 |
 |
|
|||||
|
Senator Kemp Hannon, chair of the New York State Senate Health Committee, reminds all there is an opportunity weekly to watch on public access television "Legislative Update," during which Senator Hannon often interviews various experts in health and explores a variety of subjects of interest to widespread viewers. More ... A substantial jump in the number of house fires with fatalities nationwide this month has fire chiefs across the country reaching out to the public to emphasize the importance of fire safety. "We have lost too many people in home fires in the last two weeks," said President Chief Jim Harmes, president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. More ... Thinking about summer? Looking for new and exciting programs for your children to participate in this summer? Garden City AGATE is sponsoring its 4 th annual summer Camp/Enrichment Program Open House for parents to learn about opportunities for their children. More ... Noted Waldorf educator and author, Betty Staley, will discuss "Walking the Tightrope with Young Adolescents" on Thursday, March 1 at 8:00 p.m. in Bonner Hall at the Waldorf School of Garden City. Admission is $5 and is open to the public. More ... Breast Cancer survivors and current patients are invited to learn about aromatherapy through a free Paths to Wellness program presented by the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program on Tuesday, March 6, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm at Adelphi University in Garden City, Long Island. More ... A team of leading specialists in traumatic stress counseling led by Thomas Demaria, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President, Behavioral Health Services, South Nassau Communities Hospital, More ... Six out of eight winners of "Msgr. Johns Knights" Council championships held in late January also won District titles in the 2007 Kof C Basketball Championships held at St. Thomas the Apostle on February 10, GK Bob Guida and "Jay" Lynch recently reported. More ... Breast Cancer survivors and current patients are invited to a demonstration of Reiki, through the Paths to Wellness program of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program on Wednesday, March 28, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm at Adelphi University in Garden City, Long Island. More ... Andrea Mirabile, A sophomore at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida has been named to the Flagler College dean's list for the fall 2006 semester. Dean's list status at Flagler College represents earning a grade point average of at least a 3.4 or higher on a 4.0 scale. More ... Come to the Monday Marvelous Movie Matinee at the GC Public Library, Seventh Street, on Monday February 26, 1:30 PM. Two For The Road. 1967, 112 minutes... Noel Gish, will give a presentation of the little known facts, the people and events that have made Long Island a unique place in this country, at the Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I. U. Willets Rd. More ... On February 2nd, Dr. Boral, Karen Trezza and Jill DiBenedetto participated in "Give Kids A Smile Day," sponsored by the Nassau County Dental Society. It was a spectacular event, held by the Nassau County Dental Society. It was a spectacular event, held at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, for over 500 children who were in need of dental care. More ... Allstate is proud to announce that Robert Bennett, of Garden City has qualified for membership in the 2006 Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), the premier association of financial professionals. Bennett joins an elite group who strive to stay on the industry's cutting edge while serving their clients with exemplary performance and the highest standards of ethics, knowledge and productivity. More ... Well, the skiers finally got their snow, the children got a snow day, (there was not enough snow to make a snow man) and we got ICE and it stayed around for a long time. It was starting to look as though we would all be skating to work and on our errands, but as they say "this too shall end". More ... Several Garden City residents recently attended an American Cancer Society annual Mother of the Year Luncheon at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. This year's Honoree was the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson. In the photos I forwarded to you are James Fahey of Garden City, and Kristen Miller, trustee of the Waldorf School of Garden City. More ... Top o' the mornin' ladies ... Invitations have gone out for the Mercy Saint Patrick's Day Luncheon! The date of this fun filled event is Thursday, March 8 th at Cherry Valley Club. The festivities begin at 11:00 a.m. with boutique shopping followed by a delicious 3 course meal and a complimentary glass of wine. The cost of this fund raiser is $65 per person. More ... Cub Pack 134 rented out Mid Island Rock Climbing and tested their outdoor skills by scaling all the various walls. Each climber received individual instruction on climbing techniques and safety. Every boy made it to the top to the sound of cheers by the crowd below. The boys had such a good time climbing that they thought it would be fun to see if the Adult Leaders could do it. More ... The Auxiliary of the Garden City Community Church held its annual Installation Reception on Wednesday evening, February 7. The Reverend Lynn Sullivan installed the new Director and Board Members. Christine Hanson will lead the group in 2007. Debra Weber is Director of Hospitality, Nancy Fay is the new Secretary, Gina DeBold, Treasurer, and Janice Salem is in charge of Publicity. More ... CHILDREN's + Wed., Feb. 28, 5:00-5:45 p.m. 3rd Grade Book Discussion, New Friends in a Book. Registration began January 6. + Sat., March 3, 9:00 a.m. Registration begins for Toddler Tango, scheduled for March 10. + Sat., March 3, 12:00 Noon-2:00 p.m., Garden City Recreation Dept. More ... Wednesday, March 28th at 7:00 PM A chocolate lovers idea of heaven - a night of all things chocolate! Chef and Chocolatier Lee Perrotta will entertain her audience with the history and lure of chocolate. There will be demonstrations and tastings of such delights as French truffles, individual dessert cups, ganache, fudge and much more. More ... Reference Librarians Mrs. Flanagan and Mrs. Byrne are pleased to be moderating another one of their popular LunchBag BookTalk's. This talk will include the reading of two books, so we can compare and contrast. In Chris Bohjalian's astonishing new novel, The Double Bind, nothing is what it seems to be at first. Not the bucolic Vermont back roads Laurel Eastbrook liked to bike. More ... Esther Bogin, Director of People Communication Skills, LLC will present "Communicate Smarter with People; Develop Charisma" at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at the Garden City Public Library. More ... VITA volunteers from Hofstra University will be at the Garden City Public Library once again this year to assist patrons with filing their income taxes. The VITA volunteer schedule is as follows: Saturday, February 24 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. More ... Exhibition: "Plein Air" Painting Of Garden City Fine artist Noel Darvie will present "plein air" paintings of Garden City landscapes and noted are buildings in the lower gallery March 2-30 2007 at the Garden City Public Library. View work created on location ("en plein air") of places such as the Garden City Cathedral. St. Paul's. The Old Courthouse, plus many more. More ... Time to shake off the winter blues and shake something else! And, we have just the people who can teach us to do it right. The Aloha Iolani Hula Dance Troupe will be at the Garden City Public Library on Sunday March 18th at 2:00 PM to bring a taste of the Polynesian islands to our island. More ... WINNERS DRAWN The raffles were drawn for the three autographed copies of Forever In Blue: The Fourth Summer Of The Sisterhood by Ann Brashares. The lucky Young Adult winners were Jackie McManus, 11th grade, Victoria Sollin, 7th grade and Caroline Paxton, 9th grade. Congratulations to all. Enjoy the book! More ... Garden City Public Library celebrate St. Patrick's Day as The Garden City Public Library welcomes back retired NYC detective Ed Deacy, now a successful cabaret entertainer and actor. Mr. Deacy was recently awarded the title of "New York State's Senior Idol. More ... Is your child a budding Picasso or Van Gogh? Would your child like to learn how to draw? If you answered YES to these questions, then you want to sign your child up for the program "Cartooning Made Easy with Ed Klein". This program is for Garden City residents in Grades K-5 and will be held on Sat., March 3. The time schedule is as follows: Grades K-2 at 1:30 PM and Grades 3-5 at 2:30 PM. More ... Complementary Medicine and Women's Wellness, a seminar by Dr. Mariana Markell, will be presented by the Health Committee of the Long Island Women's Agenda (LIWA) on Tuesday, April 24, at Adelphi University's Alumni Center in Garden City. Networking and a light supper begin at 5:15 pm, with the seminar scheduled to begin at 6:15 pm. More ... Winthrop-University Hospital's Women's Health Forum will offer a free lecture, "Make Osteoporosis Matter: Fact & Fiction About Therapies" on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at 7:00 PM. More ... The Garden City Retired Men's Club is a non-profit membership organization formed in April 1961 for the purpose of providing educational and recreational activities for the retired male senior citizens of the Garden City Community. The organization is non-sectarian and non-political. More ... Senior Connections Advisors are available at the Library on Tuesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to help senior residents with questions on Medicare, Medicaid, housing, transportation, Village services, etc. No appointments are necessary. For further information, call Martin Bowe or Alan Roeckel at the Library, 742-8405. More ... The Recreation Department will sponsor a trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show through Prime Time Travel on Wednesday, March 7 th . Prime Time Travel will pick our group up in the morning from Lord & Taylor's parking lot. We will travel to Philadelphia and spend the rest of the morning and afternoon visiting the various sights and displays at this amazing event. Lunch is "on your own. More ... Gregory J. Raphael, of Garden City is a founding partner of the New York City law firm of Ryan & Raphael, P.C. The firm specializes in the area of business law with emphasis on representation of individual clients and small businesses requiring an expertise in estate planning, will, trust and estate law, real property law, employment law, and tax law. More ... With a large audience of faithful supporters, the St. John's Kenyan Children's Foundation held its Inaugural Mass last Wednesday Feb. 7th at St. Joseph's Church in Garden City. The church was filled with a wonderful spirit of unity and love that was encouraging and inspirational to all. Fr. Gabriel Muteru, Honorary Chairman of the Foundation, celebrated the Mass, with Fr. More ... Garden City is not a stranger to change despite common perception. Sometimes change can be dramatic and well publicized as when the old Garden City Hotel was torn down in 1973 and other times it can be more subtle, the latter being more common. Today, Garden City is seeing multiple changes all occurring at the same time. More ... The Garden City Chamber of Commerce kicked off its 2007 luncheon series with a presentation by Mineola Mayor Jack Martins on January 31 at the Garden City Hotel. Mayor Martins offered an overview of Mineola's beautification project and projected village growth. More ... |
      |
||||
