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Saturday, May 12

Blessing of the Wheels

Roll on over for a Blessing of the Wheels and Plant Sale at 2 p.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 16 Glenwood Rd., Glen Head. Beautiful plants and baked treats on sale for Mother’s Day. All are welcome especially bicycles, motorcycles, strollers, wheel-chairs, scooters, etc. For more info, call 516-676-4540 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Morgan Park Summer Music Festival Auditions

The Young Performers Talent Competition will be held at the Parish Hall at St. Patrick’s Church in Glen Cove. Contestants may ask for an audition time between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. and they will be accommodated in the order requested. The competition is open to all talented young people who reside or study on the North Shore of Nassau County only. There are three cash prizes. The winner is usually in the age range of 16 to 25, but a younger winner is possible. The age limit is 25 years old. The junior winner age category is 10 to 15. The popular music/song winner age category is 10 to 25. Contestants may be vocalists or instrumentalists and each is required to perform two contrasting pieces (different styles) of their own choice. Contestants may perform to mp3, CD or taped music, but must bring their own battery-operated player to the audition. A piano is available if needed, but contestants must provide their own accompanist. Call 319-7791.

Comedy Night

Stand up for the 3rd Annual North Country Reform Temple Comedy Night starring Marion Grodin (Charles Grodin’s daughter) and Scott Blakeman. 8 p.m. at North Country Reform Temple, 86 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. $25 per person. Open to family and friends. Theater style seating. Coffee and cake. RSVP to the temple office by May 10. Call 671-4760 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Mother’s Day Plant Sale

The Glenwood Presbyterian Church Thrift Shop, 71 Grove St., Glenwood Landing, will be holding its annual plant sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring hanging baskets, flats, pots or cell packs. For further information call 676-5531.

Thursday, May 17

St. Boniface Feast

There will be fun for one and all at the Saint Boniface Feast by the Shore, a four-day celebration May 17 (6 to 10 p.m.), May 18 (6 to 11 p.m.), May 19 (1 to 11 p.m.) and May 20 (1 to 6 p.m.) at Harry Tappen Beach, Shore Rd., Glenwood Landing. The feast will showcase rides and games from Newton Shows for people of all ages. A large assortment of vendors and delicious homemade food items will be available. Musical entertainment will take place nightly in the Town of Oyster Bay Showmobile. Entertainment will be provided by Just Sixties (Thursday), Six Gun (Friday) and Chicken Head (Saturday) to name a few. Check the St. Boniface website for additional information and directions. (www.saintboniface.org).

Friday, May 18

Spring Home Sale

Proceeds will benefit club programs. The sale is sure to continue to be a favorite event for those seeking rare finds, vintage pieces and unique collectibles. Among items for sale are furniture, fine china, stemware, decorative accessories, home furnishings, artwork, home goods and décor, sporting equipment and children’s gear. There will be a special Preview Night open to the public on May 18 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Admission for this evening will be $10 per person at the door. The general sale will take place rain or shine on May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club at Lincoln House, 113 Glen Cove Ave., Glen Cove. To donation items bring them to the Club May 12-17 (excluding May 13) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All donations must be in like-new saleable condition to be accepted. No books, clothing, toys, televisions and electronics, computers and monitors. The general sale is open to the public and admission is free. For volunteer opportunities or more information, cal 516-671-8030.

Saturday, May 19

Portledge Summer Adventures

Presents The Ultimate Summer Vacation Experience Open House from noon to 2 p.m. at 355 Duck Pond Rd., Locust Valley. A sampling of free activities will include art, science, golf, soccer, fencing, baseball, Legos and video game creator.

Sunday, May 20

Sea Scout Open House

Sea Scout Ship 12 is holding an open house for new members and their parents on from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Glen Cove Yacht Club in Glen Cove. The Sea Scouts is a coed program for young adults 14 to 20 years old (or 13 and completed eighth grade) and is part of the Boy Scouts of America. Ship 12 meets every other week at the Glen Cove Yacht Club to learn about boating safety, nautical heritage and to gain sailing and boating skills. Ship 12 sails its Pearson Commander sloop Good Buddy out of the Glen Cove Yacht Club every Thursday during the summer months and participates in a number of exciting and educational trips throughout the year. Directions to the open house can be found at www.glencoveyachtclub.org.

Tuesday, May 22

Joslin Cup Golf International

Tee times will begin at noon at the Piping Rock Club. Lunch, caddies, cocktail reception and awards are included in entry fee of $500. In 2005, this golf invitational was named the Robert A. Joslin Jr. Memorial Cup in memory of a former Portledge parent. This event remembers Rob and pays tribute to his legacy as a champion of Portledge School for its attention to the intellectual and moral development of each of its students. Continuing Rob’s commitment to education and philanthropy, net proceeds from the event go to support the Robert A. Joslin, Jr. Financial Aid Fund, dedicated to supporting a Portledge student with financial need. For more information or to participate contact Turk Lewis ‘87 at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 516-750-3220. Deadline to register is May 16.

Wednesday, May 23

Chamber Presents Fun In The City

The Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce has created a new event at the historic Webb Institute to entertain the community with laughter, dining and valuable information. Fun In The City, an evening of laughter, shopping, dining, fashion show, astrology readings, professional interior designer tips and a surprise makeover, will take place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Guest speaker Dr. Phillip Schneider, a Fortune 500 Company consultant, will share out-of-the-box secrets for increasing productivity in every industry and in personal life. An entertainment menu for everyone’s enjoyment …and because everyone needs a good time. Reservations are $40 and $45 at door. Call the chamber office at 676-6666.

Upcoming Events

Joslin Cup Golf International

This year’s Joslin Cup golf tournament will take place on May 22. Tee times will begin at noon at the Piping Rock Club. Lunch, caddies, cocktail reception and awards are included in entry fee of $500. In 2005, this golf invitational was named the Robert A. Joslin Jr. Memorial Cup in memory of a former Portledge parent. This event remembers Rob and pays tribute to his legacy as a champion of Portledge School for its attention to the intellectual and moral development of each of its students. Continuing Rob’s commitment to education and philanthropy, net proceeds from the event go to support the Robert A. Joslin, Jr. Financial Aid Fund, dedicated to supporting a Portledge student with financial need. For more information or to participate contact Turk Lewis ‘87 at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 516-750-3220. Deadline to register is May 16.

Defensive Driving Classes

The Gold Coast Lions Club is continuing its series of defensive driving classes. The cost is $40 per person. Make check payable to the Gold Coast Lions Club and send to PO Box 25, Sea Cliff, NY 11579-0025. Write your phone number on check and indicate the date of the class you are interested in taking. Bring lunch and pen to class. To register call Linda 674-0942 or Barbara 674-1410. Proceeds will benefit local charities and Lions’sight-related causes. Classes are 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Sea Cliff Village Hall, 300 Sea Cliff Ave. Class date: June 2.

North Shore High School Class Of ’62 50th Reunion

The 50th reunion for the North Shore High School Class of 1962 will be held on June 30 at Sans Souci in Sea Cliff. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

Volunteers Needed For Vine Pulls

Join North Shore Land Alliance for a series of events for volunteers to pull this extremely invasive vine at preserves in Old Brookville and Upper Brookville. The series will be held on May 19 at noon, May 24 at 5:30 p.m., May 26 at 9:30 a.m. and June 2 at noon. Supplies and snacks will be provided. This is an opportunity for those looking to fulfill community service requirements. To register, for directions and to learn more about arranging other times to volunteer, contact Jane Jackson at the North Shore Land Alliance 516-626-0908 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Sixth Biennial Sojourn To Ghana West Africa

Ten-day adventure to Ghana (The Gold Coast) Aug. 4-14, 2012. $2250 double occupancy (land package only). Airfare from U.S. not included. Trip price includes: beautifully appointed hotel accommodations (double occupancy), two meals daily, transfers and ground transportation via deluxe air-conditioned motor coaches, friendly experienced English speaking tour guides. Tour fees and admissions. Tours to W.E.B. Dubois Center for Pan African Culture, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Slave Castles - Door of No Return, River of the Last Bath, Boat Cruise on the Volta Lake - largest man-made lake in the world, visit to Torgome Village for Naming Ceremony, tour of Kumasi (Seat of the Ashanti Empire/ Manhyia Palace), craft villages and shopping opportunities galore. For additional information contact Pat Jenkins This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 516-997-6585.

Ongoing Events

Saturday Crafts

At Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, 50 Barry Dr., every Saturday. Different craft offered each Saturday. Certain Saturdays will be holiday themed. General admission $3 adults; $2 ages 5-12 years; plus $3-$5 craft fee. Call 571-8010-11.

Exhibits at the Holocaust Center

The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of NC, 100 Crescent Beach Rd. Glen Cove. The center is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Suggested donation: $10 adults; $5 students and seniors (65+). Docent-led tours are available at no additional charge. Call 571-8040 or go to www.holocaust-nassau.org.

•Open to the public is the center’s exciting permanent exhibit which uses photographs, artifacts, and video to present the events of the Holocaust and relate them to more recent genocides and acts of intolerance.

•Ludovit Feld, the Little Giant: artist, rescuer and Auschwitz survivor. Ludovit Feld and his family were deported in 1944, first to Kosice Ghetto, and three weeks later to Auschwitz. Upon arriving at Auschwitz, Mengele selected Feld for medical experiments because he was a dwarf. Feld was kept alive for his artistic talent. Housed together with “Mengele’s twins,” Feld hid several of them, ensuring their rescue. Ludovit Feld’s collection is being displayed for the first time in the U.S. Only two original pieces drawn in the ghetto are known to have survived, one is hanging in Yad Vashem’s museum and the other will be on display through June 30.

Muttontown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

The Fellowship provides an atmosphere of warmth and camaraderie, with talks presented by intelligent enlightening and non-dogmatic speakers who come from the entire spectrum of the arts, history and sciences. This is followed by coffee and an informal discussion circle, held in the turn-of-the-18th century farmhouse in a bucolic setting. Sundays at 10:30 a.m. The Muttontown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is located on the south side of Route 25A (Northern Blvd.), East Norwich, directly east of Martin Viette Nurseries and about a half mile west of Route 106. Look for the white brick gate posts with a large sign for Hunter’s Moon Farm. All are welcome. Call with any questions 659-1686.

Weekly Events

•Spotlight On Glen Cove will be on Cablevision Public Access Channel 18 from 4:30 to 5 p.m. every Monday. The show is produced by GCHS TV Class under the direction of Chris Barry and features programs about the Glen Cove School District and the City of Glen Cove.

•Duplicate Bridge. Friendly ACBL Accredited Duplicate Bridge Game. Refreshments served. Bring your favorite partner or we will get you one. Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Sunrise, 39 Forest Ave. An ACBL certified director is in charge. Card fee $5. Call 671-2095.

•Book Club In Glen Cove. New members welcome. Meets on Tuesday afternoons once a month. Sociable group. Call Carol Rubin 671-2120.

•Junior Book Club for 4th and 5th graders will be held at 4 p.m. at the Locust Valley Library. One book will be read per month and will be discussed on the first Tuesday. Snacks are provided. Space is limited. Registration required. Call Kristine Piana 671-1837.