August 5, 2011

By David J. [email protected]

Landmark hearings can be con-tentious when preservationists come up against property owners who are leary of the designation.

Two properties are now under consideration by the Town of Oys-ter Bay Landmarks Preservation Commission. One, the Maine Maid Inn of Jericho, has broad support.

The other, the Community United Methodist Church in East Norwich, is embroiled in a bitter dispute over the installation of cell phone antennas in its steeple.

Some landmarking opponents believe the designation may be a ploy to block the cell equipment from going in.

Although everyone seems to agree that the Community United Methodist Church in East Norwich has a signifi cant history, not every-one is in favor of bestowing land-mark status on the 111-year-old structure.

Matthew Meng, President of the East Norwich Civic Associa-tion, presented an application to the Town of Oyster Bay Landmarks Preservation Commission, which met on Wednesday, July 27th.

He offered highlights of the building’s history and explained how Theodore Roosevelt, while Vice President, laid its cornerstone on May 18, 1901.

Keeping an eye on TR statueBy David J. [email protected]

Don’t even try horsing aroundwith the equestrian statue atop the Town of Oyster Bay’s Theo-dore Roosevelt Memorial Triangle.

Former presidents are guarded round the clock by Secret Service agents. The A. Phimister Proctor Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Statue, installed in Oyster Bay’s Roosevelt Memorial Triangle last fall, has tight security, too.

The TR Statue, located at the intersection of Pine Hollow Road/South Street (Rte. 106) between Berry Hill Road and Lexington Avenue, guards the gateway to the historic hamlet and therefore security for this $280,000 piece ofart is essential.

Enter the Berry Hill Group, owner of the newly refurbished former home of Oyster Bay Tire a.k.a. the “Goodyear” buildingto the right of the statue (look-ing head on). The company hasstepped up to the plate to help the TR Statue Advisory Committee bypurchasing a security camera and installing it on the side of theirbuilding providing 24/7 surveil-lance on the statue.

“We initially thought about put-


While some kids are spending the summer attending camp or busing tables to make a few extra bucks, Thomas Criblez, 16, of Bay-ville is on tour beating the hell out of his drums.

After performing with the School of Rock in Melville for two years, he has moved up to the All-Star Team, which puts the best 125 players from all the SOR schools in the nation on the road touring in professional halls around the country in groups of 25.

Playing with the SOR has helped Criblez learn how to per-form with other musicians. Mov-ing up to the All-Star Team is the equivalent of moving from the mi-nor leagues to the big leagues.

“Being an All-Star means you have to play each song perfect.

Our director tells us, ‘I don’t want people to think you play good for kids. I want you to play each song as good as the band who wrote the song,’ ” said Criblez, who has been playing drums since age 10.

Criblez was issued fi ve-songs to learn cold prior to entering two days of 13 hour rehearsals before embarking on a tour of the north-east. “At fi rst I didn’t know what to expect. Right before I got there I was very nervous but once I met everybody I calmed down. When some of the other All-Stars com-plemented me on my playing, that meant a lot to me because I felt ac-cepted,” he said.

Surprisingly, the northeast group of 25 performers, ranging from ages 10-18, didn’t take long to click. The fi rst song Criblez per-formed was “Crazy” by Gnarls Bar-kley and everything fell into place.

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Wang loses a round in Coliseum fi ghtBy Andrew [email protected]

Charles Wang of Cove Neck has a dilemma. His beloved Islander hockey franchise plays in the de-crepit Nassau Coliseum and time and again his hopes of building a new home for his team have been dashed.

Most recently, on Monday, Nas-sau County voters overwhelmingly

said “no” to a proposal for $400 million in public borrowing to build a new Coliseum and minor league ballpark.

Nearly 89,000 of more than 155,000 ballots cast opposed the referendum, while just under 67,000 were in favor, according to unoffi cial results on Tuesday.

The vote leaves the future of the New York Islanders in doubt, with their lease set to expire in 2015.

Mr. Wang told the media on Mon-day night, that he was “heartbro-ken” by the results but wouldn’t say what his next step would be.

He previously stated that it would be unlikely that the team would continue to play in the cur-rent arena beyond the end of the current lease.

But two days after the vote, Wang took out a full-page ad in Newsday addressing Nassau Coun-

ty residents. His open letter hinted at the

possibility of keeping the Islanders in place. “I am not giving up on Long Island and I hope you won’t either,” he said. “As we enter our 40th year, we have only two goals for the team – winning the Stanley Cup and keeping the Islanders on Long Island.”

The referendum had the sup-port of labor unions, Vision Long

Island and many businesses sur-rounding the Uniondale facility, but had strong opponents in theAssociation for a Better Long Is-land and Nassau County Demo-cratic leaders. Ultimately, 57 per-cent of voters decided against the proposal.

Wendy Fast, of East Meadow, was one of them. “I knew all along I was going to vote against it,” she

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Bayville mourns loss of revered community leaderBy David J. [email protected]

Bayville lost a true community leader on July 28th when longtime resident Theodore “Ted” Vlavianos of died from lung complications fol-lowing surgery from a year ago. He was 52.

Vlavianos is the former co-owner of Souvlaki Place in Bayville. In 1991 he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma at which time he sold his business and went to work for the

American Cancer Society.Vlavianos developed cancer at the

young age of 30 when he felt swell-ing in his glands in the neck area. Being a busy young man, he put off going to the doctor until he was ul-timately diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma on November 8th, 1991. After undergoing a regiment of che-motherapy and radiation, it was dis-covered that he was growing more cancer while on chemotherapy. He underwent experimental cancer

treatments including two bone mar-row transplants. The treatments went for a year and a half until he was ultimately cancer free in 1998.

As he was lying in the bed in the hospital, Vlavianos started set-ting goals for himself. He wanted to do stand-up comedy therefore he took a workshop in Manhattan crafting his material. Ultimately, he went onstage at Stand-Up New York and managed to make some people laugh.

“The high I got was addicting. I ended up doing it for 4-5 years. I’d get on stage a couple of times a months. I’d go to every open mic that I could. I talked about myself coming from immigrant parents, re-lationships, etc. I found that what’smost funny is what is true,” Vlavia-nos said in 2009.

He put together a comedy group who performed for cancer patientscalled the Best Medicine Group.

Photo by David J. Criblez

Thomas Criblez of Bayville pounds the skins with the School of Rock All-Stars.

Teen takes to the road, drumsticks in hand

A tale of two hearingsOne landmark application is lauded, one gets mixed reviews

PRO

‘We are very proud of our community in East Norwich. The East Norwich Civic Association is concerned with saving what little history we have left.’

— Matthew MengPresident,

East Norwich Civic Association

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‘Our congregation feels this might not be the right time to go forward with something like this, although we certainly want to talk about preserving our church.’

— Kathy Nastri Chair of the Board of Trustees,

Community United Methodist Church

Theodore Vlavianos

Today, if he were present, St. Rocco, patron saint of the Church of St. Rocco in Glen Cove, would be hold-ing his shoulders back, smil-ing with his head held high and fi lled with pride for the touching devotion his fol-lowers exhibited during the St. Rocco Feast in Glen Cove from July 26th-31st retain-ing its title as “The Best Feast in The East.”

Over 300 dedicated volunteers donated many hours of their time to help raise funds for this small, unique Italian parish on the North Shore of Long Island.

Despite an early clos-ing the fi rst night and a few showers Friday night, thousands of guests arrived in Glen Cove to enjoy this much anticipated summer event. There were record crowds beyond belief. On-going since 1974, with the exception of last year, this Italian Feast drew folks not only from Long Island, but New York City, Queens and beyond. Former local residents who have since moved away returned from as far as Texas and Califor-nia to join in this very tradi-tional celebration.

The smell of zeppoles and sausage and peppers fi lled the air while an authentic Italian marching band ser-enaded the crowds. The 80 and 90 year-old Nonnas prepared and served home-made eggplant parmesan, tripe, cavatelli with broc-coli rabe, pasta and meat-

balls, to name a few, along with over 7,000 sausage and pepper heros that were de-voured by the hungry.

For dessert, the Pastry Pavilion served just under 4,000 Napoleans, Canno-lis, Eclairs and many more Italian pastries, along with over 200 Belgian Waffl es. A variety of live music was enjoyed by all every night. Throughout the streets, there were over 30 ven-dors who return every year to participate, along with a few new ones, as well. Newton Shows supplied a safe, family-friendly mid-way to entertain children from toddlers-to-teens, with rides such as the “Happy

Swing” to the thrill-seeker “Pharaoh’s Fury.” On Sat-urday afternoon, July 30th, Jungle Bob and his lives reptiles - snakes, lizards, tarantulas - entertained the visiting children.

The St. Rocco Feast was bigger and better than ever before. Perhaps it was be-cause in 2010, it was de-cided not to attempt such a huge undertaking for vari-ous reasons and a feeling of great sadness fi lled the community during the last week of July. This year, folks pulled together, de-spite the tough economic times, and were determined to give all they could give to satisfy themselves and the community and bring the joy of the Feast back to the Church of St. Rocco.

With the arrival in June of a new pastor, everyone wanted their new “Shep-herd” to be proud. In 90-de-gree temperature, the Very Rev. Dom Elias Carr, Can-

non Regular, along with Fathers Daniel Nash and Bruno Semple and Dom Ga-briel, walked the streets of the neighborhood with up to 300 men, women and children for 3 hours, along with the statue of St. Roc-co, singing songs of praise and worship to this great saint. All four priests were dressed in traditional garb, with Fr. Elias adorned in the regal “Cope,” a liturgical vestment worn in religious processions. Fr. Daniel and Dom Gabriel marched along side Fr. Elias, holding high the ends of the Cope as Fr. Elias reverently carried the relic of St. Rocco to bless the sick and homebound along the route.

While the St. Rocco stat-ue has been put back in his little corner of the church and the stands has been dis-mantled, come next July it will all happen again as the tradition will continue to live on.


“Cruise Nights” classic car show in Oyster Bay is fi lled with a cast of char-acters. Every Tuesday the “gearheads” gather on Au-drey Avenue to show off their hot rods. But the guys who are the proudest are the ones who do their own work on their cars.

Mike DiLauro of Levit-town has been participating in “Cruise Nights” for the past three years. He builds custom cars and does col-lision work for a living at West Bay Collision & Cus-toms in Farmingdale.

Each week he brings one of his collectible cars from his fl eet, which includes a 1963 Corvette, 1995 S600 AMG Mercedes, 500 SCC Mercedes and 500 SL Mer-cedes. However, his favor-ite is a Frankenstein hybrid that merges a 1973 450 SL Mercedes with a 600 horse-power Chevy engine. “It’s not the tree hugger hybrid edition, but it does 180 miles an hour and gets 28 miles to the gallon so it’s green,” said DiLauro.

The car is nicknamed “Burnin’ Green” and sports a candy apple green color with signature fl ames and cash bills all over the hood and trunk. “It’s a goof be-

cause it’s where all my mon-ey is,” said DiLauro.

Performing all the work himself, DiLauro broughtthe car back to life. “It was a piece of junk when I got it,”he said. “I redid the whole thing. I had a real vision for this car.”

Although he constantlygets offers for his vehicle, DiLauro refuses to sell. “Someone recently offeredme $125,000 for it but I’ve put more than that into it plus labor and not to men-tion 16 years of my life,” hedeclared.

When he drives the car, it turns a lot of heads. “Little kids and old ladies give me the thumbs up. The thing looks like a damn carni-val ride coming down the street. It’s ostentatious, but it’s a lot of fun,” said Di-Lauro.

The car has won six fi rst place trophies this year alone and it’s even economi-cal. “I go from here to theHamptons on a quarter tank of gas,” said DiLauro. “You can’t beat it!”

DiLauro likes the relaxedatmosphere at Oyster Bay’s “Cruise Nights.” “The peo-ple are very nice and I get a lot of customers from here,” he said. “I’ve been in busi-ness for 45 years and I’mjust starting to get good at it.”

After 18 years, Lynn Cryer has retired as Direc-tor from the Parent-Child Home Program of the Youth and Family Counseling Agency of Oyster Bay. In its 36th year history, Cryer was the second director of this nationally recognized program. Her predeces-sor is Mary Agosta and her successor is Melanie Paez, LMSW.

A “Retirement Tea” was recently held in her honor and was attended by her colleagues, family, friends, former home visitors and many of the social work in-terns whom she helped to usher into the social work profession. Her retirement plans include authoring children’s books.

The Parent-Child Home Program is an evidence based, research validate early childhood literacy

and school readiness pro-gram. It strengthens fami-lies and prepares children for academic success. The program home based and provides services in both English and Spanish.

For further information on the Parent-Child Home Program, contact Melanie Paez at (516) 922-6867.

DiLauro’s homemade hybrid

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Mike DiLauro shows off his Mercedes/Chevy hybrid.

St. Rocco Still ‘Best Feast in The East’

Cryer retires from YFCA after 18 years

Lynn Cryer

People pinned money on the statue of St. Rocco for good luck.

Photos by Pat Strassberg

Twins Hailey & Hannah Vidro of Glen Cove win a stuffed pig at the St. Rocco Feast.

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Fighting fi res can be a tricky business and exiting a burning building is a scary task when you run out of options. However, a new Personal Safety System, now required by the state of New York, has given fi remen an escape route if they fi nd themselves caught in a trap.

The mandatory device came about after some fi remen jumped out a window in the Bronx several years ago when they had no other way of getting out of a burning building. They took their chances going out the window and as a result two of them died. The Per-

sonal Safety System is a device that allows fi remen to repel out of a window in an emergency situa-tion.

The fi remen from Bayville re-cently purchased 30 units, made by Deus, at over $1,000 a piece and they are looking to obtain more in the future. The device is a harness that wraps around out-side their uniform and has a metal hook that sticks in a windowsill and it lowers a fi reman down with 40 feet of rope.

“Any interior fi refi ghter is re-quired to have one,” said Bayville Fire Chief Ted Parente. “We picked this particular unit because it low-ers them at one speed. You can’t mess it up. We wanted something

simple and easy to operate.”Last week the Bayville Firemen

trained with the new equipment at the Jericho training facility. “Everyone is reluctant to jump out of a window but once they’ve done it, they want to do it again,” said Chief Parente. “They are that confi dent in using the system. In fact, if a guy passes out, you could actually use this unit to lower him out a window safely.”

Chief Parente noted that Oyster Bay Fire Company #1 and Atlantic Steamer Fire Company have pur-chased the same system as well.

“I hope we never have to use them,” said the Chief, “but you can never be too careful.”

Just a few years ago, as a student at Oyster Bay High School, Greg Cappello was recognized for his perfor-mance as an athlete and was the last person his friends would expect to fi nd per-forming on the stage—es-pecially in a serious drama. Even after he started work-ing at People Magazine, where he currently does digital marketing, Cappello returned to coach sports at his high school.

Now, Cappello’s talent as an actor is being spotlighted as he takes the lead role in the Long Island premiere of “Good Boys and True,” a drama by Roberto Agu-irre-Sacasa, which opens at Northport’s Bare Bones Repertory Theater on Au-gust 12th, running for six performances through Au-gust 21st. The story revolves about a privileged prep school senior (portrayed by Cappello) who becomes the center of a disturbing sex scandal that threatens his future, his school and his family. The play premiered in Manhattan in 2008.

Playwright Aguirre-Sacasa, who also writes for Marvel Comics and for tele-vision (most currently for “Glee”), was recently called in to help rescue the script for “Spiderman: Turn Off

the Dark.”“Good Boys and True”

comes to the Bare Bones Theater, located at 57 Main Street in Northport, on Au-gust 12th-14th and August 19th-21st. Friday and Sat-urday shows are at 8 PM and Sunday start at 7 PM. The play, directed by Jeff Bennett, features actors

Greg Cappello, Aimee Ber-lin, Lara Hunter, Mike Ogle, Shawn Frank and Meghan Tello.

For tickets ($20), call (631) 757-9616 or visit: www.barebonestheater.com. Reservations are rec-ommended, as the play will be performed in an intimate setting with limited seating.

The Cold Spring Harbor Firehouse Museum recently announced, the completion of its World Trade Center Memorial. After close to two years of planning, the Cold Spring Harbor Fire-house Museum, recently announced that it has estab-lished a permanent exhibit in memory of the 343 New York City Firefi ghters who perished at the World Trade Center on 9-11-01.

Upon hearing that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was offer-ing steel from the World Trade Center to organiza-tions that would commit to “create a public display to preserve the memory of the brave and innocent victims who lost their lives on Sep-tember 11, 2001,” the Mu-seum’s Board of Trustees, sought to participate in the Port Authority’s program.

“As with many individu-als and organizations who requested and received steel

from the WTC, we did not know what size artifact to ask for, what we would re-ceive or how we would dis-play it. What we did know, is that we wanted something from this horrifi c event that we could preserve and share with our community and those who visit our Museum. We wanted to pay tribute in an appropriate manner to the valiant Firefi ghters who sacrifi ced their lives on that fateful day,” stated Tom Ho-gan, the Museum’s Director.

Hogan went on to say, “Sometimes we thought we might never receive that which we asked for, but in time and through the patient and thoughtful assistance of the Port Authority’s, Ali Ar-naz, we did receive our steel. The steel was shipped by UPS in a cardboard box. When it arrived, we anxiously un-wrapped our artifact. How extraordinary – how moving – how perfect for a memori-al. Although tons upon tons

of steel have made their way to others, we feel ours best exemplifi es the strength, courage and sacrifi ce made by our fi refi ghters.”

The piece of steel is en-cased in glass tower that rep-licated the World Trade Cen-ter with a wood base made by craftsman Craig Becker of Huntington Station. There are 343 names of fi refi ghters who perished at the WTC on 9/11, etched into the glass tower with an American Flag hanging behind the tower.

The Museum is located on Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor in the community’s fi rst Firehouse (circa 1896). Museum hours are Fridays and Saturdays, 11 AM- 4 PM and Sundays, Noon-5 PM.

“We welcome visitorsfrom all over the world and are proud to share with them our newest exhibit that both mourns the loss and celebrates the lives and valor of those who perished on 9/11,” said Hogan.

Bayville Firemen receive Personal Safety Systems

Photo by Nick DeJesu

Bayville Fire Company recently purchased 30 Personal Safety Systems.

Oyster Bay actor stars in ‘Good Boys & True’

Greg Cappello and Megan Tello rehearse the seduction scene in “Good Boys and True,” which premieres on Au-gust 12th.

Flower Bed Planted Oyster Bay Town Councilman Anthony Macagnone (4th from right) recently met with Boy Scout Costa Davantzis (3rd from right) to congratulate him on the completion of his Eagle Scout Project, which entailed renovating a pre-existing fl ower bed in front of the Incorporated Village of Mut-tontown Town Hall, and also con-structing a new fl ower bed for the Village, adjacent to the parking lot. Among those on hand for the unveiling, and pictured here are, from left to right: Paula Davantzis, Costa’s grandmother, Theodore Davantzis, Costa’s father, Ritta Davantzis, Costa’s mother, Mayor of the Incorporated Village of Mut-tontown Julianne Beckerman, Deputy Mayor of Muttontown Carl Juul-Nielsen, and Trustee Heather Bartholomew.

CSH Firehouse Museum unveils WTC Memorial

The Cold Spring Harbor Firehouse Museum completed its World Trade Center Memorial in memory of the 343 New York City fi refi ghters who perished at the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.

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■ Piece of the Rock will perform pop classics from ‘40s to ‘90s at West Harbor Beach in Bayville from 8-10 PM. Free.

■ “Dancing in the Street” outdoors in his-toric downtown Oyster Bay. DJ Louis del Prete with a Latin and Ballroom Mix plus dance instruction and featuring a demo by Lisa Sparkles Studio from 7-9 PM. Live music, dancing lessons, and demonstra-tions will be provided by the Derby-Hall Memo-rial Bandstand on Audrey Avenue between Town Hall and the U.S. Post Offi ce.

■ The Hit Men play Theodore Roosevelt Memo-rial Park in Oyster Bay at 8 PM. Free.

■ Friday Nights at the Hay Barn at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay - Candlelight, food, premium bar and live music every Friday from 7:30 to 10:30 PM. Call (516) 922-5700 or visit: www.periwinklesca-terer.com.

Saturday, August 6th

■ The B-52’s will perform at the Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park, East Meadow at 7:30 PM. Free.

Sunday, August 7th

■ Sagamore Hill National Historic Site in Cove Neck, will present a special Sunday program with the Paumanok Driv-ing Club: Horse & Carriage Demonstration at 2 PM. For further information, visit: www.nps.gov/sahi or call (516) 922-4788.

Monday, August 8th

■ Long Island Bon-sai Society will meet in the Main Greenhouse at Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay at 7:30 PM. Meeting topic: “Twin Trunk Bonsai.” Call (516) 922-9210.

■ Falcon Pride’s Fred Smith Scholarship Fund Golf & Tennis Outing at the Muttontown Country Club. Registration at 10 AM, shotgun start at Noon, tennis at 2 PM, open bar at 5 PM and dinner at 6 PM.

Friday, August 19th

■ The Marshall Tucker Band and Kansas will perform at the Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park, East Meadow at 7:30

PM. Free.

■ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 2011 Public Concert Series presents pi-anist Margarita Shevchenko and violinist Lev Polyakin in concert at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Grace Auditorium, located at One Bungtown Road in Cold Spring Harbor, at 6 PM. Individual tickets will be sold at the door in Grace Auditorium for $20. Call (516) 367-8455 to reserve seats or visit: http://www.cshl.edu/campus-events.

To have your event listed:Send calendar items to [email protected] by the close of business on the Monday before publication. Items are subject to editing for length and style.

OPINIONEDITORIALCouncils offer hope for economic vitality

As ideas go, we think Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order, announced last week at SUNY Old Westbury,

creating 10 state regional economic development councils, including one for Long Island, is brilliant. The concept of streamlining the development process — now a byzantine maze of bureaucracy — may be of great value.

But the real strengths of Cuomo’s councils are that each derives its insights from local people, their plans spring from local con-stituents, their mission is to solve local problems and their direction comes from smart, circumspect, nonpar-tisan community leaders.

The Long Island Region-al Economic Development Council is co-chaired by Hofstra University’s president, Stuart Rabi-nowitz and the president of the Long Island Association, Kevin Law.

We’re confi dent that this grass-roots ap-proach to development and job growth in the state — as opposed to the current top-down, state-agency-based model — will be a more effective way to establish the priori-ties and defi ne the relationships required to support smart and sustainable economic growth in our communities.

Long Island has resources that, if fully appreciated and exploited, can make us the Silicon Valley of the East. In Silicon Val-ley, innovative ideas that sprang from uni-versity research produced a new model of economic sustainability, and the same thing can happen in Nassau County. In one fi eld alone — bioscience — the Island has every-thing necessary to become the state’s epi-center of high-level research.

And consider our resources as a leading postgraduate health and research destina-tion: Hofstra’s new medical school, in ad-dition to its world-class university and law school; Nassau Community College and its new Life-Sciences Center and nursing school; and other colleges and universities, from Stony Brook to Molloy (and its top-notch nursing school) to Adelphi and LIU-C.W. Post, to name just a few.

We have national-award-winning medi-cal teaching institutions, such as Winthrop-University Hospital, North Shore University Hospital LIJ, Nassau University Medical Center and Stony Brook University Hospi-tal, as well as South Nassau Communities Hospital, Long Beach Medical Center and

Mercy Hospital. And we have equally strong credentials in engineering and other fi elds. We have some of the highest-performing

public school students in the state, and private schools that rival the best in the nation.

Long Island has the re-sources and the potential to provide the jobs that will keep our best and bright-est here and attract the best from other parts of the country and the world. We have the talent, training, or-ganizations, quality of life, secure environment, educa-tional excellence, develop-ment experience and engi-neering know-how to make economic growth a reality.

A cautionary note: While these regional economic councils may have the au-thority to imagine and

encourage — and even help plan — de-velopment and cut through Albany’s bu-reaucracy, we wonder if they will have the force, fortitude and legal muscle to navigate the no less formidable hazards erected by the Nassau and Suffolk county legislatures and planning and zoning boards. And then there are the towns and villages. What pow-er will these councils have over the political potentates who rule in fi efdoms like Hemp-stead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, or Suffolk’s Brookhaven, Riverhead and Hun-tington?

We hope the councils can focus on their mission, and that they are imbued by law with the power to tamp down political in-fl uence that too often kills grand ideas and, by default, encourages strip malls.

Remember, it wasn’t Albany that snuffed out Nassau’s Lighthouse project, but the Town of Hempstead. And many believe the town acted intelligently, rejecting the over-sized Lighthouse plan for good environ-mental and neighborhood-scale reasons.

Our point isn’t that we think the region-al councils should have Robert Moses-like dictatorial authority. Nor do we think local home-rule jurisdictions should be ignored. But we expect battles on this turf, and the governor must fi gure out how they can be won by the people, not the powerful.

The time for battles will come. Right now it’s time to laud the creation of these regional councils and to support their ef-forts to help Long Island become the engine of high-level job growth and sustainable de-velopment we all know it can and should be.

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CAROLYN TAYLOR JENKINSON

Carolyn Taylor Jenkinson of Oyster Bay and Andes, died on July 26th at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, after a long illness. She was 77.

Born September 6th, 1933 in Garnerville, she was the daughter of Thomas R. and Hilda (Loocke) Tay-lor and married to William H. Jenkinson, who died on August 12th, 1997.

A registered nurse, she received her MA from NY University, and held many positions in health care, her last being Vice President for Nursing at NY Method-ist Hospital, Park Slope, Brooklyn. After retirement andcoming to Andes 12 years ago, she served on the Board of Directors at O’Connor Hospital, Delhi.

Ms. Jenkinson had a great love of animals and nature. She was dedicated to promoting and protect-ing the rights of animals, supporting many organiza-

tions to that end. Addition-ally, she was an active mem-ber of St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Syosset, where she served on the Vestry and taught Sunday School.

In addition to her hus-band, she was pre-deceased by a brother, Thomas Tay-lor, Jr. and is survived by a sister, Kathryn Pfeister of Sparta, NJ, two brothers Fred Taylor of West Haver-straw and Harold Taylor of Stony Point as well as many nieces, nephews and many friends.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, Sep-tember 24th at 9:30 AM at St. Bede’s Church in Syosset with reception following. A burial will be in Memo-rial Cemetery of St. John’s Church in Laurel Hollow.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Heart of the Catskills Humane Soci-ety, P.O. Box 88, Delhi, NY 13753. Arrangements were entrusted to Robert A. Peet, Hall & Peet Funeral Home in Delhi.

DEBORAH A. ORLANDO

Deborah A. Orlando of Muttontown died July 28th at age 53. She was a much loved member of Brookville Country Club for over 21 years.

Wife of Al, she was the mother of Jacquelin and Briana. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

A Funeral Mass was held at St. Patrick R.C. Church in Glen Cove on Monday, Au-gust 1st followed by entomb-ment Holy Rood Cemetery, under the direction of Oyster Bay Funeral Home.

In lieu of fl owers, dona-tions can be sent to: Smile Train, P.O. Box 96231, Washington, DC 20090 (www.smiletrain.org) or Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, 14 Pennsylvania Pla-za, Suite 1400, New York, NY 10122 (www.ocrf.org).

For further information, visit: www.oysterbayfuner-alhome.com.

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We hope the councils can focus on their mission, and that they are imbued by law with the power to tamp down political infl uence that too often kills grand ideas and, by default, encourages strip malls.

The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), a profes-sional association of more than 37,000 general den-tists dedicated to staying up to date in the profession through continuing educa-tion to better serve the pub-lic, announced that Stephen Akseizer, DDS, MAGD, of Syosset, received the asso-ciation’s 2011 Distinguished Service Award during the AGD 2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibits, held July 28th to 31st, in San Diego, Calif.

The Distinguished Ser-vice Award recognizes a council, committee, or task force member who has ex-hibited outstanding leader-ship capabilities and whose contributions result in sig-nifi cant and fundamental advances toward fulfi lling the organization’s overall mission.

Only 29 of the AGD’s 37,000-plus members have received the Distinguished Service Award since its in-ception in 1986.

“I have had the privilege of working closely with Dr. Akseizer for many years and we are sincerely grate-ful for his commitment to helping maintain excellence in the fi eld of dentistry and

ensuring the genuine prog-ress of the AGD,” said AGD President Howard Gamble, DMD, FAGD.

Dr. Akseizer graduated from New York University College of Dentistry in 1968 and has practiced dentistry for more than 43 years. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1968 to 1970 and has maintained a private prac-tice in Syosset, since 1972.

Dr. Akseizer is a mem-ber of the American Den-

tal Association, a fellowin the American College of Dentists, a fellow in the Academy of Dentistry Inter-national, a member of theAcademy of Laser Dentistry,the Academy of CosmeticDentistry, the New York State Dental Association,New York State AGD, andthe Medical Reserve Corps.He is currently chair of the AGD’s Technology and WebUse Council. In addition, heserved as the AGD Region 2Trustee from 2004 to 2007and Regional Director from1996 to 2004, includingchair from 2003 to 2004.

He has lectured at many major dental meetings onthe topics of dental technol-ogy and laser dentistry. He has published numerousarticles on various aspectsof computer technology indentistry. He has also served as an advisor on software development to several den-tal companies and has beeninvolved in the developmentof various new technologies used in dentistry.

Dr. Akseizer and his wife,Diane, have four sons and two grandsons. When notpracticing dentistry, his hobbies include sailing, gar-dening and computers.

Stephen Akseizer, DDS

A track modernization project on the Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line in Mineola over four consecu-tive weekends in August will result in some cancel-lations and service adjust-ments on the Huntington-Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, Ronkonkoma, Far Rocka-way and Babylon branches.

LIRR personnel will be installing new running rail, resurfacing and making repairs at the Willis Ave. grade crossing on Saturday and Sunday, August 6th and 7th, Saturday and Sunday,

August 13th and 14th, Sat-urday and Sunday, August 20th and 21st and Saturday and Sunday, August 27th and 28th. The work, when completed, will provide a smoother ride and more re-liable service.

Since one of two Main Line tracks will be out of service during the proj-ect, the LIRR had revised weekend service on those branches to accommodate the track work.

Over the fi rst two week-ends, August 6th-7th and August 13th-14th, the track

work will get underway Sat-urday at 12:43 AM and con-tinue until 10 AM on Sun-day when regular service will resume. Over the third and fourth weekends, Au-gust 20th-21st and August 27th-28th, the track work will get underway Saturday at 12:39 AM and continue until 10 AM on Sunday when regular service will resume.

On Saturdays, the work will affect approximately 24,000 customers traveling east and west of Jamaica. On Sundays, the work will

affect about 1,200 custom-ers eastbound and 1,700 customers westbound.

Impact on Oyster BayThe Oyster Bay Branch

trains have been adjusted to run every two hours.

Customers can pick up a copy of the Special Time-table Weekend Track Work dedicated to each affected branch at terminals or lo-cal stations; or consult the LIRR’s website at www.mta.info. Customers can also contact the LIRR’s Travel Information Center at 718-217-5477 (718-217-LIRR).

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LIRR track work to reduce weekend service in August


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said. “The Town of Hemp-stead had its opportunity to have Mr. Wang build with his own money and blew it. Voting ‘yes’ now is voting for a tax increase, and I think it’s another project the county is going to totally mismanage.”

Town offi cials previously turned down a proposal by Wang to build the Light-house project in Uniondale, which would have included a renovated Coliseum as well as new hotels, apart-ments and condomini-ums, stores and offi ces on the land surrounding the

39-year-old arena in the area known as the Hub. In June, Nassau County Execu-tive Ed Mangano and Wang unveiled plans for a publicly fi nanced arena that would have kept the Islanders there until 2045.

Wang, speaking shortly after he voted at West Side School in Cold Spring Har-bor on Monday morning, spoke about the importance of the project to the region. “This isn’t about the Island-ers, it’s about Long Island,” he said. “The Islanders play 30 percent in the arena. What are we going to do

with the arena for the rest of the time? It’s not just about the Islanders, it’s about con-certs, Ice Capades, the cir-cus, etcetera. But, of course, you need an anchor tenant.”

He added that the Island-ers are committed to Long Island for the next four sea-sons, and spoke positively about the upcoming season. He also said he would con-tinue to try to attract the best concerts and events to the Coliseum.

Mangano said he would continue to try to fi nd a way to keep the Islanders in Nas-sau County and to build a

new sports and entertain-ment complex that would appeal to everyone. “Tonight is not an ending,” he said. “We will fi nd a new path.”

He noted that in the com-ing weeks, leaders will ex-plore other options for the Coliseum property. But Man-gano said he respects the voters’ decision. “It is a great day,” he said. “It is a day that the people had an oppor-tunity to speak. The people weighed in. We will listen and we will move forward.”

Tony Bellissimo, David J. Criblez and Christopher Engel-hardt contributed to this story.

ting in a camera at the Boys & Girls Club of Oyster Bay-East Norwich across the street but the distance and the trees would not have lent itself to being as good a location,” said Mike Rich of the TR Statue Advisory Committee. “This is a better location and the Berry Hill Group were willing to help us. It was a perfect match.”

The Berry Hill Group not only purchased and in-stalled the camera but they pay for the month fee for the service, which includes 12-14 days of taped stor-age. “We formed a good relationship with the TR Statue Advisory Committee and wanted to help out. The statue enhances the value of our property, it looks nice as you enter the town and it compliments our building,” said Paul Giovanniello of

the Berry Hill Group.TR Statue Advisory Com-

mittee wants to ensure that the public is aware that the statue is under careful watch should anybody have any ideas.

“This statue is a valuable

piece of art that deserves to be under surveillance,” said Rich. “It took a lot of effort to get that statue here and we want nothing but the best for our 26th President.”

“We nailed it right away. We created our own ver-sion that was very groovy and light in the verses then rockin’ during the chorus,” he described. “Things gelled quickly because you become friends very fast living to-gether for eight days. By working together, eating together, traveling together, sharing rooms, you get very close.”

The team’s fi rst gig was at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ famous for spawn-ing a little known singer/songwriter named Bruce Springsteen. After two days of intense rehearsals, the All-Stars were ready to take the stage.

“The Stone Pony had a cool atmosphere. They had hundreds of guitars on the walls signed by different artists. It was a real pro-fessional experience. Plus we had a good crowd that night,” stated Criblez.

The All-Stars worked up the Boss’ classic “Rosalita” featuring Criblez on the skins. “Everyone was going crazy. They added that song in because they were hoping

Bruce would be there. He’s known for often jumping on stage with young musicians. Bruce wasn’t at show but it didn’t matter because the song became one of the best in our set,” he said.

On stage the drummer’s role is to keep the timing and the fl ow of each song intact. “I try to get every-body going,” said Criblez. “If the song is too fast or too slow, everyone will notice and it will be ruined.”

When asked to describe his drumming style, Criblez said, “I’m a cross between the Muppet Animal and with a young Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters).” He looks to Carter Beauford from Dave Matthews Band, Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and John Bonham from Led Zeppelin for inspiration.

The most impressive part of the All-Stars’ show is their blistering energy and instant connection on stage. “We tend to feed off each other which creates a certain dynamic with the crowd,” said Criblez. “Most of the kids like to go crazy like I do.”

The tour came to the Cra-zy Donkey in Farmingdale before heading to Lilly’s Pad at Toad’s Place in Connecti-cut where the Rolling Stones famously kicked off their 1989 Steel Wheels tour with a surprise club gig. Then it was onto the three-day hip-pie fest in Bridgeport, CT called The Gathering of the Vibes featuring Jane’s Ad-diction, Elvis Costello and Dr. John.

“The Vibes gigs were our tightest and our best sound-ing shows. The band was in perfect shape at that point,” said Criblez. “We absorbed a lot of the energy watching the other bands play before we went on and then put it into our performance.”

Many people in the crowd even felt the All-Stars’ ren-dition of the Jane’s Addic-tion classic “Stop” was far superior than JA’s version.

Although he missed his family a bit on the road, Criblez remained unaffect-ed. “The All-Stars became a different kind of family for me,” he said. “It turned out to be the best experience of my life.”

They performed for people in the bone marrow unit at Sloan Kettering talking about their cancer experi-ences and being in the hos-pital.

After he got healthy, Vlavianos sold his Bayville business and started vol-unteering for the American Cancer Society. “I wanted to give back and get involved in helping fi ght cancer,” he said.

Vlavianos attended his fi rst “Relay For Life” event at Valahala in Westchester where he did some comedy as part of the entertainment and ended up doing a survi-vor’s lap.

“This rush of emo-tion came through me as I walked with these people who went through a simi-lar experience that I did. There’s a camaraderie that forms,” said he said. “That’s when I realized that I could probably be useful by talk-ing about my experience and how you can come through and be healthy.”

In 2002, Vlavianos start-ed running “Relay for Life” events around Long Island starting with Port Wash-

ington. He eventually ex-panded to Oyster Bay, Lo-cust Valley, Glen Head and other locations and became the Senior Director of Spe-cial Events for the American Cancer Society.

With his unique charm and friendly demeanor, Vla-vianos organized and ran highly successful “Relays” where he bonded communi-ties together as they battled cancer through fundraising and spreading awareness.

His signature deep voice and wide smile provided comfort for many and his story was a beacon of hope for survivors all over Long Island and beyond.

“No one has a more vested interest in the battle against cancer than survi-vors. You’ve been there and gone through it fi rst hand. You know the trials and tribulations. I thought it was an opportunity to share my story,” said Vlavianos. “The message of hope that the survivors bring to a ‘Re-lay’ event is very powerful. When people are diagnosed with this terrible illness, it makes you rethink life. It wakes you up. People who have battled it or survived

it understand that they arelucky. If you think aboutit, we’re all lucky. But the cancer survivors are much more aware of it.”

Husband of Dorothy, he was the father of T.J., broth-er of Gigi Aufi ero (Michael) and Margarita Goussis, uncle of Thomas Klosset,Dana Aufi ero, Evelyn Gous-sis, Spiro Goussis, GeorgeGoussis, Michelle Bessoir, William Synnott, David Syn-nott, and Stephanie Synnott and great uncle of Maritina, and Alexander. He was also survived by many relatives and friends.

A Funeral Mass was held on Tuesday, May 2nd at theGreek Orthodox Church of The Holy Resurrection in Brookville, under the direc-tion of Oyster Bay Funeral Home, followed by inter-ment at Bayville Cemetery. For further information, visit: www.oysterbayfu-neralhome.com.

In lieu of fl owers, dona-tions can be sent to: theAmerican Cancer Society, Nassau Division, 75 Da-vids Drive, Hauppauge, NY11788 or visit: www.cancer.org.

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LEGAL NOTICEINC. VILLAGE OF CENTRE ISLAND 303 CENTRE ISLAND ROAD OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK 11771 BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS HEARING LEGAL NOTICE Please take notice that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Inc. Village of Centre Island will conduct a public hearing on August 18, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. AT 303 Centre Island Road, Centre Island, Nassau County, State of New York. The hearing will be on the appeal of Bryan Lawrence, owner of a 3-acre parcel of land located at 538 Centre Island Road in the Vil-lage, designated as Section 28, Block A, Lots 446 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map and located within the VillageÆs A-1 zoning district. The Appellant seeks a variance to permit the demolit ion of an existing one-story detached garage and to permit the construc-tion of a new two-story detached garage in the same location which would require the following variances: 1. A westerly side yard setback of 15 feet rath-er than the required 25 feet; 2. To permit the garage to be located forward of the principal dwelling. No accessory structures are permitted closer to the front line of the lot than the rear line of the prin-cipal dwelling. A copy of said appeal is on file at the office of the Village Clerk and may be viewed dur-ing the hours of 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM Mon-day through Friday. All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard at said time and place. If any individual required special assistance to attend, please notify the Village Clerk at least 48-hours in advance of the hearing. BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Ann G. Vessalico Clerk Treasurer August 3, 2011 August 5, 2011 Z-2011-03 #22541E

LEGAL NOTICEINC. VILLAGE OF CENTRE ISLAND 303 CENTRE ISLAND ROAD OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK 11771 BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS HEARING LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Zon-

ing Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Centre Island will conduct a public hearing on August 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Vil-lage Hall, 303 Centre Island Road, Centre Island, New York. The hearing will be on the appeal of Sue and Colin Buffin, owners of a 10.082 acre parcel of land located at 306 Centre Island Road, designated as Section 28, Block D, Lots 205, 207 and 209 on the Nassau Coun-ty Land and Tax Map and located within the VillageÆs A-1 Zoning District. The Appellants seek to construct additions and alterations to the existing principal dwelling which would require the following variances: 1. Two-story addition to the front of the dwell-ing, and (2) covered patios and (2) roof/balcony additions to the rear of the dwelling, all of which would increase the gross floor area of the dwelling to 10,314 square feet, rather than the maximum per-mitted 10,000 square feet. The Appellants also seek the following vari-ances: 1. To demolish an existing swimming pool patio and to reconstruct a new swimming pool patio, which would have a rear yard setback of 37 feet rather than the required 50 feet; 2. To allow the installation of an air condition-ing unit and utility shed which will be locat-ed forward of the rear line of the principal dwelling. A copy of said appeal is on file at the Office of the Village Clerk and may be viewed dur-ing the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. All interested par-ties will be given an opportunity to be heard at said time and place. If any individual requires special assistance to attend, please notify the Village Clerk at least 48-hours prior to the hearing. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS Ann G. Vessalico Village Clerk #22542E

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will conduct a public hearing on August 18, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. AT 303 Centre Island Road, Centre Island, Nassau County, State ofNew York. The hearing will be on the continued appeal of Robert Gregory, owner of a 18,118 square foot parcel of land located at 433 Centre Island Road in the Village, designated as Section 28, Block 5, Lots 85-92 on the Nas-sau County Land and Tax Map and located within the VillageÆs A-2 zoning district. The Appellant seeks variances to permit the construction of one and two story additions to the north, south, east and west sides of the existing dwelling, which would require the following variances: 1. A gross floor area of 4,320 square feet rath-er than the maximum 3,334 permitted for a18,118 square foot lot; 2. A front yard setback of 18.16 feet to the southeasterly addition and 18.33 feet to thenortheasterly addition, rather than the required 40 feet, and a southerly side yard setbacks of 14.75 feet and 18.16 feet, rather than the required 40 feet. The Appellant also seeks a variance to con-struct a swimming pool which would have a rear yard setback of 21 feet and a westerlyside yard setback of 18’ 2” rather than the required 25 feet. A copy of said appeal is on file at the office of the Village Clerk and may be viewed dur-ing the hours of 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM Mon-day through Friday. All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard at said time and place. If any individual required special assistance to attend, please notify the Village Clerk atleast 48-hours in advance of the hearing. BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Ann G. Vessalico Clerk Treasurer August 3, 2011 August 5, 2011 Z-2009-04 #22543E

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Expect big changes in the Oyster Bay High School football program, which will beginning this season with a new head coach, the legendary dean of Nassau Coun-ty high school football - Joe Knoll. After be-ing surprisingly let go by Locust Valley, Oys-ter Bay Athletic Director Les Kies was quick to hire Knoll.

The OBHS program, once one of the fi n-est in Conference IV, has recently been one of the weaker performers. Lower numbers of students enrolled in the district meant fewer numbers coming out for football. As the program won fewer games, fewer stu-dents were interested in playing. The down-ward spiral continued year-to-year.

Recently, Oyster Bay has begun a youth football program and this Pee Wee program has gotten more youth involved in football, helping renew interest in the sport. With the hiring of Coach Knoll, the players and the community clearly understand that a proven winner will be coaching the team and winning will again return to Baymen football.

The Baymen this year are ranked 13th in the 14 team conference but Knoll added that this year his team is going to surprise their opponents. Oyster Bay will not be walked over or looked over by any team. His coaching staff includes former head coach Lou Ponterano and Casey Nielly. Ponterano know as a defensive genius will be calling the signals when the Baymen don’t have the ball. He will also assist with running backs and linebackers. Nielly will be working with special teams wide receivers and defensive backs. The Baymen will be organized and ready for any team they face. Knoll’s biggest concern is numbers. He has been working in the weight room with about 25 young men but hopes that the eventual squad will be closer to 30-35 players. If Knoll can get 35 interested players to come out, Oyster Bay will be especially tough. In football the size of a squad is vital because practicing

requires using lots of players and injuries to small squad teams are amplifi ed because replacements for some positions may be im-possible.

For the Baymen returning at quarter-back is bright, strong-armed and fast Steve O’Neill. A natural athlete and leader he worked hard last year at quarterback and was one of the better quarterbacks in tough Conference IV. He will be relying on the ultra fast Ka’Jana Walker at running back. This young men last year turned many heads with his speed and if the Baymen line can open holes or spring Ka’Jana around end; this Baymen is a potent weapon. Alex Galizia will be relied upon at fullback and will be playing both ways as he will be at linebacker too. On the line Dillon Ranker and Ian Estevez will have to stay healthy and strong for the Baymen. Knoll will also be relying on sophomore David Rivera. Ri-vera is a big strong young man who will need to use his athletic ability, size and learn quickly the requirements needed to be a varsity player. Chris Bishop another tough young man will also have to come up big for the Baymen if they are going to be successful.

Their schedule is interesting as they will play their most diffi cult opponent the fi rst game. It will be a good judge as to how the season will go for the Baymen. If they stay close or win, everyone in the conference will take note. They begin the season facing number fi ve ranked West Hempstead High School who has dropped down from Con-ference III to IV.

The OBHS schedule is as follows: Sept. 10th - West Hempstead, Sept. 16th - at Cold Spring Harbor, Sept. 24th at Mineola, Oct. 1st - Friends Academy, Oct. 6th - North Shore, Oct. 15th at Clarke, Oct. 22nd at Malverne and Oct. 29th - Homecoming vs. Valley Stream North.

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If hours of fi shing fol-lowed by a tailgate party with hot dogs, beverages, snacks, raffl es, awards and prizes sounds like a per-fect day to you, then you’ll want to sign up for the 26th Annual Town of Oyster Bay Bluefi sh Tournament, scheduled for Sunday, Sep-tember 18th.

“The Town’s Bluefi sh Tournament is a great all-day sporting event with wonderful prizes and great camaraderie,” Councilman Chris Coschignano said, adding that the tournament runs from 4:30 AM to 4 PM. “The entrance fee for the tournament, which is open to anglers of all ages, is $25 for Town residents and $35 for non-residents. Registra-tion is limited to the fi rst 350 boats, so sign up early.”

Additional rules for the tournament, which is spon-sored by the Town’s Depart-ment of Parks and Oyster Bay Marine Supply, are contained in the registra-tion form, which is avail-able at all Town facilities and at Oyster Bay Marine Supply, 294 South Street, Oyster Bay. Councilman

Coschignano noted that all contestants must be pre-reg-istered. All those who regis-ter before September 12th will receive a tournament T-shirt. All contestants will automatically be entered in a special raffl e, with great prizes including Mercury infl atable boats and Mercu-ry outboards, a Walker Bay boat, rods, reels, ice chests, water skis, dinners for two and much more.

Along with plaques, win-ners of fi rst through 10th places will receive gift certifi cates in the follow-ing amounts: fi rst place - $2,000; second place - $1,000; third place - $750; fourth place - $600; fi fth and sixth places - $500; seventh and eighth places - $400; ninth and 10th plac-es - $300. Winners of 11th and 12th places will receive a $200 gift certifi cate and 13th, 14th and 15th place winners will each received a $100 gift certifi cate. Raffl e winners must be present to receive their prizes, which will be presented at the tail-gate party scheduled for 3 PM.

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year’s Bluefi sh Tourna-ment include: Bowne AE&T Group, Bridge Marina, GregVan Dyke Building, Camp-Site Sport Shop, Duffy’s Bait and Tackle, H&M Pow-les Marina, Mercury Out-boards, Mill Max Corpora-tion, Nor’East Saltwater, North Shore Fire Equip-ment, Panera Bread, Walker Bay, and Zorn’s Chicken andRibs.

“Fishing is indeed a sportfor all ages that offers every-thing one would want for aday of fun … the tranquil-ity of being out in the wa-ter, the adrenaline rush offeeling that fi rst big tug onyour fi shing line and, in thecase of our tournament, thespirit of competition,” Coun-cilman Coschignano said.“Add to that the possibilityof winning impressive prizesand you have the Town ofOyster Bay Bluefi sh Tourna-ment. Even if you don’t beatthe tournament record of19.05 pounds, for a fi shingenthusiast, it will surely bethe perfect Sunday.”

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Manhattan-based Opera-tion Exodus paid a visit to the Waterfront Center last week, bringing two groups that totaled 170 kids to learn about Oyster Bay’s ma-rine environment and its sea creatures. The visit was part of Operation Exodus’ sum-mer program, which takes trips each week to show inner-city kids new experi-ences throughout New York and Long Island. The kids all had a blast during their time here, and left with smiles and a new curiosity for ev-erything from mud snails and horseshoe crabs to estu-aries and tide pools!

“They thought [the pro-gram] was very different,” said Kathy Mejia, the Pro-gram Director for Opera-tion Exodus at Inwood, who visited with her campers on July 27th, adding that, “They really liked it.” Oper-ation Exodus’ summer pro-gram focuses on a different country each week, and ac-cording to Mejia their expe-rience at the WFC perfectly complemented last week’s emphasis on Australia.

The kids of Operation Exodus ranged from second graders to seventh graders, and they had the opportu-nity to experience a variety of Waterfront Center pro-grams during their time in Oyster Bay. The younger groups had the chance to learn about different shells and the animals that inhabit them in the “Sea-Shells to Sea Creatures” program.

The Waterfront Center’s Sailing Director, Alicia Mar-torella, who jumped in to teach the program, said, “They were very enthu-siastic,” and emphasized how excited the kids were to learn about the various shells that can be found on Beekman Beach. “Each grade really liked what they did,” said Mejia, and added that it was an incredible experience for the younger group to be able to touch

and interact with the ani-mals while connecting it to the new vocabulary they had built.

The older groups set out exploring the local environ-ment in the “Harbor Habi-tats” program, and tried their hand at sniggling, a method of catching the American eels that make their home in the river. The kids had a blast lifting up rocks and using their nets to catch the small eels, and had substantial luck in fi nding the evasive critters. “They had a great time,” said one of the counselors, adding that despite the heat, the kids enjoyed their day of marine exploration.

All groups got the chance to meet sea creatures with the Touch Tank, and were fascinated by the horseshoe crab, moon snails, and oth-er animals that they were allowed to touch and hold. Amidst squeals of excite-ment and screams of ner-vousness, the kids became more comfortable with the animals and weren’t at all hesitant to ask questions and expand their marine knowledge.

The program was heavily subsidized by private do-nors of the Waterfront Cen-ter, making it possible for the large group of kids to make the trip from the city out to Oyster Bay to enjoy the beach for the day.

David Waldo, Executive Director of the Waterfront Center, expressed his grati-tude towards all the people that made the event pos-sible. “From our educators, offi ce and yard staff, board members and donors, ev-eryone member of the WFC family comes together to make programs of this size and importance possible and successful,” he said. “We were very excited to welcome Operation Exodus back again this year, and look forward to their return next year.”

On Saturday, June 4th, during the annual week long ceremonies honoring D-Day Veterans in Sainte Mere Eglise, founding “Sis-ter City” of Locust Valley; Kaye Weninger of LV was the recipient of the fi rst Maureen Kennedy Award, established to honor those Americans and French who have done most to promote positive Franco/American relations. Weninger shared the $10,000 prize with the A.V.A. (Amitie Veterans Americains) a group-found-ed post World War II by Simone Renaud, wife of the wartime Mayor of Sainte Mere Eglise and the subject of the recently completed documentary, “Mother of Normandy.”

The award ceremony was hosted by the Compt-esse Dorothea de la Hous-saye at her family Chateau L’Isle Marie just outside of Sainte Mere Eglise, which had been occupied by the German Army during the war. Maurice Renaud, youngest son of Alexandre and Simone Renaud, who established the award in memory of Maureen Kenne-

dy, a staunch patriot and ad-vocate for encouraging the strengthening of the bonds of historic and necessary friendship between France and America, presented the award to Weninger.

Upon presenting the award to Weninger, Mau-rice Renaud said, “There are some who perform public service to great fanfare and recognition; others work steadfastly, altruistically, for long years accomplishing much for the common good without seeking praise or spotlight. Kaye Weninger, like my own mother, is one of the latter.”

Since discovering the his-toric connection between Locust Valley and Sainte Mere Eglise, Weninger has overseen the installation of a prominent permanent bronze plaque in the cen-ter of town commemorat-ing “Operation Democracy” along with the poignant poem called “Locust Valley” written by Simone Renaud.

Last November, on Veter-ans Day, Weninger arranged for a sign to be attached to Locust Valley’s own which says, “Founding Sister Cit-

ies; Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, 1947,” recognizing how important history is.

“Now, as the President of the newly rekindled Opera-tion Democracy, Kaye envi-sions a future of educational, cultural and community events exchange; activities honoring this historic Nor-man/American friendship; which will foster the endur-ing legacy of my mother to ‘Never Forget,’ ” said Renaud.

Assisting Renaud were committee members, in-cluding Colonel Keith

Nightingale and Honorary Chairman Zane Schlemmer, a highly decorated Ameri-can Veteran of the fi rst wave of the invasion of Nor-mandy in the 82nd airborne division who was honored at the 65th Anniversary of D-Day by both President Obama and President Nich-olas Sarkozy who gave him the highest level of the Le-gion of Honor. Attending the ceremony were digni-taries including the Mayor of Sainte Mere Eglise, Marc LeFevre and the Depute de la Manche, Dr. Claude Gati-

gnol and the Count Gilbert de La Fayette, descendant of General LaFayette; also American Military offi cials including Major General Da-vid Blackledge.

Offi cials of Sainte Mere Eglise expressed their eager-ness to participate in future programs with Locust Val-ley/Oyster Bay in homage to the rediscovered historic friendship between the vil-lages as manifested in “Op-eration Democracy.” Several of these French offi cials ex-pressed their desire to con-tinue to honor their heroes by now focusing the annual commemorations of D-Day on world peace as a way to leave the best legacy for the Veterans for their efforts in war against those who would threaten our freedoms.

Weninger is spearhead-ing the re-kindling of “Op-eration Democracy,” whose original mission was “to spread the concept of freedom and Democracy around the world” and to aid children in war torn ar-eas around the world. Af-ter observing the efforts of Locust Valley on behalf of Sainte Mere Eglise, imme-

diately following the war;President Eisenhower was inspired, and, on Septem-ber 11, 1956, announced the federal program; “Sister Cities International.” This program demonstrates that although in times of crisis, military action may be nec-essary, lasting peace is bestmaintained by developing the understanding of inter-personal relationship.

Now that the remaining veterans of World War II are nearly gone, the new non-profi t Operation Democracy (501c3) is poised to offer apractical path for the next generation to “Never For-get.” The $5,000 award will help to fund potential proj-ects between the towns thatwill include student and fac-ulty exchange, “Think Tank”events, visiting speakers, annual fundraisers (such as the recent Painting for Peace Art Show in Locust Valley and the Liberty Ball) led by the “next genera-tion”...the new committee of “Operation Democracy.”

To participate in themovement, visit: www.op-erationdemocracy.com.

(From left) Maurice Renaud presents Kaye Weninger with the fi rst Maureen Kennedy Award in Normady.

The World’s Greatest Party Band - the B-52’s will perform at Eisenhower Park’s Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in East Meadow on Saturday, August 6th.

From the timeless gems of “Rock Lobster,” “Planet Claire” and “Pri-vate Idaho” to the more recent clas-sics “Channel Z,” “Love Shack” and “Roam,” the B-52’s unforgettable dance-rock tunes start a party every time their music begins. The show at Eisenhower Park will start at 7:45 PM and admission is free.

The Summer Concert Series at the Lakeside Theatre is made possible through proceeds collected from visi-tors staying in hotel and motel rooms throughout Nassau County. Since 2006, more than $10 million has been collected from these hotel stays. Nas-sau County residents benefi t from the collection of funds through summer concerts, family programming, cultur-al enhancements and historic building

restorations.The Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre

is located near parking fi elds 6 and 6A in Eisenhower Park. Special accom-modations are available for disabled patrons, including reserved parking, easily accessible restrooms, and a con-venient reserved location on the hill. Assistive hearing devices are available for the hearing impaired. There is no formal seating at Lakeside Theatre, so concertgoers are urged to bring fold-ing chairs. If weather conditions are doubtful, call (516) 572-0355 after 7 PM for updated performance informa-tion.

Eisenhower Park, operated by the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums, is located in East Meadow, with entrances on Hempstead Turnpike and Merrick Av-enue. For further information, contact the Parks Public Information Offi ce at (516) 572-0200 or visit: www.nassau-countyny.gov.

Clifford on the loose in SyossetClifford the Big Red Dog made a special appearance at Kiddie Academy of Syosset on Saturday, July 30th for a live rendition of Storytime. (Pictured above, from left) Syosset residents three year-old Gabby Pine and her mom, Elyse Pine visit with Clifford.

Kaye Weninger honored in Normandy

Operation Exodus visited the Waterfront Center last week to learn about Oyster Bay’s marine en-vironment and its sea creatures.

Operation Exodus pays visit to Waterfront Center

The B-52’s will perform at Eisen-hower Park’s Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in East Meadow on Saturday, August 6th.

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The building was con-structed by George Walker of Northport and designed by architect George H. Skid-more of Riverhead.

“We are very proud of our community in East Nor-wich. When they widened Northern Blvd in the early ‘60s, buildings from our community were taken up and moved to the Bethpage Restoration,” said Meng. “The East Norwich Civic As-sociation is concerned with saving what little history we have left.”

‘Not now’

But Kathy Nastri of East Norwich, who serves as Chair of the Board of Trust-ees for the church, wasn’t so quick to endorse landmark-ing.

She noted that she didn’t know the application was being submitted. “Our con-gregation feels this might not be the right time to go forward with something like this. Although we certainly want to talk about preserv-ing our church because we feel strongly about our his-tory, this might be some-thing that we can seriously talk about in the future but not now.”

The church is currently involved in a legal battle with the Town of Oyster Bay over the installation of cell antennas in the church’s steeple. The Town’s Build-ing and Zoning Commission initially denied the applica-tion and now Verizon and the church are challenging the Town in court.

Political motivation?

Kurt Velsor, a CUMC member for 66 years and Chairman of the Church Council, feels Meng’s land-mark application is a po-litical maneuver. “Mr. Meng sees this as a way to stop the cell antennas from be-ing installed in the steeple,” he said. “The best thing he could do is to withdraw the application right now. But he’s not listening, he’s press-ing forward.”

Velsor noted that the in-come from the antennas would help the church pro-vide fi nancial stability that would allow them to main-tain their building as well as expand its programming.

Puzzled, Commissioner Michael Spinelli raised the question: “Is something go-ing to happen to this church if it’s not landmarked? Is it slated for demolition?”

Meng responded, “No, but the question is: when is the right time? The right time is when the energy is there behind it. We are deal-ing with a structure that is bigger than all these issues in our lifetime. We feel it’s worthy of moving the appli-cation forward.”

Spinelli added: “Having served on this Commission for a long time and having known this administration for a long time, they gener-ally like it when two parties come together.”

Other members of the Commission, asked Meng for more information on the construction of the building as well as more documenta-tion on the cornerstone lay-ing ceremony.

The Maine Maid Inn

The Maine Maid Inn was also nominated for land-mark status by Mr. Meng. The original homestead that became the Inn was built in 1789 and is situated in the 22-acre Jericho Preserve.

The building and prop-erty have historical signifi -cance for being a stop on the Underground Railroad where Quakers helped hide escaped slaves in the 1800s.

It was the home of Val-entine and Abigail Hicks, Quakers who founded Jeri-cho. Mr. Hicks, as presi-dent of the Long Island Rail Road, was instrumental in bringing rail service to the area.

Mr. Meng, who founded

a group of Long Island pro-fessionals called Citizens for History to support the Inn,said, “A lot more people were interested in the pres-ervation of the Maine Maid Inn than I had realized. Infact, many were surprised that it wasn’t already land-marked.”

Dr. Kate Velsor of SUNY Old Westbury, Director of the Underground Rail-road Teaching Partnership, started her research on the Underground Railroad in 1994.

She has three publishedworks on the subject and she delivered a lecture/slide presentation in support of the Maine Maid Inn being landmarked.

“The Maine Maid holds the story of the Under-ground Railroad on Long Island. It establishes a tan-gible link to this American story so students and adults alike can learn about the history of the anti-slavemovement on Long Island,” said Dr. Velsor.

Steven Russell Boern-er, President of the Cedar Swamp Historical Society, lent his support. “I think the Maine Maid Inn has a bright future, if we are creative.It could be something we could be proud of,” he said.“Nassau County could use a nice success story like this.”

David Huschle, former proprietor of the Maine Maid Inn noted some more recent history of the estab-lishment.

“Frank Sinatra would fre-quently come to the Maine Maid Inn when he per-formed at Westbury Music Fair. Ol’ Blue Eyes wanted to have dinner at a place with-out being inundated with autograph seekers,” he said.“Additionally, the seeds for Cablevision were planted upstairs where Chairman Charles Dolan would oftenhold meetings early on inhis career.”

Others who spoke in sup-port of landmarking theMaine Maid Inn were Tom Abbe – Clerk of Jericho Pre-parative Meeting of the Re-ligious Society of Friends, Betsy Murphy, librarian of the Jericho Library and Jericho historian, JenniferSappell - Executive Direc-tor Long Island North Shore Heritage Area, AlexandraWolfe - Director of Preser-vation Services for the So-ciety for the Preservation ofLong Island Antiquities andRev. Kenneth Nelson, Pas-tor of the Hood A.M.E. Zion Church.

The committee voted unanimously in favor of theapplication, 5-0, and thecrowd applauded. However, Spinelli noted, “the buildingis in a serious state of dis-repair.”

Meng said he is in dis-cussions with the current owner of the property and offered to get an assessment of the damage and dollarvalue to bring it back to proper condition.

“We may have an organi-zation that can purchase it as the building is currentlyin foreclosure,” Meng stat-ed. “We will come up with a business plan.”

The Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the CUMCapplication to move forward to an offi cial hearing simply because they felt it wasn’twise to cut off dialogue.

Spinelli said to Meng, “There’s a vast difference between a building with historical signifi cance (theMaine Maid Inn) and a building that has a corner-stone (the Community Unit-ed Methodist Church). For the fi nal hearing, I would come prepared with moreinformation on this build-ing.”

Two fi nal hearings will be set within a 30-day period starting from July 27th.

At the fi nal hearings, the Commission will vote whether or not to recom-mend landmark status for each building to the Oyster Bay Town Board who will then make the ultimate de-cision.

Landmark requests get mixed reviews

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