Hempstead Uniondale Times

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News, 4-5

Tax Advice, 15

Community Calendar, 20

The MarketPlace, 19

Kam’s Kapsules, 13

Entertainment, 21

People, Places, &

Events, 6

Restaurant Review, 16

100 Black Men of Long Island Inc. Presents 100 Black Men Mean

Business Minority Small Biz Forum Featuring master networker

Mr. Phil Andrews & motivational speaker and Toastmasters Area

Governor Ms. Gail Lewis

January 10, 2013 12:30- 2:30 pm

@ African American Museum 110 Franklin Street Hempstead, NY 11550

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For corporate sponsorship, vending, general inquiries,

email and/or call Samuel Underwood, 646.529.4988

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Mr. Phil Andrews Ms. Gail Lewis

Interview with

Producer Quentin Tarantino of the movie

Django, 18

Melissa Lawrence

on parenting

Interview

with actress/

model Toks Olagundoye By Kam Williams

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T his issue of the Hempstead/Uniondale Times Newspaper highlights the upcoming 100 Black Men of Long Island,

Inc. Black Men Mean Business Forum. Since its inception, the Hempstead/Uniondale has always served as a forum for business owners, non-for-profits, elected officials, and professionals to showcase their particular product or service. Your advertisement in our local paper helps to create trading opportuni-ties and business growth on a local ba-sis. It is our goal as a newspaper to strengthen the local and regional base in the area of economic empowerment, trade relations, and diversity initiatives, documenting new emerging leadership. In light of this, we are delighted to highlight the 100 Black of Long Island Inc. Black Men Mean Business Small Biz Forum, which will be presented January 10, 2012 at the African-American Museum located @ 110 North Franklin Street, Hempstead, New York 11550. 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. has been at the forefront of fostering economic empowerment and developing essential economic ties in the region for several decades. Hempstead/Uniondale Times newspaper rationale for empha-sizing the importance of the Forum is that in today’s business climate, it is more vital than ever to tap into the time, talent, resources, ability, and potential of a network of upwardly mobile individu-als to increase business formation, busi-ness acquisition, and capital develop-ment strategies. I assure you, the forum is worth attending if you are in business

or thinking of starting one, as there is much to achieve. I know this much too well, as I have attended many an events hosted by “The 100.” I know the viabil-ity of the approach which has propelled the “100” to be a major force in the local community and the regional Long Island community. As a matter of fact, I recently joined the “100.” As soon as I joined the or-ganization, I was afforded the opportu-nity to utilize the communication skills that I acquired and developed over the last several decades through tenacity and determination. By virtue of my mem-bership, Hempstead/Uniondale Times publication is an official media sponsor of 100 Black Men Mean Business Small Biz Forum. Join us on January 10. Here is a brief overlook of the organi-zation’s mission: Our methodology includes, but is not limited to seminars, and meetings with elected officials appointed persons, cor-porate executives, educational leaders, and other decision makers. The organization works to make eco-nomic opportunity a reality and supports upward mobility. It supports educations and makes contributions to worthy causes insofar as possible. Supporting academic achievement and recognizing the importance of sound education, in 1980 The One Hundred Black Men of Long Island, Inc.(OHBMLI) established an endowed fund for Black students attending Hofstra University School of Law. In 1983, OHBMLI established an endowed fund for Black students in High Technology at SUNY Farming-dale.

In 1984, OHBMLI established an en-dowed fund for Black students majoring in Business Administration at Adelphi University. In 1985 OHBMLI initiated ten Achievement Awards for Black high school graduates in ten high schools on Long Island. Essential to the rapport and success of the organization is the belief in the prac-tice of effective networking. Toward this end OHBMLI has also encouraged business relationships among its mem-bership and has succeeded in document-ing the viability of this approach. Register online today for the 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. Mean Business Small Biz Forum

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Dear Editor: I am very pleased that the New York State Thruway Authority is abandoning its proposed 45 percent commercial toll increase and will instead be considering a cost savings plan that includes no toll hike. A toll increase would have had a devastating effect on New Yorkers and the state’s econ-omy. Families and businesses throughout the state are struggling to survive, over 797,000 residents are unemployed, and we are trying to recover from the destruction and devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy. Now is the worst time to raise costs on families and businesses. The Thruway Authority is correctly focusing on solving its fiscal problems by cutting costs and finding internal savings such as sharing services, consolidating management opera-tions, and lowering operational expenses. That is the appropriate approach during these trying times, one which the Thruway Authority should have taken from the start. Rejecting a toll increase is another positive step in keeping our state headed in the right direction. Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. —Senator Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Merrick) is Chairman of the New York State Senate's Transportation Commit-tee.

Dear Editor: Troop 163 and Pack 163 of Rockville Centre held a large food/supply drive for Hurricane Sandy victims. 50 scout families distributed the attached flyers to every home on their block (some distributed to even more homes, up to 60 homes per scout). On the Saturday after the storm, we organized a large drop off at our Recreation Center. Five SUV's stacked to the roofs were collected and distributed directly to the Rockaways, East Rockaway and Oceanside and Long Beach. We had cars iden-tified as "the Rockaways car", "the East Rock-away car," etc. We took this quick snapshot - and there were at least 15 people behind the camera who were camera shy, but all were there to lend a hand. Our scouts continue to make us proud.

-Stephanie Bartoldus, Committee Chair and Tom Kop-pinger, Scoutmaster, Troop 163

Patti Norton, Committee Chair and Sean O'Reilly, Cubmaster, Pack 163 Please note: I am submitting the above article on behalf of the units and the Iroquois District of the Theodore Roosevelt Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Tom Lerch Chairman | Iroquois District Theodore Roosevelt Council - BSA email:[email protected] 516.596.7006 . www.iqdist.com

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On November 26, 2012 the national Chair-man of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. Curley M. Dossman, Jr. visited the Long Island region to deliver a message that resonates with 118 chapters and 10,000 members of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. around the world in conjunction with cele-brating the milestones of the 2nd Oldest Chapter of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. was established in the year of 1974. The organi-zation is affectionately known as the “Organization that makes a Differ-ence”. Since its inception the organization has focused on four key areas which are mentoring, education, health and well-ness and economic empowerment. The 100 works with a long list of stake-holders such as Corporations, Civic & Com-munity Organizations, Universities, and Col-

leges along with its base of membership to fulfill the mission of “Mentoring across a Lifetime”. The organization is actively involved in the community at large where its mission is at stake. The success of the organization is measured by the success that its programs such as youth forums, health fairs, financial literacy programs, and educational initiatives such as the African American Academic History Challenge (History Bowl) has on future generations. Stakeholders in the com-munity provide substantial support in helping the 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. works towards its goal of becoming the premier mentoring organization in the world. “It takes a village to raise a child is a true axiom, and it for this reason we were de-lighted to have our Nassau County Executive

Ed Mangano and 100 Black Men of Amer-ica, Inc. ‘s Chairman of Board Curley M. Dossman, Jr. join us in celebrating the mile-stones of a great and seasoned organization which is comprised of a group of men who exemplify excellence in a broad variety of fields and have come together under a struc-ture to give 100 % of their time, ability, and commitment to improve the quality of life in the Long Island region. As the 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. takes a minute to celebrate the glorious past and ponder upon its accomplishments, we are sure that they will also be contemplating the future as they are reminded of the great work that the founders of the organization had in mind and envisioned that they would need to do! The Hempstead Uniondale Times was proud to have the opportunity to chronicle the history of the 100 Black Men

of Long Island, Inc. and its national body 100 Black Men of America, Inc. Great villages, Towns, Counties, Cities, States, and Nations around the world would not be great if men such as these sat on the sidelines and decided not to fulfill their mis-sion to improve the quality of life for young people at risk of not living up to their full potential by stepping up to the plate and living up to their model of “Real Men Giving Real Time” and “What they see they’ll be”! Hempstead Uniondale Times Salutes 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. and 100 Black Men of America, Inc. for ac-tively engaging young people around the world to see, feel, and experience the posi-tive effects of role models. Visit us online @ www.100blackmenofli.org or send us written correspondence to 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. Headquarters 9 Centre Street Hempstead, New York 11550. Email us [email protected]

News

National Chairman Celebrates Milestones of 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc.

Photos of Chairman’s visit. Photos by Richard Richardson


Doctor Ian Smith,

TV Doctor and Health Guru Makes

Appearance in Uniondale

By Staff Reporter

Dr. Ian Smith, The New York Times #1 bestselling author of ten books, including Extreme Fast Smash Diet, The Fat Smash Diet, The 4 Day Diet and The Blackbird Papers held a discussion on his new book, SHRED: The Revolutionary Diet to some two hundred health-conscious Uniondale residence at the Uniondale Public Library on Tuesday, December 18 at 7:00pm. During his appearance, Dr. Smith talked about importance of staying physically fit and healthy, especially answering the linger-ing questions: How to lose that last twenty pounds? What to do when nothing else is working? Dr. Smith further led his audience into the secret of a diet program he created, one that he admits uses “uses all he knows about strategic dieting.” Following his presentation, Dr. Smith car-ried on the signing of his book, SHRED: The Revolutionary Diet, copies of which were available for purchase and were sold unpre-cedentedly. Dr. Smith has served as the medical/diet expert for six seasons on VH1’s highly-rated “Celebrity Fit Club.” Creator and founder of The 50 Million Pound Challenge and the Makeover Mile, Dr. Smith serves as the medical contributor on The Rachael Ray

Show and is heard on nationally syndicated radio show “HealthWatch”. Much to his credits also, Dr. Ian Smith is a former medi-cal correspondent for NBC News and Chan-nel 4, the “Today Show”. He has appeared on “The Oprah Show”, “The View”, “The Talk”, “The Doctors”, “Anderson Cooper 360”to name a few. He sits on President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Dr. Smith appeared in association with MS Family Medicine Health Care, P.C. & Uniondale Public Library.

New NICE Bus Schedules Begin De-cember 30, 2012

Beginning December 30, 2012, Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) will put in effect new schedules that will include changes to most routes in the system. Every quarter, NICE reviews and adjusts schedules to improve overall system performance, including on-time performance. NICE customers can pick up new printed timetable brochures on their bus or at NICE

and MTA transit centers (clearly marked December 30, 2012, visit www.nicebus.com or call 516-228-4000 to determine if and how these service adjustments may affect your bus. Printed schedules are also avail-able at more than 75 government offices, hospitals, colleges, libraries and others loca-tions through-out Nassau County. Information is also available on Facebook by liking “The NICE Bus.” A mobile appli-cation for www.nicebus.com is also available from that site. In most cases, service adjustments consist of minor timetable adjustments that will not be noticeable to riders. In a few cases, routes have been slightly restructured to make transfers to other routes possible or require transfers where they did not exist. Also, new stops on some express routes will be added. On a quarterly basis, NICE reviews and adjusts schedules in response to rider pat-terns, to address specific concerns and to maximize utilization of the system in ways that benefit the most riders possible.

New York City Coun-cil member Mathieu Eugene set to an-nounce extension of TPS re-application deadline for Haitian immigrants On Wednesday, January 2nd, NYC Coun-cil Member Mathieu Eugene, fellow elected officials, and TPS advocates will hold a press conference at 10am, on the steps of City Hall to announce President Barack

Obama and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano’s decision to extend the re-registration period for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian past its initial dead-line of November 30th, until January 29th 2013. Due to the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy on October 29th, transportation sys-tems were temporarily suspended, travel was unadvised, and daily activities were impossi-ble during the height of the re-application period. In addition, nonprofit legal groups, elected officials, and city agencies through-out New York City faced similar challenges and have been unable to provide the vital services necessary for TPS renewals. Council Member Mathieu Eugene quickly recognized the need for action and on No-vember 5th he reached out to President Barack Obama to ask that an extension for TPS renewals be taken into consideration. On Thursday, December 27, 2012, Council-man Eugene’s request was granted and an extension was announced. “I want to thank President Obama and Secre-tary Napolitano for their decision to extend the TPS re-application period. This decision allows the many Haitian immigrants who have come to call this great nation home, the opportunity to continue to work and provide for their families without disruption. The compassion demonstrated by this extension represents the very ideals our country was founded on; one nation from many. We share a history of the legacy left by our immigrant forefathers and now we will share a future built by our sons and daughters,” said Coun-cil Member Mathieu Eugene.

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100 Black Men of Long Is-land, Inc. celebrated its Annual Holiday Celebration & Educa-tion Awards On December 14 at the African American Mu-seum located at 110 North Franklin Street, Hempstead. This year’s celebration hon-ored five distinguished honorees who have each worked in the area the 100’s mission Mentor-ing, Education, Health & Well-ness and Economic Empower-ment. Honorees for the evening included Robert Bullock, Eco-nomic Empowerment Award, TD Bank Branch Manager, Angela Banks Jourdain, Health & Wellness Award, President, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Shelley Brazley, Education Award, Hempstead School Board, Waylyn Hobbs, Education Award, Hempstead School Board, Jacqueline Harris, Edu-cation Award, Deputy Superin-tendent South Huntington School District, and Wayne Redman, Mentoring Award, Executive Director, Hempstead Boys & Girls Club. Each hon-oree was presented citations for their work from Office of Nas-sau County Executive Ed Man-gano from Dr. Phillip Elliot, Deputy County Executive, C o u n c i l wo m a n D o r o t h y Goosby, 1st District, Town of Hempstead, and Carrie Solages, Legislator 3rd District (D), El-mont. Amerigroup donated a check in the amount of $500.00 to the 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. to support the underserved minority communities in the Long Island region. About: 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc (“The 100”). The organization was founded in 1974 by a group of men from the Long Island region who believed that Long Island was ripe for such an organization.

Today the organization contin-ues to take an active part of the community where its interest is at stake. The 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. is now part of an international coalition of 118 chapters, and is a membership body comprised of over 10,000 men worldwide. The Long Island Chapter is the second oldest chapter of the organization. Since its inception 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. has been working in the area of Education, Mentoring, Health & Wellness, and Eco-nomic Empowerment. The four areas of Education, Men-toring, Health & Wellness, and Economic Empowerment have evolved into our international mission over the last couple of decades. The logo of the organization stands for a broad group of men who have exemplified excel-lence in a variety of structures coming together to give 100 % effort to improve our commu-nity. Mentoring is considered to be the crown jewel of the or-ganization, and one of our na-tional models is “What they see they’ll be”! Sustainability of creating success across many generations is a key index of the impact of our mission.

100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. celebrated its

Annual Holiday Celebration & Education Awards

People . Places . Events

100 Black Men Pins newspaper Publisher Elseah Chea as mem-ber 100 Black Men of

Long Island, Inc.

On December 14, 2012 at the 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. Annual Holiday Celebration & Education Awards long time community newspaper publisher Elseah Chea was pinned as a new member of the 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. “Elseah Chea is an asset to the entire commu-nity and will bring years of publishing experi-ence and communication skills to the 100 which will enable the organization to articulate its mission of Four for the Future – Mentoring, Education, Health & Wellness and Eco-nomic Em-powerment to the entire region” Phil Andrews, President, 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. said. Elseah Chea is the founder/publisher Hempstead/Uniondale Times. Mr. Chea, earned his bachelor’s in Liberal Arts (emphasis in English) from The City College of New York and his master’s degree in Interna-tional Education from Teachers College, Colum-bia University. He has over 15 years’ experience in the newspaper business. He got his start as a student reporter for the Borough of Manhattan Community College student newspaper, the BMCC Voice, which he helped found as a stu-dent at the College from 1981-83. His first pub-lished article was an interview with the late civil rights advocate, Stokely Carmichael (aka Kwame Toure), whom he interviewed in 1981, and the interview was subsequently published in the student newspaper. Since then, Mr. Chea has published and/or edited an array of publications, including InterCulture, the Pan-African Herald, the Liberian Voice, and the Hempstead Horn. Currently, he oversees the production of Hemp-stead/Uniondale Times, Freeport/Roosevelt Times, the Lakeview Star, and the Long Island Dispatch newspapers. An educator by profession, Mr. Chea teaches at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY and York College of the City University of New York. He also has had the distinction of serving as an adjunct instructor at several colleges, namely – Hostos Community College, Malcolm X—King College, Briarcliffe College, State University/Farmingdale, State University/Old Westbury, Borough of Manhattan Community College, and The College of New Rochelle/Bronx Campus. Mr. Chea taught language arts to grades 9-12 for the New York City Public School system. He also taught for a year (1986-87) at Holy Cross Elementary School/Bronx, where he was named Teacher of the Year (1986-87). Elseah Chea is a recipient of numerous awards and/or academic honors—Outstanding Young Men of America, Teacher of the Year (Holy Cross School), Best Print Award (African-American Media), National Honor Roll, to name a few.

The 100’s is membership based and is comprised of lawyers, doc-tors, judges, businessmen, school administrators, Teachers, Health Care Professionals, law enforce-ment personnel, accountants, financial serves professionals, and high ranking retired military per-sonnel, etc. For more info, log on to www.100blackmenofli.org Also, write via mail: 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. 9 Centre Street, Hempstead, New Y o r k 1 1 5 5 0 . E m a i l : [email protected]

Mr. Chea is pinned by Board mem-ber and former President of 100

while members Mr. Handa, left and Mr. Wise, center, look on.

Left to Right: Henry Holley, Past President, 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc. Waylyn Hobbs, Hempstead School Board honoree, Robert Bullock, TD Bank Brank Branch Man-ager, honoree, Shelly Brazely, Hempstead School Board, honoree, Carrie Solages, Legislator, 3rd District (D), Elmont, New York, Wayne Redman, Executive Director, Hempstead Boys & Girls Club, honoree, Jacqueline Harris, Deputy Superintendent South Huntington School District, honoree, Angela Banks Jourdain, President, President, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, honoree.


In the aftermath of the Newton, Connecticut shooting, First Lady Michelle Obama pens open letter to parents about discussing Sandy Hook Shooting with children, young people, and adults alike. We publish the letter in its entirety here:

Dear parents, Like every American, Barack and I are abso-lutely heartbroken about the unspeakable tragedy that occurred last week in Newtown, Connecticut. And like so many of you, our first reactions were not as a President and First Lady, but as a Mom and Dad. We were asking ourselves, what if this had been our town, or our school, or our girls? And we know that all across the country, it’s not just adults who are asking questions right now – our children are looking for answers as well. Like us, they want to know, why did this happen? Could it happen again? And as parents, all of us can take the time to hold our kids close and talk with them about the things that truly matter: our love for them, the importance of extending that love to those affected by this tragedy, and how that love truly defines our great American community. We can tell our kids that we’re doing every-thing we can to keep them safe and make sure they feel loved – and so are their teach-ers, coaches, faith leaders, Scout leaders and everyone else who plays a role in their lives. We can remind them to be grateful for the educators who work every day to help them

achieve their dreams – and for the first re-sponders who risk their lives at a moment’s notice to protect ours. We can tell them about the extraordinary people of Newtown and how they have re-sponded to unspeakable tragedy: the educa-tors who sprang into action; the children who carefully followed instructions and com-forted each other amidst the chaos; the neighbors and faith leaders who have come together to support one another. And finally, we can tell them that it’s our job now to stand with the people of Newtown – to pray for them and to find ways, large and small, to show them that they are not alone in their grief. It is now up to us to carry the memory of those who were lost in our hearts and to follow their example every day, living our lives as they lived theirs – with courage, determination, hope and love. Those are the values that give us our strength as Americans and that we return to in times of crisis – not just because they help us heal, but because they define who we are, as a people and as a nation. May the memories of those we lost be a blessing to their families, their community and our country, and may God be with the people of Newtown as they begin the slow and painful work of healing and moving forward. Sincerely, Michelle Obama

Hempstead/Uniondale Times in association

with 100 Black Men of Long Island Inc.

Present

Black History Month Essay Contest

Contest open to high school students

Topic: Black History In February we will celebrate Black History Month. In a five-paragraph essay,

discuss what Black History means to you.

Mail essay to:

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A reception announcing winners will be held at

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INCIDENT: ArrestDATE/TIME: December 17, 2012, 1010—LOCATION: Valley Stream ITEM: 01— The Fourth Squad reports the arrest of a Valley Stream man for Criminal Possession of a Weapon on December 17, 2012 at 10:10 am. According to detectives, a 69 year old witness observed Bran-don J Schmidt, 21, of 63 West Valley Stream Blvd, Valley Stream become involved in a verbal altercation with another 27 year old male in front of 63 West Valley Blvd. Schmidt then pointed a black handgun into the air and fired one round. He left the scene in a 2008 Honda. Later on the defendant presented himself to Fourth Squad Detectives at which time he was placed under arrest and processed. A 9 mm shell cas-ing was recovered at the scene. There were no injuries re-ported. The defendant is being charged with Criminal Posses-sion of a Weapon 2nd Degree, Criminal Use of a Firearm 2nd Degree, Reckless Endangerment 2nd Degree. He will be ar-raigned on December 18, 2012 in First District Court, Hemp-stead.

---------------------------------------------------- INCIDENT: Arrest/Robbery DATE/TIME: October 24, 2012, 1755—LOCATION: Hicksville ITEM: 03—The Nar-cotics/Vice Bureau reports the arrest of four Massapequa men for Robbery which occurred on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 5:55 P.M. in Hicksville. According to detectives, Joseph Dilena, 19, of 104 Chester Avenue, Taylor Bocchiaro, 17, of 226 Biltmore Boulevard, Ryan Heselton, 18, of 183 Baltimore Avenue and Edward Kaercher, 17, of 30 Fairwater Avenue arrived in the parking lot of 7-11 located at 599 South Broadway in a car driven by Dilena. They picked up the 20 year old victim with the inten-tion of purchasing an undisclosed amount of oxycodone pills. The group drove to Sleepy’s located at 1000 South Oyster Bay Road, pushed the victim out of the car in the parking lot, proceeded to punch and kick him and removed oxycodone pills from his pocket. The defendants got back in the car and fled southbound on South Oyster Bay Road. The victim re-ceived minor injuries and refused medical attention. The four men are charged with Robbery 2nd degree and will be arraigned on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at First District Court in Hempstead.

———-——————— INCIDENT: Arrest/Criminal Possession of a Weapon DATE/TIME: September 22, 2012, 1735—LOCATION: Roosevelt—ITEM: 02—The Special Investigations Squad reports three arrests for Criminal Possession of a Weapon

which occurred on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 5:35 P.M. in Roosevelt. According to detectives, three men walked in front of a Henry Street home where two female victim’s, ages 42 and 44 were sitting on the porch. Two of the men started discharging multiple rounds from handguns at the home before fleeing in an unknown direction. No injuries were reported. On Friday, September28, 2012 Jamaal K. Dudley, 20, of 48 Andrews Ave, Roosevelt was located, found to be in posses-sion of a .380 caliber handgun, and taken into custody. On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Lawrence Sims, 20, of 24 Lillian Avenue was located and taken into custody. On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Marc Anthony Bell, 18, of 79 Henry Street, Roosevelt was located and taken into custody. All three suspects were charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd degree. Sims and Bell were also charged with Reckless Endangerment 1st degree. Additionally Sims is charged with Criminal Mischief 4th degree. Dudley was scheduled to be arraigned on Saturday, September 29, 2012, Sims was scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday, October 3rd 2012, and Bell will be arraigned on Thursday October 25, 2012 at First District Court in Hempstead.

———————————————————————— INCIDENT: Robbery DATE/TIME: December 8, 2012, 0145—LOCATION: Roosevelt ITEM: 02—The First Squad is investigating a Robbery that occurred in Roosevelt on Saturday, December 08, 2012 at 1:45 A.M. According to detectives, a 21 year old male victim was on East Fulton Avenue when he was approached by three un-known male black subjects. Subject one displayed a handgun and demanded the victim’s property while subjects two and three removed a cell phone and wallet from the victim’s pockets. All three subjects then fled the scene on foot west-bound on East Fulton Avenue. No injuries were reported. Subject one is further described as 20 to 28 years of age, wearing dark pants, dark sweatshirt, knit cap and having a mustache. Subject two is described as approximately 5’10” tall, 20 years old, wearing dark pants and dark sweatshirt. Subject three is 20 to 28 years of age, wearing dark pants and dark colored sweatshirt. Detectives request anyone with information regarding this crime to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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What Every Long Islander Should Know—Mapping an Illogical System

By Nancy Rauch Douzinas

Imagine we could start over and recre-ate Long Island, rebuilding our commu-nities from the ground up. When it comes to providing basic services like who hauls away our gar-bage, provides our water or patrols our streets, how would you design it? Would you create 124 different school districts? 41 police departments? How about 73 garbage disposal agencies, 227 fire and ambulance depart-ments, 54 water agencies, 110 library groups or 26 sewer agencies? Oh and let’s throw in that each one of these departments can be organized in at least 20 different ways including departments in incorporated villages, commissioner-led special districts and associations. Yup, I’m confused. If we were starting anew, I doubt we would create anything this complex yet that is exactly what exists on Long Island today. How on earth did we get here? In the early 1900s, people began to move out of the city and into the rural, unincorporated areas on Long Island. As new communities sprung up, so did the need to provide services to those communities. As Levit-town was formed, for example, so was the Levittown school district, fire district and garbage district. The same story continued to play out for nearly every new community on the Island. This becomes a dizzying array of bureaucracy that costs us, not just in terms of taxes, but in our ability to effectively manage our resources or address regional challenges. Let’s take the example of water. We have one aquifer system that serves as the sole source of our drinking water for all of Long Island but we have 54 different agencies charged with providing water to their local communities. So who’s in charge of managing the aquifer system to make sure it doesn’t get contaminated? The answer, unfortunately, is nobody. Each agency is tasked with providing water within its own jurisdictional boundary, but the aquifer doesn’t care about jurisdictional boundaries. A toxic plume that starts in Bethpage doesn’t just stay in Bethpage, it mi-grates to Farmingdale, Massapequa and beyond. There are many examples of how the complexity of our district lines makes governance less efficient, more expensive, slower to react to a crisis and harder to organize pro-active planning to create a more sustainable future. Yet so few Long Islanders understand how we are structured in terms of these services. And from the water example, it’s clear, it matters. Ask yourself, do you know who provides your services? Do you know when elections are held? The Long Island Index launched a new series of maps to help explain it. Take a look. Go to www.longislandindexmaps.org; select the tab “Service Providers;” enter your address in the search box and voila, check out all of your providers and look at how many providers there are for each service across the county. As you look at the map and understand how we got here, ask yourself, “Should we let our past dictate our future or is it time for some new think-ing?” Nancy Rauch Douzinas is president of the Rauch Foundation, a family foundation that supports innovative programs centered on children, the environment, and regional leadership. For more information visit www.rauchfoundation.org.

Q. My daughter has Attention Defi-cit Hyperactivity Disorder-ADHD and I’m having a hard time finding a summer camp that will accept her and that will understand her special needs. How can I find her a good special needs camp? A. It can be very hard to find a sum-mer camp for children who have any kind of learning disability. For any summer camp, you need to start looking now! First, you must decide if you want a fun camp, day care or an academic camp. Either way, camps should involve fun. Second, you want to find ones that will ac-commodate your daughter’s needs. How much do they know about ADHD? How do they discipline? Are they easy to contact, especially in an emergency? Do you want day camps only or overnight camps? Are there enough adults per child? Then finally, you want one that fits your budget. To accomplish this, you must start looking early. Here are

some resources that I hope you find helpful: 1. The National Dissemination Cen-ter for Children with Special Needs (NICHCY) http://www.nichcy.org/In fo r ma t io n R eso u r c es /P ag es /camps.aspx provides this quick con-nect to camps and summer opportu-nities (Feb 2010). 2. CHADD Summer Camp Award Fund 2010. www.chadd.org/Content/C H A D D / M e m b e r s h i p /SummerCampAward/default.htm Awards of up to $8,000 each de-signed to help parents or guardians. 3. ADHD-LD Summer Camp Guide http://www.additudemag.com/adhd- guide/camp.html Learn how special-ized camps can benefit your child, and search the camp programs listed in the ADHD Summer Camp Direc-tory. 4. ADHD Summer Enrichment Camp at the Leelanau School. Intro-ductory program from July 18-23 intended for students entering grades 5 through 12 and their parents. http://www.drhallowell.com/blog/adhd-summer-enrichment-camp-at-the-leelanau-school-july-18-introductory-and-july-25-2010-advanced/ 5. Looking for Special Needs Camps? Summer Camps Directory http://www.summercampsinfo.com/categories/special-needs-summer-camps.asp 6. National Directory of Day and Residential Camps, Camp Easter Seals. http://www.easterseals.com/site 7. The American Camp Association (ACA; 765-342-8456), one of the

largest camping organizations in the U.S., also operates a "find a camp" service at CAMP-a Resource for Families. 8. SOAR, Inc. is a non-profit wilder-ness adventure program for AD/HD and LD youth. 9. National Camp Association, Inc (NCA). By phone (800-966-CAMP). Also http://www.summercamp.org/. 10. National Camp Association - Guidance and referrals. http://www.summercamp.org/guidance/ 11. KidsCamps.com includes a di-rectory listing for Special Needs Camps and Military Camps. 12. CampSpecialists.com - summer camp referral program. 13. Bridges4Kids ht tp: //w w w . b r i d g e s 4 k i d s . o r g /SummerCamp.html has a compre-hensive listing of Summer Camps across the nation. 14. Religious camps at http://www.ccca.org/ Also check out your local YMCA, churches, community organizations, libraries, schools and colleges for camps close to home and small enough to accommodate your daugh-ter. Good luck! ——–—-Lisa-Anne Ray-Byers is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist who has worked in education for over two decades. She holds graduate degrees in speech-language pathology and multicultural education. She also holds certification in educational administra-tion. She is the author of the book, They Say I Have ADHD, I Say Life Sucks! Thoughts From Nicholas and co-author of 365 Ways To Suc-ceed With ADHD both available at www.Amazon.com. She is a member of the National Education Writers Association. She is currently employed in the Hempstead School District. You may contact her at [email protected] or by visiting her web-site at www.AskLisaAnne

Lisa-Anne Ray-Byers

Nancy Rauch Douzinas

Dysfunctional Family

dynamics—Fixing my

family’s management

style While rushing to get our five kids out the door, our family breakfast table can get a little tense. I get annoyed at my dear husband for not keeping the kids on schedule, and he – who is gone a lot of the week – resents me for meddling in his “kid time.” We inevitably end up in a debate as to what kid isn’t doing what he needs to do, and what we need to do about it… not good! I don’t think my family is alone is bearing witness to this “management dysfunction.” Most groups and organizations need someone calling the shots so that everyone else falls in line: Presi-dent, governor, mayor, principle, coach… you get the idea. But in a two parent family with young kids? This particular organization is hard

to manage because the junior mem-bers (the “cubs”) don’t exactly fall in line; meanwhile, there are TWO managers who don’t always agree! Parenting Tools So what’s a practical mom to do? Here’s my latest plan: take our disagreements about how we should be parenting our kids behind closed doors! That way, when we appear in front of the kids with our plan, we create a united front. A better defensive line! When I imagine this parenting strategy, I dread the breakfast table a bit less. Wish my luck with this new at-tempt to only appear united with my husband! Hoping things are going smoothly in your family in this regard. How do you resolve parenting conflicts? I would love for you to join the conversation at Cloud-Mom.com. For more practical advice on ba-bies, toddlers, kids and mommy-dom, join Melissa on Cloud-Mom.com or on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cloudmom). ——Melissa Lawrence is a mom of five and the co-founder and CEO of CloudMom, a how-to video re-source for moms. The site offers practical advice and time-saving tips on baby’s first year, and a daily blog on the latest parenting news and trends. Follow Melissa on Twitter @CloudMom.

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8 Sales Strategies to Avoid the Summer Slump: 1. Set a sales target. It may sound obvious but if you don’t have something to aim for then you won’t know when you have succeeded. You shouldn’t have just a monthly sales tar-get, if times are tight then this should be weekly. Write it on a board so the whole company can see it and make everyone un-derstand what it is and why it is there. 2. Reconnect with former clients. It’s 7 to 10 times more costly to acquire new clients than it is to sell to current or former clients. 3. Generate new sales from current clients with a new product offering. Expanding your revenue per sale. 4. Sharpen your tools -Most salespeople don’t spend enough time working on improving their sales skills and techniques. If your busi-ness is slower in the summer, take the time to learn how to sell more effectively and get involved in a sales coaching program. Begin now by putting your own plan in place to sharpen your sales skills and hone your sales techniques. Great salespeople do not blame the seasons for their slump. 5. Increase sales activities - In the summer months companies and salespeople cut their sales activities. They actually have said to me, “If we are not going to sell anything, what is the point?” It is completely back-

wards thinking and the type of thinking that will keep you exactly where you are. Increas-ing your sales activity will increase sales results. 6. Don’t believe the hype - One of the biggest problems with this summer slump chatter is that salespeople use the chatter to fuel the fire and make excuses about themselves and their business. People tend to believe everything they hear and see instead of challenging the summer slowdown belief. If you perceive no one is around and everyone is on vacation then you are setting yourself up for a negative self-fulfilling prophecy and your sales will take a long siesta. 7. Mix business with pleasure. Schedule a summer client party at the pool, park, or base-ball stadium. Schedule lunches or coffees with past clients, or invite your “A” list of people over for a barbecue. Get creative and mix business with pleasure- it’s a great way to enjoy the summer AND generate new busi-ness. I have found client parties are a great way to drive new sales and have fun! 8. Refine and increase your marketing efforts. Analyse what's working for you and what isn't. Can you improve your methods? Is it your message? ———-Jack works with a select group of clients

who are driven to improve their profits, team per-formance, and lifestyle. Are there areas in your business that need some adjustments? Call me direct @ 631-757-2936 or email him at [email protected]

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T AKING CHARGE

The Entrepreneurial Life

Creatively Raising Capital

If a business is to survive, you need capital. Just like individuals need cash or money for purchases of food, clothing and shelter-the necessities; also, businesses have necessities or startup costs. Before you make your first sale, have a grand opening or have your first employee, you will have costs. There is rent money you pay for your office, store, showroom or ware-house. Also equipment purchases, creation of your business cards, design and printing of your letterhead, office stationary and register-ing of your business. Your inventory or mer-chandise costs, purchases of your computer and its printer, your fax machine, phone sys-tem and filing cabinets are all costs. Do not forget your salary ~d required payroll de-mands.

Now that you realize you will have expenses related to being a business owner. Let us ex-plore the concept or need of finances. They are legal and creative sources of capital or cash for the inspiring as well as the estab-lished entrepreneurs. Traditional sources of money for new entre-preneurs are: personal savings, loans and/or monetary gifts from family members and friends, credit card advances (practice caution) and a bank loan. Remember, business bank loans are given when acceptable and profes-sional business plan is developed and deliv-ered. O.P .M. or other people money is a fan-tasy of entrepreneurs. Be prepared to pay your financial gifts or windfall bank in a timely fashion and with interest. Your credibility, character and future obtainment of more loans depend on your ability to repay. Some creative sources of loans are investors such as 'angels' and venture capitalists. Do your research or due diligence on individuals and institutions who can make loans. In busi-ness partnerships, often times one or more partners help finance the business venture.

May they be an 'invisible' (i.e., behind the scenes) partner or a 'day-to-day' working part-ner. Black folks do not usually have a 'rich uncle' or major legacy via a will, left for them to start or expand their business. Also, free money or grants are target to non-profits. That's after a proposal and documents are submitted to qualify. Managing money properly is just as impor-tant as making money. It is an appropriate phrase: "a fool and his money will soon part." Practice budgeting and bookkeeping, under-stand your financials, create a positive cash flow, revenues and profit statements. Do not let only your accountant or CP A understand your company's financial insights. _______Mr. Byron w: Perry is a noted and respected business consultant and professional public speaker. He can be reached at [email protected] Byron W.

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Women of Integrity

It's that time of year again. Every girl deserves to go to their prom, espe-cially if they have worked hard in school. In these hard times, many

young ladies and their families may not be able to afford the cost of prom dress. Women Of Integrity Inc. is asking for your help. We need dresses for our 2013 Prom Dress Drive. Our prom dress drive is going on now

until March15th, 2013. We are asking for new or gently worn prom dresses, cocktail dresses, bridesmaid dresses, evening gowns, shoes, and accessories, from 2009 and up. We ask that all dresses be in good condi-tion and cleaned prior to donating. Drop off locations, will be posted at a later date. You can check our website and our FB page for drop off loca-tions updates. If you or anyone you know would like to donate a dress,

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Publicity Campaign

Strategies for Small

By Phil Andrews

Publicity Campaigns for Small Businesses has the ability to win the war for Small Busi-nesses over a period of time. Brand awareness takes time and specific strategies for any small business to reap its benefits. Publicity cam-paigns should be based on specific goals of each particular business. Every business should map out a well designed plan to take advantage of newsworthy items that appear in their business on a regular basis. The problem that arises with most small businesses is that they are so consumed with many of the day to

day activities that public relations campaigns get put on the back burner. Publicity is one area where most small business get can more bang for their buck. Where else can a business get more for their buck in exchange for a little time invested, and creativity? Some years ago I sent an article to a magazine by the name of Shoptalk Magazine, and they featured a story about the Haircut Hut Barbershop Franchise which I ran for a period of ten years. The cost of the three page story was a typed letter, en-velope and stamp. The magazine space in which the article appeared was valued well over three thousand dollars. Some areas in which publicity are overlooked in small businesses are anniversaries, addition of key employees, renovation, new web site, new location, new product line, strategic alli-ances, partnerships, etc. Top of the mind awareness for small businesses must be devel-oped in a systematic matter. The best way to accomplish such a huge task is to attack your campaign by developing a systematic public relations campaign around specific things that occur in your business. Look how McDonalds capitalized on the number of hamburgers sold. They leveraged the number of sales into one of the biggest publicity campaigns. Small businesses can also leverage newsworthy events that happen in their business on a regu-lar basis. The art of the big deal should be a business owner’s primary way of thinking. If you do not make a big deal out of the accom-

plishments of your business no one else will think second about it, matter of fact no one will know about your great news. Newspapers need news. We live in an infor-mation society, and if newspapers can get a great story for free most newspapers will cover your story if it fits their need for spe-cific content. The greatest thing about publicity is that it is just the beginning when your article first ap-pears in a publication. Your featured article can now be copied and sent to friends, you can use it in a press kit or put it on your website, or event use it in your online newsletters. Publicity is a door opener and if used correctly it can open many more doors and get you many more features. The hardest thing about a publicity campaign is to get it rolling; it has a snowball effect once you get started. One added benefit, people tend to support the prod-uct and services in which they are familiar with on a regular basis. Both large and small companies benefit from publicity. There is no such thing as any company being too well known. ———Phil Andrews is CEO of P.A. Public Rela-tions Co. He is also host of the Power Networking Series Business Seminar Series. To be placed on the email list for upcoming Power Networking events, email the Power Networking Series at [email protected]

Talking Businesses Sense with Phil Andrews

Tell Me How Speakers who inspire or persuade often aim to motivate their audiences to action. The call to action articulated by speakers could be for listeners to vote a certain way, change a nega-tive behavior, join a group, purchase a prod-uct or service, try a new type of food, or even to have a new outlook on life. Often, however, in their zeal to encourage their audiences, speakers sometimes forget one important communicative step. Tell the audience how. After listening to a motivational or persuasive speaker, I am usually on board with their positive message. Sometimes however, I find I have been given no tangible steps to take toward getting to the goal! Persuade me to become a member of your personal finance club? Pass out membership applications and tell when where and when the meetings are. Motivate me to be more organized? Tell me how to set up an electronic filing system, or closet cubbies for my handbags. When speaking to persuade or motivate, giv-ing your audience an action “how” step will keep them engaged and more receptive to your message, making you a more effective public speaker.

——-Gail Lewis teaches Communications and never passes up an opportunity to watch Star Trek. Contact her at email: [email protected]

Communication Corner with Gail Lewis


Toks Olagundoye The “The Neighbors”

Interview with Kam Williams

Born in Lagos, Toks Olagundoye was raised not only in Nigeria but also in Switzerland and England. The exotic Nigerian-Norwegian beauty moved to the United States to attend Smith College where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. After jumpstarting her career in New York, the stun-ningly-attractive actress relocated to Los Angeles where within a short time she landed roles on such TV series as “NCIS,” “Prime Suspect,” “Switched at Birth,” “CSI: NY,” “Law & Order” and “Ugly Betty,” to name a few. She currently stars in ABC’s new hit comedy “The Neighbors” (which airs on Wednesdays at 8:30pm ET/PT), playing “Jackie Joyner-Kersee,” an alien from the planet Zabvron who has taken on human form to live in a gated community in New Jersey. Toks’ character is married to the community’s Supreme Leader and serves as the Zabvronian equivalent of the First Lady. “Jackie” is baffled by Earth’s strange customs but is more open than her stubborn husband who refuses to adapt. In addition to acting, Toks enjoys writing and producing films for the web and is the founder of Unlimited Ceiling (http://www.youtube.com/user/UnlimitedCeiling) for which she’s created web series like “Callbacks” and “AlphaSeries.” In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, horseback riding, Pilates, archery and going to the gun range. Toks’ secret talent is doing all sorts of accents from around the world. Here, she talks about her life, career and work on The Neighbors.

Kam Williams: Hi, Toks, thanks for the inter-view.

Toks Olagundoye: Absolutely my pleasure! Thank YOU for the interview!

KW: What interested you in The Neighbors?

Toks: Well, honestly, I love being an actor and a job is a job, and I'm always happy to have a job. So, initially, I would say: em-ployment. But I am also a sci-fi lover and have been itching to be on a sitcom forever. So, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to audition and I really went for it!

KW: Tell me a little about the show’s wacky premise?

Toks: Sure, a community of aliens set up a colony of sorts on Earth in a New Jersey golfing community, taking on the guise of human form, and they do their best to fit in and not attract attention. Of course, they fail spectacularly. One of the alien couples in the community gets tired of waiting around to hear from their home planet and they vacate their house leaving it open for a nice, human Jersey family of five to purchase and move into. Let the hysterical comedy of errors ensue!

KW: How would you describe your charac-ter, Jackie?

Toks: Quirky, cute, loving, kind, curious, proper, diligent, patient, inquisitive, genuine, lovely, tall, green blooded… Okay, now I'm just throwing words at you. I shall cease and desist.

KW: So, you play an alien queen who’s impersonating U.S. Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Which is more challenging, playing an alien or impersonating Jackie?

Toks: Well, neither, because neither is the case. Jackie is the wife of the Zabvrobian supreme commander, so she is more of a matriarch than a queen. And the aliens are not impersonating the athletes they have named themselves after. They have taken on these names in the hope of becoming a part of the elite. In their minds, choosing the names of accomplished sports figures will help them fit in and excel. They don't realize it actually makes them all stick out like a box of sore thumbs. Yes, I realize that is not an official adage. Hey, it is now!

KW: Does the show have a message?

Toks: In my humble opinion, as a foreigner, it does. And the message is this: the only way to come to a full acceptance and under-standing of yourself is to embrace your own culture, quirks and differences while learning about those around you and exploring, incor-porating and embracing their cultures, differ-ences, quirks, etcetera. Okay, that’s a lot of words. Basically, we are all different and we all have something to learn and it doesn't mean people need to change who you are but one should be open to new things and, above all, tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness. That’s still a lot of words. Let's try this: we are all different and that's okay. That’s not incredibly poetic, but it's the message at its essence.

KW: You’re half-Nigerian and half-Norwegian? Which do you identify with more?

Toks: Oh, I identify with them both very strongly. I identify myself as a Nigerian because that is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives. And, in my mind, that is the definition of where someone is from. But I was raised by a very Norwe-gian mother and spent a ton of time there every year until I was about 14 and am clos-est to my Norwegian relatives. So, it is very difficult to choose. Call me, Sophie. [ala Sophie’s Choice] Well, don't, it's not my name and not really that traumatic of a choice, but you get my gist..

KW: So, do you still have lots of friends and relatives in both places?

Toks: I do.

KW: Do you speak Norwegian? Toks: I do. Not as well as I did in my child-hood but I can get by in a conversation.

KW: You studied theater at Smith prior to embarking on your professional career. Do you recommend that route to other aspiring actresses?

Toks: Not necessarily. It was right for me, but other people do better going on to grad school and others yet are naturally inclined and do just fine without any formal training at all. Everyone is different. The only things I think are imperative are focus, determina-tion and hard work.

KW: What would be your ideal movie role?

Toks: Oh, my. That's a hard one. Anything Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Anis-ton or Charlize Theron would say "yes" to. I think I have covered all my bases there. I mean, I just have fun doing what I do. If it looks like a good time, I'm up for it! Seri-ously, have your people call my people. KW: What film director would you like to work with?

Toks: Oh, so many... The Coen Brothers, Martin Scorsese, Sam Mendes, Mike Leigh,

Kathryn Bigelow, David Fincher, Cameron Crowe, Chris Nolan, Ridley Scott, Sam Raimi, Quentin Tarantino, Luc Besson, Penny Marshall, Ron Howard, Mike Nichols, Kenneth Branagh... Bring it!

KW: Is there any question no one ever asks you, that you wish someone would?

Toks: Yes: "Would you like a few million dollars? Because I happen to have a few extra I can give you tax free." Ha! No, not really, I'm just glad that anyone wants to ask me anything at all.

KW: The Tasha Smith question: Are you ever afraid?

Toks: Constantly, but it's a big driving force in my life. I'm more likely to try and tackle a fear than let it control me.

KW: The Columbus Short question: Are you happy?

Toks: Absolutely. I am truly blessed.

KW: The Teri Emerson question: When was the last time you had a good laugh?

Toks: About ten minutes ago in a cab in New York, leaving the home of one of my four best friends. Yes, four. They are all the best. Like I said, I am blessed. I refuse to pick one. You can't make me. All my friends are funny, witty, fun-loving people. As are my parents, and the people I work with. I get at least a couple of good laughs in every day.

KW: What is your guiltiest pleasure?

Toks: Carbs. Sad but true.

KW: The bookworm Troy Johnson question: What was the last book you read? Toks: The final Hunger Games book, 'The Mockingjay.' Seriously, Suzanne Collins, I need another one. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0439023513/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20

KW: The music maven Heather Covington question: What was the last song you lis-tened to?

Toks: I’m was just listening to Radiohead's 'Reckoner.' http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0011TQLA2/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20

KW: What is your favorite dish to cook?

Toks: Whatever I know the person I am feeding will most enjoy. KW: The Sanaa Lathan question: What ex-cites you?

Toks: Positivity. KW: The Uduak Oduok question: Who is your favorite clothes designer?

Toks: Oh, wow! All of these "pick one" questions.... Arrrgh! I mean, there is so much wonderful stuff and so many amazing people in this world. It is hard for me to pick my favorite one... I have always loved Chanel. I am big fan of Dolce and Gabbana. My new-est favorite is All Saints. I also love Proenza Schouler, and Rachel Zoe's line is phenome-nal. Balenciaga is always amazing! L.A.M.B. is amazing, and you can’t go wrong with Louis Vuitton. And there is an Italian designer, Patrizia Pepe, whom I really enjoy. So many beautiful clothes! KW: Dante Lee, author of "Black Business Secrets,” asks: What was the best business decision you ever made, and what was the worst?

Toks: Best: moving to LA. Worst: going into business with a friend.

KW: The Michael Ealy question: If you could meet any historical figure, whom would you choose?

Toks: Joan of Arc.

KW: When you look in the mirror, what do you see?

Toks: A map to my life lit up by smiling eyes. I know: Eww! But true!

KW: If you could have one wish instantly granted, what would that be for?

Toks: A cure for cancer.

KW: The Ling-Ju Yen question: What is your earliest childhood memory?

Toks: Sitting in the living room of the apart-ment we lived in when I was about 2 or 3. We had a balcony which my mother had enclosed with chicken wire so we had birds flying amidst a forest of plants. I remember watching the birds through orange and white curtains.

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Quentin Tarantino The “Django Unchained”

Interview with Kam Williams

With a vibrant imagination and dedication to rich, layered storytelling, Quentin Tarantino has established himself as one of the most celebrated filmmakers of his generation. His World War II epic, “Inglorious Basterds,” was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Achievement in Directing, and landed an Oscar for Christoph Waltz for his memorable portrayal of Colonel Hans Landa. . Prior to “Inglorious Basterds,” Tarantino thrilled audi-ences with “Death Proof,” starring Kurt Russell and Zoë Bell. In “Kill Bill Vol. 1″ and “Kill Bill Vol. 2,” Uma Thurman, as “The Bride,” enacted a “roaring rampage of revenge” on her former lover and boss, played by David Carradine. Quentin wrote and directed “Jackie Brown,” a crime caper starring Pam Grier in the title role. Loosely based on Elmore Leonard’s novel “Rum Punch,” the picture netted Robert Forster an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Tarantino co-wrote, directed and starred in “Pulp Fic-tion” which won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. He wrote, directed and starred in “Reservoir Dogs,” which marked the beginning of his career and made an auspicious debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Here, he talks about his new movie, Django Unchained, a Western featuring Jamie Foxx in the title role as a slave-turned-bounty hunter, and co-starring Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kerry Wash-ington.

Kam Williams: Hi Quentin, thanks for the interview. Quentin Tarantino: Oh, it’s my pleasure, Kam. KW: The last time we spoke, the conversa-tion went so well, the interview is going to be published in the new edition of Quentin Tarantino Interviews. QT: Oh yeah! Edited by Gerald Peary! Vol-ume 2. Cool! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578060516/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 KW: Let me start with a question from Larry Greenberg, a reader who also sent in a ques-tion for that interview: He says: When I got to ask Mr. Tarantino a question about Inglo-rious Basterds his answer changed my life and inspired me to go into filmmaking. It gave me permission to pursue my dream. If that had not happened, I doubt that I would be sitting here today with a script and an insane deadline. It was a key turning point in my life. This time, I’d like to know how you came up with the characters Django and Dr. Schultz [played by Christoph Waltz] and how did you dream up their relationship? QT: Wow, Larry! That’s great! As for the scriptwriting process, it was kind of funny. I always knew I wanted to do a Western. And trying to think of what that would be, I al-ways figured that if I did a Western, it would have a lot of the aesthetics of Spaghetti Westerns, because I really like them. They’re really brutal and operatic with a surreal qual-ity to the violence. So, about eight years ago, I came up with the idea of a black man who was an ex-slave who had become a bounty hunter. And his job would be to track down white outlaws who were hiding out as over-seers on Southern plantations. Now, that’s not a story; that’s just an idea. That was kicking around in the incubator for about eight years, waiting for its time. At the same time, I was writing a film criticism book on Sergio Corbucci, the director who did the original Django. So, I was kind of getting immersed in his world. Towards the end of the Inglourious Basterds press tour I was in Japan. Spaghetti Westerns are really popular there, so I picked up a bunch of soundtracks and spent my day off listening to all these scores. And all of a sudden the opening scene just came to me. It just came to me, and I knew I had to sit down and write it, even though I didn’t even have my notepad

with me. So, I was just writing it on the hotel stationery. During those previous eight years, I never had a German, dentist bounty hunter in mind for the character. [Chuckles] But during that time, I did get to direct Christoph Waltz who was one of the best actors I’d ever worked with. Nobody does my dialogue better than he and Sam Jackson do. They just sing it! And now I think it’s going to be hard for me not to write for him. Anyway, I just started writing that scene, and this German bounty hunter shows up.

KW: What was the most challenging aspect of writing the script? Did you feel any pres-sure to conform to political-correctness? QT: I felt no obligation to bow to any 21st Century political correctness. What I did feel an obligation to do was to take the 21st Cen-tury viewers and physically transport them back to the ante bellum South in 1858, in Mississippi, and have them look at America for what it was back then. And I wanted it to be shocking. KW: Have you seen the film yet with a black audience? QT: Yes I have! KW: And what was their reaction? I know how an all-black audience feels comfortable enough to talk back to the screen and let you know exactly how they feel about what’s happening. QT: [Laughs] Let’s put it like this: We screened it for heavily-black audiences quite a few times, where the audience was be-tween 40 and 60 percent black. That’s pretty black. We also screened it for a 100 percent black audience, and you would’ve thought it was 1973 and they were watching the end of Coffy [A blaxploitation era flick starring Pam Grier]. It’s funny because I was sitting next to [executive producer] Harvey Weinstein and he turns to me and says, “I guess we know who we made this movie for.” [LOL] But the film really has a lot of ups and downs, and taps into a lot of differ-ent emotions. To me, the trick was balancing all those emotions, so that I could get you where I wanted you to be by the very end. I wanted the audience cheering in triumph at the end. So, as rough as some of the things I show in the movie are, they couldn’t be so rough that you’re too traumatized to enjoy the movie any longer.

KW: Irene Smalls: Why this film? Why now, in the Obama era? QT: [Chuckles] I would’ve written this story if Obama were president or if he never ex-isted. For one, I think it’s time to tell a story that deals with this subject. America has avoided for so long. Most countries have been forced to deal with the atrocities of their past that still affect them to this day. But America has been pretty slippery in the way that it has avoided looking slavery in the eye. I believe that’s a problem. We should be talking about it to get past it and to get over it. Not only that, frankly, this is an American story that needs to be told, when you think of slavery existing in this country for 245 years. In slave narratives there were all types of tales and drama and heroism and pain and love that happened during that time. That’s rich material for drama! Everyone complains that there are no new stories left to tell. Not true, there are a whole bunch of them, and they’re all American with a capital A. KW: Why do you think you’re the first di-rector to confront slavery in such a frank fashion? QT: I hate to sound full of myself but maybe I just have the shoulders. KW: Nick Antoine says: Westerns seem to have fallen out of favor in recent years. Even Rian Johnson's Looper, which was sort of a subtle homage to the genre, didn't enjoy as much success as I think it deserved. Why do you think Westerns are so unpopular? I think Westerns are the best! QT: If you ask me, I’d say Westerns have been doing really well. True Grit did great, and 3:10 to Yuma did pretty well, too. I actu-ally think there’s something else going on. There was that last blast of Westerns that came out in the Seventies, those Vietnam/Watergate Westerns where everything was about demystification. And I like that about those movies. And there’s another aspect about the Seventies. Blazing Saddles, as wonderful as it was, sort of hurt the Western. It made such fun of them, that you almost couldn’t take them seriously from that point on. That’s why only Westerns that had the stink of Watergate or Vietnam could be taken seriously. There were so few Westerns made since then, from the Eighties on, that the few directors who did were so pleased with themselves and so happy to have the opportunity that they got lost in visuals, they got lost in the vistas and the pretty scenery. Suddenly, Westerns, which were our action films and what the working man went to see to blow off steam and have a good time, became boring to most people growing up from the Eighties on, because they’re kind of pastoral. KW: What would you say were the most essential components in a script you consider working on?

QT: That’s kind of a tough question. Well, maybe not. The dialogue. But the dialogue and the characters would be wrapped up in each other, because if I’m doing my job right, then I’m not writing the dialogue; the characters are saying the dialogue, and I’m just jotting it down. So, it’s all about me getting into the heads of the characters. I prop them up a little bit, and then they take over from there. KW: Since you’re also the director, do you ever have trouble adapting your vision to the screen? QT: Sometimes. But usually the process is that it gets better, because when I’m writing in my bedroom, in a bar, at my kitchen table or wherever, I’m conjuring it all up on the page. That’s all well and good, but it is going to be a limited perspective at that point and time. Occasionally, what I write might read really well initially, but then you change your mind while hunting for locations when you discover settings which offer even better opportunities for drama or dramatic staging. KW: Keith Kremer asks: How do you feel about the end of the year award season? Is it too much? Are you honored when recog-nized or do you not even care? QT: [Laughs] For some reason, everyone thinks I’m always too cool for school when it comes to competing for trophies. But I worked extremely hard on this movie all year long, so it’s really nice to get recognized and be considered one of the best in the end. And it’s nice to get invited to the parties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues. However, I have it all in perspective. If the film is nominated for awards, and even if it wins them, it doesn’t make the movie any better, just as if it’s ignored that doesn’t make the movie any worse. A lot of the movies I love didn’t get nominated the years they came out. The Wild Bunch didn’t win best picture in 1969, Oliver did. [Laughs] KW: When you look in the mirror, what do you see? QT: So far, I see a happy guy doing what I’m supposed to be doing. So far, so good. KW: The Ling-Ju Yen question: What is your earliest childhood memory?

QT: Frankly, my earliest childhood memo-ries are of watching Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein and Frankenstein Must Be De-stroyed. I remember not liking Frankenstein then and going, “Who is this bald guy?” But I love it now. KW: Well, thanks again for the honor, Quen-tin, and best of luck with the film.

Toks (Cont’d from page 17) KW: The Pastor Alex Kendrick question: When do you feel the most content?

Toks: When I take the time to look positively at my life, assess my accomplishments and truly allow myself to congratulate my-self. KW: The Toure question: Who is the person who led you to become the person you are today? Toks: My mother! My mother! My mother!

KW: The Judyth Piazza question: What key quality do you believe all successful people share?

Toks: Determination.

KW: What advice do you have for anyone who wants to follow in your footsteps?

Toks: Be sure of what you want, focus, work hard, be ready to pick yourself up, do not take rejection personally, be as prepared as you can, always be learning, and eliminate negative people from

your life regardless of who they are.

KW: Thanks again for the time, Toks, and best of luck with the show.

Toks: I greatly appreciate that! Thank you, Kam, for giving me the opportunity to answer such great questions! As you can clearly tell, I had a good time with them!

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Long ago, there was a hunter who lived with his mother. 'This hunter killed no other animal but elephants. Every time he went out to hunt, he killed an elephant. So the elephants met and appointed one of their leaders to find out why this man would kill no other animal but elephants. The ele-phant was also to find out why the hunter was never harmed. The elephant appointed to meet the man changed into a beautiful girl. Once when the man was hunting, he saw this beautiful girl and fell in love with her. She told him that she was lost and couldn't find her way home; she would be glad if he would let her go with him. The man took the girl home with him. He told his mother what had happened and she was as jolly as could be. That night the girl pretended to love the boy very dearly. While rubbing his back she asked, 'Why do you only kill elephants?' Now this man had a secret. He began to reveal this secret to his girlfriend. 'When I shoot an elephant,' he said, '1 turn into a stump. When another elephant is shot I turn into a bird. If another is shot I turn into grass and if still another is shot I turn into a lizzard.' Just as he was about to tell the last secret, his mother called to him and said, 'Do not go any further because you don't know who this girl is.' The next day the girl took a bucket and pretended to go for water. However, straight-away she went to the elephants and told them all she had learnt. Three weeks later, the man went out hunting. He shot one elephant and turned into a stump. The elephants chased the stump. He shot another elephant and changed to a bird. Still he was chased, and after shooting an elephant, he turned into

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Mon 31 Dec "Jubilee" - A Historical Presen-tation—refreshments, music and dancing. $40/per person (under 18, accompanied by parent -free) 9:00 pm -12:30am. Friday, January 11-—Flick Clique-Film Screening and Discussion—7:00pm-9:00pm "Pinky"—Pinky, a light-skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in t he North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage. Saturday, January 19——Living History Theater & the MLK Birthday Celebration Committee present "Noble Lofton, Buffalo Soldier", 7:30pm -9:00pm—Corporal Noble Lofton reminisces about his family, life under slavery, gaining his freedom, and his experi-ence as a Buffalo Soldier. Saturday, February 2-31 Mar Exhibit: "400 Years Without a Comb"—-The Morrow Col-

lection of ancient to modern devices used to treat and style hair. Friday, February 9 "Rising from the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porter" Documen-tary based on the book by Larry Tye takes a look at the stories of the Pullman Porters, the African-American men who acted as high-class servants to the rich passengers of luxury trains at a time when they represented the most elite form of travel. Sat. 9 Mar Dr. Leroy L. Ramsey Lecture Series. William Loren Katz -Guest Speaker, (Noted author of "Black Indians", "Black Cowboys" and "Witness") Presents "Black Women of the Old West" Lecture and Book-Signing. 2:00pm -4:00pm

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Huntington Arts Council Presents "Journeys & Destinations" at the Main Street Petite Gal-lery Friday, February 8th from 5:00-7:30pm (snow date February 15th) and will run through March 8th, 2013. the exhibit features the work of five friends—Vivian Hershfield, Virginia Edele, Grace Su, Nancy Fabrizio and Suzanne McVetty—who have journeyed together painting en plein air to beautiful sites around Long Island, New York, and many fine cities around the world. Info call 631-271-8423, or visit www.huntingtonarts.org [email protected]

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Documents

Hempstead Uniondale Times