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On Sunday, November 20, at 11:30 a.m.,state troopers responded to reports of a carracing on the Wantagh State Parkway nearOcean Parkway, disrupting traffic.

When the troopers arrived in the areathey observed a gray Mazda RX-7 automobile traveling at a high rate ofspeed around the Jones Beach traffic circle, commiting several moving violations.

The car then stopped in the lanes of traf-fic. When troopers approached with emer-gency lights and siren activated, the Mazdatook off at a high rate of speed westboundon Ocean Parkway and proceeded to thenorthbound Meadowbrook State Parkway.

The Mazda reached speeds in excessof 140 miles per hour while beingchased by troopers. The car then exitedthe Meadowbrook Parkway at MerrickRoad and made an illegal U-turn, strik-ing an uninvolved vehicle in the rear.Troopers then arrested the driver andtook him into custody.

The driver, Jason Denobrega, 23, ofGlen Cove, was arrested for Fleeing aPolice Officer in a Motor Vehicle, RecklessEndangerment, and several traffic viola-tions, including Speeding (140 m.p.h. in a55 zone). Passenger Jacob Bloom, 21, alsoof Glen Cove, was arrested for CriminalNuisance.

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CORNERED, WITH NO ESCAPE: Wreckless-driving youths from Glen Cove are taken into custody after endangering thelives of many while speeding in the community.

CHARITY STARTS ATHOME: In the photo are seventh- and eighth-grade volunteer stu-dents of the BuildersClub, led by Mr. Aceste.They pose after seatingguests, serving food andcleaning up. They per-form all sorts of commu-nity service in andaround Merrick.

Spreading a ‘Reason 2 Smile’by Linda Delmonico Prussen

Donna Rosenblum was reading theAmerican Teacher Magazine whensomething caught her eye. It was thestory on the back cover of a womanwho, after earning her teachingdegree, took time off to volunteer at apoverty stricken school in Kenyabefore starting her career back in theStates.

Mrs. Rosenblum had honeymoonedin Kenya in 1989 and said, “I fell inlove with the country, I fell in lovewith the people and I always wanted togo back.” She added, “I also felt like Isaw myself in the woman in the story.”

The woman the article was writtenabout, Keela Dates, never started thattraditional classroom teaching jobwhen she returned to the U.S.Instead, she formed what is now thenot-for-profit organizationReason2Smile to help the school shetaught at in Kenya. In fact, Ms. Datessaid, “The only real teaching in theclassroom outside of substitute teach-ing I did was in the school in Kenya.”

More than just a schoolThe school Reason2Smile supports

is called Jambo Jipya School.Christine Mwende, the director andfounder of Jambo Jipya School, start-ed the school in 2004 to offer needychildren two meals a day, clothing,school supplies, medical care, and aneducation.

According to Reason2Smile’s web-site, Jambo Jipya School started in amud hut classroom with about 20 stu-dents attending. It grew rapidly and-

now – 7 years later – has over 300 stu-dents attending school in 13 concreteclassrooms. All of the children attend-ing Jambo Jipya are orphaned or at-risk. These are children with if theywere not in school, would be on thestreet begging for food or working inthe fields.

Forty-five of the 300 students are apart of the Jambo Jipya Future ChildOrphanage. These children range inage from 3-19 years old, and mosthave no family or home. For many,this is the first time they have beenable to sleep soundly at night knowingthat they are safe. Jambo Jipyabecame their home.

Mrs. Rosenblum, a Merrick residentsince 1993, has been an active volun-teer in such events and organizationsat St. Baldrick’s, shaving her headthree years in a row to raise money forchildhood cancer research, helpingwith food drives for Island Harvest,offering gift wrapping with MerrickKiwanis – where her husband Charlesis a member – at Roosevelt Field dur-ing the holidays, Holocaust educationand lecturing at temple Judea inManhasset.

This year her volunteer effortsearned her a “Women of DistinctionAward” given by state AssemblymanDave McDonough. Working as a librarian in Floral ParkMemorial High School, she was inspiredto donate to the impoverished schoolReason2Smile supports, by raising thefunds for a library. Soon, Mrs.Rosenblum became an active member onthe board of directors for Reason2Smileas well as the chairperson of the newly

formed education committee.

From one library to anotherThe library for Jambo Jipya will

cost about $8,000 to $10,000 to build.Of that money, Mrs. Rosenblum saidshe has already raised about $7,000.She said she has raised some of themoney through raffles, selling wreathsshe has made and a jewelry party.

But by far the biggest contributor toher fundraising has been a job she hasteaching library science at QueensCollege. She decided when she tookthe job as an adjunct professor that allthe money she earned teaching libraryscience would go to the library forJambo Jipya in Kenya.

Closer to home at Merrick Library,the community room will host an artshow during December artist NipRogers. Mr. Rogers is Ms. Date’s uncleand also on the board of directors ofReason2Smile.

The art show hopes to raise aware-ness for Reason2Smile. There will bean opening reception on SundayDecember 4, from 1-5 p.m. when theartist will be on hand. There is no costand there will be refreshments.

Reaching out to other schoolsMrs. Rosenblum got in touch with

her children’s sixth-grade teacher atChatterton School, Deborah Cain, tosee if she might have any interest inhelping support Jambo Jipya. Ms.Cain was excited to hear about JamboJipya because she too had made arecent connection to Kenya.

Teaching three sixth-grade writingclasses, Ms. Cain decided that an

interesting way for her students towork on their writing skills would beto have pen pals. Ms. Cain said, “Istarted Googling international penpals and got a response from Kenya asone of the countries.”

While it is not the same school, shesaid the students and teachers at theschool her students correspond with inKenya shared the same enthusiasmfound at Jambo Jipya.

Ms. Cain’s students also write topen pals in Italy, Australia and SouthKorea. She said that unlike e-mail, “Iwanted to do snail mail because it’ssomething kids don’t experience any-more.” She added that letter-writinghas been a great incentive for her stu-dents because their native language isM

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KIWANIANS USHER IN THEHOLIDAY SEASON with their annualpancake breakfast held at CalhounHigh School. The helpers, from left,are Ilene Dixel, Marty Dillon, GailVogel, Ron Vogel, Susan Helsinger,Ellen Steinberg, MargaretBeigelman, Edward Bernstein, CathyO’Malley, Kiwanis President SethPitlake and Martin Volk. In photo atright, Steven Rehm and his daughterMorgan enjoy a breakfast of pan-cakes with sausages.

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English while for many of their penpals it is not. Ms. Cain said, “Theyfeel like they, too, are teaching others.”

Ms. Cain is organizing a fundrais-ing mathathon for Reason2Smile. Shehas 62 students involved and is hop-ing to raise $500.

Upcoming eventsMs. Dates will be visiting Merrick

soon and sharing information onReason2Smile. On Wednesday,November 30 she will visit CalhounHigh School to speak with classes inthe Senior Experience in both morn-ing and afternoon sessions. OnFriday, December 2, she will visitChatterton to speak with the school’ssixth-graders. Also on December 2,she will speak at Temple Beth Amduring Friday evening services.

Ms. Dates is also launching a writ-ing contest for grades 2-6. The themeis, “What’s your reason to smile?”

This is a national contest. Essayswill be due in March and must be sub-mitted through a teacher. For moreinformation about the essay contest orany information on Reason2Smile logonto: http://www.reason2smile.org/.

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Forget Black Friday, SmallBusiness Saturday is coming

This year, “Black Friday” sales are even start-ing on Thanksgiving at some big box stores. Themad rush that claimed the life of a young Walmartemployee crushed in a stampede some years agois starting. We can expect parking lot rage, longlines at checkout counters, sticker shock and allthe signs of the holiday shopping that make it theantithesis of what it is supposed to be.

But, take heart, Small Business Saturday iscoming. A promotion started by AmericanExpress, it means showing your community spir-it by patronizing small businesses run by yourneighbors and friends.

Small Business Saturday means shoppingwhere they know your name. It means strollingdowntown in your hometown and looking in allthe windows for a serendipitous gift idea. Yourlocal merchant is also often the one that helpssupport your child's team and gives to the PTA forschool events. She helps shoulder the local taxburden and gives to local charities.

The beautiful holiday decorations are fundedby your local chamber of commerce, which alsoorganizes several holiday events to help bring thecommunity together.

Church and temple bazaars are also greatplaces to find unique gifts that will be treasuredfor a lifetime.

If you have no other choice, endure BlackFriday. But enjoy Small Business Saturday. It’s agreat way to get into the holiday spirit. And sendus your stories about how you spent SmallBusiness Saturday. We would love to share them.

DON’T MISS OUT!: TheNorth Merrick Library will havea bus trip on Monday, December5, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. to LongwoodGardens holiday spectacular andBuyers Choice.

Considered “the bestChristmas display in the world”by London’s Financial Times,Longwood Gardens transformsinto a wintry fairyland burstingwith over 420,000 lights,unimaginable colors and musi-cal dancing fountains in theopen air theatre.

A visit to Buyers’ Choice, oneof the largest producers ofChristmas decorations, is sure todelight you with a life-sizeDickensian England street sceneas well as a collection of nativitiesfrom around the world.

At Longwood, an early dinnerawaits you at The Terrace Café(vouchers provided). Your restfultrip home will include a movie ora nap – your choice.

Register now, just a fewseats left. A check of $82,payable to McCarney Tours,is due at this time.

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SHELTER: The South MerrickCommunity Civic Associationwill host the Town of HempsteadAnimal Shelter at its monthlymeeting on Tuesday, November29, 7 p.m., at the Merrick RoadPark Golf Course Clubhouse. Themeeting will include the Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) programand will have adoptable petsavailable at the meeting.

All residents are welcome toattend. Refreshments will beserved. For information call JoeBaker at 978-8310 or visitsouthmerrickcivic.org.

© © ©LOOKING FOR… Merrick’s

next Man and Woman of the Year.Nomination letters are beingsolicited for the honor co-spon-sored by this newspaper and theMerrick Chamber of Commerce.

Letters should detail thework(s) of a community member,man and/or woman who has hada particular effect on the Merrickcommunity. The deadline isWednesday, December 7, at 5p.m. Winners will be honored atthe Merrick Chamber of

Commerce installation dinner thefirst week in January.

Merrick Life and the Chamberof Commerce will accept lettersthrough e-mail at [email protected] and [email protected], subject line: Manor Woman of the Year.

Hard copies can be mailed toeither Merrick Life, 1840 MerrickAvenue, Merrick 11566 or theMerrick Chamber of Commerce,PO Box 53, Merrick 11566. Forquestions, call Merrick Life at378-5320.

© © ©UNSUNG HEROES:

Merrick Life is looking for mem-bers of the community whounselfishly give their time orresources to help others through-out the year. If you know some-one like that, send us a letter or afew words about that person forour December 14 issue. You mayalso e-mail us at [email protected] or write on ourFacebook wall. We’d love to hearfrom you.

Additionally, we are askinglocal nonprofits to provide uswith a wish list of goods and serv-ices it needs and we will printthem in the December 14 issue aswell. Don’t forget to include abrief description of your organi-zation. Who knows, there couldbe some fairy godmother (or god-father) out there to make yourdreams come true this holidayseason!

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WANTED: A blind 61-year-old Merrick woman is lookingfor female volunteers to keepher company. She would like asmany volunteers as possible,and asks that they sit with her,talk with her and take her out.They can be high-school-agedto senior citizens.

She requests company all yearlong, during the week and on theweekends, in the afternoon. Shehas lived in Merrick all of her life,attending Chatterton ElementarySchool, Merrick Avenue MiddleSchool and Kennedy HighSchool. Her parents have diedand she is lonely. Contact AllynWeisenberg at 546-3838 or 378-0539 if you are interested.

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CHSD-BOE MEETING:The Bellmore-Merrick CentralHigh School District, Board ofEducation will have it’s next reg-ular board meeting onWednesday, December 7, at 8p.m. in the boardroom at 1260Meadowbrook Road, NorthMerrick.

© © ©HOLIDAY BOOKS: Come to

the Merrick Library wing onWednesdays and buy gently usedbooks for the entire family whilesupporting the Friends of TheMerrick Library. Fill a bag foronly $9 and thrill the book loverson your list with their favoriteauthors without breaking yourbudget. Open every Wednesdayfrom 1-5 p.m. with additionalhours on the first Wednesday ofthe month until 8 p.m. The Wingis located on the corner ofKirkwood and Merrick Avenue.For more information call LoisCalame at 379-6423

© © ©HOLIDAY SHOPPING:

Norman J. Levy-Lakeside PTAwill hold its annual Night ofShopping with vendors of hand-crafted items, jewelry, toys andgifts on Thursday, December 1,from 5-9 p.m.

The Night of Shoppingfundraiser for cultural arts pro-grams for grade K-6 studentswill be held at LakesideElementary School, 21 BabylonRoad, Merrick.

For information call Brookeor Ellyn at 992-7231.

© © ©INTERNET SAFETY:

Community Parent Center andNorth Bellmore Schools will pres-ent a forum on Internet Safety atSaw Mill Road School in NorthBellmore on Monday, November28, from 7-8:30 p.m. Multimediapresentation will teach kids andparents about the dangers ofcyberbullying, Internet predatorsand social networking websites,how to talk to your child aboutcybersafety, Internet safety athome, and children's onlinebehaviors, which can often bedangerous. For information, call771-9346 or [email protected].

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Now I understandTo Merrick Life:

Because my granddaughter has beenstudying for the SAT test at my home inorder to have some peace and quiet fromher noisy household, I had the opportuni-ty to view some of the questions thatmight be asked on the upcoming test andI was horrified, to say the least. Thequestions seemed far beyond the scopeof a normal high school student. Are theytrying to find Mensa students? If youdon’t know what that is, it’s a studentwith an extraordinarily high IQ that putsthem in the genius category.

I can now understand why some stu-dents were so afraid and felt so intimidat-ed to take this test that they resorted topaying others to take it for them [thewidening SAT scandal on Long Island]. Iam not saying that they should have donethis because that was illegal, but I reallycan understand why they did it. I thinkthat the SAT test questions, as describedin the sample SAT study book, is waybeyond the realm of a normal high schoolstudent. I gave my granddaughter twodictionaries in order to look up some ofthe words contained in the questions.

I do not consider myself a stupid per-son, but I do question the ‘no child leftbehind’ [law], since we have such adiverse population of children, many ofthem hoping and wishing they can get ahigher education. What if many of themare very creative and do not test well?Are they to be excluded from going to agood university? Sometimes what weteach does not make any sense.

I look forward to reading your responsesin Merrick Life.

Alice Cammiso

Editor’s note: Ms. Cammiso returned toschool as a single parent with four childrenand graduated magna cum laude with anAssociate’s degree from NassauCommunity College in 1975.

Birch, Chatterton students thanked

To Merrick Life:I wanted to thank the students at Birch

and Chatterton Elementary Schools forparticipating in my “Cell Phones forSoldiers” program.

Students from both schools did an out-standing job. Each phone they collectedwill go a long way towards bringing ourservicemen and servicewomen closer totheir loved ones back home.

Thank you again to Birch and Chattertonstudents for working so hard to make a dif-ference in the lives of others.

Congratulations on a job well done!State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.

Eighth Senatorial District

Candidate says thanksTo Merrick Life:

I was lucky to have very talented, hard-working, devoted friends helping me. Iwas met with words of encouragementand support wherever I went along thecampaign trail. What I heard in the voic-es of the people of our community, washope. Hope for something good. Hopefor something better. And it was the faithand hope that was put into my race thatdrove me. We all worked hard becausewe wanted to see change.

But challenging a sitting incumbent isvery difficult. The Town of Hempsteadsends out mailings with their names on it.Their signs are everywhere. It is very diffi-cult to compete with the propaganda that

the town is able to get out with our tax dol-lars – something I had pledged to cut had Ibeen elected to office.

I had the pleasure of meeting so manywonderful people. It makes me proud tolive in a community that really cares. I lis-tened to your concerns and hopefully,helped some people along the way. I willcontinue to be accessible and help commu-nities address some very serious issues.

I would be lying to say that I wasn’t dis-appointed that I lost. I really believed thatthe people wanted their roads paved. Ibelieved that people wanted affordablepublic water. I believed that people deservea vision for a better economy that wouldbring jobs back to the Town of Hempstead.And I really believed that people wantedsomeone who would be their voice in thecommunity – someone who would workhard toward the betterment of our neigh-borhoods and go through the budget with afine-toothed comb to find savings thatcould go back to the homeowners.

I’ve knocked on thousands of doors.I’ve stood at supermarkets for months andat train stations for years. I’ve listened tothe concerns of others and offered help. Itry to live every day to its fullest and dowhatever I can to help my fellow man. Idon’t ever want to lose sight of the reasonwhy I decided to run for office and I willcontinue to live my life after this electionas I had before.

My campaign office is closed, but feelfree to call me on my cell at 972-6988 if Ican help you in any way.

And I’m grateful that as a communityleader, I will still be in a position to contin-ue to fight the fights that need fighting.

Claudia BoreckyDemocratic candidate for Town Council

Thank you for re-electing me

To Merrick Life:Thank you for reelecting me as

county Legislator for the 19thLegislative District. It is a privilegeand honor to serve on your behalf. It isalso extremely humbling to be reelect-ed by an increasing plurality. I willcontinue to try to be as accessible,responsive and effective as possible.

To that end, I continue to maintain mydistrict office at my own expense, hold atleast two public meetings per month andmake my office available to assist on anyand all issues.

It is essential to put people and issuesbefore politics. Indeed, now, more thanever, we need to work together at everylevel to secure a sustainable future forNassau County.

We must create job and economicopportunities and protect our quality oflife without raising taxes. This requiresexpanding our revenue base throughtargeted commercial and residentialdevelopment in our traditional down-town areas and business centersthroughout the county.

This also requires fiscally responsiblebudgeting and providing services effec-tively and efficiently. I am dedicated tothese tasks and to serving you.

Thank you, again. My family and Iextend our best wishes to you andyour families for a happy, healthyand prosperous holiday season andnew year.

David Denenberg, Legislator19th Legislative District

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Thursday, December 15 and Friday,December 16, at 7 p.m. Father CharlesMangano, pastor at Curé of Ars church,and his sister Laurie Mangano, will pres-ent the Christmas at Curé of Ars 2011concert in the Curé of Ars, MonsignorLeonard Hall.

Special guests performing at the con-cert include the June Claire Dancers andchildren from Curé of Ars, who will be inthe live nativity. This family event isappropriate for all ages and will include anumber of traditional christmas carols,which all can sing along.

Father Charles’s sister Laurie Chionchiosaid, “We want to make sure people leavehaving experienced what the true spirit ofChristmas is. Being we’re at my brother’sparish this year makes it very special.”

A gift from above The duet have been performing togeth-

er for almost 20 years, and while parish-ioners at Curé of Ars can attest thatFatherCharles’s voice now is heaven-sent,according to his family, that wasn’t alwaysthe case. Father Charles’s mom, LouiseMangano, said, “As a child he was flat,flat, flat.” Mrs. Mangano said she couldplay piano by ear, and both she and herhusband could sing, so musical talent didrun in the family.

Father Charles’s oldest sister, Donna,played guitar and Charles, the youngest offour, anxious to try what his siblings weredoing, asked to take lessons as well. Mrs.Mangano said, “The guitar teacher told me,‘Mrs. Mangano save your money. He’stone deaf.’ ”

Charles’s mom, not having the heart totell her son what his guitar teacher said,told Charles instead she just couldn’t affordto give both children lessons at the same

time, and that his lessons would have towait. When the family would play musictogether, they relegated Charles to the tam-bourine. However, when Charles became16 something changed. Mrs. Manganosaid, “We went to a healing mass and afterthat he sang much better. I believe the Lordreally wanted him to do what he was doingbecause before the healing mass he was soflat. To us it was a miracle. It was meant tobe and he got better, and better and better.”

Better and better indeed. The duet hasgone from singing at wedding masses andChristmas parties to playing such venuesas CW Post’s Tilles Center, Alice TullyHall in Lincoln Center and the NYCBTheatre at Westbury, formerly known asThe Westbury Music Fair, as well asreleasing nine albums.

Mrs. Chionchio said, “I could neverhave imagined back then the ministrywould have taken off likeit has. It tells me God haswanted all this. We alwaysmeet the right people thatwill help us. God hasorchestrated it. We sing forthe Lord.” She added,“Working with my brotherhas been the biggest honorof my life.”

Giving to othersFather Charles and his

sister Laurie, both familiarfaces on the TelicareTelevision show they host,“God is Good,” formed thenot-for-profit music min-istry Mater Dei, inc. FatherCharles said the ministry’smission is to “Evangelizesouls through music; bringpeople to God, to faith andto help people live their

faith.” While he said that’s the ministry’snumber one goal, another has been raisingover $320,000 for charity.

Two charities they have been fortunateto help are the Life Center of Long Island,a crisis pregnancy center, and The LittleFlower Family and Children Services ofNew York. The Little Flower ChildrenServices, which runs a number of a com-munity based residences for children, isespecially close to the Manganos heart asMr. Mangano, Charles’s dad, had beenraised in an orphanage. Father Charlessaid with the money raised, “We wereable to help build a cottage for boys inWading River.”

Father Charles said, “Next year wewill be celebrating our 20th anniversarydoing the music ministry.” He said nextyear they will be booking theirChristmas show at the NYCB Theatre at

Westbury for Thursday, December 6,The Feast of St. Nicholas. He added,“This year’s Christmas show is afundraiser for Westbury next year.”Father Charles said he looks forward tobeing able to evangelize 3,000 souls inone night in Westbury.

Tickets for the concert are $35 per per-son. The show is scheduled to run from 7-9:30 p.m. with one 20-minute intermission.

Following each concert in the lowerlevel of the rectory, there will be a cock-tail party for those that want to continuethe celebration. Tickets for the cocktailparty are $30 per person. The cocktailparty on Friday night is sold out. To buytickets for either concert or the Thursdaynight cocktail party call Sadie at 631-567-2676 or Myrtha at 631-337-1804. Toorder any of Father Charles and Laurie’salbums visit www.frcharleslaurie.com.

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During the 1980s in Uganda, AliceLakwena became the leader of a rebelgroup known as the Lord’s ResistanceArmy (LRA).

LRA emerged when Ms. Lakwenabelieved the Holy Spirit spoke to her.During her epiphany, the spiritordered her to overthrow the Ugandangovernment – using children. WhenMs. Lakwena was exiled her cousin,Joseph Kony, took over command ofthe rebel movement.

After 23 horrific years, this war has

transformed 1.8 million children fromcitizens to soldiers. In 2001, theUnited States government officiallydeclared the LRA a terroristorganization. Since then, a majorreform group known as the “InvisibleChildren” has exposed the injusticesof the war. And it all started whenthree American filmmakers traveledto Africa in search of a story.

Because of the filmmakers whomade people aware of – and under-stand – the conflict, Invisible Childrenhas worked to end this war. It onlytakes $16,000 to build one emergency

radio tower, and the students inCalhoun’s Senior Experience classplan to raise $32,000.

It is important for the Bellmore-Merrick communities to help the class,because your donations are going to agood cause. With this amount of fund-ing we could end help end this war.

The Senior Experience class inCalhoun is having fundraisers for thiscause. Two of them include a bake saleand a senior sleep in.

If you are a parent coming to theteacher conferences on Thursday,December 1, please stop by the Senior

Experience bake sale. The Sleep-in forCalhoun seniors is on Friday,December 2. The event will start at10:30 p.m. and end at 7:30 a.m.

In the sleep-in, students sleep in thegym because children in Uganda,known as “night commuters,” have tosleep in the center of town on theground in fear that at any momentJoseph Kony may take them.

The Calhoun Senior experience classencourages the community to attend thesefundraisers or go the fundraising page atwww.stayclassy.org/fundraise/ ic-team?ftid=3890.

Holiday Happenings in MerrickPurick Tree Lighting

On Friday, November 25, the day afterThanksgiving, is the Purick family treelighting ceremony at Purick Park onMerrick Avenue at Loines Avenue. Theevent begins at 7 p.m. and includes a visitfrom Santa, along with cookies and hotchocolate for all the boys and girls.

The park was named for Robbie Purick,a young artist who died in a tragic automo-bile accident.

Holiday Door DecorationsIt’s time for the Holiday home decorat-

ing contest hosted by Merrick Life, KeepMerrick Beautiful, the Merrick GardenClub and the Merrick Chamber ofCommerce to judge and sponsor prizes.

Originally, the contest centered on artis-tically decorated doors but later the contestwas expanded to include the entire house.

Nominations and entries may be madeto [email protected] subject line: holi-day decorating contest.

Deadline for entries and nominations isThursday, December 15, to allow moretime for decorating.

The final judging will be held on theevening of Friday, December 16.Entrants should remember to leavetheir lights on that afternoon, since thejudges start out at dusk.

Tree and Menorah LightingJoin the Merrick community at the

Gazebo for the annual Menorah and TreeLighting sponsored by the MerrickChamber of Commerce on Sunday,December 4, at 6 p.m. at the Gazebo.

Don’t forget Santa’s visit is Saturday,December 3, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at theGazebo as well.

Welcome back to another Bellmore-Merrick Bulldogs Varsity hockey sea-son. The Bulldogs are coming off a phe-nomenal season, in which they placedsecond in the state.

This year, the team will look to take itone step further. With many new facesand several old ones, the team will lookto become state champions, for the firsttime in team history.

This past week, the varsity team rosterwas announced. Lead by Coach ChrisPatten, the 2011-2012 Varsity Bellmore-Merrick Bulldogs are Nick Abbene,Dominick Albi, Christopher Altomare,Thomas Apa, Steven Azzara, JohnBedell, Nikolas Boesenberg, MikeCapilupi, Landon Cooper, ChristianCorona, Pat Grubb, Troy Grubman, JoeHannon, Dan Hulse, Nicholas Lewis,

Brenden Lloyd, Joseph Mark, JJSantagata, Chris Sharkey, ChristopherSilvester, Jacob Smart, Dan Smith,Robbie Sturiano, Matthew Waldmannand Allen West.

This is a team full of talent and theywill be lead by returning veterans NickAbbene, Steven Azzara, Jacob Smart,Brenden Lloyd, Landon Cooper,Matthew Waldmann, Joseph Mark, DanHulse, Dan Smith and Allen West. Theywill play a key role in this team’s suc-cess.

The Bulldogs first game is MondayNovember 28, at 9 p.m, at NewbridgeArena, against Cold Spring Harbor. Itshould be a great game, and the start toanother season full of potential.

– Eric Homburger

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Take time to enjoy this holiday season!

On Sunday, November 20, theCalhoun High School auditorium wasfilled to the brim with residents whojoined in the annual ThanksgivingFestival of Music sponsored by theBrotherhood Council of Merrick.

The choirs of all three high schools –Calhoun, Mepham and Kennedy – were

joined by several houses of worship andchoral groups to begin the Thanksgivingseason with beautiful music and song.

“The Brotherhood goes back as far as the1940s,” according to Brotherhood co-presi-dent Lawrence Garfinkel. “However, theidea of a musical concert was hatched bythree stalwarts, Helen Scheiffer, Katherine

Reif and Irene Gordon in 1967, and has beena welcome addition to our area ever since.”

If you missed the concert, join us nextyear. You will find a feeling of communityflowing throughout the audience, especiallywhen everyone joins in with “Let there be

Peace on Earth” and “America theBeautiful.” It will bring tears to your eyesand warmth to your heart.

The annual concert is a great beginningto the holiday season.

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Thanksgiving Festival of Music 2011 was a smash hit!

Kennedy High School Choir, directed by Jeanette Pincus

Mepham High School Choir, directed by Michael Mitchell

Sacred Heart Church Bell Choir, directed by Carol Ng

The Choirs of St. John’sLutheran Church in Merrickand St. John Lutheran Churchin Bellmore.Right are the Handbell Choirof St. John’s Lutheran Churchin Merrick.

Temple Beth Am Choir with members of the Seventh Day Adventist Churchof Manhasset, directed by Cantor Dan Rosenfeld

Lawrence Garfinkel Anne M. Burke

Richard S. Gilley Sr. Pastor Nancy Jennings

Calhoun High School Choir, directed by Sanford Sardo

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At the gathering, the Calhoun AlumniAssociation will be raffling off a 42-inch Samsung flat panel TV. Raffle tick-ets are $10 or three tickets for $20.

Calhoun High School opened in 1958and graduated its first class in 1960.The alumni association was formed thisyear and is chartered as a 501(c)(3)association. The association presentedits first-ever award this spring toCalhoun senior Lauren Marinello atCalhoun’s annual Awards Night andcontinues to sponsor an annual Day atthe Races.

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Mrs Weber was waked at N.F.Walker. A mass of Christian Burialtook place at Curé of Ars Church. Shewas interred at Long Island NationalCemetery.

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Senator begins ‘Extend theHolidays’ toy drive

Senator Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. (R-Merrick) has begun his annual “Extendthe Holidays” toy drive.

“Extend the Holidays” is a toy drivethe senator organizes each year for thebenefit of children in WinthropHospital. Toys are delivered after theholiday season, so that children canexperience the joys of receiving a hol-iday gift throughout the year.

“This is a wonderful tradition which,through the assistance of the commu-nity, puts smiles on the faces of manychildren each year. I welcome anyonewho is interested in participating inthis program to contact myoffice,” said Senator Fuschillo.

Local residents and communityorganizations are invited to participatein Senator Fuschillo’s “Extend the

Holidays” toy drive by making dona-tions of new, unwrapped toys. Anyindividual or organization wishing todonate toys can call SenatorFuschillo’s office at 882-0630 or e-mail him through his website atwww.Fuschillo.nysenate.gov.

Legislator Denenberg extends theholiday with toy/book drive

Nassau County Legislator DaveDenenberg and his son, Aron, will runtheir annual “Extend the Holidays”toy and book drive. Like other holi-day drives, this effort collects booksand toys for donations. However, thisdrive extends beyond the holiday sea-son and is intended to provide toysand books for hospitalized childrenand/or children in need after the holi-day season.

In the days after the holiday seasonis over, it is important to continue toprovide gifts to these hospitalized

children or children still in need, inorder to help their healing process orprovide self-esteem.

Unwrapped toys, gifts and booksmay be dropped off at LegislatorDenenberg’s district office, 2818Merrick Road, Bellmore (just east ofBellmore Avenue), Monday throughFriday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The dead-line for the toy and book drive isFebruary 10.

If you have questions, callLegislator Dave Denenberg’s officeat 409-6623 or 571-6219.

A push to improve standards for H.S. football helmetsU.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer,

joined by Joe Bianca, head coach of theCalhoun Colts football team, and stu-dent captains of the Calhoun ColtsFootball Team, announced a major pushto boost safety on high school footballfields by improving standards for foot-ball helmets.

The Children’s Sports AthleticEquipment Safety Act (S. 601) wouldensure that football helmets meet newsafety standards to protect younger play-ers from concussions. The bill addressesa critical gap, as the current voluntaryindustry-created safety standards forfootball helmets do not specificallyaddress concussion risk or youth-sizehelmets.

According to the Consumer ProductSafety Commission, more than 920,000athletes under the age of 18 were treatedin emergency rooms, doctors’ officesand clinics for football-related injuriesin the year 2007.

The bill Senator Schumer is co-spon-soring will establish a process for new,youth focused safety standards. Ninemonths after the bill is enacted, theFederal Consumer Product SafetyCommission (CPSC) will judge whetherthe current voluntary standards are ade-quate to protect safety, and whether vol-untary compliance is likely.

If the CPSC determines that the vol-untary standards and compliance havenot encouraged substantial improve-ments in on-field safety, the CPSC willissue mandatory rules for helmet stan-dards.

New products would also be subjectto independent, third-party testingbefore being certified to the new safety

standards. The legislation also allowsthe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) toimpose penalties on companies andstores that use false claims to sell pro-tective gear to football players.

The bill, also sponsored by SenatorMark Udall of New Mexico, is support-ed by a diverse coalition, including theBrain Injury Association of America, theConsumers Union and the NationalFootball League (NFL) PlayersAssociation.“With concussions on the rise among

our young athletes, there is not amoment to spare when it comes tostricter safety standards for the helmetsthat Long Island players wear on thefield each day,” said Senator Schumer.

“Hall of Famers and parents all agree– whether it’s a short practice or the biggame, we need to know that all new hel-mets being produced are meeting thehighest standards. That is why I’m urg-ing the Consumer Product SafetyCommission to get in the game and helpadequately protect youth players’ healthon Long Island, throughout New Yorkand the rest of the country.”

The bill would ensure that new andreconditioned football helmets for highschool and younger players meet newsafety standards that address concussionrisk, and other critical needs of youthfootball players. The legislation also ben-efits consumers and parents by increasingcivil penalties for false advertising.

Senator Schumer’s support of this leg-islation to establish tough football hel-met standards comes in light of the ris-ing rate of concussions and the growingevidence of their health risks, especiallyamong young athletes.

Football has the highest incidence ofconcussions of all sports that childrenand teenagers participate in. About 4.4million children play football in organ-ized leagues in the United States, withabout one million of them participatingin high school football.

In any given football season, about20% of high school players sufferbrain injuries, but there is no currentrequirement or voluntary industrystandard for football helmets thatspecifically addresses concussion riskand the needs of youth football play-ers. These estimated 500,000 headinjuries sustained annually have

become a serious health concern infootball across the U.S., leading torule changes and state legislation toestablish treatment protocols for youthathletes in all sports.

Senator Schumer also points to arecent report from the New YorkTimes, which claims that helmet man-ufacturers have been deceptive intheir helmet advertising and haveoccasionally lapsed in helmet-testingprotocol.

The Children’s Sports AthleticEquipment Safety Act is supported bymedical professionals and profession-al football players alike.

CALHOUN COLTS FOOTBALL PLAYERS and coach Bianca join Senator CharlesSchumer to support the bill to ensure new safety standards for football hel-mets to protect young players. From left are Rob Rinck, Joe Grosani, StevenValentino, Senator Charles Schumer, Jack Bennett and Mr. Bianca.

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Brendan DonohueBrendan Donohue, a senior at

Mepham High School, is a recipientof the 2011 National Council ofTeachers of English (NCTE) Award inWriting.

The awards are conferred by theNational Council of Teachers ofEnglish in recognition of excellencein writing. This year, there were 526students chosen across the nation asoutstanding writers from a total of

1,649 students nominated. Brendan’s Best Writing piece was a

short story entitled “Remora,” abouttwo very different boys whose worldscollide. He wrote about “Alice’sAdventures in Wonderland” and“Through the Looking Glass” byLewis Carroll for his ImpromptuWriting, which was a topic designatedby the NTCE about a significant liter-ary work.

Brendan is a member of four honor

societies and has held the position ofclass president of both the freshmanand sophomore classes. A three-sea-son athlete, Brendan has served ascaptain of the cross-country, wintertrack and spring track teams, and hasbeen named All-Conference.

In addition, Brendan is a member ofthe Key Club, Mock Trial andFragments Literary Magazine.

Louis MarzellaLouis Marzella, a senior at Mepham

High School, is also a recipient of the2011 National Council of Teachers ofEnglish (NCTE) Award in Writing.

Louis had to submit two samples ofhis writing. His first sample, for BestWriting, was a memoir recounting theloss he experienced after one of hisclassmates suddenly and unexpected-ly died. His second submission, for

Impromptu Writing, was GregoryMaguire’s “Wicked: The Life andTimes of the Wicked Witch of theWest.”

Louis has been inducted into theNational Honor Society and theItalian Honor Society. His passion liesin the study of languages, and he stud-ies French and Italian outside ofschool. Louis has enormous talent as acreative writer and is a contributor toFragments, Mepham’s art and literarymagazine.

In addition to his writing talents, heis an accomplished musician and alsofinds time to contribute to Habitat forHumanity, a World of Difference anda number of fund raisers throughoutthe school year. Louis’s future plansinclude pursuing English as his under-graduate major.

THE WRITE STUFF: From left are Dr. Henry Kiernan, superintendent; JoAnnDeLauter, CHSD board trustee; Brendan Donohue; Louis Marzella; andJoseph Perrone, CHSD board trustee.

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Evelyn M. ReidEvelyn Reid of Merrick died on Sunday,

November 20, she was 87 years old. She is survived by her daughter

Susan Muncy [Douglas] and two sons,Kevin and John and a daughter-in-law,Linda. Mrs. Reid is also survived by hertwo grandchildren and one great grand-daughter.

Mrs. Reid was employed as a secretaryat Sid Harvey’s Heating in Uniondaleand worked briefly at Merrick Life.

A funeral service was held at N.F.Walker Funeral Home. She was interredat Long Island National Cemetery.

Leonard VigliaroloLeonard Vigliarolo died on Friday,

November 18. He was 63 years old. Mr.Vigliarolo was a lifelong resident ofMerrick and a graduate of Calhoun HighSchool, class of 1966.

He is survived by his brother, PeterVigliarolo Jr. [Kim]; his sisters, TeresaAnderson [Charles] and Patricia Woy[Robert].

Mr.Vigliarolo was the son of Mary andPeter Vigliarolo, who predeceased him.

He was a graphic designer for Barnesand Noble.

A wake was held for Mr. Vigliarolo atN.F. Walker; a Mass of Christian burialwas held on Tuesday, November 22, atCuré of Ars Roman Catholic Church. Hewas interred at St. Charles Cemetery.

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PUBLIC NOTICESNotice of formation of the EastCoast Drum School LLC.Articles of Organization filedwith the Secretary of State ofNew York SSNY on 8/19/11.Office located in NassauCounty. SSNY has been desig-nated for service of process.SSNY shall mail copy of anyprocess served against theLLC to: 63 Jenkins Street,Merrick, NY 11566. Purpose:Any lawful purpose.ML 877 6T 10/20, 27, 11/3,10, 17, 24 NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT

MEETINGOF THE NORTH MERRICK

UNION FREE SCHOOL DIS-TRICT

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NAS-SAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a resolution ofthe Board of Education ofNor th Merrick Union FreeSchool District, in the Countyof Nassau, New York, adoptedon October 11, 2011, aSpecial District Meeting of thequalified voters of said SchoolDistrict will be held onMonday, December 12, 2011from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM atHAROLD D. FAYETTE SCHOOL,1057 Merrick Avenue,Merrick, New York, for the pur-pose of voting upon the fol-lowing Proposition:PROPOSITION 1:It is resolved that the Board ofEducation is authorized toexpend an amount not toexceed $1,200,000 from theCapital Reserve Fund estab-

lished by the voters on May19, 2009, for the followingpurposes and based upon thefollowing estimated costs:1. Concrete and asphaltrepairs at the Camp Avenueand Old Mill Road Schools

$ 552,0002. Removal and replacementof asbestos flooring at theCamp Avenue, Harold D.Fayette and Old Mill RoadSchools

$ 232,0003. Renovations in compliancewith Americans withDisabilities Act (ADA) at theHarold D. Fayette and Old MillRoad Schools

$ 339,0004. Renovation of gymnasiumsafety equipment at theHarold D. Fayette School

$ 20,000

5. Contingencies andAdjustment of Estimates

$ 57,000TOTAL $1,200,000

The Board is authorized toexpend, during the 2011-2012 school year, the esti-mated costs for each catego-ry, provided that the totalexpenditure of the total doesnot exceed $1,200,000.00The source of the funds wasthe transfer from surplusmonies remaining in the gen-eral fund and/or otherreserves during the2008/2009 and 2010/2011fiscal years and the expendi-ture thereof will have no

effect on the tax levy.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVENthat personal registration isrequired in order to vote atsaid Special District Meeting.Voter registration for theDistrict is ongoing untilWednesday, December 7,2011, from 9:00 o’clock A.M.until 3:00 o’clock P.M.(Prevailing Time), Mondaythrough Friday, excluding legalholidays, at the office of theDistrict Clerk, 1057 MerrickAvenue, Merrick, New York,and on Monday, December 5,2011 between the hours of4:00 o’clock P.M. and 9:00o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time)at the Harold D. FayetteSchool, 1057 Merrick Avenue,Merrick, New York for the pur-pose of preparing a register ofthe qualified voters of theschool district for said SpecialDistrict Meeting, at whichtime any person shall be enti-tled to have his/her nameplaced upon such register,provided that at such meetingof the Board of Registrationhe/she is known or proven tothe satisfaction of such Boardof Registration to be then orthereafter entitled to vote atsaid Special District Meeting.The register of the qualifiedvoters of said School Districtprepared for the AnnualMeeting and Election held onMay 17, 2011 shall be usedby said Board of Registrationas the basis for the prepara-tion of the register for saidSpecial District Meeting to be

held on December 12, 2011.Any person whose nameappears on such register orwho shall have been previous-ly registered for any Annual orSpecial District Meeting orelection and who shall havevoted at any Annual or Specialmeeting or any election heldor conducted at any time with-in four (4) calendar years priorto December 12, 2011, willnot be required to registerpersonally for this SpecialDistrict Meeting. In addition,any person otherwise quali-fied to vote who is registeredwith the Board of Elections ofNassau County under the pro-visions of the Election Law,shall be entitled to vote atsaid Special District Meetingwithout further registration.Immediately upon its comple-tion, said register will be filedin the office of the DistrictClerk and will be open forinspection by any qualifiedvoter of the District until theday of the election, December12, 2011, Sunday and legalholidays excepted, betweenthe hours of 9:00 o’clockA.M. and 3:00 o’clock P.M.(Prevailing Time) and onSaturday, December 10,2011, by appointment only.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVENthat applications for absenteeballots may be applied for atthe office of the District Clerk.If the ballot is to be mailed tothe voter, the completed appli-cation must be received bythe Clerk of the District no

later than 3:00 o’clock P.M.on December 5, 2011. If theballot is to be delivered per-sonally to the voter, the com-pleted application must bereceived by the District Clerkno later than 4:00 o’clockP.M. (Prevailing Time) onDecember 11, 2011, the daybefore the Special DistrictMeeting. Absentee ballotsmust be received in the officeof the District Clerk by no laterthan 5:00 o’clock P.M.(Prevailing Time) onDecember 12, 2011.A list of all persons to whomabsentee ballots shall havebeen issued will be availablein the office of the DistrictClerk on each of the five daysprior to the day of the elec-tion, except Saturday, Sundayand legal holidays, betweenthe hours of 9:00 o’clockA.M. and 3:00 o’clock P.M.(Prevailing Time).Only qualified voters who areduly registered will be permit-ted to vote.BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OFEDUCATIONNORTH MERRICK UNION FREESCHOOL DISTRICTTown of Hempstead, Merrick,New YorkJOANNE LONG, DISTRICTCLERK1057 Merrick Avenue,Merrick, New YorkMerrick Life: October 27,November 10, November 24and December 8 Merrick Herald: October 27,November 10, November 24

and December 8ML 879 4T 10/27, 11/10,24, 12/8NOTICE OF FORMATION OFBennington PropertiesAssociates, LLC. Arts. of Orgfiled with the Secy. of State ofNY (SSNY) on 11/4/11. Officeloc. NASSAU CTY. SSNY desig-nated as agent upon whomprocess may be served andshall mail a copy of anyprocess to 3445 East Bay Ct.,Merrick, NY 11566 Pricipalbusiness address 3445 EastBay Ct. Merrick NYT 11566.Purpose of LLC is commercialreal estate acquisitions andrentals.ML 882 6T 11/24, 12/1, 8,15, 22, 29Notice of formation of SouthShore RestaurantManagement Woodside SWRealty LLC, a domestic LimitedLiability Company. LLC.Articles of Organization filedwith the Secretary of State on10/27/2011. N.Y. officeLocation: Nassau County.Secretary of State is designat-ed as agent upon whomprocess against the LLC maybe served. Secretary of Stateshall mail a copy of anyprocess against the LLCserved upon him/her to c/o:Scott Waters, 2005 MerrickRoad #321, Merrick, NY11566. Purpose to engage inany lawful act or activity.ML 883 6T 11/24, 12/1, 8,15, 22, 29

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