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2013 Cradle of Aviation Museum Air & Space Gala

Cradle of Aviation Museum Air & Space Gala

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
March 2, 2013

The 10th Annual Cradle of Aviation Museum Air & Space Gala, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 17, had a soaring setting – the  3-story atrium lobby and the main Exhibition Hall of the world-class aviation museum.

Garden City, NY, U.S. - February 27, 2013. HARRISON H. SCHMITT, Apollo 17 Astronaut and former U.S. Senator, is honored at 10th Annual Cradle of Aviation Museum Air & Space Gala. (© 2013 Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Garden City, NY, U.S. – February 27, 2013. HARRISON H. SCHMITT, Apollo 17 Astronaut and former U.S. Senator, is honored at 10th Annual Cradle of Aviation Museum Air & Space Gala. (© 2013 Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Apollo 17 Astronaut and former U.S. Senator HARRISON SCHMITT received the Spirit of Discovery Award, PETER RETTALIATA received the Leroy R. Grumman Award, and TODD RICHMAN received the Donald E. Axinn community Service Award.

Those speaking also included ANDREW PARTON, LINDA ARMYN, MARC MACDONALL, and  LUIS TOLOSA, a graduate of the Westbury STEM Magnet Academy of the Cradle of Aviation (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math).

The Gala, which was a few months later than originally scheduled due to Hurricane Sandy, also featured a performance by St. Anthony High School’s “Celtic Friars” Pipe Band (South Huntington), a band and dancing, and a Silent Auction of items such as aviation and sports memorabilia, including an eye-catching large framed poster of Long Island Astronauts.

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2012 On Edge of Fiscal Cliff, Simpson, Bowles at Hofstra

On Edge of Fiscal Cliff

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
December 30, 2012

For America to avoid going off the “fiscal cliff” of broad tax hikes and spending cuts starting to phase in on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, the Senate and House must agree on a bipartisan bill before then.

Oct. 15, 2012 - Hempstead, New York, U.S. - At left, former White House Chief of Staff ERSKINE BOWLES (Democrat), and, at right, former Senator ALAN SIMPSON (Republican), co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, speak at Hofstra University about ?America's Debt and Deficit Crisis: Issues and Solutions,? with (at center) moderator PATRICK SOCCI, Dean of Hofstra's Zarb School of Business. This event with the Simpson-Bowles non-partisan U.S. fiscal debt reduction plan co-leaders, was part of "Debate 2012 Pride Politics and Policy" a series of events leading up to when Hofstra hosts the 2nd Presidential Debate between Obama and M. Romney, the next night, October 16, 2012, in a Town Meeting format. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Oct. 15, 2012 – Hempstead, NY U.S. – (L) ERSKINE BOWLES and (R) Sen. ALAN SIMPSON speak at Hofstra University about America’s Debt and Deficit Crises. (© 2012 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

On October 15, 2012, Former White House Chief of Staff ERSKINE BOWLES (Dem), and former Senator ALAN SIMPSON (Rep) – co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and co-founders of the ‘Campaign to Fix the Debt’ – spoke at Hofstra University about “America’s Debt and Deficit Crisis: Issues and Solutions,” with moderator PATRICK SOCCI Dean of Hofstra’s Zarb School of Business.

They discussed the seriousness of the fiscal debt, and the Simpson-Bowles non-partisan U.S. fiscal debt reduction plan to decrease it and avoid the looming fiscal cliff.

Oct. 15, 2012 - Hempstead, New York, U.S. - Man attending Simpson and Bowles event at Hofstra puts on red shirt that Fix the Debt Campaign gives free to anyone who puts in on right there in lobby and wears it to event at Hofstra University's John Cranford Adams Playouse., The campaign's co-founders, Simpson and Bowles, speak in the auditorium about ?America's Debt and Deficit Crisis: Issues and Solutions.? This event with the co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and co-leaders of Simpson-Bowles non-partisan U.S. fiscal debt reduction plan, was part of "Debate 2012 Pride Politics and Policy" a series of events leading up to when Hofstra hosts the 2nd Presidential Debate between Obama and M. Romney, the next night, October 16, 2012, in a Town Meeting format. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Oct. 15, 2012 – Hempstead, NY, U.S. – Man attending Simpson and Bowles event at Hofstra puts on red shirt that Fix the Debt Campaign gives free to anyone who puts in on there and wears it to event at Hofstra University’s event.  (© 2012 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

After Bowles and Simpson spoke, the audience of students and other members of the Long Island community had a chance to ask them questions, on the night before Hofstra hosted the 2nd Presidential Debate between Obama and Romney.

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2012 A Visit with Santa Claus at Roosevelt Field Mall

A Visit with Santa Claus

From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
November 30, 2012

As the Roosevelt Field mall and the Long Island community it’s served since 1956 continue to grow and change, one of the mall’s enduring traditions is Santa Claus’s visit at the end of each year, when parents have their children’s pictures taken with him.

Nov. 21, 2012 - Garden City, New York, U.S. - Santa Claus gets a visit from PATRICK HERR, 3 1/2, from Hempstead, at Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Long Island. Parents JULIANA CARREON and ISMAEL CARREON took him to visit the jolly man at Roosevelt Field, one of the 10 largest shopping malls in the United States of America, and on the site where aviator Charles Lindbergh began his historic solo transatlantic flight to Paris in 1927. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Nov. 21, 2012 – Garden City, New York, U.S. – Santa Claus gets a visit from PATRICK H, 3 1/2, at Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Long Island.  (© 2012 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

This Thanksgiving week I took news photos of Santa’s visit with 3 1/2-year-old Patrick and his family. And it turns out my older daughter and her husband took their six-month-old son to visit Santa right there earlier that week.

UPDATE: This Long Island Weekly (publ. Anton Community Newspapers) cover photo is from my photo shoot of Santa and Patrick:

Cover Page Photo by Ann Parry; Long Island Weekly published by Anton News. Nov. 21, 2012 - Garden City, New York, U.S. - Santa Claus gets a visit from PATRICK HERR, 3 1/2, from Hempstead, at Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Long Island. Mom JULIANA CARREON and ISMAEL CARREON took him to visit the jolly man. (Cover photo © 2013 Ann Parry; Long Island Weekly published by Anton News)

Dec. 11-17, 2013 issue of Long Island Weekly| Garden City, NY, USA. Santa Claus gets visit from PATRICK HERR, 3 1/2, at Roosevelt Field Mall. (Cover Page photo © 2013 Ann Parry)

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