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“The power of survival is so strong, youwould do anything to survive.”

Holocaust survivor Leah Fischer Leeshared the story of her plight in Nazi con-centration camps with members of SouthHuntington Jewish Center of Melville onSunday during their Yom Hashoah service.The event marked the start of HolocaustRemembrance week, April 11-17, as thecongregants recalled those killed duringWorld War II in a solemn ceremony.

“Tonight we remember the individualpeople who passed away, those lives cutshort,” said Rabbi Ian Jacknis. “There isno way to fully remember what theHolocaust was about.”

However, Lee’s story was one of sur-vival against all odds. She said the Nazisdeclared war on her native homeland ofPoland in 1933, which was occupied bythe time she was 14 in 1941. Her childrenasked the survivor to step forward toshare her story with next generation, so itwould not be forgotten.

“We were absolutely devastated,” Leesaid, describing the raid of her home.“One early morning we heard the soundof machine guns and someone scream-ing, ‘Jews get out, get out, get out.’”

The invading Nazis forced her familyinto a fenced-off ghetto, four families to ahouse. Lee’s journey began as they tookher from a Lithuania work camp, where

she was forced to shovel gravel into trainsfor construction of a new highway, thenworking in fields in Latvia and Estoniacamps with hundreds of other Jews.

“We had no names, as a name was toogood for us. They tried to humiliate us asmuch as possible,” she said.

The survivor said many times she sim-ply did whatever she was told, from dig-ging potatoes out of a field with her barehands to submitting to bodily inspectionswithout question. There was one time sherebelled, attempting to escape.

“When it got dark we ran into the woods.

[The Nazis] didn’t see us, we were lucky,”Lee said. “But after a few hours we wentback to the highway and rejoined ourgroup. We didn’t know where else to go.”

Throughout the journey, she stressedthe importance of her staying with herfamily and keeping her faith.

A symbol of the European Jews’ will topreserve their culture, Ritual co-vicepresident Jeffery Kreinces said, was aCzech Memorial Scroll dedicated as partof the synogogue’s museum on Monday.Kreinces said the Torah scroll is one of1,564 recovered from the Nazi raids of thetown of Tabor, Czech Republic duringWorld War II. The Germans had storedmany Jewish artifacts in Prague as theyplanned to later build a museum of the“extinct race.”

These scrolls were discovered in 1964,upon which they sent to Westminister,London for careful cataloging and preser-vation. South Huntington Jewish Centercongregants Herb and Margie Pryvesbrought home the Czech scroll duringtheir 1999 trip to London, which is onpermanent loan to the synogogue.

South Huntington Jewish youth carriedcandles in solemn procession during theYom Hashoah program, as they read alouddozens of names of Jewish children killedduring the Holocaust from 1993-1945.Some read the names of their great-grand-parents, grandparents, aunts and unclesfrom their own families, to demonstratehow they will forever live on.

MELVILLE

Holocaust Survivor Shares Her StoryJewish center remembers those killed in World War II, dedicates Czech Memorial Scroll

As Suffolk County considers new anti-cy-berbullying laws, educators and protectionservices officials speaking up in support ad-mit they have reservations about enacting it.

Suffolk County Legislator Jon Cooper(D-Huntington) will present legislationthat will criminalize cyberbullying of chil-dren 18 and under at the county legisla-ture’s April 27 meeting. The bill has drawnsupport based on nationally publicized cas-es, but many feel legal issues surroundingits constitutionality, enforcement and effec-tiveness must still be answered.

“So many deaths have been caused bycyberbullying a new term has arisen – nothomicide, but ‘bullycide.’ It’s nationallyrecognized as a real problem, a growingproblem and it’s only going to get worseas more people use the internet and socialnetworking sites,” Cooper said.

His legislation defines cyberbullying ascommitting repetitive acts of abusive be-havior, threatening, intimidating, insult-ing, tormenting, humiliating, etc.,through electrical communication over aperiod of time. The bills calls for perpe-trators of any age found guilty cyberbully-ing a child 18 and under to face up to a$1,000 fine and/or one year in jail.

As of Friday, 10 of Suffolk County’s 18legislators had signed on to co-sponsorCooper’s bill including Leg. Steven Stern(D-Dix Hills).

“I think Legislator Cooper should becommended for purring in the bill. Cy-berbullying should be a crime, and ifnothing else, it helps raise awareness withregard to the issue,” said Legislator LouisD`Amaro (D-N. Babylon).

While several local child education andprotection agencies said they supportedthe bill, they questioned its legality andfuture effectiveness.

“We question whether it’s enforceable

By Sara-Megan [email protected]

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Anti-Cyberbullying Bill Raises QuestionsEducators, protection agencies support proposed law but have legal, enforcement concerns

“At the end of the day, we

can’t legislate kindness and

civility. As much as we’d like

to criminalize meanness,

it’s pretty hard to do.”

— ALANE FAGIN,Executive Director of

Child Abuse Protection Services(Continued on page A23)

The South Huntington Jewish Center dedicated a Czech Torah Memorial Scroll to its muse-um, picked by Herb and Margie Pryves, above, which serves as permanent reminder of thoseJews killed during the Holocaust and their ongoing struggle to preserve the Jewish culture.


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BABY FACES QUOTE OF THE WEEKLEAH FISCHER LEE

“We had no names, as a name was too good for us. They tried to

humiliate us as much as possible.”

Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story, PAGE A1

Off Searching For God?

An Inwood man disappeared from an evangelicalconference at a Melville hotel on April 11. The 62-year-old man’s wife said he went out the day before lookingfor public transportation and never returned. Suffolkpolice advised her to return home and, if he’s not there,file a missing person’s report with the Nassau Countypolice. She said he was in good health with no medicalconditions.

But Tires Go On The Car

A Levittown woman called Suffolk County policefrom Melville on April 11 after a tire struck her movingcar. She was driving along Route 110 and PinelawnRoad when it bounced into the front driver’s side. Thetire was inadvertently sent flying by a Lindenhurstwoman. The second driver struck the tire on the road-way with her undercarriage; damage was unknown atthe time of the report.

Seriously, Nobody Took Cash Lying On The Ground?

An anonymous complainant reached out to SuffolkCounty police on April 11 after finding money blowingaround Route 110. The responding officer found $17and vouchered it at the Second Precinct.

Don’t Park In Handicapped Spots If You’re Not

Suffolk police confiscated a handicap pass from anAmityville woman’s vehicle in Melville on April 10. The28-year-old driver parked in a handicapped spot withher mother’s state permit hanging from the mirror. Po-lice took the permit and issued her a citation after shetold the responding officer that her mother was athome.

At Least She Left A Note

A Lindenhurst man called Suffolk County police fromRoute 110 in Melville on April 10 when he found thedriver’s side rear corner of his vehicle damaged. He toldpolice he also found a note with a phone number. Hespoke with a woman who claimed responsibility andprovided her insurance policy information. Witnessesat the scene claimed a dark gray Yukon Denali struckhis vehicle. Police advised him to keep the notes andcontact them again if the information is incorrect.

Woman Fesses Up To Drug Habit

A released convict called Suffolk County police for as-sistance with a drug problem on April 10. The Hunt-ington Station woman told police she had spent 30 daysin jail and began using narcotics when she came home.The woman wanted help getting to Huntington Hospi-tal to start detoxifying. Police took her to HuntingtonHospital.

Desperate For A Drink?

A Halesite store employee called Suffolk County po-lice around dawn on April 11 when someone illegallypurchased beer. An unknown man walked into the storeand tried to buy it. When he was told that he couldn’t,the suspect took the beer and left $20 behind. The re-port was filed for documentation purposes only; thecomplainant did not want any additional police assis-tance.

Send a photo of your pre-school agechild along with a brief anecdotal back-ground and we’ll consider it for “BabyFaces.” Include baby’s full name, date ofbirth, hometown and names of parentsand grandparents. Send to: Baby of theWeek, c/o Long-Islander, 149 Main St.,Huntington, NY 11743. Please include adaytime phone number for verificationpurposes.

Ring, ring… I was looking over my phone bill lastSunday night and it struck me that I use my kitchentelephone less and less. I make my long distancecalls on the cell phone onweekends when the calls arefree. I’ve also all but given upusing an old-fashioned ad-dress book because I have everyone’s numbers onmy cell phone. Once you’ve looked them up on thephone, it’s easier to just go ahead and connect thanto have to punch the numbers on the house phone.Just as I was wondering to myself why I bother hav-ing a land line at all, I noticed on the bill an inordi-nate number of calls made to my cell phone num-ber. Why do I call myself, you ask? I misplace thecell phone so often that I need to have anotherphone that I can call it from. And that’s why I can’tgive up my land line, even if the only calls I makefrom it are to my own cell phone.

Just once more… before I die will someone giveme a thank you wave after I’ve gone out of my wayto be a considerate driver? It’s not the reason I leavea gap between me and the next car, just so you canpull your car into traffic. That’s just because I thinktraffic moves better when we’re all considerate ofone another. Nor is it why I slow down to allow youto move into my lane. No, that’s because you hadyour blinker on for a minute and a half while thethree fools ahead of me cut you no slack. Whatevermy reasons… is it too much to ask for a little ac-knowledgement? Just a wave, or raise your travelmug in a little gesture of thanks.

Pondering parking meters … In observing themorning coffee rush on Wall Street one morning, Ithought about the debacle that is the parking meter.It appeared to me that one person would park, feedthe meter, run in to a shop to get his or her coffee,and be off again in maybe 5 minutes, leaving a good55 minutes on the meter. The next 11 coffee seekersthen can take advantage of the first coffee seeker’squarter. Too bad these folks can’t get together toagree on some kind of rotating system, because bymy count, if 11 other people are going to get use of

your quarter, you should only have to pay to parkonce a week.

The art of Northport… Iheaded to Northport VillageSunday afternoon for thefirst-ever Northport Artwalk.It was delightful. Twentyartists showed their works in

20 stores, most of whom had to remain open latefor the event. Here was entertainment at both endsof Main Street, which was crowded with folks pop-ping in and out of the stores, meeting the artistsand taking in all that the beautiful day had to offer.I began the night thinking that only Northportcould pull off this kind of thing. By the end of thenight I was thinking how wonderful it would be todo the same thing in Huntington village.

Spring has sprung… and rather suddenly atthat. It seems that short spell of summerlike weath-er prompted every living thing to come to life atonce, myself included. I was so busy looking downin search of that first crocus that I failed to look up.When I finally did, the trees are starting to bud,flowers are blossoming just about everyone I seehas a smile on his or her face, including the crazysquirrel that calls my neighborhood home.

Turkey crossing… Last week I told you aboutthe crazy “Goose Crossing” signs that are springingup for the sake of making Huntington safer for Cana-dian Geese. Well it seems that “Turkey Crossing”signs may be in order for Cold Spring Harbor. Afriend told me that recently a wild turkey causedquite a stir on Main Street, strutting up and downthe street, walking up and down stairs and ontoporches and attracting all sorts of attention. Perhapsa “Turkey Strutting” sign would be more appropriate.

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As schools throughout the Town ofHuntington gear up for the 40th annualobservance of Earth Day on April 22, thetown plans to celebrate with its own EarthDay Expo at Town Hall.

Two days after Earth Day, the town boardis preparing to transform Town Hall’s park-ing lot into an environmental hub duringits Earth Day Expo for the second consecu-tive year. Running from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. onApril 24, the expo aims to promote recy-cling and showcase environmentally soundpractices in an accessible package for allages.

“We obviously want to raise awareness ofwhat initiatives the town is taking, but alsoto make people aware of what products areout there that people can avail themselvesto,” said Councilman Mark Cuthbertson,who is presenting the expo with SupervisorFrank Petrone.

Plug-In to E-Cycling, sponsored by Cov-anta, gives residents an opportunity toproperly recycle electronic waste like cellphones, pagers, radios, stereos, computers,fax machines and televisions. Cuthbertsonsaid he and his family were looking to partways with some cell phones and other as-sorted e-waste.

Covanta will give residents $5 for anymercury thermostats brought to be recy-cled. This is the second year Covanta has of-fered the incentive, Tina Varone, facilitycontroller of Covanta Huntington, said.

“We received about 27 types of differentmercury products [last year],” she added.

Shred-It, the oldest providers of on-sitedocument destruction, offers residents thechance to deposit their outdated private

documents in the shredder, while Green-Logic Energy, TD Bank, Energy By Choiceand LIPA are co-sponsoring a Green Show-case. The presentation boasts demonstra-tions of residential solar energy, greencleaning, organic gardening and compost-ing along with raffles and gifts. The first 150families to bring 10 plastic grocery bags tobe recycled will receive a reusable canvasgrocery bag from Wild By Nature.

A bin will also be on-site at the Expo forboaters who need to dispose of shrinkwrap.Quickly outpacing tarps as the preferred

way to protect boats during the winter,shrinkwrapping vessels creates an averageof 14 pounds of plastic waste after the boatsare unwrapped in the spring. The town isworking to capture the material and keep itout of the waste stream.

“The Department of Waste Managementis working with a local company to recyclethis material,” Cuthbertson said. “This willhelp keep tons of this material out of ourResource Recovery Facility.”

Anybody who wants to dispose of wastebut can’t make it to the expo can do so at

Huntington’s Recycling Center, located at641 New York Ave., Huntington.

Aimed at the younger expo guests,Touch-A-Truck offers kids a chance toclimb on and learn about how fire trucks,rescue vehicles and dump trucks work, aswell as their safety features. Electric MINICoopers, used by the town as code enforce-ment vehicles, are also expected to be on-site, Cuthbertson said.

With events planned throughout theweek leading up to Earth Day, the HalfHollow Hills School District is also workingto go green. Students at Chestnut Hill Ele-mentary School have been hard at workpromoting recycling and selling reusablebottles to reduce use of disposable bottles inanticipation of Earth Day events later nextweek, and the school district has already in-troduced hybrid school buses to their fleetto cut fuel consumption.

In addition, the Cinema Arts Centre inHuntington has a series of speakers andfilms through the month of April with a fo-cus on the environment each Wednesdaynight. They started with “Earth Days – TheSeeds of a Revolution,” a film directed byRobert Stone which chronicles the evolu-tion of the environmental movement lead-ing up to the first Earth Day in 1970.

The next two weeks – the “Let’s Re-take Our Plate Film Festival” presentedby Whole Foods Market – feature“Fresh,” a film celebrating farmers,trendsetters and business people mov-ing toward a sustainable future, and“the End of the Line,” which focuses onthe impact of over-fishing on the ocean.Both films are scheduled for 7:30 p.m.on April 21 and 28, respectively, withguest speakers to follow. Tickets are $9for members, $13 for nonmembers.

By Danny [email protected]

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Town Gears Up For 40 Years Of Earth DaySchools, government and businesses prepare events as landmark anniversary approaches

A Huntington couple has placed them-selves on the front lines of a federallyfinanced town effort that aims to help asmany 2,000 homeowners make theirhomes more energy-efficient.

Huntington residents Frank and MarilynUrso, owners of Long Island Village Realty,were the first in Huntington to undergo anenergy efficiency audit as part of theResidential Energy Efficiency RetrofitProgram, the town board announced April7 at the family’s home.

Under the program, which is funded by$345,000 of the $1.725 millionHuntington received as part of theAmerican Recovery and ReinvestmentAct (ARRA), an energy efficiency servicetechnician visits a home, conducts a com-puter-generated energy survey and pre-pares an action plan for improvements.

“This program will achieve two impor-tant objectives by showing homeownershow they can save money on their energycosts and providing work for local con-tractors,” Supervisor Frank Petrone said.

The Ursos expect to save $700-$800this year by doing simple things likeinstalling new circuit breakers, reducingphantom loads on appliances and chang-ing light bulbs. Those savings would pro-

vide seed money for larger improvementsto energy systems, appliances, structuralimprovements and ultimately green ener-gy like solar power.

“From there, you have a person who ismore motivated who now would bring ina contractor to do more extensive work onthe building envelope, on the insulation,”said Chuck Schwartz, director of LIGreen, which is overseeing the programfor Huntington.

Once a homeowner is ready to takethose larger steps, they can call uponresources provided by technicians, includ-

ing a list of certified contractors, federaltax credits, utility rebates and other finan-cial incentives.

Congressman Steve Israel (D-Dix Hills)said the national pilot project wouldreduce energy bills, create “green-collar”jobs during a recession and wean thenation off of foreign oil.

“The market for energy efficiency in theUnited States is $400 billion… in jobswaiting to be filled making homes [and]commercial office buildings more effi-cient,” the congressman said. “What we’vegot to do is find ways to return our invest-

ment, to make it easier for people like theUrsos to lower the LIPA bill for theirhome by making the investments in thoseenergy technologies.”

The Ursos have worked with LI Greenfor several years, so they were familiarwith the process, Marilyn said.

“Because I’ve been doing it and know ofit so long, it is, for me, a natural evolu-tion,” she said. “It would show homeown-ers it doesn’t have to be a 50-year oldhouse that they need to fix.”

Homeowners looking to participatebegin by making a refundable $100deposit with LI Green. The technician,who will be using a Motorola PDAequipped with software by energy effi-ciency web software supplier EnerPath,will then take real-time energy surveyresults in homes, print the results andupload the data to LI Green/EnerPathservers for follow-up analysis. The averagesurvey, explanations and contractor refer-rals take an hour-and-a-half.

With strong interest, the retrofit pro-gram could continue beyond its federalfunding, help more families and giveCongress incentive to send more money toHuntington for similar programming,Petrone and Israel said.

Anyone interested in scheduling a sur-vey can visit www.ligreen.com/hunting-ton or call 631-721-1908.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Home Energy Efficiency Program LaunchesTown announces goal to help 2,000 homeowners conserve power, save moneyBy Danny [email protected]

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The town board, flanked by energy efficiency experts, LIPA representatives and Congress-man Steve Israel, launch Huntington’s program to improve energy efficiency in homesthroughout the town. The kickoff came at the home of Frank and Marilyn Urso, the firstfamily to undergo a Huntington energy audit under the program.

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Bottoms up! Students in the Half Hollow Hills school district, like these youngsters atChestnut Hill Elementary, are moving away from disposable plastic bottles in favor ofreusable, more environmentally-friendly ones.

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Half Hollow Hills’ faculty might findthemselves racing to guess how manytimes the average Candlewood MiddleSchool student texts each day this Friday.

The Half Hollow Hills PTA Councilwill host the first Hills Family Feud onApril 16 at 7 p.m. at High School East.The district’s teachers and staff will beput to the test of how well they knowtheir students at the fundraising event.

“All of the buildings consider them-

selves a family and we thought this wouldbe right up their alley,” said PTA memberTina Shek, one of the event’s co-chairs.

Shek said 12 teams, one from each ofdistrict’s schools including the FranGreenspan Administrative Center, willbe paired up to face off, answering ques-

tions Hills students answered on formsearly this year. Questions such as “Whatis your favorite zoo animal?” and “What’syour favorite ice cream flavor?” will bemixed with traditional Family Feud top-ics over three rounds, averaging three tofive questions per round.

“We want it to be affordable family funlike ‘Let’s go out and have a good time’,”Shek said.

PTA Council President CorrieAnnYoung said the highest-scoring team willreceive a $500 credit towards bringingan arts and educational program to theirschool, with second place receiving $250.All proceeds will benefit the PTA schol-arship fund, which annually providesgrants to graduating seniors.

One of the most anticipated match-upsof the night will be the administrative of-fice team which includes SuperintendentSheldon Karnilow, Assistant Superinten-dent Victor Manuel and several board ofeducation trustees taking on the staff ofVanderbilt Elementary School, Sheksaid.

“Of course, I’m rooting for Vanderbiltbecause it’s my home school, but each ofthe schools has their own personality so Ican’t wait to see them come out,” she said.

Sunquam Elementary School held aFamily Feud pep rally last Friday to getready for the event. The doors of HillsEast’s auditorium will open at 6:30 p.m.,with the feud beginning 7 p.m. Ticketsare $5 in advance, $7 at the door withgeneral seating.

HALF HOLLOW HILLS

Rumblings Of A ‘Family Feud’ In HillsPTA game night to pit teachers, administrators against each other for charityBy Sara-Megan [email protected]

The Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA) iscontinuing its efforts to go green with the instal-lation of solar panels on the roof of its TechnicalServices Building.

“It is imperative that we all take individual ini-tiatives in conserving energy especially since weare one of LIPA’s biggest customers,” chairmanMichael LoGrande said.

It is estimated that to date, nearly 3,000pounds of carbon dioxide have not been emittedand 1,500 kilowatt hours of energy has been savedbecause of the solar panels, installed in late 2009.They are mounted at a 10-degree angle, facingsouth. Sensors to monitor solar irradiance, solarpanel temperature, ambient temperature andwind speed have also been installed to get themost effective use of these solar panels.

“The solar panel installation is part of a series ofefforts by the Authority to go green,” said SpecialProjects Coordinator Jeffrey Szabo. “We will ef-fectively utilize solar energy and consider energy-efficient alternatives in our day-to-day actions.”

Tips For Going Green With SolarTOWN OF HUNTINGTON

The Suffolk County Water Authority is going green with the installation of solarpanels on the roof of one of its buildings.


Fresh off his success in raising $12,000for the American Cancer Society, GeneConnor is hopping onto his bike againwith charitable intentions in his heart.

The Northport father recently an-nounced a Connor’s Army Victory Rideon April 18 to raise money for SunriseDay Camp.

“We’re trying to help children withcancer and that’s where Sunrise DayCamp comes in,” Connor said.

A theater teacher at Syosset HighSchool, he pedaled more than 2,000miles commuting to and from work in2007. He pledged to collect $10,000 in2006 after three sisters and his motherwere diagnosed with cancer within atwo-year span. Seven other bicyclistsjoined Connor for the final 25-mileround trip on Jan. 1, 2008 – deemed theVictory Ride.

But when the cyclist, his wife, Amy,and their family began looking into rid-ing again, they decided bigger wasn’t ac-tually better.

“We needed to do something that waslocal and would help the cancer societyon a local basis. The American CancerSociety and big organizations, while theyneed the funds, are pulling from all overthe country. We were looking on Long Is-land,” he said.

Connor learned about a walkathon forSunrise Day Camp from Syosset stu-dents. Based in Wheatley Heights, Sun-rise is a full-service camp designed forchildren with cancer and their siblings atno cost to parents.

“It is a very special place where chil-dren can come, free of charge, and enjoya summer filled with fun, friendship andactivities – things that are often deniedthem because of their medical condition,”Assistant Director Amy Pilott said.

Bolstered by a decade of experienceteaching dance and theater in camps,Connor said he knows how essential the

summer camp experience is.“This is something those kids need,

maybe more so than other kids,” headded. “We thought Sunrise would be theperfect opportunity.”

Fifteen riders – more than twice par-ticipating in his first Victory Ride – hadsigned up as of last Thursday. Connorsaid his goal is to have 40 other peopleriding with him at 10 a.m. In addition tomoving the event to a warmer month, hehopes to attract more people by offeringa variety of rides. Less avid cyclists canride 13 miles around the camp, while oth-ers can choose to pedal to and from Syos-set High School. The new Victory Ridewill also feature a 44-mile trip thattouches Syosset High School and northshore communities.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. on thecamp grounds, where the $25 participa-tion fee will be collected. Unlike otheryears, Connor is also asking riders to so-licit donations from friends and families.

As of April 8, they had raised $1,300,nearly a quarter towards their $6,000goal.

“That would help them tremendously,”Connor said. “It’s all used for the studentsto be able to go to the summer camp.”

Sunrise officials publicly offered theirgratitude to the Northport man.

“Sunrise Day Camp exists solelythrough the generosity of others. Privatedonations from foundations, businessesand events like the ‘Connor’s Army Victo-ry Ride’ help offset the staggering costs ofstaffing and running Sunrise programs,”Pilott said.

Connor also revealed he will volunteerat Sunrise this summer as a dance anddrama specialist, which earned more ku-dos from day camp officials.

“Not only will Connor’s Army benefitour campers financially, we know thatthrough Gene’s work with our campersthis summer they will experience joy, cre-ativity and feel his personal commitmentto them,” Executive Director MicheleVernon said.

WHEATLEY HEIGHTS

Connor On The Road AgainNorthport man pedaling for cancer day camp

By Mike [email protected]

Gene Connor after his Jan. 1, 2008 Victory Ride with his sisters, TaMara Clemmer, left, andWinnie Connor, right, and his wife, Amy.

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A Huntington bar and night-club was destroyed by a “suspi-cious” fire that was no April’sFools Day joke.

The Rare Olive Lounge wasgutted by an early morning firethat damaged neighboringstorefronts along the WestHills portion of West JerichoTurnpike on April 1.

Town of Huntington FireMarshals said the fire is suspi-cious, but the cause of theblaze remains under investiga-tion at this time. Huntingtonspokesman A.J. Carter said firemarshals are still investigat-ing. Suffolk County ArsonSquad has opened an investi-gation into the fire, but is stillawaiting lab results. They refused to comment in the in-terim.

An automatic alarm alertedthe Huntington Manor FireDepartment to a fire at the bararound 3:40 a.m. April 1. Sec-ond Assistant Chief FredSteenson Jr. said when firefighters arrived, heavysmoke was billowing from the

Rare Olive. Upon entering thebuilding, Steenson said fire-fighters discovered the interiorhad been consumed by fast-moving flames and was beginning to burn itself out.No one was inside the bar atthe time of the fire.

“It looked as if it had startedin the bar area, and the whole bar itself was on fire,” hesaid.

Huntington Manor firefight-ers, with aid from the Green-lawn, Huntington and MelvilleFire Departments, had the fireunder control within 45 min-utes. But by then, the damagehad already been done.

“It’s a total loss - the entireplace. It’s a total loss inside,”Steenson said.

Smoke and water damageextended to the adjoiningThree Angels Gifts and fourother stores within the shop-ping center including a hair sa-lon, dry cleaner, nail spa andyoga center.

Neither the owners of theRare Olive Lounge nor ThreeAngels Gifts store could bereached for comment.

The Rare Olive Bar had been

listed for sale by commercialreal estate listing service Loop-Net on back in November2009, described as a newly-

renovated nightclub/lounge ofover 2,000 square-feet with“weekly bar sale average$17,000 and up to an addition-

al $5,000 with catering.” Thelisting was modified on April 2to read “retail property – offmarket.”

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Bar Goes Up In ‘Suspicious’ BlazeRare Olive Lounge ‘totally destroyed’ by fire, nearby stores sustained water, smoke damageBy Sara-Megan [email protected]

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Huntington Manor Fire Department responded to an early morning fire that gutted Rare Olive bar on April 1,which the Town of Huntington’s fire marshals believe to be suspicious.


TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Scouts Feed The Needy

The final piece of an affordable hous-ing puzzle has been put into place, andthe Town of Huntington is one step clos-er to transforming a dilapidated cornerinto affordable, owner-occupied housing.

Town officials worked with SuffolkCounty to finalize the purchase of threehomes at 4, 6 and 14 Columbia St., clear-ing the path to 16 affordable units as partof the Take Back the Blocks program.

Eight 2,000 square-foot duplexes areslated to be built on the approximately 1-acre site, which includes the land for thethree homes and an adjacent property al-ready owned by the town. Each home willcontain a garage and a legal accessoryapartment. The estimated price for eachhome is $200,000; priority will be givento Huntington School District residents.

The eight new structures will replacebroken-down, dilapidated homes ownedby absentee landlords, and demolition isto begin as early as next month, saidHuntington spokesman A.J. Carter.

“This is what Take Back the Blocks isall about – replacing substandard livingunits with decent housing, and replacingabsentee landlords with residents whohave the pride of ownership. When com-pleted, this project will go a long way to-ward stabilizing this neighborhood,” Su-pervisor Frank Petrone said.

The town and county paid $778,000 forthe three homes, with the town’s portioncoming from its Affordable Housing TrustFund. Suffolk is contributing $100,000 forinfrastructure improvements. Construc-tion for the eight new houses will be cov-ered by a $1.56 million state Restore NY

Communities grant to the town. When fin-ished, they will be available to first-timehomebuyers who meet income require-ments. Tenants and buyers for the 16homes will be selected by lottery.

“I hope this is something that will gofar beyond Columbia Street and move onto other projects in Huntington and Suf-folk County,” Legislator Jon Cooper (D –Huntington), who helped secure thecounty portion, said. “We’re removing thesort of housing that does not contributeto quality of life in a community.”

Huntington Councilman Mark Cuth-bertson said the eight new homes wouldgive families an opportunity for homeownership, and the accessory apartmentswithin each are intended to help theowners pay their mortgage.

“Eight first-time homeowners will re-alize the American Dream of home own-ership, and this program will be an im-portant first step towards revitalizationof the Columbia Street neighborhood,”Councilwoman Glenda Jackson added.

This is the third Take Back the Blocksproject. A house at 32 E. 6th St. in Hunt-ington Station was purchased and rehabil-itated by Housing Help with technical as-sistance from the town last year, and 1 Tow-er St.’s renovation is nearly complete. Thelatter, currently used by the town’s PublicSafety department, will be up for sale in the“very, very near future,” Carter said.

“These units are going to be created forhome owners who will have a stake intheir community. The ‘Take Back theBlocks’ program is such an importantprogram for Huntington Station andgoes a long way to provide an opportuni-ty for community rehabilitation,” Coun-cilwoman Susan Berland said.

HUNTINGTON STATION

Town Takes Back BlocksPurchase clears way for 16 affordable unitsBy Danny [email protected]

Given the shortages in the local foodpantries, local Boy Scouts were out in fullforce to turn the tables as the Scouts ofthe Matinecock District of the BoyScouts of America took part in the"Annual National Good Turn, Scoutingfor Food" event on March 20.

Canned and boxed goods weredropped off at John Glenn High Schoolin Elwood, where Scouts from EastNorthport’s Cub Scout Pack 5, Pack 52,Pack 238, Pack 312, Boy Scout Troop 5and Troop 52; Northport’s Boy ScoutTroop 410, Troop 8 and Venture Crew2011; Huntington’s Cub Scout Pack181and Boy Scout Troop 360;Huntington Station’s Cub Scout Pack 34and Pack 406 and Boy Scout Troop 34;Commack’s Cub Scout Pack 403, Pack125, Pack 322, Boy Scout Troop 125 andVenture Crew 324; Greenlawn’s CubScout Pack 471, Pack 417 and Troop 471;South Huntington’s Boy Scout Troop218; Hauppauge’s Cub Scout Pack 3333and Boy Scout Troop 343; Dix Hills’ CubScout Pack 457 and Boy Scout Troop 309and Troop 409; Kings Park’s Cub ScoutPack 75, Pack 379 and Boy Scout Troop75; Centerport’s Troop 113; and Elwood’sBoy Scout Troop 174 and Troop 200, aswell as members of the Order of theArrow, manned the drop-off station.

Over 19,422 pounds of food was dis-tributed to more than a dozen local foodpantries in the community and acrossLong Island, including Northport’sEcumenical Lay Food Council, Our Lady

Queen of Martyrs Church, Huntington’sCommunity Food Council, HelpingHands Mission, St. Patrick’s R.C. Church,East Northport’s Mana Ministries, St.Vincent De Paul Society at St. Anthony ofPadua Church, Greenlawn PresbyterianChurch, Kings Park’s Lucien MemorialMethodist Church, Huntington Station’sGloria Dei Church, Family ServiceLeague, Hauppauge’s Temple Beth Chaiand St. Thomas Moore R.C. Church,Long Island Cares, Commack’s Christ theKing R.C. Church, Commack UnitedMethodist Church, and the EasternFarm Workers in Bellport.

Boy Scout troops and volunteers help col-lect over 19,000 pounds of food for foodpantries in need.

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

Canon U.S.A. will break ground inMelville on May 3.

Three cheers for that. With the globaleconomy still far from recovery, at least wehave a bright spot to point to in the Town ofHuntington.

Canon, a worldwide powerhouse in thephoto and imaging industry,went to great pains to keep itsheadquarters on Long Island.The Town of Huntington and Suffolk Coun-ty went through great pains to see that theywere able to stay. The result is a win-win forthe Town of Huntington.

Construction of Canon’s nearly 700,000square-foot building on the South Service

Road of the Long Island Expressway willbring construction jobs to the area. Whencompleted, it is expected that 1,200 em-ployees will work there, a number that is ex-pected to rise to 2,000 in the next decade.Equally important, the company’s presencecould account for as many as 10,000 sup-

port jobs.Landing Canon was a home run

for Huntington, and the speedwith which it has been able to proceed is re-markable. It’s a testament to what can beaccomplished by town and county govern-ments when there is leadership, a cleargoal, and the wherewithal to get the jobdone.

A Home Run For Huntington

EDITORIAL

Thank You, Mr. IsraelEditor’s note: The writer is a

member of the PlannedParenthood Hudson PeconicBoard of Directors.

DEAR EDITOR:New Yorkers owe a great deal

of gratitude to CongressmanSteve Israel for his courageousvote to reform our brokenhealth care system.

Congressman Israel’s vote is awin for health care access andensures millions more womenand families will have access tovital, life-saving health coverage.The bill emphasizes preventionand guarantees access to afford-able basic care like cervical andbreast cancer screenings. It pro-tects women against gender dis-crimination by private insurers,ends the practice of droppingcoverage because of pre-existingconditions, and significantlyincreases access to reproductivehealth care.

Put simply, CongressmanIsrael stood up for familiesacross the country by voting forthis historic health care bill thatincreases access to quality,affordable health care for allAmericans.

I applaud Congressman Israelfor his dedication to the womenand families of New York.Thanks for making our voicesheard.

KATE FRIEDMANLloyd Harbor

Health Care Win

DEAR EDITOR:My congressman, Steve

Israel, along with those otherLong Island representativeswho voted for passage of thehealth care bill, deserve a thankyou from all Long Islandersand Americans. These repre-sentatives were able to stepback from the day-to-day highsand lows (and at times shrillname-calling from the left andright extremes) and pass whatwill amount to a historic bill.

This nation’s citizens willfinally have universal healthcoverage, and now 32 millionAmericans will no longer haveto fear that becoming ill willlead to bankruptcy. The billalso will allow parents to nolonger fear that a pre-existingcondition will jeopardize theirchildren’s ability to receivehealth care at some point in thefuture long after they are gone.Nor will those who have insur-ance today through theiremployers be constrained fromstarting a business or switchingjobs for fear of losing insurancecoverage.

All of this, and the bill is pro-jected by the CBO to reducethe deficit. After the smoke hascleared, our CongressmanIsrael and the other representa-tives that voted for its passagehave shown courage and con-viction in passing a responsibleand momentous bill that will

benefit all Americans. For that,I say thank you.

CHRISTOPHER BEANHuntington

Happy 90th

The following letter was pub-lished on the Heckscher Muse-um of Art’s website.

DEAR EDITOR:Since the [Heckscher] Mu-

seum opened its doors to thepublic on July 10, 1920, it hasbecome a leading cultural in-stitution on Long Island and awell-recognized regional mu-seum in the United States.

Today, the Heckscher Muse-um of Art boasts a formidablepermanent collection of morethan 2,200 works, predomi-nately American and Euro-pean in origin, dating fromthe early 16th century to thepresent. Among these worksare more than 125 pieces do-nated by August Heckscher,who built the museum, thenreferred to as the Fine ArtsBuilding. A native of Ham-burg, Germany, and a residentof Huntington, Heckscher wasan industrialist and real estatedeveloper who gave “the peo-ple of Huntington, especiallythe children” the 18.5-acreHeckscher Park in which themuseum is located, and an en-dowment for the upkeep ofboth.

Most of the endowmentfunds vanished after the stockmarket crash of 1929. It wasnot until the 1950s, when agroup of private citizens andthe Town of Huntingtonformed a partnership to oper-ate the museum that the insti-tution began to grow andflourish. Since that time, theHeckscher Museum of Art haspresented many landmark ex-hibitions ranging from AnselAdams & Edwin Land: Art,Science and Invention; toMichal Rovner: Video, Sculp-ture, Installation; and mostrecently, Long Island Mod-erns: Artists on the NorthShore from Edward Steichento Cindy Sherman. Over theyears, the museum has offeredan array of public and educa-tional programs enjoyed bythousands of visitors and asmany as 7,000 students annu-ally.

During its 90th anniversaryyear, the Heckscher Museumof Art will present exhibitionsand programs that focus onits roots on Long Island. Thecurrent exhibition –Arcadia/Suburbia: Architec-ture on Long Island, 1930-2010 – features residences de-signed by leading architectsand explores the role the areaplayed in the Modernist andPost-Modernist movements.

The next exhibition – TheHeckscher at 90: Then andNow – surveys key works inthe permanent collection andfeatures many recent acquisi-tions. On July 30, theHeckscher Museum will pres-ent, in collaboration with theCinema Arts Centre, its first-ever Long Island Biennial.These, as well as three specialexhibitions highlighting worksfrom the permanent collec-tion, build on the HeckscherMuseum’s nine decades of of-fering cultural experiencesthat enrich the lives of all wholive in and visit Huntington.

We hope that you, yourfamily and friends visit themuseum often during this an-niversary year.

JUDITH JEDLICKAInterim Executive DirectorHeckscher Museum of Art

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MUSIC

Wheatus Doesn’t Want Fame AgainNorthport guitarist: Band is happy with middle ground as UK tour approaches


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From touring with Joan Jett to leadinghis own band through five albums, musiccertainly has provided Northport’s Bren-dan B. Brown with an interesting life.

Brown, 36, is the lead singer, guitaristand manager for Wheatus – known fortheir hit single “Teenage Dirtbag” in2000. The band is scheduled to play inFarmingdale next month before trekkingout to Europe for another tour.

“It would fill a book, what we’ve beenthrough,” he said.

Brown’s adventure in music began longbefore Wheatus. Growing up in North-port, hard rock legend AC/DC and pro-gressive rock superstars Rush capturedhis imagination. Brown picked up a gui-tar as a child and learned to play alongwith the bands’ music.

But life threw him a curveball in thesummer of 1984, when Ricky Kasso tor-tured and murdered Gary Lauwers in theAztakea Woods of Northport. Copsnabbed Kasso wearing an AC/DC shirtand the alleged killer’s love of heavy met-al groups and Satanism became wellknown. People began making an inaccu-rate connection, Brown said.

“I was 10 years old walking around witha guitar case with AC/DC stickers…” hesaid, adding that his parents refused to lethim attend Northport High after themurder.

By 1995, he signed on to play withHope Factory, which included Joan Jett.

Just playing guitar at this point, Brownjoined them on tour from 1995-1996, get-ting his first taste of playing on the road.

He taught himself to write music aftera “lame experience” with a defunct label.Wheatus was born in 1997, comprised ofBrown, a four-track, and a bass and drummachine. He later recruited brother, Pe-ter, on the drums and friend, Rich Liegey,on the bass. Wheatus played to crowds atthe Mercury and Lunar Lounges everyfew months.

“We tried really hard to make sure itwas. It was mostly our friends, but thecircle started to reach out to people wedidn’t know,” Brown said. “The nextthing we knew, Columbia Records weretalking to us.”

They signed a contract in 1999, andtheir self-titled album was releasedthrough Sony on Aug. 15, 2000. “TeenageDirtbag” took off across the globe, espe-cially overseas, earning quadruple plat-inum honors in Australia. Single “A LittleRespect” also found support in Europe,charting third in the UK and spiking to 19in Austria.

Support in America was lacking fortheir first album, as well as the Europeanreception for the band’s second album,“Hand Over Your Loved Ones,” in 2003.Brown attributed all of this to the majorrecord labels’ inability to cope with mar-ket changes.

“They made all the wrong decisions re-garding the Internet and MP3s,” he said.

“I wouldn’t advise any young artist to signwith a major label. It’s the worst thing youcan do for your career.”

Wheatus escaped their Columbia dealin 2004 and released their second al-bum in America in 2005. Later thatyear, they released “Too Soon Monsoon”by themselves.

After touring in Europe again, theband started working on “conceptualvolume-based series” “Pop, Songs andDeath” at end of 2008. The music is tiedto a story, and will be released with ac-companying comic books. The first vol-ume, “Lightning EP,” was released in2009, and the second “Jupiter EP,” isdue to be released on May 1.

“I had a guy recently compare it to Yesand Frank Zappa. I don’t know if there’s acontemporary analogy that would work.It’s pop at times, meaning you can singalong to it, but nothing terribly avant-garde,” Brown said.

Peter and Liegey are no longer with theband, although Wheatus has grown to in-clude six other performers. Wantagh-na-tive Gerard Hoffmann plays keyboardand Islip-native Matthew Milligan mansthe bass. Detroit-based Kevin Garcia sitsbehind the drums, while Australia nativesKarlie Bruce and Johanna Cranitch joinConnecticut resident Dannielle Elliot insupporting Brown’s singing.

The seven-person band is kicking off aneast coast tour next month, which caps offwith a performance at the Crazy Donkey’sClub Loaded on May 28 in Farmingdale.


Hundreds of years’ worth of local histo-ry will be at your fingertips this weekendas the Town of Huntington’s MuseumChallenge kicks into high gear.

With the $10 purchase of a guide mapon either Saturday or Sunday, individualsand families will gain access to 10 ofHuntington’s most famous historic sitesfrom 11 a.m.-4 p.m. These locations rangefrom the Cold Spring Harbor WhalingMuseum – a fully equipped whaleboatfrom the 19th century – to the birthplaceof one of America’s most famous poets,Walt Whitman. Other destinations in-clude the Henry Lloyd Manor House inLloyd Neck, the pre-Revolutionary WarConklin Farm and the Northport Histor-ical Society Museum. The HuntingtonArsenal, Conklin Farmhouse, Daniel W.Kissam House, Soldiers & Sailors Memo-rial Building, John Gardiner Farm and

Huntington Lighthouse complete the list. All 10 spots offer firsthand connections

to Long Island’s past.“The town’s history is what makes it

unique. It is important for people to un-derstand about where they live and why itis the way it is,” said Town HistorianRobert Hughes.

The Museum Challenge, Hughes said,was started as a way to increase atten-dance at the town’s historical sites. An-other goal in organizing the two-dayevent was to encourage residents to visithistoric venues they may not under nor-mal circumstances. The event received anenthusiastic response in prior years and isnow on its third year.

“People who participate get to learnmore about their town’s history and themany organizations working to preservethat history. Huntington is fortunate tohave many wonderful museums thatdon’t always get the visitation they de-

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Wheatus will play at the Crazy Donkey before heading overseas to Europe and finishingtheir next album.

Kids practice their knots at the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum, which is one of 10participants in this weekend’s Huntington Museum Challenge.(Continued on page A23)

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New hospital technologytime in the operating room, requires few-er surgical instruments, and results in amore precise operation than traditionalknee replacement surgery,” said orthope-dic surgeon Paul Choi.

The computer-guided system just re-cently replaced was more dependant onthe physician and patient, Chief of Or-thopedic Surgery James Gurtowski said.With the old system, patients were underanesthesia for a longer period of timewhile surgeons hand-measured andmade fine adjustments to replacementsbased on X-ray images.

MRI technology provides a CAD/CAM[Computer-Aided Design and Comput-er-Aided Manufacturing] system in thephysician’s office. The patient’s knee canthen be scanned and illustrated as athree-dimensional image. Patient-specif-ic instruments are manufactured for theday of surgery.

“It allows you to do all of your pre-opand sizing in your office before you get inthe operating room. It reduces the num-ber of steps in the procedure and givesyou a custom fit,” Gurtowski said.

He added that the three-man surgicalteam has used the MRI technology in 25cases within the past six months. There

were no problems in any of them.Unlike earlier techniques, Gurtowski

said this system helps bring all surgeonsto the top of their game.

“When you put up the X-rays, you can’ttell if I’ve done the knee, if Dr. Choi hasdone the knee, if Dr. [Peter] Green hasdone the knee; they’re just perfect,” Gur-towski said.

For years, knee replacements don’t ac-tually consist of replacing the entire joint.Instead, surgeons resurface the knee andreplace it with cobalt chrome, polyethyl-ene and other materials. Done correctly,the prosthesis can support weight fromthe hip, through the center of the kneeand down to the center of the ankle.

And when a knee replacement boastscomputer precision, they are more likelyto last longer and act correctly.

“If your car is out of alignment, thetires wear quicker. If your prosthesis isout of alignment, it wears out quicker,”Gurtowski said. “It’s a step forward in theevolution of knee replacements.”

Patient Stanley Czerwinski, 79, com-pletely agreed. Choi performed Czerwin-ski’s knee replacement seven weeks ago.

“As far as I’m concerned the operationwas a smashing success,” he said. “I hadno pain or discomfort whatsoever.”

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A Huntington childcare center isthrilled to have Elvis performing theTeddy bear rock next Saturday.

Rainbow Chimes Early ChildhoodEducation and Care Center will behosting its fifth annual Teddy Bear Ballon April 17, 7-11:30 p.m. in celebrationof its 30th anniversary. The nonprofit’smain fundraising event aims bring ataste of Las Vegas’ atmosphere toHuntington for an evening.

“I’m trying to duplicate the experi-ence I had when I walked into theBellagio in Las Vegas,” said RainbowChimes’ Delegate Director Allan Kasof.“All my senses were excited and I coulddo anything I want.”

This year’s benefit honors the work ofRainbow Chimes founder andExecutive Director Kathleen Roche forher dedication to children and chefVincent Michaels, executive vice presi-dent of operations for Matteo’s restau-rants, for his community service.

Kasof could find nobody better to paythem tribute than the king of rock ’n’roll himself. World-renowned ElvisPresley impersonator Don Anthony willperform at 8 p.m. as Long Island resi-dent Peter Boglino displays select itemsfrom his more than 500 pieces of Elvismemorabilia.

“He’s considered the No. 1 Elvis fanin the world,” the director said.

Don’t be surprised if you think yousee Elvis’s bike behind him. Custommotorcycle designer, Long Island resi-dent “Copper” Mike Cole, will be dis-playing seven of his bikes ranging invalue from $45,000 - $75,000 duringthe event. A mint condition 1969Harley Davidson motorcycle in whiteand chrome will provide stage back-drop as “Elvis” sings. Cole will also bemaking a future appearance on the tel-evision show “Ocean County Chopper”shown on the Discovery Channel, Kasofsaid.

Live entertainment for the eveningwill feature Frank Wilson’s Cavaliers, a

doo-wop musical group performingsongs from the 1960s, as well as Italianballad singer “Sylvia” accompanied by apianist. Anthony will return to thestage at 9 p.m. performing as variousmembers of “The Rat Pack” includingFrank Sinatra, Dean Martin and more.

To escape the noise, Kasof said atten-dees can enjoy food samples fromRothmann’s and Matteo’s Restaurantstopped by Entemann’s desserts, or trytheir luck at casino games ranging fromroulette to black jack using $300 inTeddy Bear chips. The delegate directorsaid prizes will be awarded to thosewith the most chips at night’s end.

“I bring to the Teddy Bear Ball amuch more slick kind of approach thenthey’ve had in years past,” Kasof said.“This one is going to be over the top.”

For a true Las Vegas feel, he said tostop by the Elvis Wedding Chapelbefore the night’s over for an instantspoof wedding officiated by “Elvis.”Don’t forget to Stuff-A-Bear for $10 tochoose a Teddy bear to bring home forthe kids, Kasof said.

Tickets for the black tie optionalevent are $60 at the door, whichincludes food, entertainment, valetparking and cash bar. All proceeds willhelp offset Rainbow Chimes’ govern-ment funding cuts and help providescholarships.

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anything I want.”— ALLAN KASOF,

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Several local students attending theUniversity of Delaware made the 2009fall semester Dean’s list for having gradepoint averages of 3.33 or above (on a 4.0scale) for the semester, with no tempo-rary grades.

From Dix Hills: Nicole Aizaga, a sen-ior Animal Science major in the Collegeof Agriculture and Natural Resources;Christopher Gerges, a juniorCommunication Interest major in theCollege of Arts and Sciences; KirstenMueller, a freshman Pre-Vet Medicine &Animal Bioscience major in the Collegeof Agriculture and Natural Resources;Margaret Myones, a junior PoliticalScience and Chemistry double major inthe College of Arts and Sciences; SadiePincus, a junior Music Education-General/Choral major in the College ofArts and Sciences; Jennifer Popkin, asenior Natural Resource Managementand Agriculture & Natural Resourcesdouble major in the College ofAgriculture and Natural Resources;Jennifer Rosenthal, a sophomoreEnglish Education major in the Collegeof Arts and Sciences; Evan Schwartz, ajunior Foreign Languages & Literaturesmajor in the College of Arts andSciences; Zachary Sidrane, a sopho-more University Studies major in theCollege of University Studies; WeilynTsai, a senior Human Services,Education & Public Policy major in theCollege of Education and Public Policy;and Brittany Wolf, a senior Sociologymajor in the College of Arts andSciences.

From Melville: Jason Aaron, a seniorHistory major in the College of Arts andSciences; Cari Covell, a freshman CivilEngineering major in the College of

Engineering; Elizabeth DeMarco, asophomore Health and PhysicalEducation major in the College of HealthSciences; Sonya Doshi, a senior FashionMerchandising major in the College ofEducation and Public Policy; DanielGerber, a junior Hotel, Restaurant &Institutional Management major in theCollege of Business and Economics;Jessica Goodman, a senior BiologicalSciences major in the College of Arts andSciences; Colleen Harrison, a juniorHuman Services major in the College ofEducation and Public Policy; andChristopher Rufer, a junior Financemajor in the College of Business andEconomics.

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struck in Haiti we all feltas though we needed todo something,” saidJeannine Libutti, ownerof Libutti Jewelers inHuntington village. “Wethought of doing a raffleor donating a percentageof the store’s profits orsending an appeal to ourcustomers. We ended updoing all three.”

By raffling off a dia-mond necklace, donatinga percentage of profitsand through customers’direct donations, Libutti

Jewelers raised a total of$3,186. The money willbe donated to Interna-tional Disaster Emer-gency Service Organiza-tion to aid in continuingrelief efforts in Haiti.

“We are inspired by thegenerosity of the peoplein Huntington and wefeel blessed to be in a po-sition to help aid in thisworthy cause. Although acouple of months havegone by since the disas-ter, we cannot forgetthose that are in need,”Libutti said.

Jeannine Libutti draws thename of the lucky winner of awon a $1,000 diamond neck-lace donated by her jewelrystore as part of a fundraiser tobenefit disaster relief in Haiti.


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Whoever said ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fixit’ obviously never met Ben Youdin.

After more than a quarter-centuryowning a menswear store in Great Neck,he moved Beltrami to Huntington villagelast June, and he said he’s been pleasedwith what he’s seen so far. Customersfrom Great Neck and the surroundinghamlets are making the trip to the village.

“Customers who have discovered mehave become repeat customers, and I seethat we’re going to be good neighborshere,” he said.

After graduating from college in 1978,Youdin was hired by Neiman Marcus,where he went through their manage-ment training program and became anassistant buyer before he branched out onhis own.

Youdin opened his first store at 10Bond Street in Great Neck in September1980, and later expanded to 12 BondStreet a few years later. He then moved to100 Little Neck Road before finding hisway to 315 Main Street in Huntingtonlast June.

“Once you pass Great Neck, there isreally no town, per se, with a downtownto speak of other than Huntington,” hesaid. “I like the fact that people do cometo this town from all around the sur-rounding area… everybody I know saidsomething about a favorite restaurantthey have here.”

Most of what he sells at Beltrami is Ital-ian-made or Italian clothing produced inCanada, where “after Italy, they makesome of the finest clothing in the world,”Youdin said.

Shopping at Beltrami is designed to bea complete one-stop experience for menof all shapes and sizes. Along with the

suits, sport coats and ties, Beltrami fea-tures selections of Jack of Spades-branddenims, casual pants and T-shirts,sweaters and button-down shirts.

Greek-educated tailor Emmanuel Drit-sas, who has worked with Youdin for 17years, does on-site alterations, which areincluded with any purchase. Connectionswith several design houses allow the storeto offer custom clothing available in lessthan four weeks.

Setting up for his spring collection,Youdin said natural colors and fibers arebig this season, along with wrinkle-resist-ant clothing and high-twist dress pants.Flat front trousers are being favored overmore forgiving pleated pants, he added.

“It all has to do with the way the gar-ment fits. Men do work out, and theywant to show their physique,” he said.“They want to show they have spent timein the gym.”

A new area of interest is casual, colorfulshirts that one can wear untucked,Youdin said. Detailing in the collars,sleeves and underneath the bottom of theshirt provide a stylish flair, and many ofthe colors these shirts are offered in arevibrant ones that many probably have nothave worn in a while. That diversity ofchoice is what Beltrami is all about.

“We are all about having everything fora man, from T-shirts to tuxedos andeverything in between,” Youdin said.“Evening wear, tuxedos, tuxedo acces-sories, shoes, T-shirts, underwear, socks…a man can come here and get everythinghe needs from A to Z.”

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Dressing Men, ‘From T-Shirts To Tuxedos’Beltrami’s owner makes his move to Huntington village after 25 years in Great Neck

By Danny [email protected]

Beltrami owner Ben Youdin moved his store to Huntington village last June after maintain-ing a shop in Great Neck for 25 years. He said intricately-detailed casual shirts, like this vi-brant green one, are one of several big trends to follow for spring 2010.

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A We-The-People WinThe “We the People” team from Half

Hollow Hills High School East knowstheir Constitution.

The New York State Bar Association’sLaw Youth and Citizenship Programannounced that Half Hollow Hills EastHigh School is the statewide championof the We the People: The Citizen andThe Constitution competition, thenational academic contest on the U.S.Constitution. The team will representNew York in the national finals to be heldin Virginia and Washington, D.C. thisApril.

Half Hollow Hills East, under theguidance of teacher Scott Edwards, accu-mulated the best scores of the nine highschools that attended the New York Statefinal hearings in Albany on March 6. Thestudents studied for months to preparefor their roles as experts testifying onconstitutional issues in the simulatedcongressional hearings. A panel of 19judges rated the students on their knowl-edge of the Constitution and their abilityto relate today’s news and court cases tovarious constitutional principles.

The first round of the national finalswill be held at the Crystal GatewayMarriott in Arlington, Va. April 24–25.The competition involves entire classesmaking presentations and answeringquestions on constitutional topicsbefore a panel of judges recruited fromacross the country. Constitutionalscholars, lawyers and government lead-ers, acting as congressional committeemembers, will judge the students’ per-formances. The combined scores fromthe first two days of those hearings will

determine which classes will competein the championship round on April 26in Senate hearing rooms on CapitolHill. That evening, the winning classeswill receive awards at a special ceremo-ny held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel inWashington, D.C.

The annual three-day final competi-tion is the culminating activity of We thePeople: The Citizen and theConstitution. The New York State BarAssociation’s Law, Youth and CitizenshipProgram (LYC) administers the nation-wide program in New York. LYC is thethird-largest civics and law-related edu-cation program in the country.

Preparing Students For A Bright Future

This year’s 21st Century LearningCommunity Forum on March 15addressed the issue of how to preparestudents to meet the challenges of a glob-al society. Panelists included Half HollowHills Superintendent Sheldon Karnilow,Assistant Superintendent forElementary Education Mary Rettaliata,Assistant Superintendent for SecondaryEducation Michael DeStio, AssistantSuperintendent for Research,Assessment and Special Services PatrickHarrigan, Director of InstructionalTechnology Corinne Carriero, Director ofMathematics Ron Labrocca, andDirector of Science John O’Farrell. Theforum included a video presentation,remarks, and questions and answers,moderated by Assistant Superintendentfor Districtwide Administration KellyFallon.

School Notebook Compiled by Luann Dallojacono

A group of Half Hollow Hills East students is off to represent New York in the national finalsof the “We the People” program.

Mystery Readers At Sunquam

Captain Angela Anderson reads to a fourth-grader at Sunquam Elementary School duringMystery Reader Day on March 4. Mystery Reader Day is one of the many events held byPARP, a statewide PTA program designed to encourage children to read at home withtheir parents or guardians for 15 minutes each day.


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Some called it the ‘worst Easter EggHunt ever’ while others complained itwas over before it even began.

The Town of Huntington’s first Easteregg hunt at Heckscher Park in over 30years left children crying as they clutchedempty baskets on April 2. Unseasonablywarm weather during a school vacationcaught town officials unprepared forwhat unfolded.

More than 1,000 children with par-ents, older siblings and guardians in towstarted amassing on Heckscher’s ballfield beginning at 10:30 a.m., findingbrightly colored plastic eggs filled withcandy spread over the park fields andplayground. By the 11 a.m. start time,many started to realize the 1,600 eggsscattered by the town weren’t going to beenough for everyone.

“Frankly we were overwhelmed withthe large turnout of people but that doesnot excuse the fact that we could haveplanned better for the event,” wroteCouncilman Mark Cuthbertson, whosaid he took “full responsibility” as thesole organizer of the event.

Once the start was announced overspeakers, children, their older siblings andparents ran in a mad dash towards thenearest eggs, jumping and climbing fencesto be he first to get those on the play-ground. Many children began crying asthey were separated from their families,others because there were no eggs left.

Angry parents approached officialsyelling, as comments there weren’tenough eggs, unfair advantages and fail-ure to separate children into age groupswere raised.

Cuthbertson said he encourages any-one with suggestions to contact him [email protected].

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Easter Egg Hunt A DudTown apologizes for candy shortage, chaos

Many who showed up at the egg hunt were left wandering, asking where the Easter eggs were.


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Submit 250 words or less on why your Mom is so special. You or your Mom must be a resident of the Huntington Township.Entries must be received by Wednesday, April 28 2010.Give your age (18-plus acceptable), address, phone number, plus Mom’s name and address.Enclose a photo of Mom where possible. Put all names on the back of thephoto in order of appearance. We request you avoid using staples in thephotos if possible. (Sorry, the photos cannot be returned.)

Mail entries to: “Mother of the Year” Long Islander Newspapers, 149 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743

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The burger wars are on. It started when the Foodies asked the

question, “Who makes the best burger inthe Town of Huntington?” Fans of ourDineHuntington page on Facebook werequick to respond, naming their favoritesas Huntington’s best burger. Of course,there were as many opinions as there areburger joints out there, and like every-thing food related, it’s all a matter oftaste.

The burger scene in the Town ofHuntington covers the full spectrum oftastes. Whatever your preference, it’s outthere. There are $3 burgers, there are$25 burgers, and there’s a world of burg-ers in between. From one-handed slidersto two-fisted meals, they range from thesimple classic burger on a bun to complexcreations that can’t be contained on anysize roll.

And everyone has their favorite.What follows is a glimpse into

Huntington’s burger world. The Foodieswant you to take up the burger wars chal-lenge: get out there and try them, and letus know what you think at ourDineHuntington fan page on Facebook.If you’re already a fan, you know what todo. If you’re not, become one. Go towww.DineHuntington.com and click onthe “Become a Fan” button. Then telleveryone who makes the best burger inthe Town of Huntington.

To get you started, here’s an overviewof some of the town’s top burgers.

34 New Street34 New St., Huntington

631-427-3434 34newstreet.comWhether he’s working on pizza dough

or a white plate, 34 New Streetchef/owner Steve Camas is an artist wholoves innovative and surprising foodcombinations. His burger, however,sticks to the classic combination. It’s builtaround a half-pound of Angus beef,grilled to order and served with lettuce,tomato, pickle, American or cheddarcheese, sautéed onions, sautéed mush-rooms, or bacon, and served with frenchfries. $12. Mention the Burger Wars chal-lenge and Steve will throw in a free glassof beer with your burger.

Canterbury Ales314 New York Ave., Huntington

631-549-4404 centerburyales.comIf Canterbury Ales owner Billy Hoest

had one of those signs like McDonald’s –“Billions Served” – we wonder what thenumber would be. In 33 years, Billy’sserved a lot of burgers. Canterburger fansswear by them. The originalCanterburger – 8-oz. patty on a Kaiserroll with the usual trimmings ($12.99);the California Canterburger, with slicedmushrooms, avocado, sprouts, slaw and

mozzarella ($13.99); Cajun Bleu Burger,with melted bleu cheese and buffalo wingsauce; and the Buffalo Canterburger -Prime bison with the usual trimmings($12.99) are just a few.

Christopher’s Courtyard Cafe8 Wall St., Huntington 631-271-0111Huntington village favorite Christo-

pher’s Courtyard Café brings some exoticofferings to the burger table. In additionto the basic favorite, Chef Frank has cre-ated some specialty burgers for theadventuresome foodie. Jack’s Wild WestBurger with bleu cheese and hot sauce($12); the Fiesta Burger with salsa, gua-camole and cheddar jack ($11); andBruno’s BBQ Steak Burger, withChristopher’s famous barbecue sauce,sautéed mushrooms and onions ($12).Not exotic enough? Give the ostrich orbison burgers try.

La Bottega9 Wall St., Huntington 631-271-3540

LaBottegaHuntington.comA surprise contender in the Burger

Wars challenge, newly opened La Bottegaserves up the colossal “Norbie Monster,”named for its creator who on most dayscan be found at the cash register. TheNorbie starts with two ground beef pattieswith bacon, pepperoncino cheese, hotpeppers, red onions, tomato and mixedgreens with spicy mayo, garlic and oil on agrilled panino roll. If you can finish thatmonster, dessert’s on Norbie. $14.

Jonathan’s Ristorante15 Wall St., Huntington

631-549-0055 jonathansristorante.comOne of the Foodies’ favorites,

Jonathan’s burger is a simple classic.Available at lunchtime or from the barmenu only, it’s a generous sirloin burgertopped with Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomatoand red onion slices on Jonathan’s signa-ture rustic bread with skinny fries and asmall arugula salad. It’s not the northernItalian cuisine for which Jonanthan’s isfamous, but it’s nonetheless a classic, andbest eaten at the bar. $14.

Porto Vivo7 Gerard St., Huntington

631-385-8486 port-vivo.comAnother new kid on the block, Porto

Vivo is known for high-end cuisine in aelegant setting, but its lively bar scenejust got better with the addition of aburger to the bar menu. It’s a wood-grilled Angus Prime burger with crispypancetta, Fontina cheese andcaramelized balsamic onions, served withVivo’s herbed French fries. The sexiestburger from the brunch menu justbecame the sexiest thing at the bar.

Rookies Sports Club70 Gerard St., Huntington

631-923-0424 rookiesny.com

One of Huntington’s burger capitals,Rookies’ “Hall of Fame Steak Burgers”are two-fisted creations that require youbring an appetite. The Old Timer: apple-wood smoked bacon, American Cheeseand Rookies secret sauce ($11.99); A-1Peppercorn Burger: peppercorn with A-1steak sauce, bacon, pepper jack andcrispy onion straws ($11.99); RookiesBurger: cheddar, bacon, and slow-cookedpulled pork ($12.99); LouisianaLightning: blackened, spiced and toppedwith bleu cheese, sauteed peppers,caramelized onion and chipotle pepperdressing ($11.99); The Bronx Bomber:1/2-pound dry-aged sirloin withcaramelized onions, Applewood baconbits and bleu cheese ($18.99). Or buildyour own. A mention of the Burger WarsChallenge will get you 20 percent off yourentire check.

Smok A Burger’s380 Larkfield Road, East Northport

631-226-2600 smokaburger.comAt this no-frills eatery, single burgers

($3.69 to $4.69) and double burgers($5.42 to $6.19) come with your choice offree toppings, including lettuce, tomato,pickles, red onions, jalapenos, sautéedonions, mayonnaise, Chipotle sauce, friedonions, sautéed mushrooms and grilledpeppers. Home of the $5 combo (cheese-burger, French fries and soda. Mondaythrough Thursday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.), newlyopened Smok A Burger’s cranks out burg-ers all day long… they gotta do it well.Mention the DineHuntington BurgerChallenge for a free small ice cream alongwith your combo.

Take the Burger Wars Challenge. Try’em, log on to DineHuntington.com andlet the Foodies know what you think.

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Who’s Got The Best Burger In Town?

The burgers at Smok A Burger’s are no-nonsense. A burger heaped with crispy onion straws at Rookies Sports Club.

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Jonathon’s sirloin burger is a simple classic best eaten at the bar.La Bottega’s Norbie Monster, named for the counter clerk who invented it.


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CHUCKLES FOR DINNER: Meehan’s ofHuntington (371 New York Ave., Hunt-ington 631-351-0831 meehansrestau-rant.com) will bring laughter to yourplate as they host a night of comedy onApril 24. The lineup of four comediansfrom the Long Island Comedy Festivalwill entertain in the Oak Room at Mee-han’s beginning at 8:30 p.m. Ticketsare $20.

JAZZ BRUNCH: Join the gang at NorthportVillage coffeehouse Caffe Portofino (249Main St., Northport Village, 631-262-7656) at their next Sunday Jazz Brunchon April 18, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Waffles,eggs and more, coffee or tea and twohours of great jazz, $15 per person.Reservations recommended.

LADIES NIGHT: Porto Vivo (7 Gerard St.,Huntington 631-385-8486 porto-vivo.com) launches its new cocktailmenu for spring with a Ladies NightLaunch Party on April 15, 6:30-8 p.m.Try delicious cocktails designed andhandcrafted using innovative newproducts like Faretti Biscotti Famosi, anew cream-based liqueur that evokesthe flavors of biscotti; and St. Germain,an artisanal liqueur made from theblossoms of elderflowers. It’s hand-plucked from the Alps… just like PortoVivo’s owner, Philipp. Can’t make thelaunch party? Every Thursday starting

at 4:30 p.m., specialtycocktails or wines bythe glass will be $6 forthe ladies with com-plimentary horsd’oeuvres for all. Alsolaunching is a new barmenu including aprime Angus burgerwith killercaramelized onions;Montauk lobstersandwich; flat breadpizzas and more.

WINE WEDNESDAYS: HONU Kitchen &Cocktails (363 New York Ave., Hunt-ington 631-421-6900) celebrates springin April with Wine Wednesdays. EachWednesday a special three-coursemenu will be offered for $34 and will beavailable paired with three selected

wines for $44. To add to the atmos-phere of these special evenings, therewill also be live music by solo guitaristsMike Dorio and Pete Mann from 7-11p.m. For menus, go to honukitchen.com.

STRAIGHT FROM THE BARREL: Some of thetop wineries on Long Island’s East Endare offering an opportunity to sampletheir vintages directly from the barrel.Deals vary from winery to winery; visitindividual websites for more details.Participating wineries include: Castellodi Borghese, Peconic Bay Winery, Wa-ters Crest Winery, Cutchogue; ClovisPoint and Jamesport Vineyards, James-port; Macari Vineyards & Winery, Mat-tituck; Martha Clara Vineyards andPalmer Vineyards, Riverhead; Pindarand Raphael wineries, Peconic; ShinnEstate, Mattituck; and Wolffer EstateVineyards, Sagaponack.

SPICING IT UP: Panera Bread (160 Walt Whitman Road Huntington Station 631-424-0060;4097 Jericho Tpke., East Northport631-858-0789) rings in the wilder sideof spring with new bold and spicyCuban Chicken Panini: chicken,smoked ham, Swiss cheese, chipotlemayo, sun-dried tomato ale mustard onfreshly baked focaccia; and theJalapeño and Cheddar Bagel BreakfastSandwich with egg, Vermont whitecheddar and smoked ham.

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The Archbishop of Canterburger ....12.99An original Canterburger topped with a sautéed mix ofham, mushrooms, bacon, green peppers topped with Swissand American cheeses

The Archbishop Squire Burger ......9.99Our Young Squire Burger topped ala “Archbishop Burger”.

The California Canterburger ........13.99The Original Canterburger, topped with a combo of slicedmushrooms, avocado, tomatoes, alfalfa sprouts and coleslaw and topped with melted mozzarella cheese!

The Canterburger El Paso ............12.99Our Canterburger topped with BBQ sauce and meltedCheddar and Mozzarella cheeses

The Cajun Bleu Burger .................13.99A Canterburger topped with melted bleu cheese crumbs andhot “buffalo wing sauce”, on a Kaiser roll.

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HUNTINGTON OPEN HOUSESTown Address Beds Baths Price Taxes Date Time Broker PhoneDix Hills 134 Ryder Ave 4 3 $829,000 $14,872 4/15 12 - 2 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-673-4444Northport 67 Woodside 5 2 $548,900 $5,229 4/15 12 - 2 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-757-7272S. Huntington 10 Collingwood Dr 4 3 $799,000 $14,242 4/15 12 - 1:30 pm Daniel Gale Agency Inc 631-427-6600Dix Hills 5 Talisman Ct 5 4 $799,999 $19,014 4/16 12 - 2:30 pm Gem Star Properties Inc 631-427-2244E. Northport 290 5th St 2 1 $339,000 $3,582 4/16 12 - 2 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-499-0500Northport 8 Jamie Ter 4 4 $1,289,000 $17,505 4/16 12:30 - 2 pm Signature Properties of Hunt 631-673-3700Cold Spring Hrbr483 Woodbury Rd 3 4 $999,999 $12,192 4/17 2 - 4 pm Daniel Gale Agency Inc 631-692-6770Commack 108 Hayrick Ln 4 3 $499,900 $11,084 4/17 2 - 4 pm Century 21 North End Realty 631-724-8500Commack 142A Wicks Rd 4 3 $699,000 $13,000 4/17 12 - 2 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-499-1000Commack 142B Wicks Rd 4 3 $699,000 $13,000 4/17 12 - 2 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-499-1000Dix Hills 50 Landview Dr 3 3 $529,000 $7,789 4/17 1 - 3 pm Daniel Gale Agency Inc NPT 631-754-3400Dix Hills 116 Ryder Ave 4 2 $735,000 $16,223 4/17 12 - 2 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 516-681-2600Dix Hills 15 Elderberry Rd 5 5 $1,379,000$20,687,000 4/17 2:30 - 4:30 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-673-4444E. Northport 11 Grant St 3 2 $429,000 $3,225 4/17 2:30 - 4:30 pm RE/MAX Beyond 631-862-1100Fort Salonga 5 Meadowood Ln 3 4 $774,000 $14,499 4/17 1 - 3 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-757-4000Greenlawn 57 Sinclair Dr 3 2 $409,000 $7,288 4/17 1 - 4 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-261-6800Greenlawn 197 Stony Hollow Rd 6 2 $629,000 $14,436 4/17 1 - 3 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-757-4000Greenlawn 62 Butterfield Dr 4 3 $669,000 $12,932 4/17 2 - 4 pm Signature Properties of Hunt 631-673-3700Huntington 17 Rotterdam St 4 3 $439,990 N/A 4/17 12:30 - 3 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-758-2552Huntington 24 Ontario St 3 3 $480,000 $9,635 4/17 1 - 3 pm Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc 516-575-7500Huntington 230 West Neck Rd 5 3 $695,000 $15,833 4/17 10 - 12 pm Daniel Gale Agency Inc 631-427-6600Huntington Sta 28 Deepdale Dr 4 2 $247,500 $8,995 4/17 1 - 3 pm Island Advantage Realty 631-351-6000Huntington Sta 129 Winding St 3 2 $265,000 $7,000 4/17 12 - 2 pm Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc 516-575-7500Huntington Sta 100 8th Ave 4 2 $369,000 $8,708 4/17 12 - 2 pm Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc 516-575-7500Northport 85 Eatons Neck Rd 3 2 $425,000 $9,572 4/17 2 - 4 pm Century 21 Northern Shores 631-547-5300Northport 14 Essex Dr 4 2 $479,000 $11,836 4/17 2 - 4 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-757-4000Northport 4 W Scudder Pl 2 2 $559,000 $5,229 4/17 1 - 3 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-757-7272Northport 30 Trescott Path 4 3 $730,000 $15,195 4/17 1 - 3 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-757-4000Northport 10 Hayes Hill Dr 4 4 $899,000 $14,675 4/17 1 - 3 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-261-6800Northport 6 Harbour Point Dr 4 6 $1,375,000 $17,248 4/17 1 - 3 pm Cold Spring Harbor Realty 631-673-6315Asharoken 11 Beach Plum Dr 6 3 $1,295,000 $17,823 4/18 12 - 1:30 pm Signature Properties of Hunt 631-673-3700Centerport 140 Mill Dam Rd 2 2 $428,876 $8,352 4/18 12 - 2 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-549-4400Centerport 915 Washington Dr 3 1 $449,000 $6,465 4/18 2 - 4 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-549-4400Commack 4 Otsego Pl 4 2 $419,000 $9,651 4/18 1 - 3 pm Daniel Gale Agency Inc NPT 631-754-3400Dix Hills 53 Arcadia Dr 4 3 $449,000 $8,670 4/18 12:30 - 2:30 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-673-4444Dix Hills 18 Corsa St 3 3 $479,900 $10,799 4/18 1 - 3 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 516-795-3456Dix Hills 31 Pine Hill Ln 3 2 $479,900 $8,800 4/18 1 - 3 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-499-9191Dix Hills 13 Julia Cir 3 3 $549,000 $10,704 4/18 1 - 3 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-673-4444Dix Hills 5 Village Dr 4 2 $575,000 $10,473 4/18 12 - 2 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-261-6800Dix Hills 29 Millet St 4 3 $599,000 N/A 4/18 2 - 4 pm RE/MAX Professional Group 631-261-7800Dix Hills 8 Ground Pine Ct 3 3 $679,000 $11,375 4/18 12 - 2 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-427-9100Dix Hills 57 Villanova Ln 4 4 $1,350,000 $25,938 4/18 1 - 3 pm Shawn Elliott Luxury Homes 516-922-2878E. Northport 15 Cullen Dr 3 1 $349,000 $5,724 4/18 12 - 2 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-757-4000E. Northport 38 Chester St 5 2 $375,000 $7,628 4/18 2:30 - 4:30 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-863-9800E. Northport 272 Clay Pitts Rd 3 2 $449,000 $7,561 4/18 12 - 2 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-474-4242E. Northport 9 Stan Haven Pl 3 3 $489,000 $9,600 4/18 1 - 3 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-673-4444E. Northport 46 Colonial St 4 4 $498,000 $11,664 4/18 2:30 - 4 pm RE/MAX Professional Group 631-261-7800E. Northport 397 Holly Dr 4 4 $624,900 $13,533 4/18 2 - 4 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-757-7272E. Northport 144 Daly Rd 3 3 $675,000 $15,325 4/18 2:30 - 4:30 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-673-6800Greenlawn 8 Dressler Rd 3 2 $349,000 $7,288 4/18 2:30 - 4:30 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-757-7272Greenlawn 67 Cuba Hill Rd 5 3 $458,876 $11,552 4/18 1 - 2:30 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-549-4400Greenlawn 3 Butterfield Ct 4 3 $549,000 $11,982 4/18 12 - 2 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-673-6800Greenlawn 63 Smith St 3 3 $599,000 $13,516 4/18 2 - 4 pm Signature Properties of Hunt 631-673-3700Greenlawn 15 Greenbrush Ct 5 4 $949,999 $14,960 4/18 1 - 3 pm Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc 516-575-7500Huntington 5 Highridge Dr 3 2 $499,999 $11,700 4/18 12 - 1:30 pm RE/MAX Professional Group 631-261-7800Huntington 4 Parkridge Ct 3 3 $599,000 $12,773 4/18 1 - 3 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-549-4400Huntington 94 Soundview Rd 4 3 $639,000 $10,388 4/18 1 - 4 pm Daniel Gale Agency Inc 631-427-6600Huntington 29 Drohan St 4 3 $689,000 $12,178 4/18 2 - 4 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-427-9100Huntington 9 Blue Grass Ct 5 3 $798,876 $15,270 4/18 1 - 3 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-549-4400Huntington 11 White Deer Ct 4 4 $899,000 $16,599 4/18 1 - 3 pm Signature Properties of Hunt 631-673-3700Huntington 61 Chichester Rd 5 6 $1,194,876 $28,643 4/18 1 - 3 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-549-4400Huntington Sta 126 Columbia St 2 1 $299,000 $4,038 4/18 11:30 - 1:30 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-754-4800Huntington Sta 2 Harvest Time Ct 2 2 $315,000 $7,818 4/18 12 - 2 pm Fairfield Realty Services 631-486-4000Huntington Sta 57 Windmill Ct 2 1 $319,000 $8,137 4/18 1 - 3 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-673-2222Huntington Sta 142 11th Ave 4 2 $339,000 $6,839 4/18 1 - 3 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-549-4400Huntington Sta 49 E 24th St 3 1 $399,000 $5,941 4/18 2 - 4 pm Coach Real Estate Assoc Inc 631-673-2222Huntington Sta 7 Sioux Pl 3 3 $419,000 $8,553 4/18 2 - 4 pm RE/MAX Professional Group 631-261-7800Huntington Sta 147 Mckay Rd 4 3 $449,000 $10,246 4/18 2 - 4 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-549-4400Huntington Sta 27 Pickwick Hill Dr 4 2 $449,000 $10,105 4/18 2 - 2 pm Century 21 Northern Shores 631-547-5300Melville 2 Earl Rd 4 3 $449,000 $9,688 4/18 1 - 3 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-499-9191Northport 35 Hill St 4 3 $499,733 $7,798 4/18 3 - 5 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-754-4800Northport 594 BreadAndChsRd 4 2 $519,900 $8,654 4/18 2:30 - 4:30 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-261-6800Northport 21 Mckinney Ave 3 1 $719,000 $5,688 4/18 1 - 3 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-754-4800Northport 14 Hastings Dr 4 4 $798,876 $17,942 4/18 1 - 4 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-261-6800Northport 16 Breeze Hill Rd 5 3 $799,000 $13,867 4/18 12 - 2 pm Coldwell Banker Residential 631-754-4800Northport 13 Harbour Point Dr 3 4 $929,000 $13,211 4/18 2:30 - 4:30 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-261-6800S. Huntington 24 Kellum St 4 2 $449,900 $8,277 4/18 1 - 4 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-549-4400S. Huntington 12 Claire Ave 4 3 $499,000 $11,008 4/18 12 - 2 pm Prudential Douglas Elliman RE 631-261-6800


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Museumchallengeserve,” Hughes said.

Each stop on the challenge’s itinerarywill contain a trivia question relating tothe site. For example, visitors to the WaltWhitman Birthplace will be asked tofind out the number of fireplaces in thehouse. Those who stop at all 10 destina-tions will earn a 50-minute DVD narrat-ing Huntington’s history.

“What is unique about Huntington’shistory is that we can trace the town’s ex-istence going back to its founding in1653,” said Town Archivist AntoniaMattheou.

The Huntington Town Clerk’s archiveswill also open its doors to participants ofthe challenge.

“One of the things we like to exhibit isthe oldest record that we have in thearchives. That is the original deed datingback to 1653 which is the origination ofthe Town of Huntington. And we alsohave the town’s charter which was datedin 1666,” Mattheou said.

If history hunting leaves you hungry,local restaurants like Canterbury Ales,Good 2 Go Deli, Kozy Kettle, La BottegaGourmet and Munday’s will be offeringdiscounts in support of the event.

Guide maps are available for advancepurchase by contacting any of the partic-ipating locations or calling the Hunting-ton historian at 631-351-3244.


‘Dirtbags’ on tour“We’ve never done it before. I did jump

on stage with Chris Carrabba from Dash-board Confessional and [we] did a ver-sion of ‘Teenage Dirtbag.’ I’m looking for-ward to getting on stage and doing aproper show,” Brown said.

Just two days later, they’ll hop on aplane and fly over the Atlantic Ocean fora month-long tour in England and Aus-tria. Unlike many bands, Wheatus haschosen to eschew set lists for requestsfrom their stronger European following.

“At this point over there we have four al-bums they are familiar with. There are dif-ferent pockets of enthusiasm, dependingon how old the audiences are,” Brown said.

They’ll return in late June, and immedi-ately set about finishing the re-recording of

their first album. He confirmed the releasedate is set for the album’s 10th anniversary.

After that, the band will continue toproduce new material. Just don’t expectanother rise to stardom, highlighted by athree-song performance sandwiched be-tween Meatloaf and Beyonce and tele-vised to millions.

“I can’t say I really enjoy that level ofintensity. We’re looking for a middleground where we have a more realisticand smaller scope we can get our handsaround,” Brown said, noting they won’tdisappear either. “There will be Wheatusalbums coming out until I’m dead.”



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Combating cyberbullyingor not. There are some basic issues of freespeech,” said Alane Fagin, executive di-rector of Child Abuse Protection Servic-es. “At the end of the day, we can’t legis-late kindness and civility. As much aswe’d like to criminalize meanness, it’spretty hard to do.”

Cooper said he anticipates controver-sial First Amendment issues will beraised but cited that federal laws haveproven that the free speech clause doesnot defend imminent physical threats or“fighting words,” expression of messageslikely to provoke a physical response.

Thomas Grimes, a 48-year-old retiredNYPD detective who presents lectures oncyberbullying, said it is the most impor-tant problem many children face, thoughgetting evidence to enforce the lawmaybe difficult.

“It becomes difficult to proactively en-

force because there’s nothing tangible,”Grimes said. “Fear is not tangible, but itis realistic.”

The Half Hollow Hills School Districtheld a parents’ forum on cyberbullyingon April 5, in which SCOPE Assistant Di-rector for Community Services CindyPierce Lee gave parents an overview andguide to the workshops she holds for thedistrict’s fifth-grade students. SCOPEEducation Services is a nonprofit organi-zation chartered by the New York StateBoard of Regents to provide educationalassistance to schools.

“There’s mixed feelings about whethera law is really going to stop, especially inadolescents, our kids from doing any-thing,” Lee said. “My feeling is if we havea law in place that addresses some ofthese extreme case that can happen on-line with ids, at least if something hap-pens, you can do something about it.”


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Discover Italy Find out about “100 Places Italy Where EveryWoman Should Go” in the new book from writerand Italophile Susan Van Allen as she dives intothe question of “Why Do Women Love Italy?” onApril 15, 7 p.m. with presentation and winereception at Book Revue, 313 New York Ave.,Huntington. Free. 631-271-1442.

Love In Every StitchLove to quilt? Join the quilting group at OldFirst Church to make quilts for cancer patients,every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. 631-427-2101.

Share A LaughEnjoy a night of stand-up comedy to help savehomeless animals at “Stand-Up For LittleShelter II” to benefit Huntington’s Little ShelterAnimal Rescue and Adoption Center at JokerzWild Comedy Club on April 23, 8:30 p.m. at theSheraton, 333 S. Service Road, Plainview.Featured comedians include Johnny Rizzo,Rob Cividanes, John Santo, Les Degan andMeredith Daniels. $15 in advance at www.jok-erzwildcomedyclub.com, $20 at door. 21 andolder, two drink minimum.

Love To PartyMeet television star Kathie Lee Gifford as shespeaks about and signs her new children’sbook, “Party Animals” that teaches we are allspecial because we are different, on April 16, 7p.m. at Book Revue, 313 New York Ave.,Huntington. Free. 631-271-1442.

Jazz It UpListen to live jazz music every Friday night atThe Elks, 195 Main St., Huntington, featuringHalley’s Comets, 7:30-11:30 p.m. $5.

College Open HouseVisit Farmingdale State College during itsannual Spring Open House on April 17, 10a.m.-1 p.m. in Nold Hall for a tour of campus,meet-n-greet with faculty, financial aidexperts, learn about degree programs andmore. Reserve your spot at www.farming-dale.edu/quicklinks/ifs_open_house.html.

Teddy Bear FundraiserGo where the Teddy Bears go to play at theRainbow Chimes Early Childhood Center’s fifthannual Teddy Bear Ball in honor of their 30thanniversary on April 17, 7-11:30 p.m.Sponsored by Rothmann’s Restaurant Groupwith tasting from Rothmann’s Steakhouse,Matteo’s, and Entemanns deserts with cock-tails and spirits. $50 in advance, $60 at door.Black tie optional event. 631-427-6300.

Raise The Barn Join the Town of Huntington for the 14th annu-al Barn Dance Land and Sea Extravaganzafeaturing a clam bar by Chefs Bret and Eric ofNorthport Fish and Lobster on April 17, 7–11p.m. at St. Philip Neri Parish Center, 15Prospect St., Northport. $45 per person inadvance/$50 at the door includes live music,raffles beer, wine, soda, coffee and dessert.631-724-6440 or [email protected]

Beach ScenesMeet Long Island author John Hanc as hespeaks about and signs his new book “JonesBeach: An Illustrated History” on April 17, 7p.m. at Book Revue, 313 New York Ave.,Huntington. Free. 631-271-1442.

Tea For TwoGet together with friends to enjoy tea, sconesand sweet treats at the seventh annual HighTea on April 17, 3 p.m. at The EpiscopalChurch of St. Margaret, 1000 Washington Ave.,Plainview. In addition to tea, shop for hand-crafted jewelry. $18, advanced purchase only.516-692-5268.

Greener EarthGrab a cup of joe at Starflower Experiences’coffeehouse-style auction fundraiser on April17, 7 p.m. at the Gloria Dei Lutheran church inHuntington Station. Items for bid include nightat the Inn in Fox Hollow, a historical WWII plan,American Sailing Association’s Basic Keelboattraining and more. Free. 516-938-6152.

Autism AwarenessLearn more about autism at Happi Act’s Autism

Awareness Entertainment and EnlightenmentEvent on April 18, 1-5 p.m. at the HuntingtonHilton. Event includes short talk and film onautism with refreshments followed by LongIsland pop singers performing a variety oftoday’s music, and a performance by soft rockband Flame, whose lead singer Michele isautistic. $45 per person, $35 seniors, $30 stu-dents and children. 631-269-5330 [email protected].

Follow the FlockJoin the Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon’sSpring Search for Migrants at a designatedarea where over 240 species of birds havebeen reported for bird watching on April 18, 9a.m. Meet at Prospect Park Audubon Center.516-802-5356.

Red Is For PassionLove the color red and enjoy living it up? TheRed Hat women are looking for new memberswho enjoy going places and making newfriends. Their motto: Fun, Frolic andFriendship. If interested, contact 631-271-6470or [email protected].

Celebrate Good TimesThe Huntington High School class of 1952 willbe holding a reunion the weekend of July 9-11,2010 at the Melville Marriot. 631-499-7163 or301-462-9850.

Telling HerstoryEvery Tuesday, join Herstory writers group“Black, Brown & White” for a bridge-buildingwomen’s guided memoir writing workshoptaught by Lonnie Mathis at Huntington StationEnrichment Center, 1264 New York Ave., 7-9p.m. $35 per class with monthly discounts.Newcomers welcome. 631-676-7395.

Calling All ShutterbugsThe Huntington Camera Club meets everyTuesday, September through June, at theHuntington Public Library, 338 Main St.,Huntington, in the Main Meeting Room on thelower level, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. www.hunting-toncameraclub.org.

Children’s Story TimeChildren of all ages can enjoy stories read by amember of Barnes & Noble’s staff everyTuesday and Thursday from 10:30-11 a.m.Barnes & Noble, 4000 E. Jericho Turnpike,East Northport. Free. 631-462-0208.

Find Your Flock Discover different ways to track birds with the

Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society at“Tracking a Hidden Spectacle: Using Radarand Acoustic Monitoring to Study NocturnalBird Migration” lecture by Dr. AndrewFarnsworth on April 17, 7 p.m., at Cold SpringHarbor Library, 95 Harbor Road, Cold SpringHarbor. 516-766-0273.

Find A New YouChallenge yourself to live a healthier lifestyleas the Extreme Makeover Challenge presentedby Buckley Family Chiropractic Center inGreenlawn kicks off on April 21, 7:30 p.m. witha step-by-step program to help you make per-manent lifestyle changes. $45 for T-shirt, acopy of “Maximized Living Makeover,” admit-tance to all lectures, gym membership and dis-counts at local healthy establishments. $500and $250 cash prize for those with largestlifestyle changes at end of challenge. 631-754-4333.

Business BreakfastPull on your power suit and join other businessprofessionals at BNI Executive ReferralExchange’s breakfast networking meetingevery Wednesday, 7-8:30 a.m. at the Dix HillsDiner, 1800 Jericho Turnpike, Dix Hills. 800-853-9356.

Help For Kids Of DivorceesChildren in grades 3 - 5 can find support at anew separation/divorce group hosted by FamilyService League on Wednesday nights, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 790 Park Ave., Huntington. 631-427-3700.

Cold Spring Harbor Public Library95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-692-6820. cshlibrary.org.• Celebrate April as National Poetry Month with

readings from “Paumanok: Poems andPictures of Long Island” and a photographyexhibit on Sunday, April, 2-4 p.m.

Commack Public Library18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-499-0888.• Jazz it up at The Arnie Gruber Jazz

Ensemble’s performance featuring songsfrom the swing era, including Frank Sinatraand Tony Bennett, on Sunday, April 18 at 2p.m. Register at the circulation desk.

• Discuss “The Economy: How We Got Hereand Where Do We Go Now?” as part of theEvents, Issues and Viewpoints series onTuesday, April 20, 7-9 p.m. First hour isdevoted to current events, second hour to theeconomy.

Deer Park Public Library44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000.• Learn about the “Power of Antioxidants,” what

they do, and whether they can help prevent

cancer and heart disease from Dr. MichelleKobbe on Monday, April 19, 7 p.m. Registerin advance, seating is limited.

• Get advice on how to plan ahead for yourfuneral from a representative of Claude R.Boyd-Caratozzolo Funeral Home onWednesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. Register inadvance, seating is limited.

Elwood Public Library3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722.www.elwoodlibrary.org. Check out the library’s website for the latest onnew arrivals.

Half Hollow Hills LibraryDix Hills Branch: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-421-4530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road.631-421-4535. hhhl.suffolk.lib.ny.usLearn the essentials of composing a dynamiccover letter at “Cover Letter Writing” onWednesday, April 21, 7 p.m. at the Dix Hillsbranch. Make the right choice when remodeling yourkitchen with advice from Peter Collins of AlureHome Improvements on Wednesday, April 20,7 p.m. at the Dix Hills branch. • Take a trip to New York City on the “Do As You

Please Bus Trip” on May 19. There are twodrop-off spots: Rockefeller Center and theMetropolitan Museum of Art with pick up at 6p.m. $24 per person, tickets on sale April 17.

Harborfields Public Library31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200.harb.suffolk.lib.ny.us• Get practical advice on how to manage your

money when you go off to college at“Freshman Finances 101” on Monday, April19, 7 p.m. Register in advance.

• Join art historian Donald Dwyer for a slideshow and lecture on “Velazquez” on Tuesday,April 20, 7 p.m.

Huntington Public LibraryMain Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631-427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New YorkAve., Huntington Station. 631-421-5053.hpl.suffolk.lib.ny.us• Learn the basics of word processing in

Microsoft Works 2007 on Saturday, April 17, 10a.m.-noon at the Huntington Station branch.

• “Golda’s Balcony,” a tight-knit story of loveand peace through the eyes of Golda Meir onthe eve of the 1973 Yom Kippur War in Israel,shows on Sunday, April 18, 3-5 p.m. at theMain branch.

Northport-East Northport Public Library151 Laurel Ave., Northport. 631-261-6930. 185Larkfield Road, East Northport. 631-261-2313.www.nenpl.org. • Listen as The Northport Symphony

Orchestra, under Richard Hyman, demon-strates how instruments create a musicalpalette using Mozart’s 35th Symphony in“Ideas to Music: Composer, Orchestra &Listeners” on Sunday, April 18, 2 p.m.

• Find out “How to Have a ‘Sell Out’ GarageSale” from experienced seller HelenEnsmenger on Monday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.

South Huntington Public Library145 Pigeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info.• Meet local author and attorney Bill Tucker as

he discusses his latest book Kingsway 37and the process of writing and developing abook on Monday, April 19, 7 p.m.

Arena Players Children’s Theatre294 Route 109, East Farmingdale. 516-293-0674. • “Rumpelstiltskin,” a play based on the fairy-

tale, takes the stage April 10-May 16 withperformances: Saturdays and Sundays, 1p.m. in Farmingdale; and Saturdays, 3 p.m.at the Centerport Carriage House, 180 LittleNeck Road, Centerport. $10.

Arena Players Repertory Theatre296 Route 109, East Farmingdale. 516-293-0674. All Main Stage Productions performed asscheduled. Friday, 8 p.m. $18; Saturday, 8 p.m.$22; and Sunday, 3 p.m. $18.• “A Long Day’s Journey Into Night” by Eugene

O’Neill, which relives a fateful day for theTyrone family in August 1912, takes over theMain Stage March 26-April 18.

• Have a laugh as 2 S.I.C. Second StageImprove Comedy performs on Saturday, April17, 10:30 p.m.

Cinema Arts Centre423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaarts-

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Love To PartyMeet television star

Kathie Lee Gifford as shespeaks about and signsher new children’s book,“Party Animals” thatteaches we are all specialbecause we are different,on April 16, 7 p.m. atBook Revue, 313 NewYork Ave., Huntington.Free. 631-271-1442.


centre.org. 631-423-7611. • “Neither Memory or Magic” directed by Hugo

Perez, telling the life story of Hungarian poetMiklos Radnoti’s final days in Nazi concentra-tion camps, will be shown on Thursday, April15, 7:30 p.m. $9 members/$13 public includesdiscussion with director and reception.

• “Local Hero” pits an American businessmanagainst a Scottish Hermit reluctant to sellproperty to a corporation stars Burt Lancasterand Peter Riegert. Showing Saturday, April17, 7:30 p.m. $12 members/$16 publicincludes film, discussion and reception.

Dix Hills Center For The Performing ArtsFive Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, DixHills. Box Office: 631-656-2148.www.dhpac.org• Rediscover “Macbeth” by William

Shakespeare, a thrill-ride of human responseto ambitious and temptation, set in the alter-nate universe of post-apocalyptic 2020 underthe direction of Kathy Curtiss, April 15-17 at7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 18 at 2 p.m. $12students and seniors/$15 adults.

The Minstrel Players Of Northport Performing at Houghton Hall theatre at TrinityEpiscopal Church 130 Main St., NorthportVillage. 631-732-2926, www.minstrelplayers.org.• “Blithe Spirit” by Noel Coward will take the

stage on Saturdays, April 17 and 24 at 8p.m. and Sundays, April 18 and 25 at 3 p.m.$15 adults and $12 seniors/children. Grouprates available for 10 or more.

John W. Engeman Theater At Northport350 Main Street, Northport. www.johnwenge-

mantheater.com. 631-261-2900.• “Broadway Dreams” featuring five of

Broadway’s finest vocalists will celebratesome of the finest musical moments from“The Great White Way” on Saturday, April 17at 8 p.m. $50.

Star Playhouse At the Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge Road,Commack. 631-462-9800 ext. 136. • Go back and celebrate the Roaring ’20s with

“Thoroughly Modern Millie” on Saturdays,May 15 and 22 at 8 p.m.; Sundays, May 16,23 and 30 at 2 p.m. $21 public/$16 seniorsand students. $18 members/$14 memberseniors and students.

Tilles Center For Performing Arts720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. www.tilles-center.org. 516-299-3100.• The 18th annual Long Island Guitar Festival

April 14 - 18 will include performances byJerome Ducharme, the Newman/OltmanGuitar Duo and “New Music For Guitar.” $90all-events pass for members/$125 public.Tickets for individual events available onwebsite.

• Violin maestro Itzhak Perlman will performpieces by Mozart, Beethoven and Dvorak onSaturday, April 17 at 8 p.m. $51.50 - $111.50.

Seeking StringsThe Northport Symphony Orchestra (formerlythe Northport Community Orchestra) is seekingnew members in all sections. Rehearsals areWednesday evenings. 631-462-6617. northpor-torchestra.org.

Cloggers WantedThe Bruce Spruce Cloggers Dance Companyis seeking dancers for future shows on LongIsland. Dance background wanted; preferablyexperience in tap, clog or Irish-step dancing.631-476-1228.

Alfred Van Leon Gallery 145 Pidgeon Hill Road. Huntington Station.631-549-4411Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 9 .am.-9 p.m. Wed. 10a.m.-9 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-6 p.m.• South Huntington PTA will present the exhibit

“Beauty is…” starting April 12.

Alpan Gallery2 West Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours:Wednesday - Saturday 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 631-423-4433. www.alpangallery.com.

Art League of Long Island107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Galleryhours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.weekends. 631-462-5400.www.ArtLeagueLI.org.• “Circle of Friends II” featuring a collegiality of

artistic endeavors among friends in its sec-ond year on display April 9-May 2.

b.j. spoke gallery299 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours:Monday – Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., until 9 p.m.on Friday and Saturday. 631-549-5106.• “Ex Tempore” ink by Lis Dreizen will be

shown alongside John Macfie’s high-glossacrylics in “SeaScapes” and “Great Escapes”April 6 - May 2.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Openseven days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: $6 adults;$4 children 3 - 12 and seniors over 65; mem-bers and children under 3 are free. 516-692-6768. http://www.cshfha.org/• Celebrate National Environmental Education

Week April 11-17, with special activities forchildren all week. Free with admission.

• Enjoy a day of fun and games as childrenunder 12 fish on the brook for rainbow troutin the Tidal Raceway during the annualSpring Fair on Saturday, April 24 from 10a.m.-4:30 p.m.

fotofoto Gallery372 New York Ave., Huntington. Gallery hours:Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m., Sunday12-4 p.m. 631-549-0448.www.fotofotogallery.com. • “Antarctica: Journey To the Extreme” featur-

ing photographs by Kodak professional part-ner Holly Gordan on display April 9-May 16.

Greenlawn-Centerport HistoricalAssociationP.O. Box 354, Greenlawn. 631-754-1180.

Huntington Arts CouncilMain Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St.,Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 9a.m.-5 p.m.; Art in the Art-trium: 25 MelvillePark Road, Melville. Gallery Hours: Monday -Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 631-271-8423. www.hunt-ingtonarts.org. • A “Juried Portrait Exhibit” will be on display in

the Main Street Petite Gallery March 18-May 3. • “Streetwise,” an exhibition showing a different

perspective of the streets we cross every dayor come upon, is on display in the Art-riumGallery through June 28.

Heckscher Museum Of Art2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours:Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., firstFridays from 4 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Saturday andSunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 631-351-3250.Admission $6 -8/adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-5/children; members and children under 10free. 631-351-3250.• World-renowned guitarist Carlos Barbosa-

Lima will offer a master class on Saturday,April 17, 3-5 p.m. Free with admission. Hewill then perform a mix of classical, Brazilian,popular and jazz styles in concert as part ofthe Gallery Recital Series from 7-8:30 p.m.$15 members/$20 non-members.

• “Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at TheHeckscher Museum” featuring work from artstudents grades 9 - 12 from more than 50private and public schools throughoutNassau and Suffolk County is on displayApril 17-May 2. Opening reception onSunday, April 18 from 3-5 p.m.

Huntington Historical Society Main office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington.Museums: Conklin House, 2 High St. Kissam House/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave. 631-427-7045, ext. 401. http://www.huntingtonhistorical-society.org/• Learn about the women and men of the

Underground Railroad on Long Island fromDr. Kathleen Vesor, author of “The Road toFreedom: the Underground Railroad, NewYork and Beyond” on Thursday, April 15 at 2

p.m. as part of the Conklin House Lectureseries. Free for members/$5 non-members.

Joseph Lloyd Manor HouseLloyd Lane and Lloyd Harbor Rd., Lloyd NeckSaturday - Sunday 1-5 p.m. (last tour at 4:30).Adults $3, Children 7 - 14, $2, groups byappointment only. 631-692-4664.www.splia.org.

LaMantia Gallery127 Main St., East Northport. 631-754-8414.www.lamantiagallery.com.

Martin Lerman Gallery716 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-421-0258.Www.martinlermangallery.com Hours: Monday- Friday, 9 a.m-5 p.m.• “Rome,” a mixed-media art exhibition by

Robert Mielenhausen, is on display throughMay 27.

Northport Historical Society Museum215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours:Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859.www.Northporthistorical.org. • Visit the museum as part of the Town of

Huntington’s third annual Museum Challengeon April 17 and 18. Admission is free with pur-chase of a map for $10, one map is neededper family. Open both days from 11 a.m.-4p.m.

• “Recording Memories, a Historic Overview:Over 150 Years of Scrapbooking, Journaling,Photo Albums and more” is an exhibitionsponsored by Not Just a Scrap of Centerport,on display in the main gallery.

Ripe Art Gallery67 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-807-5296.Gallery hours: Tuesday - Thursday 11 a.m.-6p.m., Friday 2 p.m.-9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5p.m. www.ripeartgal.com. • “Graffiti Under Glass,” the newest series by

visual artist Kate Kelly, is on display throughMay 8.

Suffolk Y JCC74 Hauppauge Rd., Commack. 631-462-9800,ext. 140. Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Admission: $5 perperson, $18 per family. Special group pro-grams available• Find something special for Mother’s Day, a

birthday, wedding or yourself at the Shop &Schmooze Boutique on Thursday, April 15 at7 p.m. All proceeds benefit JCC’s scholarshipfund.

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium180 Little Neck Rd., Centerport. Museumhours: Tuesday - Friday, 12-4 p.m., Saturdays,Sundays and holidays, 12-5 p.m.; closedMondays except for holiday weeks. Groundsadmission: $7 adults, $6 seniors, students, and$3 children under 12. Museum tour, add $3 perperson. 631-854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuse-um.org.• Bring the family to “Our Night Out” featuring a

springtime surprise bedtime story under thestars in the planetarium on April 18, 6 p.m.Wear your pajamas, grab a pillow and bringa favorite stuffed animal. $7 public/$5 mem-bers. Reservations strongly recommended.

Walt Whitman Birthplace246 Old Walt Whitman Rd, Huntington Station.Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.; Saturdaysand Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission: $5adults, $4 seniors/students, and children under5 are free. 631-427-5240.www.waltwhitman.org • Visit to find the answers to the Huntington

Museum Challenge on April 17 and 18, 11a.m.-4 p.m. Tour the Birthplace and find theanswer to one of the trivia questions.

The Whaling MuseumMain Street, Cold Spring Harbor. Museum

hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $4adults, $3 seniors, $3 students 5 - 18, family$12; military and children under 5 are free.631-367-3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.• “Tales & Treasure: From the Attic & Archive,”

an exhibition exploring the 1800s throughartifacts and stories, is on display throughLabor Day 2010.

Ridotto, Concerts with a Touch of ClassAt Old First Church, Route 25A in Huntington.631-385-0373. www.Ridotto.org.• “Desire and the Emperor” about the emperors

of 19th century Europe: Napoleon, WilhelmII, and Franz Josef with musical tastes thatcontrast their political ambitions as shown bySoprano Elizabeth Hillebrand sings Mozart’sgrand aria from Don Giovanni, “Mi tradi quel-l’alma ingrate” on Sunday. May 2 at 4 p.m.$20/$18 seniors/$15 members/$10 students.

Voice For The ChildrenParents for Megan’s Law and the CrimeVictims Center are seeking volunteers to assistwith general office duties during daytime hours.Candidates should be positive, energetic andprofessional with good communication skills.Resume and three references required. 631-689-2672 or fax resume to 631-751-1695.

Helping Furry FriendsLittle Shelter Animal Rescue and AdoptionCenter is looking for volunteers who want tomake a difference in the lives of companionanimals. In addition to volunteering to behands on with our cats and dogs, there areother opportunities available in the offices, atevents, satellite adoption locations andfundraisers. Visit www.littleshelter.com or con-tact Anne Ryan, [email protected], 631-368-8770 ext. 204.

A Loving TouchThe Hospice Care Network is seeking licensedmassage therapists who are passionate andcommitted to making a difference for their newcomplementary therapy program, which willprovide services at Franklin Medical Center inValley Stream, Peninsula Hospital Center inFar Rockaway and the Hospice Inn in Melville.Two-day training course provided by the organ-ization. [email protected] 516-832-7100.

Seeking Volunteer AdvocatesThe Family Service League’s OmbudserviceProgram of Suffolk County is seeking volunteersto train as advocates for nursing home, adulthome and assisted living facility residents to helpinsure they receive quality care and their rightsare protected. 631-427-3700 ext. 240.

Hands-On HistoryThe Huntington Historical Society is seeking vol-unteers to work in the newly restored MuseumShop and serve as Museum Guides giving toursof historic property. No experience necessary;training is provided. 631-427-7045 ext. 403.

Meals On WheelsHuntington’s Meals On Wheels needs volun-teers to deliver midday meals to shut-ins forabout two hours once a week. Substitutes alsoneeded to fill-in occasionally, as well as nursesto screen potential clients. Call 631-271-5150weekdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Thrifty Hands NeededHuntington Hospital Auxiliary’s The CommunityThrift Shop needs volunteers for merchandisepricing and floor work on Monday afternoons,Tuesday and Thursday mornings. 631-271-3143.

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

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Tobias Harris has become a celebrityin Half Hollows Hills and collegiate cir-cles for what he does on the court. Butwith the Colts’ playoff run over and col-lege practice just a few months away, he’sriding the pine.

A broken foot will keep Harris off thecourt and away from basketball activitiesfor up to another six weeks.

“We’ll just see what happens. You can’treally control things like this,” he said.

Harris broke the fifth metatarsal bonein his right foot – a small bone that con-nects to the smallest toe – during theMcDonald’s High School All-AmericanGame in Ohio on March 31. The initialinjury was sustained earlier this year, butworsened though the week of practicebefore the game to the point it kept himsidelined for the entire second half.

He scored 13 points and collected 4rebounds during the 12 minutes heplayed in the first half. The Men’s Eastteam held a 59-51 advantage at halftime,but the Men’s West rebounded in the sec-

ond half to claim a 107-104 victory.Not only was Harris unable to help his

fellow top high school players rebound inthat game, but he was ineligible for theNike Hoops Summit in Oregon last weekand can’t play in the Jordan All-American Classic at Madison SquareGarden on Saturday. The first game pit-ted the top young American playersagainst their counterparts throughoutthe world. The other game includes thetop 20 high school players in the UnitedStates.

“I was just upset that I couldn’t play inthe other games,” Harris said. “I’m justgonna heal the foot and come backstronger.”

The Colts’ star did join his teammateslast week at the Rose Garden in Oregon,cheering them on from the sidelines andspending time with them off the court.But when daily practices with theUniversity of Tennessee begin July 8,Harris has no doubts he’ll be the forcethe Volunteers expect him to be.

“I’ll be ready,” he said.Harris is a swingman who caught eyes

as a talented young player for Hills West

early in his career. He left the districtafter his sophomore year for Long IslandLutheran for his third season. At thetime, he began working with trainerBriton Kelly on a strength and condition-ing program. He returned to HalfHollow Hills in April 2008 as one of thepremier high school players across thenation and ready to lead the Colts to thestate tournament.

Former Hills West coach BillMitaritonna said the 6-foot, 8-inch ath-lete plays like a shooting guard in apower forward’s body. His strong shoot-ing has continued, but the additionaltraining helped him become a very phys-ical presence underneath the boardsfighting for rebounds.

Harris revealed his decision to play forTennessee in December to a crowd at theESPN Zone in Manhattan. He drove inwith his family in a limo; the announce-ment was also broadcast on ESPNU.

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