LE NOTIZIE News and Events of the John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389 Order Sons of Italy in America Early Spring 2017

President’s Message

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

On March 17, 2017 I took an oath as your president along with the 2017-2018 Council. We had a great turnout from our State, National, and local Lodge OSIA members at that evening's Installation event.

In addition to my brothers John and Chris from New Jersey, Aunt Marie Hahn, cousins Donna and Mike Lamberti, Andrew Scobbo, Irene Mele, and members of the John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389, I extend my thanks to all who made that night a memorable evening.

Congratulations to Immediate Past President Marianne Bortone Prince and the 2016-2017 Council for a JOB WELL DONE!

I am the fourth generation in my family to be a member of the John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389; a family membership that started on October 25, 1925. To think it all started with my great-grandfather Vincenzo Bisaccia, grandfather Frank Rose Scobbo, uncles Nick and Frank Scobbo, and my dear loving parents Lee and John Nunziata.

Along with my Council and Lodge members, we will work together as one team. We will continue to strive to keep the John Michael Marino Lodge No. 1389 strong by growing our membership, continuing our scholarship programs, supporting our local charities, and NYSOSIA charities such as Alzheimer, Autism, Commission for Social Justice, Cooley’s Anemia, Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, and Gift of Sight.

We plan to maintain our tradition of participation in the annual NYSOSIA Walk for a Cure, Long Island and New York City Columbus Day Parades, and on the local scene, the Annual Port Washington Memorial Day Parade, St. Joseph’s Day altars at St. Peter of Alcantara Church and Our Lady of Fatima Church. It goes without saying that we plan to continue our wonderful October Heritage & Culture Month programs at the Port Washington Public Library and the Manhasset Public Library.

As we all know, one of the most important fundraisers sponsored by our Lodge is the Annual Italian Festival held in September at North Hempstead Beach Park. No doubt that we have busy personal lives but I hope to see most of our members there to help make our 38th Annual Italian Festival a huge and enjoyable success. Come and be part of celebrating who we are and the significant work we do for our community in the name of OSIA.

A reminder that our General Meetings take place on the third Wednesday of each month, so please mark your calendars.

May God continue to bless us, our families, our Troops, our Veterans, and embrace our departed Sisters and Brothers.

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!

Sandi Nunziata

~Sulle Spalle Di Giganti~

Committees John Michael Marino NYOSIA Bene Emeritus LE NOTIZIE Editor Lodge No.1389 Officers and Marianne Bortone Prince National Vincenzo Sellaro 718-631-7917 Award Recipient [email protected] President Edward Innella Sandra A. Nunziata

LE NOTIZIE Artistic Design 1st Vice President National Foundation Trustee Tom Amato and 516-423-9113 Janice Eubank NYOSIA Gift of Sight

[email protected] Chairperson 2nd Vice President Marc Biundo Marianne Principe O’Neil LE NOTIZIE Circulation Staff

Giuseppe Ciotoli Immediate Past President NYS Trustee District II Marianne Bortone Prince John Maura, Jr. Christmas Party Orator Janice Eubank 646-229-2699 Lisa Velotti Garibaldi - Meucci Museum Recording Secretary Vice Chair and Good & Welfare Rita Eredics Commissioner

Jayne Brooks Anthony Conetta 516-238-5826 Financial Secretary Kristiana Maura Salerno

Membership Corresponding Secretary NYS Culture Committee Vice Chair Marianne Bortone Prince Jacqueline Maura Marianne Bortone Prince 718-631-7917 Treasurer NYS District II Membership Memorial Mass Doreen Severin Chairperson Louis Biundo Marianne Bortone Prince 516-650-6400 Principal Trustee Mary Ann Biundo JMML Cooley’s Anemia October Cultural Events Trustees Liaisons Tom Amato Lisa Vecchio Belinsky Pat Lombardo Antonio Ardovini Lisa Belinsky Josephine Palawsky Rita Eredics Giuseppe Ciotoli Parades Rochelle Micillo Dowling JMML CSJ Liaisons Marianne Bortone Prince Flora Giovannini Heapps Lisa Vecchio Belinsky Angela Scaldaferri Lisa Velotti 38th Annual Italian Festival Chairs Maria DiNatale Scotto Anthony Conetta Joseph Velotti JMML Walk For A Cure Liaisons John Maura Joseph & Lisa Velotti Eric Pappalardi Masters of Ceremonies Barbara Faticone & Lena Mazzilli JMML Gift of Sight Liaisons

Queens Pageant Sentinels Jacqueline Maura Josephine Palawsky Maria DiNatale & Elide Pirri Josephine Palawsky 516-883-6602 Chaplain Scholarships and Charities Awards Louis Biundo Rocco Andriola Marc Biundo Commissioners of Arbitration Nancy Conetta Jayne Brooks Jacqueline Maura John DiLeo Jr. Angela McGrade Tom Giovenco Daryl Zimbardi Walter Palawsky Eric Pappalardi Leo Cimini Josephine Palawsky NYS Deputy Annual Family Picnic Anthony Ceriello John DiLeo Jr. 516-944-6382

'La famiglia è tutto' (family is everything)..

02 2017 Calendar of Events

John Michael Marino Lodge No. 1389 Monthly Lodge Meeting Dates Start Time is 8:00PM

Lite Dinner is Served at 7:00PM; Coffee & Dessert Served at the Conclusion of Each Meeting

April 19th May 17th June 21st July 19th August 16th

John Michael Marino Lodge No. 1389 Monthly Officers Meeting Dates Start Time is 7:30PM

May 3rd June 7th July 5th August 2nd

Lodge Events

May 29th at 9:15AM Port Washington Memorial Day Parade. Participants meet in the parking lot of Schreiber High School. Red jacket dress required (contact Marianne Bortone Prince at 718 631-7917 to order a red jacket).

June 21st– John Michael Marino Annual Scholarships and Charities Awards Night (follows the Lodge’s General Meeting).

July 16th – John Michael Marino Annual Family Picnic (hold the date; details to follow).

NYOSIA State Events

April 22nd at 8:30AM – NYOSIA Spring Plenary Session hosted by the Galileo Galilei Lodge, Judge Frank A. Gulotta Lodge, Giuseppe Verdi Lodge, and Giovanni Caboto Lodge at the Merrick Gold Course located at 2550 Clubhouse Road, Merrick. Contact Eileen Starvis at 516 785-4623.

April 30th at 9:30AM. NYOSIA Grand Lodge Bowling Tournament to be held at Farmingdale Lanes, Farmingdale. Cost is $20 per person. Contact Keith Wilson at 516 633-1435.

May 6th at 8:30AM (Registration) – NYOSIA Grand Lodge Foundation Walk for Education & Culture at Eisenhower Park Field #1. Walk steps off at 10:00AM. Contact Lodge Liaison Lisa Velotti at 516 551-0253 or e-mail [email protected].

June 1st - June 4th NYOSIA Annual State Convention at the Villa Roma Resort and Conference Center, Callicoon, New York.

June 10th – NYOSIA Grand Lodge Foundation Scholarship Program to be held at Tappan Zee High School, Orangeburg. Brunch at 11:00 followed by program at 12:00PM. Contact Michele Ment at 845 225-1144.

June 24th – NYOSIA 112th Anniversary Event to be held in Little Italy. Additional information to follow.

July 22nd at 8:30AM – NYOSIA Summer Plenary Session hosted by District IV Lodges at the Antonio Meucci Lodge Hall, 279 Maple Avenue, White Plains. Contact Eileen Starvis at 516 785-4623.

July 23rd at 1:00PM – District II Kings & Queens Pageant at Pompei Restaurant in West Hempstead. Cost is $50 per person. Contact Portia Ryder at 516 674-3562. Important note: The John Michael Marino Lodge will have contestants in the Pageant.

The John Michael Marino Hospitality Committee welcomes assistance in setting up dinner & dessert as well as clean up at the conclusion of the collation. Donations of dessert and fruit are always welcomed and greatly appreciated.

03 20th Annual New York Grand Lodge Foundation, Inc. Walk-A-Thon

“Walk for a Cure” Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Eisenhower Park Registration at 8:30AM

The New York State Grand Lodge Foundation, Inc. of the Order Sons of Italy in America is holding a Walk-A-Thon for three special charities – Alzheimer, Autism, and Cancer Research. We are calling on our members of the John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389 to join other OSIA Lodges as we “Walk for a Cure”.

Come join us at Eisenhower Park located at 1899 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow - Parking Field 1. You can help the cause by participating as a sponsored leisure stroller, exercise pacer, or race walker on the beautiful and varied two-mile route.

What better way to maintain your daily exercise program or start a fitness program while simultaneously helping to raise funds for OSIA’s charitable endeavors?

Set a goal on the amount of money you wish to raise and then begin obtaining your sponsors. Every walker who raises a minimum of $25 will receive a complimentary T-shirt. Please encourage payment at the time of the pledge by assuring sponsors that you will participate. An insert appears in this edition of Le Notizie, which contains the Sponsor List. The pledged money should be brought to the Walk and presented at the 8:30AM Registration Table on May 6th. All checks should be made payable to the NY Grand Lodge Foundation, Inc. The Foundation is a 501 © 3 non-profit organization making your contribution tax deductible.

Breakfast will be provided between registration at 8:30AM and the Walk step-off time of 10:00AM. Volunteers will greet you at rest stops all along the two-mile route. First Ad and safety personnel will be on hand and weary walkers will be helped to the finish line by support vehicles. A barbecue will be served following the Walk-A-Thon.

Another highlight of the day is the annual OSIA Bocce Tournament. All are welcomed to participate or watch the tournament and cheer on our John Michael Marino Lodge Brothers and Sisters who will be participating in the tournament.

Training for Walkers Prepare yourself for this event. All exercise requires mild conditioning. Walking is the safest form of exercise, but it is still important to stretch out and take care of your body. Consider weather conditions and dress warmly if cold, or lightly if warm. The Walk will not be cancelled due to bad weather. Drink plenty of liquids before, during, and after the Walk.

A Walk Down Memory Lane My sincere thanks to our Lodge Orator, Lisa Velotti, who has agreed to act as our Walk for a Cure liaison for the third consecutive year. Lisa has made a herculean effort in coordinating our Lodge’s participation.

On the heels of 2015’s success of more than doubling attendance and donations over previous years, the outcome of Lisa’s coordination effort in 2016 was nothing short of remarkable. Last year we had fourteen Lodge members and seventeen non-members in attendance for a total of thirty-one Vs 2015’s total attendance of twenty-one. Donations in 2016 totaled an outstanding $2,725.00 Vs $2,305 in 2015.

Lisa is hopeful that we can meet and exceed 2016, but we cannot accomplish this feat without your help and support. So get your walking shoes ready, practice your bocce, and join us on May 6th. We would certainly welcome donations if you were not able to participate in the Walk. Please contact Lisa at the following contact methods regarding your donation intention: phone: 516-551-0253 e-mail address: [email protected]

04 OSIA NY GRAND LODGE FOUNDATION WALK-A-THON SPONSOR LIST

John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389

PLEASE PRINT SPONSOR'S NAME SPONSOR'S ADDRESS AMT. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Walker’s Name: Walker’s Address: Best Reach Number (including area code): Total Donations Pledged in Dollars: $ Total Donations Collected in Dollars: $

This List Must Be Returned By Saturday, May 6, 2017 Walkers or Lodge Representative Please Bring This List When You Check In

All Donations Are Tax Deductible

05 Community Corner Due to technical difficulty we are unable to display the photograph by Marianne Bortone Prince taken at St. Peter of Alcantara Church. On hand to man the altar were Lodge President Sandi Nunziata along with Theresa Bruno,

Joe Ciotolli, Elide Pirri, Joe Velotti, Lisa Velotti, and Sal Velotti. St. Joseph’s Day Altars

Support for Our Men in Blue

The John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389 continued the annual tradition of honoring St. Joseph by replicating an altar at two Port

Washington Roman Catholics churches. This year’s event took th place on Saturday, March 18 after the 5:00pm mass at St. Peter of The John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389 and the Port Washington Alcantara Church and Our Lady of Fatima Church in Port community came together in support of the family of a Port Wash- Washington. Officers and members of our Lodge attended mass ington Police Officer who was seriously injured in the line of duty in and were on hand to distribute bread, oranges, bookmarks, and January. zeppole to parishioners as they exited the church.

Monetary donations collected at the altars are given to the Traffic Enforcement Safety Officer Michael McNulty was operating Outreach Program of each church. Thanks to Marc Biundo a motorcycle during a police escort to a hospital when the accident for the bread and beautiful St. Joseph’s bookmarks, Frank and occurred on Saturday, Jan. 28th. Lena Mazzilli for the magnificent oranges, and Joe Ciotoli for the delicious homemade zeppole. The officer’s recovery is expected to take years after requiring multi- ple blood transfusions and surgeries.

The Port Washington PBA is collecting donations for the officer’s family to assist with future expenses. The John Michael Marino Lodge donated $250.00 to the fund raising effort and also participat- ed in the very successful blood drive on Monday, Feb. 20th in support of the officer.

McNulty’s wife cannot return to work as she is constantly by his side in a hospital’s intensive care unit.

All funds will help the McNulty family during their time of need. McNulty is also the father of two children.

(pictured l-r at Our Lady of Fatima Church are Usher Alex Candido, Maria Carpinelli, Parishioner Joan Brakeman, Angela McGrade, Rev. Steven J. Peterson, Tom Amato, Barbara Faticone, Marc Biundo, and Altar Boy Aldo Soto.)

06 April Is Poetry Month

(Editor’s note: as the caption states, “April Is Poetry Month”. I thought our members would be interested in reading about two distinguished gentle- That I now join the names on such a list is truly beyond words. I don't know men, Italian author Luigi Pirandello and Bob Dylan (Zimmerman) an Amer- if these men and women ever thought of the Nobel honor for themselves, ican of Jewish ancestry, who were named Poet Laureate by the Swedish but I suppose that anyone writing a book, or a poem, or a play anywhere in Academy. Both were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature – Pirandello on the world might harbor that secret dream deep down inside. It's probably December 10, 1934 and Dylan on December 10, 2016. What follows are the buried so deep that they don't even know it's there. If someone had ever told award acceptance speeches delivered in Stockholm at the December Nobel me that I had the slightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have Prize Banquets. On June 21st the John Michael Marino Foundation, Inc. to think that I'd have about the same odds as standing on the moon. In fact, will be “awarding” scholarships and awards to the high school graduates during the year I was born and for a few years after, there wasn't anyone in of 2017. These graduates will move on to the next milestone in their young the world who was considered good enough to win this Nobel Prize. So, I lives and I think about the achievements and successes that await them. A recognize that I am in very rare company, to say the least. Nobel Prize winner in our midst? Nothing is impossible or improbable!)

I was out on the road when I received this surprising news, and it took me more than a few minutes to properly process it. I began to think about Wil- Poet Laureate Luigi Pirandello’s Banquet Speech liam Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I would reckon he thought of himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writing literature couldn't I take deep satisfaction in expressing my respectful gratitude to Your Majes- have entered his head. His words were written for the stage. Meant to be ties for having graciously honoured this banquet with your presence. May I spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I'm sure he was thinking be permitted to add the expression of my deep gratitude for the kind wel- about a lot of different things: "Who're the right actors for these roles?" come I have been given as well as for this evening's reception, which is a "How should this be staged?" "Do I really want to set this in Denmark?" His worthy epilogue to the solemn gathering earlier today at which I had the creative vision and ambitions were no doubt at the forefront of his mind, but incomparable honour of receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1934 there were also more mundane matters to consider and deal with. "Is the from the august hands of His Majesty the King. I also wish to express my financing in place?" "Are there enough good seats for my patrons?" "Where profound respect and sincere gratitude to the eminent Royal Swedish Acade- am I going to get a human skull?" I would bet that the farthest thing from my for its distinguished judgment, which crowns my long literary career. Shakespeare's mind was the question "Is this literature?"

For the success of my literary endeavors, I had to go to the school of life. That school, although useless to certain brilliant minds, is the only thing that When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve will help a mind of my kind: attentive, concentrated, patient, truly childlike some renown for my abilities, my aspirations for these songs only went so at first, a docile pupil, if not of teachers, at least of life, a pupil who would far. I thought they could be heard in coffee houses or bars, maybe later in never abandon his complete faith and confidence in the things he learned. places like Carnegie Hall, the London Palladium. If I was really dreaming This faith resides in the simplicity of my basic nature. I felt the need to be- big, maybe I could imagine getting to make a record and then hearing my lieve in the appearance of life without the slightest reserve or doubt. songs on the radio. That was really the big prize in my mind. Making records and hearing your songs on the radio meant that you were reaching a big The constant attention and deep sincerity with which I learned and pondered audience and that you might get to keep doing what you had set out to do. this lesson revealed humility, a love and respect for life that were indispen- Well, I've been doing what I set out to do for a long time, now. I've made sable for the assimilation of bitter disillusions, painful experiences, frightful dozens of records and played thousands of concerts all around the world. wounds, and all the mistakes of innocence that give depth and value to our But it's my songs that are at the vital center of almost everything I do. They experiences. This education of the mind, accomplished at great cost, al- seemed to have found a place in the lives of many people throughout many lowed me to grow and, at the same time, to remain myself. different cultures and I'm grateful for that.

As my true talents developed, they left me completely incapable of life, as But there's one thing I must say. As a performer I've played for 50,000 peo- becomes a true artist, capable only of thoughts and feelings; of thoughts ple and I've played for 50 people and I can tell you that it is harder to play because I felt, and of feelings because I thought. In fact, under the illusion for 50 people. 50,000 people have a singular persona, not so with 50. Each of creating myself, I created only what I felt and was able to believe. I feel person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves. They immense gratitude, joy, and pride at the thought that this creation has been can perceive things more clearly. Your honesty and how it relates to the considered worthy of the distinguished award you have bestowed on me. depth of your talent is tried. The fact that the Nobel committee is so small is not lost on me. I would gladly believe that this Prize was given not so much to the virtuosity of a writer, which is always negligible, but to the human sincerity of my But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my crea- work. tive endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life's mundane matters. "Who are the best musicians for these songs?" "Am I recording in the right stu- dio?" "Is this song in the right key?" Some things never change, even in 400 Poet Laureate Bob Dylan’s Banquet Speech years. Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songs liter- (as given by the United States Ambassador to Sweden, Azita Raji) ature?" So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of answer. the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests in attendance tonight. I’m sorry I can't be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in spirit and honored to be receiving such a prestigious prize. Being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature is something I never could have imagined or seen coming. From an early age, I've been familiar with and reading and absorbing the works of those who were deemed worthy of such a distinction: Kipling, Shaw, Thomas Mann, Pearl Buck, Albert Camus, and Hemingway. These giants of literature whose works are taught in the schoolroom, housed in libraries around the world and spoken of in reverent tones have always made a deep impression.

07 Getting to the Heart of the Matter I am getting along well with it," said Amato, who before receiving the device found himself becoming easily fatigued, retaining water, (Editor’s note: if you were in attendance at our January General and feeling short of breath. Meeting you would have heard Lodge Past President Tom Amato speak about a ground-breaking heart related procedure he under- He said the condition had worsened to the point of limiting how far went at St. Francis Hospital as part of a trial study involving an im- he could walk. But the electrical stimulation from the device now plant. The following article was written by Newsday contributing prevents fluid retention and has allowed him to resume his job as an reporter Deltmia Ricks and appeared in Newsday on March 16th). architectural restorer.

St. Francis Hospital Testing Device to Treat Heart Failure Vittorio said the small generator, about the size of an old silver dol- lar, is inserted under the skin beneath the collarbone and improves cardiac activity by acting on the body's baroreceptors, sensors locat- Heart failure, a major public health concern traditionally treated with ed in blood vessels that monitor blood pressure and relay that infor- medications, is being studied at St. Francis Hospital as a condition that can be controlled in some patients with electrical impulses emit- mation to the brain. ted from an implanted device. Those sensors are ineffective in heart failure and hypertension. The implant overcomes nature’s deficits, according to the device’s mak- The hospital is one of about 50 nationwide studying the implant as a ers. novel therapy for a sometimes-devastating form of heart disease. Dr. David Majure, medical director of mechanical circulatory sup- Thomas Amato, 68, has become the first patient in the Northeast to port at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore Univer- receive the implant in a clinical trial underway at St. Francis in Flower Hill. The hospital hopes to enroll at least five other patients sity Hospital in Manhasset, said heart failure is a complex disease. in the research.

Amato, a resident of Port Washington, said he was diagnosed with heart failure in 2010 that had been managed with medications, which included a diuretic along with dietary salt restriction.

The term heart failure, doctors say, is something of a misnomer because it doesn't refer to an organ that has stopped working. Instead, the term refers to a chronic, progressive disease characterized by shortness of breath and marked fluid retention in the ankles, feet and legs. Heart failure, which disproportionately affects people 65 and older, is expected to increase as the population ages.

Already, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates about 6 million people nationwide are affected and that heart failure is a contributing factor in about 1 in every 9 deaths.

“Chronic heart failure continues to be a problem although we have made a number of advances,” said Dr. Timothy J. Vittorio, the principal investigator of the implant at St. Francis. He said the device, known as Barostim neo, is being studied with the aim of approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Vittorio said the device is already in use throughout Europe as therapy for high blood pressure. The device controls hypertension through electrical pulses emitted from the implanted generator, which communicates with the brain.

The medical device, which consists of a generator and a lead wire, is produced by CVRx in Minnesota. It is part of an emerging science "Heart failure comes in a lot of different varieties," Majure said yes- that is examining how well electrical pulses can control a wide range terday. The Bass Hospital is a division of the Northwell Health sys- of medical disorders. Medical investigators at the Feinstein Institute tem. in Manhasset, for example, are studying how a wide range of in- flammatory disorders, including lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, can One type, he said, is called systolic heart failure, which occurs when be controlled through electrical stimulation. the heart's left ventricle fails to contract normally, decreasing forces available to push blood into circulation. With Barostim neo, the device’s thin lead wire is implanted on the carotid artery, which runs along the side of the neck. Vittorio said Another form is known as diastolic failure, which is characterized by the device is programmed using wireless technology to stimulate a stiffness in the left ventricle, he said. healthier blood flow to the heart.

2014 John Michael Marino Foundation, Inc. Scholarship Recipient Nicholas Marinelli

Outside the classroom, I use my spare time to give back to the BC community. I tutor 10-15 student athletes per week in financial accounting, managerial accounting, and business law. I take seriously my responsibility to help my student athlete peers, who have very demanding schedules, reach their potentials in the classroom. I also work in the student admissions office where I engage prospective students and their families, discussing my BC experience and answering questions about the school. For the last year, I have been co-President of the BC Accounting Academy, a student organization that, in conjunction with recruiters from the top accounting firms, organizes on-campus events for accounting students.

My ancestors had to rise above many obstacles including discrimina- tion, lack of financial resources, and the language barrier in order to (Editor’s note: On the evening of June 18, 2014, Nicholas Marinelli make possible their vision of the American Dream for their children was awarded a scholarship at our Lodge’s Annual Scholarships & and grandchildren. They valued education and their goal was to send Charities Award Ceremony. It was brought to my attention that their kids to college so that they could create better lives for Nicholas was recently inducted into the Alpha Sigma Nu, which is themselves. At Boston College I feel I am on the path to honoring my the National Jesuit Honors Society. I reached out to Nicholas and family’s commitment to hard work, education, community service, asked him to share with us his successes and activities during his our heritage, and to making a difference in the lives of others. enrollment at Boston College. I know that our Lodge members will be delighted to read the following “success story” from one of our I am grateful to have been a recipient of your generosity and I hope to most deserving 2014 scholarship recipients. Above you will find a one day do the same for others. photograph of Nicholas that was taken at the June 18th event. He is seated third from the right wearing a white shirt and red tie). Sincerely,

Nicholas Marinelli Dear Members of the John Michael Marino Lodge Order Sons and Daughters of Italy, Boston College Class of 2018

In 2014, I graduated from Schreiber High School and was graciously awarded a scholarship by The John Michael Marino Foundation, Inc. That fall, I embarked on a four-year journey at Boston College in pursuit of a business degree. Since then, I have expanded my horizons at BC, both academically and outside the classroom, so I am writing this letter to give you an update on my progress.

As a junior, I have declared my concentration – Accounting and In- formation Systems – and have begun to take upper-level courses. This semester, I have focused on classes like Advanced Audit and Finan- cial Accounting Standards & Theory in preparation for my internship this summer with EY in Times Square. I will be working in audit in wealth and asset management. I am taking extra classes so I can graduate one year early – accounting is normally a five-year degree – and I plan to take the Certified Public Accountant exam the summer after I graduate in May 2018. I have worked hard to maintain Dean’s List first honors and have formed close relationships with many of my professors.

Last weekend, I was inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Honors Society (see photo to the right). Each year the honor is awarded to top students who have excelled in scholarship, loyalty, service, and the promotion of Ignatian values like Men and Women for Others and Magis – the pursuit of excellence. I have also been invited to Beta Gamma Sigma, the premier honors society for business schools, and will be inducted in April of this year.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SANDRA NUNZIATA & THE 2017- 2018 INCOMING OFFICERS

11 Origin of Our Calendar Part III

Source: Hudson Valley Geologist

Julian Calendar was instituted by Julius Caesar but it had the flaw of losing a day every 128 years or so. This inaccuracy came to a head in the 1500s when church authorities finally dealt with the problem. The push to do this came from the fact that the method for computing the date of Easter uses the date of the vernal equinox. By the 1500s, the Julian Calendar was saying the vernal equinox was on March 10 instead of March 21 where it should have been and this was causing no end of confusion.

Pope Gregory the XIII, with the assistance of Jesuit astronomer Christopher Clavius, developed a new calendar and the Pope issued a Papal Bull, which decreed that the day after Thursday, October 4, 1582 would be not Friday, October 5 but Friday, October 15! The loss of 10 days was necessary to align the new calendar with the actual date in the tropical year.

The Gregorian Calendar is now also known as the Western or Christian Calendar and is the internationally accepted civil calendar. The month names and days are familiar to all of us:

January (31 days) February (28 days, 29 on leap years) March (31 days) April (30 days) May (31 days) June (30 days) July (31 days) August (31 days) September (30 days) October (31 days) November (30 days) December (31 days)

The days of the months remembered with the traditional rhyme, which dates back to the late 1500s):

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Save February, with twenty-eight days clear, And twenty-nine each leap year.

How is this different from the Julian Calendar?

What Pope Gregory did was institute another rule – years divisible by 100 would be leap years only if they were divisible by 400 as well. In other words, 1600 and 2000 were normal leap years but 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not (these would have been in the Julian Calendar). So every 400 years, you lose 3 leap year days. This gives the average length of the year as:

400 yr x 365.25 d/yr = 146,100 d – 3 d = 146,997 d / 400 yr = 365.2425 d/yr [on average]

Compared to the tropical year value of 365.2421897 days, this gives a difference of 0.0003103 days. Let’s calculate how many years it will take before we have an error of 1 day.

0.0003103 d / 1 yr = 1 d / X yr [Here’s the ratio] X yr = (1 d) (1 yr) / 0.0003103 d [Rearrange the terms to solve for X] X yr = 1 yr / 0.0003103 [Cross off day units] 3222.69 yr [Solved]

In other words, the new Gregorian Calendar will lose a day every 3,223 years as opposed to the Julian Calendar error of a day every 128 years. From its institution in 1582, it will only have lost 1 day by the year 4805!

The above diagram shows how the date of the summer solstice shifts each year to fall sometime on either June 20th, 21st, or 22nd. Each dot represents the date (and time) of the summer solstice for that year. Note the shifts by a day in 1800, 1900, 2100, and 2200 (because we omit January 29 since they're not divisible by 400 so are not leap years) but not 2000 (since it is divisible by 400 and is a leap year so we keep the four year leap year sequence).

People rioted in the streets in some places over the loss of 10 days when October 5 changed to October 15 but Catholic countries relatively quickly adopted the new calendar (the Pope still had a lot of power at that time). It took over 100 years before most of the Protestant countries in Europe abandoned the Julian Calendar. Great Britain and the American colonies didn’t switch until 1752 and in Russia; it wasn’t adopted until the Russian Revolution of 1917. One of the last major holdouts, the Eastern Orthodox Church, still uses the Julian Calendar for calculat- ing the date of movable feasts (church holy days that don’t fall on the same date each year).

When England switched (the Calendar Act of 1750), the date of September 2 was followed by September 14 in 1752. A number of people saw the change as a "Catholic plot" and reputedly rioted apparently believing the government took away days of their life chanting, "Give us back our eleven day!" Others welcomed the change - Benjamin Franklin wrote "“It is pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on Sep- tember 2, and not have to get up until September 14.

An" Election Entertainment" by William Hogarth (1755)

The famous painting above, according to Wikipedia, is "loosely based on the 1754 Oxfordshire elections, in which the 1752 calendar change was one of a number of issues brought up by Tory opponents to the Whig candidate for MP... The painting shows a Whig banquet, and 'Give us our Eleven Days' is a stolen Tory campaign banner." The banner is the small black square, with white writing, under the boot of the gen- tleman in the gray coat sitting on the floor at front.

No matter what you do, a calendar will always have some accumulating error due to the fact there are 365.2421897 days in a tropical year and, worse yet, that number is an average since the shape of the Earth’s orbit varies a bit year to year and over geologic time periods.

13 Membership Corner

Members Achieving Milestones Membership Anniversaries in the 2nd Qtr. of 2017

35 Years Rosina G. Conti

25 Years Rosemary Andersen

Get Well Wishes We wish a speedy recovery and continued good health to our Lodge brothers and sisters Leo Cimini, Sisto DeNardis, Tony D’Ambrosio, and Joseph DeSantis.

Auguroni alla nuova arrivata! Congratulations to Lodge Member Fred Moreno and his wife Joanne who welcomed their fourth grandchild to the family. Pic- tured below are the delighted grandparents with their new bundle of joy, Adrienne Joanne.

Cooley’s Anemia Dine-A-Round

Thanks to a tremendous solicitation campaign by Cooley’s Anemia Lodge Liaison Lisa Belinsky, our Lodge was well- represented at the April 4th Cooley’s Anemia Dine-A-Round. Officers, members, and several guests from our Lodge filled a record three tables - 32 John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389 representatives in all! This amount was three times as many as we have had in previous years. We also supported the event with the donation of a raffle prize, donation canisters, and a spon- sorship table. Our participation was rewarded in kind because four of our Lodge participants (Barbara Faticone, Fred Moreno, Elide Pirri, and Lisa Velotti) won raffle prizes. And it did not stop there. Josephine Palawsky won one of the two 50/50 raffle prizes.

A special thanks to Lisa for making herself available the day before the event to help set-up at Verdi’s catering facility. Lisa was then on hand to act as a server of the wonderful array of food donated by local District II eater- ies including Port Washington’s own DiMaggio’s Trattoria and Gino’s Pizzeria.

14 This year, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Italian ambassador to Italy’s Courage Israel Francesco Maria Talo echoed Foglio’s sentiment, emphasizing Italy’s special responsibility to remember the Holocaust: “It is espe- cially important to remember what was done to participate in the per- secution.... We have more responsibility and we need to do more,” Talo said.

While these words regrettably will fall on the deaf ears of the many Europeans who support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, they will resonate with Israelis, who face a multi-tiered threat from those who continue to seek to undermine the Jewish state. BDS has played a role in inciting the recent wave of killings by Pales- tinian knife-wielders, and it encourages baseless and misguided rhe- torical attacks at academic institutions and college campuses across the world — some of which have produced violent protests and veiled threats directed at Jewish students and faculty from BDS supporters.

Italy’s brave and lonely position last week is a barometer of its support for Israel. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is an ally of the Jewish State, and last year delivered an eloquent speech to the Knes- set, Israel’s parliament, on the dangers of the BDS movement. The Source: Jack Rosen, President of American Jewish Congress, American Jewish Congress was lucky enough to have him as a guest Chairman of the American Council for World Jewry (The at our 2012 International Conference of Mayors in Israel while he TIMES of Israelwww.timesisrael.com - February 2, 2016) was the mayor of Florence.

At a time when European nations are turning their backs on Israel, Italy has held steadfast in support of both the Jewish State Italy’s ambassador to the UN, Sebastiano Cardi has also been out- and its own Jewish citizens. Polls consistently show Italians with spoken on the subject of anti-Semitism, addressing the issue at the the lowest percentage of anti-Semitic views compared to other United Nations General Assembly last year. Europeans, even as anti-Semitism is making a resurgence throughout the continent. “Italy supports multilateral initiatives against anti-Semitism.... We must clearly and unanimously condemn every act of anti-Semitism Last week, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, as the world and its ideological roots,” Cardi said. paid formal tribute to one of the darkest periods in modern history, Italy took it a step further when a local newspaper Given the growth of anti-Semitism and anti-immigrant sentiments on distributed skullcaps to all of its subscribers in a show of the continent, Cardi’s admonition is timely. Selling fear and demoniz- solidarity with Jews. ing the “other” in society is nothing new in Europe. Responsible lead- ership is an uncommon commodity, and the world should be grateful that Italian leaders have stepped forward to remind us that tolerance The daily paper, Foglio, emphasized the move was in response to and inclusivity must be championed at the highest levels of govern- a French Jewish leader who recently advised Jews to hide their ment. religious identities in public after a French Jew was assaulted with a machete for donning a yarmulke. Italy has become a crucial ally of Israel, and Jews everywhere are thankful that Israel has such a reliable friend in Europe. Just as signif- In an article that accompanied the free token, the paper asserted icant, though, is the example Rome is setting for its continental neigh- that “the West should not obscure its roots and its religious symbols,” bors, for whom the lessons of liberty and freedom constantly must be and that in response to the surge in anti-Semitism across Europe, reinforced. “this year we must do more.”

Italy has led the way in commemorating Jewish culture and protect- ing the rights of Jews in Europe since World War II, and is an active contributor to the fight against anti-Semitism today.

Indeed, Italy was the first country to make January 27th, the date of the 1945 Soviet liberation of Auschwitz, a national day of remembrance.

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the John Michael Marino Lodge The Italian community of Port Washington provided great sup- No.1389, port for Alessandra and her family. The men donned black armbands and were present for the family at the wake, which On October 19, 1925 my great-grandfather, Vincenzo Bisaccia was held at the family home. Vincenzo’s funeral procession to applied for membership and was subsequently initiated in the St. Peter of Alcantara Church was led by a band of Italian mu- John Michael Marino Lodge. sicians.

The family remembers Papa Cenzo as a hardworking, kind, and Below is the story of our beloved great-grandfather and as indi- good man. He enjoyed playing Italian card games and walking cated in the article, he was truly a “son of Italy”; not only as a the old neighborhood talking with friends. He would bring his member of the John Michael Marino Lodge, but also in the grandchildren treats from Geiner’s Bakery. way he lived his life. This dear charter member of the Sons of Italy was laid to rest in Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share his name Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery in Flushing, NY. His wife Ales- and family history. sandra and his daughter Giovanina (Jenny) Scobbo (mother of Lee, Nick, and Jimmy) are buried with him. And let me add a thank you to the staff of Le Notizie for dis- playing the landscape of our great-grandfather’s ancestral town The family is proud to be part of his lineage and he is fondly of Avellino, Italy as the heading for the cover of your newslet- remembered. His Sons of Italy legacy lives on in his grand- ter. The editor has stated that this landscape will be used as the daughter, Sandra (named for Alessandra) Nunziata, who is an header for each newsletter published during President Sandra’s active member of the John Michael Marino Lodge. term as Lodge President.

Ciao John Nunziata

Vincenzo Bisaccia

1871 – 1929

“A Son of Italy”

Vincenzo (Papa Cenzo) Bisaccia, the maternal grandfather of Lee Scobbo Nunziata, was truly a “son of Italy”. Born in Vol- turara Irpina, Avellino on June 1, 1871, he and Alessandra Picardo were married in 1895.

At the age of twenty-six, he left Italy sailing from Naples on the ship named Hesperia. Alessandra joined him in the United States in 1899 and they settled in Port Washington.

The family home at 1210 Port Washington Blvd. (originally 160 Middle Neck Road) is still in the family. In 1925, at the age of fifty-four, Vincenzo applied for membership to the Sons of Italy John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389. Joining him was his son-in-law, Frank Rose Scobbo. He, like many of his compatriots, began working in the sand pits and later became an independent contractor working for local builders.

In March of 1929, the Bisaccia family tragically lost their beloved patriarch. He was killed in a cave-in while excavating the foundation of a building at the corner of Port Washington Blvd. and Bar Beach Road (formerly Sanders Motors).

16 Memorial Day brutal battles, in which a vast Chinese assault sent South Korean troops Honoring Those Who Nobly Served fleeing through the American ranks in retreat. Weeks later, when an the United States of America Associated Press reporter was able to visit what U.S. Marines were calling “Massacre Valley,” he wrote, “The exact number of killed still by Marianne Bortone Prince is not known, but…more are missing…Hundreds of frozen bodies of Chinese, Korean and Americans carpeted the roads and valleys.”

Relatives say La Rossa’s mother, Marie, pressed the government for information of her son’s fate, even writing to President Dwight D. Eisenhower asking for help. They say she never stopped grieving, and spiraled into depression before she died in 1974.

After examining a box containing the remains of at least nine individu- als that had been turned over to U.S. officials in 1992, JPAC investigators took a DNA sample from La Rossa’s brother, Donald, who lived in In the past I have written articles related to the origin of the day we Farmingdale. Donald La Rossa died in Georgia in 2001. have come to know as Memorial Day. Other articles concerned how Memorial Day is celebrated across our great nation or ideas about edu- A cousin, Tony Zupo, 72, from Sheepshead Bay was 9 years od when cating our youth about the solemnity of this day. cousin Buddy went off to war. Zupo looked up to his older cousin, who would sometimes allow him to sit in the saddle of a motorcycle I thought about the content of an article for this edition for quite a few La Rossa kept at his parents’ Bensonhurst home. days and then I had the opportunity to have dinner with my good friend, Linda Wargo. Linda is a Past President of the Captain Kathy Mazza “The grief goes away, but you need closure,” Zupo said. “This is the Lodge No.2163 located in Bethpage. One of the subjects we discussed end. This is closure. I’m glad he is home.” over dinner was members of our families who served in the United States Armed Forces. La Rossa’s remains were recovered as part of a Department of Defense effort to bring closure to the families of the 84, 000 U.S. GIs who re- After discussing World War I (a war that the United States entered one main unaccounted for from conflicts dating back to World War II. Em- hundred years ago on April 6th) and World War II, I relayed the story of ploying more than 500 military and civilian personnel, JPAC sends my Uncles Ed, Lawrence, and brothers-in-law Harold and Richard who forensic investigators to battlefields from Belgium to Burma, to sift the served during the Korean War. It was at that point that Linda told me earth to locate clues to missing GIs. the incredible story of Pfc. Anthony La Rossa, a first cousin of Linda’s dad, Rudolf La Rossa, who was originally declared Missing in Action Critics have said the recovery effort is slow and disorganized, and that during the Korean War. Department of Defense efforts to locate the remains have amounted to “military tourism.” They say relatives of missing soldiers who could What follows is an article that appeared in Newsday on December 16, help guide investigators may all die before missing soldiers can be 2014 written by contributing reporter, Martin C. Evans. The article is identified. titled Finally, At Rest: Remains of GI who died in Korea in 1951 buried on Long Island. There is a prolog to the story, as relayed to me by “It would be nice for them to have the remains of their sons and have Linda, and I will detail it after the article. I hope this article inspires them buried with the honors they deserve before they pass on,” said our officers and members to participate in the Port Washington Ann Mills-Griffiths, chairman of the National League of POW/MIA Memorial Day Parade (please see the flyer on the next page). families. “But it needs to be a cohesive effort.”

To the sounds of a gun salute and a mournful bugler’s “Taps,” the re- La Rossa was buried with full military honors at St. Charles Cemetery, mains of an 18-year-old infantryman who perished in a Korean prison- not far from where his brother, Donald, had lived in Farmingdale. er-of-war camp 63 years ago were buried by his mother’s grave yester- day at a Farmingdale cemetery. Prolog Now the logical question you would ask is since there was no identifi- Pfc. Anthony La Rossa was fighting with the 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry cation in the boxes containing the remains returned to the United States Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, when his unit was overwhelmed by in 1992, how did the JPAC investigators come about associating the Chinese soldiers near Hoengsong on Feb. 11, 1951. He died at the DNA of Donald La Rossa with his brother Anthony? I asked Linda Suam Bean POW camp a short while later, but his remains were not Wargo that very question and she provided the answer. returned to the United States until 1992, and not positively identified until this year. Though his parents and siblings are all deceased, the Years before his own death in 2001, Donald learned about the boxes two dozen family members who came from as far as Georgia said the containing the remains of the G.I.s that were turned over to the United teenager they remember as “Buddy” had never been forgotten, and States in 1992. He contacted the Defense Department and subsequently that his repatriation brought them a measure of comfort. provided a sampling of his own DNA. The DNA matched the remains found in one of the boxes, but unfortunately it took many years before “I never met Buddy, but I grew up looking at his pictures in the family JPAC concluded the investigation. Donald died before ever knowing photo album,” said Vivian Gallo, 57, of Franklin Square, whose mother that among the remains found were that of his beloved brother Anthony. was La Rossa’s first cousin. The photo shown above was taken at the gravesite of Pfc. Anthony La Rossa during the full military service. Gov. Cuomo arranged to have In the early 1990s, North Korean officials turned over 208 boxes of flags at New York State buildings across the state flown at half-staff the commingled remains of American soldiers. Using mitochondrial DNA day of the service in honor of Pfc. La Rossa. testing and other forensic techniques, the Defense Department’s Joint POW Accounting Command was able to positively identify portions of Today, 7,867 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. the leg and arm bones as belonging to La Rossa earlier this year. The military continues its work to identify some of the remains it La Rossa was taken prisoner during one of the Korean War’s most received two decades ago. 17 May 29, 2017 Port Washington Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony

Join the John Michael Marino Lodge No.1389 as it continues the parade tradition on this day of remembrance, honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country.

The VFW: Henderson-Marino Post 1819 and the American Legion Post 509 sponsor the Parade and Ceremony.

Assembly Time and Location: 9:15AM in the Schreiber High School Parking Lot

Dress Code for Lodge Members: red jacket, white shirt/blouse, green ascot, and white slacks

Refreshments will be provided for Lodge members participating in the Parade at the conclusion of the Sunset Park Ceremony.

Contact Sandi Nunziata with any questions at 516 297-5383.

Contact Marianne Bortone Prince to order a red jacket at 718 631-7917

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