Women of Distinction 2009 – Saturday, October 24
Dog Walk-a-Thon – Sunday, October 25
Annual Kiwanis Rag-a-Muffin Parade – Saturday, October 31
Saturday, October 24
Women of Distinction 2009
Assemblyman Joseph S. Saladino is hosting the second annual Women of Distinction 2009 event this month at the Farmingdale Library, 116 Merritts Rd., from 3 to 5 p.m. This ceremony recognizes the accomplishments of some of the outstanding women who make our community a better place to live and work. The assemblyman encourages everyone to attend to honor these women who are role models for all young women.
Free Prostate Cancer Screening
From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at New Island Hospital, Ambulatory Surgery Unit, 4295 Hempstead Tpke., Bethpage. To schedule an appointment, call 520-2440 and leave a message.
Autumn Fair
Featuring something for every age group including a white elephant sale, baked goods and plant sale, religious items, a giant raffle, snack bar, fun for children. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hardscrabble Senior Apartments Community Building, 404 Main St. (adjacent to Waldbaum’s Shopping Center).
Sunday, October 25
Dog Walkathon
Paws for Parkinson’s “Howl-O-Ween Dog Walkathon, “ presented by the American Parkinson’s Association. Activities include a comfortable one mile walk, Halloween Hounds costume contest, best canine trick competition, prizes, raffles, canine agility course, informational tables, refreshments and more. Registration $25 per dog. Every dog receives a colorful bandana. Everyone is invited to walk with or without a dog. For details call 626-6114 or 631-862-3560 or visit www.liapda.org. The walk takes place at Marjorie Post Park, Merrick and Unqua Rds., Massapequa. Registration 11 a.m. Walk starts at 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 28
Health Fair
Featuring free screenings for: Blood Pressure, Lipid Profile and Glucose (4 hour fast required), Body Mass Index, Carotid Ultrasound Screening (men and women over age 50), Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound (men only age 65 and over). Plus: nutritional information, diabetes educator, refreshments. Valet parking. 2 to 7 p.m. at New Island Hospital, Ambulatory Surgery Center (located next to Emergency Department), 4295 Hempstead Tpke., Bethpage. To receive any of the free health screenings, you must preregister by calling 520-2440. You will receive a return call to schedule your appointment.
Transportation Task Force Meeting
9 to 10 a.m. at 58 S. Service Rd. Melville. Special presentation by Michael Geiger, director of Republic Airport to discuss FAA’s proposal to issue changes to NY State’s airspace. Contact Action Long Island to register at 631-425-2700.
Saturday, October 31
Free Harvest Party
Featuring door prizes, puppet show, games, face painting, animal balloons, hoola hoop contest, candy, hot dogs, pizza, soda popcorn and more. 1 to 4 p.m. at the Regeneration Church, 17 Cobb Pl. Call 454-6471.
Annual Kiwanis Rag-a-Muffin Costume Parade
Starts at Northside School to the Village Green. 1 p.m. Rain or Shine. Fun, candy and Prizes for the best costumes.
Spooky Halloween Tales and Legends
Stories, legends, puppets, music, face painting. Free raffle. Pre-K through 6th grade. Come in costume. 11 a.m. at theWalt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site, 246 Old Walt Whitman Rd., West Hills. $6.75/child; chaperones free. To register call Carolyn 631-427-5240, ext. 113. Go to educator@waltwhitman.org.
Sunday, November 1
Bonsai Society of Greater NY
Will be hosting its Halloween Show at Suburban Water Gardens, home of the Suburban Bonsai, 211 Burrs Ln., Dix Hills, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Competition will be held for the spookiest bonsai, the scariest saikei (tray landscape) and awards for novice, intermediate and advanced bonsai artists. There will also be a costume competition for the artists themselves. Refreshments will be served. RSVP to Suburban Bonsai, 631-643-3500
Upcoming Event
Craft Fair Extraordinaire
Starflower Experiences is holding a Craft Fair Extraordinaire on Dec. 12 at Sweet Hollow Hall, West Hills County Park, Melville, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come for this unique opportunity to support the LI economy and the environment. This event will help support Starflower Experiences’ educational programs. Featured will be hand-crafted jewelry, hand-painted T-shirts, hand-made soaps, silk floral arrangements and more. Directions and vendor applications are on the website. For more information, call 938-6152 or see www.starflowerexperiences.org.
Defensive Driving Class
Sponsored by St. Kilian Outreach on Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the St. Kilian Parish Center, 485 Conklin St., lower level of St. Kilian Church. Cost $40. Reservations required. Call 756-9656.
Sixty Over Sixty Awards Gala
School-Business Partnerships of Long Island presents the Second Annual Sixty over Sixty Awards Gala on Nov. 10 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury. For more information or to register contact HJMT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 516-997-1950 or visit www.sbpligala.com.
Military Bridge
The Ladies Auxiliary of Columbus Lodge, Order Sons of Italy, is sponsoring its annual Military Bridge on Nov. 19 at the lodge, 2143 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale (rear entrance of the Stuart Manor building), to raise funds for its many charities. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person which includes snacks, soda, cake, coffee/tea and table prices. For tickets contact Yolanda Fanella 694-5409.
Vendors Wanted
For the “Think Pink Expo.” All table fees will be donated to the South Nassau Communities Hospital Cancer Program. Email: dawnv321@optonline.net.
Ongoing
Weekly Events
•Bingo every Monday and some Saturdays there is a Bingo Game to support the Arthritis Foundation LI Chapter. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the game starts at 7:15 p.m. Bingo takes place at110 Bingo Hall, 585 Broadhollow Rd., Melville, across from Harrows. Come to bingo and enjoy a night of fun and good times, while supporting a great cause! Call Jennie 631-427-8272.
•Free Support Group for divorced or separated meets every Monday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at St Kilian’s Church Parish Center, 485 Conklin St (Route 24). Widowed and never married welcome as well. All singles needing support. Call 753-0923.
•Do You Speak Yinglish? The Yiddish Club, an entertaining, enjoyable, social experience, allows individuals of varying language abilities to speak “Yinglish,” a combination of Yiddish and English. Members and nonmembers alike are given an opportunity to read, speak and tell stories related to their Yiddish experiences. The Yiddish Club meets every Monday from approximately 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Farmingdale Wantagh Jewish Center, 3710 Woodbine Ave., Wantagh. For additional information, call 785-2445.
•Therapeutic Movement Group. Bodies in Motion is a therapeutic movement group for children ages 5 to 1 who need that extra special attention to promote coordination, strength, balance, fine and gross motor skills, social skills, attention and focusing. This group meets Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. at Hot Shots Xtremes Gymnastics Center, second floor, 127 B. Carmans Rd., Farmingdale. Call 631-249-3127 or 631-249-3126. Email: kidsjumpstart@yahoo.com. Facilitators are licensed therapists specializing in pediatrics.
•Overeaters Anonymous. Are you a compulsive overeater? Under eater? Overeaters Anonymous can help. There is a meeting on Tuesdays on the corner of Salisbury Park Dr. and Carmans Rd., East Meadow, across from the firehouse from 7:45 to 9:15 p.m. Call for directions 997-4534. For information about the meeting call Nancy 798-2547 (between 7 and 9 p.m.) or Ed 845-5423.
•The Hardscrabble Balladeers, an adult mixed chorus meets at 404 Main St. in the Hardscrabble Apartment Complex every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. You are welcome to join in singing songs we all know: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Sigmund Romberg, Friml, Victor Herbert, etc. the social of “Coffee And” will make you feel like “one of us” from your first visit. Call Lou 586-8067 for more info.
•The Senior Pops Orchestra of LI, a 65-member volunteer community orchestra specializing in performing light classics, Broadway show tunes and popular music is recruiting musicians for all string sections. Orchestral experience is preferred. There is no age requirement or fee to join. Rehearsals are Wednesday mornings in Melville. Call 631-421-1795.
•The Scrabble Club meets on Thursdays from 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. at the Plainedge Library, 1060 Hicksville Rd., Massapequa. All ages. Scrabble players wanted. Call Judy 827-9506.
•Storytime every Thursday at 11 a.m. at Borders, 231 Airport Plaza, Farmingdale. Call 631-752-0194.
•The Relationship Journey, a group for widow, widowers, divorced and singles 45+. Meets every Thursday at 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 449 Stewart Ave., Bethpage. Fee $7. Facilitated by TV talk show host of The Relationship Journey. Refreshments. Call 395-8303 for room location.
•Mastering Life – Conversations. Do you experience frustration in relationships, career, health, confidence? Conversations produces a permanent, positive shift in all areas of life. Led by Stefan Deutsch, human development expert. Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon and Sundays from 6 to 8 p.m. in Melville. Call 631-692-0986. $10.
•Massapequa Ballroom Dance Society hosts a full-course hot buffet Dance Luncheon, open to the public, on Fridays from noon to 3:30 p.m. at Manor East Catering Hall, 201 Jerusalem Ave., Massapequa. Dance to all your favorite music with a professional DJ. Singles area and couples. $15 donation. Call 718-332-7825 or email Dancezee@aol.com.
•Overeaters Anonymous. Are you a compulsive overeater? Under eater? Overeaters Anonymous can help. There is a meeting on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon at St. Rose of Lima Church, 2 Bayview Ave., Massapequa. For information about the meeting call Nancy 798-2547 (between 7 and 9 p.m.) or Ed 845-5423.
Monthly Events
•Island Photo Group, a talented group of dedicated photographers working together to advance each other’s photographic skills and to be an exciting force in photographic education on LI. They meet the first three Mondays of every month at 7:30 p.m. (except legal holidays) in the Community Center in Allen Park, 101 Motor Ave. in Farmingdale. For information contact 986-4976 or 753-0654 or email barlowephoto@yahoo.com or visit www.IslandPhotoGroup.org.
•Performance Poets Association. This talented troupe performs original poetry recitals on the third Monday of each month at 8 p.m. at Borders Books, 231 Airport Plaza, Route 110, Farmingdale. Call Judith D’Ambrosio 579-2474.
•Farmingdale Knights of Columbus meeting at 8 p.m. at 1 Morton St. (off 109). New members always welcome. Call 1-631-755-2204. Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
•Speak Easy: A Toastmasters Club. Can help you conquer your fear of public speaking. In Bethpage, Northrop Grumman Toastmasters meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 5:45 p.m. in Northrop Grumman Building 5, South Oyster Bay Rd., Bethpage. Call Brian 346-7516.
•Farmingdale American Legion, Hugh C. Newman Post #449 is looking for new members who have served in the Armed Forces during various wars and conflicts such as WWII, Korea, Viet Nam and the Gulf War. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month at VFW Post #516, 635 Main St. (just south of the railroad crossing), at 8:15 p.m. Call Commander Thomas Taylor 752-9613.
•LI Junior Chamber of Commerce regularly has the Meet and Greet on the first Thursday and the monthly meeting on the third Tuesday of each month, along with a variety of other events throughout the month, For more information on the LI Junior Chamber, visit WWW.LIJC.com. Contact: Martin Dekom, Chairman, 850-2717 – Mdekom@gmail.com; Julie Dekom, Membership Director -Julz_5@yahoo.com; Steven Eiselen, Community Development VP -SEiselen@msn.com.
•South Shore Hand Smockers meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Main St., Babylon. Beginners are welcome. Call Marie 631-277-1096.
•Italian Culture Society at Farmingdale meets the last Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Ellsworth W. Allen Park, Motor Ave. Italian lessons are given by a native Italian teacher. For lessons in Italian come early at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments are served – ample parking. For private lessons call Francesca at 249-4543.
•Central Oyster Bay Democratic Club meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the community room at the Nutty Irishman, 323 Main St., in the Village of Farmingdale. All are welcome to attend. The club serves the communities of Farmingdale, North Massapequa, Plainedge, Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Plainview and Farmingdale State University. For more information call 909-8318, or email info@centraloysterbaydems.cjb.net.
