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A Word From The Publisher
      We were happy to hear that the State of North Carolina has dropped the charges against the three young men from Duke University this week. Just before press time we read news reports that Mike Nifong, the Durham District Attorney had also issued an apology, although from what we read it seeme...
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St. John's Kenyan Children's Foundation Wine Tasting Next Weekend
      Father Gabriel Muteru, Honorary Chairman, and the Board of Trustees of the St. John's Kenyan Children's Foundation cordially invite everyone to attend our first major fundraiser, a Wine Tasting Reception, to be held next weekend, on Saturday, April 21, 2007, from 8pm to 11pm, at Kellenberg M...
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Dinner Dance And Casino
      The 15th Annual Dinner for Our Children to benefit Nassau Suffolk Services for Autism will be take place on Saturday, April 21st at the Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury. This year NSSA is proud to honor the Andy Foundation of Garden City for its generosity to the children of NSSA.
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Easter Vintage Car Parade
     John (Jack) W. Morrison, Grand Marshal of the Chamber of Commerce 2007 Easter Vintage Car Parade, along with Chief John Casey of the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department. Jack is a 72-year active member of the Department and an Honorary Member of the Garden City Chamber who in the past, ran the p...
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Nassau County Senior Citizen Of The Year
      Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi today announced that George J. Browne, of Garden City, has been chosen as Nassau County Senior Citizen of the Year for 2007. He will present this award to Mr. Browne at the 33rd Annual Older Americans Month Luncheon/Conference on May 11 at the Long Is...
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Library Trustee Honored
      A testimonial dinner for former Library Trustee John M. Delany was held on March 21 at Pompei in West Hemsptead. Mr. Delany served on the Board of Library Trustees for 21 years, and was a member of every standing committee, as well as being elected vice-chair and chair. Family and friends joi...
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2007 Garden City PTA Dinner and Fashion Show!!! Don't Miss Out!!
      There's still time to send in your reservations and join us for a night of fun and fashion at this year's Annual PTA Dinner and Fashion Show on Thursday, April 19, 2007. We are pleased to announce that this year's event will be at Jericho Terrace.
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Historical Society Opens Children's Art Exhibit
      The Garden City Historical Society proudly announces the winners of its second annual Children's Art Contest, "Doors of Garden City." This year, in addition to artwork drawn in pencil, colored pencil, or pen and ink, the Society added a photography and computer graphics category for high scho...
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Cathedral's Country Ho Down
      Come join the fun on Friday, April 27th from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral House auditorium. The famed square dance callers Cliff and Joan Wormell have been engaged to lead this evening of entertainment for all ages. The admission fee is a nominal $5 a person with a maximum of $20...
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Fourth Annual Andy Foundation Yard Sale
      Cleaning out your closets, attics, garages and basements? Consider donating your unwanted treasures to The Andy Foundation! We are now accepting donations for our annual spring yard sale.
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      On Sunday, April 15, Temple Emanuel, 3315 Hillside Avenue, NHP, is holding an attic sale from noon until 5 PM. Household items, gadgets, toys, and tools and a 5$-fill you bag section. Call 746-1120... On Friday, April 20, come to the ceili at the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Ave...
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Last Chance To Order From PTA Spring Plant Sale
      Hurry...only a little time left to order beautiful plants for your gardens or to use as Mother's Day gifts (the Sunday right after plant pickup day)! Our annual PTA Spring Plant Sale is currently underway. The last day for accepting orders is Friday, April 20th.Bissett Nursery promises to d...
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American Idol Dines In GC
      Reigning American Idol Champ, Taylor Hicks dines at Long Island hot spot Waterzooi (Garden City) before his sold out Westbury concert. From Left: Jessica Carpenter Waterzooi Manager, Taylor Hicks, Owners Chris Werle & Ed Davis
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"Oh, My Aching Back!"
      Winthrop-University Hospital's Perspectives in Health series will offer a free lecture, "Oh, My Aching Back! Diagnosis & Treatment of Low Back Pain," on Tuesday, April 17, at 7:00 PM. Held at Winthrop's Community Outreach Center, 101 Mineola Boulevard at the corner of Second Street in Mineol...
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Arthritis And Pain Management Lecture
      All are welcome to join the Lunch and Learn Noontime Lecture Series at the Cathedral of the Incarnation. The next lecture will be on Tuesday, April 24th at noon in the Faith Formation Room of the Cathedral House located on the Cathedral Campus at 50 Cathedral Avenue. Dr.
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"HPV Vaccine: Learn The Facts"
      You've heard about it in the news - the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) and teenage girls. Learn what you need to know about the disease, the vaccine, and protecting your child's health at Winthrop-University Hospital's free lecture for the community, "HPV Vaccine: Learn the Facts," on Tu...
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Cub Scouts Pack 7's Blue and Gold Breakfast
Article by Kimberly Rocha Photographs by Rita Marschhausen and Kimberly Rocha
      Garden City Cub Scouts Pack 7 celebrated its annual Blue and Gold graduation breakfast at the Plattdeutch Restaurant in Elmont on Sunday, March 25. This year, twenty-five Webelos II boys received their Arrow of Light awards and many other younger scouts received their awards.
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Tschampion~McGoldrick Engagement
      Mr. Charles Tschampion of Short Hills, New Jersey and Mrs. Iris Tuck of Garden City joyfully announce the engagement of their daughter, Caron Kindel Tschampion to William John McGoldrick, Jr. Bill is a son of Jack McGoldrick and the late Mary McGoldrick of North Riverside, Illinois.
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Births
      Mary and Robert Odell of Merrick are delighted to announce the arrival of their first child, John Robert Odell. He was born at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside on Thursday, March 1, 2007, at 11:45 a.m., weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces, and 19 inches long. John is the third grandson f...
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Socially Speaking
With Athena
      Spring has been playing April Fool's Day on us for the past few weeks and, if you were sharp eyed, you could see snow flurries on Easter morning. That made for very cold weather for the sunrise services, for the Easter Parade, and for all those Easter egg hunts.
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"Looking At Lupus" Free Lecture
      Winthrop-University Hospital's Women's Health Forum will offer a free lecture, "Looking at Lupus: Managing the Disease With a Thousand Faces" on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 7:00 PM. The program will be held at Winthrop's Community Outreach Center, 101 Mineola Boulevard, at the corner of Sec...
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Congressman To Speak On Energy Security Initiative
      Congressman Steve Israel will deliver a lecture on the *Next Generation Energy Security Initiative,* as part of the Adelphi University President*s Series on Critical Issues on Monday, April 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., in Adelphi*s Alumni House, 154 Cambridge Avenue, Garden City. The lec...
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Plastic Surgeon Performs Free Surgeries In Vietnam
      Dr. Thomas Davenport, of Garden City, NY's Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, P.C., is leading a team of volunteer doctors and other medical professionals on an Interplast surgical trip to Vietnam this week.
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Jump Start Foundation Visits Mercy Medical Center NICU
      The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Mercy Medical Center welcomed Jump Start Foundation Board Members, Matthew Colantonio, Meaghan Murphy, and Brian Wysocki, as Jump Start Foundation delivered a $10,000 check to be used for life-saving equipment in the Level III NICU. The funds donated were p...
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Cinco De Mayo Fiesta
      My Best Friend will host a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta for FA on May 5th from 7 to 10 p.m. Auction to benefit the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund.
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Japanese Dance
      "Celebrate Spring with Japanese Dance," performed by the Ichi Fuji-Kai Dance Association, Ltd., will be presented at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 19 at the Garden City Public Library. The free public program is funded by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library.
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Art Deco Lecture
      Barbara Minerd (l), Program Co-ordinator, is shown with Louise Cella Caruso, who delivered a 90-minute slide lecture on Thursday, March 29 th at the library. Mrs. Caruso's topic was Tamara De Lempicka, known as "an art deco painter" and "an icon of the jazz age.
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Toilet Training Children With & Without Special Needs
      Winthrop-University Hospital's Parenting Today educational series will offer a free seminar on Wednesday, April 25th, at 7:00 PM, "It's All About the Toilet: Toilet Training Children With and Without Special Needs, Including Autism.
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Legion Hears Legislator
      You are cordially invited to the American Legion Post - 265 meeting on Wednesday April 18 th at 7:30 p.m. Meeting is held at the Senior Center on Golf Lane. Our guest speaker is Legislator Vincent Muscarella. He is the ranking member of Health and Social Services, Public Safety and Finance...
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Living Museum Exhibit To Open
      The Living Museum exhibit will open at the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, located at 38 Old Country Road in Garden City, from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, and continue from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 29. Admission is free.
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Garden City Senior News
Senior Duplicate Bridge
      On April 9th there were 6-1/2 tables of Seniors Duplicate Bridge in play. Results of the evening play were as follows: North-South 1. Evelyn Iagrossi & Marion Cordes 2. Rosemary Brown & Jackie West 3.
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Free Breast Cancer Support Groups
      The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Program is offering new and on-going support groups for women with breast cancer. There is no cost for any group; however pre- registration is required. Most groups meet at Adelphi University's School of Social Work, Garden City.
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Easter Egg Hunt At Community Park
     5th Graders Erin Pfail, Jackie Edwards & Sara Rubino in their Last Easter Egg at Community Park
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Dr. Georgiana Abisordum Johnson Speaker
      This Sunday, April 15 at 9:15 a.m., Dr. Georgiana Abisordum Johnson will address the Adult Forum at the Garden City Community Church about the "Sierra Leone Crises & What We Can Do About It?" Dr. Johnson will talk on the many ways that the Women for Women of Sierra Leone is doing to help th...
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Local Resident Is Contributor To New Book
      Michael Eng, a resident of Garden City, was one of fourteen Providence College students who contributed to a recently published book, American POW Memoirs from the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War. Published by Wipf and Stock Publishers, the book is a collection of papers written by...
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Garden City Library News
Library Board To Meet
      The next Regular Meeting of the Board of Library Trustees will be held the third Monday of April, April 16, at 7:30 p.m., at the Garden City Public Library.
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DAR Meeting News
      The Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was pleased to have Mr. Larry Altenberg, Nassau County deputy director of veterans affairs, speak at their February meeting at the Garden City Library. The Chapter was also pleased to have many...
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AAUW Annual Book And Author Luncheon
      The community is most cordially invited to the AAUW's annual Book and Author Luncheon which will be held at the George Washington Manor in Roslyn on Friday, April 20th at noon. The program will feature four outstanding authors. They are Alafair Burke, Carol Hoenig, Joanna Hurwitz and Tom Phe...
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"Clean Out Your Closets" Weekend
      The St. Vincent de Paul Sociey is sponsoring another "Clean Out Your Closets" weekend, on Saturday, Apr. 21 from 4 to 6 P.M.and on Sunday, Apr. 22 from 8 A.M. to 1 P.M. The clothing drive is being held for the St. Vincent de Paul clothing shop in Garden City Park.
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St. Anne's Blood Drive
      For the sixth consecutive year, Msgr. John's Knights will coordinate the St. Anne's Parish Blood Drive, Knights' Advocate Brian E. McKeever has announced. The first of the semi-annual sessions will be held in the School Cafeteria on Sunday April 15 from 9:15 AM until 1:15 P.M. Entrance to t...
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St. Joseph's Rosary/Altar Society Spring Luncheon
      Chairladies, Ann Paulson and Marilyn Roche have announced that the Annual Spring Luncheon sponsored by St. Joseph's Rosary/Altar Society will be held on Tuesday, May 8 th at the Swan Club on Shore road in Glen Head from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the cost of this luncheon is $40.
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CMF Presents Bunko & Brunch
      The Garden City Chapter of Children's Medical Fund invites you to join us for a fun and relaxing afternoon on Thursday, April 26th from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the home of Lilli Diller. You will enjoy several games of the fast paced dice game known as "Bunko" which is always lots of fun...
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RotaCare Honors Volunteers
      The RotaCare Board of Directors honored its volunteers with an Appreciation Dinner at Westbury Manor on Tuesday, February 13. Eileen Gentilcore, the president of the board, recognized the many hours volunteers, doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and clerical assistants spend in assisting t...
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Bridge A Success
      The Mid-Winter Bridge recently sponsored by the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead was a success. They had a total of 49 tables in play and a variety of prizes. Chairlady Marye Heston outdid herself and a good time was had by all. This is the club's only fund-raiser and the proceeds ...
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AHRC Luncheon A Success
      The Garden City Auxiliary of AHRC Nassau held its forty-third Annual Christmas Luncheon on December 4 th at the Garden City Hotel. The festivities began with a selection of holiday music performed by the Garden City High School Chorus, under the direction of Mr. Robert Ludwig.
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