Volume XXIII No. 28 Hometown Newspaper for Glen Cove, Sea Cliff, Glen Head, Glenwood, Locust Valley and Brookville Week of 3/6/14 75C Community Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade Set for March 23 Mourns Moyne - Celebrate Our City’s Proud Irish Heritage - John A. Moyne of Sea Cliff, NY, 93, Mayor Reginald A. Spinello invites This year’s Grand Marshal is John Street, to Glen Street, past the review- died peacefully after a long illness, sur- everyone in our community to join him O’Connell, who will be accompanied by ing stand and up Pearsall Avenue to the rounded by his at the Glen Cove St Patrick’s Day Pa- Aides to the Grand Marshal Anne Kelly, Church of St. Patrick. family, on Feb- rade Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 1 p.m. Ryan Doherty, Mike Byrne and Mary Jo Come celebrate Glen Cove’s proud ruary 26, 2014. The parade, organized by the local An- Walsh. The Parade lineup begins at noon, Irish heritage; hear the skirl of the pipes Linguist, profes- cient Order of Hibernians, Mike Moran in the Finley Middle School horse shoe and participate in the enthusiasm of all sor and author of Division 8 is the premier celebration of on Forest Avenue and steps off at 1pm. the marchers. For more information, numerous books Irish history and culture anywhere on the The marchers continue down School please call 516-782-7494. on Sufism and North Shore. the life and work of 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, he worked as translator/collaborator with Coleman Barks on six volumes of poetry by Rumi, including the best-selling, The Essential Rumi. A native of Iran, Mr. Moyne came to the United States in 1956. He received his M.S. degree in Computer Science from Georgetown University and worked for the IBM Corporation. He subsequently received his Ph.D. in Linguistics and Oriental Languages and Literatures from Harvard University and was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at Queens College, CUNY, and later, Professor and Chairman of the De- partment of Linguistics at The Graduate Center, CUNY. During his long and distinguished academic and professional career, he pub- A scene from last year’s parade. (photo by Peter M. Budraitis) lished numerous articles and scientific pa- pers on language and computer language. He pioneered the development of Machine John O’Connell Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Grand Marshal Translation Language Program that was widely used by the US government and in The city of Glen Cove has an- John was named Division Hibernian the private sector. From 1991 to 1993, he nounced that John O’Connell will be this of the Year in 2011 and Nassau County led delegations of American linguistic edu- year's St. Patrick's Day Grand Marshal. Hibernian of the Year in 2012. He was cators to China and Russia. John has been a member of the Glen named Aide to the Grand Marshal of the John was an active member and board Cove area’s Mike Moran Division 8 of New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade member of the North Shore Kiwanis Club the Ancient Order of Hibernians since in 2009. and served as president of the Sea Cliff 1997 and served as the division president Professionally, John is the executive Civic Association for many, many years for three terms. John is also a past presi- editor of Richner Communications’ Her- John is survived by his wife Claudia dent of the AOH Nassau County Board. ald Community Newspapers, the award- Moyne, former Mayor of Sea Cliff, his sons He is the immediate past New York winning chain of 16 weeklies covering Nicholas (Elizabeth) and David, daughter State AOH District 6 Director and re- the South Shore of Nassau County. John Parvin Sturges-Moyne (Zachary), grand- mains on the New York State AOH Board has been the Editorial Department’s lead- children Lucas and Daphne, and brothers, as the appointed publicity chairman. er for 10 years, and before that served Jalal (Lili) and George (Jane) of New York John is also currently the editor of as Valley Stream Herald editor for five and Virginia. the bi-monthly National Hibernian Di- years. A memorial service will be held at St. gest, the newspaper of the Ancient Order He was a reporter and managing ed- Luke’s Episcopal Church, 253 Glen Av- of Hibernians countrywide. itor with the Gold Coast Gazette in Glen enue, Sea Cliff, NY, on Saturday, March 8, Cove for five years prior to joining the 2014, at 11:00 a.m. Heralds. He is the immediate past three-term president of the Press Club of Long Is- land, the local chapter of the national John O’Connell was the Aide to the Grand Society of Professional Journalists. Marshal of the 2009 NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Page 2 Gold Coast Gazette Week of March 6, 2014 Ping Pong In Sea Cliff Glen Cove Youth Bureau presents… SNOW PONG? Warm up this Winter Ping Pong. Even if you don’t play, come YOUTH, NEWS & VIEWS with Ping Pong in Sea Cliff! Our Feb- out and watch, we have all skill levels, ruary Ping Pong Tournament at the Sea including first timers. Any questions, Cliff Gospel Chapel was a heated com- check with Dave Collins, 759-2840 or petition. Balbinder Bhogal won the play- [email protected], or just Local Youth Advocate for Funding! off matches to claim the Champion’s show up at 7pm at the Sea Cliff Gospel Article By: Sandra Potter Photo by: Tia to youth (ages 12 and older) and Youth trophy. Larry Weinberger took the 2nd Chapel, 162 Sea Cliff Ave, Sea Cliff, we Chanel Henderson Bureau personnel from across New York place trophy. Kirk Thomas came in 3rd play in the basement auditorium. There State. Youth engaged in fun teambuild- place. January’s competition saw Noel is a registration fee for the Tournament, The Association of New York State ing exercises, participated in discussion Tichenor in first, Tom Natale in xecond only, of $5 to cover trophies & refresh- Youth Bureaus sponsored the 13th An- groups and were inspired to bring what and Ryan Tichenor in third. The compe- ments, but Practice time on the other nual Youth Leadership Forum in Al- they learned back to our community. In tition continues to include all ages, from Fridays is free. The Tournament is a bany from February 10-11, 2014. As addition to partaking in the forum, stu- 10 on up. monthly event so break out your paddle a member of the Association, the Glen dents met with Senator Carl Marcellino The next Tournament is March 21st. (or use one of ours) and come and join Cove Youth Bureau was represented and Assembly member Charles Lavine In April, due to our Good Friday Service, us! by the participants: Jenna Cunniff, Tia to advocate for continued youth services we will be holding the tournament on the Chanel Henderson, Elena D'Ambrosio funding. 4th Friday – April 25th. Starting time is PING PONG IN SEA CLIFF, JANUARY & and Christina Wiese. These students are 7pm with registration at the door. Prac- FEBRUARY WINNERS & PLAYERS actively involved with the Youth Bureau tice time is available on non-tournament Left to right: Noel Tichenor, Gyan in various capacities such as the Com- Friday nights from 7-8pm, just show up, Bhogal(front) Jeff Telvi, Balbinder Bhogal, munity Action Using Student Empow- Larry Weinberger, Kirk Thomas, Ryan free! A great time to learn as well! We erment Class, youth employment and L-R Assembly member Charles Lavine, Elena Tichenor, Tom Natalie, Joe Mazzeo. set up the Chapel basement with 4 tables Youth Council. D’Ambrosio, Jenna Cunniff, Tia Chanel Hen- The forum is an interactive leader- derson and Christina Wiese ship and educational seminar offered Come One, Come All For Corned Beef and Cabbage Everyone is invited to the Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department Explorer Post 520 annual corned beef and cabbage fundraiser that will be held on March 15, 2014 from 3 pm to 7 pm at the Firehouse. Come join Explorer Post 520 and support our local Junior Firefighters. 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