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A chainsaw accident all but amputateda Dix Hills man’s leg on Sunday.

A 39-year-old man, not identified by theDix Hills Fire Department, was cutting atree that fell during the severe storm twoweeks ago when the accident occurred.Second Assistant Chief Tom Magno saidhe and a medic discovered the homeown-er cut through the bone and muscle nearhis knee, leaving the leg connected by justa “flap of skin.”

Rescuers arrived at the Gables Courthome around noon, finding “concerned”family members in the front yard. Theyled firefighters into the backyard wherethe victim lay on the ground.

“We began immediately treating him forshock. We wrapped the leg to control thebleeding,” Magno said. “My medic gavehim morphine and established an IV.”

To the chief ’s surprise, the homeowner

remained calm during the ordeal.“He was a trooper,” Magno said. “I give

him a lot of credit. If it was my leg, I’d havebeen screaming.”

Dix Hills EMTs and paramedics loadedthe man into an ambulance. They met aSuffolk County police medivac helicopterat Vanderbilt Elementary School, which

took him to Stony Brook UniversalMedical Center.

A hospital spokeswoman had no infor-mation about the man. Magno said he’dheard doctors were going to try an “inten-sive operation” to save the leg, but did notknow if they were successful.

About 50 firefighters and EMS unitsresponded, along with three heavy rescuetrucks. Fire police secured a landing zoneat the school. With the gruesome scenefacing them, the chief said he and otherrescuers just focused on saving him.

“When you have something that severe,you don’t even focus on it. You focus onpatient care,” he said.

The tree in question was about 40 feettall and already lying on the ground,Magno said, when they arrived. He urgedresidents to hire experts instead of under-taking the dangerous work themselves.

“People should just leave the treeremoval to the pros. They’re so much bet-ter equipped,” the chief said.

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Chainsaw Rips Through Man’s LegHomeowner tears through bone and muscle during mishap cutting felled trees

Huntington Station is home to gangslike MS-13, Crips and Southside Posse,but the strong Latin Kings presence wasdealt a serious blow last week.

A joint operation of FBI agents andSuffolk County police arrested eight sus-pected gang members in HuntingtonStation and Deer Park last Thursday. Twoadditional suspects already being held injail in Riverhead on other state chargesalso face new criminal charges.

Deputy Inspector Gerard Gigante, com-manding officer of Suffolk’s SpecialOperations team, said they were chargedwith sale and distribution of crack andheroin, robberies, assaults and sale ofhandguns. They were scheduled to bearraigned in the Eastern District of NewYork Federal Court later that day.

Many of those charges deal with therecent ongoing violence in HuntingtonStation. Suffolk Legislator Jon Cooper (D-Huntington) said half of the five shootingsand two stabbings since January alone

were gang-related.Gigante said attacks in the area trig-

gered a police investigation in 2009. Theylearned about a similar investigation bythe FBI and joined forces in September.

“A lot of the shootings were gang on gang.The Latin Kings were involved in attacks onCrips and Southside Posse,” Gigante said.“Sometimes it’s just a turf war, the quest tobe the strongest gang in that community.There’s many things that set it off. We’re notsure what precipitated it.”

An FBI spokesman did not returnphone calls for comment, but county offi-cials confirmed the investigation nabbedseveral key gang members, including thelocal leader. The list of defendantsincludes Huntington Latin Kings leaderAngel Cordero Jr., Jose Sosa, JeremiahBowens, Luis Lemus, Jonathan Diaz, ScalMazara, Edwin Morejon, Antonio Diaz,Jennifer Sabatino and an unnamed juve-nile.

Cordero carries the title “First Crown,”indicating he was the leader.

“At one point he was the leader of the

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By Mike [email protected]


An unidentified Dix Hills man was airlifted to Stony Brook University Medical Center aftercutting through his leg with a chainsaw while cutting up a fallen tree.

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Gang Bust Targets Ongoing ViolenceFBI and Suffolk police charge 10 with tough RICO statutes for drugs, guns and robberies

(Continued on page A11)Suffolk police and politicians announce the arrest of eight Latin Kings gang members con-nected to violence in Huntington Station.

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BABY FACES QUOTE OF THE WEEKTOM MAGNO

“He was a trooper. I give him a lot of credit. If it was my leg,

I’d have been screaming.”

Chainsaw Rips Through Man’s Leg, PAGE A1

Youth Shooting Hoops On Away Court

A Dix Hills man called Suffolk County police abouttwo teenagers causing a disturbance on March 28. Hetold police they were in his driveway when he returnedhome, fleeing in an unknown direction. The com-plainant thought they were playing basketball. Hewanted to document the incident.

Bank Debunks Scam

A Dix Hills woman called Suffolk County police onMarch 28 when she received a suspicious text messageon her phone about her bank account. The messagesaid her account had been frozen. She contacted thebank about the situation, who confirmed that nothinghad been tampered with.

Elderly Resident Hits Head

Suffolk police rushed to a Dix Hills home after anelderly man fell and hit his head on March 28. The res-ident was taken to Huntington Hospital by the DixHills Fire Department.

Then Add Some Bacon And Hash Browns

A Dix Hills man called Suffolk County police onMarch 28 after finding that someone egged his son’svehicle. Nobody was seen in the area and no damagewas sustained. The incident was reported for documen-tation.

MP3 Player Disconnected From Owner

A Huntington woman called Suffolk County police toreport that her son’s friends may have stolen his iPod onMarch 28. She told police it was lost while he was play-ing, and she wants to document it at this time.

What’s Next, White Robes?

A Middle Eastern Cold Spring Harbor man calledSuffolk County police after finding a homemade wood-en cross laying across the curb of his house on March25. Hate Crimes officers investigated, determiningthere was no offense at this time. The homeowner toldpolice his house was hit with an egg last summer.

Crook Buys Beer Too Early

A Huntington convenience store clerk called SuffolkCounty police after someone bought beer illegallybefore dawn on March 28. The clerk said an unknownwhite man walked in, took a six-pack of beer, threw a$20 bill on the counter and left. The beer was worth$10, but is not to be sold after 3 a.m. on Sunday morn-ing. The subject left in a black sedan.

Elderly Resident Injures Eye

Suffolk police rushed to a Huntington home onMarch 28 when an elderly woman slipped from her bedand hurt her eye. The Commack Ambulance Squadtook the 81-year-old resident to St. Catherine’sHospital.

Send a photo of your pre-school agechild along with a brief anecdotalbackground and we’ll consider itfor “Baby Faces.” Include baby’s fullname, date of birth, hometown andnames of parents and grandpar-ents. Send to: Baby of the Week, c/oLong-Islander, 149 Main St.,Huntington, NY 11743. Pleaseinclude a daytime phone numberfor verification purposes.

Are you sure?… Long Island Counts, at least ac-cording to 2010 Census fliers. It is the chance weget to let the feds know who we are and what typeof lifestyles we lead. I’m a bigadvocate of filling out theCensus questionnaire; it getsus school aid and other fund-ing, but it is hard to believe when they can’t spell“Montauck” right.

Give it some time… Exercise is important foreveryone. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised tosee another more mature individual riding his bikethrough East Northport one recent afternoon.However, I would ask that in the future he wear alarger bike jersey that doesn’t show off his midriff!

Banner year… With all of the bad press Hunt-ington Station is getting these days, there’s anotherstory that’s not getting quite the attention it de-serves. The Huntington Station Business Improve-ment District plans to gussy up the streets somewith colorful banners. On one side will be a BIDmotto – Huntington Station: Moving Forward To-gether. The other side is the fun part – artwork bylocal artists. There’s room for logos of sponsors whowant to help out. Call Frank at County Line Hard-ware to learn more.

Things are looking up… in Cold Spring Harbor.The place was worrying me for a while, with Tal-bot’s and so many other stores closing. To me theplace hasn’t been the same since the Mouse Houseclosed. I was in the village last week though, and itlooks like Main Street is on the upswing. Sure thereare empty storefronts here and there, but with theopening of a new bank branch – First NationalBank of Long Island – and a real estate office – Sig-nature Properties – I see it as a sign that folks in theknow have faith in Cold Spring Harbor.

There oughta be a law… A press release recent-ly arrived from Andrew Raia’s office in which the

winners of the assemblyman’s “There Oughta Be ALaw” contest were announced. Why didn’t anyoneask me. I must have a million and one ideas for

things that “oughta be a law.”Vote for Aunt Rosie and thiscould be the first town to:ban spandex on people 40and older… make throwingfast food wrappers from a

moving vehicle punishable by life in prison… re-quire pleasantness training for all Department ofMotor Vehicle employees… and outlaw Humvees. Ihave plenty more. Don’t get me started.

Life is Good… is – and this was news to me – thename of a clothing brand that will be carried at aMain Street, Huntington, store devoted exclusivelyto the line. I thought it was just a catchy name, butapparently their T-shirts, shorts, sleepers, hats andmore are symbols of a relaxed and easy lifestyle.Myself, I’m probably more suited to be doing myshopping in the Life is Frazzled store. Maybe theclothes will calm me down.

There also oughta be a law… that carmakersshould only be allowed to make cars that look likethe boxes they were shipped in once every 10 years.They come from all makers and arrive on ourstreets in all sizes, and they’re all sorts of ugly. Slab-sized ugly, weird-window ugly, two-tone ugly,chrome-soaked ugly; you name it, we got it, and forsome reason, Americans pay good money for thisstuff. Maybe they’re just wonderful cars – I don’tknow. I just can’t bear to get behind the wheel with-out wearing a bag over my head, and you know ob-structed vision is a real no-no for good driving.

(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/oThe Long-Islander, 149 Main Street, Huntington NY11743. Or try the e-mail at [email protected])

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Dix Hills residents are waiting to see thefirst green light, or arrow, directing themto turn left from Wolf Hill Road ontoMelrose Road.

The Town of Huntington has startedconstruction on Wolf Hill Road to create aleft-hand turning lane onto Melrose lastWednesday afternoon. Members of theDix Hills House Beautiful civic associa-tion have long awaited the measure ithopes will mitigate congestion at theincreasingly trafficked intersection.

“I am happy I am getting my turninglane after more than 20 years of advocat-ing for it as a safety measure. Melrose,despite being a short stretch, is an accessroad to the LIE,” said former HouseBeautiful president Sheila Saks, who liveson Melrose Road.

Construction plans call for widening theexisting two-lane road to include a turn-ing lane, pedestrian sidewalks and a 6-foot barrier fence in front of Half HollowHills High School West.

Melrose Road is one of the primaryaccess roads running north-south to theLIE from Wolf Hill Road and a short dis-tance from Exit 41 of the Northern StateParkway. It is further congested by hun-dreds of school buses due to its close prox-imity to Half Hollow Hills East and Westhigh schools, Signal Hill ElementarySchool, St. Anthony’s High School and theHills district bus depot.

“In the morning from 7 – 8 a.m., whenall the traffic is heading west, traffic wouldback up for a half mile up West Hill Roadif you tried to make a left. People in a rushor hurry would drive up onto the grass. Itwas becoming more and more of a dan-gerous situation,” said Joel Baden, a boardmember of House Beautiful.

Traffic only worsened upon construc-tion of The Greens, a 1,200-unit develop-ment, Saks said, for which its developerwas required to pay for development oftheir long-awaited turning lane as a traf-fic-mitigating measure.

Councilwoman Susan Berland said thetown faces many challenges over the years

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Green Light Given To 20-Year ProjectTown constructs long-awaited turning lane at intersection of Wolf Hill and Melrose Road

HALF HOLLOW HILLS

Board Makes Concession For Arts TuitionStudents’ outcry over proposed cuts to dance, theater program results in compromise

By Sara-Megan [email protected]

The Town of Huntington has started construction to create a left-hand turning lane fromWolf Hill Road onto Melrose Road. Plans also call for installing pedestrian sidewalks and a6-foot barrier fence in front of Half Hollow Hills High School West.

An East Northport couple has beencharged in a bizarre product-tamperingcase in which they returned packages ofinstant pudding mix filled with salt andsand, police said.

Christine Clement, 64, and AlexanderClement, 68, of East Northport, werecharged on March 28 with five counts ofpetit larceny and five counts of second-degree product tampering.

Police received reports on March 24and March 25 that packages of Jell-Opudding mix had been tampered withand discovered on store shelves. Affectedsupermarkets include a Stop & Shopsupermarket in Dix Hills and aWaldbaums in Huntington.

Lt. Michael S. Murphy, commandingofficer of the Sixth Precinct CrimeSection, said the case still has many inlaw enforcement scratching their heads.

“It was a bizarre case when we got itand it stayed bizarre,” he said. “I reallydon’t have a good explanation, and that’safter talking to her. I still don’t under-stand why a 64-year-old woman with a

family and a husband would do some-thing like this.”

Officers in the Nassau and SuffolkCounty police departments cracked thecase after reviewing hours of surveillancevideo and following up on leads, policesaid, and officers from the Second,Fourth and Sixth precincts identified theClements as the people allegedly respon-sible for tampering with the puddingmix.

Police said the investigation indicatesChristine bought the pudding mix,removed the contents and refilled theboxes with a sandwich bag packed withsalt and sand. Then, she would return tothe supermarkets to get a refund. Inaddition to the Huntington locations,supermarkets in South Setauket andWoodbury also turned up tampered pud-ding mix.

Police stressed there is no indicationthat Christine intended to cause harm toconsumers or the supermarkets –nobody who bought the less-than-appe-tizing mix was hurt, and test resultsproved the substance was benign – butshe wanted to get the mix without payingfor it.

Murphy said he didn’t believeChristine “really knew why she did it”after the fact, and has a clean criminalrecord.

“She was very apologetic – apologeticfor the uproar it caused,” he said. “Shewas upset, concerned about it and theaffect it would have on the general pub-lic.”

The couple is to be arraigned at FirstDistrict Court in Central Islip at a laterdate. Neither had retained counsel bypress time.

DIX HILLS

Cops Arrest Suspects In Jell-O TheftsRetired couple accused of switching pudding mix with sand and salt in Ziploc bagsBy Danny [email protected]

Christine Clement Alexander Clement

Public outcry from the Half HollowHills community over proposed cuts tothe arts has stirred response from theschool board resulting in changes to thedistrict’s proposed 2010-20111 budget.

The Half Hollow Hills Board ofEducation has reconsidered its proposed2010-2011 budget cuts that would havestopped new students from enrolling inBOCES Long Island High School for theArts (LIHSA) in Syosset after protests atits March 22 meeting. The board hasoffered a compromise in efforts to pro-tect students’ futures, but others argue itdoes just the opposite.

“What turned things around was thepassion of the young people speakingabout the need to be trained in the audi-tion program and get information on theapplication process and college scholar-ships,” Superintendent Sheldon Karnilowsaid.

Nearly a dozen students and parentspublicly protested the decision to makecuts to the BOCES program during the2010-2011 budget presentation lastTuesday. Hills trustees have proposed a$207 million budget, cutting $4.3 millionfrom existing staff, programs and mainte-nance costs which include no longeraccepting new LIHSA students.Harborfields, Deer Park and otherSuffolk districts are proposing to do the

same. “Some students were informed the

program so vital to our success will beripped out from under us,” said HillsHigh School West sophomore JohannaTaylor, who planned to attend the danceprogram next year. “Scholarship oppor-tunities would disappear and that’s hardto take, as they may be the thing thatallows me to attend the college of mydreams.”

Several students currently enrolled inthe program, who would not be affectedby the changes, spoke out to protectopportunities for their underclassmen.

“LIHSA has given me so much. Beforegoing to LIHSA, I was nervous aboutpursuing theater in college,” said

Adrienne Ianniciello, a senior who hasbeen offered a scholarship to pursuemusical theater in college.

The district currently has 15 studentsenrolled at LIHSA – the largest enroll-ment in Suffolk County – with five stu-dents expected to graduate this year.Karnilow said the half-day program cost$272,631 in the 2009-2010 school year,not including the cost of transportation.Ten students are expected to continue –nine in dance, one in musical theater –with nine applicants seeking enrollment.

“The per-pupil cost for participation isfar beyond per-pupil cost of student par-ticipation in any other program in thedistrict,” Karnilow said.


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An effort to rid the Half Hollow Hills area of unwantedgraffiti has been met with praise from the community.

Legislator Steve Stern (D-Dix Hills) joined HuntingtonCouncilwoman Susan Berland and a team of Half HollowHills high school students to promote the anti-graffitiproject.

Graffiti, which has been found throughout the HalfHollow Hills area, is a public safety and quality of lifeissue, Stern said, and had to be addressed.

“It’s the small quality of life issues that are important,”he said. “If you let these go, you have to deal with largerissues in the future.”

Stern gathered students from Half Hollow Hills highschools East and West to clean graffiti at various locationsthroughout the community.

“There happened to be several areas in Half HollowHills so it seemed the logical place to start,” Stern said,adding that he would like to expand the program to otherschool districts.

“The recent increase in graffiti is not only an eyesore,but a threat to our quality of life,” Stern said. “It must bemet with a swift response by both law enforcement andmembers of the community so that those who committhese acts know that they will be caught and punishedand that their vandalism will not be tolerated.”

The students came together to tackle their first projecton March 24 with Stern, Berland and Half Hollow HillsSuperintendent Sheldon Karnilow to clean a graffiti-cov-ered fence on Thorngrove Lane in Dix Hills.

“It was fantastic. You have to realize that I’ve lived inDix Hills for 28 years and never had anything like thisever before,” said Barbara Lorge, a neighbor of the firstclean-up site. “There was a swastika, there were initialsand gang tagging, and to see these kids show up and cleanthis off and make it whole again was wonderful.”

Cleaning the mess and trying to find those who put the

graffiti on walls and fences will help the community,Lorge said.

“It’ll get rid of that blight that was beyond ugly,” shesaid, adding that it will spread the message to those thatspray the graffiti “not to do this here anymore. Don’t makethis such an ugly place to live when it’s such a great, funplace to live. Find another way to let other people knowyou’re alive. Instead of a fence, put it on a picture.”

Having children talk to their contemporaries may be away to get the message across, she said.

“Kids talking to kids is a great way – if the kids can havean impact on the people who are doing this, it will be ter-rific for the kids and for us as a community, and maybe itwill help these vandals, taggers, artists do something pos-itive instead of something so negative,” Lorge said.

If residents see graffiti in the area, Stern encouragedthem to contact both the police and his office at 631-854-5100.

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Students Cleaning Up The Town

Students work to remove graffiti from a fence on Thorn-grove Lane last week.

By Alessandra [email protected]

Legislator Steve Stern and Councilwoman Susan Berland flank Half Hollow Hills students part of an effort to rid the com-munity of graffiti in the area.

Councilwoman Susan Berland joins members of Kids Care Half Hollow Hills and Amy Pilott,Team Sunrise and walkathon director.


Students of Kids Care Half HollowHills came together last week to supporta fundraiser for cancer awarenessthrough the message of fashion.

The fashion show raised more than$2,000 for Sunrise Day Camp, a freecamp for cancer patients and their sib-lings.

“[The patients] get to be like regularkids,” said group member Isabella Dana.“We really wanted to help.”

The event, held at Just FabulousParties and Outrageous Events inHuntington, featured raffles, vendorsand outfits modeled by the members ofKids Care from local merchants Lester’sand Candace.

Rachel Shuster, an eighth-grader atCandlewood Middle School, founded thelocal chapter of Kids Care for HalfHollow Hills in 2007.

“I was looking for a project and could-n’t find an organization I wanted to com-mit to,” she said. “I found one I couldinclude friends in.”

During their monthly meeting inSeptember, Shuster and the rest of herchapter voted to host a fashion show, fig-uring it would be a fun and excitingevent. They divided themselves intocommittees – one for public relations,one for the venue and one for fashion.

“This is all benefitting Sunrise and weget to have fun, while we’re raisingmoney,” group member Sierra Swabysaid.

Shuster, who was busy planning thefood, setup, tickets and vendors andsecuring the venue as part of the venuecommittee, was happy with the work sheand her team did.

“It’s community service while helpingothers,” she said.

Along with a fashion show, the groupgave out raffles including shoppingsprees, relaxation time, pet baskets, anda “pretty ‘n pink” basket that includedJuicy Couture glasses and a Coach coin-purse.

Members of Kids Care HHH were glad“people were generous enough to donate.It really added up and will make a differ-ence for kids,” member Erika Slepiansaid.

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Kids Care Club Raises$2K For Sunrise Camp


A Kids Care member addresses the crowdat the fashion fundraiser.


Long Island needs a makeover . . . andwe’re giving you the job.

It’s a design competition – “Build aBetter Burb” – sponsored by the LongIsland Index. The task: take a downtown,

any downtown, and think of somethingsmart and wonderful to put there.

We’re focusing on downtowns becausethat’s where development makes sense.Downtowns have the infrastructure thathelps keep costs, and taxes, low. They offeraccess to transit, bringing job opportuni-ties and workers closertogether. They bring peo-ple together, too, fosteringcommunity, cultural activi-ty and commerce.

Projects can be any-thing, from an energy-gen-erating bus shelter to amixed-use complex covering a whole city

block. We’re looking for bold, innovativeideas. Projects that will dazzle our imagi-nation, raise our aspirations, give us newideas about what’s possible.

For too long we’ve been stuck in onesprawling approach to development. Put

s i n g l e - f a m i l yhomes here, anoffice park there, ashopping mall some-where else, and con-nect them all withroads. Then move outand do it all over again.

That’s left us with problemswe know too well. Not enough housing foryoung people and seniors. Staggeringtaxes. Too much traffic, and pollution. Toosterile an atmosphere for the talentedyoung people our businesses need.

The smart move forward is to shift ourfocus back, to a landscape centered ontown life. Instead of using up our lastremaining open space just to add to ourproblems, let’s start retrofitting ourunderutilized downtowns.

The land is there, ripe for revitalization.Some downtowns are languishing fromdecades of neglect. Even the most vibranthave sizable areas that could be much bet-ter used. A new study published by theIndex catalogued just the land used forsurface parking, vacant land, and unpro-tected open space located within a half-mile of a downtown or rail station—andcame up with 8,300 acres, in 156 locali-ties. Port Washington has 50 acres of suchland, Amityville 124, Water Mill 20, and

on and on. Imagine what could be done with that

land. I mean really imagine it - and showus your vision.

The contest is open to all: professionalarchitects . . . students . . . anyone who cansee things as they never have been and askwhy not.

The best ideas, designs, images, andvideos will be selected as finalists by a juryof distinguished academics and profes-sionals. Finalists’ work will be displayedand publicized and Long Islanders invitedto comment and vote for a “People’sChoice” award. Cash prizes totaling$22,500 will be awarded.

It’s all about us getting together andthinking about what Long Island can be.It’s about rekindling the bold, visionaryspirit that made our region great. LongIslanders led the way in inventing subur-bia. Now let’s re-invent it.

So come on, everybody. Start dreaming,start planning. Get contest details athttp://buildabetterburb.org. Then scopeout the interactive maps on the Indexwebsite. Pick out a spot that’s in need of abrilliant idea. And give us a glimpse of thefuture.

Nancy Rauch Douzinas is president ofthe Rauch Foundation and convener ofthe Long Island Index. The Index pro-vides data about the Long Island region,in order to promote informed publicdebate and sound policy making. Formore information visit www.longislandin-dex.org.

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By Nancy Rauch [email protected]

Going green isn’t just good for theenvironment – it can also be good foryour health.

Many pesticides have been linked tohealth problems including cancer,birth defects, nerve toxicity and repro-ductive disorders, according to litera-ture from the Huntington BreastCancer Action Coalition, whose docu-ments have been approved for publi-cation and distribution by researchers

Common pesticides include syn-thetic weed killers, lawn and gardenpest control products, insect androdent killers, flea/tick collars and

dips. Some are acutely toxic and havebeen associated with smaller head sizein infants, an indication of possiblepre-natal brain damage. Some are alsoendocrine disruptors.

To avoid pesticide exposure, thecoalition recommends eating organicfruits and vegetables whenever possi-ble. In addition, don’t use pesticideson your lawn and garden. Instead, usenatural or the least-toxic methods forpest control. Finally, don’t allow yourchildren or pets on pesticide-treatedlawns and remove shoes before com-ing indoors.

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Tips For Going Green


Suffolk Police Commissioner RichardDormer could find himself out of a jobnext month.

A bill proposed by Suffolk LegislatorJon Cooper (D – Lloyd Harbor) callingfor the immediate firing of Dormer wasintroduced at Tuesday’s legislaturemeeting after members mentioned re-moving the commissioner as a solutionfor another bill.

“I said, ‘Look, now that the subjectcame out, I’m drafting a bill to removethe police commissioner.’ The whole au-ditorium fell into silence. Someone actu-ally said you could hear a pin drop,”Cooper said.

Apparently he found some support.Fellow legislators Tom Muratore (R –Ronkonkoma) and Ricardo Montano (D– Central Islip) co-signed the legislationafter reading it. Cooper also said thatPublic Safety Chair Jack Eddington (D –Medford), Edward Romaine (R – CenterMoriches), Jay Schneiderman (I – Mon-tauk) and Presiding Officer WilliamLindsay (D – Holbrook), among others,said they would vote in favor.

The bill will be discussed at the nextlegislative meeting on April 27.

The decision came after Cooper intro-duced another piece of legislation in thepast couple of months that took a jab atCounty Executive Steve Levy. Suffolk’spolice commissioner, Fire, Rescue and

Emergency Services commissioner andprobation director are all positions ap-pointed by Levy. Cooper wants to createfive-year fixed terms, with legislative au-thority. The idea was to prevent thecounty executive from firing anyone whodisagrees with him.

“This is not about Dormer,” Coopersaid. “He’d be protected from arbitraryfiring by the county executive. Right nowthe police commissioner is completelysubservient to the county executive.”

But it did become about the commis-sioner, Cooper said, when he sat down

with Dormer for an annual meeting afew weeks ago.

The legislator spent some time calm-ing Dormer, who believed the bill was anattack against him. Once he finally un-derstood the purpose was to increase hisautonomy, Cooper said, they startedtalking about police staffing and gang vi-olence in Huntington Station. That’swhen Dormer dropped a bombshell onthe legislator.

“Rich interrupts me and says, ‘WellJon, to be honest, we need more cops.But I don’t set police policy, the county

executive does, and I have to follow hisorders,’” Cooper said. “He admitted inthis private meeting with me that he’sbeen lying to me all along.”

Those comments caused the legislatorto lose complete trust in Dormer, whosupposedly told the legislature again andagain since he was appointed in 2004that Suffolk had enough cops on thestreet.

Concerned by gang violence, lawmak-ers voted in favor of raising police dis-trict taxes with the intention of hiring

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Cooper: Replace Police CommissionerLegislature considering bill to fire Commissioner Dormer over ‘lies’ about hiring officersBy Mike [email protected]

DIX HILLS

Town Employee Hurt In AccidentA Town of Huntington employee

was critically injured while working ata Dix Hills park last week.

Douglas Hay, 54, was crushed whena machine fell on top of him atCaledonia Park on March 25. OnMonday, Town spokesman A.J. Cartersaid the 35-year employee was stillrecovering in the hospital from theincident.

“I would describe him as a valued,well-liked, respected town employee,”Carter said.

Suffolk County police are investigat-ing the accident where they report

Hawas unloading a commercial paint-ing machine when he slipped and fellon the floor at approximately 2:30 p.m.Police said the machine then rolled outof the truck and landed on top of him.Hay was transported by Suffolk Countypolice helicopter to Stony BrookUniversity Medical Center where hewas listed in critical condition.

The town was informed Hay sufferedsevere trauma to his body, puncturingboth lungs, yet he did not have anybroken bones, fractures or a concus-sion.

Contrary to police reports, Carter

said it’s reported that Hays had justfinished using a ride-on commercialpainting machine to stripe and paintCaledonia’s artificial turf fields. Hebelieved Hay was loading the machineback onto the truck using a ramp whenthe accident occurred, causing themachine to upset and fall on top ofhim. Hay had performed the task as anemployee of the Town’s GeneralServices department several timesbefore.

“Our prayers are with his family for aspeedy recovery,” Carter said.

— WALSH


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A significant victory in the war againstgangs is being clouded by controversy. Itcomes over a statement issued by HuntingtonCouncilman Mark Mayoka the night beforearrests were made that police claim broke upthe Latin Kings street gang leadership.

It seems the councilman, at a dinner at-tended by law enforcement offi-cials last Wednesday, picked upsome information that somethingwould be happening the following day. Ahigh-ranking police official told the council-man that “something may happen tomor-row,” and promised to share details after-ward.

A short time later, an e-mail went out fromthe councilman’s personal e-mail addressunder the subject line: Councilman MarkMayoka’s Law Enforcement Surge in Hunt-ington Station. The e-mail, which was sent

to the media, stated, “Through a strategic al-liance that I have started with the nations[sic] premiere law enforcement consultancythe first of many law enforcement surges willtake place early tomorrow mourning [sic] inHuntington Station.”

In two short sentences, he took credit forthe lengthy federal and county in-vestigation about which he hadjust learned.

Fortunately, the councilman’s cavalier at-tempt to step into the limelight did not en-danger lives or compromise the operation. Itwas simply a disingenuous and reckless at-tempt to take credit where credit was not due.

Shame on you, councilman. To breach theconfidence placed in you by police is badenough, but to breach the trust of the peoplewho elected you is worse. You owe them anexplanation.

A Breach Of Confidence

EDITORIAL

Exercise Your Right

DEAR EDITOR:Once again the ides of April

are upon us and the Dix Hillscommunity is presented with anew library budget and slate ofcandidates from which to selectthe person to represent them onthe Half Hollow Hills Libraryboard for the next five years.

The last census resulted in acount of 43,616 residents in ourdistrict. Of these, 31,898 holdlibrary cards. Last year, only370 citizens cast their ballot fora trustee and the budget.

That is a pretty sorry recordfor citizens of the world’s oldestdemocracy. Compare this to theturnout in Bagdad’s recent elec-tion in which 60 percent of theeligible voters exercised theirvoting privilege and at somerisk of being blown to kingdomcome by a suicide bomber.

But the Iraqis know whathappens to a country when adedicated minority takes power.They, like most people aroundthe world, want nothing morethan to have a job, live in a de-cent home, have food on thetable and be able to raise andeducate their children in peaceand safety. So the average Iraqiand Afghani want no return of

the Bathists or Talliban, and intheir elections used the ballotbox to express this sentiment.

History is replete with exam-ples of minorities with extrem-ist views imposing them ontheir fellow citizens with disas-trous results – need I mentionthe Nazis in Germany, the Fas-cists in Italy, the Communistsin Cuba, the Taliban inAfghanistan or the Bathists inIraq.

Dix Hills also has residentswith what some might considerextreme views. While everyonehas a right to their own beliefs Idon’t want them forced uponme. For example, there arethose who disapprove of booksat Half Hollow Hills Library onDarwin’s Theory of Evolution,Shakespeare’s plays, even HarryPotter. My record demonstratesthat I believe in freedom of ac-cess to information, educationand entertainment for everyoneand as a trustee at Half HollowHills Library I remain commit-ted to this cause because that iswhy we have libraries and whythey are so valuable to a civi-lized society.

There are other candidatesrunning against me this yearand I applaud and honor themfor their interest in serving the

community. Becoming a trusteeis a serious responsibility so Isincerely hope that the othercandidates share my principles.

Since the beginning of theUnited States, millions of menand women, including myself,have been asked to put theirlives at risk to defend our coun-try and our democratic rights.Now you are being asked to dothe same thing on April 20, notby pulling a trigger – just thehandle on the voting machine.

HERB KULIKTrustee

Half Hollow Hills Library

A Big Clean Thank You

DEAR EDITOR:

I want to say a big thank you(Pushing Anti-Graffiti Plan,March 25, 2010) to LegislatorSteve Stern, Town Council-woman Susan Berland, the stu-dents and the advisors fromHalf Hollow Hills High SchoolEast; all of whom showed upyesterday to clean my neigh-bor's fence that had been van-dalized by graffiti. Having tosee this awful tagging every daywas terrible for everyone who

lives in our neighborhood. Weare all grateful to the business-es that donated materials tohelp make this possible; andknow that this will be an ongo-ing project that will help notonly the community, but thestudents who are involved, tokeep our town the beautiful,safe place we are all proud tolive in.

BARBARA LORGEDix Hills

Fighting Heart Disease

DEAR EDITOR:

I [recently] traveled with theAmerican Heart Association toAlbany to let our representa-tives know what they can do tohelp in the fight against heartdisease, the No. 1 killer of NewYorkers. I survived my heart at-tack, but many won’t.

The 2010-11 Executive Budg-et proposes to increase the cig-arette tax to further encourageNew Yorkers to quit smoking,discourage non-smokers fromstarting to smoke and to keepNew York’s children healthy.Revenues from this dedicatedtax increase will be invested,

through HCRA, in the State’snumerous health care pro-grams.

Increasing the cigarette tax isa WIN, WIN, WIN solution forNew York – a health win thatreduces smoking and saveslives; a fiscal win that raisesrevenue and reduces healthcare costs; and a political winthat is supported by New Yorkcitizens

Cigarette taxes are a provenstrategy to decrease smoking.Every 10 percent increase inthe price of cigarettes will re-duce youth smoking by about 7percent and overall cigaretteconsumption by about 4 per-cent.

An increase in the cigarettetax in New York would prevent106,500 children from becom-ing smokers in the future. Forevery three children preventedfrom becoming smokers, onesmoking-related death is avert-ed.

I am encouraging all statelegislators to include a cigarettetax increase as part of the finalbudget package.

WILLIAM FISCHERNorthport

American Heart AssociationLong Island Board of Directors

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Life&Style

Although the term “streetwise” mayleave a person thinking about living lifelarge in a thriving city, for the HuntingtonArts Council, the word is used in a “broad-er sense to focus on the journeys that weall take… from destination to destination,whether local or across the world, saidWilliam Grabowski, curator of the coun-cil’s new exhibit “Streetwise.”

“The majority of us don’t pay attentionas we travel from place to place, but artistspay keen attention and that’s what thisexhibit is about,” he said.

The exhibit showcases four artists’work: photographs by Cecil Pang andLatifa Mazza, watercolors by JahnGuarino and sculptures by Charles vonSchmidt.

"Jahn uses watercolor and records hertravels and she has a traditional watercol-or palette and technique and she lets ussee the beauty of the places she’s beenwhereas someone else like Charles vonSchmidt uses objects literally found orthrown out in the street,” the curator said.“It gives them a new reality and some-times they’re funny and sometimes theymake us think. It’s all pretty creative.”

Pang uses photos to record works in city

environments, whereas Mazza uses herphotos to make architectural imagesabstract.

“She’s not particularly interested inrecording people, but more interested intheir surroundings. People who are inthere are very consumed in their own livesand not the environment,” Grabowski said.

The art exhibit will give viewers anoth-er way to look at what they pass everyday.

“I think it will give people the opportu-nity to see the way artists react to theirenvironment and that’s always interest-ing,” Grabowski said. “Some people areinterested in the physical environmentand some are interested in people andtheir thinking, and some are interested inthe physical pieces that get discarded andthrown away.”

For that is what artists really do, he said.“I like the idea of stretching the idea of

what we think about art and words andthemes,” the curator added. “‘Streetwise’really brings us a fairly similar connota-tion being hip and city-smart, but hope-fully we are broadening the word of‘streetwise’ from now on.”

The artwork will be on display in theHuntington Art Council’s Art-triumGallery on Melville Park Road beginningApril 7 with an artists’ reception on April8 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Long Island

Brass Guild will provide music.“Artists give us all the opportunities to

see things that we pass by and they give usopportunities to pass by and reflect on ourtime and our place and who we are. It’s avery special talent and we should be grate-

ful for that wonderful sensibility that theygive to us,” Grabowski said.

For more information, visit www.hunt-ingtonarts.org.

ART

New Take On Street-Smart Scenes

Young people of Huntington – your interpretation of aseries of coloring book pages saluting the VanderbiltMuseum and the environment could win your family afree pass to the storied museum for a year.

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum andPlanetarium, Spa Adriana and the Huntington TownshipChamber of Commerce will celebrate the 40th anniver-sary of Earth Day with an Earth Month Coloring BookContest and Family Day.

Beginning on April 5, interested families can downloadindividual pages of a coloring book from the VanderbiltMuseum, Huntington Chamber, Spa Adriana andCeviche Tours websites. The latter, a sister company toSpa Adriana, is a sustainable ecotourism travel agency.After the pages are colored, they are to be presented to theVanderbilt to be considered for the contest.

Carl Ghoirsi Hart, the Vanderbilt’s executive director,said the project would help accomplish a “criticallyimportant” task – getting children interested in protect-ing the environment.

“Environmentalism is a key focus for the VanderbiltMuseum, from our natural history exhibits including theMarine Museum, Habitat Hall dioramas and whale sharkand the preservation of the mansion and grounds, to theVanderbilt Planetarium, which underscores the wonderof space and nature,” she said.

“If you want to teach the parents, teach the childrenand they’ll get the message across to parents and brothers

and sisters,” Spa Adriana and Ceviche Tours owner JohnVater said.

Vater said he created the coloring book concept withtwo goals in mind – promote the Vanderbilt Museum andEarth Day activities during April.

“The Vanderbilt is the best location for children to gethands-on education and see what they’re not seeing ontheir computers,” he said. “Having the Vanderbilt here is

such a vital source for environmental education for chil-dren…”

The coloring pages will feature original drawings byLong Island artist Mary Jane Macartney, who designedpages depicting the Vanderbilt Museum, and environ-mental leader Amigos de Isla Contoy, which focused onwhale sharks, marine life and underwater habitats.Additional pages will showcase Long Island’s NorthShore and the history and architecture of the museum.

Macartney, a graphic artist from Fort Salonga whorecently retired after 50 years in the field, started her pageby taking pictures of the museum. From there, she devel-oped it into an image of a family standing in front of theplanetarium, with lush foliage and flora, heavy on thetulips, she said.

“The figures are large so the kids can be creative withthat,” she said. “The young ones can scribble all over it andthe older ones can do a better job.”

The contest is open to children ages 3-14. One winnerwill be chosen from the age groups 3-6, 7-10, 11-14 andone winner for a free-form poster category. Winners willbe announced on April 24 during a Family Day celebra-tion of Earth Day’s 40th anniversary at the museum.Each winner will receive a one-year family membershipto the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium, and submit-ting an entry will earn the students admission into themuseum for the day, Vater said.

For more information on the contest or Family Day, callthe Vanderbilt at 631-854-5579, or visit www.vanderbilt-museum.org, www.spaadriana.com, www.cevichetours.com or www.huntingtonchamber.com.

ART

Coloring Contest Marks Earth DayKids to liven coloring book pages to raise awareness of Vanderbilt and environmentBy Danny [email protected]

The Vanderbilt Museum and its sponsors will host a coloringbook contest through April 24. Long Island artist Mary JaneMacartney created this page, pictured, to be used in the col-oring books, which will be available for download startingApril 5.


Jahn Guarino’s “Stone Street” is one ofmany pieces in the Huntington Arts Coun-cil’s “Streetwise” exhibit.

Latifa Mazza’s “Hot Italian Sausage” playswith making architectural images abstract.

For some passers-by, April 17 at ParkShore Day Camp may look like a free-for-all of teenagers pulling rope, running re-lays and having the time of their lives.That all is true – but the early spring burstof activity has philanthropic roots.

Huntington Youth Council’s third TownThrowdown returns to Park Shore DayCamp on April 17 from noon – 4 p.m., thistime to raise money for muscular dystro-phy research and awareness.

“This is about supporting young adults,and since we’re in the children business,it’s our pleasure to support the highschools in the Huntington area,” ownerBob Budah said. “It’s a nice experience towatch them become successful. It’s ourpleasure to support something like that.”

Budah provides the 15-acre facility,support staff, lunch, T-shirts, equipmentand guidance, and the kids take over fromthere.

“They’re so incredibly generous withthe town – the youth council in particu-lar,” Councilwoman Susan Berland said.“They’ve really gone above and beyond forgiving to the town and we appreciate ourefforts tremendously.”

The Youth Council plans to donate pro-ceeds to a local chapter of the MuscularDystrophy Association (MDA) in honorof Dylan Thompson, a student sufferingfrom Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy. Forhis classmates at Harborfields HighSchool, the cause hits close to home.

“We brought up different ideas of char-ities to give the money to,” Brian Lindo, asenior at Harborfields High, said. “We asa group voted on muscular dystrophy... webrought it up and liked the idea.”

Berland said the Youth Council mem-bers pitch charitable causes to the group,which then votes on the final benefactor.The two previous Throwdowns raised$3,000 for the Dolan Family Health Cen-ter.

After the charitable aspect is met,there’s good old-fashioned competitionon hand and Huntington township’s sev-en high schools take aim for twice-de-fending champion Harborfields.

Huntington High School senior DanRabinowitz said Huntington, which fin-ished around the middle of the pack lastyear, is hoping to improve turnout and itsresults.

“We have two more members in the[Youth Council],” he said of HuntingtonHigh School. “Our goal is to be as well-rounded as possible.”

Well-rounded teams will be key – join-ing the contests of skill, stealth and ath-letic prowess such as basketball, volley-ball, pie-eating contests, Gaga, Europeanhandball and the ubiquitous tug-of-warare new events testing the participants’mental agility. Trivia and drawing compe-titions are being added to the mix to ex-pand the event’s appeal.

“We’re trying to incorporate a widerrange of students,” Rabinowitz said.“We’re going to try to raise more money,more participation… just to make it even

bigger and get the word out even more.”“We wanted to figure out a way to in-

clude students who weren’t interested injust sports,” Cold Spring Harbor HighSchool student Rebecca Dyckman – whoalso serves as the Youth Council’s townclerk – said.

Dyckman said Cold Spring Harbor isalso trying to improve turnout, which will

help close the gap with Harborfields. Lin-do said even with a slight change in focus,Harborfields should still perform well.

“We should have a good showing fromall schools and have everybody’s talentdisplayed at the Throwdown,” he said.

For more information about theThrowdown, call Megan Lavery at thetown council office at 631-351-3018.


TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Throwing Down For A Good CauseThird annual Youth Council competition will support muscular dystrophy charityBy Danny [email protected]

The pie-eating contest, one of the Throwdown’s flagship events, gets messy as participantsscramble for valuable points.

Students from Cold Spring Harbor High School take a break from competition during lastyear’s Huntington Youth Council Town Throwdown. More events are on the way this year toexpand the event’s reach and appeal, students and organizers said.

whole Long Island Kings,” Gigante said.The defendants are facing Racketeering

Influenced and Corrupt Organizations[RICO] charges, said Suffolk LegislatorLou D’Amaro (D-North Babylon). RICOstatues call for stiff penalties and havebeen used to break up organized crime inNew York City and Latin King activity inFlorida back in 2006.

“It’s the long-term undercover investiga-tions and RICO charges that’ll break theirbacks,” D’Amaro said.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levyissued a statement suggesting the arrestscould wipe out the gang from theHuntington Station community. D’Amaroand Cooper, however, cautioned that with-out more enforcement, other gangs orLatin King members could move in.

“I compare it to the hydra, that mytholog-ical Greek serpent. I think the problem, notjust in Huntington Station, is analogous tothat. In this case, the FBI working with theSuffolk Police gang suppression unit cer-tainly struck a good first blow, but we needto keep up the pressure,” Cooper said.

Both legislators also pressured Levy tohire more police officers. Lawmakersapproved tax increases to fund the hiringof 200 additional cops last year. So far just70 have been employed.

“Imagine if we hired 130 additional offi-cers and had police on patrol, on bicycle…”Cooper said. “I think it could make a hugelong-term effect in Huntington Stationand other communities with street crime.”

Both Gigante and Dormer confirmedthat investigations are ongoing and addi-tional gang arrests are possible.

Eight arrested in Latin Kings gang sweep(Continued from page A1)


J. Bowens A. Cordero A. Diaz L. Lemus S. Maraza E. Morejon J. Sosa

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

‘Batman’ Trustee Leaked InfoCouncilman Mayoka blames consulting firm in e-mail controversy

A town councilman has denied usinglast week’s arrests as political fodder.

Mark Mayoka released a statement tothe press and GOP officials on theevening of March 24, hours before FBIand Suffolk County police arrested eightLatin Kings gang members on drugsand guns charges.

The statement reads: “Through astrategic Alliance that I have started withthe nations [sic] premiere law enforce-ment consultancy the first of many lawenforcement surges will take place tomor-row mourning [sic] in Huntington Sta-tion. It will be executed through a JointSuffolk County and Federal task Force.”

Suffolk County Chief of Detectives

Dominic Varrone confirmed that hespoke with Mayoka last Wednesday at ameeting of the Federal Drug AgentsFoundation. When the councilmanraised concerns over violence in Hunt-ington Station, Varrone said he told himwhat police were working on, but didnot get specific.

“He’s an elected official. There arethings that an elected official may beprivy to sometimes,” the chief said. “Isaid to him, ‘I can’t talk to you about it.Something may happen tomorrow. Callme in the afternoon,’ which he did.”

Councilman Mark Cuthbertson saidthat the board and supervisor are oftenkept in the loop as a courtesy, but townhall does not have direct input on crim-inal investigations.

“We get snippets on the side that they’re

working on things,” Cuthbertson said. Did Mayoka’s meeting result in

Thursday morning’s raids? “If it’s true, then he’s Batman,” Cuth-

bertson said.Mayoka said an “overzealous private

security firm” wrote the e-mail and toldhim to forward it. He did not “get achance to fully read it,” he said.

“I did not write the e-mail…I disagreewith this content. Errors and irregulari-ties were discovered after its dissemina-tion,” he said. “I’m 100 percent in favorand support of the authorities.”

Deputy Inspector Gerald Gigante saidhe heard that the arrests were leakedprematurely.

“If that’s the case, it could have jeop-ardized the safety of the officers and theinvestigation,” Gigante said.


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After several months of writing aboutthe joys of taking winter photos, I haverealized that, except for the holiday sea-son and maybe a birthday or two, mostcameras hibernate for the winter. Nowthat April is here, it’s time to awakenthose slumbering cameras and get themready for another season of photo cap-turing, and don’t forget to give your shut-ter button finger a good exercise workoutto get ready.

Spring is a great time to get outdoorsand reacquaint yourself with your cam-era. The warmer temperatures andincreasingly abundant daylight make forgood photo conditions. Spring is also agood time to take stock of your equip-ment and assess whether what you haveis sufficient or a new purchase is in order.Camera shops run sales in the spring, asthis is a popular camera-buying season.It is important to have your camera ingood working order since spring is theseason for weddings, graduations, com-

munions, sports and many school func-tions. However, there is one universalsign that spring has arrived – the flower,and it just so happens that flowers makegreat photography subjects.

Photographing flowers is hard workregardless of whether you are an avidbotanist looking to spot and cataloguedifferent species or the type that likes tostroll out in your backyard and snap afew photos. I consider myself part of thelatter group, since I can’t tell a buttercupfrom a butter churn. I try to get a decentphotograph when I see a flower thatlooks interesting. Serious flower photog-raphy takes a good amount of qualityequipment and lots of patience; however,with a few simple tips, good qualityflower photos can be taken with anycamera.

The best flower photos require you toget down to the flower’s level; photostaken from a top-down angle above thebloom are never interesting. Keep yourflower photos simple and uncluttered.Isolate on one flower or a small groupand be sure to get in close. If you wish toinclude multiple blooms in your photostick, go with an odd number of flowers.There is no real science behind this, butit is well known to photographers thatodd numbers produce more pleasingphotos.

Keep your backgrounds clean and freeof bright distractions – your subjectshould not have to compete with someinanimate object in the background.Keeping a background free from dis-tracting objects is difficult; many pho-

tographers keep a small piece of blackfabric in their camera bag that can beplaced some distance behind the flowercreating a background that is not dis-tracting. If you’re the type of photogra-pher that leaves your camera on the“auto” setting, then you should try theaperture priority setting (if your cameraallows manual settings). This allows youto control the f-stop and the cameraselects the proper shutter speed. Thisallows you to isolate the subject whileblurring the background that addsdimension to your image. If your cameradoes not allow manual control, then usethe “macro” setting, which lets the cam-era determine the best settings for close-up photography. Any close-up photogra-phy, especially floral photographyrequires a steady hand, which meanskeeping a small tripod handy. It isalmost impossible to get quality flowerphotographs without securing the cam-era – hand-holding the camera willintroduce too much blur to the photothat will not be evident on the camerascreen but will show up on the largerprint.

Bright sunny days may be comfortableweather for taking photos, howeverbright cloudy days offer optimal condi-tions for floral photography. Direct sun-light on flowers creates harsh shadowsand hot spots that rob the photo of all itscolor and texture. The even light of abright cloudy day is diffused by the clouds– much like the lighting you would find ina professional studio. Even though you

have no control over the weather, you stillhave some control over your photo. Aquick word about your camera’s flash: on-camera flash is too harsh for flower pho-tos and its placement is too close to thelens to be of any value.

If you want to take your camera on aflower photo trip, mark May 2 on yourcalendar, the date of Huntington’s popu-lar Tulip Festival. This year will mark the10th year of the event, held from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. at Hecksher Park. The festivalfeatures over 20,000 tulips on displayalong with food, music and games whichwill provide numerous photo opportuni-ties. The festival has a special treat forphotographers – a photo contest. Festivalorganizers will award cash prizes to thetop three winners and will use those pho-tos to promote the 2011 festival. You candownload a tulip festival photo contestentry form at http://town.huntington.ny.us/permit_pics/347.pdf.

On April 6, the Huntington CameraClub will host a program by YvonneBerger of Berger Bros. Camera on usingtwo popular Adobe editing programs –Photoshop Elements 8 and Lightroom 2.The Huntington Camera Club meetsevery Tuesday night in main auditoriumroom of the Huntington Public Libraryon Main Street in Huntington village.Meetings begin at 7:30 p.m.; guests arealways welcome. Visit www.huntington-cameraclub.org for more information.

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Huntington has lots of well-keptsecrets. One of them this vagabond Foodiecrew was lucky enough to stumble uponwas Los Compadres on Old WaltWhitman Road in Huntington Station.

On the drag with the Walt WhitmanBirthplace, an Italian meat shop and aSam Ash sits an unassuming storefront –an awning on a small house, really – thatbeckons you to come in for homemadeMexican food, especially on a miserablerainy, day.

Behind the simple visage is a restaurantwith cheerful service at a great price point.The interior is stark, but surprisinglycheery thanks to the Spanish music thatsimply dares you to remain stationary inyour chair. Mexican flag-patterned table-cloths and various Southwestern knick-knacks adorn the shop and warm the soft-ly-lit dining area.

The menu focuses on a few selectMexican staples and fits on a single page,so if you like one item, odds are you’ll dowell with the rest.

Mild cheese or chicken enchiladas($8.99 for three) pair well with the housesalsa, which starts out sweet and has a

delayed kick – a slow burn, if you will.Flatulas ($8.99 for three) are crisp rolledcorn tortillas filled with beef or chickenand served with avocado, and chicken-filled, corn husk-prepared tamales($4.49) also have a nice kick.

Taco offerings include tender chicken,beef and chorizo and will run you a littlemore than $2 each. Add a few cents andcheck out one of the more daring items onthe menu – traditional beef tongue tacos(or, if you want to snooker your guests intotrying them, tacos de lengua). One of theFoodies was certainly intrigued, and dis-covered a tender offering served in a softtaco with abundant onions and a mildbeef flavor.

For a twist on the traditional taco, orderup a fajita pita, which stuffs taco and bur-rito fixings – chicken/beef, refried beansand lettuce – into an open pita for lessthan $3. Burritos ($4) are open-ended

and generously sized for the price.And that seems to be the point – gener-

ous portions, good prices and good com-pany. All we know is that once we got backto the office, we started to think about hit-ting up the grill menu – that’s about all wedidn’t touch – and we suddenly had theurge for an early spring’s siesta.


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ABEL CONKLIN’S SOLD: One of the topnames in the restaurant industry willtake over Abel Conklin’s, the landmarkdining spot in Huntington village.Huntington’s Fabio Machado, whoseReststar Hospitality owns and operates12 restaurants on Long Island and NewYork City (including Café Buenos Aires,Bistro Cassis, Bin 56 and OsteriaToscana in Huntington), and ReststarCFO Dean Kois purchased the propertyat Green and High streets while the busi-ness was in bankruptcy, but have not yetclosed on the separate restaurant pur-chase. When that occurs – likely withintwo weeks, Kois said – the restaurant willclose for renovations. Other than the factthat they don’t plan on changing thename, don’t ask what the plans are – gosee it when it re-opens.

DINING HALL OF FAME: The Long IslandDining Alliance (LIDA) is seeking nomi-nations for its Long Island Dining Hall of

Fame. Nominees should be Long Islandrestaurateurs of lengthy experience inNassau and Suffolk or individuals whohave made long-standing contributionsto the vitality of the Island’s restaurantand foodservice industry. Winners will beannounced on April 8 at a LIDA kickoffevent to be held at Carlyle on the Green atBethpage State Park. Submissions shouldinclude the nominee’s name, achieve-ments and contact information for boththe nominee and the person making thenomination. E-mail by April 5 [email protected]. LIDA is a network-ing and trade group for owners of restau-rants, delis, bagel shops and other food-service providers and their supplier.

EASTER AT JONATHAN’S: Jonathan’sRistorante (15 Wall St., Huntington 631-549-0055) will offer holiday specials a lacarte for Easter on Sunday, April 4 from3-9 p.m. The specials are as follows:minestra di Verdura con Ceci ($9); cozzeall’ Acqua Pazza, mussels in tomato, gar-lic, herbs broth ($12); risotto with lemon,shrimp and artichokes ($22); spinachgnudi with pancetta, morels andPecorino Romano ($21); spigola al pas-sato di pomodoro, funghi trifolati andbaby spinach ($28); rack of lamb withrosemary reduction, potato, artichokesand cipollini onions ($33); and ricottacheese cake with sour cherries ($9). Forthe kids, an a la carte children’s menu isoffered: chicken fingers with fries ($9);penne with Bolognese sauce or butterand parmesan ($9); fettucine alfredowith sliced chicken breast ($11); and sir-loin burger with American cheese andFrench fries ($10). Reservations are amust.

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Huntington’s Fabio Machado and partnerDean Kois will be the new owners of AbelConklin’s.

Showering Mothers In Need

Two Candlewood Middle Schooleighth-graders took their parentingassignment to another level.

As part of the Half Hollow Hills HealthEducation Department's curriculum forCandlewood and West Hollow middleschools, eighth-graders have an opportu-nity to take home a state-of–the-art,wireless baby doll for at least 24 hours.Alana Kessler and Lea Silverman tookthis assignment one step further, askingto care for their babies for an entireweekend, and threw a baby shower tocollect items for families in need.

At the behest of Kessler’s mother, thegirls invited their friends to bring babyitems to the shower, which could then bedonated to an appropriate organization.Kessler and Silverman created and dis-tributed invitations for the big event, anddecorated Kessler’s house with balloonsand baby-themed decorations.

The girls who attended enjoyed dis-cussing their experiences with their ownwireless babies, and those who hadn’tparticipated in the assignment were ableto get a sense of what the experiencewould be like. In addition, everyone

opened the baby gifts and played babyshower games.

Students donated items like bottles,diapers, new baby clothing and toys toMOMMA’s House, an organization onLong Island for young mothers and theirbabies that helps the young mothers con-tinue their education or vocational expe-rience for up to two years. With this guid-ance and direction, the hope is these

young mothers learn to support them-selves and their children independently.

A few of the girls who participated inthe baby shower delivered the baby itemsto MOMMA’s in late January and got tolearn more about the organization.

“It was really fun getting together withmy friends to do something for a charity,"Kessler said.

“And then to visit the charity,”Silverman added.


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Everyone’s Irish On St. Patrick’s Day

Candlewood Middle School students AlanaKessler and Lea Silverman threw a babyshower for their wireless babies to collectitems for young mothers in need.

Ricky Martorella's kindergartners at Otsego Elementary celebrate St. Patrick's Daywith green bagels.

Wranglerettes Host Night Of Dance

The Half Hollow Hills WestWranglerettes dance team hosted their11th annual Night of Dance on Feb. 24.

The event showcased the talents ofthe Wranglerettes, Hills East Dixetteskickline, Candlewood and West

Hollow middle school dance teams,Half Hollow Hills Hip-Hop Kids ingrades 3-8 who participated in theWranglerettes’ workshop, numeroussolo performers and Smithtown East’skickline. Types of dance and move-ment presented included pom, jazz,lyrical, kick, dance, modern and hip-hop.

Dancers from the Candlewood Pom squaddazzle the crowd with their skills.

This squad took their jazzy routine to new heights.

The Hills East Dixettes get their groove on.

Take It On The Iceeet host of Network s ockey Ni hti e tan ischler and former New ork

Islander lenn hico esch as they speakabout and si n their new book, “ ho s etter

an ers De ils Islanders or the lyers onpril p.m. at ook e ue New orke. untin ton. - - .

Shakespeare In 90 Minutesatch as three classically trained actors of theare ones epertory ompany attempt the

impossible perform e ery hakespeare playe er written in minutes. tili in arioustechni ues such as rap performance art ande en reudian analysis Tom hillemi ohnDorcic and Nino scensio will tackle omeoand uliet Othello amlet and more at the

osey chool of Dance ain t.Northport on pril and p.m.

. - - - .www.barebonestheater.com.

Green Living Seminarstarflower periences is hostin a series ofreen i in eminars at the el ille branch

of the alf ollow ills ibrary at p.m. usual-ly on the second Thursday of each month.Ne t on pril The dynamics of sustainablelife styles and eco-desi n . The library is locat-ed at weet ollow d. - - .

Women’s Luncheonoin the untin ton hristian omen s lub

for a luncheon on pril a.m. featurina speech by oretta ay omplementary

reations maker of custom-desi ned inspira-tional handba s and inishin Touchesspeaker uth ise who will share how to nour-ish beauty from the inside out at Orlando s

estaurant ommack oad ommack. all inclusi e reser ations re uired. -- or - - or huntin ton-

cwc uno.com.

Ginny Hilfiger In Huntingtoninny ilfi er youn est dau hter of interna-

tional me a-brand Tommy ilfi er will showher sprin collection of INN in a per-sonal appearance and trunk show on pril p.m. at e er- arkes erard t.untin ton illa e. er line is influenced by

simple lines and silhouettes with a focus oncomfort and ele ance. The e ent will becatered by a North hore restaurateur itchel

auser of rew and arney s restaurants.ercenta e of the proceeds will be donated toamily er ice ea ue. - - . e er-

parkers.com.

Love In Every Stitcho e to uilt oin the uiltin roup at Oldirst hurch to make uilts for cancer patients

e ery Thursday at a.m. - - .

Hop To ItThe aster unny will need help findin thee s he hid on pril as the Town of

untin ton re i es its e hunt near theeckscher ark ballfield a.m. rin your

own basket or ba . - - . ri es anda free art pro ect will be sponsored by the

eckscher useum.

Meet Your Neighborsoin the untin ton Nei hbors and Newcomers

club on pril a.m. for a presentation bynna Imperato doctor of rheumatolo y and

connecti e diseases at arborfields ibrary roadway reenlawn. The club is made of

women who re ularly meet for acti ities andcon ersation. - - .

Jazz It Upisten to li e a music e ery riday ni ht at

The lks ain treet untin ton featur-in alley s omets - p.m. .

Easter Egg Hunteet the aster unny hunt for e s hear theaster story and ha e your picture taken onpril a.m. rain date unday pril

p.m. at the an elical o enanthurch edar oad ast Northport. -

- www.eccenorthport.

Hunting Easter EggsTrack down e s left behind by the aster

unny hear the aster story participate in

crafts and face paintin at ethanyresbyterian hurch s aster stra a an a

on pril noon for children a es and underat aplewood oad untin ton tation.

su ested donation per child brin yourown basket.

Autism Awarenessearn more about autism at appi ct s utismwareness ntertainment and nli htenmentent on pril p.m. at the untin ton

ilton. ent includes short talk and film onautism with refreshments followed by onIsland s best pop sin ers performin a arietyof today s music and performance by soft rockband lame whose lead sin er ichele isautistic. per person seniors stu-dents and children. - - orautism happiact.or

Perks From The Bankommunity National ank N .O will kick-

off its fifth anni ersary celebrationheckin on pril . ny new customer

who opens an acti e checkin account will bei en the opportunity to spin the heel ofun to win a aluable pri e or cash and will

recei e . basis points on their sa inaccounts special bonus rate on any -month

D and a safe deposit bo fee-free for oneyear ny customers who open a checkinaccount and si n up for online bankin and billpay will recei e after the customer haspaid their first fi e monthly bills online.www.cnbny.com.

Red Is For Passiono e the color red and en oy li in it up Theed at women are lookin for new members

who en oy oin places and makin newfriends. Their motto un rolic and

riendship. If interested contact - -or flarpp yahoo.com.

Celebrate Good TimesThe untin ton i h chool class of willbe holdin a reunion the weekend of uly -

at the el ille arriot. - -or - - .

Like Mindedtru lin with a brain tumor oin the uardianrain oundation s are To ether a brain

tumor support roup for patients who currentha e or had a tumor and other supporti e familymembers to help in time of healin on pril

- p.m. at the ommack ublic ibrary auppau e oad ommack. - - or

- - for more information.

Telling Herstoryery Tuesday oin erstory writers rouplack rown hite for a brid e-buildin

women s uided memoir writin workshoptau ht by onnie athis at untin ton tation

nrichment enter New ork e. -p.m. per class with monthly discounts.Newcomers welcome. - - .

Calling All ShutterbugsThe untin ton amera lub meets e eryTuesday eptember throu h une at the

untin ton ublic ibrary ain t.untin ton in the ain eetin oom on the

lower le el p.m. ree. www.hunt-in toncameraclub.or .

Children's Story Timehildren of all a es can en oy stories read by a

member of arnes Noble s staff e eryTuesday and Thursday from - a.m.

arnes Noble ast ericho Turnpikeast Northport. ree. - - .

Get Your Degreeearn how to recei e credit for your life e peri-

ences towards hi h school diploma throu hO estern uffolk s ternal Diplomaro ram for adults and o er with an orien-

tation informational pro ram on pril p.m.at estern uffolk O s Di ills ampus

estminster e. Di ills. - -. to re ister.

Business Breakfastull on your power suit and oin other business

professionals at NI ecuti e eferralchan e s breakfast networkin meetin

e ery ednesday - a.m. at the Di illsDiner ericho Turnpike Di ills. -

- .

Help For Kids Of Divorceeshildren in rades - can find support at a

new separation di orce roup hosted by amilyer ice ea ue on ednesday ni hts -

p.m. at ark e. untin ton. -- .

Cold Spring Harbor Public Library arbor oad old prin arbor. - -

. cshlibrary.or . Try your hand at calli raphy with a classintroducin basic oman ele ant Italic and

ad anced forms on ednesday pril p.m. Two No. pencils a lined note-

book with tear-out pa es and two . -mmfelt-tipped calli raphy pens are needed. per person for -hour instruction in on- oinclasses.

earn how you can produce honey in a bee-keepin class on Tuesday pril at p.m.

Commack Public Library auppau e oad ommack. - -

. a e percent on your car insurance pre-mium after takin the National Traffic afetyInstitute Dri in ro ram on onday pril p.m. e ister at irculation Desk

fee . eniors can et last-minute assistance filintheir ta es at the s Ta

ssistance on riday pril p.m.rin a copy of last year s ta return

form forms and any other informationconcernin your income and e penses.

ppointments are necessary si n up at theirculation Desk.

Deer Park Public Library ake e. Deer ark. - - .

Disco er what interest in the ii is all aboutwith fun-filled ames in ii for rownupson riday pril at a.m. No prior e peri-ence necessary. e ister in ad ance seatinis limited.

ead The i er of Doubt Theodoreoose elt s Darkest ourney by andiceillard to oin the discussion on onday pril at p.m.

Elwood Public Library- ericho Turnpike lwood. - - .

www.elwoodlibrary.or . heck out the library s website for the latest on

new arri als.

Half Hollow Hills LibraryDi ills ranch anderbilt arkway. -

- el ille weet ollow oad.- - . hhhl.suffolk.lib.ny.us

Impro e your safety on the roads with aDefensi e Dri in ourse on aturday pril a.m. p.m. at the Di ills branch.

In-person re istration only Take a trip to New ork ity on the Do s

ou lease us Trip on ay . There aretwo drop-off spots ockefeller enter andthe etropolitan useum of rt with pick upat p.m. per person tickets on sale pril

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Harborfields Public Library roadway reenlawn. - - .

harb.suffolk.lib.ny.us earn how to play the popular tile ame ah

on from Instructor usan alish onTuesday pril at p.m. includes set of

ah ohn cards ood for year.

Huntington Public Libraryain ranch ain t. untin ton. -

- . tation ranch New orke. untin ton tation. - - .

hpl.suffolk.lib.ny.us ree blood pressure screenin s from the

merican ed ross on onday pril a.m.

ook a trip escape the cold and disco erthe world throu h books and acti ities.

e ister as a family for inter eadin lub and pick up your eadin Itinerary at

the outh and arent er ices eferenceDesk. Throu h readin tra el to si conti-nents in two months. ach week add stick-ers to your tra el book and recei e pri es forreadin to ether.

Northport-East Northport Public Library aurel e. Northport. - - .

arkfield oad ast Northport. - - .www.nenpl.or . iew The lind ide starrin andra

ullock in a true story of a homeless frican-merican youn ster taken in by a well-to-doaucasian family on riday pril at a.m.

in the ast Northport branch. ead the on Island eads selection The

i er of Doubt Theodore oose elt sDarkest ourney by andice illard for adiscussion on Thursday pril at p.m. inthe Northport branch.

South Huntington Public Library i eon ill oad untin ton tation. -- . www.shpl.info.

ookin for employment The . . ensusureau will be holdin open testin for tem-

porary part-time positions with the cen-sus on aturday pril a.m.

ee here the ild Thin s re in the mo ie based on the children s book by

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Hop To It

The Easter Bunny will need help finding the eggs he hid on April 2, as the Town ofHuntington revives its egg hunt near the Heckscher Park ballfield, 11 a.m. Bring yourown basket or bag. Prizes and a free art project will be sponsored by the HeckscherMuseum. 631-351-2877.


aurice endak on onday pril p.m.

Arena Players Children's Theatre oute ast armin dale. - -.

umpelstiltskin a play based on the fairy-tale takes to the sta e pril ay with performances aturdays and undays p.m. in armin dale and aturdays p.m.

at the enterport arria e ouse ittleNeck oad enterport. .

Arena Players Repertory Theatre oute ast armin dale. - -. ll ain ta e roductions performed as

scheduled. riday p.m. aturday p.m. and unday p.m. .

on Day s ourney Into Ni ht by u eneO Neill which reli es a fateful day for theTyrone family in u ust takes o er the

ain ta e arch pril . aradise ey by Dean oyner deals raph-ically with interro ation techni ues used by

mericans to ain information as a Ia ent has to et inside a erman doctor shead to learn of a accine or risk disaster. Itis showin on the econd ta e throu h

pril . erformances are ridays and aturdays p.m. and undays

at p.m.

Cinema Arts Centre ark e. untin ton. www.cinemaarts-

centre.or . - - . Idiots and n els by Oscar-nominated ani-mator ill lympton is about a un-runninboo e-drinkin man who ets pleasure out ofcausin others misery and one day wakes upwith win s that force him to do ood deeds.

howin Thursday pril at p.m. members public includes reception auto-raph and ori inal drawin from the series.

lack irl Ousmane embene s first fea-ture film e plorin racial relationshipsbetween uropean coloni ers and the colo-ni ed will be shown on Tuesday pril at

p.m.

Dix Hills Center For The Performing Artsi e Towns olle e N. er ice oad Diills. o Office - - .

www.dhpac.or edisco er acbeth by illiam

hakespeare a thrill-ride of human responseto ambitious and temptation set in the alter-nate uni erse of post-apocalyptic underthe direction of athy urtiss plays pril

at p.m. and unday pril at p.m. students and seniors adults.

The Minstrel Players Of Northport erformin at ou hton all theatre at Trinitypiscopal hurch ain t. Northportilla e. - -

www.minstrelplayers.or . lithe pirit by Noel oward will take thesta e on aturdays pril and at p.m. and undays pril and at p.m.

adults and seniors children. rouprates a ailable for or more.

John W. Engeman Theater At Northport ain treet Northport. www. ohnwen e-

mantheater.com. - - . Dial for urder a classical psycholo icalthriller in which a former tennis star plots tokill his wealthy wife takes the sta e arch

pril with performances on Thursdayridays and aturdays at p.m. andundays at p.m. select dates at p.m.

.

Star Playhouse t the uffolk auppau e oadommack. - - e t. .

o back and celebrate the roarin s withThorou hly odern illie on aturdaysay and at p.m. undays ay and at p.m. public seniors

and students. members memberseniors and students.

Tilles Center For Performing Arts Northern oule ard rook ille. www.tilles-

center.or . - - . ee ryce arsen a . . ost radu-ate and lead sin er of the band tealinane in his first ma or concert appearance

since merican Idol's ollywood eek withspecial uest ike Del io on ednesday

pril at p.m. public a ailable at thedoor only.

e endary comedian and entertainer ill

osby brin s lau hter to the sta e onaturday pril in two shows at p.m. and p.m. . - . .

Got Talent?uditions for amateur and professional enter-

tainers for the untin ton rts ouncil s otTalent on Island will be held at the

untin ton chool of erformin rts on pril p.m. uditions are first come first

ser ed doors open at p.m. re istrationbe ins at p.m. No dance acts animal actsor fire. rts ouncil members non-members. iano a ailable but performers mustbrin their own accompanist. www.huntin -tonarts.or . - - .

Seeking StringsThe Northport ymphony Orchestra formerlythe Northport ommunity Orchestra is seekinnew members in all sections. ehearsals are

ednesday e enin s. - - . northpor-torchestra.or .

Cloggers WantedThe ruce pruce lo ers Dance ompanyis seekin dancers for future shows on onIsland. Dance back round wanted preferablye perience in tap clo or Irish-step dancin .

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Alfred Van Leon Gallery id eon ill oad. untin ton tation.- -

on. Tues. Thurs. ri. .am. - p.m. ed. a.m. - p.m. at. a.m. - p.m. un. -

p.m. eace etween s Our urroundin sfeaturin work by illian amy eata rukand ulie O Daly raduate students in the

aster of ine rts pro ram at . . ost.will be on display throu h pril .

Alpan Gallery est ar er t. untin ton. allery hoursednesday - aturday a.m. - p.m.

- - . www.alpan allery.com. allery selections from li lah erdian

andra enny yl ia arnick eun eei allia eon in uneeta ittal innea yun sub hin arie Tra er ichardau Nola irin are on display arch pril .

Art League of Long Island ast Deer ark oad Di ills. allery

hours a.m. - p.m. weekdays a.m. - p.m.weekends. - - . www. rt ea ue I.or . ircle of riends II featurin a colle iality ofartistic endea ors amon friends in its sec-ond year opens on pril ay .

b.j. spoke gallery ain t. untin ton. allery hours

onday unday a.m. - p.m. until p.m. on riday and aturday. - - . Tempore ink by is Drei en will beshown alon side ohn acfie s hi h- lossacrylics in ea capes and reat scapesfrom pril ay . Openin reception on

pril p.m.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery oute old prin arbor. Open

se en days a week a.m. - p.m. adults children - and seniors o er members and children under are free. -

- . http www.cshfha.or elebrate National n ironmental ducation

eek from pril with special acti i-ties for children all week. ree with admission.

fotofoto Gallery New ork e. untin ton. allery hours

riday - p.m. aturday - p.m. unday - p.m. - - . www.fotofoto-

allery.com. iew the eascapes of artist andi Danielalon side bits and pieces of emnants byois oumans throu h pril .

ntarctica ourney To the treme featur-in photo raphs by odak professional part-ner olly ordan opens on pril ay with openin reception on pril - p.m.

Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association.O. o reenlawn. - - .

Huntington Arts Councilain treet etite allery ain t.untin ton. allery hours onday - riday

a.m. - p.m. rt in the rt-trium el illeark oad el ille. allery ours onday -riday a.m. - p.m. - - .

www.huntin tonarts.or . uried ortrait hibit will be on display inthe ain treet etite allery arch

ay . i h rts howcase I featurin worksfrom hi h school artists from the ouncil s

rts-In- ducation ourney pro ram atommack arborfields untin ton

Northport- ast Northport lained e Oldethpa e and outh untin ton districts is

on display in the rt-trium throu h pril .

Heckscher Museum Of Art rime e. untin ton. useum hoursednesday - riday from a.m. - p.m. first

ridays from p.m. - p.m. aturday andunday from a.m. - p.m. - - .dmission - adults - seniors and -children members and children under

free. - - . rcadia uburbia rchitecture on onIsland hi hli hts the si nificantarchitectural history of on Island o er thepast years from rank loyd ri ht and

hilip ohnson to arcel reuer from an. to pril . The e hibition is a new narra-

ti e chartin the re ion s de elopment froma lar ely a rarian society with a si nificantrole as a leisure destination to a mature sub-urban culture.

Huntington Historical Society ain office library ain t. untin ton.useums onklin ouse i h t. issam ouse useum hop ark e. - -

e t. . http www.huntin tonhistorical-society.or earn about the women and men of the

nder round ailroad on on Island fromDr. athleen esor author of The oad to

reedom the nder round ailroad Nework and eyond on Thursday pril at

p.m. as part of the onklin ouse ectureseries. ree for members non-members.

Joseph Lloyd Manor Houseloyd ane and loyd arbor d. loyd Neckaturday- unday - p.m. last tour at .dults hildren - roups by

appointment only. - - .www.splia.or .

LaMantia Gallery ain t. ast Northport. - - .

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Martin Lerman Gallery New ork e. untin ton. - - .

ww.martinlerman allery.com ours onday- riday a.m. - p.m. ome a mi ed-media art e hibition by

obert ielenhausen is on display throu hay .

Northport Historical Society Museum

ain t. Northport. useum hoursTuesday - unday - p.m. - -

. www.Northporthistorical.or . ecordin emories a istoric O er iewO er ears of crapbookin ournalin

hoto lbums and more is an e hibitionsponsored by Not ust a crap of enterporton display in the main allery.

Ripe Art Gallery roadway reenlawn. - - .

allery hours Tuesday - Thursday a.m. - p.m. riday p.m. - p.m. aturday a.m. - p.m. www.ripeart al.com.

Suffolk Y JCC auppau e d. ommack. - -

e t. . Tuesday - p.m. dmission perperson per family. pecial roup pro-rams a ailable

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium ittle Neck d. enterport. useum

hours Tuesday - riday - p.m.aturdays undays and holidays - p.m.

closed ondays e cept for holiday weeks.rounds admission adults seniors stu-

dents and children under . useum touradd per person. - - . www. an-derbiltmuseum.or . rin your children to a le s Nest for a spe-cial aster breakfast and an e hunt on

aturday pril . The anderbilt s lon -stand-in sprin e ent includes unny reakfast at a.m. followed by a e hunt in theanderbilt ose arden weather permittin

an aster basket and bonnet parade amesphotos with unny and i l hick and a spe-cial planetarium show Trip to the lanetsat a.m. dults members chil-dren members. eser e tickets byphone or on the museum s website.

Walt Whitman Birthplace Old alt hitman d untin ton tation.

ours ednesday- riday - p.m.aturdays and undays a.m. - p.m.dmission adults seniors students and

children under are free. - - .www.waltwhitman.or The oetry and ilm eries co-sponsored bythe irthplace and on Island oetry

ollecti e will show the film ookin forichard followed by a discussion led by

Tammy Nu o- or an uffolk ounty oetaureate - about its relationship to

poetry on Tuesday pril at p.m. in theuntin ton ibrary ain t. untin ton.

The Whaling Museumain treet old prin arbor. useum

hours Tuesday- unday a.m. - p.m. adults seniors students - family

military and children under are free.- - . www.cshwhalin museum.or .

Tales Treasure rom the ttic rchi ean e hibition e plorin the s throu hartifacts and stories is on display throu habor Day .

Ridotto, Concerts with a Touch of Classt Old irst hurch oute in untin ton.

- - . www. idotto.or .ear anadian-Israeli pianist ichaelerko sky in recital on unday pril at

p.m. The winner of the ale ordonompetition and uilliard oncert competition

will perform eetho en s Tempest onatao art s The Turkish arch and works byis t includin is t s transcriptions of threechubert son s. members stu-

dents seniors public. eser ationsrecommended.

Harborfields BOEThe arborfields chool District s oard of

ducation will hold a special bud et meetinon ednesday pril at p.m. to publiclydiscuss the proposed - school bud etat Oldfield iddle chool Oldfield oad

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ObituariesJohn Cockshott, WWII Royal Air

Force “Dambuster”

John V. Cockshott, a highly decoratedWorld War II Royal Air Force veteranwho participated in the bombing of theBattleship Tirpitz in 1944, died atHuntington Village Nursing Home lastmonth. He was 87.

Born in Bradford, England in 1922,Cockshott joined the Royal Air Force in1941 at age 19 and received his flighttraining in Phoenix, Ariz. at Falcon Field.He returned to England and wasappointed Squadron Leader of the 617thSquadron, best known as “the

Dambusters.” In two tours of duty, heflew 63 successful combat missions overoccupied France, Germany and Russia.In addition to dams, many of Cockshott’smissions were to bomb submarine pens,ship canals, warships and railwayviaducts. He was the first pilot to dropthe Grand Slam – a 22,000-pound bomb.Cockshott was highly decorated for hisefforts and was a two-time recipient ofthe Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.)presented by King George VI atBuckingham Palace.

In 1944, Cockshott married FredaBlakey of Doncaster, England. After thewar, he followed in his father’s footstepsand went into the insurance business.

Cockshott, his wife and his daughter livedin many cities on three continents includ-ing London, Johannesburg, Cape Townand New York. He worked in the insur-ance/risk management division ofStandard Vacuum Oil Co. and later for theExxon Corp. Before retiring, Cockshottlived in Bermuda for 10 years. He was vicepresident of Ancon Insurance Co., a divi-sion of the Exxon Corp.

After traveling extensively all over theworld, Cockshott and his wife retired toDix Hills in 1983 to be near his daughterand her family. In retirement, Cockshottenjoyed playing golf and was a governorof the St. George’s Golf & Country Club inStony Brook. He was also president and

vice president of the Exxon AnnuitantsClub for several years. He was active atSt. Luke Lutheran Church in Dix Hills,serving on the church council and ascommunion assistant, and was involvedin the annual golf tournament. Afterstudying and preparing for two years, hebecame a Lutheran deacon in 2005 at theage of 82.

Friends and family members describedCockshott as humble.

“He did not talk about World War IIevents very often,” his daughter,Jacqueline Von Urff, of Dix Hills, said.

In his later years, he recalled many warstories and his family encouraged him towrite his memoirs. Cockshott’s warefforts are documented in several WorldWar II history books, especially ones onthe “Dambusters.” He was alwaysastounded “that God spared his life dur-ing the war when so many of his friendswere killed,” his son-in-law, Gregory VonUrff, said.

A memorial service was celebrated atSt. Luke Lutheran Church on March 18.In Cockshott’s memory, please senddonations to: St. Luke’s LutheranChurch, 28 Candlewood Path, Dix Hills,NY 11746-5304.

John Cockshott

Suggestions to keep the program whilereducing its costs included combiningtransportation with other districts ormaking cuts to other areas of the budget.Two taxpayers pointed to $250,000 insalary raises made last year; however,Karnilow said only $127,623 in 3.5 per-cent raises were given to 38 “managerialconfidential and non-aligned” staff,which includes the superintendent, fiveassistant superintendents, secretaries,technology department and others whowork on yearly contracts; they weregiven the same annual raise the district’steachers received.

After the meeting, Karnilow and theboard re-evaluated the budget andoffered a compromise: the four seniorswill be admitted to LIHSA for the bene-fit of the college audition and applicationcourses; the five entering their junioryear can apply next year. This would costthe district $57,396 upfront, $45,343after state aid is accounted for. Fundingthis change will not require additionalcuts, as the district’s cost of contributing

to the state’s non-professional employeesretirement system (ERS) was found to beoverestimated; the excess will pay forLIHSA.

“We’re not going to stop somethingthat can benefit the kids, as it canbecome a career for them. It’s a pathwayto the future,” said Board Vice PresidentJeanine Bottenus.

However, Karen Isaksen-Taylor, motherof Johanna Taylor, said she was one of sev-eral parents unhappy with the compromise

the board viewed in such a positive light.“How we can accept the compromising

of programs that provide invaluabletraining opportunities for our studentswho will go on to major in these areas incollege?” she said.

Karnilow said Hills will also educateits guidance counselors to be more famil-iar with colleges specializing in the finearts and theater, and offer a theater pro-duction class next year to interested stu-dents.

(Continued from page A3)

School board amends budget

200 new officers. Levy, however, has on-ly agreed to hire 70 despite the moneyalready being allocated.

“This is part of a political strategy bythe county executive. It has nothing todo with protecting the public,” Coopersaid.

PBA President Jeff Frayler alsotrashed Levy during a rally at countyheadquarters on Monday demanding hepay more attention to gang violencethan his bid for governor.

“We need a true police professional to

run it. It is hurting the residents – chil-dren are being shot in the parks. They’rebeing shot in the streets. Assaults arerampant… it’s a problem. The problem isLevy and Dormer are not being honestwith the public,” Frayler said.

Neither Dormer nor Levy returnedphone messages for comment.

However, Cooper said he has the 10votes to pass both pieces of legislation,and is working to secure the extra twovotes to prevent Levy from vetoing ei-ther. Should Dormer be forced out be-fore the fixed terms pass, Cooper said

Deputy Police Commissioner RogerShannon would take over immediately.

But while the legislator said even a ve-toed bill would send a message with thefirst attempt in their 40-year history tofire an appointed official, he didn’t nec-essarily want Shannon either.

“We need a police commissioner whohas the guts to stand up to the county ex-ecutive and advocate for the best possi-ble public safety policy,” Cooper said.“They also have to work with the countylegislature and answer our questionshonestly.”

(Continued from page A7)

Legislator wants Dormer out

moving ahead with the project includingfinding funding and obtaining easementof land from the Hills district. In themeantime, Baden said the town tem-porarily repainted the road into threelanes without the necessary space, creat-ing even more of a hazard.

Though they have faced numerous

setbacks and delays, House BeautifulPresident Patricia Giambalvo said thecivic association is “thrilled” to see theturning lane with the benefit of newstorm drainage.

“I just ask that I be the first one tomake the left-hand turn onto Melrose,”Saks said. “I hope to make many moreleft-hand turns onto Melrose.”

Turning lane work starts(Continued from page A3)

DIX HILLS

Award Created In Dick McGuire’s NameDick McGuire, the legendary St. John’s

and New York Knicks star and a Dix Hillsresident before his death on Feb. 3, washonored on March 15 with the creation ofthe “Halligan-McGuire Irish AmericanSports Good Guy Awards.”

At a luncheon at Gallagher’s SteakHouse in New York City to benefitFordham University, McGuire, an NBAHall of Famer, along with John Halligan,the Rangers and NHL public relationsexecutive, historian and author, wereremembered as two beloved New Yorksports figures of Irish American heritage.

Teri, McGuire’s wife of 54 years; JohnFlaherty, former Yankee and YESNetwork analyst; Janet, Halligan’s wife

of 41 years; and Dave Maloney, formerRanger/MSG Network-1050 ESPNRadio broadcaster, were the inauguralhonorees.

Born in the Bronx, a product of theRockaways, McGuire was a part of theKnicks organization for 53 seasons as aplayer, coach and scout. The St. John’sUniversity star was one of the most self-less players in NBA history. The deft-passing McGuire was a five-time all starand led the Knicks to three straight NBAFinals in the 50s. His number, 15, wasretired to the Madison Square Gardenrafters in 1992, and he was inducted intothe Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame thefollowing year.

Dick McGuire’s son Mike, and widow, Teri,launch and award in the Knicks legend’shonor. Teri was the inaugural honoree.

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From the gutters to the ball return racks, LarkfieldLanes in East Northport is full of history, and if youknow where to look, it can shine a light on more than 60years of evolution in the sport of bowling.

Built in the late 1940s by the Algerio family, BerniePassi bought it in 1967 with two partners, current ownerJim Cavanagh said. His father, Ed, a teacher at JohnGlenn High School, purchased the center, located at 332Larkfield Road, from Passi in 1986 while he was still ateacher, retiring from the school six years later.

“He was a teacher during the day and worked here atnight,” Cavanagh said at the center as pins crashed inthe background. “He bought it when I was a senior inhigh school. We still get a lot of people who ask if he’saround because they remember him as a teacher. It’s alot of fun.”

The center, which expanded from its original 12 lanesto its current 20 in the early 1950s, has seen a great dealof change since it opened its doors. In the late 1940s,top-of-the-line bowling balls were made of hard rubberwith a flat, pancake core, which bowlers threw at heavymaple pins set by pin boys down a lacquer-coated woodbowling lane. Today, automatic pinsetters are the rule,and many bowlers use sophisticated reactive resin bowl-ing balls with complex, asymmetrical cores and rollthem at livelier, plastic-coated pins down apolyurethane-treated, synthetic wood surface.

In many ways, the center is a juxtaposition of old andnew ways, from the brand-new synthetic Qubica-AMFlanes and masking units, down to the retro, Y-shapedAMF ball return racks and the classic bowling instruc-tion videos by legendary bowlers like Earl Anthony andDon Johnson behind the desk.

One thing hasn’t changed a whole lot – unlike muchof the industry, Larkfield Lanes is family owned andcontinues to base much of its business on leaguebowlers from morning until night, instead of shiftingtoward late-night, glow-in-the-dark bowling.

Larkfield keeps a strong league membership,

Cavanagh said, by staying involved in the community itserves.

“We’re much more in touch with the community. Wesee everybody almost every day… we have almost all ofthe same league bowlers with very little turnover,” hesaid.

Since the early 1990s, Larkfield Lanes has offered freebowling to students during the summer to give them asafe haven and a constructive activity in their free time.

“I hope they pick it up as a lifetime sport,” Cavanaghsaid. “In the meantime, it gives them something to dowith the summer.”

In the meantime, Cavanagh is considering pursuingnew programs to keep more competitive bowlersengaged at Larkfield. He said he’s interested in pursuingthe United States Bowling Congress’ (USBC) Red,White and Blue program, which would tell bowlersahead of time what USBC-certified house oil patternthey put down. Red is easiest of the three, with white inthe middle and blue as the most challenging. He hasalso hosted a Professional Bowlers Association (PBA)Experience summer league for the last five years, whichgives bowlers a chance to shoot on the same oil patternsthat the top PBA stars bowl on each week. The sophisti-cated patterns require precision and accuracy – onemust pick a spot about two inches wide and hit it con-sistently to score well.

“They’re trying to bring back the more competitive[environment],” Cavanagh said of the USBC. “I like theidea… it’s more competitive and it lets you know where

you really stand… they appreciate that they have to workon their game. You can’t score at will.”

Manager Tony Pennacchia said the bowling marketremains strong, even in the face of an economic down-turn.

“People are still bowling. It’s one of the cheapestforms of entertainment around,” he said. “They may notbowl in three leagues, but they’ll bowl in two.”

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Taking A Shot Down Memory LaneRich with history, family-owned Larkfield Lanes mixes new ways with bowling traditions

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Jim Cavanagh and Carol Sumberac show off the “new end” of Larkfield Lanes – built in the late 1950s, the back eight lanescomplete the 20-lane center, which has only had three owners since it opened.

Barbara Wolf throws a fourth consecutive strike during aMonday morning ladies league. The center still relies onleague bowlers for the bulk of its business unlike others inthe industry that have shifted toward open bowling.

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Half Hollow Hills’ girls lacrosse isconvinced that playing against thebest can only make a team stronger.

The High School East/West com-bined squad lost its league seasonopener 20-8 to West Babylon, SuffolkCounty’s No. 1 team, on March 25.Head coach Lori Graham said theyoung team has taken the loss instride, a stroke of luck, saying it wasvaluable experience. Now, they face adownhill battle.

“We can only grow from this game.This is the hardest team that we willhave to face, so it can only get betterfor us from here,” Graham said.

In a bitter cold that reminded play-ers and coaches it was only earlyspring, the team took to the turfdetermined to put up a fight.

“This team is probably the bestteam that I have seen in 10 years ofcoaching at Half Hollow Hills,” thecoach said. “Because of our fantasticyouth program, we now have a talent-ed feeder program that allows thesegirls to have play with each other fora number of years.”

The team roster has a number ofyounger players from this system,with seven freshman and only fivereturning seniors this year.

Senior captain KelseyCunningham returns as an attacker,one of five seniors on the team, scor-ing 5 goals and 1 assist against WestBabylon.

“Cunningham has great stick stilland see the open players from behindthe crease,” Graham said.

Joining her in leading the attack isjunior captain Jackie DiMaria.Junior Ariel O’Shea returns for asecond year, scoring 1 goal and mak-ing 2 assists last Thursday.

“She has great vision behind thecage and is a play-maker,” the coachsaid.

Senior captain Danielle Gebhardtand junior captain LaurenCasadonte bring speed and pack alot of ball handling skills in Hills’midfield. They are joined by return-ing freshman Julia DiMaria andAmanda Turturro, who are expectedto get the ball to the net for Hills.

Freshman Anna Inserra, NicholeDoran and Cara Pascarella shouldadd variety and depth to Hills’ attackand midfield. They are expected tostep up and grow over the season.

“This year we have a number ofgirls that can score, not just one ortwo. We finally have about 10 differ-ent players that can score goals,”Graham said.

Hills’ freshman players will seeplenty of playing time with freshmanJillian Rocco guarding the net as theteam’s new starting goalie. Roccomade 13 saves against West Babylon.

“We look to her talent to make

some big game-changing saves.Jillian is very knowledgeable in thegoal,” the coach said. “She is a motiva-tor back in the defensive end and isreally going to help us this year.”

Standing in front of her, Rocco willhave the experience of seniorsJessica Engelthaler and BrionnadeVos, sophomores Caitlin Caiazzaand Brittany Smith. Freshman SaraMatzelle and Gina Dolisi will also bethrown into the defensive mix thisseason.

“Practices are going to continue on

defense. Playing a great defense willallow the offensive to flow,” Grahamsaid. “[We will continue] beingaggressive and intense all the time atpractice and on the field.”

That aggression allowed Hills tomake a come-from-behind win in anon-league game againstHarborfields, 11-10, on March 23after being down by 4 points at thehalf.

They are scheduled to playBrentwood on April 6 at Half HollowHills East at 4 p.m.

GIRLS LACROSSE>> WEST BABYLON 20, HILLS 8

Loss Offers Precious ExperienceYoung team views opener against No. 1 as chance to grow

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A Hills West coach has decided to step downwhile at the top of his game.

Bill Mitaritonna formally announced his resig-nation as coach of the Half Hollow Hills West var-sity boys basketball team on March 25, days afterthe team lost its first run at a New York State ClassAA championship on March 21. Mitaritonna saidhe made the decision to spend more time with hisfamily.

“For the last couple of years now I’ve been tellingmyself I need to spend more time with my family. Ihave three young kids,” he said. “I’ve spent a lot oftime in the last 10 years as varsity coach. It’s takinga toll on my family relationship.”

Mitaritonna said he’s felt the pressure of familyobligations as his wife, Kristen, has been working apart-time job while taking care of their three chil-dren: Jackie, 9, Courtney, 6, and Brendan, 3.

“I told my daughter I would start coaching herwhen she was in fourth grade, which she starts thisfall,” the varsity coach said. “It would be nice if Icould get her going with it, pass along what I’velearned.”

Mitaritonna is a social studies teacher at HillsWest and was head coach of the Colts for 10 years.In his career, he held a 116-88 record, ending thisyear’s season 24-2 with his second Suffolk CountyClass AA championship title and first Long Islandchampionship.

“I’m sad to see him resign. I understand his per-sonal reason and his family obligations. I respectthat. I’m sad to see him go, he’s done a great job,”Hills Athletic Director Joe Pennachio said. “He’staken the program from what I would say was anaverage, middle-of-the-road program to one of theelite in the state. This year we were ranked nation-ally.”

The Hills West Colts were a considerable adver-sary ranked No.1 in the state and No. 18 in thenation by USA Today. Yet more important toMitaritonna were the relationships he has builtwith players over the years.

“He made me the person I am today. He was arole model,” said 2005 Hills West graduate CharlyRogener, who played two seasons underMitaritonna. “He wasn’t a guy just about winning.He was in the business of making people betterpeople.”

Rogener said Mitaritonna inspired him tobecome a history teacher himself, and now a vol-unteer assistant coach for Elwood’s varsity basket-ball team. He’s taken a few notes from his yearsunder Mitaritonna, including the defensive drill“Stance,” and a number of Mitaritonna’s plays havemade it into Rogener’s book.

“I can’t say enough to thank the administration,I can’t thank the players who have played for me inthe past who helped me build the program to thepoint that we did last year,” Mitaritonna said.

“It was a once-in-a-lifetime season, the way thecoach kept those kids together and kept their headsin it,” Rogener said. “An undefeated season isn’teasy; you need unique individuals and someonewho binds them together.”

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A Hills player attempts to get past West Babylon’s defense on March 25.

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