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Unfortunately, as the numbers of homeless with special needs continues to grow on Long Island, there are no easy answers to the crisis. “The number of homeless households in Nassau and Suffolk Counties increased 25% in the last three years, from 548 households in 2013 to 682 households in 2016, according to the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless.” But the victories come one family at a time. And a formerly homeless family of four will be spending their first holiday season in their new home in Mattituck, thanks to their efforts and assistance from the nonprofit Community Housing Innovations (CHI). Regina Nielsen and her three children moved in to their new home on December 1st, five and a half years after she and her family ended up in a CHI emergency shelter.

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It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. So was the year 2016, at times. And so we bid farewell, and look ahead to 2017 with the same mix of enthusiasm and anxiety, optimism and apprehension. All years are a product of their individual months, weeks, days, hours even. Highs and lows become woven into the fabric of our being and, somehow, intertwine into yet another chapter of life. As much as the collective opinion seems to hold that this past year was one of the

worst on record, for many reasons, I’m sure it held just as much hope and promise for others. It’s all a matter of perspective. Ultimately, each moment needs to be taken on its own, able to stand up by itself and not be compared and contrasted to the big picture. Too much focus on the future, and on things beyond our control, leads to missing those opportunities right in front of us. This is not to say that we should forgo any life plans we may have; but there is a balance. As we analyze and overthink, life marches on around us.

And so the goal, this year, should be to live, to experience, to embrace those moments swirling around us. And to savor them. Good, bad or indifferent, everything happens for a reason. We may not understand the dynamics of why, or what it may lead to down the road; but eventually, the path becomes clearer. The important thing is not to stray too far off the road in the meantime. The idealism in all of us suggests that the best is yet to come. Here’s hoping that 2017 is exactly that for everyone.

After six months in emergency housing, Ms. Nielsen was accepted into CHI’s supportive housing program, which provided her with the tools to gain independence. Often, families with special needs become trapped in a cycle of dependency, as their benefits alone are insufficient to maintain stable housing and they succumb to the stress of an impossible situation, devoting all of their time to finding the rent. In supportive housing, Ms. Nielsen not only gained affordable rental housing, her case managers and social workers helped with life skills, job training, health care, and linked her to a host of other community supports that contribute to stability and independence. Funding is provided under New York State’s Homeless Housing & Assistance Program, which allows CHI to acquire and rehabilitate properties to serve homeless families and individuals. “Six years ago, I couldn’t imagine being where I am today. I can never repay CHI for the help they gave me and my family,” said Ms. Nielsen. When Ms. Nielsen got to CHI, she was homeless, nine months sober, and traveling almost daily by bus to Stony Brook Hospital to care for her premature baby girl, who remained in the NICU for three months. She also has a son who was one year old, at the time, and daughter, then 10. From emergency housing in Middle Island, CHI accepted her into the agency’s transitional housing in a home in East Patchogue. Due to the lack of permanent housing, CHI extended her lease at that home for almost two years, enabling Ms. Nielsen to care for her children and get back on her feet. This month Ms. Nielsen and

her family moved into a new home, independent of CHI. Due to the help she received at CHI, Ms. Nielsen was able to become the kind of parent she has always wanted to be. Her older daughter was being bullied at school. She was able to get her the help she needed, sending her to a therapist and addressing it with the school. That same daughter will graduate early from high school this June and has already been accepted to Jamestown College in the fall. Her two younger children are enrolled in their new schools and doing well. Her younger daughter, Rayna, has special needs and receives occupational and physical therapy, and schooling that meets her needs. Now that both younger children are a little older and enrolled in school full-time, Ms. Nielsen is

ready to start a full-time job. She is excited about the road ahead. “From my CHI case managers I learned to set small goals and work my way toward them and that’s how I’ve accomplished a lot of things in the past six years,” said Ms. Nielsen. “That’s what I’ve taught my children to do too. We stick together and support one another. This growth and change starts in the home.” “I feel so grateful for my time at the CHI house in East Patchogue. I had never heard of a program like this that really turned my life around. I hope that house brings as many memories to the next family as it did for mine.” Catch Your Dreams The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt

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A pair of Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts (LIHSA) piano students, Luke Gentil (Half Hollow Hills CSD) and Jeremy Kaplan (BellmoreMerrick CHSD), were featured performers at the Grace Music School’s official kickoff event for their Island-wide piano competition. The winner of the competition will earn $1,000 and will perform at Carnegie Hall. At the event, Mr. Gentil performed two of his original compositions, “Billade No. 2” and “Gentil Invention No. 1.” Mr. Kaplan performed a medley of Billy Joel songs, beginning with “Waltz No. 2” from Fantasies & Delusions. He also performed the jazz standard “Blue Rondo a la Turk” by Dave Brubeck. “What more fitting way to celebrate Long Island’s aspiring pianists then having a piano competition,” said Grace Heaphy, director of the Grace Music School. “It gives them a chance to perform at one of the greatest music venues in the world.” The competition will be held in April of 2017 at the worldfamous Steinway and Sons piano showroom in New York City. The winner will perform at Carnegie Hall in June. “We could not be

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Members of Fifth Avenue Elementary School’s Student Council recently showed their support for those in need this holiday season by raising more than $750 for presents for seven local families. The Student Council raised the money with their Helping Hand Project. Throughout the month of Decemeber, the school

community was invited to participate in the project, which allowed individuals to decorate a hand and make a donation. The hands were then displayed in the main hallway of the building. With the donations, the Student Council and SHARE club members went shopping at a local Target to find various toys

and items for the families. The Student Council then organized and wrapped the gifts to send out. “It feels nice especially during the holiday season because I feel like I’m giving back to my community,” said Student Council Representative Emily Wickerd.

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Robotics Competition learned lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communications and more. “It is nice to see more teams and schools participating in VEX IQ competitions,” said Elwood Middle School’s robotics and technology club advisor Matthew McGuire. “This is the largest VEX IQ competition on Long Island yet, with more large competitions to come as many other districts are jumping into VEX IQ robotics now.” Teams had the opportunity to compete for a number of different

awards in the competition. These included an Excellence Award, Create Award, Judges Award, Amaze Award, Robot Skills Champion Award and more. Elwood had six teams participate in the competition with one winning the Design Award and another winning the Teamwork Champion Award. “We have several more competitions this year at other schools, and hope to continue having our students taking home more awards,” added Mr. McGuire.

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Elwood Middle School proudly hosted one of the VEX IQ competitions on December 15th. The event was the largest one to date on Long Island as the school welcomed 30 different robot teams from eight different schools and organizations. Presented by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation, the event challenged teams of students with designing and building a robot to play against other middle school teams in a game-based engineering challenge. STEM concepts were tested as students

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Wednesday, January 4th

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The Long Island Accordion Alliance will meet at La Villini Restaurant, 288 Larkfield Road in East Northport. For information, and a time, contact 631.261.6344.

Hallelujah will be screened at the East Meadow Public Library, at 1 p.m. A Q&A session with Long Island archivist John Carpenter will follow. For information, contact 516.794.2570.

The Rainbow Senior Center will host a Paint Day at 293 Buffalo Avenue in Lindenhurst, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The painting will be a snowy winter scene. The cost is $20 to paint; all materials will be provided. For information, contact 631.957.7526. The Babylon Day Homemakers will meet in the pool building in front of the Town of Babylon pools, at 10:30 a.m. For information, contact 631.661.0190.

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A Cast Call for the Northport Chorale will be held at the Northport High School, Laurel Hill Road in Northport, in the choir room, at 7 p.m. Also January 11th and 14th. For information, contact 631.223.3789. The Eating Disorder Support Group for Family and Friends will meet in the conference room of the Copiague Library on Deauville Boulevard, at 7 p.m. For information, contact 631.275.0439.

Thursday, January 5

The Reading Specialists Council of Suffolk will present “The Essential Elements of the Common Core Aligned Reading Workshop, K-5” at the Vanderbilt School, 350 Deer Park Avenue in Dix Hills, from 5:30 to 7:45 p.m. For information, contact 631.669.5964. The Babylon Village Arts Council will present local poet Lisa James at Jack Jack’s Coffee House, 231 Deer Park Avenue in Babylon, at 7:30 p.m. The Lindenhurst Evening Homemakers Unit will meet at the Lindenhurst Middle School, in the cafeteria, at 7:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.482.6886.

Friday, January 6th The Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Theophany will be celebrated at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 369 Green Avenue in East Meadow, at 9:30 a.m. For information,

Next Fall will be screened at the Studio Theatre, 141 South Wellwood Avenue in Lindenhurst, at 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. For information, visit www.nextfall2017. brownpapertickets.com.

Saturday, January 7th The Islip ELKS Lodge #2533 will host a Basketball FreeThrow Contest for boys and girls ages 8 to 13 at 401 Main Street in Islip. Registration begins at 9 a.m.; the contest will start at 10 a.m. The contest is free of charge. The Bethpage Colonials will be drumming for the veterans at the Massapequa Elks Lodge #2162, 2162 Veterans Boulevard in Massapequa, from 1 to 4 p.m. For information, contact 516.697.4686.

A Winter Model Train Show & Exhibition will be held at the Freeport Recreation Center, 130 East Merrick Road in Freeport, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, contact 516.378.9594. From the Garden to the Wall will be presented at the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, at 2 p.m. The guest speaker will be Mary Ahern. For information, visit www. MaryAhernArtist.com.

Monday, January 9th A Mortgage Foreclosure Legal Consultation Clinic will be held at the NCBA headquarters, 15th and West Streets in Mineola, from 3 to 6 p.m. Also January 23rd. For information, contact 516.747.4070. The Babylon Chorale will hold auditions at St. John the Baptist High School, 1170 Montauk Highway in West Islip, at 8:45 p.m. Rehearsal will precede at 7:30 p.m. For information, contact 516.445.5073.

Tuesday, January 10th Western Suffolk BOCES will meet in the large conference room of the Administrative Offices, 507 Deer Park Road in Dix Hills, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.

A Snowball Dinner will be held at the Westminster United Presbyterian Church, from 5:30 The Faces of Poverty on Long to 8:30 p.m. For information, Island will be presented at the contact 631.661.6740. Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto A Black Tie Swing Dance Hill Road in Plainview, at 7 will be held at 275 Christian p.m. For information, contact Avenue in Stony Brook, from 8 516.822.3535, ext. 354. to 11 p.m. A beginner lesson Marine Mammals of Long will be held from 7:30 to 8 Island will be presented at p.m. For information, visit the South Shore Audubon www.sdli.org. Society at the Freeport The Boxcar Lilies and Low Memorial Library, 144 West Lily will perform at the Merrick Road, at 7:30 p.m. Congregational Church of For information, contact Huntington, 30 Washington 516.208.6374. Drive in Centerport, at 8:30 Wednesday, January 11th p.m. An open mic will precede Auditions for “Red Scare at 7:30 p.m. For information, on Sunset” will be held at contact 631.425.2925. the Levittown Public Library, th Sunday, January 8 1 Blue Grass Lane, at 7:15 The South Shore Audubon p.m. Also Friday, and from Society will host a Bird Walk at 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday. the West End of Jones Beach, For information, contact beginning at 9 a.m. Bring 516.236.9202. binoculars. For information, contact 516.467.9498. Amvets Post 18 will meet at 141 Carleton Avenue in East A NYS Defensive Driving Islip, at 8 p.m. Any veterans course will be held at Temple with an honorable discharge Beth El of North Bellmore, at 9 are eligible. For information, a.m. For information, contact contact 631.581.6913. 516.972.0235.

Thursday, January 12th

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A Senior Group Enthusiasts meeting will meet at the Woodbury Jewish Center, 200 South Woods Road in Woodbury, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Mr. Michael Kessler of the Jewish National Fund will be the speaker. For information, contact 516.496.9100.

A Juvenile Diabetes Winter Breakfast will be held at the Patchogue Elks Lodge, 14A Oak Street in Patchogue, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For information, contact 631.475.1323.

The works of watercolor artist Essie Freilach will be on display through January 27th at Apple Bank, 91 Route 111 in Smithtown. For information, contact the STAC at 631.862.6575.

Otto Tunes will perform alongside the Slavic Arts Quartet at the Polish American Museum, 16 Belleview Avenue in Port Washington, at 2 p.m. For information, contact 516.883.6542.

The Islip Indoor Winter Farmers Market will be held on Saturdays through March 25th at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 117 Carleton Avenue in Islip Terrace, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Exodus will be screened at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Road in Plainview, at 1 p.m. For information, contact 516.313.0131.

Sunday, January 15th

An Oldies but Goodies Night will be held at the Marconi Lodge, 333 Moffitt Boulevard in Islip, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.669.7275.

Le Petit Salon de Musique will be presented at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook, 380 Nicolls Road in East Setauket, at 2 p.m. For information, visit www. lepetitsalon.org.

The Board of Trustees of the Islip Public Library will meet in the conference room at 71 Monell Avenue in Islip. For information, and a time, contact 631.581.5933.

The Kennedys will perform at the Long Island Museum’s Gillespie Room, 1200 Route 25A in Stony Brook, at 3 p.m. For information, contact 631.632.1093.

Friday, January 13th A Chinese Auction will be held at the Lindenhurst High School, 300 Charles Street in Lindenhurst, at 6:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.671.2805.

Saturday, January 14th Breakfast and Birding will be presented at the Connetquot River State Park Preserve, Sunrise Highway in Oakdale, from 8 to 11:30 a.m. For information, contact 631.581.1072. History of 9/11: A Soldier’s Experience will be presented at the Community Center at Peconic Landing, at 2 p.m. For information, contact 631.765.5500. A Healing Service will be held at Fountainhead Church, 782 Larkfield Road in East Northport, at 7 p.m. For information, contact 631.462.5048. Opera Night will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 109 Browns Road in Huntington, at 7:30 p.m. For information, visit www. operanight.org. An Angel’s Wish Gala Dinner/ Dance will be held at the Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury,

Tuesday, January 17th Seniors will be admitted free to the Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A in Stony Brook, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. For information, contact 631.751.0066. The Farmingville Residents Association will meet at the Farmingville Main Firehouse, 780 Horseblock Road, from 7 to 9 p.m. For information, contact 631.880.7996.

Ongoing Events A Scarf, Hat, Mitten & Glove Collection will be held through January 8th at the Northport (151 Laurel Avenue) and East Northport (185 Larkfield Road) Libraries. For information, contact 631.261.6930 or 631.261.2313.

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A fifth-grade class at James H. Boyd Intermediate School gave back to the community this holiday season by adopting three local families in need. Students in Room 412 facilitated a raffle throughout the school and a popcorn sale during lunch periods to raise money to purchase

gifts. “I helped with the popcorn sales and I loved the experience,” said fifthgrader Brooke Hughes. “It feels good to know that I’m helping people.” The class wrapped the purchased gifts for the families and also wrote letters that they will be giving to children at St.

Jude’s Children’s Hospital and Huntington Hospital. “In Room 412 we like helping people who can’t benefit themselves,” said fifth-grader Krish Khanna. “Doing this project makes me feel thankful and joyful inside because I’m giving back when I know that I have received so much.”

Next Generation Suffolk Legislator Lou D’Amaro has named Huntington Station resident Andrea Bonilla to serve as his first representative on the newly-established Suffolk County Next Generation Advisory Council. Ms. Bonilla has dedicated her short but already-successful life to the Huntington Station community. A Walt Whitman High School alum who attended Brown University in Providence, RI, she returned home after graduation to live, work in and serve the local area. For four years, she has been actively assisting on Huntington Station revitalization efforts as Community Liaison at Source the Station. In addition, she donates countless hours to

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working in Suffolk County. Each Suffolk County Legislator can appoint one resident aged 22-35. The council meets quarterly and will submit an annual advisory report on the “State of Long Island’s Next Generation” to the Legislature. “While many millennials are leaving Long Island, especially after graduating from college, Ms. Bonilla came home and immediately began giving back to the community she loved,” said Legislator D’Amaro. “Her hard work and dedication are clearly inspiring. Suffolk County is fortunate to benefit from Ms. Bonilla’s leadership and enthusiasm as we craft solutions to keep young people engaged and rooted here.”

STUDENTS GIVE BACK - Students in Room 412 counted the money collected during the raffle and popcorn sale for families in need. Photo courtesy of: Elwood Union Free School District

Promising Poets Since October, the class has been preparing for this event. The goal was to hone public speaking skills and improve their voices, eye-contact, imaginations and memorization ability. Students picked poems to recite and each brought in a corresponding prop to include on stage with

them. The class also created a program for the audience to read along with their poems. “Many adults have a fear of public speaking,” said fifth-grader Ben Ross. NEXT GENERATION - Andrea Bonilla of Huntington Station (left) meets with “Since we started early, we Suffolk Legislator Lou D’Amaro who named her as his first appointee on the newlywill now be able to present created Suffolk County Next Generation Advisory Council. further on in life.”

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As the Northport-East Northport School District Board of Education moves forward in developing a bond referendum for districtwide facilities upgrades and improvements, a date for their adoption of the bond resolution has been set for Thursday, January 5th. All are welcome to attend this public board meeting, which will be held at 7 p.m. at the William J. Brosnan School Building, located at 158 Laurel Ave., in Northport. It is expected that the board will adopt the district’s proposed PROMISING POETS - Fifth-grade students in Room 412 hosted a poetry slam on plan for improvements December 16th to showcase their skills for family members. Photo courtesy of: Elwood and upgrades at all of the district’s buildings. Union Free School District

The plan, totaling approximately $39.8 million, addresses improvements to basic building infrastructure items that are nearing the end of their useful life, as well as improved and modernized instructional spaces to facilitate improved instruction. The proposal also includes renovations to the district’s physical education and athletic facilities for student and community use. Should the bond resolution be adopted at the January 5th meeting, the bond proposal will be presented to the community for vote on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The

district will be mailing a special newsletter to all community residents detailing the specifics of the plan, as well as cost impacts to the community. The district has also posted all related bond documents to its website, www. northport.k12.ny.us. “We thank all community residents who attended our community forums leading up to this point,” said Superintendent of Schools Robert Banzer. “Over the next two months, we look forward to even greater community participation so that residents can make an informed vote at the polls on February 28th.”

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Creativity and science came together at last weekend’s FIRST® Tech Challenge Scrimmage at Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School (LuHi). Teams, comprised of students age 12 to 18, worked alongside adult mentors to design, build, program and operate robots to play a floor game in an alliance format on a 12-foot by 12-foot field. FIRST Tech Challenge is an international program featuring hundreds of tournaments for more than 46,000 students in nearly 20 countries. Students demonstrate their problem-solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competitive play, sportsmanship and sense of community. Last weekend’s scrimmage was the first

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Art from the Heart Art is a powerful medium of expression. Particularly for the aging, it can present an opportunity to open up to outsiders what may be a lifetime of inspirational images never before shared. Thirteen artists who happen to be residents of New York State skilled nursing and assisted living facilities translated visions from their hearts and minds into winning entries of a juried art contest, now featured in a 2017 calendar, “Art from the Heart.” The annual calendar is the result of an art contest launched in 2004 by the Foundation for Quality Care, Inc., the New York State Health Facilities Association (NYSHFA) and the New York State Center for Assisted Living (NYSCAL). Residents of more than 335 NYSHFA/ NYSCAL member skilled nursing and assisted living facilities around the state were invited to submit

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Robotics Invitational Now in its fifth year, the FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Long Island Half Hollow Hills Invitational has become a staple of the local FIRST Robotics Competition season. The event, which this year was held on Saturday, November 19 at Half Hollow Hills High School West in Dix Hills, New York, with support from School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI), is a way for teams to face off using the previous season’s robots one final time before launching into the next build season. This year’s event featured 24 teams, which competed using the robots they built for the 2016 Long Island Regional FIRST® Robotics Competition, held in March, the challenge for which was dubbed was FIRST StrongHold™. This past season, and at the Invitational, FIRST robots battled on a 27-by-54-foot playing field on which participants earned points

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GOING FOR THE GOLD - Penumbra, Smithtown High School West’s literary magazine, has won gold medals from the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association and Syracuse University’s Empire State Scholastic Press Association for the 2016 volume. Senior Lara Mangino is currently in her second year as editor-inchief of the magazine. Penumbra showcases students’ writing and artwork and is published once a year in the spring. Photo courtesy of: Smithtown Central School District

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HELPING HANDS - The Smithtown High School West Adopt-A-Family Program provided assistance to 25 families in need for the holiday season. Smithtown High School West faculty and clubs worked together to collect food, toiletries and gift items for each family. This program was facilitated by Smithtown High School West school counselors Michele Randall and Dorothy Caputo and Smithtown High School West social worker Stephanie McKinney. Photo courtesy of: Smithtown Central School District

Connecting to the Community classmates with thoughtful insight on what would best serve their community. Presenting to their classmates serving as the “town board members,” ideas included a solar energy building, a park for students with special needs, a wildlife exhibit, a community crop center and a park where the community could gather without mobile distractions. They drafted formal

letter writing with persuasive phrases, which Mrs. Herman will send to representatives at the Town of Smithtown Town Hall for feedback. Students were asked to consider the cost, dimensions, and staff required to bring their vision to life. At home, the students created models, dioramas and posters to better illustrate their ideas.

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Working for the betterment of their own community, students in Wendy Herman’s class at Smithtown Elementary School in the Smithtown Central School District were tasked with creating a community project. The project required ideas and designs for a community center in Smithtown based on an area of need the students have witnessed. Students presented ideas to their

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