by Krista Giannek

Coming into the world at 6:58 a.m.on Tuesday, January 3, 2012,Deanna Marie Riomao earned the

title of Bellmore’s First Baby of the Yearin 2012. “Smoothly” was the operativeword, as Deanna weighed a robust ninepounds and was 20 1/2-inches long.

After 11 months and growing to 29inches tall, she weighed 22 pounds.According to her parents, Janine andJohn Riomao, Deanna is a happy,healthy and sometimes restless baby.

“She’s a really good baby, alwayshappy…and laid back,” Mrs. Riomaosaid. Deanna has not been sick yet butshe can have trouble sleeping, waking atmultiple times during the night and stay-ing awake at five o’clock each morning,Mr. Riomao added.

According to mom, Deanna crawledat nine months old and started learningto walk at about 10 months. “She lovesto explore the house and see what shecan get her hands in,” John said.

Favorite foods include grilled chickenand applesauce. On most days, Deanna’sparents said she plays with her toys inher room or spends time in the livingroom with her family, fiddling with theremote control. Favorite activitiesinclude bopping up and down to music,watching “Yo Gabba Gabba!” and otherNick Jr. shows, and looking at books.

“She actually turns the pages andlooks at the pictures,” Mrs. Riomao said.“She’s smart like her mommy,” momadded with a laugh. Deanna also learnedto hold up one finger when asked howold she will be, Mr. Riomao said.

According to Mrs. Riomao, Deanna isvery “girlie” and plays well with hercousins. Also, as a “water baby,” Deannanever wants to get out of the tub.

Although the Riomaos have not utilizedall the gifts from the contest sponsors, theymentioned their brunch at Hemingway’s inWantagh and flowers from IslandGreenery in Bellmore. “The sponsors werewonderful,” Mrs. Riomao said.

Despite the five feet of water thatflooded the Riomao house during super-storm Sandy, Mrs. Riomao said the fam-ily is very happy and that 2012 was thebest year of her life:

“[Deanna] sees you and she lights upand says ‘Mama’… with this big smile.It’s a wonderful feeling.”

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If you live in the Bellmores andare expecting a baby in January,then Bellmore Life would like tofeature your baby as the First Babyof the Year.

An assortment of gifts awaits thefamily of the first baby of theBellmores contest, including a $25

gift certificate from Piccolo’sRistoranté, at $10 gift card fromFroYo frozen yogurt, Two flats offlowers from Island Greenery,Brunch for two at Hemingway’s, a$25 gift certificate fromZuckerman’s Fine Jewelry, a floralarrangement from Pettite Florist, a$25 gift certificate from BellmoreBagel Café, a Gift for Baby fromStride Rite of Merrick, one freeweek for mom and guest at WorldGym, and a one-year subscription to

Bellmore Life, your communitynewspaper.

The baby must be born to a parentresiding in the Bellmores, and theexact time must be certified by anattending physician.

All entries must be received byThursday, January 31. In the eventof a tie, a drawing will be held todetermine the winner.

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Ninety-two-year-old lifelong Bellmoreresident Bill Sette has a passion for histown’s community life.

“Bellmore did a lot for me. That’s whyI never left it. I was born in Bellmore,and I’ll probably die in Bellmore,” hesaid.

“Bill spent his life giving back to oth-ers within the community, both in busi-ness and personally,” said MarkMeyerowitz, a long-time member of theBellmore Kiwanis Club.

Early lifeBill Sette was born Beltrany

Setteducati, and his birth name is still hislegal name today. “I never shortened it.People shortened it for me. I was namedby my customers,” Mr. Sette said.

Born to poor Italian immigrants, hedescribed a rough, yet happy childhood.Always working with his hands, heearned an honest dollar any way hecould, including landscaping and handi-work. He entered the Air Force from1944 to 1946 as a machinist and tool-maker in Florence, South Carolina. “Iwas sent there by mistake, and my CO[commanding officer] wouldn’t let me[leave],” he said.

Mr. Sette said machinists and tool-makers were “a dime a dozen” when thewar ended, so he decided to join with hisbrother, Frank, in his business.

“Originally, it was just air condition-ing and refrigeration. My brother was alicensed plumber, so we decided to takethe path of least resistance and go into

the plumbing business,” Mr. Sette said.

Frank Sette Plumbing and HeatingThe business, called Frank Sette

Plumbing and Heating, settled on thecorner of St. Mark’s Avenue and SunriseHighway. Mr. Sette or his business hasbeen a member of the Chamber ofCommerce of the Bellmores since 1946,and he served as president of the cham-ber several times. In 2007, the chambernamed him Community Person of theYear, according to a 2007 biography ofMr. Sette published by the chamber.

He expressed gratitude toward themerchants of Bellmore for helping himand his brother establish themselvesafter the war. While the banks lent verylittle money, Bellmore merchants lentcash when needed, “with no paperwork,no nothing,” he said.

It took him and his brother 18 years topay off their debts, he added.

Frank Sette Plumbing and Heatingprovided both goods and services. “Itwas right after the war. People neededeverything, and we sold everything,”Mr. Sette said of his early beginnings.

Roy Weinman of Weinman’sHardware has known Mr. Sette sinceafter World War II. They were businessassociates and are still friends. “I boughtfrom him, he bought from me, and I haverecommended him… because he hasalways been a very honorable business-man… giving customers good service,”said Mr. Weinman.

Recalling his early days in business,

Mr. Sette said, “We did a lot of work forfree… taking care of hundreds of peoplein Bellmore. …We didn’t hesitate for aminute.”

Community serviceMr. Sette’s son, Frank Setteducati,

said that instilling community valueswas probably “the most important gift”his father gave him. “My sister and Iwere both brought up with a deep senseof community service. Whatever projecthe was involved with, the rest of us wereinvolved with,” he said.

According to the chamber bio and sev-eral other Kiwanis Club members, Mr.Sette – as the only remaining chartermember of the Bellmore Kiwanis Club –has been an active member for over 50years. Locally, he has served as presidentand, for over 35 years, he has been anactive member of its Board of Directors.

On the state level, he has served onvarious Kiwanis committees. He is alsoan active honorary life member of theSouthampton Kiwanis Club. BothKiwanis Clubs honored Mr. Sette withthe “Diamond”-level Kaiser and“Diamond” -level Hixson awards.

According to Mr. Meyerowitz, Mr.Sette has recently focused on outreach toschool district staff to identify childrenwho would qualify for Camp Kiwanis, afree Kiwanis-run camp for underprivi-leged children in upstate New York.

Mr. Meyerowitz said the project is afavorite of the Bellmore Kiwanis Club.Mr. Sette said he has coordinated theCamp Kiwanis project in Bellmore forabout 15 years.

Mr. Sette said that he formed the highschool Key Club as part of the KiwanisClub, where high school students learn

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Mepham High School recentlyannounced the school’s winners for thePoetry Out Loud: National RecitationContest. Tenth-grader AlyssaRabinowitz won First Place, 12th-grader Dakota Balunis won SecondPlace and 11th-grader Eric Seltzer wonThird Place for the school competition.

The competition, presented in part-nership with the New York StateCouncil on the Arts, the NationalEndowment for the Arts and the PoetryFoundation, is part of a national pro-gram that encourages high school stu-dents to learn about great poetrythrough memorization, performanceand competition.

Throughout November more than600 students from Mepham participat-ed in the Poetry Out Loud competitionin their English classes. Poetry OutLoud lead teacher Nicole Maresca, andEnglish Chairperson Marie Netto,organized Mepham’s participation inthis national competition.

Nearly 120 students filled the choralroom at Mepham last month to hear the22 classroom winners recite theirpoems in the schoolwide ELITE event.

Poetry Out Loud is a national artseducation program that encourages thestudy of great poetry by offering edu-cational materials and a dynamicrecitation competition to high schoolsacross the country.

Poetry Out Loud uses a pyramidstructure. Beginning at the classroomlevel, winners advance to a school-wide competition, then to a regionalcompetition, and ultimately to thenational finals in Washington, DC.More than 400,000 students across the

country are expected to take part inPoetry Out Loud this year.

At Mepham High School, studentsrecited works they selected from ananthology of nearly 600 classic andcontemporary poems. Judges evaluatedstudent performances on criteriaincluding articulation, evidence ofunderstanding, level of difficulty andaccuracy.

All three school finalists will

advance to the regional contest atNassau Community College onMonday, February 25. Winners of theregional contest will represent theirhigh school at the New York Statecompetition.

Each champion at the state level willreceive $200 and an all-expenses-paidtrip to Washington, D.C. to competefor the national championship April28-30. The schools of the state cham-

pions will receive $500 for the pur-chase of poetry books. Mepham islooking for another state champion fol-lowing the success of Steven Tsai, whorepresented Mepham and New YorkState at the national finals in April2011.

To learn more about the New YorkState Poetry Out Loud contest, contactEllen Rubin at authors@nyla.org orvisit www.poetryoutloud.org.

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HONORING VETERANS: Applebee’s on Sunrise Highway once again honored active-duty militaryand veterans with free meals during Thanksgiving – and piled it all high with thanks!

LAST CAST CALL: TheBellmore Players will hold audi-tions for “Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat,” onWednesday and Thursday,January 16 and 17, at 7:30 p.m., atthe Bellmore Jewish Center,located at 2550 Centre Avenue.All roles are open. For informa-tion call 647-1467.

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TRATION: The BellmoreSchool District will hold regis-tration in two phases. The firstphase for the 2013-14 schoolyear is proof of residency.

If your child will be fiveyears old on or beforeDecember 1, 2013, present thefollowing information to thedistrict office at WinthropAvenue School during theweeks of January 7-11 and 14-18 between the hours of 9-11a.m.: your child’s original birthor baptismal certificate; proper-ty tax receipt; a document indi-cating ownership or rental ofproperty (ie, deed, mortgagestatement, homeowners insur-ance policy, lease); two docu-ments verifying residency (ie,recent utility bills).

Registration forms are avail-able at www.bellmoreschools.org. Parents will also have theopportunity to register to votewhile registering their child forkindergarten.

After registration is con-firmed, kindergarten screening/registration information will bemailed from the Charles A.Reinhard Early ChildhoodCenter.

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LANE: The Community ParentCenter, Bellmore-MerrickCHSD, county Legislator DavidDenenberg and state SenatorCharles Fuschillo sponsor aDriving in the Safe Lane pro-gram on Wednesday, January 9,7-8:30 p.m. at BrooksideSchool, 1260 MeadowbrookRoad, North Merrick.

The Driving in the Safe Lane

program, for both parents andnew teen drivers, is designed toreduce teen crashes and savelives through parent/teen aware-ness and education.

The program targets parentsas key players in influencingtheir teens to drive safely andresponsibly by • addressingsafety measures and recom-mending parental guidelinesthat reinforce these measures• reviewing state driving lawsand parental responsibility •providing information aboutrisky behaviors and adoles-cent development • distribut-ing informational packets pro-moting safe driving.

To register or for informationcall the Community ParentCenter at 771-9346, or email tocpc1260@hotmail.com.

© © ©EXTEND THE HOLIDAYS

TOY AND BOOK DRIVE:Legislator Dave Denenberg andhis son Aron are running an“extend the holidays” toy andbook drive. Like other holidaydrives, this effort collects booksand toys for donations.

However, this drive extendsthe season for giving beyond theholiday season and is intended toprovide toys and books for hos-pitalized children and/or chil-dren in need after the holidayseason.

Hospitalized children and/orchildren in need are in particularneed of cheer at any time of year.In the days after the holidayseason is over, it is exception-ally important to provide giftsto these children.

Unwrapped toys, gifts andbooks may be dropped off atLegislator Denenberg’s dis-trict office, 2818 MerrickRoad (just east of BellmoreAvenue), Monday-Friday from11 a.m.-5 p.m. The deadlinefor the toy and book drive isFebruary 15. If you have anyquestions, call LegislatorDenenberg’s office at 409-6623 or 571-6219.

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GRIEVE YOUR ASSESS-MENT: County LegislatorDavid Denenberg presents aworkshop on Monday, February4, at 7:30 p.m. at the BellmoreLibrary, 2288 Bedford Avenue,on how to file a grievance of yourassessment with the AssessmentReview Commission. The filingperiod is from January 2-March1. Experts provide assistance,guidance and information on theprocess. A question-and-answersession and one-on-one assis-tance follows.

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DENTS: The Bellmore-MerrickCentral High School DistrictSpecial Education ParentTeacher Association (SEPTA)and the Community ParentCenter will host the SixthAnnual Fair for TransitioningStudents with Disabilities from6-9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January8, at Calhoun High School, 1786State Street in Merrick.

Attendees will hear from apanel of experts about gainingindependence through assistedtransportation; grants; familysupports; Medicaid and non-Medicaid services;Supplemental Security Income;trusts and guardianships; pre-vocational services; and support-ive employment.

The event will also feature astudent workshop and informa-tion networking opportunitieswith agencies, organizations,attorneys, parents and individualswho have successfully navigatedthe system to reach their fullpotential.

Some of the guests will includerepresentatives from Long IslandAdvocacy; FEGS; FREE; HeadInjury Association; Life’s WORC;YAI Network and Andrew Cohen,Esq., among others.

For information or to registerfor the event, you can email bell-moremerricksepta@gmail.comor call District TransitionCoordinator Cheryl Gitlitz,LCSW at 992-1349.

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Our wishes for 2013Every morning is a new start. But each January

1 we consider it an especially important beginning.Certainly calling it a possible “fiscal cliff” makes itsound ominous. But we have just as many reasonsto consider each morning an opportunity.

Drive across this country and you see many richlands and productive industries. Visit some univer-sities and you meet many promising young minds.

We have more in common – despite our diversi-ty of income, race and creed – than partisan politicsmakes it seem. We need to build on our sharedinterests.

Our wishes for 2013 start with a wish for coop-eration among the White House, Senate and Houseof Representatives.

Superstorm Sandy hit the wealthy and pooralike, although the poor are finding it harder torebound. We have learned a lesson in empathyfrom it. Amazing heroes appeared.

We encourage our local government leaders tothink seriously about measures for preventingfuture storm damage. They have already learned agreat deal about how to prepare for future disasters.And many local officials have shown how govern-ment can truly serve the people.

Still shell-shocked by the massacre of innocentchildren in Newtown, Connecticut, a town muchlike our own, we look for safer schools, better men-tal health care and sensible gun control measures.

And although we are a local newspaper, princi-pally concerned with local issues, we cannot helpbut end our wishes for 2013 with the fervent hopefor world peace.

WORLD AFFAIRS DISCUSSION:On Wednesday, January 9, at 1:30 p.m. atthe Bellmore Jewish Center, 2550 SouthCentre Avenue, guest speaker Saul SilasFathi will present “Current Affairs: AComprehensive Discussion of theWorld’s Trouble Spots.” A question-and-answer period will follow. Guests areasked to make a $5 contribution.Refreshments will be served. Call Bill at221-2056 to pre-register.

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Productions presents “Cinderella” at theBellmore ShowPlace at the BellmoreMovies on Saturday, January 12, 19 and26, and Monday, January 21, at 11 a.m.The classic fairy tale springs to life in thisfast-paced musical production!

Tickets are $10 per person. The per-formance runs for one hour and is fol-lowed by a meet-and-greet with the cast.Birthday parties are welcome! For indi-vidual and group ticket information andreservations, call Plaza TheatricalProductions at 599-6870, or visit onlineat www.plazatheatrical.com.

The ShowPlace is at 222 Pettit Avenue.© © ©

CHSD BUDGET COMMITTEEMEMBERS NEEDED: Residents of theBellmore-Merrick Central High SchoolDistrict, with or without children in theschools, are invited to participate on theDistrict Budget Lay Committee. Thefirst meeting will be on Wednesday,January 16, at 7 p.m. at the BrooksideSchool.

Community members on the committeewill act in an advisory capacity to themembers of the school board, as well asdistrict administration. There will be meet-ings with various district administratorswho will present and explain programneeds. The committee will have the oppor-tunity to review the proposed expenditurebudget for the 2013-2014 school year.

Anyone interested in serving on thiscommittee must contact Cynthia StraitRégal, deputy superintendent, at theadministration offices, at 1260Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick, byJanuary 11. Call 992-1020.

MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION:On Wednesday, February 13, at 1:30p.m. at the Bellmore Jewish Center,2550 South Centre Avenue, the pro-gram will be “It’s Good to Be King,” amultimedia presentation of the wackygenius of Mel Brooks, offered by guestspeaker Jack Schnur. Guests are asked tomake a $5 contribution. Refreshmentswill be served. Call Bill at 221-2056 topre-register.

© © ©BOOK DRIVE: The Calhoun Key

Club will hold a used and new book driveMonday-Friday, January 14-18. The clubwill collect young adult and children’sbooks. It has partnered with The BookFairies, a nonprofit organization that sup-plies books to Long Island school dis-tricts. A collection box will be by themain office. For information call AnneRuvolo at 458-2829.

© © ©BOARD TO MEET: The North

Bellmore School District Board ofEducation will meet on Thursday,January 10, at the Martin Avenue School,2616 Martin Avenue, Bellmore, at 8 p.m.for its regular meeting.

The public is cordially invited. © © ©

FEMA TOTALS UPDATE: Mediarelations persons with the FederalEmergency Management Agency tellBellmore Life that 73,000 residents inNassau County registered with FEMAfor individual assistance, out of a totalof 258,000 in 13 New York countiesaffected by superstorm Sandy. FEMAhas so far responded to the countywith $265.3 million approved forindividual assistance reimbursementsout of $813 million approved so far,with more promised.

© © ©FEMA WIDGETS: The app “Are you

a disaster survivor?” is available for com-puters, smartphones and tablets atwww.fema.gov/widgets. It will connectusers to a raft of information about what todo, and what has been happening. There isalso a “private sector” app, and both areavailable on English and Spanish.

SANDY INCENTIVE PROGRAM:Local orthodontists are offering a super-storm Sandy incentive program thatincludes a free exam, records and con-sultation. Mention this program whenyou call to schedule an appointment, at623-1617. Drs. David Silverman andRichard Ciccone are at 1757 MerrickAvenue, Merrick.

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STEIN: On Wednesday, March 6, at1:30 p.m.at the Bellmore JewishCenter, 2550 South Centre Avenueguest speaker Marc Courtade willpresent “The Rogers and HammersteinEra: Reinventing Musical Theater.”This program is brought to the chapterthrough The New York Council for the

Humanities Speakers in theHumanities Program and is free andopen to the public. Call Bill at 221-2056 to pre-register. Refreshmentswill be served.

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Participants will receive a mandatoryinsurance premium reduction and theirviolation point total will be reduced.For information and registration, peo-ple are asked to call any evening at631-360-9720. The cost is $45.

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“It’s gone,” said Tom Seaman, presidentof the South Shore Bay House OwnersAssociation, referring to the bay house hisfamily owns in the East Bay on Big CrowIsland.

“The day after Sandy hit, my brothertook his binoculars and went down to theMeadowbrook Parkway to check out thedamage,” explained Mr. Seaman.

“He stood by the side of the road, andlooked out over the bay. He couldn’tbelieve it. It was incredible – the destruc-tion out there. Fourteen houses are goneand others suffered severe damage. Andthe storm had picked up a few houses andmoved them. They were plopped down inanother place.”

Nancy Solomon, executive directorof Long Island Traditions, agreed withMr. Seaman’s assessment. “Thesestorms scatter and destroy dozens of

these homes,” said Ms. Solomon. “Thisstorm was particularly devastating tomaritime culture.”

“Bay houses stand on the wetlands inthe Towns of Hempstead and Islip, alongthe South Shore corridor of Long island.They were built by fishermen and bay-men, duck hunters and recreationalboaters and range in age from 30 to 100years old,” according to the Long IslandTraditions website.

They are usually small, containingtwo or three rooms and generally facesouth in order to take advantage of thesunlight and cool north-south breezes.They stand on mud sills consisting oflong poles that lay on the marshlandwith upright posts to support the plat-form, which in turn supports thehouse. Unlike traditional houses thereis no permanent foundation,” reads theLong Island Traditions website.

“Lou Wright was the original

owner,” explained Mr. Seaman. “Wetook it over in the 1960s. A bay houseis always a work in progress.Something always needs to bereplaced. Everything has to come in byboat. Ten years ago we put on a newroof; me and my brother did someframing. It’s quite a job.”

But, “it’s worth it,” Mr. Seaman said.“My sons grew up out there; we used theplace from March through December andeven did duck hunting in the fall. ”

Many bay house owners agree. Mr.Seaman said the recent meeting of theSouth Shore Bay House HomeownersAssociation “was packed. Most saidthey would rebuild and we have theokay from the commissioner of water-ways. But it must be approved, in thesame spot, the same footprint.”

Mr. Seaman said he would beginrebuilding in the spring. “It’s a lot ofwork but it’s worth it. “It’s a differentworld out there.”

Maritime traditions and the after-math of Sandy

Long Island Traditions is working withseveral cultural and educational organiza-tions to educate residents on the maritimetraditions that have been affected bysuperstorm Sandy.

Partners include the Long IslandChildren’s Museum and the East MeadowPublic Library. The programs will explorethe working waterfronts, recreational andcommercial fishing, duck hunting and decoycarving, and boat builders and their boatyard.

The programs are appropriate for fami-lies and adults and will include opportuni-ties for discussion and hands-on activities.

The first program is Saturday, January 5,at the East Meadow Public Library from12:30-4 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday,January 12 and 13, the Long IslandChildren’s Museum will examine the sto-ries of local maritime tradition bearers withopportunities for younger residents to learnabout the maritime culture of the region.

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community service. He also said hestarted the pool pass program inBellmore, which provided pool passes toneedy families.

Judy Mankita is the president of theBellmore Kiwanis Club and has been amember since 2008. This year, Ms.Mankita said Mr. Sette’s wife died, hebroke his leg and he lost his belongings inthe storm. Yet, he has been regularlyattending meetings and participating.

“He is a very resilient man. Instead ofcurling up in a ball, he continues to beactive in the club,” she said. “I considerhim like a father figure. Bill’s beenextremely helpful, advising me as I havebegun to take over the club. He cares alot about people.”

Tommy Valenti Sr. has known Mr.Sette since the 1950s as a customer anda fellow Kiwanis Club member. He saidthat Mr. Sette is “one of the best guys Iever met.” Referring to Frank SettePlumbing and Heating, he said, “Theywere one of the premier plumbers onLong Island.”

Mr. Valenti’s son, Tom, of Piccolo’sRistoranté, has known Mr. Sette sincethe 1980s as a Kiwanis Club member,and said he admires Mr. Sette’s initiativeand near-perfect meeting attendance.Mr. Sette and his wife are “two of thereasons that Bellmore is the great townthat it is.”

Mr. Sette is also an active chartermember of the Knights of Columbus.Walter Anderson, a former president of

the Bellmore Kiwanis Club and a mem-ber of the Knights of Columbus, saidthey attended conventions together.They also work together on the PancakeBreakfast, Strawberry Festival and foodpantry projects. “He is a very communi-ty-inspired person. We are goodfriends,” Mr. Anderson said.

According to Mr. Sette and the cham-ber bio, he served as captain of HoseCompany 2 of the Bellmore FireDepartment several times and was elect-ed to the Board of Fire Commissioners afew times.

As a member of the Bellmore ExemptFireman’s Association, he served as sec-retary and as a member of its Board ofDirectors. As a life member of theSeaford Harbor Yacht Club, he served ascommodore and on its Board ofDirectors for over 25 years.

He said that he was the chairman ofthe Bellmore Unit of the Salvation Armyfrom 1947 until it disbanded about 20years ago, and he allocated funds tothose who needed help. In conjunctionwith Bellmore Life, he was in charge ofthe Help a Neighbor Program for over15 years, where he arranged to providehelp to readers that called the paper.

Sale of the businessSon Frank Setteducati said he worked

in his father’s business since he was ateenager, and in the late 1980s Mr. Setteturned the business over to him anddaughter. Mr. Setteducati said that in1999 the family sold the business to

Esposito Plumbing and Heating. According to the July 22, 2010, issue

of Bellmore Life, Mr. Sette wanted tosell the property on Surnise Highwayand St. Marks Avenue to White Castle.He said he was angry when the BellmorePreservation Group took White Castle tothe Town of Hempstead zoning Board ofAppeals.

During the appeals process, in whichWhite Castle asked the zoning board forvariances to build White Castle, theboard turned the corporation’s appealfor variances down in part because over320 residents came out in opposition tothe fast food restaurant. The WhiteCastle was never built. Mr. Sette stillowns the property, which has an autobody shop, a private DMV store and res-idencial homes on it.

Mr. Sette said he had another disagree-ment with the Bellmore Preservation Grouprecently for supporting an individual’sefforts to preserve the Stevens home onBellmore Avenue for historical purposes.

According to the September 13 issueof Bellmore Life, the home was built in1923 and later bequeathed to five familyfriends and two animal organizations. “I

was a personal friend of the Stevensfamily, three generations. That househas no more historical value than mynose. All the historical places they letgo, all the big homes on Merrick Road,”Mr. Sette said.

No longer a quaint townBellmore has changed dramatically

since the smalltown days of Mr. Sette’syouth. Today, Bedford Avenue – whichused to be an active commercial center– has “a row of offices rather than arow of stores,” Mr. Sette said. “Youcan’t walk down Bedford Avenue andbuy anything except a cup of coffee,”he joked.

“It’s not a quaint old town anymore.The only old store that’s recognizableis the old Weinman’s Hardware.”

Mr. Sette said that he misses thedances and other gatherings organizedby civic organizations. “They’ve gottelevisions to entertain them now, andthey don’t need to be entertained by adance at the firehouse or…theAmerican Legion,” he concluded,speaking of the modernity that hasovertaken Bellmore.

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Sunday movies There is always something to do at

the library on Sundays at 2 p.m., suchas a concert or a new film. The com-munity is welcome to attend.

Memoir Writing WorkshopOn Tuesday, January 8, at 10:30

a.m., columnist Florence Gatto andpoet Beverly E. Kotch of the LongIsland Writers Guild will show youhow to get started writing your stories,memories and musings. The program isfree and the community is welcome toattend.

Mystery Lovers Book ClubAuthor Reed Farrel Coleman will be

at the library on Tuesday, January 8,at 7 p.m. to discuss his book “Hurt

Machine.” Limited copies will be avail-able for purchase and signing at theevent. “Hurt Machine” was named afinalist for the 2012 Barry Award in theBest Novel category.

Defensive driving classOn Saturday, February 2, from 10

a.m.-3 p.m., Melissa Chios will hold adefensive driving class, Fee: $35. Signup now at the reference desk.

Novel nights“People of the Book” by Geraldine

Brooks is the book under discussion onThursday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m.Join Dee Abramson for a lively bookdiscussion.

REEL ChatThe British whodunit “Prime

Suspect,” Series Two, will be shown in

the library’s community room onFridays, January 11 and 25, at 1 p.m.A short discussion by MarthaDiVittorio will follow the movie.

CPR trainingThe library will host a CPR training

class sponsored by the Bellmore-Merrick EMS on Saturday, January12, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Call 646-450-9851 to register. Fee: $5.

Live animals On Monday, January 14, at 7 p.m.,

there will be an educational programfor children and teens with live ani-mals! Please register for this programat the Help desk.

Knitting and Crochet ClubEnjoy an evening of crafting with a

lively group of people on Thursday,

January 17, at 7 p.m. Bring yourproject and you will find lots of helpavailable.

Book sandwiched inOn Friday, January 18, at 12:30

p.m., join librarian Patti Paris for alively talk on “State of Wonder” byAnn Padgett.

Stress solutions for the NewYear!

Let the library help you start the NewYear right with a program promotingstress solutions on Tuesday, January22, at 7 p.m. Bill Solz, licensedsocial worker; Janine Friedman,holistic health coach; and Steve DellaCroce, nutritionist, will help you onyour way to less stress and feelinghealthy and fit!

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its high points as its lows, we are fortunate to have had each other and our communities to celebrate

the milestones with, and to lean on for support during the more trying times. We look forward to seeing

everyone in the new year as we rebuild to a brighter and better 2013.

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