ELECTION OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES

There are two vacancies on the Library Board.

• David Adler is running unopposed to fill a five-year term to succeed himself.
• Pamela Bluth and Frank Zaret are running to complete the term of office of Susan S. Warner, who resigned from the Board as of 12/31/2008.

The candidates biographies follow:

David A. Adler                              Pamela L. Bluth                                Frank Zaret

David A. Adler has been a library trustee for the past six years and is a devoted library patron. He is a lifelong resident of the area, a former teacher and editor, the author of more than 200 books, and the winner of the New York Library Association 2009 Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature for his body of work.

Pamela (Schlanger) Bluth was born in the Bronx, NY. She is the second of three children born to Brenda and Simon Schlanger, of Monsey, NY. Pamela attended the Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy (ASHAR), in Monsey, for elementary school, Yeshiva University High School for Girls, in Holliswood, Queens and Stern College for Women, in Manhattan, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education in 1994.

Pamela has Master’s Degrees in both Elementary Education (Queens College) and Educational Technology (NYIT). She has taught at Yeshiva Har Torah (Queens), P.S. 55 (Richmond Hill, Queens), where she received her tenure and is currently completing her ninth year teaching kindergarten in the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District. In POB, Pamela has served as a Staff Development facilitator, and is a member of the school’s Technology Committee and Site Based Committee. She has also served as an alternate representative to the Plainview Congress of Teachers.

Pamela is married to Dov Bluth of Woodmere. The couple reside in Hewlett with their 5 children; Nechama (8), Yosef (5), and triplet boys Yisrael Aryeh, Baruch and David (2 ½). They are active members at both the Young Israel of Hewlett and Congregation Anshei Chesed. Pamela recently coordinated a blood drive for Congregation Anshei Chesed and is involved in cooking meals for new mothers at both synagogues.

Frank Zaret and his wife, Sally, are long time residents of Woodmere. They raised three daughters in the community.  An actuary by profession, Mr. Zaret is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA). He served as a Vice President at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company during his working career.

Currently retired, Mr. Zaret is a Trustee on the Board of the Nassau Library System, a New York State agency that promotes and supports the continuous improvement of public library service in Nassau County by facilitating cooperation and resource sharing among libraries. He has also been active on various Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library committees including Long Range Planning.

Mr. Zaret served as President of The Friends of the Hewlett-Woodmere Library for six years and is still active with The Friends as an adviser to its Board. He is also currently a Vice President on the Board of Trustees of the Five Towns Senior Center.