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Efforts to relieve traffic congestion onMelville’s Route 110 corridor have hit aroad block as plans to re-open Long IslandRail Road’s dormant Republic Station havebeen put on hold.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority(MTA) last Friday released a revised draftof its 2010-2014 Capital Program thattrimmed $2 billion from the initial $28 bil-lion program, in part by postponing the re-opening of LIRR’s Republic Station. Localofficials say the measure will impact futureeconomic development as it throws intojeopardy existing Town of Huntington projects.

“It’s so short-sighted to eliminate or post-pone it at this point. Postponement meanspostponement again, and again,” saidSupervisor Frank Petrone, chairman of theRoute 110 Partnership. “Here they have

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Plans ForLIRR StationDelayedBy Sara-Megan [email protected]

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On Saturday morning, as the sun wasshining and the birds were chirping,hundreds turned out for Alec’s Run, anevent created to raise awareness of thedangers of vehicular blind spots.

“It was a beautiful day,” Bill Nelson,co-planner of the event, said. “Thecrowd was awesome.” He and his wife,Adrianna, started the run six years ago

after their son, Alec, was run over by acar backing up.

There were 645 people registeredfor the 4-mile run and over 100 chil-dren in the fun run, which started atHalf Hollow Hills High School West at9 a.m. Last year, about 500 people fin-ished the run and walk.

“The beautiful weather brought ex-tra people,” Nelson said.

Over the past week, about 50 peopleregistered per day, while 150 signed up

during the weekend.“It’s growing into something that

when we started, we never imagined,”Nelson said.

Event organizers estimate about$19,000 was raised. The money will gotowards Alec’s Fund at Half HollowHills, which supports children in needof financial support to buy things like abook at a fair; Hospice Care Network,which helps terminally ill patients in

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Over 100 youngsters had signed up to race in the fun run portion of Alec’s Run to raise awareness of children and automobilesafety.

Shoppers at Macy’s had to curb theirshopping sprees or risk smoke inhala-tion on Sunday.

Macy’s department store inside WaltWhitman Mall had an elevator pumpwhose electrical wiring malfunc-tioned, creating smoke and setting offfire alarms on April 25. While thealarms may have given shoppers ascare, firefighters said the situationwas quickly brought under control.

Huntington Manor Fire Depart-ment received a call reporting smokein the basement floor of Macy’s at ap-proximately 1:45 p.m. Sunday. Captain

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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Shoppers were evacuated from Macy’s inside Walt Whitman Mall after an elevatorpump wiring malfunction caused the basement to fill with smoke on April 25.

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Alec’s Memory Still AliveOver 700 show up to raise awareness of blind spots, safety

Smoke Empties Macy’sElectrical wiring of elevator pump in mall store goes on the fritz

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Spare Change, a band consisting ofyoung Dix Hills residents, will be per-forming for yet another cause this year.This time, it will be to fight breast can-cer.

The band members, who include Pe-ter Rogu, his younger brother Teddy,Reese Alexander Ortenberg, NicoMarulli, Jordan Trichon and Marli De-laney, will be opening the “Rockin’ for aReason” show Sunday, a fundraiserdedicated to raising money in the fightagainst breast cancer.

Some members, including Orten-berg, Marulli and Delaney, have beenpersonally affected by breast cancerwith family members who have sufferedor passed away from it or survived it.

“I’m so proud to be in Rockin’ for aReason,” said Marulli. “My grandmapassed away because of breast cancerand I’m very happy to be helping thecause.”

“It’s a serious disease. There are a lotof people here that are my friends andthey have parents who have cancer,”band member Peter Rogu added.

Spare Change draws it musical influ-ences from rock and roll bands, includ-

ing Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Van Halen,The Who and The Doors. They will beaccompanied by Randy Jackson fromhard rock band Zebra.

“It’s important to show the kids howa professional musician can help getthe word out,” said George Rogu, who isworking with Nathan Koenigstein toplan this event. “[Jackson is] bringingin his music and through that, peoplewill come in and recognize his nameand help support the cause.”

Three other bands from local areaswill also play. The proceeds for the

fundraiser will go to LI2DAY, whichsponsors an annual walk to raise mon-ey in the fight against breast cancer.This year’s walk is June 5-6.

The sponsor of the concert is D’Ad-dario, a manufacturer of musical in-strumental strings.

The event is being held at Mulcahy’s Pub& Concert Hall in Wantagh on May 2; itstarts at 4 p.m. For more information, vis-it LI2DAY at www.li2daywalk.org. To pur-chase tickets, e-mail [email protected]. Admission is $10 in advance foradults and students.

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Students To Rock Out For A Reason

A man and a woman suffered minorinjuries as a result of a three-car crash inthe southbound lanes of Deer ParkAvenue on Sunday, fire officials said.

The Dix Hills Fire Departmentresponded to the early-afternoon colli-sion involving a Ford Taurus, a HondaAccord and a Mercury Mountaineer. TheTaurus sustained significant rear-enddamage, Third Assistant Chief RobertFling said, and the Accord was badlydamaged in the front and was resting onthe divider. The Mountaineer, he said,

sustained less serious damage.“The cars were pretty well banged-up,”

he recalled.Two people in the Taurus were trans-

ported to Good Samaritan Hospital inWest Islip with non-life-threateningneck and back injuries, Fling said. Theothers refused medical treatment.

Under Fling’s direction, the Dix Hillsdepartment responded to the scene, nearStraight Path, with two heavy rescuetrucks, two ambulances, fire, police andparamedic units. The department was onscene for less than a half-hour, Fling said.

— SCHRAFEL

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Two Hurt In Crash

By Danny [email protected]

A Ford Taurus sustained significant rear-end damage during a three-car crash on Deer ParkAvenue on Sunday. Two people in that car were transported to Good Samaritan Hospitalwith non-life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.

The Honda Accord involved in the crash sits on Deer Park Avenue’s divider following theaccident.

Spare Change’s Peter Rogu, Teddy Rogu, Reese Alexander Ortenberg, Nico Marulli, JordanTrichon and Marli Delaney will open the “Rockin’ for a Reason” show for breast cancerawareness on Sunday.

A Dix Hills woman was killed in aseries of motor vehicle accidents thathave left police wondering.

Stella Gladkowski, 79, was driving a2000 Cadillac southbound on DeerPark Avenue on April 20, SuffolkCounty police said. Around 4:25 p.m.,Gladkowski rear ended a 2006Hyundai stopped at a traffic light atDeforest Road.

Det./Lt. Thomas O’Heir said theHyundai driver was not injured andcalled 911 immediately after the colli-sion.

“They advised her to pull off to theside. She conveyed that to the otherwoman. For whatever reason she tookoff,” O’Heir said.

Instead, Gladkowski supposedlydrove away from the scene of the acci-dent before having another.

“She drove a good half-mile, if notlonger, and turned onto Vanderbiltand hit a telephone pole at a good rateof speed,” O’Heir said.

Gladkowski sustained severe in-juries, according to police, including acompound fracture of her ankle. TheDix Hills Fire Department took her toHuntington Hospital, where she waspronounced dead.

O’Heir said the cause of either crashwas still unknown as of Monday. Shemay have had prior medical concerns,he suggested, or perhaps injuries fromthe first collision prompted the second.

“She hit the pole pretty hard,”O’Heir said.

The other woman provided themwith information, police said, butanyone with additional details isasked to call the Second Squad at 854-8252.

Gladkowski’s family could not bereached for comment on Monday.

Fatal Crash’sCause UnknownPolice say older woman struck vehicle,drove off before hitting a telephone pole

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BABY FACESAMANI TATE

Look who cameinto the world – abeautiful baby girl!Proud parentsYolanda Adamesand Phillip Tate wel-comed Amani Tate,who was 19 inches atbirth, into the worldat 5:03 a.m. on Feb.10. Her loving ex-

tended family includes her grandparents, Cirilo andAnn Adames and Maryann Jones, aunts, Jene Adames,Quin Jones and Moniqua Lewis, and first cousins,Kianha Jones and Gabrielle Lewis.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKJESS RONALD TAMBELLINI

“I remember reading a quote in some school newspaper that said‘I’d rather have a job that feeds my soul than my pocketbook.’

I thought it was funny, but I agreed with it.”

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So Much For That Friendship

A Dix Hills man called Suffolk County policeabout a missing vehicle on April 24. He told policethat he and his wife gave their 2008 Cadillac to afriend for detail work and sale on their behalf at anunknown Hyundai dealership. The wife said shegave him the vehicle two weeks earlier and has notheard anything since. Police advised the couple to goto the Hyundai lot, look for the vehicle and call backif it is not there.

Just Let Her Get In The Cab

A Melville hotel security guard called SuffolkCounty police about a drunken couple on April 24.He told police the man refused to let his girlfriendleave in a taxi. She eventually left in a cab and he justwalked away. The guard was unsure if either partywas actually a guest of the hotel.

Sprinkler Waters Roadway Too Well

An anonymous complainant reached out to Suf-folk County police about flooding on a Melville roadon April 24. Police found a faulty sprinkler alongColonial Springs and Pinelawn Road. The respond-ing officer turned the sprinkler away from the road,which was expected to alleviate the flooding.

Elderly Woman Faints

Suffolk police rushed to a Dix Hills home on themorning of April 24 when a resident fainted. TheDix Hills Fire Department took the 74-year-oldwoman to Huntington Hospital.

Doesn’t A Check Have To Be In Your Name?

A Northport woman went to the Second Precincton April 24 to report that a check for medical carewas stolen. The 51-year-old said she received a checkfor $524 from her health insurance company in-tended for her Huntington Station rehab facility.She endorsed the check and either mailed orbrought it to the facility. Facility staff later contact-ed her saying they had not received the check. Thehealth insurance company provided a copy of thecheck, signed by an unauthorized person who doesnot work for the facility. Police believe it may havebeen taken to a check cashing facility in NassauCounty.

Pit Bull Breaks Free From Town

A security guard for a Huntington Station highschool called Suffolk County police on April 24 to re-port a pit bull chained to the fence. A HuntingtonAnimal Control employee attempted to get the dogin his truck, but the animal broke free. The townemployee was unable to round up the dog.

No Parking Near Her House

A Cold Spring Harbor woman called SuffolkCounty police to report a suspicious vehicle near herhouse just before midnight on April 23. The 46-year-old said a black Nissan parked at the edge ofher driveway contained three white suspects, whofled as she approached. The woman said she was un-able to get the vehicle’s registration number.

Send a photo of your pre-school age child along with a brief anecdotal back-ground and we’ll consider it for “Baby Faces.” Include baby’s full name, dateof birth, hometown and names of parents and grandparents. Send to: Babyof the Week, c/o Long-Islander, 149 Main St., Huntington, NY 11743. Pleaseinclude a daytime phone number for verification purposes.

Don’t forget the aunts… Mother’s Day is al-most here. Have you gotten your dear one some-thing special yet? I’m all about honoring themothers – they truly are fan-tastic people. But as someonewho is not a mother, butsometimes feels like one, theway I love my neices and nephews, I will put thisout there: Don’t forget your dear old aunts whochanged your diapers and fed you mashed peas, ifyou had such people in your life.

‘Hay’ now… I was driving up to town throughOyster Bay the other day and saw these peculiarred-and-white political-looking signs. Howeverthey weren’t political at all: They were hawkinghay. Yes, the stuff horses chew on. Peculiar? Notreally – we have plenty of equestrian activityaround here, so there’s definitely a hay marketaround these parts. But the peculiar part was howit was hawking “quality” hay. Now, I’ve never tast-ed the stuff, so I wouldn’t know… but what makes“quality” hay different than less-quality hay? Doesit have more hay-flavored goodness? Less chewy?More chewy? Twenty percent more hay perbushel? What about organic, fertilizer-free hay?Someone help me out here – as always, feedbackfrom you hay connoisseurs in the township aremore than welcome. Hit the snail mail or the e-mail with your thoughts, and send pictures withyour hay-noshing critters, too.

Tiptoe through the tulips… It’s that time ofyear again – the Huntington Tulip Festival is May2! Heckscher Park’s thousands of tulips are out intheir full glory for all degrees of admiration. It’salso the one time of year where you can get MarkCuthbertson and the tulips in the same sentence,which always does my heart a world of good. I’vegotten in on the tulip fun early – well, I shouldsay my trusty camera and I. This girl never needsa good excuse to take artsy shots of flowers, that’sfor sure. Take a nice photo yourself and enter it inthe photography contest.

Stellar spin… Met some friends for a burgerlast week – thin friends. It was ok for them to in-

dulge in french fries be-cause they had just comefrom a spin class at theVanderbilt Planetarium.Never mind why it’s ok forme to indulge, how aboutthat spin class? Apparently

they occasionally fill the planetarium with a boat-load of stationery bikes and conduct the ultimatespin session. Now it’s been a few years since I wasat the planetarium, but as I recall it had onewicked sound system. Add in a sky full of spin-ning galaxies, stars and nebulae and that’s onevery cool exercise session.

Who’s watching…? A few weekends back,thugs with spray cans tagged some high-visibilityspots in Huntington village. You couldn’t help butnotice it as you drove into town, and to me thegraffiti was a slap in the face to everyone who didjust that. Can’t help but wonder why none of theubiquitous surveillance cameras that seem to bepopping up all over never catch this sort of thing.Where’s big brother when you need him?

Don’t blink… it might be summer when youopen your eyes again. I can’t speak for everyoneelse, but it feels like it was just January for good-ness sake! I’m still half-expecting snow to blanketour fair town, and meanwhile we’re on thedoorstep of the fifth month of 2010. FerrisBueller’s words of wisdom come to mind here.“Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and lookaround once in a while, you could miss it.”

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The push to fire Richard Dormer fromhis position as Suffolk County’s police com-missioner would not be legal if enacted in-to law, the county’s top attorney argued.

County Attorney Christine Malafi tes-tified before the Suffolk County Legisla-ture’s public safety committee on April22 to argue that section 13-2 in the coun-ty charter protects appointed depart-ment heads like Dormer from being firedby the legislature.

“Our county attorney believes this reso-lution is completely impermissible from alegal standpoint because the resolution in2004 that appointed CommissionerDormer cites a section of the county char-ter… that this appointment ‘serves at thepleasure of the county executive,’” DanAug, spokesman for County ExecutiveSteve Levy, said. “We are challenging it andthe county attorney believes we would pre-vail if it goes to a court of law. We are ad-vising the legislature to scrap it.”

Although Public Safety Chair Jack Ed-dington (I-Patchogue) pushed for the billto be sent to the legislature to be adoptedas a de facto “no-confidence” vote againstDormer, the measure was tabled untilMay 6 in a 3-2 vote.

However, sponsor Jon Cooper (D-Huntington) is proposing a new resolu-tion that would precede the Dormer billand give the legislature the power to re-move appointed department heads.

“The way I read it, it is clear we do havethis authority,” Cooper said. “What I sug-gested was that I file a separate resolu-tion that will clarify this once and for alland give the power to the county legisla-ture to remove any appointed depart-ment head for cause.”

Under Cooper’s new proposal, ap-pointed department heads would be sub-ject to removal by the county legislature

only following evidentiary hearings andcharges being filed. The departmenthead would then have the right to beheard and defend themselves before a de-cision is rendered.

“It makes complete sense,” Coopersaid. “The legislature has to approve anyappointment, and if the county executiveloses confidence, he’s free to try to re-move him. If we lose confidence in thatappointee, we should also have the pow-er to remove that department head andwork with the county executive to find areplacement.”

Until that is hammered out, Coopersaid the Dormer bill is on hold. The vet-eran lawmaker said he wants to avoid anin-house lawsuit he is “absolutely con-vinced” Levy would file if the bill survivedhis veto and became law.

“It’s a waste of taxpayer dollars, and itwouldn’t look good for one branch ofgovernment to sue another,” Cooper said.“It’s like Congress suing the president.”

Would the county executive sue if theresolution passes?

“Let’s see what happens from here withthe legislators,” his spokesman said.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

‘Dump Dormer’ Bill’s

Legality Questioned

Twenty-five percent of the town’s HARTbuses will soon have a greener sheen tothem, and the town, state and federal gov-ernments are pitching in to cover the morethan $2.6 million sticker price.

Huntington’s town board voted to ap-prove a contract with Gillig LLC, basedin Hayward, Calif. to replace five existingdiesel buses in the HART fleet with 30-foot, low-floor, diesel-electric hybrid bus-es. These will be the first hybrid buses inthe town’s fleet of 20.

“We’re doing everything we can to beeconomically and environmentally con-scious,” Councilwoman Susan Berland,the measure’s sponsor, said.

All told, the buses cost $2,608,595.The Federal Transportation Administra-tion (FTA) will pay 80 percent, or$2,086,877, while the New York StateDepartment of Transportation will putup 10 percent, or $260,859. Huntingtonwill contribute $260,859. The town al-ready has federal and state funding for

the first three buses, Berland said, and iswaiting for funds for the final two.

The buses being replaced are over 10years old and have “exceeded their usefullife” in accordance with FTA guidelines.Developed in the early 1990s, the Gillighybrid bus is a variant of its Low Floormodel powered by a GM hybrid drive sys-tem. Benefits of using hybrid buses in-clude improved emissions, improved fuelefficiency and smoother, quieter opera-tion than traditional commuter buses.

“We’re now trying to replace our entirefleet with those type of things,” Berlandsaid. “They’re more ecologically friendlyand more economical with the use of fu-el, so it’s very good. The other buses we’rereplacing are the old diesels, which arereally inefficient.”

Ultimately, the town wants to make theentire fleet hybrid and alternative fuel ve-hicles, but at nearly $522,000 a pop, thetown must make wise use of state andfederal money to do the upgrades.

“You have to go with when the fundingcomes,” Berland said. “As we receivefunding, we’ll replace them.”

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Hybrid Buses En RouteBy Danny [email protected]

By Danny [email protected] “The legislature has to approve

any appointment, and if the county

executive loses confidence, he’s

free to try to remove him. If we

lose confidence in that appointee,

we should also have the power

to remove that department head

and work with the couty executive

to find a replacement.”

— JON COOPER,Legislator


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Four hundred “bag ladies” are about totake over the Hamlet Golf Club in Com-mack, but they’re not the type one may ini-tially think of upon hearing the phrase.These bag ladies are coming for the hand-bag deal of a lifetime, all while raisingmoney for the Huntington Breast CancerAction Coalition.

Prevention is the Cure HuntingtonBreast Cancer Action Coalition (HBCAC)is hosting its fifth annual Bag Ladies auc-tion, boasting dozens of designer hand-bags up for bids, from 6-10 p.m. on May 6at the Hamlet Golf & Country Club inCommack.

HBCAC founder and director KarenMiller said she’s expecting 400 people atthe benefit, which also features scores ofraffle prizes. Along with donations fromdozens of businesses, Miller said the eventwouldn’t happen without a year of workfrom scores of volunteers, including Co-Chairs Lisa Kratter and Rose Koven.

“There are at least 40 people, womenthat have been part of this committee forone year,” she said. “These 40 people gettogether and they’ve been working it.”

Mother and daughter team Joan andLauren Kulchinsky, owners of MayfairJewelers in Woodbury, are the guests ofhonor at the auction in large part to theirenvironmental activism, Miller said.Studying the environment and its links todisease – cancer, in particular – is one ofthe major tenets of HBCAC’s mission.

“[Joan is a] powerful voice about recy-cling,” Miller said. “When we founded

HCBAC, she called us up those many yearsago and wanted to work with us… [Joan]came to a bag lady benefit last year andreintroduced me to her daughter, and shehad such eloquent things to say about theenvironment. So, we decided, how aboutwe honor mother and daughter?”

This year’s selection includes about 90new and gently used handbags from de-signers like Yves St. Laurent and Valenti-no. Along with the bags, other auctionitems are on the block along with about100 raffle prizes, including sports prizepackages, jewelry, Broadway show tickets,golf packages from the Hamlet, sizable de-partment store gift certificates, a longweekend vacation and a number of restau-rant gift certificates. The evening includesa cocktail hour, hors’d’ourves and an ele-gant dinner.

The event benefits a number of HBCACinitiatives including the Students and Sci-entists Environmental Research Scholar-ship Program, which places students incancer research institutes around thecountry.

“The program provides scholarships forhighly motivated high school students of-fering them opportunities to work in ahands-on environment in cancer researchfacilities,” Kratter said. “Our students gainfirst-hand experience while working un-der the tutelage of world-renowned scien-tists.”

Bag Ladies also benefits Lend a HelpingHand, which assists women and familiescoping with a breast cancer diagnosis byproviding services for the family.

Tickets are $85. For more information,call HBCAC’s offices at 631-547-1518.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

A day at the movies should be a child-hood treat, even for children diagnosedwith autism, said one local official.

Assemblyman James Conte (R-Huntington Station) will be hosting a spe-cial screening of Dreamworks Animation’s“How to Train Your Dragon” for autisticchildren at AMC Loews Shore Theater 8 inHuntington village at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.The movie theater’s atmosphere will bealtered so the film is presented in a senso-ry-friendly manner, allowing children theexperience of watching a film on the bigscreen.

“Have you ever sat too close to thescreen, where it’s just booming and over-whelming? A lot of kids with autism havehypersensitivity to lights and sounds, thisis just sensory overload,” said KathleenLanese, board member of the NassauSuffolk Chapter of Autism Society forAmerica and mother of two autistic sons.

Conte, a member of New YorkAssembly’s task force on autism, said he’sput together Long Island’s first state-endorsed movie screening for childrendiagnosed with autism after speakingextensively with families dealing with thedisorder.

“One of the things that came up repeat-edly was the lack of recreational and enter-tainment opportunities…” he said. “One ofthe things they realized is it was hard forthem to go to the movies for a variety ofreasons.”

At Saturday’s screening, AMCEntertainment will turn up the theater’slights and turn off the surround sound sys-tem. The 3-D feature film will be shown asa regular movie with no previews, adver-tisements or credits, to accommodate formany autistic children’s shortened atten-tion span.

In addition, families will be permitted tobring their own gluten-free, casein-freesnacks.

“There are many families who havefound a gluten-free and casein-free dietcan be a very beneficial diet in helping con-trol certain behaviors,” Lanese said. “Whatdo you do when your child can’t have asnack, and doesn’t understand? Nothingthey sell at concession may be appropriatefor someone one a restricted diet.”

AMC’s usual movie policy of “Silence isGolden” will not be enforced during thespecial screening, so that autistic childrencan get up and dance, walk, shout or singas wanted.

“It’s my hope that by hosting this film,we can give children with autism and theirfamilies an opportunity to enjoy a day atthe movies. Little things like hosting anautism-friendly film can go a long waytoward helping to enhance the quality oflife for children and families living withthis disorder and other developmental dis-abilities,” Conte said.

Tickets for the special screening of “Howto Tame Your Dragon” will be available atthe door, at discounted rate of $6 per per-son. For more information, call 631-271-8025.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

‘Dragon’ Film A TreatPolitician arranges autisim-friendly movie



‘Bag Ladies’ Fight Cancer90 designer selections up for bid at auction


It may just be a pit stop between aPittsburgh suburb and New York City,but a “creative” band is calling Hunting-ton home for now.

Calling themselves Ball of FlameShoot Fire, five young men from Penn-sylvania started renting a house offOakwood Road six months ago whilethey play in Manhattan and Brooklyn,and a band member studies at StonyBrook University.

“We came out to Huntington becausewe found a house we could live in, play in,was close to Stony Brook and close toNew York City, relatively,” Jess RonaldTambellini said.

By day, Winston Cook-Wilson makesthe commute east, while fellow bandmembers Tim Good, Peter Henry,Patrick Kelly and Tambellini work regu-lar jobs. Kelly works at Book Revue,Good waits at Toast & Co., Henry waits atboth Toast & Co. and La Bottega, andTambellini is a delivery driver for La Bot-tega.

“I remember reading a quote in someschool newspaper that said ‘I’d ratherhave a job that feeds my soul than mypocketbook.’ I thought it was funny, but Iagreed with it,” Tambellini said, addingthat he has no problem working if thedream doesn’t pan out. “I love deliverydriving. I get to drive and listen to music.It’s not like I hate my job or anything.”

After work, the band gets back togeth-er and eventually starts jamming.

“Occasionally we’ll plan out a practiceor recording session, but it’s pretty looseat this point. It’s not stressful. It’s notsomething we have to force ourselves todo,” Tambellini said.

The delivery driver couldn’t identifytheir style of music in words other than“creative” and that each song sounds dif-ferent from the next. Good, however, saidmost of their music has a classic rockbase with elements of jazz and other gen-res blended in.

“Our big influences are still The Beat-les and [Bob] Dylan, Leonard Collins,Rolling Stones,” he said.

And true to the day Ball of FlameShoot Fire formed four years ago, theirmusic still incorporates a variety of in-struments. Good plays guitar, keyboard,banjo, accordion, lap steel guitar andharmonica, while Henry stars on both al-to and tenor saxophones, as well as the

sampler. Tambellini plays guitar andtrumpet, and Cook-Wilson is the mainkeyboardist, but also mans the sampler.Kelly is the band’s percussionist.

“From the beginning we didn’t wanteveryone to stay on the same instrument.That’s become even more the case. We’vecollected more stuff and we’re using a lotmore stuff,” Tambellini said.

The other thing, he added, is “everyonesings.”

“Me, Tim and Winston, one of us willhave the lead part for any given song. Butlive, we all sing,” Tambellini said. “We alljust love to sing. It would make sense,there’s no reason for anyone not to.”

The five musicians first met in highschool outside Pittsburgh, learning theyhad similar tastes. They played in differ-ent combinations under different names,before deciding to band together. Every-one was finished with their first year ofcollege, except Good, who just graduatedfrom high school. The five-some unitedduring summers and other breaksthroughout the school year, revealingsongs they had written independently.

“We were all writing songs at thatpoint. We still are. That’s why it was achange of pace when we joined together,”Tambellini said, adding that their currentcontributions are less finished pieces andmore musical concepts. “We’re all stillwriting our own songs, but we’re bring-

ing a looser idea of the song to the tablefor everyone to hear. That enables us tomake it our own more.”

Ball of Flame Shoot Fire has released afew albums, none of which were com-mercial hits. The first, “Grumpy LittleBird,” contained just seven songs when itdebuted in 2007. “Jokeland,” their firstfull album, was released in 2008. A shortside project “Danny and Rob” came out

the following year, and the band is stillrecording their second full-length album.Currently absent a title, it is expected tobe released later this year.

“You can buy them on iTunes or from asite called CDBaby. We haven’t sold a tonof anything. ‘Danny and Rob’ we justgave away,” Tambellini said. “We’ve got-ten a lot of positive feedback from thepeople who have listened to them, whichmakes us really happy. If the people likeit, that’s good enough for me. I think atthis point we’re all just happy to be work-ing together and doing something welove.”

Despite calling Huntington home forhalf a year, the band has not played a sin-gle set on Long Island. Instead, they playin a constantly changing list of venues inNew York City like Union Hall.

Crowds were somewhat better in Pitts-burgh, band members said, and theturnout for their New York shows wasdwindling. That began to turn around af-ter “The L Magazine” recently namedthem as one of their “Eight New York CityBands You Need To Hear.”

“Things are now as good as they’veever been. We’re getting more pressthan we’ve ever had. Our shows are do-ing a little better. Our record is comingalong. Everything has been good,” Goodsaid. “The reason I moved here is be-cause I wanted to live with my four bestfriends and make music. My idea of theband being successful has already beenachieved.”

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Huntington Home For ‘Hot’ Musical ActFive-man band works day jobs in village, creates songs, records new album at night

Originally hailing from Pennsylvania, Ball of Flame Shoot Fire calls Huntington home whilethey’re creating new music.


Dangers Of Drowsy Driving

DEAR EDITOR:Driving while drowsy is an

unnecessary risk you shouldn’ttake. Sleep deprivation has be-come widespread in NorthAmerica as people try tosqueeze more and more activi-ties into each day. One conse-quence is more vehicle crashesare attributed partly or whollyto sleepiness.

The National Highway Traf-fic Safety Administration(NHTSA) says about 1 millioncrashes a year are thought tooccur because of driver inatten-tion or lapses – and fatiguemakes such inattention morelikely.

In a survey by the NationalSleep Foundation, 57 percent ofthose interviewed said they haddriven while drowsy and 23percent admitted to having fall-en asleep behind the wheel.

NHTSA reports that sleep-induced crashes typically in-volve a driver who is alone anddriving late at night or in mid-afternoon on a high-speed road(so the crash is more likely tobe serious). Most of the time,it’s a single-car crash becausethe vehicle leaves the roadway.

Leave the driving to thosewho are wide awake! In otherwords, many of us may be sus-

ceptible to driving while sleepy,but there are some things wecan do to avoid doing so. TheNational Sleep Foundation andother experts suggest:

Getting a good night’s sleepbefore starting a long drive.

Avoid driving during yourbody’s natural “down time”when you’d normally be sleep-ing.

Plan to drive long trips witha companion. Passengers canhelp look for early warningsigns of fatigue and can helpshare the driving. Passengersshould stay awake to talk to thedriver.

Sit up straight while driving;don’t slouch. Don’t starestraight ahead at all times; scanthe road and nearby areas.

Stop for a rest every 100miles or two hours.

If you need one, take a shortnap. Or get some exercise – runin place, jump up and down.

Avoid alcohol and medica-tions that may make yousleepy; read the label on thecontainer or ask your physi-cian.

Consult a doctor if you haveany symptoms of a possiblesleep disorder: frequent day-time sleepiness, frequent diffi-culty sleeping at night or loudsnoring every night.

So, before you hit the road,make sure you’ve had a good

night’s sleep. Then you can restassured you’ll arrive at yourdestination safely.

BRIAN M GILLState Farm® Agent

Melville

Thank You, Rescue Volunteers

DEAR EDITOR:What do you call people who

spend their free time takingclasses with names like “MassCare,” who consider themselveson-call at virtually all times,who will leave their families inthe middle of the night to helpanother family find a place tosleep—and who don’t get paida dime for the trouble?

What do you call people whoteach strangers how to save alife, assist military families des-perate to get word of an emer-gency to a loved one far awayand much, much more—withno monetary compensation?You call them American RedCross volunteers. Withoutthem, this community wouldbe deprived of a host of lifesav-ing services. This year SuffolkCounty Red Cross volunteersdevoted countless hours ofservice to our community.They responded to house fires,floods, taught first aid and CPRclasses, and delivered meals to

homebound seniors.April 18-24 is National

Volunteer Week, and we wantto thank the hundreds localresidents who chose to serveour community this yearthrough volunteer service withthe American Red Cross. Thetheme of National VolunteerWeek this year is “CelebratingPeople in Action” and it is par-ticularly appropriate at thistime. In the wake of the recentflooding in many Long Islandcommunities, Red Cross volun-teers have assisted victims withfood, clothing and temporaryshelter.

You don’t have to go out ondisasters to be a Red Cross vol-unteer. We need people of allages and skills. Contact DJRosenthal at 631 924-6700x214.

PRISCILLA LEEAmerican Red Cross

Suffolk County Chapter

A Special Movie

DEAR EDITOR:On Saturday, May 1, I will be

co-hosting the movie “How toTrain Your Dragon” for specialneeds children living withautism, with AMC Loews ShoreTheater 8 in Huntington vil-lage. The movie will begin at

11:30 am.The movie will be presented

in a sensory-friendly manner,not too dark or loud and is be-ing shown at the discountedrate of $6 per person. Familieswill be allowed to bring theirown gluten-free and casein-freesnacks.

It is my hope that by hostingthis film, we can give childrenwith autism and their familiesan opportunity to enjoy a dayat the movies. Little things likehosting an autism-friendly filmcan go a long way toward help-ing to enhance the quality oflife for children and familiesliving with this disorder andother developmental disabili-ties.

For more information re-garding the sensory-friendlyfilm, please feel free to contactmy office at 631-271-8025.

JIM CONTEMember of the Assembly

10th District

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Penny-wise and pound-foolish. The oldidiom is meant to convey that sometimessaving a few cents can be costly in the longrun.

We believe that will be the case if the Met-ropolitan Transportation Authority post-pones its plans to open an LIRR passengerstation on Route 110 near Re-public Airport. The station is amajor component of transporta-tion improvements meant to ease conges-tion on the Melville-Route 110 corridor.

The stretch of Route 110 between theSouthern State and Northern State park-ways is the heart of Long Island’s corporatecommunity. That singular stretch of road isthe lifeline to a region that is essential to thehealth of the economy both locally and re-

gionally. By scaling back and delayingplanned improvements to mass transit serv-ing the area, MTA is endangering the eco-nomic health of not just Huntington, but theLong Island region as a whole.

By paying the recently instituted payrolltax imposed to the state on employers, Long

Islanders are helping bail outMTA. Is it too much to expect thatsome of our dollars might come

back to Long Island? If the aim of cutting expanded train serv-

ice was to hamstring future growth in thecore of Long Island‘s premier corporate cor-ridor, MTA can consider itself successful.But we consider it foolhardy. Investing inprojects to ensure the area can sustain fu-ture growth ultimately will pay dividends.

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There is always something to celebrate inHuntington. Rich in history and culture, the town isfull of years-old institutions celebrating milestoneanniversaries every year. In this issue, we highlight ahandful bringing their past to the present day this year.

Huntington is home to glorious mansions of yester-year that are now preserved as museums, parks andgardens. Scattered throughout the town, they serve asreminders of what once was and bring a slice of thepast to life today. Oheka Castle, the VanderbultMuseum, Coindre Hall and others open their doors to

curious history buffs and nature lovers, and host wed-dings and parties. They are our Gold Coast Mansions,and we celebrate their many years of life.

The Heckscher Museum of art has brought a richculture to the town since German-American industri-alist August Heckscher built it in 1920. Though heenvisioned it to house his private collection, it hasgrown to be an irreplaceable cultural hub inHuntington. Happy 90th Birthday, Heckscher.

Helping cultivate local business, the HuntingtonTownship Chamber of Commerce has undergone

many changes since its inception in 1925. Facing try-ing times and changing leadership, it has alwaysevolved to cater to the needs of its members and con-tinues to do so today with innovative initiatives tospark the local economy. Happy 85th anniversary,Huntington Chamber.

Evergreen Baptist Church has brought praise andhonor to the Huntington community for a century.With a strong congregation and steadfast foundation,it looks to a century more. Happy 100th Anniversary,Evergreen Baptist.

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Huntington s history has astanding legacy in its GoldCoast mansions that open a doorto step into its past.

The Vanderbilt Museum andPlanetarium of Centerport iscelebrating the 100th anniver-sary of the land s purchase bythe Vanderbilt family. Built inthe 1920s, the estate is consid-ered one of ong Island s fewsurviving Gold Coast mansions

elaborate residences wherethe rich and famous, the moversand shakers, mingled andshared ideas that shaped ongIsland s history. In Huntington,it stands alongside Oheka Cas-tle and Coindre Hall to offer adoorway for visitors to step in-side and learn more of a bygoneera.

The Gold Coast mansionshave a lot of important andvaluable information. It wasn tust that these people were

wealthy they created a lot ofwhat ortheast America is to-day, said ancy Melius-Mur-ton, of Oheka Castle. Theywere creating the roads, streets,parks, the railroads It s im-portant to learn about familiesthat created the place we live intoday and take for granted.

Melius-Murton is spearhead-ing a collaborative effort todraw more attention and visitorsback to these national treas-ures. She said many are strug-gling to survive on localtourism and through the websiteGold Coast Mansions of His-toric ong Island, www.histori-clongisland.com, she is hopingto entice others with their mys-teries.

Huntington s Oheka Castlehas stayed close to its roots, notas a glamorous catering facility

for weddings, but a center ofover-the-top parties that aim toimpress. Built by investmentbanker Otto Herman ahn,Melius-Murton said Oheka s

-acre estate was once nick-named Otto s oo by his fam-ily due to the large parties hehosted there. It s that very spir-it of the 1920s, she said, thatOheka represents and attemptsto keep alive.

We give them a party ustlike they had in the 20s in thecurrent day style, but in similareffect. The building has lots ofstories to tell and they are creat-ing new stories with everyonewho gets married here, or whostays at the hotel, Melius-Mur-ton said.

Carole Ghiorsi Hart, e ecu-tive director of the VanderbiltMuseum and Planetarium, saidthe former Eagle s est estaterepresents the Gold Mansion eraof ong Island s glamour andriches in a slightly differentfashion. William Vanderbilt,whose family once owned ew

ork s Grand Central Stationand was highly involved in therailroads, purchased the land onMay 2 , 1910, and started bybuilding an intimate seven-room cottage to serve as hissummer home, which was grad-ually e panded to the estate vis-itors to the Suffolk County mu-seum see today.

He was reacting againstsome of the big lavish buildingsand parties that his family anduncles built in ewport, R.I.Hart said. What he created wasas grand and e travagant as themansions of the era, but on amuch more personal level.

In celebrating its centennial,the Vanderbilt will be offering anew self-guided audio tour forvisitors to e plore the full rangeof the originally furnished es-

tate and grounds. ot all of ong Island s Gold

Coast mansions have been sofortunate to survive intact or befully restored. Coindre Hall,part of Suffolk County Parks,remains only part of the 1920sestate built by GeorgeMc esson Brown, but has itsown storied past.

The story of the building it-self is what is very interesting,said Richard iebowit , a mem-ber of Huntington-based non-profit Splashes of Hope, whichgive free summer tours. Thereis absolutely no original furni-

ture left here anymore but bytaking the tour you can see howthe building has been modifiedover time, for what purposes.

iebowit said Coindre Hallwas originally known as West

eck Farm, Brown s summerhome, that became his full-timeresidence during World War II.He lost the property during theGreat epression, after itbriefly became a parochialschool in the 19 0s before be-ing transferred to SuffolkCounty and falling into disre-pair. Parts of the original estateare now the location of Hunt-

ington landmarks, SouthdownElementary School on the es-tate s former cow pastures, andthe combined chauffeurs gar-deners uarters now belongingto the nitarian niversalistChurch.

The Vanderbilt, Oheka andCoindre Hall will be a few ofthe estates celebrated as theGold Coast Mansions of His-toric ong Island mark May asSuffolk County s HistoryMonth with a launch party onMay 20. For a full listing, visitthe organi ation s website atwww.historiclongisland.com.

Mansions Offer Peek Into PastGold Coast estates give glimpse into lives of LI’s movers and shakers

It has been 100 years since William Vanderbilt bought the land on which the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetari-um, built in the 1920s, now stands.

An undated photo of Vanderbilt Estate shows the sprawling mansion andproperty that served as William Vanderbilt’s summer residence “Eagle’sNest.”

Coindre Hall, now one of Suffolk County’s parks, is considered a Gold Coast mansion as it was built in the1920s by George McKesson Braun as a summer home.


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Assistant Director Ruth Solomon leads a tour of schoolchildren in the Heckscher Museumin 1977. Background, left, is George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun, a piece purchased in the1960s by Director Eva Gatling for $15,000.

For the last 90 years, the HeckscherMuseum of Art, located in the heart ofHuntington village, has been the beatingheart of what gives the hamlet the reputa-tion of being the ittle Apple on ongIsland.

In 1920, German-American industrialistAugust Heckscher built the park andmuseum and put 185 ob ects from his per-sonal art collection on display. Initially,the museum was designed as a statice hibit for his si able collection, a la theBarnes Foundation museum inPennsylvania that opened in 192 .

The initial rendition of the Heckscher,managed by a private foundation, present-ed the old masters, like ucas Cranach,Gustave Courbet, Fran ois Girardon andHenry Raeburn alongside Americanpainters like Edward and Thomas Moran,Asher urand and George Inness.

For the first decade in its e istence, theHeckscher en oyed early success, but soonbecame one of many victims of the Great

epression. After the 1929 stock marketcrash, financial responsibility for themuseum passed over to the Town ofHuntington, which maintained it through195 and five town supervisors adminis-trations Richard Hawkins, WilliamWatt, Arthur reut er, Walter Fasbenderand most of oseph Cermak s term.

At that time, the museum closed andwas open by appointment only, curator

enneth Wayne said.Control of the museum returned to a

board of trustees led by George Wilheimin 195 , thus beginning a second life forthe storied property. For the first time, thestatic collection e panded and changed,and plans for e hibition cycles and educa-tional activities blossomed. Five yearsinto the new administration, ale-trainedEva Gatling became the museum director,one of the first women in the country tohold a position of such caliber.

With her keen sense, Wayne said,Gatling e panded the museum s collec-tion boldly and pulled off a coup by secur-ing onetime Huntington resident GeorgeGros s Eclipse of the Sun painting, a

towering piece from his 1920s ada hey-day in Berlin, for 15,000. Part of theac uisition was to celebrate Gros s con-nection to the Heckscher, as he taught artclasses at the museum while he lived inHuntington.

She heard it was available in a local artgallery, and basically after World War IIuntil very recently, anything German wasavoided, Wayne said. Even the ma ormuseums - they ust stayed away from it.This painting was offered to theGuggenheim and the Museum of ModernArt, and they turned it down theyweren t interested, even though it was amasterpiece.

A plan to e pand the museum was com-missioned in 19 2 from architect MarcelBreuer their renovation plans were e e-cuted in 200 , eputy E ecutive irectorSkip Show said.

We ve had e pansion plans in placefor years and years, and for various rea-sons mostly financial it s never movedforward, he said. We carved renovationplans out of the grand scheme we hadsome funding that was going to e pire,and that kind of pushed us along.

irected by Centerbrook Architects, the1. million renovation in 200 closed the

museum for nine months. A drop ceilingon the inside was removed.

We gained about feet, Show said.We replaced the old drop ceiling, which

in the end, gave the effect of a more openspace.

inen panels used for e hibition spacewere also replaced with white walls, andthe skylight over the fountain in the centerof the museum was restored. ighting,windows, doors and more were refur-bished or remanufactured.

What used to be a drab, 0s-ish interi-or became a bright, airy and inviting envi-ronment, Show said.

Although the collection is far moredynamic than it was at inception, Mr.Heckscher s taste for classic and timelierart lives on.

He collected contemporary art andsome of the old masters, Wayne said.We collect art of the time, like he did. He

set that idea in place, and we want to con-tinue with it.


Heckscher MuseumAnchors Art SceneStoried gallery celebrates 90 years

Happy Birthday Huntington Township Chamber ofCommerce how you have changed in the past 85 years.

Founded in 1925, the chamber has grown along withthe Town of Huntington, faced impending bankruptcyand evolved into a capable venture, all in the name ofsupporting business.

I think the Huntington Township Chamber of Com-merce will be around for another 85 years, former chair-man ames elly said.

The chamber was a very different creature back in thebeginning, member en Christensen said. He shouldknow Christensen, 2, came on board more than 5years ago. His father moved the family plumbing busi-ness from ueens in the 19 0s when he was in his 20s.

Along the way, Christensen began contributing tosome of the chamber s committees. Contributing ad-vanced into leading, and he served as an officer, chair-man of the board and president.

I ve seen a lot of things happen over the years, hesaid.

Former E ecutive irectors eull asher and RichardBornstein were the first two paid leaders, Christensen said.Bornstein, still an East orthport resident, led the chamberfor 0 years. uring his term, the chamber was primarilyfocused on monitoring government and lobbying for busi-ness owners, according to Christensen. Only occasionallydid the chamber hold information seminars for its mem-bers.

ow the chamber has concentrated on providing val-ue and services to the membership itself, providingeverything from educational opportunities and network-ing opportunities, Christensen said.

Monthly dinner meetings used to be a regular occur-

rence. Those dinner meetings still happen semiannuallyfor board members, current Chairman Bob Bontempi said,as well as regular monthly meetings.

The year 198 introduced a shift in chamber mentality.The top paid employee, formerly known as the e ecutivedirector, became the president, while the top-elected vol-unteer lost the president title and became the chairman ofthe board.

In order to get better access, they thought it would bebetter if the person was called president, Christensen

said, alluding to contacting business officials.ark clouds began to gather over Huntington Town-

ship Chamber of Commerce in the 1990s. ennis Snedenbecame president in 199 , later serving as the assistantsupervisor of the Town of Huntington. But after si orseven years, Sneden une pectedly resigned, with countyand state officials investigating.

Former Congressman Michael Forbes took the reins fora few years. But by that point, the chamber was losing its

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Former Chairman James Kelly and his successor Bob Bontempi helped keep the Huntington Township Chamber of Com-merce alive to celebrate 85 years in 2010.


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Chamber celebrates 85local roots and forgetting the importantrole it played. It abandoned Huntingtonand became the Suffolk- assau Chamberof Commerce.

It began to focus more on the eventand networking and the fun side. Theystarted to move towards a personality-driven organi ation. It began to lose itsroots in providing uality services to itsmembers and the community. It began tolose its identity as a Huntington organi a-tion, elly said.

The former chairman actually gave uphis membership in 2005, but was talkedinto becoming a board member. He ledthe successful challenge against Forbesfiring, but volunteered as chairman whenthe entire e ecutive board resigned laterthat year.

They were on track to bankruptcy, over-e panding and employing uestionablebookkeeping when elly came into of-fice. He uickly renamed the chamberback to its original title, refocused on thebasics and significantly trimmed the paidstaff.

About 15 had been employed by thechamber, E ecutive irector EllenO Brien said. ow the office is managedby ust three staff members O Brien, i-rector of Member Services inda Mitchelland Member Relations Associate Court-ney Bynoe.

ow we work closely with the boardand learn to do more with less, like mostbusinesses, O Brien said. ue to moreboard participation, we re able to domore.

Both Bontempi and Christensen praisedthe paid staff for their hard work.

They re the best staff an organi ationcould have, Bontempi said.

elly stepped aside in 2009, lettingBontempi assume the role in the middle ofa global recession many have compared tothe Great epression.

Bob took the opportunity to create theBuy ocal program. That helped on thewhole initiative through the Christmasseason to stay focused on what s impor-tant to us, elly said.

Huntington Township Chamber ofCommerce now boasts 2 board membersand 00 companies as members, whichcan each include hundreds of employees.More than a do en new members oinevery month, Bontempi said, and the num-ber leaving in the past year has declined.

The chamber offers educational pro-grams for business owners, supports localbusiness through the Passport and But o-cal programs, and is re-engaging other or-gani ations within the town. They re eventaking a more active role in advocacy,Bontempi said, taking a stand on issueslike the AvalonBay housing developmentin Huntington Station and the MTA pay-roll ta .

A celebratory gala is in the works, pos-sibly scheduled for ovember. Bontempisaid archives from Town Clerk o-AnnRaia and Huntington Historical Societywill be on display.

We re going to showcase the historyof the organi ation, he said. Eighty-fiveyears in the community, that s e tremelysignificant.

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Huntington s Heckscher Park will beshowcasing its brightly-colored and fresh-ly-flowered terrain on Sunday as the townpresents its 10th annual Tulip Festival.

The Tulip Festival is a free, family-ori-ented event which allows patrons to e pe-rience the oys of nature, music and othervarious activities. The day promises awide array of entertainment including artand photo contests, dance activities, apuppet show, cheese sampling and anoriginal children s musical, Here ComesMr. Bunny, which celebrates spring, atnoon. There will also be a children sparade at 2 15 p.m., a re-enactment of theparade that followed the dedication ofHeckscher Park.

The concept of the festival was to pres-ent a fairly small and intimate one-dayfestival that would be very family friendlyfor families with young children, saidohn Coraor, town director of cultural

affairs.Heckscher Park will be adorned with

thousands of different colored tulips,planted by community groups and person-nel from the town s department of generalservices.

More than 20,000 tulips liven up theenvironment uite a bit, Coraor said.

nfortunately they don t last all yearlong so people need to come down to thepark for the few weeks they are in bloom

to really get the effect. It s uite impres-sive to see during that time.

On days when the weather is agreeable,the celebration attracts around ,500 atten-dees. However, the event has e pandedthroughout its 10 years of operation. Withdifferent activities, performers and booths,it is always changing.

We always get new activity boothsfrom different groups all the time eachyear it s a little bit different, said Coraor.

It s a great family-oriented e periencepeople ought to come down and en oy thetulips all that we have to offer.

The founder of the event, CouncilmanMark Cuthbertson, was inspired to bringthis floral spectacular to ong Island afterobserving a similar festival while at lawschool in Albany.

Huntington has a feature similar towhat they have there, which was a verynice park as the centerpiece of the city .

Huntington has the same things inHeckscher Park and the Tulip Festival hasreally showcased the park and beautifiedit, which was the idea behind it, he said.

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Life&StyleTulips Take Over HeckscherBlooming bulbs expected to attract more than 4,000 to spring festival

Community members will be able totravel in time back to the colonial, federaland Victorian ages at the HuntingtonHistorical Society s 2 th annual Sheep toShawl Festival on May 2.

I think it s important to understandwhere our people have been to fullyappreciate where we are now, said CathiHorowit , the educational outreach coor-dinator at Huntington Historical Society.

It s a big crowd-pleaser, she said.People love it, said Horowit . They

absolutely adore it. They love that it s acharming old-fashioned event. The com-munity really comes out in full force.

The annual event will have demonstra-tors performing all types of crafts includ-ing spinning, weaving, tatting, embroider-ing, lace-making, Victorian felt crafting,rug hooking, uilting, crocheting, knittingand more.

These are the kinds of demonstrationsthat people don t get a chance to seeoften. It s a wonderful opportunity for thechildren to see these types of te tiles,Horowit said.

emonstrators will also let people try

their craft, Horowit said. Games andcrafts for children are also available.

The event has fundamentally grown,according to Horowit . There are moredemonstrators and types of demonstra-tions than in the early years.

We try to broaden the base of educa-tion for people to understand what it waslike to live life long ago in Huntington,she said. We also now include wonderfulcostume e hibits inside the issamHouse during the event.

There will also be animals such as lla-mas, angoras and heritage sheep.

We really think people will en oythat, she said.

Music will be performed by the ongIsland Traditional Music Association.Bread-baking will also be done in the bee-hive oven, which is relatively new,Horowit said. Another new addition isdying wool organically.

We haven t done that before, shesaid.

Sheep shearing will take place at 1p.m., 2 p.m., and p.m. The overall eventwill be from noon- p.m. at the r. aniel

issam House located at Park Ave.,Huntington. Admission is free. Call 1-

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Back In Time At Sheep To ShawlBy Alessandra [email protected]

By Dara [email protected]

The 10th annual Tulip Festival will take place on Sunday in Heckscher Park, featuring flow-ers, music and other family-friendly activities.

The festival also offers an opportunity forphotographers to flex their artistic mus-cles. Above, a photograph by the 2009Tulip Festival photography contest winner,Mike DiRenzo of Coram.

Children can learn crafts of olden days at this weekend’s Sheep to Shawl Festival.


A Huntington church is singing praises toGod, thankful for each of the 100 years he skept them together.

Evergreen Baptist Church is celebratingits 100th anniversary this year, making it theoldest African-American Baptist church inHuntington. Since the beginning, Evergreenhas found its strength in its community.

The most important part of the anniver-sary is bringing the community togethersaid member Irene Moore.

The yearlong celebration came to a cli-ma at an April ban uet at the arkfieldManor in East orthport. This was followedby a keynote address of Rev. Al Sharpton atthe April 11 service.

Senior member Paul ohnson saidEvergreen was formed by African-American laborers who moved toHuntington for work and yearned for achurch of their own. They formed a missionunder Rev. William Roper in 1910 and held

their first meetings at the MontaguesSpring Street home.

Evergreen Baptist s first chapel wasincorporated into the Huntington townshipon April 10, 191 . The ministry flourishedcausing Rev. A.B. Harris to re-organi e thechurch and institute a building program thatbroke ground on their current chapel in19 0. On une 10, 19 , the congregationmarched from the Spring Road church tothe new Woodhull Road building a ourneythey re-enacted April 10 as part of their cel-ebration.

It was a oyous tone, we were moving onup. God had blessed us and we had grownout of Spring Street Church, ohnson said,recalling the first march.

Evergreen s building was substantiallymodified in 198 , ust as its membershiphas continued to grow and change overthe years.

It s something built by our hands andGod has blessed us to have. We have to addonto it, to leave it to our children, ohnsonsaid.


Evergreen Baptist Church cele-brated its 100th anniversarywith a banquet at LarkfieldManor. Among those at the cele-bration were, standing from left:President of Central Long IslandNAACP Gwendolyn Brown, Rep.Steve Israel, Roslyn Mohamedand Evergreen Baptist Rev. Lar-ry Jennings. Seated, HuntingtonNAACP President Dee Thomp-son, left, and Irene Moore, right,flank two other ladies at thebanquet.


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A Hauppauge restaurant withHuntington ties is putting a new spin onfine casual in every sense of the phrase.At Ven e 5 , named for its e it off the

ong Island E pressway, upscale andcasual characteristics create somethingthat is not e actly a fusion of the two, butrather a simultaneous occurrence. Thewaiters look classy in all black, but wearsneakers. White linen tablecloths are cov-ered with a brown paper sheet you cancolor on using the crayons on the table.The e uisite 28 pork chop comes withpotato salad and corn on the cob. On thenight of our visit, there were both suits andsweatpants among the patrons. All around,it was upscale and casual at the same time and it works.Formerly Sweetwaters, the bustling

Ven e 5 opened in ecember 2009.There are pri -fi e dinners during theweek until 0 p.m. and after work par-ties on Thursday nights, where fashion-able attire is a must. On the weekends,

the tables are cleared away after dinnerand the lively bar scene gets pumping. Wehear weekend brunches are to come. Andon May 2, a Sunday barbecue on the out-door patio will attempt to give you thefeel of Hamptons in the middle of theisland, said Russ Fragala, who owns therestaurant with partners Christian Arcello,

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His secret God-given inspiration, he said.

Seeing it in my head, seeing the dream,and putting it on a plate.

The team seems strong with Bynum,pastry chef orraine icursi, formerly ofPrime in Huntington, and mi ologisteremy Strawn. Our knowledgeable wait-

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We started by testing the bar, andStrawn did not disappoint. The Volstead

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Our appeti ers were tops, both fun anddelicious. In the ung Pao Shrimp 12 ,rock shrimp are breaded and crisp, servedwith peanuts, scallions and a kung paosauce tempered by sweet grilled pineapple a wonderful combination of flavors.

Bynum s buffalo sauce in the BuffaloChicken Tower 10 leaves a constant butpleasant fire on the tongue. The saucecoats tender white-meat chicken dri ledlightly with bleu cheese dressing andtopped with crispy thin matchstick fries.In the Pan-Seared Scallops 1 , theIsraeli cous cous with golden raisins andtoasted pine nuts is creative and tasty.

A Pear and Walnut Salad 9 was theperfect dish to cleanse the palate of thespicy buffalo and kung pao sauces. Withfrisse, radicchio, Belgian endive, chunksof bleu cheese, sweet candied walnuts andwalnut vinaigrette, it comes with the mostbeautifully cut pear.

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entrees. The halibut is fresh and flaky,served in blood orange vinaigrette with abrilliant combination of braised fennel anda five-onion salad. In the Back ard dish,a uicy and perfectly cooked double-cutpork chop is served with a creative house-made barbecue sauce with subtle hints ofpeach flavoring, potato salad made withegg and a whole grain mustard-mayon-naise dressing, and corn on the cob. CrispyWild Atlantic Salmon 2 is also asavory dish, served with wilted garlic-infused spinach, grape tomatoes, pearlonions, English peas and citrus butter,while e Bonne Femme Red Snapper

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ork Strip Au Poivre 2 in a pepper-corn sauce.

For dessert, the chocolate souffl wassinfully delicious.

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TO CHOKE A PRIEST: On the specials menuat onathan s Ristorante 15 Wall St.,Huntington 1-5 9-0055 onathansris-torante.com this week is Stro epreti alRagu Anatra, a thick, homemade pastawith a rich duck ragu. Run, do not walk, toonathan s for this authentic dish from

central Italy whose name translates literal-ly to priest choker. Any number of leg-ends e plain the name, none treating theclergy kindly. One story is that the pasta isso delicious it would cause anyone to eatgluttonously even a priest and chokethemselves. A different e planation saysthat any woman who labors to mi thedough, roll it into sheets, and cut it into thestrips that make the stro apreti woulde perience such a rage perhaps triggeredby the misery and difficulties of her lifeto be able to strangle a priest Perhaps themost plausible e planation comes fromcookbook author ason Gibb who says thename goes back to the time when thechurch was a big landowner and farmerswould pay their rent to members of theclergy. In his book The olce Vita

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BACK ALREADY: They work fast at Osteria aino 292 Main St., Huntington 1- 25-

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ALL LOBSTER: Mirabelle Restaurant atThree Village Inn 150 Main St., StonyBrook 1- 51-0555 threevillageinn.comhas introduced a Friday night lobster tast-ing dinner for 9. A tasting of three wineswith unlimited pours is also available for anadditional 1 . The four-course menuincludes obster Beignet, obsterMayonnaise, Chunky obster Salad,Truffled obster Pie or Fricassee of Butter-Poached Tail, plus choice of dessert.

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Ladies’ LunchJoin Huntington’s New York Christian Women’sClub for a sit-down “Happy Birthday” luncheonon May 6, 11:30 a.m. Bring a $4 gift for a birth-day gift exchange and presentation “TheGreatest Gift” in which Samuel Sutter shareshow to unwrap the gift of life at Orlando’sRestaurant, 285 Commack Road, Commack.$20 all inclusive, reservations required. 631-549-1523 or 631-673-7656.

Safety On The RoadsImprove your driving skills at the NationalSafety Council’s Defensive Driving Course onMay 6 and 13, 7 p.m.-10 p.m. at St. Matthew’sRoman Catholic Church of Dix Hills, 35 N.Service Road, Dix Hills. Participants are eligi-ble for an insurance premium reduction andviolation point total will be reduced. $45. 631-360-9720 to register.

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.

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.

Dance FreelyParty the night away to music in a drug andalcohol-free environment at “Step-N-Out”Sober Dance presented by Jeff Sherman ofBet U Can Dance studio in partnership with thePhoenix Houses of Long Island on May 1, 8p.m.-midnight at 3032 Jericho Turnpike, EastNorthport. $5 suggested donation. Those inter-ested in attending or volunteering should call516-747-2606.

Troves Of TrinketsBrowse for unique jewelry, knick-knacks andmore at the Community Presbyterian Church’sindoor/outdoor craft far on May 1, 10 a.m.-4p.m. at 1843 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park.

Chrome BeautiesSee classic cars and rides form the past at BigAl’s First Annual Classic Car Event to benefitthe Alzheimer’s Association on May 8, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Tick Tock shopping center onLarkfield Road, East Northport. Rain date isMay 16. Show cars arrive by 10 a.m.

Tiptoe Through The TulipsBring the family to the Town of Huntington’sannual Tulip Festival featuring the favoritespringtime blooms, exhibits and activities onMay 2, 11 a.m.-4p.m., in Heckscher Park, MainStreet, Huntington. Free.

Celebrate TogetherJoin the Chai Center Hebrew School on LagB’Omer Family Fun Day for team-buildingactivities, music, sports, water fun, scavengerhunts at more on May 2, 9:30-11:30 a.m., atCaledonia Park, 800 Caledonia Road, Dix Hills.Reservations mandatory, 631-351-8672. Free.

Sweet TweetJoin the Huntington-Oyster Bay AudubonSociety on their Jamaica Bay Wildlife RefugeTrip, a spot internationally known as a pre-miere bird watching in the United States, onMay 2, 9 a.m. Group will meet in visitor parkinglot. 516-802-5356 or visit www.hunting-tonaudubon.org to register.

Walk For FidoGet up and stretch your legs for Huntington-based Little Shelter Animal Rescue andAdoption Center’s “Walk For Their Lives 2010”on May 2. Walk the Broadway Mall on Route106/107 in Hicksville with giveaways, behaviordemonstrations, refreshments, music, prizesand adoptable dogs/cats. Registration begins8:30 a.m., walk at 9 a.m. Sponsorship formsare available at www.litttleshelter.com or bycalling 631-368-8770 x. 205 or 206. All pro-ceeds to benefit the shelter.

Poetic MindsFive of Long Island’s foremost poets includingthree of Suffolk County’s four laureates,George Wallace, David Axelrod and Tammy

Nuzzo-Morgan, will join together for a dinnerperformance on May 2 at Three Village Inn inStony Brook in honor of the anthology “PAU-MANOK, Poems and Pictures of Long Island”which features several Town of Huntingtonpoets. 516-607-9111 or e-mail [email protected].

Go Green Better understand your connection with theenvironment and how to develop environmen-tally friendly designs at Starflower Experience’sEco-Design Seminar Series on May 9 and 16,and June 6 and 13, 2:30-4:30 p.m. at ManorFarm, 210 Manor Road, Huntington. First classon May 9 covers “Defining the Subject ofSustainable Living and ‘Eco-Design.’” $25 persession, $80 for all four classes. 516-938-6152or www.starflowerexperiences.org.

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.

Tone UpLearn “Walking For Fitness... Lose Weight andGet Healthy!" as personal trainer by DeannaAmodie teaches how to get the most out ofyour walking routine on May 5, 6:30 p.m. atLarkfield Family Chiropractic, 534 LarkfieldRoad, East Northport. RSVP to 631-262-0015.

Get A DegreeFind out how you can earn a high schooldegree at Western Suffolk BOCES information-al session on their External Diploma Program,which offers adults 21 and over credit for theirlife experiences, on May 5, 6 p.m., at theWilson Technological Center, 17 WestministerAve., Dix Hills. Free. 631-667-6000 x. 327 toregister.

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.• Meet Julie Lewin, president of the NIFAA and

author of “Get Political For Animals,” as shespeaks on how to help animals by formingvoting blocs and political organizations forstronger laws in a half-day workshop onSaturday, May 1, 1-4 p.m.

Commack Public Library18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-499-0888.• Spring is a spectacular time in the garden

and fall can be too as “The Garden Lady”Lynn Thomson gives a presentation on “TheThree Season Garden” focusing on plantsthat can add interest beyond the spring onTuesday, May 4, 7-8 p.m.

• Join Commack author Suzanne Litrel as shespeaks about her books, “Jackie Tempo andthe Emperor’s Seal” and “Jackie Tempo andthe Ghost of Zumbi,” on Thursday, April 29, 6p.m.

Deer Park Public Library44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000.• Get tips from expert quilter Gloria Bleidiner on

techniques to improve your quilting skills onSaturday, May 1, 10 a.m.

• Beginning May 1, all adult cardholders in goodstanding are invited to borrow free passportsto the American Museum of Natural History,the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, theChildren’s Museum of New York City, theBrooklyn Botanic Garden and the Cold SpringHarbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium. Visit theChildren’s Department for details.

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

on new 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.us• Join Gina Parker, president and CEO of Black

Women Owned Enterprises, and SandraCaine, owner of Bytes for Business, to learnhow you can go about putting your businesson the web with effective techniques fordeveloping a powerful Internet presence onTuesday, May 4, 7 p.m. at the Dix Hillsbranch. Registration begins May 1.

• Find out more about opportunities for veteransmall business owners and entrepreneurs in“Calling All New York Veterans” presented byJohn Narciso, regional outreach coordinatorof the Veterans Outreach Program at theNew York State Small Business DevelopmentCenter, on Wednesday, May 5, 7 p.m. at theDix Hills branch. Registration begins May 1.

Harborfields Public Library31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200.harb.suffolk.lib.ny.us• Hands on Huntington will host a panel to dis-

cuss caregiving and aging on Wednesday,May 5, 1-3 p.m.

• Friends of the Harborfields Library will hold ameeting on Monday, May 3, 7:30 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• Children ages 10-18 can learn the rules and

laws of boating safely on the Long IslandSound at “Teen Safe Boating” sponsored bythe United States Coast Guard Auxiliary onSaturday, May 1, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the mainbranch. Part of a five-week workshop series,open to all.

• Check your health at the American RedCross’s free blood pressure screening onMonday, May 3, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the mainbranch.

• “Landscapes of Long Island,” an exhibition ofworks by Donna Gabusi featuring abstractacrylic paintings, is on display at theHuntington Public Library through May 3.

Northport-East Northport Public Library151 Laurel Ave., Northport. 631-261-6930. 185Larkfield Road, East Northport. 631-261-2313.www.nenpl.org.• Hear the unforgettable songs from the classic

“West Side Story” with other hits from theGreat American Songbook performed bysinger Yvette Malavet-Blum, accompanied byBob Boutcher on piano and guitar, and per-cussionist Brian Wishin in “Time Togetherwith Time to Spare” on Sunday, May 2, 2p.m. at the Northport branch.

• Learn “The Five P’s of Home Improvement”from columnist Gary Dymski as he adviseson the most innovative products to the mostupdated technology on Wednesday, May 5,7:30 p.m.

South Huntington Public Library145 Pigeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info.Watch “More Than a Game” abut NBA super-star LeBron James and four of his teammatesthrough the trials and tribulations of going fromhigh school basketball to fame on Friday, April30, 7 p.m. as part of the Friday Flicks series.

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, 1

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Learning The Basics Of Life On FilmThree-time Emmy Award-winning Greenlawn filmmaker Ron Rudaitis will host a

three-week documentary production workshop on Saturdays, May 1, 8 and 15, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. to teach the basics of producing documentary films for televisions. Workshopswill take place at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. On May 1: “GettingStarted.” $80 members/$95 public. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611.


p.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.• “I Ought To Be In Pictures” by Neil Simon, a

comedy-drama focused on a screenwriterwith writer’s block whose daughter inspireshim to start a Hollywood acting career, will beperformed on the Main Stage April 23-May16.

• “Any Friend of Percy D’Angelino …is a friendof mine” by Jason Milligan, a mafia comedyabout a mysterious stranger arriving at aLong Island estate owned by a renownedmob boss and the questions of his business-es there, takes the Second Stage April 30-May 23. Performances are scheduled Fridaysat 8:30p.m., $20; Saturdays at 8:30 p.m.,$25; and Sunday matinees at 3p.m.; $20.Students and seniors receive $2 off onFridays and Sundays.

Cinema Arts Centre423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaarts-centre.org. 631-423-7611.• Whole Foods’ Let’s Retake our Plates Film

Festival presents “The End of the Line” aboutthe impact of overfishinng on our oceans onThursday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. Guest speak-er Carl Safina, an expert on ocean conserva-tion, will host a discussion followed by recep-tion by Whole Foods. $9 members/$13 pub-lic. Partial proceeds to benefit New YorkCoalition for Healthy School Food.

• Three-time Emmy Award-winning Greenlawnfilmmaker Ron Rudaitis will host a three-week documentary production workshop onSaturdays, May 1, 8 and 15, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.to teach the basics of producing documentaryfilms for televisions. On May 1: “GettingStarted.” $80 members/$95 public.

Dix Hills Center For The Performing ArtsFive Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, DixHills. Box Office: 631-656-2148.www.dhpac.org• “The Full Monty” by Adam Karsten, a musical

based on the Americanization of the popular1997 British film about six Buffalo steelwork-ers who decided to stage their own stripshow after seeing how enthusiastic theirwives were about a Chippendales tour, willbe performed April 29, 30 and May 1 at 7:30p.m., May 1 and 2 at 2 p.m. $15 public/$12seniors and students.

• Pay tribute to singer and songwriter EricClapton with the Chronicles on Friday, April30, 7:30 p.m. $25.

The Minstrel Players Of Northport Performing at Houghton Hall theatre at TrinityEpiscopal Church 130 Main St., NorthportVillage. 631-732-2926,www.minstrelplayers.org.• Auditions will be held for the role of Sgt.

Standish for Anthony Shaffer's “Whodunnit”on May 3, 7:30 p.m. A male actor betweenages 20-40 with British accent is preferred.Performances will be on Saturdays, July 24and 31 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, July 25 andAug. 1 at 3 p.m. Please bring a resume andheadshot.

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

mantheater.com. 631-261-2900.• “Fiddler on the Roof” featuring Eddie Mekkie,

who played Carmine “The Big Ragoo”Ragusa on “Laverne & Shirley,” will steal thespotlight April 29-June 20. $60.

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 Long Island First Annual Zep Festival,

featuring The Led Zeppelin Experience per-formed by Hammer of The Gods with open-ing guests Who’s Next, a The Who tributeband, will rock the stage on Friday, April 30,8:30 p.m. $26.50-$46.50.

• The New York Theatre Ballet company willperform “Carnival Of The Animals” and“Sleeping Beauty” on Sunday, May 2, 2

p.m.$13.50-$21.50.

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.

• “Rocks `N` Roses” featuring collage work byBarbara Grey with Liz Ehrlichman's Series forUlalume in monotypes and other printsshows May 4-30. Opening reception isSaturday, May 8, 6-9 p.m.

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/

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 Historical AssociationP.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-May3.

• “Streetwise,” an exhibition showing a differentperspective of the streets we cross every day

or 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.• During the Town of Huntington’s Tulip

Festival, the museum invites children to cre-ate a springtime “Bugallon” on the terracesteps.

• “Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at TheHeckscher Museum” featuring work from artstudents grades 9-12 from more than 50 pri-vate and public schools throughout Nassauand Suffolk County is on display April 17-May2.

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/• Step back in history with the society’s annual

“Sheep to Shawl” festival featuring sheepshearing, traditional textile demonstrations,old-fashioned games and children’s activitieson May 2, noon-4 p.m., at the Dr. DanielKissam House Museum.

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 Gallery 716 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. • "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

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.• Ring in spring as the museum’s volunteer

gardeners will be selling perennials, annuals,shrubs and trees in a pre-Mother’s Day saleon May 7, 1-8 p.m. and May 8 in the parkinglot. Free admission to the sale.

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• See “More or Less I Am” a musical perform-

ance and interpretation of a selection of WaltWhitman's poetry by Company Colombariunder Director Karin Coonrod on Saturday,May 8, 7-10 p.m.

The Whaling MuseumMain Street, Cold Spring Harbor. Museumhours: 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.• Celebrate May as America’s Wetland month

on Ocean Science Sundays “Swampy Slime”featuring swamp-loving creatures and makinghomemade slime on Sunday, May 2 at 2 p.m.Members free/$5 public, for children age 5and over. RSVP requested.

• “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 are exploredas Soprano Elizabeth Hillebrand singsMozart's grand aria from Don Giovanni, "Mitradi quell'alma ingrate" on Sunday, May 2, 4p.m. $20/$18 seniors/$15 members/$10 stu-dents.

Voice For The ChildrenParents for Megan’s Law and the CrimeVictims Center are seeking volunteers toassist with general office duties during day-time hours. Candidates should be positive,energetic and professional with good commu-nication skills. Resume and three referencesrequired. 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 volun-teers to train as advocates for nursing home,adult home and assisted living facility residentsto help insure they receive quality care andtheir rights are protected. 631-427-3700 ext.240.

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Tiptoe Through The Tulips

Bring the family to theTown of Huntington’s annu-al Tulip Festival featuringthe favorite springtimeblooms, exhibits and activi-ties on May 2, 11 a.m.-4p.m.,in Heckscher Park, MainStreet, Huntington. Free.


An Indiana native is the firstblack valedictorian at the

niversity of otre ame, onlyafter she spent time researchingin the Town of Huntington.

Biological Sciences ma or

Katie Washington investigatedlung cancer at Cold SpringHarbor aboratory. Her .0 GPAwas revealed to be the highest inthe 2010 class.

The school has no officialrecords on the sub ect, but

Washington is believed to be thefirst black valedictorian for theFighting Irish.

She has publicly revealed plansto pursue a oint M. . Ph. . pro-gram at ohns Hopkins

niversity.


Former Giants punter Sean Landeta signs autographs for ninth-gradersin Commack and lets them try on his four Super Bowl Champion rings af-ter his lecture.

‘Giant’ Adviceew ork Giants legend Sean Landeta visited Commack High

School to meet with the ninth-grade students during their physical edu-cation classes. Students participate in the Owning p violence pre-vention program, and andeta came to reinforce the messages that theylearned. He spoke about character, attitude, and about the support sys-tems that are available to them.

In a perfectly-blended message to the students of accountability andempowerment that had elements of hope threaded throughout, andetaemphasi ed the power of the individual in doing the right thing alongwith the importance of being reflective and courageous in the process.He also emphasi ed the aspect of control, and that most choices andlife s events are within one s own control.

He then, of course, signed autographs.

Who is that, performing onstage, doing what again

Contestants in the HuntingtonArt Council s Got Talent ongIsland competition on May 12better be paying careful attention,or they might miss their cue.Guinness Book of World Recordholding Fastest Talking FemaleFran Capo has ust beenannounced as this year s Masterof Ceremonies.

If she announces the acts at topspeed, clocked at nearly 0words a minute, can you imagine

the confusion that would causebackstage Better yet, those try-ing to understand it in the audi-ence who might think they areattending a high-end auction.Hopefully it will not ruin thenight s entertainment.

Greenlawn native MariahCare has long been mocked forher elaborate backstage demands

last trip to the rider rodeoincluded Cristal champagne,bendy straws and tea made witha specific brand of mineralwater. um.

However, with tough econom-ic times, maturity, changingtastes whatever it is, concertpromoters can breathe a smallsigh of relief. Mimi s rider is get-ting down to human si e again.

Here s what the diva s askingfor these days three bottles of agood- ua l i ty , Chardonnaychilled,a soft drink selection,

fruit and cheese platters, low-fatpret els, two vases of whiteroses, o Malone candles, andsimple, tasteful furniture insoothing colors. For the bandFresh fruit, nuts and tortillachips.

Sure beats rumors from yearsago where the five-octaveblessed singer was reputed tohave asked for a menagerie ofwhite kittens and doves whenshe opened a shopping mall in

ondon. o word, e actly, whatthe demands for the litter boarrangements for Ms. Carey s20-odd flouncing fu ballswould be.

Mariah’s Rider Downgrade

Huntington has produced oneof the best bowlers in the worldin Greenlawn native MichaelFagan, and he proved it onceagain with his performance inthe 25th annual y o apanCup April 22-25.

ow living in Patchogue, Fa-gan knocked down 2, 2 pinsto ualify 18th for a -man,best-of-seven game match playfinal. In the brackets, Fagan de-feated apanese pro en i Ito inthe round of before bumpingfellow American pro RonnieRussell in the ne t match. Hemade the fina, by defeating lastyear s Professional Bowlers

Association s PBA player ofthe year, Wes Malott, in theround of 1 , winning gamesto Malott s 2.

In the final, Fagan got off to afast start, winning his first gameagainst South

orea s ChoiWon ong, 25 -20 , in the roundof 8 match.However, he fell to eventualchampion Tommy ones, 22 -21 , in the semifinal.

With the 10,000 for his per-formance, Fagan capped off hisstrong 2009-2010 season with

8 ,100, four championship

round appearances, one victoryin California and a second-placefinish.

The apan Cup is one of thePBA s most uni ue and presti-gious stops only the top 20

American prosare invited toc o m p e t eagainst the topapanese pro-

fessionals. Only the currentPBA player of the year, WalterRay Williams r. whom Fa-gan beat for his first title in Cal-ifornia earlier this year hasbowled in all 25 apan Cupsdating back to 1985.

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Top Student Studied Here

Confidentially, ong sland . . .

Grad Proves It’s A Small Worldot ust content to lend a hand in the world s poorest countries for

four years, orthport High School grad Eddie Bergman is now rub-bing elbows with the likes of Col. akaya Mrisho ikwete.

The president of Tan ania attended an annual gala at ew orkniversity for Bergman s nonprofit, Miracle Corners of the World.Bergman spent four years in icaragua with the Students for 0,000.

He created his group si years ago, and has since raised millions todevelop African villages and rural areas. More than 0,000 was col-lected at the dinner earlier this month.

Who’s Got Talent?

Mariah Carey’s concert day de-mands have grown simpler in re-cent years.

Rosie Returns?Commack native Rosie O’Donnell may be bla ing a path back

to daytime television, according to several published reports.According to Showbi 11, O onnell, who has e perience

anchoring The View on ABC and her eponymous ueen ofice -era gabfest, may be coming back to the tube after Oprah

Winfrey hangs em up in 2011. She was overheard, bloggers said,telling friends the deal was ust about inked.

However, everything Rosie touches in TV does not turn to gold her BC variety show special bombed during Thanksgiving 08,

and her tenure at The View ended with a split-screen politicalflameout with more conservative co-host Eli abeth Hasselbeck.

Rosie O’Donnell may be returning todaytime talk in 2011.

Michael Fagan, right, picks up his $10,000 check forhis fourth-place finish in the DyDo Japan Cup dur-ing the tournament’s closing ceremonies. From left,tournament champion Tommy Jones, runner-up Di-no Castillo and PBA hall-of-famer Norm Duke.

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“Unfortunately, people form opinionsby judging a book by its cover; sometimesthey won’t bother to come in and meet us.When they do that, most people are pleas-antly surprised. We’re nothing like theyimagined.”

One may not know what to expect step-ping into Wizards along Larkfield Road inEast Northport, but will find a bright yel-low, open room divided into halves. Thefront half of the store contains displaycases of jewelry, curios of books andassorted items; the back beckons withcouches and music inviting curious visi-tors to “sit for a spell.”

Owner Qumran Taj said the first con-versation he often has with customers isabout what Wizards is, its mantra being a“strangely unique place.” Originallyopened in Greenport, Wizards is spiritual-ly themed storefront serving dual purpos-es as a community learning center thatrelocated to East Northport – where Tajresides – approximately a year and a halfago.

“I have always been a seeker after spiri-tual truth,” Taj said. “I want to give peoplea place to express their views, find theirown path.”

The concept for Wizards was inspiredby the former The Magickal Childe inManhattan, Taj said, but he felt the shop’satmosphere was too dark and negative.Wizards was opened with the mission ofbuilding self-confidence and innerstrength, promoting respect and tolerancebetween diverse viewpoints through com-munication.

The store’s name, the owner explained,comes from his own personal spiritualquest to understand the greater world

around him, which has taken him fromstudying Judeo-Christianity to Wicca,eventually transcending religious bound-aries.

“A wizard, when we understand themeaning of the word, is a wise man orwise woman. A wizard is someone whostrives to understand and to help othersunderstand the world around us,” Taj said.

As such, Wizards is a non-judgmentalzone that sells books offering advice onseeking one’s own spirituality, tarot cardsin mystical traditions, and even exploringEgyptian hieroglyphics. Handcrafted arti-san jewelry with a myriad of spiritual sym-bols from crosses to five-pointed stars line

the shelves.“I see spirit as something vast and

encompassing all religions. We don’t try tochange the way people think,” Taj said.

Teachers offer classes on astrology, tarotcard reading, journaling and stress man-agement with take-home skills. The back-room space is used to host events includ-ing a weekly Saturday open mic talentnight in which amateurs to professionalsare invited to share music, comedy andpoetry.

For more information regarding classes,events and services offered at Wizards,visit www.Wizardsonline store.com.

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East Northport’s Wizards is “a strangely unique place” selling books, jewelry, incense, andmore while serving as a community learning center for people to find their path to under-standing the greater world around them.

Owner Qumran Taj invites customers todiscuss differing views as part of Wizards’mission to promote respect and under-standing of different spiritual viewpoints.


Enchanting Imaginations At Otsego

Students in Otsego Elementary Schoolcelebrated their annual Literacy Festivalwith the theme “Enchant your imagina-tion… read!” Students listened to mys-tery storytellers, had a book swap, metand listened to visiting authors, andhosted a family night. Visitors to theschool stepped into the pages of fairytales, with hallways decorated with amultitude of creative visuals and familiarcharacters. Students were excited to readand share their stories with their class-mates and used their imaginations tomake their favorite stories come to life.

Calling Student Shutterbugs

All students who reside in SenatorJohn Flanagan’s 2nd Senate district andare in the eighth grade or older can puttheir photography skills to work in histhird annual community photographycontest. This contest will focus on photo-graphs of community-based events andwill allow students to showcase theirhometown or school.

Photographs can consist of a town gov-ernment function or other public event, abuilding of historical significance, oranything that the student feels capturesthe essence of their community. Theentries will be judged by a panel who willlook at content, photographic compe-tence and additional artistic factors.

The winner of this contest, along withtheir parent or a chosen guardian, will beinvited to be Flanagan's guest in Albanyduring an upcoming session of the NewYork State Senate. In Albany, the win-ning student will be given a guided tourof the historic Capitol building, visit thesenate photography staff for a personallesson and be provided with access to thechamber to take pictures during a livesession.

Those interested in entering the con-

test should visit www.senatorflanagan.com and click on the photo contest linkfor official contest rules and entry form.Entries can be mailed – either on a discor in printed form – to: Senator JohnFlanagan’s Third Annual CommunityPhotography Contest, 260 MiddleCountry Road, Smithtown, NY 11787.Digital photographs can be submitted bye-mailing [email protected]. Negatives or slideswill not be accepted, and submitted pho-tos will not be returned.

Students submitting photographsshould include their name, grade andschool along with where and when thephotograph was taken. Their entry mustinclude the contact information of theirparent or guardian.

The deadline for submission of photo-graphs is May 19. Contact RobertCaroppoli, Flanagan’s director of com-munications at 631-361-2154 for moreinformation.

Otsego students dress up as some of their favorite literary char-acters to celebrate their annual Literacy Festival.

School administrators and faculty members get ready to race during West HollowMiddle School’s Spirit Week events.

School Notebook Compiled by Luann Dallojacono

West Hollow Middle School Spirit Shines

Cinderella holds a glassslipper – even though itmay be a bit too smallfor her – for Otsego’sLiteracy Festival.

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taxed the region with an MTA tax, nowwe’re not even going to be able to havethose dollars to improve the region.”

The five-year MTA Capital Programinitially funded major infrastructuralprojects in the region including a sec-ond track between Farmingdale andRonkonkoma at a price tag of $137.9million. MTA spokesperson SalvatoreArena said due to less federal fundingthan expected, the appropriation wasreduced to $30 million, causing Phase Iof its construction to be delayed. As aresult, officials also decided to delay thedesign of a new LIRR Republic Station,near the intersection of Route 110 andConklin Avenue, has been closed since1986.

“It almost appears as though youquestion their real intention of doingthis in the future,” said Mike Deluise,president of Melville-East FarmingdaleChamber of Commerce.

Petrone said the delay will impactseveral projects currently underway inHuntington and the Town of Babylon.Particularly, the re-opening of RepublicStation was anchoring a joint $150,000traffic feasibility study to consider a bus

rapid transit system between LIRR’sHuntington Station and RepublicAirport to ease north-south travel onRoute 110.

“We’ll have to sit down with Babylon,talk about the impact and effect of this,”the supervisor said. “It’s going to stallthe economic initiative and vision we’vehad for that area.”

Deluise said further delay ofRepublic Station’s re-opening was“ridiculous,” criticizing how costly thedelay could prove to Melville’s commer-cial development.

“If we think of the Route 110 corridoras the heart of Long Island business, allwe are doing is continually clogging ourarteries more. We need it to give us ahealthy heart. If the artery gets tooclogged, the heart is going to stop,” hesaid.

Arena said the plan will move for-ward with designing a second trackbetween Farmingdale andRonkonkoma, which eventually callsfor the new station.

“The construction of a new RepublicStation remains a key part of theLIRR’s future capital investmentvision,” he said.

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Vincent GentileVincent N. Gentile, of Melville, died on

April 21. He was 90.A veteran of the U.S. Army, Gentile

served during World War II.He is survived by his daughter, Chris-

tine Sohm, sons, Joseph and Anthony,

and five grandchildren.A funeral Mass was celebrated on April

26 at St. Elizabeth R.C. Church inMelville, followed by burial at St. CharlesCemetery, with arrangements by A.L. Ja-cobsen Funeral Home.

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Patrons evacuate Macy’sMike Bruno said upon his crew’s arrivalthere was a light smoke condition in thebasement.

“People in the basement were aware ofit, but people on the first floor were not,”Bruno said, saying other customers in themall were probably unsure what was un-folding.

Approximately 30 firefighters, threefire engines, a ladder truck and fire policeentered the store’s basement in an at-tempt to find the source of the smoke.

“We were looking around using ther-mal imaging to detect heat, as we weretrying to find the source of it. It smelledelectrical so we traced the wiring,” Brunosaid.

Firefighters entered the elevator con-trol room and found the wiring of the el-evator pump had malfunctioned. Brunosaid he gave orders for approximately 75shoppers and retail employees to be evac-uated using the store’s emergency fireplans. Power was cut to the elevator andthe building was searched, and shopperswere allowed re-entry within the halfhour.

“I advised [the manager] to contact hiselevator services and check it out, not toturn the elevator back on until they had itinspected,” the captain said.

Macy’s general manager and public re-lations department could not be reachedfor comment or to disclose whether ele-vator service had been restored.


$19,000 raised in runSuffolk, Nassau and Queens; and Kids andCars, an organization that supports publicsafety awareness for children and automo-bile safety.

The Dix Hills Fire Department and Suf-folk County Police Department’s SecondPrecinct came to ensure the safety of therunners. Meanwhile, 75 volunteered for allother tasks. Food was donated from localbusinesses including Spuntino, Dix HillsBagel and Oak Tree Dairy, among others.

“It takes a lot of effort,” Nelson said.“Without the people, we couldn’t havesuch a day.”

Winners were declared from various agegroups. In total, 60 were awarded with a

medal designed specifically for Alec’s Runand entertainment books with coupons forlocal businesses. The youngest winner was7 years old and the oldest was 85.

“We really spanned the ages,” Nelsonsaid.

Sue Fitzpatrick, who has been runningin the race since its first year, took secondplace in the 45-49 age group.

“They made so much good come out ofsuch a bad situation,” she said. Alec wasonly one year old when he died.

“The crowd was spectacular,” Nelsonsaid. “It was a positive, warm, loving day.Everyone leaves feeling upbeat and ful-filled. It was a great way to spend a Sat-urday morning.”



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Huntington resident and college foot-ball hall-of-famer Don McPherson fierce-ly believes in the topics he covers on hisnew show “Don McPherson’s Training forLife.”

Why wouldn’t he, especially sinceMcPherson experienced many of thesame issues when he was a teenage ath-lete?

“Training for Life” is a monthly TVshow on MSG Varsity that discusses morethan just sports, including “off field” is-sues for student athletes.

“I travel the country and address theseissues,” McPherson said, “and this show isthe first of its kind anywhere.”

Each episode was designed to addressdifferent issues teenage athletes face,ranging from hazing and bullying to alco-hol. The show is geared towards anyonewho is involved in some capacity in stu-dent athletics. It serves to inform parentsand coaches how to help teenagers navi-gate through the rigorous world of highschool sports.

McPherson said he invites coaches andprofessionals with real world experiencesto discuss specific issues so viewers cantake more away from the show.

“Since it focuses on high school sports,it can really talk about issues that otherprograms do not,” he said.

Even before McPherson signed on tocompete in the entertainment world orbecame a Huntington resident, he domi-nated in sports. He started playing foot-ball at the age of 10. He said he was in-troduced to football because everyone in

the neighborhood played, including histwo older brothers. Football, he said, wasthe thing to do.

McPherson continued to excel in foot-ball throughout high school, making thevarsity team as a sophomore. He went onto play quarterback at Syracuse Universi-ty. He won both the Maxwell Award forthe best college player and Davey O’BrienNational Quarterback Award in 1987, andalso finished second in the Heisman Tro-phy voting that year.

In 2008, McPherson was honored forhis collegiate play. The National FootballFoundation inducted the former quarter-back into the NCAA College Football Hallof Fame.

“It was such a great honor that anyonewho plays a team sport can understand,”he said.

McPherson continued his career intothe NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles fortwo years. After a year with the HoustonOilers, he joined a pair of Canadian Foot-ball League teams. He left pro ball in1994 to work more on social issues. Thesesocial issues led to the development of hisnew show, “Don McPherson’s Training forLife.”

“I have been working around social is-sues for years, and the show is about theseissues,” said McPherson.

The show premiered on Jan. 22 with anepisode discussing how to keep sports inperceptive and keep it fun. Since then, theshow appears once a month.

“Hopefully over time there will be agreater appetite for what we talk about onthe show,” said McPherson.

In addition to the show, McPherson al-so has an exclusive weekly video, column

and segment where he answers viewers’questions.

“MSG varsity is a ground-breakingnetwork that addresses issues that somepeople do not want to talk about,” he

said. “It does a good job highlightingthese issues.”

To see some segments of the show, ei-ther visit www.msgvarsity.com or tune into MSG Varsity Friday nights at 6 p.m.

By Zoe [email protected]

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Former Quarterback Sees New RatingsCollegiate hall-of-famer Don McPherson discusses high school issues on TV show

Former pro quarterback Don McPherson, of Huntington, now shares advice for high schoolathletes on TV.

Half Hollow Hills West’s winter track team, pictured above, won its sixth consecutiveSuffolk County championship last month. Adding to the spoils of victory – one of HillsWest’s captains, Nick Sferrazza, was named a News12 Scholar Athlete.

Sprinting To Six StraightWINTER TRACK

BASEBALL

Colts Bash Bellport InThree-Game Series

If their last two games againstBellport are any indication of what theColts’ future holds, it’s looking good.

The Half Hollow Hills West varsitybaseball team took two of three gamesagainst Bellport, walloping them10-0 in the third game on April 23.Winning pitcher Michael Kaufmanstruck out 7 and walked 3, allowing 3hits. Mike Blumenthal went 3-for-4with an RBI, while T.J. Pecoraro hadtwo hits, one of which was a 3-runhomer.

Two days earlier, Hills West won 8-0,with Remy Janco allowing 3 hits andnailing 4 strikeouts for the Colts.Blumenthal went 2-for-3, knocking in3 runs. Bellport came out on top onApril 20, however, with a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the Colts. Pecoraroheld Bellport hitless through 6.2innings, but Bellport came out swing-ing in the bottom of the seventh toscore all four of its runs. Percoraro had14 strikeouts.

The Colts are now halfway throughtheir season with a 5-4 record inLeague IV as of Monday.

The team is led by senior captains

Pecoraro and Blumenthal, and coachedby Tom Migliozzi. Brandon Jaffe,Anthony Cipoletti, Jon Lustberg andTyler Mackey also provide strong sen-ior leadership.

Last year, the team was eliminated inthe third round of the playoffs andplaced second in the league.

“Our goal is to try to continue thewinning tradition of Hills West andmake a good showing in the playoffs,”said Migliozzi, who has been coachingfor 16 years.

Along with a large amount of seniors,there’s a “pretty good number of jun-iors,” the coach said.

The team’s strengths, Migliozziadded, are pitching and defense.

“We try to score runs any way wecan,” he said. “That’s our strongest con-cern.”

The team has a bond that helps themon and off the field as well.

“We have a bunch of great kids on theteam,” Migliozzi said. “The team itselfis great to work with. Their parents dida good job.”

Prior to the Bellport series, the Coltsdropped three games to SmithtownWest. They are scheduled to play WestBabylon April 30 at 4 p.m. in Colts’ ter-ritory.



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