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o Q_ e i O CN o\ CO £- CD 13 Freeport Founded 1935 Incorporating the Long Island Graphic & Freeport Herald (USPS 307-320) Published every Thursday by Richner Communications, Inc. www.freeportbaldwinleader.com Editor: Mark Treske Reporter: Laura Schofer Advertising Sales: Robert Solomon A Herald Community Newspaper Publishers: Clifford Richner Stuart Richner Vice-President - Operations: Michael Bologna Executive Editor: John O'Connell Vice-President - Sales: Rhonda Glickman Creative Director: Jeff Negrin Production Manager: Karen Mengel (516)569-4000 Editorial: FreeportEditor@LIHerald.com Advertising: Sales@LIHerald.com Subscriptions: Circ@LIHerald.com Periodicals postage paid at Freeport, N.Y. (USPS 307-320). Subscriptions $36 per year ($52 outside Nassau County). Postmaster: Send address changes tp: Circulation Dept., 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530. . • Copyright © 2014 Richner Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. The community newspaper - the glue that helps hold a • community together, and the spur that helps keep it moving forward. Skiing, skating and curling — all in Nassau S ports fans across the globe will soon turn their eyes to Sochi, Russia, where the XXII Winter Olympic Games will be contested from Feb. 7 to 23. According to the International Olympic Committee, more than 2,500 skiers, skaters, sliders and snowboarders — and don't forget those crowd favorites, the curlers — from 80 nations will push themselves to their limits in pursuit of Olympic glory. This year's Games are expected be the costliest in history — Russia has spent more than $50 billion to prepare Sochi, a resort city on the Black Sea, for what promises to be a memorable display of athletic prowess and national pride. The program will feature 98 events in seven sports, and will take place in a set of ultra-modern venues, with the visually stunning Caucuses Mountains as a backdrop. So get ready to curl up in front of your TV and soak in the best of the best competing for the world's most coveted athlet- ic honors — Olympic gold medals. For more, check out www.olympic.org/sochi-2014-winter-olympics. We thought the festival of winter sports might inspire you to get out and engage in a little cold-weather fun and physical activity of your own. With its relatively hill-free terrain, Long Island offers some of the best cross- country skiing in New York state, and there are plenty of ice-skating rinks around on which to figure-skate or play hockey. Newbridge Arena in Bellmore even offers, yup, curling. Here's a list of local parks and rinks where you can get started. Cross-country skiing Bay Park 87 1st Ave., East Rockaway (516)571-7244 www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/parks The 96-acre county-operated Bay Park borders Hewlett Bay and the East Rockaway Channel, offering many trails for cross-country skiing. Bethpage State Park 99 Quaker Meeting House Road, Farmingdale (516) 249-0701 www.nysparks.com/parks While best known for its five world-class golf courses, this park offers miles of cross-country skiing trails in winter. There's also sledding and tobogganing. Eisenhower Park, Field 1 600 Merrick Ave. at Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/parks CONGRATULATIONS FREEPORT SKATE ACADEMY! Between Jan. 9-12 , Coach, Liz Eldredge and 33 of her Ice Skaters from the Freeport Skate Academy competed in the ISI Championship in Lake Placid. They competed in the Olympic Arena - the same ice that the U.S. Hockey Team won on in 1980 in Lake Placid.Twenty-seven teams from the East Coast competed in the \Ice Skating Institute Competition\. They participated in events including solo, synchronized skating and theatre'on Ice. The Freeport Recreation Center is proud to report that \our\ team came in first place, winning the entire competition! This is the second year in a row that the Freeport Skate Academy took this title. The Freeport Skate Academy is located in the Freeport Recreation Center, 130 East Merrick Road, Freeport, 377-2314. roundabout freeoort How to Grieve Your Assessment: Leg. David Denenberg presents workshops on how to file a grievance of your tax assessment with the Assessment Review Commission. The filing period is from January 2 to March 1. Experts provide assistance, guid- ance and information on the process. A question and answer session and one-on-one and on- line assistance follows. Mon., February 10 at 7:30 pjn. Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport lues., February 25 at 1 pjm. North Bellmore Library, 1551 Newbridge Road, North Bellmore + + + BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT: Presented by the Worship and Music Committee. The Special Guests are AdLib Steel Orchestra, also performing The Trumpet Choir on Saturday, February 22,6 p.m. at Freeport United Methodist Church, 46 Pine St.. Freeport. .Adults $20/ Seniors and Children 12 & Under $10 For tickets and information call the church office 516-378-06 *f * A Guide to Warblers Authors Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle will present a pro- gram on their book \The Warbler Guide\ at the South Shore Audubon Society Meeting on Tuesday, February 11. The meet- ing is 7:30 p.m. at the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road (at S. Ocean Avenue). For information about the meeting or South Shore Audubon, . go to www.ssaudubon.org or tele- phone 516 608-1446. • « • SEE THE WINTER BIRDS: Massapequa Join the South Shore Audubon Society for a bird walk at Massapequa Lake from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday, February 2. The group will meet at Massapequa Lake, the southern end of Massapequa Preserve, is on Merrick Road west of Lake Shore Boulevard in Massapequa. Street parking is available on westbound Merrick Rd. Jones Beach West End Join the South Shore Audubon Society on a bird Walk at the West End of Jones Beach State Park on Sunday, February 16. The walk will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Northeast comer of the parking lot at Jones Beach West End #2. The bird walks are free of charge. All are welcome. Bring binoculars. Rain, snow or tem- perature below 25 degrees F will cancel the bird walk. For more information, log onto www.ssaudubon.org or call Steve Schellenger at 516 987- 8103. Cross-country skiing, sledding and tobogganing. Grant Park 1625 Broadway at Sheridan Avenue, Hewlett (516)571-7820 www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/parks A 35-acre county park offering cross-country ski- ing, sledding and tobogganing. North Woodmere Park 750 Hungry Harbor Road, North Woodmere (516)571-7801 www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/parks This 150-acre county-owned park offers cross- country skiing. Tackapausha Preserve Washington Avenue, Seaford (516)571-7443 www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/parks Ski 425 acres of undeveloped woodlands. Valley Stream State Park Southern State Parkway Exit 15A, Valley Stream (516)825-4128 www.nysparks.com/parks Almost 100 acres of parkland, with cross-country skiing. For more, go to the Long Island Cross-Country Ski Club's website, www.liccsc.org. ; Indoor ice-skating Freeport Recreation Center 130 E. Merrick Road, Freeport (516)377-2314 Newbridge Arena 2600 Newbridge Road, Bellmore (516) 783-6181 Curling Newbridge Arena For more, go to the website of the Long Island Curling Club, www.licurling.org, or call (516) 855- 8226.
