors come to theevent after less-than-successful soireés
into New York City nightlife.She said there is live entertainment at
the Midnight Madness post-prom party,plenty of noshables and breakfast isserved in the wee hours.
The Community Wellness Councilwill host more fundraisers in the comingweeks to meet its budget of hosting theMidnight Madness post-prom party,now in its sixth year.
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Nassau police report the arrest of aMerrick man for menacing that occurredon February 28, at 3:04 p.m.
According to First Squad detectives,Steven R. Small, 50, of South HewlettAvenue, was involved in a verbal argu-ment with a 36-year-old female victim.The argument escalated when Mr. Smallpointed a silver .380 caliber handgun atthe victim and threatened her. The vic-tim was able to leave the sceneunharmed.
The defendant continued to threatenthe victim from March 28 to April 12via text messages and driving by the vic-tim’s home several times. Mr. Smallwas arrested on April 12 in front of hishome without incident. A .380 caliberhandgun was recovered at his home.
Mr. Small is being charged withMenacing, Criminal Possession of aWeapon and Stalking.
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© © ©A Babylon Road, Merrick, resident
discovered two bicycles stolen from hisgarage on March 30.
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woman was arrested at Macy’s, SunriseMall, in Massapequa, on April 5 andcharged with Petit Larceny.
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About seven minutes after crossing thefinish line, Mr. Droge, 29, was about 300yards from the site of the first explosionwhen it went off, and heard the secondone soon after. “I thought [at first] it wasa transformer or some piece of equip-ment…”
He quickly realized it was a bomb, withcops rushing people everywhere, herecalls.
His thoughts quickly turned to hisuncle, Rob Zanella, formerly of Merrick,who was also running in the marathon. He
knew his uncle was behind him, he justdidn't know how far.
Then he remembered wondering abouthis parents, Maureen and Tim, and sisterShannon. “Where were they?” hethought. There had been talk that the fam-ily would be at the finish line watching forhim to cross.
Mr. Droge was able to get through ontext to his parents, who thankfully had notmade it to the race location and hadn’t yetheard of the explosion. Soon after hereconnected with his uncle.
Both Mr. Droge and Mr. Zanella wererunning on a team for the charitableorganization Project HOPE. The BostonMarathon is one of a few that runners
actually have to have a qualifying timefor to make the cut, and it accepts a lim-ited number of charity teams – there is atotal of approximately 25,000 runners,in contrast to more than 40,000 in theNew York City Marathon.
Mr. Droge, who recently moved backto the United States after working in theLondon office for Deutsche Bank, hopesto run in next year’s Boston Marathon.
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The Song Box presents…Entertainment venue begins its 13th year
The Song Box of Seaford presentsTina Lear and Wild Ginger onSaturday, April 27, at 8 p.m.
Tina LearShe’s lived in Switzerland, Los
Angeles, Wyoming, Italy, Seattle,New York, you name it.
Tina Lear has been on a long, fas-cinating journey to where she is now:writing music and teaching yoga inNew York. When she was four, Ms.Lear started playing the piano at theGeneva Conservatory in Switzerland.
Showing a gift for music, she con-tinued playing classically for 10 years.She then heard her first Joni Mitchellalbum and...enter songwriting.
By the time she was 18, she was a
member of the Warner Brothers FilmActors workshop, and had played atthe famed Troubadour Club in LosAngeles.
After a long-term marriage ran itsvolatile course, she confesses, “Ifinally realized that my life’s blood isin music.” The rich results of thatrealization can be heard in the threealbums that followed: “ClassifiedAds” (1994), “Full Moon Big Circle”(1998) and “The Road Home”(2000).
In 1999, she met award-winningplaywright Elise Forier-Edie, whohad a script she wanted to turn into amusical. That first musical,“Escape from the Box,” wasjust the beginning of anincredibly productive col-laboration.
In the decade since theymet, she and Ms. Forier-Edie have created threeadditional musicals:“Valerie and the Bear”(2002), the award-winning“Cathy’s Creek” (2005),and “Rebel Girls” (underdevelopment).
Wild GingerIf music is the universal
language, then three-woman a Capella vocalensemble Wild Ginger is thebridge among musical cul-tures.
With a repertoire ofAfrican chants, Europeanchansons, Latin-Americanroots music, Negro spiritu-als and American folksongs, Candice Baranello,Caren Jacobs and MaureenKeelty are paving the high
road between musicology and pureentertainment.
Wild Ginger’s taut three-part har-monies and lilting counterpointvocalese – performed on the artistichigh wire of no musical accompani-ment – suggest an alternative to con-temporary ideas about World music,performing overlooked gems fromremote global provinces and inter-preting them through the eyes andears of womanistic humanism.
Wild Ginger is a reacquaintancewith the unbounded possibilities ofculture’s first musical instrument –the human voice – and a celebration
of that instrument as a communicatorof joy, unity and change in a varietyof the earth’s languages.
The Song Box house concert seriesis now in its 13th year. This month’sshow will be held at a private resi-dence in Seaford. Seating is limitedto about 35.
A pot-luck buffet is served duringthe break between performers – bringsomething if you’re feeling creative.Please make advance reservations bysending an email to [email protected]. You will be sent a confirma-tion and directions via return email.
The suggested donation is $15.
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KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL Chapter of theNational Art Honor Society recently held itsinduction ceremony, turning a classroominto a full-fledged art gallery exhibitingselected works of 35 new inductees.Coordinated by Vanessa Albaneze andassisted by art teachers Lisa Federici, MarkBooth, Sarah Ritchie and Carissa Roche,the National Art Honor Society honors andrecognizes exceptional art students. Thesestudents must maintain over a 90 averagein all of their art coursework and haveselected examples of their work judged. Thecandlelight induction ceremony was led byChapter President Ricki Rothchild, andRachel Martino and David Luft.
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Temple Israel school reopens after seven monthsby Sharon G. Jonas
Five months ago fish were swimmingin the four feet of water that filled theHebrew school at Temple Israel in SouthMerrick. Now, on a warm spring-likeday, when children naturally want toplay outside, these students enthusiasti-cally celebrated indoors as a ribbon-cut-ting ceremony officially reopened theirclassrooms.
According to Rabbi Scott Hoffman,when superstorm Sandy hit, water andsewage poured down the back steps andseeped in through doors, causing a 100%loss of the building’s basement, used pri-marily for classrooms. “We’ve had smallissues with flooding in the past, but noth-ing like this,” the rabbi said.
“It’s been a long five months and a lotof hard work,” said Barbara Rothstein,president of the congregation. Shepraised the efforts of the staff, congre-gants and students who pitched in tohelp and cooperate during the repairs.
Ms. Rothstein also publically thankedPark Avenue Synagogue in Manhattanfor “adopting” the school and providingnew supplies and classroom equipment.
The 85 students, from grades 3-7, wereshifted around into different rooms on thebuilding’s main floor during the recon-struction. To lighten that difficult time,Rabbi Hoffman said with a smile, “Wenever even knew half the time where wewere supposed to meet. Is it this part ofthe ballroom or that part?”
Sometimes, he said, “I would get
kicked out of a room by a bingo player.“ Recognizing the challenge imposed on
the students during that trying time, bothhe and Ellen Marcus, the school’s princi-pal, praised the behavior of the childrenduring their displacement. Ms. Marcuscalled the students “wonderful” and saidtheir cooperation made it almost an“effortless” task.
Rabbi Hoffman took the opportunity toteach a spiritual lesson to the students.“Any place can be a holy place dependingon what you are doing there.”
To underscore this idea, he told the chil-dren when he was a student he used to studythe Torah as he rode the subway to school.Despite the subway being “a place wheresome unholy things go on” he said he was-n’t alone in reading from prayer books.
“You kept up your most important mis-sion here,” he told the students. Whilewelcoming the reopening, Rabbi Hoffmansaid, “In any place that God’s name ismentioned….that one studies and isinvolved in the sacred task of learning,God promises to come and give you ablessing. What you do determines whetheror not a physical space is sanctified.”
To further commemorate the happyoccasion, a citation marking the re-opening was presented to RabbiHoffman by Dan Yngstrom, represent-ing Legislator David Denenberg, whowas unable to attend. The certificate willbe displayed to mark the joyous occa-sion that the 150 families – who aremembers of Temple Israel – will longremember.
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May AlbertiniMay Albertini, 84, of Merrick died
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Her early years, while difficult giventhe strains and shortages created by theDepression and WWII, were spent withher family living in Brooklyn andQueens. Following graduation fromFranklin K. Lane High School in 1947she worked for Met Life.
May married William (Bill) Albertiniin 1953 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in
Woodhaven, Queens, and was a bulwarkin raising the family through the years.
They moved to Merrick in 1960,where she became a loyal member of St.John’s Lutheran Church in the OutdoorClub, singing in the choir and serving onthe council as financial secretary.
She worked in the school cafeterias,when her children started school so shecould be home when school was out.Later, she embarked on a long, reward-ing and continually advancing careerwith Blue Cross, first in Garden City and
later in Manhattan.Following the death of her husband,
Bill, in 1979 she enjoyed spendingtime with her children, grandchildrenand her close friends, who traveledextensively together. Eventually Maybecame a snowbird, wintering in SunCity Center, Florida.
May was predeceased by her parents,her husband, Bill, and a sister, DorothyZelman of Buffalo. She is survived byher two sons, John and wife,Valerie, ofCharleston, Maine and Mark and wife,
Margaret, of Merrick; granddaughtersKira, Kristin and Kaitlin, and her sistersIrene Hantzschel and Joan Endler; andmany nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral was held on Saturday,April 20, at St. John’s Lutheran Churchwith Rev. Perry Kirschbaum officiating.
The family received visitors on Friday,April 19, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at N.F.Walker, 2039 Merrick Avenue, with bur-ial in Pinelawn Memorial Park,Pinelawn.
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Judith A. VassalloJudith A. Vassallo, 65, of Merrick,
died on Thursday, April 18, at the SouthNassau Communities Hospital inOceanside. She was employed as a sec-retary for BOCES Schools in Seaford.
Ms. Vassallo is survived by her hus-band, Salvatore Vassallo, daughter,Jessica Vassallo and son, Alex Vassallo.
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