As part of the “Parent’s Who Host Lose the Most: Don’t Be a Party to Teenage Drinking” media campaign, SAFE, Inc. and the PRIDE Project Coalition held a breakfast with Glen Cove’s community leaders to engage their participation in the community wide campaign. The media campaign initiative combines the efforts of SAFE’s PRIDE Project Coalition and the Glen Cove Police Department to educate parents to the dangers and consequences of underage drinking and Glen Cove’s Social Host Law. The campaign, originally developed by the Drug-Free Action Alliance, has been running since April and also focuses on underage drinking that frequently accompanies prom and graduation parties.

Bicycle Parade Downtown; Beautiful Music and Fireworks in Morgan Park

Mayor Ralph V. Suozzi invites all Glen Cove residents to attend the City’s annual Fourth of July Celebration. Independence Day festivities will begin in the morning on Saturday, July 4, with the annual Children’s Bicycle Parade. At 10 a.m. children should line up at the Finley Middle School horseshoe with their bikes, scooters, trikes and battery-powered “vehicles.” Children are encouraged to decorate their wheels using a patriotic theme. In the evening, Glen Cove residents will be treated to a unique musical experience by two groups, beginning with the Les Stanco Group at 5:30 p.m. immediately followed by the Northwinds Band leading up to the evening fireworks display. In case of rain, the July 4th concert will be held indoors at St. Patrick’s Church. Fireworks would be rescheduled to Sunday, July 12, 2009.

The Glen Cove Comanchees 9-U and-under travel baseball team recently participated in the East Meadow Memorial Day Tournament. After winning the first three games of the opening round, the Comanchees entered the tournament playoffs as the top seed.

In the semi-final round, Glen Cove took on Plainedge Red, the team that knocked the Comanchees out of the 2008 Babe Ruth Tournament last year. Trailing 1-0 before their first at-bat, following a tremendous catch in left field by Sean Hehn, in the top half of the inning, the Glen Cove boys took their turn at bat. Jared Jackson led off with a long double and Robert Rizzo followed with an RBI single. Christopher Capobianco crunched a double, scoring Rizzo. Sean Maleady singled and Kevin Monahan Jr. drew a walk to load the bases. Hehn knocked in a run on a fielder’s choice and Matthew Ziegen doubled over third base scoring two more runs, giving the Comanchees a 5-1 lead.

How to Talk to a Coach

A parent tells me they are upset and angry. For the third game in a row, their son is on the sideline - benched in favor of another player. Another parent is confused when an unexpected bill for their son’s missing equipment arrives in the mail. Yet another parent is frightened about the change in their 14- year-old’s eating patterns when wrestling season starts. Each of these parents may be headed for a talk with the coach - and each runs the risk of making things worse instead of better.

Few of us have a clear idea of how to approach a tense situation in the coach-parent relationship to get the best results. Here are some techniques that will help get your message across and get the coach working with you to find a solution: