Co-op City Times 10/04/14

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Vol. 49 No. 40

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Requests for new management bid proposals to go out on Monday

The ongoing procedure to find and contract with a new managing agent or general manager to run and oversee Co-op City on a day-to-day basis takes a big step forward on Monday, Oct. 6th as public requests for bid proposals will be published in major newspapers and posted online with designated portals and search engines.

Board Director Bernie Cylich, Chair of the Riverbay Board Ad Hoc Search Committee, which has been charged with formulating a fair and thorough search procedure and seeing that procedure through until it results in a new management contract being placed in effect, possibly by early 2015, said this week that he is very satisfied with the progress of the search procedure thus

BY BILL STUTTIG

far and he feels confident that all requirements of a fair search procedure have been met and will continue to be met as the process goes forward in the months ahead.

Director Cylich said that the committee work carried out so far included receiving approval from the state Division of Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as to the exact bid requirements outlined in the proposal requests going out publicly early next week.

Board Director Linda Berk, coChair of the Riverbay Board’s Ad Hoc Search Committee, added this week: (Continued on page 2)

Hot water shutdown Wednesday

On Wednesday, October 8, there will be no hot water to all Co-op City apartments beginning at 11 p.m. Hot water will be restored at 7 a.m. on Thursday, October 9.

Cold water and electricity will not be affected.

This hot water shutdown is to allow the Power Plant to conduct its bi-annual maintenance.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

—Power Plant

Riverbay presses for state changes to save $2M annually in electric costs Co-op City’s cogeneration plant fits the vision that Gov. Andrew Cuomo set out this April when he directed the State Public Service Commission (PSC) to radically change how New York generates and delivers electricity.

But because of current laws, real estate companies, including Riverbay and major Manhattan developers who want to generate their own power but still remain connected to the overall electric grid, are being financially penalized.

Relief could be on the horizon, however. As part of the dramatic change that the PSC is expected to present by next summer, Co-op City shareholders could save up to $2M in annual fees that Con Edison currently charges Riverbay for equipment that Riverbay installed and paid for already.

Last month, Riverbay Corp. submitted public comments to the state PSC as part of the commission’s “Reforming the Energy Vision” (REV) initiative, a comprehensive study to examine how existing

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Open Board meeting in Einstein Center Wednesday, Oct. 8

Update on lobby doors and new garage access system

An Open Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 45 of the Einstein Center and Riverbay shareholders are encouraged to attend and be updated on the new lobby doors and alternatives to the current garage access system that are being reviewed.

As is customary prior to the official beginning of Open Board meetings, cooperators who would like to ask questions relating to their individual apartments or discuss any issues of concern with Riverbay department directors and personnel, will be able to do so between 6-7 p.m., when staff from the various service departments at Riverbay will be available to meet with shareholders.

In addition, shareholders who would

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like to participate in the Gallery Session during the Board business meeting should arrive early and sign the list.

“As I’ve said before, I encourage you to please come out to the Open Board meeting early to meet with the department directors to address your individual concerns regarding your apartment,” Riverbay Board President Cleve Taylor said. “They will be able to answer and expedite any problems.

Members of the Riverbay Board of Directors are volunteers and have a number of important capital issues/projects to deal with. Our CSO and various other departments are abundantly capable to handle your needs.”

The Board Business meeting itself (Continued on page 4)

Annual College, Career & Resource Fair today in Dreiser

Starting from 9:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. today, Saturday, October 4, the annual Co-op City College, Career & Resource Fair organized by Director Evelyn Turner and co-sponsored by the Riverbay Fund is taking place in the Dreiser Auditorium.

Students in Grades 3 through high school and their parents are encouraged to attend. There will be financial aid and scholarship workshops, college reps, and career and internship opportunities at PepsiCo. Also, raffles for tablets and money orders for NY’s 529 College Saving Plan. Plan to attend! (For more details, please see flyer on page 21 in this issue)

Co-op City’s young authors receive proclamations for history making book

BY JIM ROBERTS

(Continued on page 21)

State Assemblyman Mike Benedetto presents proclamations honoring the accomplishments of the Building 18 Scholarship Incentive Awards Program (SIAP) at a reception outside Building 18 this past Saturday. The young people of the Building 18 SIAP created the art book President Obama’s To Do List in 2009 which was chosen for permanent display at the Smithsonian Libraries earlier this year.

Receiving the honors were Ruth Edwards, the long-time leader of the Building 18 SIAP who guided the young authors along through the process of creating the book, and each of the eight young authors and artists: Bryce Campbell, Quentin Campbell, Tara Davis, Samantha Medina, Anthony Purnell, Matthew Salmon, Newton Salmon Jr. and Shaneice Silvera. (See pages 3 and 5 for more coverage.)

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Mgmt. search

“We are very excited about this process.

It has been 15 years since Co-op City searched for new management and this search process will be thorough and fair, reaching out to as many qualified candidates as possible in the ever-changing real estate management field.”

The specific proposal requests soliciting bids from potential management firms and general managers will be published in the New York Times, the Daily News, El Diario and in other major newspapers.

Director Berk said that to help the Board with the challenging task of finding the right management for a community as vast and comprehensive as Co-op City, a property management search firm has been interviewed to help with advertising the request for proposals as widely as possible, and then reviewing and vetting each candidate who submits a potentially qualifying proposal.

Director Cylich added that the enormity of managing a community as large and complex as Co-op City, which includes a power plant, public safety force, and more than 1,000 employees, has to be specifically outlined and made clear to all potential candidates. He added that Riverbay’s current managing agent, Marion Scott Real Estate, Inc., will be invited to submit a bid and he added that individuals who currently work for Co-op City in some major supervisory capacity, such as department directors, can also

Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014 apply as a general manager, as long as they have the experience to meet the specific and arduous requirements for the job as outlined by the supervising government agencies.

As part of the procedure, and in accordance with government regulations, HUD and HCR will also receive a copy of each management bid proposal sent in by candidates over the next month and a half.

The deadline for submitting management bid proposals has been set for November 19th.

A pre-bid conference where potential candidates will be able to come to Co-op City and tour the community, meeting with directors and familiarizing themselves with the scope of the position before submitting bids, has been set for Oct. 22nd.

Directors Cylich and Berk both said that judging from past history, the preliminary expectation is for Riverbay to receive approximately 70 bids from individual general managers and approximately 7 bids from management firms.

But Cylich added that those expectations are based on submissions received during the last open bid process in 1998 and much has changed in the industry since then so the result of this process could be far different but that remains to be seen.

Director Cylich, in pointing to the painstaking process undertaken by his committee over the past three months to (Continued from page 1)

outline specific job requirements and set up a fair and thorough bid procedure which is now going forward, paid homage to the work of the Board Search Committee from 1998, under the charge of former Board Director Jake Powell, that successfully found and hired a qualified general manager for a contract period of three years. Cylich added that in his opinion that procedure was then violated by the Board leadership that took control in 1999 who then removed that properly hired manager without due process and hired Marion Scott Real Estate to run the community going forward.

He promised that all procedures that have already taken place and will take place going forward will be carried out in full accordance with all requirements of the law and supervising government

agencies.

After all the bids are in as of the November 19th deadline, in accordance with the terms of the resolution passed by the Riverbay Board on June 18th authorizing the management search procedure to go forward, candidates will be narrowed down to the three final general manager candidates and three qualified management firm candidates from which the Board will make their final choice and send that choice along to HCR and HUD for their final approval. It is estimated that that final choice will be made by the end of January, 2015 but Director Cylich added that that is only an estimate and the final choice could be made earlier or later than that depending on how smoothly the procedure moves forward in the weeks and months ahead.

OPEN BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8

7:30 p.m.

Rm. 45, Einstein Center Come hear updates on lobby doors and garage access systems

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Combing Co-op City

Free flu shots in Bartow Wednesday

JASA, Co-op City Senior Services & Pathmark have teamed up to offer free flu shots and pneumonia vaccines on Wednesday, October 8, 9 a.m. to noon in Room 31 of the Bartow Community Center, 2049 Bartow Avenue.

The same program will be in Room 7 of the Dreiser Community Center on Tuesday, November 4, 37 p.m., and in the Einstein Community Center, Room 34A on Tuesday, October 7, 3-7 p.m. and again on Monday, October 20, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Room 49.

Please be sure to bring your health insurance card with you, if you have one.

For further information, please contact JASA Senior Services at 9718) 320-2066.

Next CB#10 Meeting

On Thursday, October 16, Community Board #10 will hold its monthly meeting at the Dreiser Auditorium A, 177 Dreiser Loop, Bronx, NY 10475.

The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. For further information, please call contact Community Board 10 at (718) 892-1161.

Annual Friends & Family Day

The Coalition of African American Churches & Community Organizations will host their 19th annual Friends and Family Day on Sunday, October 19th, 3 p.m., 177 Dreiser Community Center, Auditorium A and B. There will be games with prizes for the children, as well as vendors. Refreshments will be served. For further information, please call (718) 379-3494.

NCNW’s African American Heritage Art Exhibit

On Saturday, October 25, the NCNW Co-op City section will present an “African American Heritage Art Entertainment Exhibit” featuring Robin Joyce Miller - Artist, Educator, Author and Poet. This event will take place at the Dreiser Community Center, Room 11 from 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served.

For further information, please contact Robin at (718) 671-7262.

FRONT PA G E

Co-op City “history makers” of Building 18 continue to enjoy the spotlight

Founder and young authors of SIAP receive Proclamation

Assemblyman Benedetto, addressing a “This is a wonderful thing,” the Co-op City is proud; the residents of large, excited crowd, including several assemblyman said. “Education and Building 18 are proud, and on Saturday, Board members, a representative from working with young people is near Sept. 27, together, they made Bronx Councilman Andy King’s office, Building and dear to me and the happiest time County proud as New York State 18 parents, youth and shareholders who for me is when I see the light in their Assemblyman Michael Benedetto of had gathered in front of Building 18, said eyes.” the 82 Assembly District, presented the that the presentation was to celebrate an Addressing Ms. Edwards, Assemblyman Benedetto said, “You community’s “history have created a legacy; what makers” of Building 18 you have done lets you with a Proclamation. sleep very well, I’m sure.”

Referring to the 30ft. book that the “history He also congratulated the makers” created and SIAP members, who each designed for President received official certifiBarack Obama - and the cates. Furthermore, a plafirst of its kind - Board que commemorating the Director Evelyn Turner occasion is on order and said: “We have been the will be placed over the first before, but didn’t entrance to Building 18. always get credit. As soon “We want the grand kids to as people around the world come back to visit the place get wind of this, there will where the 30ft. book was be the 31st, 32nd foot State Assemblyman Mike Benedetto (l.) this past Saturday presented born. They can look up and proclamations to each of the eight young people from Building 18 who book. We want to make created the 30-foot long art book “President Obama’s To Do List” in see the plaque,” added sure this gets in the history 2009 which was chosen for display in the Smithsonian Libraries in Assemblyman Benedetto.

Photo by Lauretta Jaysura This sunny Saturday books and we get credit for Washington D.C. earlier this year. afternoon, there were no divergent historical event and honor a woman who it.” had been a teacher for over 30 years and views, only laughs and expressions of As a matter of fact, this Proclamation then later went into banking, who is pride in Ruth Edwards and her vision of ensures a place in history for these always willing to teach and give back. He cultural enrichment for the children of young authors and Founder/Director of the Building 18 Scholarship Incentive added that he was honored to be Building 18 could be heard.

Awards Program (SIAP), Ms. Ruth E. presenting the Proclamation to such an Edwards. individual as Ms. Edwards.

(Continued on page 20)

BY LAURETTA J. JAYSURA

Two more incidents of forcible inappropriate touching of girls on I-95 footbridge this week

A recent, and troubling string of teenaged girls being forcibly and inappropriately touched by a predator while walking on the footbridge over I-95 between the 47th Precinct and Co-op City continued this week with two separate reported incidents, one on Monday afternoon and one on Wednesday afternoon.

According to the NYPD’s Public Information Office (DCPI), both incidents occurred late in the afternoon.

Monday’s victim was 16 years old and Tuesday’s victim was 14 years old.

Another similar incident occurred at approximately 8 a.m. last Monday, September 22nd. The victim in that incident was a 17 year old girl.

On July 10th, two more very similar incidents occurred also involving forcible touching on teenaged girls while they were crossing the footbridge.

Those two incidents occurred in the early morning and the victims were a 14 year old girl and an 18 year old girl.

BY BILL STUTTIG

The NYPD Public Information Office reports that detectives believe that the same person is responsible for all five of the recent crimes that have

been committed on the footbridge since July along with an additional 12 reported incidents, the first of which dates back to 2012, which occurred elsewhere in the 47th Precinct, but not in the vicinity of the footbridge or Co-op City.

However, the last five of these crimes have all been committed on the footbridge near Co-op City and have victimized teenaged girls.

The suspect is described by the NYPD’s public information office as “a male, black, approximately 20 yearsold, approximately 5’10, thin build. He was last seen wearing a black “hoodie,” blue jeans, and black sneakers.” (See sketch, at left, released courtesy of the NYPD Public information Office).

A spokesman for the public information office said that the suspect is believed to be responsible for all the attacks including 10 that occurred in various spots throughout the 47th (Continued on page 20)

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Open Board

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will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. with the approval of the agenda (see bottom of article), followed by the approval of the minutes from the Board’s Business Meetings of August 20.

This will be followed by the Auditor’s Remarks by Marks & Paneth, Riverbay’s outside auditors. There will then be discussions of the Riverbay Corporation’s organizational chart, and the Bay Plaza traffic situation and what shareholders can still do to help force the attention of elected officials.

After these discussions, the chairpersons of the Board’s various committees will give their reports and during this segment, shareholders will hear about some new initiatives that are currently being reviewed and discussed, albeit at committee levels, before they are brought to the full Board for approval. At the request of the Board’s First Vice President Daryl Johnson, who wanted to make sure that the community is kept informed, one such report will be an update on the new lobby doors during the report from the Construction Committee chaired by Board Treasurer Bernard Cylich.

“We had anticipated that the lobby doors would be almost complete by now, however, when the pilot program for Building 15A was finished in MarchApril, we found a number of problems

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with it, one was the intercom system and the other was that the door itself was not properly closing and opening, and then the structure also was weak,” explained Director Cylich. “So, we had called for Management to go back to the drawing board and come back with a better door and Management is coming back with a new proposal and they promise to redo the Building 15A entire door system.

“Once that’s completed, we will again evaluate and review it together with the shareholders who live in the building and then come back and see if it meets our standards and approval and once that’s settled, as Management pointed out since it’s a new design, we may have to go back and get a new contract and then the Board has to adopt a new resolution to approve a new contract for the new redesigned door, but hopefully, this new redesigned door will take out all the kinks and the problems with the present one. We look forward to the new system by the spring.”

Director Cylich added that once the lobby door project is completed, the new doors will not only be a state-ofthe-art keyless entry, but also convenient to everyone. He noted that the program will also include the back doors to the buildings and that the intercom system will be upgraded as well.

In addition, a new EZ-Pass-type access system to the community’s 8

parking garages, as well as other access options, are being reviewed by the Board’s Garage Committee, chaired by Director Bill Gordon, and he said that an update will be given at Wednesday’s Open Board meeting on the discussions that have so far gone on in committee regarding these systems.

The Gallery Session where shareholders will be able to ask questions and get direct answers from the Board and/or

Management, will be held following these presentations and discussions.

Second and first readings of resolutions will come next. All resolutions pertaining to leases will be addressed only if time permits. The meeting will be adjourned after the resolutions are discussed.

The next business meeting of the Riverbay Board of Directors will take place on Wednesday, November 12.

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Committee Meeting dates

The following are the dates of the monthly meetings of the Board’s Budget, Contracts Compliance and Dogs Program Committees, chaired by Second Vice President Leah Graham.

Shareholders who have been chosen to serve on these respective committees ONLY should make a note of the dates and plan to attend.

Budget Committee: Monday, October 13; Monday, November 10, and Monday, December 8.

Contracts Compliance: Monday, October 20; Monday, November 17 and Monday, December 15.

Dogs Program Committee: Monday, October 27; Monday, November 24 and Monday, December 22.

Thank you for your cooperation.

—Director Leah Graham

Condolences It is with deep regret that we inform you of the passing of Louis Fino, Riverbay Porter for the Buildings and Grounds- Janitorial Department.

All services are being held at The Woolworth Chapel at Woodlawn Cemetery, located on Webster Avenue and East 233rd Street, Bronx, NY 10470. The phone number is (718) 920-0500. The family will not be having a viewing, only the funeral service. The services will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2014 commencing at 1:00 p.m.

Please join us in keeping the entire Fino family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

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Co-op City turns out to honor distinguished Building 18 book creators It’s happening in Co-op City

The authors and artists who created the 30-foot long art book “President Obama’s To Do List” in 2009 which earlier this year was chosen for display in the Smithsonian Libraries in Washington, D.C. were honored and thanked for truly distinguishing Co-op City with their accomplishment during a reception and short ceremony last Saturday afternoon.

State Assemblyman Mike Benedetto presented each of the eight young people with a proclamation making their history-making work and Ruth Edwards, the leader of the former Building 18 Scholarship Incentive Awards Program who guided the young teenagers at the time when they created the book, was also honored by the Assemblyman. All of the eight young people, who are now working on starting distinguished careers in their chosen field were on hand to accept the honors and congratulations from residents, family members and Riverbay Board Directors including Cleve Taylor, Daryl Johnson, Linda Berk, Evelyn Turner, Andrea Leslie and Bernie Cylich. The eight young Co-op City residents honored for the work on Saturday are: Bryce Campbell, Quentin Campbell, Tara Davis, Samantha Medina, Anthony Purnell, Matthew Salmon, Newton Salmon Jr. and Shaneice Silvera.

Photos by Lauretta Jaysura

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Letters to the Editor

Board Director responds to Power Plant explanation

In my opinion, our process for seeking bids is severely flawed. Therefore, I believe that we might need to have the attorney general review the way that we conduct business here.

For instance, on 9/20/2014, I printed a case about a company named IJZ Associates. IJZ placed an initial bid of $93,910 to demolish a boiler. Thereafter, officials here allowed this company to more than double their bid to $187,835.

However, in last week's paper, 9/27/2014, there was a statement that I didn't "mention that the next qualified bidder's price was $375,618.75, almost twice the IJZ price."

Big deal! Did that justify that the low

bidder, IJZ, was allowed to increase their price? Did anyone else have an opportunity to lower their price to an amount below $187,835?

No! Why not? Why wasn't anyone else allowed to lower their bid?

In regards to the change order about the design work for a boiler, who would accept a job from an experienced design firm for a 400,000 pound boiler if it could not fit into a section of their facility?

Look, this firm has been doing business for years. Yet, they designed a boiler and then amazingly discovered that they will have to cut a tremendous hole in the power plant roof to install it into place, at a cost of $125,700.

Shame on you

To the Editor: Thank you, shareholder Barbara Rose, for your commentary in City News (issue of 9/25) re: mounting disregard/disrespect of our dwindled Jewish residents here – essentially seniors who have invested decades here.

Without cars, it is virtually impossible to find foods available throughout every borough except the totally transformed Bronx unless you live in Riverdale. How painfully offensive to live here scrounging for my foods, even Sabbath candles, without repeated searches and excuses at local stores.

To the Editor: One of our Directors wrote a column in which she mentioned approval for the demonstrators at the recent “People’s Climate March.” I disagree with her opinion.

First, the world’s climate has always been changing. We’ve had warm periods and little ice ages since man first appeared in our world. The march was supported by “The Billionaire Club,” which helped to fund the march. Why would the very wealthy support this march? Because they hope to vastly increase their power under a socialistic system of total control.

Basement closures Building 23

The basement in Building 23 will be closed for thorough extermination on Wednesday, October 8 from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

During the closures, there will be no elevator service to the basement, and therefore, no laundry service.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience in this matter.

I blame the Board under the Baez domination who approved leases to one individual for all three supermarkets who catered to one ethnic population. All stores he sold to another ethnic businessman who continues original merchandise concentration. I’ve shed more tears re: the deprivation of wholesome food absent here. We don’t even have a fish store or a bakery unless the one in the Bartow Mall is viewed as “bakers of bread” once available in all west Bronx communities.

The added insult was to disregard Yom Kippur, cutting off A/C before sundown on Rosh Hashana’s second day.

Need for reliable energy Many of the marchers are simply following the drumbeat of the media without realizing that there is another side to this matter. After almost 20 years of no increase in temperatures and sea ice recordings hitting record high levels, you’d think the marchers would admit that their theories have been failures, but no such luck.

Dr. Roy Spencer, a top NASA scientist states, “Most of the marchers have romantic, emotional, uniformed attitudes about energy.” He points out that marchers used their reliance on fossil fuels to provide the transportation, phones, electricity, clothing

In another case, officials here issued three change orders for work on a substation. The initial job was approved at $286,752.50. Thereafter, two other change orders were approved for $97,824.73 and $52,712.78. However, the latest change order for $62,487.99 was for "additional repair work and overtime." So, the price went from $286,752.50 to $499,778.

Bottom line: Cooperators that are tired of this nonsense should send this letter to the office of the NYS Attorney General: 120 Broadway, Suite 26C, New York, New York 10271-0332, (212) 416-8262.

Thank you.

—Daryl Johnson Director, Riverbay Board

More offensive is that I had made a private appeal to our Board leadership as a homebound/disabled senior and was simply ignored.

This has become a painful place in which to wind up my life as a Jew. Floral plantings do not fill essential voids.

Shame on this entire Board for being oblivious to the needs of Jewish consumers. How ludicrous to promote a knowledgeable trio as competent to run this complex! I believe not a single department functions with efficient delivery of entitled services.

—Marilyn Brand and food necessary to supply the march, all while protesting the use of fossil fuels.

53% of the American people (according to a recent Pew poll) reject the notion of global warming. Even many supporters see the issue as relatively unimportant.

According to recent Gallup poll, only 1% of those surveyed believed that “environment and pollution” are the number one issue facing America.

Let’s remind the politicians that they work for the people, and we need reliable energy to maintain our standard of living!

—David Hammer

To All Cooperators and Commercial Tenants Re: Domestic Hot Water Shutdown

Riverbay’s Power Plant workers will be performing repair work on the main isolation valves of the steam headers which supply heat, air conditioning and hot water to Co-op City. This will require a total shutdown of the Power Plant for an extended period of time. Residents will only be affected by a temporary loss of hot water. Electrical service will not be affected!

In an effort to minimize the inconvenience to cooperators, work will be performed overnight during the early morning hours. Activities will begin on: WEDNESDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 8, at 11:00 p.m.

As soon as the work is completed, the hot water will be restored. However, it may take some time for the system to build up to the proper temperature so we anticipate the hot water will be restored by THURSDAY MORNING, October 9, around 7:00 a.m.

COLD WATER WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR YOUR USE. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter.

Important Notice to Shareholders of Building 16

Article SIXTH of your Occupancy Agreement provides, in part, that your lease automatically renews for an additional three (3) year period. You need to do nothing if you want your lease to extend for another three (3) year period. If you will be moving out at the end of your lease, notify Riverbay, in writing, Attention: Sales Support Office, 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475, ninety (90) days prior to lease expiration.

Building 16

Current Lease Expiration Date

New 3 yr.

Expiration Date

600 & 620 Baychester Ave.

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2017

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Public Safety Report Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014

CCPD offers tips on calling 9-1-1 or the Dept. of Public Safety for emergencies

BY LIEUTENANT PAM APOLLO The Co-op City Department of Public Safety urges all residents to make sure that all members of their household know when and how to call 9-1-1, 1 (718) 671-3050 for Public Safety, or the proper number for other situations. Young children have been known to have made life saving calls to 9-1-1. It is also important to keep important, non-emergency numbers accessibly stored in or near your telephone. Calls to 9-1-1 for situations that are not emergencies can result in persons with life or death emergencies being delayed in receiving the help they need.

9-1-1 was established in 1968 as a Universal Emergency Number. In most areas of the United States and Canada, 9-1-1 will put you in contact with the Police, Fire or Ambulance help that you require.

When traveling, check local phone books to make certain 9-1-1 is the correct emergency number. In some areas of Canada, the number could be 9-9-9. Also check if the telephone you are calling from requires a prefix before dialing, for example, dialing the number “9” for an outside line from a hotel or office telephone.

It may sound like a joke, but make sure you know the number to 9-1-1 for any location you may travel to.

Calling 9-1-1 can be stressful and may seem overwhelming at first, but knowing what to expect can make the call go smoothly. Staying calm is most important. Know the location of the emergency and the number you are calling from. Provide the dispatcher with any pertinent information, including descriptions or direction of flight of any criminals. For medical emergencies, be prepared with information regarding medications taken. Never hang up until directed to do so by the dispatcher. The dispatcher may pause to get the information out to the responding units. Also, be prepared to take directions from the dispatcher; they may be able to provide you with life saving tips to use until help arrives. Visit the website www.firstaid.about.com for useful information about when and how to call 9-1-1.

Very young children can be taught when and how to call 9-1-1. A recent event in the news shows that very young children are highly capable of making a life saving call to 9-1-1. There are recorded instances of children as young as 2 years old effectively calling 9-1-1 and receiving life saving help. It is essential that children are aware of what type of emergency requires calling 9-1-1. Calling 9-1-1 because you cannot find your favorite toy is not appropriate. Visit the website www.kidshealth.org for activities for children to familiarize them with when and how to call 9-1-1.

When in Co-op City, also call the Department of Public Safety at (718) 671-3050 in addition to 9-1-1 for all emergencies. In Co-op City, call (718) 3203300 for the main Riverbay switchboard during regular business hours; every Riverbay department can be accessed by this number. In New York City, call 3-1-1 for any non-emergency issues; all New York City agencies can be accessed from this number. From telephones outside the City of New York, 3-1-1 service can be accessed by dialing (212) 639-9675. It is important to save the use of emergency numbers for true emergencies. 3-1-1 and the www.nyc.gov website are available for matters that are important, but not emergencies.

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OPPORTUNITIES AT CO-OP CITY

Tell your friends, relatives and employers about:

2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475 • 718-320-3300 Riverbay Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.

For information on CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES ONLY, please contact: Lenya Garcia at Lgarcia@riverbay corp.com; AND Barbara Penn at Bpenn@riverbaycorp.com. Please note that emails should be sent to both parties.

Please DO NOT email resumes for EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES to the aforementioned emails.

For EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, please see bottom of the employment listings for specific directions.

CONTRACT SUMMARY

Contract 2937, New High Pressure Boiler Installation: Installation a new High Pressure Boiler in the Power Plant.

Bids Due: October 14, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

Bonding: Bonding is required Insurance: Insurance is required

Contract 2946, Installation of Hollow Metal Doors & Frames as Needed: Removal of individual doors and frames and the replacement with similar sizes with specified hardware.

Bids Due: October 9, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

Bonding: Bonding is not required Insurance: Insurance is required

Contract P704, Kohler Tub Spouts For Purchase Only Bids Due: October 8, 2014 at 2 p.m.

Contract P673, Convector Covers, Gaskets, Fan Wheels & Rubatex For Purchase Only Bids Due: October 17, 2014 at 2 p.m.

Contract P674, Convector Boards, Spouts & Drip Pans For Purchase Only Bids Due: October 17, 2014 at 2 p.m.

Contract P675, A.O. Smith Motors for Convectors For Purchase Only Bids Due: October 17, 2014 at 2 p.m.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Open to all Applicants September 9, 2014 – Until Position is filled Originally posted: June 12, 2014 • Reference # 14-30

Clerk Assistant (Temp) Board of Directors Office Riverbay Corporation’s Board of Directors is seeking an ideal candidate whose responsibilities will include, but not be limited to responding to various requests and/or assignments from the Board Liaison. Candidate will be responsible for clerical duties, including but not limited to, typing, filing, and answering phones. This position requires maintaining the strictest of confidence concerning office correspondence and activities.

Applicant must possess effective written/oral communication in English, and good interpersonal skills. Ideal candidate should have a High School Diploma and 2 years of college. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Power Point & Outlook) and ability to type a minimum of 40 wpm is required. Candidate must have knowledge of clerical procedures. Candidate must be patient, courteous and professional in all communications (verbal & written).

Applicant must have the ability to perform multifunctional assignments in a fast paced environment.

Days of operation: Monday to Friday.

Selected candidate must successfully complete interview/selection process, as well as pre-employment screening (Microsoft Office Testing, Drug testing, criminal background check, verification of previous employment). ________________________________________________________________________ Open to all staff and outside applicants September 19, 2014 to October 3, 2014 Originally posted: September 18, 2014 • Job Reference # 14 - 46 Requests for transfer/promotion must be received by the Employee Services office by October 6, 2014. Employees who are promoted/transferred will receive the current union scale for respective union positions, or applicable rate increase for non-union positions.

Asst. Payroll Coordinator Budget/Finance Candidate will be responsible for assisting Payroll Coordinator in processing and reviewing high volume weekly corporate payroll. Duties will include, but are not limited to computing and entering confidential wage data into payroll records. Applicant will be responsible for computing recorded earnings from time and attendance records to ensure employees are paid accurately, processing weekly time-off requests. Additional responsibilities include maintaining payroll records, preparation and maintenance of various Excel spreadsheets. Applicant will be responsible for preparing, finalizing and transmitting weekly payroll to ADP. Candidate will input all information for new hires and run weekly e-time reports. Selected candidate will be responsible for preparing ADP payroll system for next weekly cycle, back-up and uploading of payroll computer/clocks, as well as generation of various union reports. Responsibilities include responding to all payroll related requests, preparation of payment vouchers, assisting in employee related payroll inquiries and additional duties that may be assigned by supervisor.

Applicant must possess effective written/oral English communication, as well as good customer service and interpersonal skills. Candidate must be patient, courteous and professional in all communications (verbal & written).

Applicant must be computer literate with intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Knowledge of ADP payroll systems is a plus. Applicant must have the abilities to multitask in a fast paced environment and perform multifunctional assignments. Candidate must be able to type forty (40) wpm.

Work schedule – Monday – Friday (shift may vary).

Selected candidate must successfully complete aptitude testing (including timed typing), interview/selection process, as well as pre-employment screening (urinalysis, criminal background check, verification of previous employment, community complaint review).

Applicants for EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES must apply IN PERSON at the Bartow Administrative Office, located at 2049 Bartow Avenue, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.

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Shocking Power Plant Costs Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014

You might have thought that we weren't spending a lot of money to run our power plant. But, as you'll see, that's not true. In fact, you're going to be shocked when you find out how much money we’re actually spending to run this plant.

A Little History A lot of people have tossed around figures in respect to the beginning costs of the power plant. But, I want to set the record straight on the original costs and the amount of money that we spend to run this gigantic facility. According to an audit report, dated July 24, 1973, and a statement from our finance director, the power plant "was constructed between 1965 and 1973." The original structure cost "$7,495,675 and the power plant equipment was $8,407,084." Although the original design called for the power plant to generate electricity, a memo reveals that Con Ed stepped in with a special low electrical rate for Co-op City.

"This convinced Co-op City to abandon plans to generate its own electricity and to instead purchase it from Con Edison," according to our finance director. Nevertheless, "Co-op City did install a 6-megawatt generator in the power plant for emergency power."

Co-generation Comes To Co-op City A few years ago, our original power plant was upgraded to a co-generational facility. The construction costs for this cogenerational facility were approximately $74 million.

Now, although our energy costs were reduced by this upgrade, we still have to spend a lot of money to run this power plant.

Power Plant Costs Here are the dollar amounts, based on We’re back!! Summer is over and we are looking forward to Fall and continuing our missions. Welcome to all of our new neighbors and reminding everyone that we need your participation in the building association. We have monthly meetings to share information pertaining to your building and community.

Our first meeting was held on Tues., 9/23, and many thanks to Vernon

audited financial statements, that we've spent on electricity, fuel/oil, and natural gas. All of these numbers are based on a fiscal year closing date of March 31.

Electricity puchased: 2006 - $22,738,000; 2007 - $21,306,000; 2008 - $21,116,000; 2009 - $24,569,000; 2010 - $16,089,000; 2011 - $4,608,000; 2012 - $3,720,000; 2013 - $7,160,000; and 2014 $5,549,000.

Fuel/oil purchased: 2006 $8,994,000; 2007 - $4,109,000; 2008 $246,000; 2009 - $1,090,000; 2010 $598,000; 2011 - 1,845,000; 2012 $1,320,000; 2013 - $647,000; and 2014 $6,612,000.

Natural gas purchased: 2006 $12,358,000; 2007 - $9,803,000, 2008 $15,795,000; 2009 - $22,510,000; 2010 $22,098,000; 2011 - $25,233,000; 2012 21,674,000; 2013 - $17,417,000; and 2014 - $16,326,000.

Here are the combined purchases of electricity, fuel/oil, and natural gas for each year: 2006 - $44,090,000; 2007 $35,218,000; 2008 - $37,157,000; 2009 $48,169,000; 2010 - $38,785,000; 2011 $31,686,000; 2012 - $26,714,000; 2013 $25,224,000; and 2014 - $28,487,000.

On top of these expenses, we have other costs like payroll, supplies, repairs, etc. So, just for the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2014, we spent an addiitional $13,949,999 in other costs for the

power plant.

Additionally, we spent $1,676,000 just on water for the power plant for the same fiscal 2014 year.

Energy Sales Although we've spent approximately $74 million for a co-generation facility, our records show the following sales of electricity to Con Edison. Again, each amount is as of the fiscal year that ends on March 31. Electricity sold to Con Ed: 2012 - $727,839; 2013 - $375,264; and 2014 - $1,001,587. That's it! And, according to our finance director, we're able to sell electricity mostly at night, when our power usage is low.

Going Forward The costs to run this power plant are incredibly high. And, as the equipment ages, our costs are going to increase.

Also, in my opinion, costs are going to increase because of the constant shenanigans with the change orders between management, the contractors, and some of the personnel at this power plant.

Now, I have an effective solution for dealing with some of these power plant employees, management, and these contractors. But, as you can see, this current board is doing their best to try to hide the fact that they want to keep this management company here and to continue doing business in this way.

Nevertheless, we need to develop ways to become less reliant on this power plant. And, I believe we can do that by bringing in other energy sources.

One source that we can investigate involves the use of solar energy. With possible funding, we can start out small and place solar panels in our garages first.

Thereafter, we can work our way up and hopefully reduce our energy costs.

Management Termination Recently, I printed all of the regulations for getting rid of management so that these new board members cannot continue to play games with everyone.

"We want to get it right. We don't know if we'll get through this process of replacing management until February of next year. Oh, um, by the way, we're going to personally invite management to bid on their own contract."

But now, you can see through all of this foolishness.

Nevertheless, can you believe that they thought up a new plan that doesn't involve citing any regulations?

That's right. Amazingly, they're now telling everyone that they must keep management here until this process is finished because of supposed issues with the loan lender and some of our government backers. But, in my opinion and from the regulations that I printed before, this nonsense is 100% false.

Close Please make sure that you read my letter to the editor in today's paper for more information about this power plant.

Thank you. Questions or comments?

Please send a message to: Daryl Johnson, Riverbay Board Director, c/o Riverbay Corporation, 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475. Or, please send a message to me at darylhjohnson@opt online.net (Please double-check the spelling of this address.) Also, please call me at 718-671-4544 if you don't receive a response from your message. You can also join me on Facebook by typing in: Daryl H. Johnson. Okay, that’s it for now.

So, please have a wonderful week. And, may God bless you and your family.

Thank you.

Cooper, General Manager, for attending and imparting important information to those attending the meeting.

His agenda included: • Bay Plaza traffic concerns • Einstein shopping ctr. construction • Bed Bug concerns (free exterminator service) • Apt. charges when vacating • Open discussion Cablevision’s non response to out-

age of security cameras during couple of weekends ago, and the robbery were also brought up. Mr. Cooper will investigate both issues from the aside and get back to us.

We are having a bus ride going to Mt. Airy Casino on Oct.18th. Please read the poster in lobby for additional information.

We had two winners from the Bside. Congrats to our 50/50 winner,

Sharon Clark, and the door prize went to Roger Frank. You might be the next winner if you come to our meeting.

We need floor captains to be representatives for every floor, please sign up at the next meeting.

Don’t forget, we have crochet and knitting groups, as well as game nights and we welcome all. See you at the next meeting.

—Marilyn McDaniel

Daryl Johnson

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Building 31 Association

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Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014

The Coalition to Save Affordable Housing met on Monday, September 15, and was pleased to inform its members about an upcoming and exciting event: the FREE performance of the Bardekova Ensemble to be held on Sunday, October 5th at 177 Dreiser Loop Center, in Auditorium A. The FREE concert is being sponsored by the Coalition to Save Affordable Housing at Co-op City, a

Next Defensive driving course The Black Forum defensive driving course will resume on Saturday, October 25, in Rm. 1, Dreiser Community Center, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Lower your liability insurance cost by 10% and remove up to 4 points from your driver’s license. Please make your check in the amount of $35, payable to “the Black Forum of Co-op City,” and mail to P.O. Box 563, Bronx, N.Y. 10475 at least 1½ weeks before the class, or you can walk in on the day of the class but you must have $35 in cash to pay for the course. Remember, don’t text and drive.

Golden Corral/Harrah’s Casino Join us at Golden Corral eatery and Harrah’s Casino on Saturday, October 11. Cost: $70 per person, includes 90

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community-based organization that advocates for affordable housing.

Through the voluntary and tireless efforts of Yolanda C. Schumann, a member of CTSAH, and Andrea Leslie, a Director of the Riverbay Corporation, as well as private donations, the Bardekova Ensemble will perform the music of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary Periods.

The performance of the Bardekova Ensemble will feature Ellen Bardekoff, Director and Founder; Donald Mokrynski on Clarinet, Richard Vrotney on Bassoon, Gingerela Lai on French Horn, and Richard Paratley on Flute. The Bardekova Ensemble’s performance is one of several in-kind services made possible with public funds from the Bronx Council of the Arts, the

Black Forum

min. buffet at Golden Corral, and then on to Harrah’s Casino. Call now for reservations, (718) 320-0033, (917) 209-5334 or (718) 320-8035. Payments must be in by October 1; no refunds.

Departure time: 8 a.m. from Dreiser; 8:15 from Asch Loop (Library) and 8:30 a.m. from Einstein. Please be on time.

New Year’s party Start making your plans now for the Black Forum’s New Year’s party, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Music all night by DJ. More details to follow. Make reservations now, (718) 320-8035.

Food distribution sites added Starting on Thursday, Aug. 7 and continuing each Thursday after that, residents of Buildings 27, 28, 29, 32 and 33 must pick up food at the New

Vision Church, 115 Einstein Loop, 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. every Thursday.

Residents of Building 26, 30, 31, 34 and 35 should go to the Evangelical Church, 2350 Palmer Avenue, 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. starting Aug. 7. For information, please call (718) 320-8035.

Volunteers needed We need volunteers for the Food Program, Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you have 2 hours per day to spare, between 11-12:45 p.m., please call us, (718) 320-8035.

Emergency Food Program We are open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Room 20 in the Dreiser Center. Also, due to budget constraints and shortage of available food, you must live within zip code

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the Greater NY Arts Development Fund, and the Music Performance Trust Fund. For more information, call: 917584-6626.

Thanks and we look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday, October 5 at 177 Dreiser Loop Center in Auditorium A. The concert starts at 3:00 p.m.

—Sebastian Ulanga

10475 to participate in this program.

You must also have your card with you and bring two clean plastic shopping bags. Please also have your current photo ID such as a non or driver’s license or any photo ID card with proof of address. You will then be issued a card in order to pick up food in the future.

We Need You - Join Us Today Membership is $5 per year/person.

Call (718) 320-8035 or write to Black Forum, P.O. Box 563, Bronx, NY 10475; email: coopcityblackforum @gmail.com. Help us keep independent community organizations alive in Co-op City. Everyone is encouraged to join. Call or visit us, Room 20 in the Dreiser Community Center.

—Tony Illis

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Moving into the 21st Century Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014

Dear cooperators, could save money using inThere have been much dialogue and Director’s Viewpoint house union workers to paint many meetings regarding the need to and plaster. upgrade the Riverbay Corp. and Riverbay • Convectors: There have Secretary Board communication systems. And, at last, been enormous expenses for it is happening. Thanks to our Board the restoration of our floors President, Cleve Taylor, who saw the need, due to the unpredictability of the convectors to function properly and there was discussion regarding along with Riverbay Corp. personnel and looking into how this could be rectified.

Riverbay Board Directors knowledgeable • New Lobby Doors: A survey was taken by resiabout information technology and our newest Board Liason, for their leadership in dents of Building 15A resulting in a recommendation this important matter. that the doors be redesigned and that, basically, we Registered in Apartment should retain the intercom system that we have.

Management • Greenway Topsoil: The topsoil on the Section #1 Several of the Riverbay Board Directors Greenway will be reseeded and watered and it is anticipated that this treatment will be successful in creathave enrolled in the RAM program. This is an intensive ing a usable surface. eight-session course that teaches us about property manAt the Information Technology Committee, headed agement. It appears to be a growing field as many comby Khalil Abdul-Wahhab, there was discussion about the munities have evolved from single apartment buildings prospects of a new Riverbay website, which would be managed by a superintendent into larger developments, co-ops and condominiums. An owner, general manager more extensive and could generate income. or management company of these entities need to satisfy At the Budget Committee, headed by Leah Graham, the needs of the residents as they take on the day-to-day cooperators and Board Directors reviewed the previous responsibilities and upkeep of a particular development. and current budgets with the Riverbay Director of Finance. This gave all participants a better understanding Particularly interesting is the manner in which the resiof the Riverbay Corp. finances. dents of these developments are affected by agencies At the Community Relations Committee, headed by such as HUD, NYCHA and other government agencies.

Once these sessions are completed, an exam is adminisme, we created a mission statement with long and shorttered and those that succeed in passing it will become certerm goals, to be effective pending Board approval. In tified in apartment management. It could be a new career the meantime, the Director of the Community Relations for those who are interested.

Dept. has ongoing programs, including “Open Mic,” Board Committees Halloween activities for children, the tree lighting holiday ceremony, and much more.

I have attended a few Board committee meetings Hispanic Heritage Day since the new Board leadership took effect in June and Last Sunday was my first time attending the lively each one is making progress in its own way.

Hispanic Heritage Day event. Upon entering At the Construction Committee meetings, headed by Bernard Cylich, there was a presentation by representaAuditorium B, I was given a meal ticket and ate while tives from a solar energy company in order to examine salsa music played continuously. It was wonderful! I the prospects of saving monies by using solar power. was greeted by two of the African-American • Painting and Plastering: Another topic was how we Association members and a Board Director. There was

Francine Reva Jones

Blood Bank Coming October 25th Please Donate; Blood is Urgently Needed

The Riverbay Community Blood Bank will be holding its bi-annual blood drive in three weeks in the Bartow Community Center with the assistance of Riverbay Corporation.

The blood drive will be held Saturday, October 25, in the Bartow Community Center, Room 31, from 10:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Anyone in good health between the ages of 17 and 75, a minimum of 110 lbs. and who has not donated within the last 56 days is an eligible blood donor. Those above the age of 75 may donate provided they have a note from their doctor stating that they may donate. Individuals 16 years of age may donate provided they have a consent form completed by a parent or legal guardian. Consent forms are available at the donation site, or online at www.nybloodcenter.org.

Also available will be the use of the Alyx System should you choose to use it.

The Alyx System allows a donor to donate the same one (1) pint of blood; the difference being that as you donate, the Alyx System will separate your blood components into two, allowing two persons the opportunity to receive a complete blood transfusion from your one donation. The Alyx System only takes a few minutes longer when donating, and the collection syringe is smaller than that used in the conventional method. The

choice is yours, you will be asked at the time of registration as to which type donation you wish to make – the conventional method or by using the Alyx System. The blood center staff will be glad to answer any questions you may have.

All donors must be able to show picture ID and provide their Social Security number. Donating blood is relatively quick and easy. Most persons who are in reasonably good health are eligible to donate; even those on medications may donate with few exceptions. Should you have any questions regarding medical eligibility, you may contact the Hudson Valley, NY Blood Center at 1-800-6880900. Please be sure to eat prior to donating. Light refreshments will be available upon completion of your donation.

Close to 2,000 men, women and children, including cancer, transplant and surgery patients, trauma victims, newborn babies and many more in our community need blood transfusions each day.

Please be a caring person and donate; the life you help to save may be that of a family member, friend or neighbor. For additional information, please contact Joe Boiko at 718-320-3300, Ext. 3409.

“Live and Let Live is Good – Live and Help Live is Better.”

—Joe Boiko

If You See Something, SAY SOMETHING!!!

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entertainment that represented Puerto Rico, Honduras, Mexico, Columbia, and more. Unfortunately, I was obligated to attend another meeting and left the event early. However, following Assemblyman Benedetto’s opening greeting, I was pleased to be able to greet everyone as well.

Congratulations to Community Youth Last Saturday, members of the community gathered in front of Building 18, the home of Ms. Ruth Edwards, for a very special ceremony. Ms. Edwards was the founder of the Scholarship Incentive Awards Program and she and the now-young adults were honored for being the creators of a handmade book entitled, President Obama’s To Do List. A few months ago, this book was inducted into the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. This was an historic event for them and for our community.

Board Director Evelyn Turner recommended that they be recognized for their creative work and Assemblyman Michael Benedetto was there to present them with a citation. Congratulations!

College, Career & Resource Fair October 4th is the day to take your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews to the College, Career and Resource Fair in the Dreiser Community Center Auditorium.

Friends & Family Day The Coalition of African-American Churches & Community Organizations of Co-op City, Inc. will sponsor the 19th Annual Friends & Family Day event on Sunday, October 19th at 3:00 p.m. in Auditorium B of the Dreiser Community Center.

There will be games and prizes, entertainment, vendors, inspirational messages, family reunions, networking, refreshments, and more. Mark the date and plan to attend with your family and friends.

Contact I can be reached at: Francine Jones, Board of Directors, Riverbay Corporation, 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475 or call 718-671-5957.

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Hispanic Heritage Month Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 – October 15. Kicking off the month was a great event at Dreiser Auditorium. Today, HispanicAmericans are the largest ethnic minority in the United States. “Hispanic Heritage begins on September 15 because it marks the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries including: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.”

Hispanic Heritage Month was legally enacted into law by President Reagan on August 17, 1988. This is a time when contributions made by the Hispanic–American community are acknowledged and celebrated. At Dreiser Auditorium on Sunday, September 28, we had the opportunity

CCPD Report

Last winter’s snowfall and the associated snow cleanup have resulted in New York City roads suffering tremendous abuse. Potholes and other roadway defects were at record highs with some residual damage. The good news is New York City is taking a proactive stance toward potholes.

Last winter and spring, record numbers of potholes have been repaired by the City of New York. Before

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to celebrate the unique food, dances and songs of the Hispanic–American community. Thanks to all the organizers.

We would like to celebrate a youthful Co-op City Hispanic Book Artist named Samantha Medina. She was one of the Book Artists who made the historic homemade book, President Obama’s To Do List. Her contribution is responsible for the book being accepted into the Smithsonian Institution/ (Continued from page 7)

another winter is upon us, it is good to call in any existing potholes so they can be repaired before the rush.

New York City residents can report potholes to 3-1-1 or send photographs to the website. New York City has repaired a record number of potholes and maintains strict accountability of complaints received. The 3-1-1 website is www.nyc.gov.

Be alert to potholes when operat-

Public Safety Blotter: September 1-9, 2014

September 9 - Rear of 140 Erdman Place Two females were arrested for Public Consumption and were issued summonses.

September 9 - 135 Einstein Loop One male was arrested for Public Consumption and was issued multiple summonses.

September 7 - Side of 100 Einstein Loop Three males and one female were arrested and issued summonses for Public Consumption.

September 6 - Rear of 120 Elgar Place One individual wanted by the 45th Precinct was arrested for a past larceny.

September 1 - 150 Dreiser Loop One female and one male were observed on the roof. Both were arrested and issued summonses for unauthorized access to the roof.

September 1 - 100 Erskine Place One male that was wanted by the 45th Precinct for a robbery with a weapon at this location was arrested in front of 4160 Hutchinson River Parkway.

Search for alleged armed shoplifter near Co-op City

The 45th Precinct Detective Squad is seeking the public’s help in trying to find the identity of a man wanted for attempting to remove merchandise

from the Marshall’s Department Store in Bay Plaza on August 31st.

According to detectives, when the suspect was confronted by store security personnel about the attempted shoplifting, the suspect is said to have displayed a firearm and then threatened the store security guard if he attempted to follow him outside the store.

Above are photos of the suspect taken from store surveillance cameras.

Anyone who thinks they have information about this crime or the identity of the above suspect is asked to call Detective Paul Maldonado at the 45th Precinct Detective Squad at 718-8225414 or Detective Borough Bronx at 718-378-8083.

National Portrait Gallery Library.

Samantha joins the ranks of Suzan Colon, author of Cherries in Winter and Maria Venegas, author of Bulletproof Vest.

Yom Kippur Means “Day of Atonement” This month and day is also special to our Jewish neighbors. It is one of the most important holidays of the Jewish year. Reportedly, many Jews who do not observe any other Jewish custom will refrain from work, fast and/or attend synagogue services of this day.

“Yom Kippur occurs on the 10th day of Tishri. The holiday is instituted at Leviticus 23:26 et seq.”

Wishing all Jewish cooperators the things that bring beauty into their world and joy into their hearts on this

special day.

College, Career & Resource Fair Today, October 4 Thanks to an awesome group of volunteers and the 50 + invited guests who are visiting to make this a special day for our youth. Please refer to the flyer for specifics.

On this day, October 4, 1908, “3 Black children were lynched in Hickman, Kentucky.”

My PEOPLE 1921 to 1923 – “Hold fast to dreams, my son, for if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly….Dreams,” 1923 – Langston Hughes Again, thanks to all who make a difference in our diverse community.

I may be reached at: Evelyn M. Turner, 917-324-1033.

ing a motor vehicle. Hitting a pothole can wreck havoc on the tires, rims and suspension of your vehicle.

Remember if you plan to consume alcoholic beverages, be sure not to operate a motor vehicle, designate a driver who will not drink or call a taxi. Also be sure to buckle your seatbelt, obey speed limits and avoid distractions when driving. Always remember, if you see something, say

something. Call 9-1-1 and the Department of Public Safety at (718) 671-3050 or online at www.ccpd.us.

Callers may remain anonymous when giving information. The Co-op City Department of Public Safety would like to thank all persons who have called in suspicious activity. It is by your actions that the crime rate remains low and a high quality of life is maintained.

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Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014

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The Association thanks Ms. Xonia Wilson, and her belly dancers, for their generous donation to our Scholarship Fund.

Thanks to the Association members who participated in the African-American Heritage Day Parade in Harlem on September 21st. We wore the “Stop Gun Violence” t-shirts and were greeted warmly. The Climate March took place on the same day and some members and friends supported that very important demonstration.

The Association sponsors the following ongoing programs and encourages your participation.

8 Computer Classes – Will resume on 10/11, 12:00 p.m., Dreiser Center, Room #15. Learn Internet use, virus protection, e-mail, Microsoft Office, etc. Fee: $50 or $8 per class. Call Mercedes at 347-943-0423.

Evening Line Dance Classes – Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., Dreiser, Rm. #2. Dance to Soul, Latin, and Gospel music. A “Glow” line dance party will happen on 10/11, 3:00-8:00 p.m. Call Cynthia, 917-903-7073 for tickets.

Creative Movement – Saturday dance classes for children ages 3-7 at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Dreiser Center, Room #2. Call Norma Jean, 646-281-4570.

Assemblyman Benedetto to sponsor team in Breast Cancer Walk

Looking for Volunteers to Join “Team Benedetto” Assemblyman Michael R. Benedetto is calling for volunteers to join him in the American Cancer Society’s annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk which will take place on Sunday, October 19 at Orchard Beach beginning at 10 a.m.

This will be the ninth year that Assemblyman Benedetto has participated in this important event and the eighth time that he will be sponsoring a team.

“Everyone joining together and giving a little will make a large impact and in the end the proceeds will be used towards much needed research, prevention, early detection and support programs,” said Assemblyman Benedetto. “It is also the 100th birthday of the American Cancer Society.”

Anyone interested in signing up for “Team Benedetto” can do so by either calling his district office at (718) 892-2235 or registering in person at his office located at 3602 East Tremont Avenue, Suite 201.

Assemblyman Michael Benedetto is asking all “Team Benedetto” members to make a minimum donation of $20. With their $20 contribution, each participant will receive a personalized “Team Benedetto” polo shirt.

Hello, neighbors. It was a pleasure to welcome back our neighbors from the summer. The association met on Thursday, September 18, at 7 p.m. However, we did not have a speaker as hoped…well, there is a next time.

CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED - convector leaks, pit bull in our development, dogs urinating in a claimed spot, owners not cleaning up behind their dogs, washing machines - low water level. These concerns were addressed as Management and the Board of Directors have considered the convectors and washing machines a major problem and are trying to seek solutions.

As for dog issues, cooperators were encouraged to get information concerning their complaint. The cooperators were also encouraged to attend future Open Board meetings and speak to the various department heads of their respective issue. The cooperators were also encouraged to call CSO, 3-1-1, whatever they can do to help, they do not have to wait until an association

African-American Association Salsa & Zumbali Dancercise – Saturdays at 10:00 a.m., Dreiser Center, Room #1. Dance and exercise to Latin and R&B sounds. Call Keith, 917-561-6211 or Iris, 917-838-7723.

Yoga & Pilates Mat Classes – Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Dreiser Center, Rm. #2. Lose weight, tone and strengthen your muscles with exercises that reduce stress through breathing techniques. Call Meena at 718-671-8364.

Belly Dance Classes – Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Dreiser Center, Rm. #2. A fun and healthy way to stay in shape!

Call Xonia at 646-301-9438.

Fitness Walks – Join us for a daily 8:00 a.m. walk around the Section 1 Greenway.

After School Program – For ages 5-12 at Dreiser Center, Room 15. Your child will be picked up from school, get homework help, a snack and leave at 6:00 p.m. on school days. Call 718-379-5555.

Alvin Ailey Holiday Dance Performance – Saturday, December 20th. Tickets are limited. This is a Scholarship Fundraiser and we hope you will support the children. Call 718-379-5555.

Trip to the White House – The Association is planning a bus trip to the White House in Washington, D.C.

for next spring. Contact us if you would like to go. Call 718-379-5555.

The Association officers – President: Francine Reva Jones; Vice President: Deborah Nelson; Secretary: Ebony Rae Lambright; Treasurer: Sandra Mitchell; and Assistant Treasurer: Kevin Lambright.

General Membership Meeting – The next meeting will be held on October 11th at 4:00 p.m. in Dreiser Center, Room 15. Please join us and bring a friend and/or neighbor. If you are unable to attend this meeting, you should read our weekly column for upcoming events.

Also, if you wish to join or update your membership, please send a check or money order (DO NOT MAIL CASH) of $15 for a single membership or $25 for families to: African-American Association of Co-op City, P.O. Box 702, Co-op City Station, Bronx, NY 10475. Donations are welcomed. Like us on Facebook: “CoopcityAfricanamericanassoc.”

Office Hours – The Association office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Should you need information about Association events or wish to join the Association, please stop in.

—Francine Jones

Upcoming Event Greetings, cooperators, On Wednesday, October 8th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., the Association is hosting a meet and greet in the lobby to welcome new cooperators and catch up with long time neighbors. This is also a great opportunity for cooperators to reacquaint themselves with existing board members and meet newly elected members. We will have a sign-in table where cooperators can provide suggestions, their email or make comments on how to increase participation, building activities and any other issue of concern.

In addition, we will collect building dues which are $5 per family for the Sept. 2014-June 2015 calendar

year. All monies collected will go towards events, decorations and activities for the building. We have a new building email, so if you are interested in receiving, want to make a comment or wish to share information on events, employment, resources, news or anything else worth passing along to your fellow cooperator, please do so at Building25ca@gmail.com. All emails will receive a response within a 48 to 72 hour period.

Well wishes to all those who are celebrating birthdays in October, anniversaries and special events.

Blessings and prayers go out to our sick and shut-in.

Thank you in advance for your support and we look forward to seeing you on 10/8.

—Katrina Asante

We like you too...

The holidays are starting to creep up on us. Not counting Halloween but definitely Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. This year, we are looking forward to much more participation for our Decorating Commitee.

If you are not part of one of our committees and would like to do so, please contact us at our email below.

We have finally launched our ongoing fundraiser as you probably already know. So far, the response has been very favorable. We are looking to meet our goals as predicted. Just think, one year from now we will be so much more fruitful and prosperous. Our goals have

been set high purposely. When we meet half of our goals, we would have accomplished more than we ever have with the Building 21 Association. Other building associations and individuals are welcome to be a part of our ongoing fundraiser at www.21association.com.

Our next meeting will be Thursday, October 16. We promise you it will be 90 minutes well spent.

We are neighbors and we are family; we will all win by working, sharing and living together. For further correspondence: 21association@gmail.com or call us at: 347-504-1821.

—Kevin Lambright

meeting to voice their concerns. We as the Building Association understand it can be very frustrating and the association will follow-up after one has done their part in seeking a resolution.

SUNSHINE COMMITTEE: We are in need of cooperators to work on this committee, to send birthdays, bereavement, get-well cards, etc. to add a little sunshine in someone’s life. IF THIS IS YOU, please contact the association. We thank Paquita Myke for her service.

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE: Well, we told you they will be back. We would like for you to join us in a trip to ACE IN THE HOLE. A tribute to Sam Cook (WE ARE HAVING A PARTY) on Thursday, February 19th, 2015 at the Royal Manor, Garfield, New Jersey. Price is $85 which includes transportation, a family-style menu, (braised tips, beef, roast chicken, etc.) and 2 complimentary drinks. We had an excellent time last December 2013, and this is why we are GOING BACK.

There will be flyers posted in Bldg. 27 regarding this trip. For further information, please contact Margie, 917-921-7749; Nelson Sweeting, 646-6444055 and Sharon at 718-671-1905. Also checks can be made payable to Building 27 Association and mailed to c/o Lillian Sumpter, 140 Erdman Pl., Apt. 6D, Bronx, NY 10475.

We welcomed our new cooperator, Genaro Colon, who also has volunteered to work on our holiday committee. The association thanks you all for your continuous support, without you and you, there would be no association. The winner of our 50/50 raffle, Ms. Thalia Roach, president of the association, kudos to her.

Refreshments were served. We extend our prayers for the sick and shut in, wishing you a speedy recovery.

Our heartfelt sympathy to those who have lost a loved one. Let us continue to remember each other in prayer and pray for our leaders everywhere. Share a smile and ENJOY the gift of life that we have been blessed with.

—H. Overman

Building 25 Association

Building 21 Association

Building 27 Association

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Listing of Community Youth Programming News from the Youth Committee

BY ROZAAN BOONE The Riverbay Board Youth Committee is compiling a Youth Page to be featured monthly in the Co-op City Times on which reports from the committee will be published, as well as youth columns and youth activities being offered by the certified clubs and organizations within the community.

Community organizations that offer youth programs and services are asked to submit a list of their youth activities and programs, separate from their weekly club articles, to the Co-op City Times by each week’s deadline – Monday by 3 p.m. – so they can be included on the youth page.

“The goal is to have a designated page in the Co-op City Times to which young people can turn to see what’s going on in Co-op City, what their peers are saying, what the Youth Committee is doing on their behalf and what programs and services are available to them right here in their own backyard,” said Director Evelyn M. Turner.

Director Turner said that there are currently two high school students who are members of the Board’s Youth Committee and they are actively involved in

helping with this year’s Co-op City College, Career & Resource Fair, co-sponsored by the Riverbay Fund, which is being held today, Saturday, Oct. 4, in the Dreiser Auditorium, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Those young people will be featured in upcoming issues of the Co-op City Times.

“If any young person between the ages of 13 and 19 is interested in serving on the Youth Committee, please get in touch with me at the Riverbay Board Office,” said Director Turner. “We are looking for young people who are interested in making a difference in the lives of their peers and who are willing to work diligently to engage other young people so we can start a dialogue and find out what they are interested in as we go forward in planning youth activities and programming to be offered at the state of the art multi-purpose youth and young adult center which will be housed at the former Bingo Hall on Bartow Avenue pending approval from HUD, Wells Fargo Bank and HCR. Director Turner added that a Youth Task Force has already been organized to ensure that young people are able to offer their input as preparatory work con-

tinues so that once approval is received from the supervisory agencies, the project could move full speed ahead.

“Our vision includes fun, supervised, recreational, educational, skill building, cultural, life-skills, on-site wellness classes, culinary, dance, art, aerobics, exposure to career choices, a resource library, a computer lab, a music studio and much, much more, ” Director Turner said.

At a recent Youth Committee meeting, Director Turner said that the youth volunteers went through the Co-op City Times and identified a number of community organizations that offer youth programs and a discussion ensued about the possibility of listing those programs in one place in the paper so it’s easier for young people to see.

“We are reaching out to all certified community clubs and organizations that if you have any ongoing or upcoming youth programs and services that you please submit a list to the Co-op City Times each week so that beginning next week this information can be placed on the youth page,” said Director Turner.

City’s-then congressman, who worked to have a copy of the book sent to the White House for President Obama himself to see later that year.

The week following the trip to Washington, D.C, Edwards hosted a reception at the Baychester Library for the young Co-op City artists who created the book five years ago.

The artists were again honored by Assemblyman Benedetto last week and soon the Riverbay Board of Directors will have a plaque placed on the exterior of Building 18, marking the building as the place where this historic book was created.

But perhaps the most important by-product of the book’s creation five years ago, along with several other projects, including fundraising activities and cultural excursions that Edwards taught and guided the young teenagers to create as part of the successful afterschool program, is that each of the eight young teenaged authors are now young men and women who have gone on to

work towards success in college or in a chosen trade.

Maria Medina, the mother of one of the young book creators, Samantha Medina, said earlier this year that she credits Edwards and the Scholarship Incentive Awards Program with helping her daughter and the other children enhance their general cultural education and, more importantly, strive to do things that are not just good enough, but great.

“It allowed my daughter and the other young people to get interested in things, challenge themselves, and to learn how to go the extra mile in getting things done,” Mrs. Medina said, adding that all the young participants still stay in touch with each other even as they have gone in different directions in continuing their education and preparing for their lives.

All eight were present at Saturday’s proclamation presentation. They are: Bryce Campbell, Quentin Campbell, Tara Davis, Samantha Medina, Anthony Purnell, Matthew Salmon, Newton Salmon Jr., and Shaneice Silvera.

Accomplishments of Co-op City’s Building 18 youth featured on Smithsonian Libraries website

BY BILL STUTTIG The honors keep coming for the eight Co-op City young people whose art book creation, President Obama’s To Do List, was chosen earlier this year to be placed in the Smithsonian Libraries African Art Museum/National Art Museum Library.

On Saturday, the eight former members of Building 18’s Scholarship Incentive Awards Program (SIAP) were presented Proclamations by State Assemblyman Mike Benedetto and treated to a reception in their honor where they heard accolades from many Co-op City community leaders including several Board Directors (see pages 3 and 5 for related story and photos).

Now comes word that the accomplishments of the former SIAP youth and their mentor, Building 18 resident Ruth Edwards, are featured in an article published on the Smithsonian Libraries website detailing an August visit to the African Art Museum in Washington, D.C. by the book’s creators and more than 50 Co-op City residents to see the honored art book on display.

The article is written by Doug Litts, the Smithsonian curator who, along with others, originally chose the book for display as part of the Artists Book collection of the National Art Museum Library. In the posted piece, Litts writes, “The book, titled President Obama’s To Do List, was accepted earlier this year into the Artist’s Book Collection of the AAPG Library.

This collection, one of several artists’ book collections in the Smithsonian Libraries, contains about 300 books with a focus on American stories and loves.”

In an interview with the Co-op City Times earlier this year, Litts said that he and others deemed the creation by the Building 18 SIAP youth to be worthy of display in the Smithsonian Libraries because it presented a meaningful depiction of the historic time when this nation elected its first African American President and closely depicted and aligned itself with the American experience as presented and depicted by young people living the experience of seeing President Obama elected as the first African American president. The honor of having the art book displayed is unique. Litts said only 6 to 10 books from throughout the nation are added to the collection each year.

Edwards, the founder and director of the Building 18 Scholarship Incentive Awards Program, said that the eight young people who created the work began the project in honor of African-American History Month in February of 2009 and completed the project by the late Spring of that year.

It began being displayed throughout the community that spring and summer and soon caught the attention of many, including Congressman Joe Crowley, Co-op

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Building 32 Association

The Section Five Cooperators Service Office (CSO) has again had to remind cooperators in 32B about the need to take boxes, furniture, etc. down to the basement. This is not a slum – stop trying to make it one. Our porters have enough to do and taking your boxes and discarded furniture and appliances downstairs is a safety hazard

for your fellow cooperators who need to get into the compacter room, as well as a time-consuming job for the porters.

Halloween Volunteers are needed to decorate the lobbies for Halloween. Teenagers are especially needed; the decorating work is primarily done by the Executive Board, where everyone is a senior citizen. Those

able to climb ladders are desperately needed.

32A will be decorating on October 11; meet in the lobby at 10 a.m. 32B will decorate on October 18, also at 10 a.m. It would be nice to see the newer cooperators volunteer a little of their time; the more volunteers, the less time needed.

Dogs Ms. Leah Graham is the Chair of the Committee on Dogs, as the influx of dogs in our community is presenting numerous problems. Ms. Graham can be contacted via mail, at Riverbay Cooperation, 2049 Bartow Ave., Bronx NY 10475 for any issues pertaining to dogs.

—Lorna Smith

Greetings! We had a good meeting and discussed various issues concerning our building and thank you all for giving us feedback on your concerns.

We are looking into the dog issues that you raised. One of the issues was whether or not a person can have more than one dog. After consulting with Management, the answer is NO. Not unless there is approval to have more than one dog. The other dog issue was the fact that the owners do not pick up

after their dogs or that they do not take their dogs away from the buildings or grass to do their business. That issue was referred to Management and Public Safety. Adding to our concerns is that the dog tags are not prominent enough and as a result is being addressed by Management.

Other issues were raised and they are being addressed. We also discussed our garden in front of the building that looks like a petrified forest. That too is

being handled.

The building’s once-a-year collection of dues envelopes will be handed out at the next meeting on Monday, October 20, light refreshments will be served.

Stay vigilant about the Bay Plaza Mall traffic and let me know what you have observed. We want to hear from you and we will try to address your concerns.

Welcome to our new neighbors. Our

thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who has suffered a loss and to our sick and shut-in.

If you see anyone defacing our property or not picking up after their dog, call Riverbay Security at 718-671-3050 and for Maintenance issues call 718320-3300. Don’t forget, if you see something, say something.

We can be reached at 718-379-7841, MLSAH@aol.com.

—Sonja Maxwell

On this most holy day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, let the meaning of the “Day of Atonement” never be lost.

We hope for lasting peace and leadership by folks knowing the importance of listening and talking. At our first meeting of the New Year on September 25th, Bartow Community Center, Rm. 28, many important issues were raised.

Thank you to all our Board members, Lana and Jesse, for their help in setting up the meeting and their contribution to the discussion. Perhaps other Broun Place neighbors are experiencing similar problems or have Broun Place concerns.

The way to resolve issues is to air them and join the association. It was good to discuss the questions brought by neighbors. These included: are door buzzers repaired by Riverbay Maintenance,

communication and direction to solve issues through CSO, and Kitchen GFI outlet installation availability.

Broun Place Association has begun membership renewals. Dues of $12 per household can be placed in the mail slot of Apt. 31B, Apt. 10A or Apt. 22A. Broun Place Executive Officers are: President: Mrs. Eva Kindaichi-Lazaar; Vice President: Mrs. Vivian Burrus; Treasurer: Ms. Lillian Richardson; Secretary: Ms. Grace Emanuel and Ms. Lana Spaulding and Mr. Jesse Seise are our support team. The association urges you to become active with the townhouse association. Join and continue to work to enhance and maintain the quality of life in Broun Place and Co-op City.

We are following the implementation of the promised improvements that were

discussed by all the powers that be to resolve the traffic nightmare in Co-op City. The article in the Co-op City Times issue September 13, is essential in this information. Interesting that some of the considerations mimic the one we have written about, ramp constructions.

Please keep updated by following news in the Co-op City Times.

The litter under I-95 is a continuing problem hurting Co-op City; both on the approach, Baychester Avenue and Bartow Avenue and exiting out of Section 5. Call 3-1-1 and make them aware of the littered areas adjacent to Co-op City where we have no jurisdiction. Folks complain about the geese and animals and other wildlife, but they are scavenging here because of litter in the streets and puddles. However, we enjoy

walking through the Greenway and appreciate living and celebrating 45 years of Co-op City. Let’s continue to work on improvements. Please recycle garbage correctly. Call Public Safety, 718-379-3050, to enforce our quality of life rules and regulations. Public Safety wants our assistance, “If You See Something, Say Something.” Broun Place President sends love and congratulations to son-in-law Frank and daughter Ayano Kindaichi Miranda, on the birthday and christening of their son, Antonio Evan. We send prayers to all recovering from surgery, illness or injury and hope for the best outcome possible. Do you have a question or tiding regarding Broun Place? Do not hesitate to ask your questions and share tidings.

—Eva Lazaar

Building 12 Cooperators Civic Association

Broun Place Townhouse Association

MetroCard Bus to visit Co-op City in two weeks

The MetroCard Bus will be visiting all three Co-op City locations again next month, enabling customers to sign up for or refill their Reduced-Fare MetroCard, purchase or add money to an existing MetroCard, and purchase E-Z Pass On the Go tags.

On Thursday, October 16, the MetroCard bus will be at the Bartow Mall on Co-op City Blvd. (in front of the Bingo Hall and the eyecare center), from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; at Dreiser Loop (Park on Debs Place) from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and at Einstein Loop (Elgar Place) from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

MTA New York City Transit advises its customers that there are two kinds of traveling MetroCard Service Centers: the MetroCard Bus and the MetroCard Van. Both vehicles make regularly scheduled stops in all five boroughs each month.

The MetroCard Bus, which stops in

Co-op City, travels around the city, stopping at senior citizen centers, shopping centers and along major bus routes.

Customers can handle all of their MetroCard needs, whether it is applying for or refilling a Reduced-Fare MetroCard, buying or refilling a regular MetroCard or asking MetroCard-related questions.

Senior citizens and people with disabilities may apply for the Reduced-Fare MetroCard on the Bus. They will need photo ID and seniors must show proof of age (at least 65 years old).

The MetroCard Van, like the Bus, travels around the city with helpful on-board staff ready to sell Unlimited and Pay-PerRide MetroCards, add money to regular and Reduced-Fare MetroCards and answer questions. Reduced-Fare MetroCard applications are available. EZ Pass On The Go tags are also available for purchase on both the Bus and the Van.

Follow Riverbay Fund on Facebook at www.facebook.com/riverbayfund and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/riverbayfund.

The MetroCard Bus and Van do not operate on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Customers may also want to explore the EasyPay Reduced-Fare payment option.

EasyPay lets customers link to their credit or debit card to their Reduced-Fare MetroCard so it refills automatically.

For more MetroCard information, please visit the MTA’s website at www.mta.info and click on Fares and Tolls.

Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014

Hi, neighbors.

Thanks to all who attended our General Meeting on Tuesday, September 23rd; the meeting was very productive. We discussed Scholarship Fundraisers: (1) Raffle tickets will go on sale soon (2) Fish Fry scheduled for Saturday, October 25th. We also spoke about our Annual Halloween Costume Contest scheduled for Friday, October 31st and Game Night will also start up again in October. Please check the bulletin board frequently for more updates

Building 18 Association

and details. We will be checking out more fundraisers. As time goes on, we need your suggestions. We need your assistance with decorating the lobby for upcoming holidays. If you are interested, you may contact any member on the executive board. Parents, your children provide the best help because they enjoy doing it, it is play for them.

Our next general meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 28th in the association room at 7:00 p.m. A guest speaker is scheduled, everyone that can

make it should be there, Very Important!!! I am looking forward to seeing you all at this meeting.

Refreshments will be served.

Movie Matinee: Our movie is scheduled for Wednesday, October 8th.

Moviegoers, you are in for a treat, come down and enjoy the movie and refreshments with us. Believe me, it is a treat, A Surprise!!!

Building 18 Newsletter: Please keep your articles coming. As always, we love hearing from you. Remember

Building 13 Association

17 laughter is a good dose of medicine (happiness) very important these days.

E-mail address: BLDG18newsletter @aol.com, let us hear from you.

Happy birthday to all with that special day this month. To the bereaved families, I give my deepest sympathy and to the sick and homebound, I pray that you will recover, be up and back to your old routine very soon.

Remember: If you see something, say something!

—Gertie Brown

Condolences to our former 2nd Vice President and Secretary, Doris Sanchez, who lost her father, Frank Quinones.

He participated in many of our activities and we know he will be missed. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family.

Our next Building Association Meeting will be held on October 9 at 7:00 p.m. We are looking forward to meeting some of our new cooperators. We encourage shareholders to reach out if they see something that needs attention.

We are excited about our upcoming workshop and you are invited to join us.

The Talking Quilt Workshop, Part Two, will be held today, October 4,

(Family Fun) from 1-4:00 p.m. Join us as we sew, stitch and weave our stories into a community quilt. The Talking Quilt workshop will be held in the association room of Building 13 (100 Casals Place).

The event will be facilitated by Gail Sharbaan and Denise Shelley.

The workshop will be featured in an original film entitled, The Art of Story Telling. Our workshops are made possible with public funds from the Bronx Council on the Arts, Cultural Affairs and The NYS Council on the Arts.

Building 13’s trip to the Sands Casino/Amore Winery/Outlet Shopping/ Golden Corral in Bethlehem,

Pa. is scheduled for November 8. First stop, the Amore winery, afterwards the Sands Casino. The casino and outlets are on the same premises. Get your holiday shopping done early. Hungry?

Close by the casino is the Golden Corral Buffet, there for your eating pleasure. The bus will leave from 100 Casals Place at 7:00 a.m. The cost is $85 with a bonus offered by the casino subject to change. Full payment is now due. A few seats remain, so secure your spot.

The College, Career and Resource Fair is being held today in the Dreiser Center. Grades 3-6 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Grades 7-12 from 12 p.m. to 6

p.m. This is an opportunity to get information and learn about the 529 College Fund. Parents and grandparents, save now for your children’s future.

Checks for Building 13 events should be made payable to Building 13 Assoc. Inc. and mailed to: Bldg. 13 Assoc. Inc., 100 Casals Place #32K, Bronx, NY 10475. All activities are on a first come basis. For information, contact Gail Sharbaan at 718-671-3801 or Leslie Peterson at 718-320-1370, our website: http://www.bldg13assoc.com or e-mail us at building13assoc @yahoo.com.

Thanks for making our team work.

—Leslie Peterson

The first meeting of the 2014-2015 year took place on Thursday, September 25th. Cleve Taylor, President of the Riverbay Board of Directors, was guest speaker.

Mr. Taylor was generous with his time, and shed light on a variety of top-

ics. He distributed copies of Riverbay’s current audited financial statements and reviewed areas of interest with attendees. He explained clearly why our management company has not been terminated to date. There were a number of other topics which included: possible

additional parking in Section 5, garage repairs, the controversial dog situation, new lobby doors and intercom system.

Mr. Taylor remained at the meeting until all questions were addressed.

The meeting was well-attended, and we would like to thank you for your

input and support. We received suggestions for future guest speakers and will do our best to provide them.

Happy holidays to our Jewish neighbors and we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.

—Sandra Scope

A sad goodbye, but a beautiful Memorial Service Ray Cooper had for his wife, Marsha, last Saturday in Bartow Community Center. All the love and friendship was shared by many friends and family. May she rest in peace.

We also mourn the death of George Bonis, a long time Building 33 cooperator, and one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. He and his family lived here for 41 years. He will be missed.

The Building Association has started

the membership drive of collecting building dues. The dues will stay at $8 per apartment. Please cooperate. The dues are for a lot of things for the building, not just for activities for the children.

If you can remember, we used to have refreshments at our building meetings. Well, we had to cut that out because of the lack of funds. We used to give $500 scholarships to high school graduates. We used to buy toys for the kids at Christmas time and have Christmas parties and Halloween

parties. Those were the days when we had a large amount of cooperators paying dues. I know people say those days are gone, I don't think so. We need to come together and take pride in our building, this is where you live.

We started movie day. We have movies for the children in the early part of the day and movies for the older children and adults in the evening. These movie days should be crowded, all you have to do is send the kids down, but you don't. We have adult supervision at all times, plus

refreshments.

Take a look at our new and improved bulletin board for all the activities for the month.

We have a very interesting book club on Thursdays at noon. Please come by and see if you would like to take part in it.

Tobias wants to start football Sundays. Give us your input, we want to hear from you.

Get well wishes to the sick and shutin. Please feel better.

—Pat Bonaparte

Fr. Taylor and the congregation of St. Joseph's cordially invite you to worship with us in Co-op City at 155 Dreiser Loop, lower level. All are welcome.

Weekly Schedule: Sunday service with Holy Communion and Sunday School are both at 9 a.m. Every 4th Sunday, our children participate in the reading of the lessons and every 5th Sunday, our young adults assist in the service. Bible study is held each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Choir rehearsal is on Thursday at 7 p.m.

The (ECW) Episcopal Church Women meet immediately after service on the 1st Sunday of each month.

Membership is open to all women of the church and dues are $2 per month.

We look forward to welcoming everyone at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 5, when we will celebrate The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost.

The church will also celebrate Home Coming, as well as Father Taylor’s 12th Anniversary as Priest-inCharge. Congratulations and best wishes to our priest!!

Fundraising Events • The Annual Home Style Dinner Sale on Saturday, September 27, went very well. Many thanks to everyone for the help and support in making this a

successful event.

• Spread the word, ECW’s 8-day cruise on the Carnival Splendor, leaving out of New York on August 12, 2015: Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay, The Bahamas and Nassau, with fun days at sea. Ocean view cabins start at $1,297 and inside cabins start at $1,217, depending on how many persons per cabin.

Although the cruise is in August of next year, the cabins must be reserved early. So if you plan to go, please contact June Grimes at the church as soon as possible to indicate your interest and make a down payment.

Flyers with more information including a suggested payment plan are available.

Outreach Program: We continue to collect non-perishable food for the feeding program at Grace Episcopal Church in West Farms. Please remember to donate.

For additional information on the above, please call the church at 718-3200844, or visit our website: http://www. stjosephsepcbronx.org.

“Restore us, O God of Hosts; *show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved.” --(Psalm 80:7) —M. Chambers

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Building 33 Association

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Precinct earlier this year and two more reported incidents from 2012 and 2013 which are now thought to be committed by this same predator.

According to information released by DCPI, other attacks this year included one on February 13th involving the forcible touching of a 14 year old girl on Eastchester Road near the train station.

Prior to the two crimes occurring in July on the footbridge, the last known incident involved the forcible touching of a 12 year old girl while she was walking on Schieffelin Avenue in the 47th Precinct on the morning of June 11th.

All of the attacks are similar, but all

the earlier attacks occurred early in the morning with the earliest being at 7 a.m.

The two most recent attacks on the footbridge this week occurred in the late afternoon. The youngest victim was 12 and the oldest was 21 years old.

The NYPD Public Information Office said that anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at: WWW.NYPDCRIME STOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

“All we set out to do was to write a ‘to do’ list for President Obama, our first African American President,” Ms. Edwards said, noting that it has taken a lot of steadfast determination to get this far. “It took a very long time just to be cleared by all the officials and security departments to get to the President.

This was during the anthrax scare so you can imagine what that was like sending a package to the President of the United States. But it was worth it.”

Ultimately, the group did receive a wonderful thank you package from the First Family including a brochure on Bo, the dog. That ‘to do’ list, of course, became the much acclaimed book entitled President Obama’s To Do List that was selected and is now housed in The Smithsonian Art Museum in Washington, D.C. A few of the former SIAP students, now college students or who are in the workforce, were in attendance at Saturday’s event. Anthony Purcell said that he felt like he had been working on this program his whole entire high school time. “Now, I encourage everyone to be a part of something because it helped me,” he said.

Samantha Medina said, “This day is a reminder of the accomplishment of what we did five years ago.”

“Today means that Ms. Ruth’s hard

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History Makers

Volunteers turn out to clean up Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary

work is being recognized,” said Shaniece Rivers.

Riverbay Board First Vice President Daryl Johnson said, “I’m very happy for all these students and I hope they are successful for the rest of their lives.”

The SIAP project started five years ago and took a lot of “steadfast determination” to reach this point.

The end result, however, is this unique accomplishment for eight young people and one visionary leader that they will always remember.

Estelle Leibovitz said: “I lived through this project and I have their cook book. I am very proud of this group and Ruth is an excellent person.”

“This is a wonderful affirmation of the talents that we have here in Co-op City,” said Cleve Taylor, President of the Riverbay Board of Directors.

“Now, we have the State of New York Assembly taking note of a significant, merit-based event in recognizing the children of Building 18, bringing it front and center to the consciousness of these United States.”

After the presentation, a reception was held in the Building 18 lobby for neighbors and guests who were treated to punch, delicious cookies, cupcakes and a special “Congratulations, SIAP” cake.

Co-op City volunteers needed to clean up Hutchinson River Greenway

We need your help to clean up the Hutchinson River GREENWAY on Sunday, October 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., weather permitting. If you can spare some time, please join us at 2100 Bay Plaza (on Bartow Avenue near the Greenway entrance).

Supplies, such as gloves and trash bags, will be provided by the Partnership for Parks.

In case of rain, the event will be cancelled until further notice.

If you are interested in volunteering, or for more information, please email Holly at Maloneh@hotmail.com.

If you SEE something, SAY SOMETHING!!!

718-671-3050 • Co-op City Public Safety

On Sunday, September 21, a host of volunteers responded to the call from the Hutchinson River Restoration Project (HRRP) to help clean up the Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary. The river is shared by Co-op City, City Island, Mt. Vernon, Eastchester, New Rochelle, Pelham Bay Park, Pelham, Pelham Manor, Throgg Neck and Scarsdale. This is an annual event.

Photos courtesy of HRRP

ConEd

practices should be modified to make the state’s energy systems more reliable and less costly.

In its comments, Riverbay highlighted the current rule that allows Con Ed to charge companies that generate their own electricity outrageously high fees supposedly needed to pay for connections from Co-op City’s power system to the ConEd system.

ConEd is the Riverbay Power Plant’s back-up in case of emergencies.

Last fiscal year, Riverbay paid Con Ed $5.1M in electric charges, but $2M of that amount wasn’t for electricity – it was the standby charge that ConEd collects every year.

Riverbay keeps paying these socalled “standby charges” each year for work that has already been done.

“Co-op City, at its own expense, installed all interconnection facilities, including relay protection and communication subsystems to the existing high voltage Con Edison distribution system network feeders,” Riverbay wrote in its comments to the PSC last month.

Standby charges have already been eliminated in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Another change that removed Co-op City and other cogeneration plants from a New York State Independent Operators (NYISO) program that bought standby electricity capability from electric producers is

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costing Riverbay more than $1M a year and will discourage other developers, Riverbay noted in its filing to the PSC. New York State has some of the highest electric costs in the nation. The system is built to handle the peak load times that only occur a few hours a day, and Gov. Cuomo wants reforms that will encourage development of hundreds of smaller generating stations, like Co-op City has, that can sell excess power into the grid at peak times and end the need for expensive new big electric plants.

Reliability is another goal of the Cuomo reform agenda, and Co-op City demonstrated that capability during SuperStorm Sandy when it stayed lit while the surrounding Bronx neighborhoods served by ConEd went dark for days.

In its filing to the PSC, Riverbay also points out that eliminating the $2M standby fees would allow Co-op City to fund even more energy-efficient projects, including solar panels on the parking garages.

Along with major real estate companies, including the Related Cos., which is building an $18 billion residential and commercial development at Hudson Yards west of Penn Station, and the Durst Organization in midtown Manhattan, Riverbay and other companies that generate their own electricity have reason to be hopeful that the standby charges will be eliminated as part of these reforms.

Riverbay’s consultant in the reform effort, Lewis Kwit, President of Energy Investment Systems, said there is reason to be optimistic that the charges will be dropped as a part of overall reform of the state’s electrical system.

“I think that if we’re vigilant in framing the case that Riverbay submitted to the Public Service Commission, it’s pretty obvious that if the REV is to achieve its objectives regarding microgrids, the standby charges have to be eliminated,” Kwit said.

In order to build a statewide system that encourages private companies to build their own power stations and then connect them to an overall grid, penalties like standby charges will have to be dropped, Kwit said.

“There are many developments around the city that are ‘grid independent’ that function solely in the island mode, and developments planned like the Related development in Midtown West, that would demonstrate enormous potential to satisfy REV objectives by strengthening the outer grid if they were interconnected,” Kwit added.

“That interconnection, however, would be stymied, or perhaps discouraged completely, if the standby charges were allowed to persist.”

Herb Freedman, a principal with Marion Scott, Inc., the managing agent for Riverbay, has pushed Co-op City’s effort to have these ConEd standby charges eliminated.

21 “Co-op City is a glaring example of the damage that the state’s obsolete rules that charge our residents more than $2 million in unjustified annual electricity costs will have in impeding the overall reform of New York’s energy system called for by Gov. Cuomo,” Freedman said.

“We have petitioned the state Public Service Commission to eliminate this annual standby charge and are optimistic that the PSC will drop this unfair penalty that ConEd is currently allowed to charge Co-op City residents for transmission equipment that we already paid for ourselves.”

Riverbay Board President Cleve Taylor said that Co-op City shareholders will benefit from the efforts of Riverbay in pursing these changes at the state level.

“I am very appreciative of the efforts of Herb Freedman for preparing this report along with Lewis Kwit and [Riverbay consultant] Bill May to help us get these charges reduced,” Taylor said. “In my opinion, it is an unfair burden on the shareholders of the Riverbay Corporation.

“The rules initially in place when the Power Plant was built have been changed and I believe this expense is unnecessary since we already have the capacity for redundancy in our cogeneration operation. I hope the PSC has an understanding of what we have here in Co-op City.”

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Open House for Portfolio Development (Ages: 14 -17): Visit the Drammeh Center’s Open House for students planning to submit their portfolio to high schools and colleges specializing in the media arts. Students will be given tips on how to best present their work for a panel review. Advanced registration is required to receive information on what to bring with you. Next Saturday, Oct. 11, Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Please join us on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome – not just members! Our next general membership meeting is October 9th.

On Sunday, September 28th, the Cultural Committee, in conjunction with the Riverbay Corporation, cosponsored Hispanic Heritage Day in the Dreiser Loop Auditorium. We would like to thank our wonderful performers On September 24, we had our first building association meeting for the 2014-2015 season. There was a great turn out and we had good and meaningful topics of discussion. One of the concerns was problems in the laundry room where people put dirty clothes in the carts meant for clean clothes removal from washers and dryers, children using the carts for race cars, clothes left unattended in washer or dryer, and the list could go on and on. It was brought to everyone's attention that there is posted in the laundry room a code of etiquette for everyone to follow.

It is also printed in the Co-op City Times, but more importantly, people should have consideration. If you don't want it done to you, you should not do it to anyone else.

The many dogs in Co-op City was another hot topic. Even though this has been revisited many times in public and private conversations, it remains a thorn in many of the cooperators' side.

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techniques, and make your own artwork in response. Learn about the Museum’s collection and investigate the ways in which gender and sexuality are being upended by creative counter-culturalists just like you. Gain VIP access to content that is only available to members of the course, and meet other creative young artists from around the world. This is a class on YOUR terms, made for you by a community of your peers. And you

Spanish American Community Club

for helping us celebrate: Danza y Fiesta (Puerto Rico), Garifuna (Honduras), Juarez Show Mariachi (Mexico) and Pajarillo Pinta’o (Columbia). We are very grateful to all those who made donations towards this wonderful event, and truly appreciate everyone’s participation.

On Saturday, November 1st, the club’s Social Committee will be hosting our annual Scholarship Fundraiser

Dance. We are pleased to announce that our musical guests will be the legendary Tony Vega and the fantastic Mambo Legends Orchestra. For more information and tickets, please contact Antoinette Toro, (917) 744-4373, or Joe Rodriguez, (917) 656-0811.

Save the Date: Our Christmas Party is scheduled for Saturday, December 20th. The Cultural and Social Committees are combining their efforts to

Building 34 Association

In light of the recent height in national as well as local security, another look at emergency preparedness is necessary. If you do not have a go-bag, emergency plans for fire, blackouts or any other natural disaster, this will be part of the agenda for upcoming meetings. Other agendas discussed included a Scholarship Fund, creation of a survey to see what people would like to do, plans for a bus trip and New Year’s eve festivities.

We would like to thank two of our cooperators, Cynthia Huffman and William E. Brown, for agreeing to cochair the position of Recording Secretary for the association. Also, Rose Koener has agreed to become our resident gardener. She has some very good ideas on improving and recycling our garden areas. In this spirit of cooperation, we ask that more of you would come out and volunteer just a small portion of your time to help maintain and improve not only

Parking Notice Garage 7 construction

Please be advised that specific sections of Garage #7 will be under construction as of Wednesday, September 17th. The locations are as follows: • ½ of the A & C sides of the 2nd floor • ½ of the A & D sides of the 1st floor • All of the D side of the 2nd floor • The up-ramp between the 2nd & 3rd floor will be closed • The back ramp will accommodate two-way traffic • The main entrance ramp will be inaccessible to the 2nd floor • Please be aware of the posted directional signs because some of our ramps will accommodate two-way traffic ***Transient parking will be suspended during the hours of 4 p.m. – 7 a.m.

However, transient parking will be available in Garage #’s 5 and 8*** Please ensure that your vehicle has been removed from the above mentioned locations no later than 6 a.m. on September 17th. **If not, your vehicle may be towed at your expense**.

Please also be advised that due to the construction in Garage 7, as of September 19th at 8 a.m., we will be closing the usual entrance and exit lanes on the North side of the garage, which are located on Einstein Loop North. In the interim, we will be opening the South side entrance and exit.

We ask that you please drive slowly, cautiously and adhere to the posted traffic signage. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you in advance for your attention and cooperation.

—Parking Facilities Department

our area, but the building association in general.

We need help with the Halloween decorating on October 28th and also suggestions and participation with our children on Halloween, October 31st.

If you can give some time, contact Pauline Warren.

We are saddened to announce that we have had a few deaths in our building. The two most recent are Errick

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make this a very special evening. More information will be available soon.

Additional information for all of our upcoming club events, as well as details concerning the club in general, can be found on our website: http://spanamcccc.synthasite.com.

You may also contact the club at (718) 379-7017 or email us at SpanAmCCCC@gmail.com.

—Carmen Rodriguez Smith and Alice Pavon. We would like to extend our condolences not only to their families, but all of the families that have recently experienced any loss.

Get well wishes to all who have experienced any health challenges, and happy birthday wishes to all Libras including our 2nd Vice President, Joyce Wilson, who we celebrated with at our meeting.

—La Verne Floyd

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Co-op City Sports Velocity Track Club

Velocity Track Club Cross Country winners: (L-R, front) Dontae, Tiara, Jordan and Julian. In back from left are Jacqueline and Darius.

Ensure Your Student Athletes are Ready for the Season

(StatePoint) – For many kids, playing sports is an important part of growing up, and that’s a good thing. Sports are a great way for children and adolescents to develop lifelong exercise habits, build relationships, and learn teamwork.

“Parents can play a vital role in ensuring young athletes train and condition properly,” says Dr. James M. Perrin, 2014 President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). “From staying hydrated to wearing safety gear, kids may need periodic reminders.”

Here are ways to help your child avoid common sports hazards: Condition Athletes will reduce their risk of injury by strengthening muscles to protect vulnerable ligaments. This is especially important in certain sports – including soccer, football, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and lacrosse – in which athletes are prone to injuring their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which provides stability to the knee.

Girls need to be especially careful, according to statistics. Adolescent girls are four to eight times more likely to suffer ACL injuries than boys, according to the AAP. Neuromuscular training programs that strengthen hips, the core muscles and hamstrings can significantly reduce one’s risk for injury. This training will help athletes improve their form and have a greater awareness of how to safely pivot, jump and land.

Stay Hydrated Water is the best way for kids to stay hydrated while playing or exercising.

Sports and energy drinks are heavily marketed to children and adolescents, but in most cases kids don't need them – and some of these products contain ingredients that could be harmful to children.

Sports drinks which contain carbohydrates and electrolytes can be helpful for young athletes engaged in prolonged, vigorous exercise, but in most cases they’re unnecessary. Plain water is usually best, as sports drinks contain extra calories and sugar. Energy drinks, which contain stimulants like caffeine, are not healthy for children or teens, according to the AAP. Read the label to know exactly what you’re giving your child. When in doubt, stick to water.

Protect Your Head Because young athletes’ brains are still developing, it’s important to take head injuries seriously. Adolescent concussions can cause long-term brain injury. If your young athlete sustains a concussion, he or she should be evaluated by a physician and receive medical clearance before returning to play. While concussion symptoms usually resolve in 7-10 days, some athletes may take weeks or months to recover, and some students may need accommodations at school during this recovery.

Don’t Overdo It The most common type of sports injury is from overuse. Ignoring pain can worsen the injury and cause long-term damage.

“The best way for parents to prevent overuse injuries is to pay attention to their child’s training schedule,” Perrin says.

Limit your child to a single sport or team per season, and the training schedule to no more than five days per week.

Alternating sports can help avoid burnout.

More sports safety tips can be found at www.HealthyChildren.org.

While sports are an important part of childhood with critical health benefits, parents, coaches and athletes should work together to make sure children participate safely.

The blessings continue! Velocity Track Club New York Cross Country Team showed why they are considered one of the top teams in the Tri-State area. We had 7 student athletes compete in the USATF New York series 1 Cross Country Invitation on Sunday, September 28, at Van Courtlandt Park, Bronx, New York. The races range from 2K (1.5 miles) to 5K (3.1 miles).

The 8 years & under ran the 2K, 9 & 10 years old and 11 & 12 years old student athletes ran the 3K. The 13 & 14 years old ran the 4K and the 15 & 16 years old ran the 5K. The medals were given to the top 15 in their age group and gender. Teams from throughout the New York State area participated, which made it difficult to win a medal.

However, our athletes were up for the challenge.

Tiara Jackson won our 1st medal in the girls 8 & under with a 5th place finish in the 1.5 miles run. Our Bantam Boys (9 & 10 years old) Dontae Lindo, Jordan Ingram and Julian Caldwell looked extremely good. Dontae took 2nd and earned a silver medal. Jordan

took 6th place and earned a bronze medal and Julian ran his personal best and finished a strong 19th place. These young men are 9 years old and competing in the 9 & 10 divisions. Just imagine how they will rank in the 9 & 10 years division next year.

Next, Jacqueline Kendall earned a bronze medal in the girls 11 & 12 age group. In the 13 & 14 years old group, Zaria Wright ran the 4K (2.5 miles) for the 1st time. She showed heart and finished strong. Darius Gordon won a silver medal in the 15 & 16 boys 5K (3.1 miles). He is starting to show that hunger to win. They all performed well; we are so proud of them. Great job!!

Anyone interested in supporting Velocity Track Club New York, we are a 501(c)3 - Non-for Profit. Just write the check of any size to Velocity Track Club New York. Your donation is a tax write off and we will send you a receipt.

For additional information, please contact Coach Winston Dinkins at 914441-6196 or email me at WATCLT@AOL.COM. —Winston Dinkins

Mustangs wear pink

Stomp out cancer, October 5th

Last Saturday, Clinton won, 24-0 Clinton scoring only developed in the first half. There was a balance of throwing and a big play run attack on third down plays. There were moments in the game where the Mustangs’ offense was picking up steam and firing off the ball, knocking Clinton defense back on their heels, but drives stalled on long down conversions.

Clinton offense had big plays in the red zone. Truman stopped 3 of Clinton’s two-point conversions. Senior Joel Quiles, 11 tackles, held Clinton’s attack later in the third quarter. Milton Wilson and John Gavins also had productive defense stops. The punting was great.

Damone Bailey, 6 punts, 185, did a good job pinning Clinton in their own territory.

The end of the game, Truman defense shut down the Clinton offense, but the Mustang’s couldn’t put together enough offense consistency, even with Maurice Morris’ down hill attack running. Final score: Clinton, 24-Truman, 0.

Sunday, October 5th “Wear Pink” the Mustangs Varsity will play on the same day. Varsity, 11 a.m.; Junior Varsity, 2 p.m. The theme: Stomp out Cancer!

The Mustangs Football Teams will wear pink items to show their suport for those individuals, family, friends, that have this disease. The Mustangs coaching staff, teachers, principal, Truman parents club want it to be a day of saying, “Let’s tackle this disease together!”

Find a cure and bring hope to those that are diagnosed with cancer.

This is an important life lesson for our student athletes. To be a part of this movement throughout the country to

show support to people who have cancer. Cancer is the second leading cause of death. The Mustangs family wants to “Stomp out Cancer.”

Family and friends, come to the game. Show your support. Wear pink and cheer the Mustangs to victory.

Truman vs. Sheepshead Bay. Next up Away game vs. Fort Hamilton HS (Brooklyn); vs. Susan Wagner (Staten Island).

Homecoming, October 25, vs.

Midwood High School at Truman.

Junior Varsity: Home, 11 a.m., October 11th., Fort Hamilton HS. Away, 11 a.m., October 19th. Kipp College Prep at Mott Haven Field, Bronx.

Away, 11 a.m., October 26th, Midwood, Brooklyn (Ave. L) Midwood Athletic Complex.

(L-R) Ramon Jefferson, Algenis Diaz

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Coalition of African American Churches & Community Organizations

The next meeting of the Coalition will be on Tuesday, October 7th at 11 p.m., Dreiser Community Center, Room #15.

The Coalition will host its 19th Annual Friends and Family Day event on Sunday, October 19, 3 p.m., Dreiser Community Center, Auditorium B. At this event, we have a guest speaker, entertainment, children activ-

ities. There will be vendors with all sorts of products for purchase. Please consider supporting them. We have raffles for purchase. $200 first prize, $100 second prize, and $50 third prize. Please purchase them. Refreshments will be served.

We have several organizations that make up the coalition. We invite all organizations to come and join us. If interested, please call Ms. Reva at

(718) 671-5957.

The Coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and improving the quality of life of cooperators, while providing educational and culturally enriching programs for this community.

Every year, we sponsor Friends and Family Day on October. In December, we sponsor a Kwanzaa celebration, all free to the community.

Please support our efforts by sending us a tax deductible contribution made payable to: Coalition of African American Churches and Community Organizations, P.O. Box 619, Bronx, NY 10475.

Remember the Coalition’s Motto: Coming together is the beginning, staying together is progress, working together is success.

—Patricia Bonaparte

The Williamsbridge Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. is an organization dedicated to community service in the areas of Health, Employment, Education and Economic Development.

If you are interested in joining our organization, dedicated to community service, please call Sylvia Hicks, Membership Chairperson, 917-9215445. Young Adults are persons 18-35 years of age; you may inquire about our rapidly evolving leaders in the

Young Adult section. Ombudsmen are men of the community interested in decreasing the drop out rate of youth in the community. We are interested in your ideas concerning accomplishment of this goal.

The Youth Club consists of youth 12 to 18 years of age. The Youth Club is dedicated to community service, higher education, technology and activism. If you fit this description, are interested in expressing yourself, obtaining community service credit, developing new programs and leadership skills, you should

join this organization. This is your chance, as a young person, to help plan the year’s activities of the club. Don’t delay obtaining your required community service credits in a fun and interesting way. Mrs. Hicks welcomes your inquiry about any one of these groups and will be happy to help you through the application process. Look for our table at the College Fair in Dreiser Center today. Ask me about membership in any of our programs. Ask me for scholarship applications if you are a senior in high school.

Anyone wishing to render community service, assist with any of our programs, without joining any of our club areas, may do so. To obtain more information, contact Sandra Hall, 917-972-7732.

Information concerning the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. may be found at www.nanbpwc.org or our mailing address: Williamsbridge Club, P.O. Box 6, Co-op City Station, Bronx, New York 10475.

—Sylvia Hicks

Greetings from the members of NCNW! October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is an issue that we should be aware of all year round. Did you know 1 out of 4 women are victims of Domestic Violence and may be sitting in silence! If you or someone you know is in danger, call 9-1-1 or reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Join NCNW as we join the “Not On My Watch Movement, Combatting Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence” training tour sponsored by the NYC Clergy Faith-Based Coalition. Register online at http://nomw-nyc-trainingtour. eventbrite.com.

Saturday Educational Program registering…The NCNW Saturday Educational Program has been offering small group instruction in reading and mathematics for over 40 years in the Co-op City community. Our instructors are certified and their lessons are aligned with the public and private school curriculum. We are currently enrolling students in grades 3-6.

Registration continues today and the following Saturdays from 10 a.m. 12:00 p.m. until all spaces are filled.

Registration and classes are located at the Dreiser Community Center, Room

14. Classes will be in session from November, 2014 thru spring 2015 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The fee for the year is $250 which includes a non-refundable registration fee of $25. This investment is equivalent to less than $4 per hour, per student for tutoring lessons to improve academic performance. All fees are to be paid by December 27. For further information, please call (718) 655-9034 or (718) 671-2555.

Saturday, October 25, NCNW will present an “African American Heritage Art Entertainment Exhibit” featuring Robin Joyce Miller - Artist, Educator, Author and Poet. This event will take place at the Dreiser Community Center, Room 11 from 3 p.m.-6 p.m. This is an opportunity to bring culture into your home at affordable prices. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. For further information, contact Robin at (718) 671-7262.

The NCNW Theater Group has a few tickets remaining for the Alvin Ailey for matinee performance on Sunday, December 21. Price of tickets is $63. Contact Maxine for further information, (718) 320-2366.

All NCNW committee members are requested to send in their budget for the 2014-15 year.

Our next General Membership meeting will take place on Sunday, October 12, at 3 p.m. at the Dreiser Community, Room 11. An invitation is extended to those 18 years of age and older to join us. We also have male

Associate members. We are planning on having a guest speaker and dialogue session on Domestic Violence at our next membership meeting.

Happy birthday all NCNW members and neighbors!

—Lori Melton

Williamsbridge Club

NCNW

Building 30 A&B Association

The next general meeting of Buildings 30 A and B Associations will be on Thursday, Oct. 9th. Our guest speaker will be CSO Manager, Ms. English.

The next Pokeno night will be Friday, Oct. 17th. Our next movie night will be Friday, Oct. 24th. The door opens at 7 p.m., the events start at 7:30.

We will start collecting association dues on Oct. 9th and will continue every Wednesday from 1 to 5 p.m. & 67:30 p.m. Dues are still only $5.

At the same time that we will be col-

lecting dues, we will also be collecting donations for Halloween.

We would appreciate volunteers along with donations for Halloween.

Along with giving out goodies on Halloween eve, Oct. 31st, to our children, we have tentatively scheduled a Halloween party between 7–9 p.m.

Those who are celebrating birthdays, anniversary, and new arrivals in their lives, have a blessed and happy day. Those who are under the weather, get well soon.

—Linda Werner

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Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014

American Legion Post 1871

Greetings to all of our Post members who are homebound and recovering from various medical operations. We wish you a speedy recovery.

Happy birthday to all of our members who will be celebrating their birthday in April.

Our Post is always looking for new members to join, so if you are a veteran from any branch of the military, stop by and join our Post. Bring your DD214 with you. Post 1871 is located in Section #5 in the Community Center, in 135 Einstein Loop, Room 41. Our office telephone number is (718) 3208165, and our e-mail address is post1871@optimum.net.

On September 24, Post member

Wesley Alexander Banks passed away while in the Bay Park Nursing Home.

Wesley was the oldest member in Post 1871. He was well liked and always attended all of the Memorial affairs that were held in Co-op City, along with his loving wife who cared for him for the many years they were married. Wesley will be missed by his family and friends of Post 1871. With deep sympathy from all friends at this time of sadness.

Do you know why the Purple Heart is Purple? Answer: When the Continental Congress prohibited George Washington from promoting soldiers during the American Revolution, the revered general got crafty. On August 7, 1782, he established the Badge of Military Merit, a

purple cloth silk heart to be worn over a soldier's left breast and signify an elevated status. Back in the 15th century BC, only royalty could afford purple cloths.

Artificial sweeteners may set the stage for diabetes in some people by hampering the way their bodies handle sugar in the diet, according to a new study released by the journal Nature.

The American Legion offers expert advice, support and representation for veterans and families seeking government benefits they are eligible to receive.

I went to the Retiree Appreciation Day at Ft. Hamilton and all the information I picked up will be given to the Post for all the Post members to view.

The next Executive meeting will be on October 1, Tuesday, at 3:00 p.m. sharp.

A good movie to see that has lots of action is The Equalizer. The action will keep you glued to your seat hungry for more as the movie moves along.

Quotes for the Day: I had a friend who wore both of his winter jackets when he painted his house last summer.

The directions on the can said, "Put on two coats."

It’s better to be healthy than wise.

Being sick costs you money, but you can be stupid for free.

This information was provided by the Post information officer.

—Richard I. Lawson, Jr.

Greetings! The RETIREES invite you to their Holiday Luncheon at the Marina del Rey featuring the Carol/DAD Productions on Thursday, December 11, from 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Price: $75 (includes transportation, plus free admission to the Spring Bash). First come, first served.

Contacts: Beverly Waller & Ida Morton, 718-379-0377.

Travel Events ▪ Thurs., Oct. 9. It pays to play at the exciting SANDS CASINO. The casino rebate is: $20 slot play/$5 food voucher. Following your stay at the Sands Casino, enjoy a finger-lickin’ Soul food dinner and a live Jazz and Blues show at the famous restaurant called WARMDADDY’S in Philly.

The price is $90. (Meet/depart: 8:00 a.m./8:30 a.m). Contacts: Serita G., 347-564-5722/Barbara W., 718-3200500.

▪ Nov. 5-7. (3 days/2nights).

BALLY’S HOTEL & CASINO rebate: $25 slot bonus + $25 food coupon and on day of return stop at RESORTS with slot bonus TBA. Price: double/$200, single/$265. Plus have fun shopping at the Atlantic City Shopping Outlets. $50 deposit due

now to secure your seat. Final payment due Oct. 15th. Contacts: Virginia S. and Beverly J., 718-3790377.

▪ Jan. 14&15, 2015, (2 days/1 night).

Foxwoods Casino & Mohegan Casino.

Price: double/triple, $179 & $249/single. Price includes transportation, one night hotel stay at Foxwoods Resort, one breakfast, one dinner, and casino bonuses. Deposits: double/triple $60 & single, $80 - required no later than Oct. 2nd to hold your seat. Contacts: Serita G., 347- 564-5722 and Barbara W., 718320-0500.

Theatre Committee: (*prices include transportation/Dreiser Loop): Shows at the world famous APOLLO Theatre: ▪ (1) Sat., Nov. 8th, 8 p.m. (Price: $63) - presents IRVIN MAYFIELD, JR. and THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA featuring Aaron Neville.

Van departs: 6:30 p.m. sharp.

▪ (2) Sat., Dec. 13th, 3 p.m. (Price: $63) presents NUTCRACKER SUITE. Hear Duke Ellington’s Jazz interpretation under the musical direction of David Berger Jazz Orchestra, featuring Norm Lewis, Priscilla Baskerville, Jason Samuels Smith, and students

from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Contact: Paisley H. at 718-671-8637.

• Fri., Nov. 14th, 11 a.m. show.

Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Price: $68 (includes free popcorn & soda). Van departs: 9:00 sharp.

Contact: Eleanor B, at 718-324-7847.

Good And Welfare Members and friends, as you rest and heal, know that you are thought of warmly.

Contact: Elinor Gordon, Chair, at 718-379-8755, regarding illnesses and bereavements.

Recap: We require your name, telephone number and your deposit /payment (all checks payable to RETIREES of Dreiser Loop) to reserve your seat when signing up for shows/trips. Committee members will be available in Dreiser clubroom 19 (718-379-0377) on Mondays and/or Thursdays approximately from 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” Maya Angelou —Claudette Davis

Our 2014-2015 season portends to be one of the most exciting in our history – with art classes, art shows, lecture/ demonstrations and workshops, free and open to the public.

BVA’s classes begin on Tuesday, September 9 in Room 5, Dreiser Community Center. You can choose from the 2 class schedules which are 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

The fees are as follows: Annual membership is $35 a year and a session of 10 classes is $60. This is the best bargain in the Bronx – maybe even the city – given the quality of instruction offered. You can stop by Room 5 any Tuesday between the hours of 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to register for a class.

There will be an in-house art show on Saturday and Sunday, October 11th and 12th from 1 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Beautiful artwork will be on dis-

play and for sale. There will be free refreshments as well and we hope you can come to see the artwork.

Mr. Moses Groves, BVA’s own art instructor, will be the artistic guide for these classes. Mr. Groves is an accomplished artist who has studied at the Art Students League and NYU. He has exhibited work in the New York and New Jersey area and has won awards for his artwork.

BVA is a non-profit, self-supporting organization that needs your support to continue offering high level art instruction at these bargain prices. So come join BVA on this fabulous artistic trek, take a class, make a donation, — tax deductible, and feel the satisfaction of being a creator and/or patron of the arts. All checks should be made out as indicated above.

Science is for the body and art is for the soul.

—Sylvia Lochansky

Retirees of Dreiser Loop

Baychester Visual Arts Association

NOTICE TO ALL SHAREHOLDERS Regarding room rentals

Shareholders are reminded that community center rooms are adjacent to residential homes. As a result, the following rules must be adhered to: • Community Center rooms are rented for eight (8) hour time frames—11 a.m.-7 p.m.; 12 p.m.-8 p.m.; 1 p.m.-9 p.m.; 2 p.m.-10 p.m.; and 3 p.m.-11 p.m.

• Only specific rooms are allowed for later hours--4 p.m.-12 a.m., and 5 p.m.1 a.m.

• Any function that runs past 11 p.m. pays a mandatory clean-up charge.

• These eight-hour periods include decorating time, party time and departure.

• The time printed on your signed contract is the time requested and agreed to by all parties.

• It is the responsibility of the signer of the rental contract to ensure that everyone, including their personal items, leave the premises at the end of the time specified in the rental agreement.

• Unauthorized overtime is ANY amount of time spent in the rented room past the hours printed on the signed contract and will be deducted from the security deposit.

• Failure to adhere to these rules can result in the shareholder(s) being restricted from future rentals.

Thank you for your cooperation.

—Riverbay’s Commercial Properties Department

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Newsong Church

Hey, Co-op City! It’s been a pleasure getting to meet so many of you over the past couple of months! I wanted to take this opportunity to speak to those of you who are hurting in some way. This month, I’m doing a series of messages with you in mind. The series is called “Overwhelmed” and if that word best describes your life right now, I encourage you to stop by this Sunday.

During this series, I will be speaking candidly about depression, anxiety, addiction, and suicidal thoughts. So

many people suffer with these things and never seek help. Instead of reaching out and learning how to trust, they isolate, self-medicate, and feel like they’re all alone. I want you to know that you’re not alone. I want you to know that God loves you, He understands what you’re going through, and He desires to help you.

In addition to sharing all that’s in my heart, we will also have information on each topic, and counseling that is available to you free of charge! If you or

someone you love is “Overwhelmed” and you don’t know what to do, I urge you not to miss our worship experience this Sunday.

We invite you to come as you are and experience God in a whole new way!

We’re located at 177 Dreiser Auditorium.

Parking is available at the garage on Dreiser Loop. Bring your ticket to our connection tent for validation.

We have a fully staffed children’s church, and deaf interpretation is available during our worship experience.

This month, Newsong Church is also collecting non-perishable food items to give to a pantry her in Co-op. There’s hope. You’re not alone. We look forward to seeing you this Sunday.

For more information about Newsong Church, you can check us out here: Web: www.newsongchurchnyc.org; Facebook: www.facebook.com/newsongchurchbx; Twitter: @newsongchurchBX; Pastor Mike Tolone: @MikeTolone.

God bless you!

—Pastor Mike Tolone

Come & Visit Us – We welcome you to God’s House – Your House – One Family in Christ. We are a congregation with spirit-filled worship, offering a variety of opportunities for spiritual growth, fellowship and service to God and our community. We are a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and bilingual congregation and all are welcome. Services are at the church at 2350 Palmer Avenue, across the street from Building 30. Parking is available.

Sunday Services – The first Sunday of the month is a bilingual service with communion at 10 a.m. Every other week is the English Service at 9 a.m. and the Spanish Service at 11:30 a.m.

Sunday School For Children: At 9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

– 1 p.m. Classes are for 3 yrs. – 12 yrs.

The curriculum being used will be The Super Book.

Prayer Night (English) & Prayer Morning (Spanish): The Lord said, “Whenever two or more are gathered

in my name, I am in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20. Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the church building. Also on Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m., there is prayer till 11:15 a.m. in Spanish. Come and bring your prayer needs so we can pray together.

Women’s Fellowship: Meets the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. The study book will be Crazy Love. We are also having an exercise class immediately following the study.

Men’s Fellowship: Meets the last Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Crescendo Christian Music School: Learn piano, guitar, violin, percussion, flute, voice and theory. Contact Maestro Frank Colon at (917) 753-3644. The school will be open from Monday – Friday, 2 p.m. – 8 p.m. Private and group lessons are available. All ages are welcome. Registration is free and rates are affordable.

—Rev. Dr. Milca C. Plaud

Evangelical Church of Co-op City – UMC Open Doors, Open Hearts and Open Minds

Co-op City Mosque

In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful…

The Islamic Cultural Center of North America is honored to be one of the organizations providing religious services for the residents of Co-op City. This also gives us an opportunity to correct rampant misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. These misconceptions are mainly a result of criminally misguided actions of a very small extremist fringe of Muslims who are provided endless media coverage.

These extremists are a minute fraction of over one and a half billion Muslims worldwide.

Co-op City Mosque is open to all residents for prayer services and fellowship. We are more than happy to answer questions about our religion, culture and Muslims, in general.

The following statements explain our view of unity and common destiny with people of all diverse faiths. The first statement is from the Holy Quran, and second one is from Prophet Muhammad.

Building 16 Association is back after the summer. We are getting ready to have our fish and chicken fry on October 18. Come out and help us to make it a success. Watch the bulletin board for other activities for the coming months.

To the new cooperators, you are

welcome to our meetings, please come.

If you are having a special occasional, enjoy!

To the sick and shut-in, get well soon. To the bereaved, you have our sympathy.

A special bereavement goes out to the Scriven family. —Clara Caston

Building 16 Association

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"Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians, any who believe in God and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve." Holy Quran, Chapter 2, Verse 62.

"What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and

to remove the sufferings of the injured," said Prophet Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him, in the book of Bukhari.

Co-op City Mosque continues to hold its Friday Congregational Prayer at 177 Dreiser Loop, Room 9, from 1:002:00 p.m. Please feel free to join us. For more information, please contact us at: 718-829-2323 or info@islamicculturalcenter.org, or view our website: www.islamicculturalcenter.org.

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“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”

Psalms 51:10 Spiritual Food for Thought You must examine the motivation behind your commitments. God’s desire is that when you commit, it will be motivated by your love for Him and not by your need for approval or position.

God would have you come into the secret place before Him with a pure heart and righteous dedication. Refuse to allow the enemy to establish selfish ambition or corruption in your reasoning and subsequent actions.

At Greater Love Baptist Church, we believe that there is only one true God. This God is invisible, holy, eternal, and has all power and wisdom. In the Bible, God reveals himself as three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is why he is called "Triune." These three Pastors Anthony Davis and Andrée Davis, co-founders of Harvest Restoration Ministries, Inc., extend to you a warm invitation to come and worship the Lord Jesus Christ with us.

We are a community oriented nondenominational church that preaches and teaches the Bible in an exegetical

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persons in one God are all God. They are equal in power, glory, and in every other quality. To deny or ignore one person is to deny all of them. It is God who created, redeemed, and sanctified us.

On behalf of the Presiding Elder B. Landrum, Pastor C. Landrum, and the Greater Love family, we welcome and encourage you to fellowship with us. We are a teaching, preaching, tithing, faith and Bible Way ministry conveniently located at 900 Co-op City Blvd. (Bldg.

2A), on the ground level, Bronx, N.Y. 10475; main entrance - red buzzer. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Free parking is available in Garage #1 on Darrow Place. Church phone: 347-920-5607.

Do You Need A Revival In Your Soul?

Come out and fellowship with us each Sunday afternoon (3:45 p.m.) in October.

We will be Revived, Restored and

Renewed by the powerful Word of God. The dynamic and anointed preachers who will preach SALVATION for the month of October are: Elder Vinneta Archer Dyer – 10/5, Greater Love Cathedral Baptist Church.

Reverend Lillian Berry – 10/12, One Love in Jesus Healing & Deliverance.

Evangelist Mabel Burton – 10/19, Family of God Church of Christ.

Minister Harriet Samson – 10/28, Victory Outreach Church.

A Pajama Praise: Coming soon. A new and “out the box” fellowship at Greater Love. The evening’s theme is …

“BUT GOD”…. Come out and share your testimony about our victory in Jesus Christ. Even if you don’t yet have a personal relationship with Christ, you will be eager to develop one at the conclusion of the fellowship. Attire: flannel PJs,/ teeshirts/sweats/slippers/sneakers…

clothes & footwear for comfort ONLY! Just be YOU. It’s a PAJAMA PRAISE! Men & Women will meet separately. The Spiritual Leaders for the evening will be announced - lite refreshments served.

Friday, November 7th at 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Adults 18+.

Weekly Schedule Sunday Bible School: 3:00 p.m. (sharp) to 3:45 p.m.

Sunday Afternoon Praise & Worship: 3:45 p.m.

Holy Communion – First Sunday Tuesday Evening Prayer: 7:00 p.m.

Training for Service - A Survey of the Bible: Thursday Eve Family Nite/Youth Nite Blessing/Dedication of Children Food Pantry & Christian Library (donations welcome) Peace & Blessings!

—Pastor Carol Landrum

style. Our focus is to teach members of the ministry to use Biblical doctrines in a practical sense to be a blessing to both the home and the community. Pastor Davis has a particular affinity towards the empowerment of the youth. His approach is to meet these young people where they are and to help transform them to

meet their God given destiny.

We meet at: 135 Einstein Loop Community Center, Room 42 Order of Services Sunday School – 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship – 12:00 p.m.

Tuesday night Prayer Service – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday night Bible Study – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday night Praise Team rehearsal – 7:30 p.m.

Children’s Church – Sunday at noon (during main service) Communion – Every 1st Sunday of every month —Pastor Anthony Davis

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On behalf of our Pastor, Reverend Dr. Calvin E. Owens, and our church family, welcome to Community Protestant Church, a church of love and understanding, located at 1659 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx, NY 10469; telephone: (718) 862-9172.

Church Schedule Sunday School - 9:00 a.m.

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Communion Service - Every first and third Sundays Prayer Meeting and Bible Study – Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

The following programs are at the Church’s Annex: 2053 Asch Loop North (Co-op City) Morning Prayer Services - Tuesday, 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Neighborhood Bible Study - Thursday at 10:00 a.m.

Extension of Prayer and Worship Service – Every first, second and third Fridays at 7:00 p.m.

Other Scheduled Events Sunday School at Community Protestant Church begins at 9:00 a.m. In Sunday School, in a nurturing The Pentecostal Tabernacle invites everyone to worship service at 120 Benchley Place, (Building 24), Bronx, N.Y. 10475; Tel. 718-324-0334 or 718320-4218.

Sunday School for all age group begins at 10:30 a.m. Mid-day worship service starts at 11:45 a.m.

Wednesdays: Prayer and fasting service will be held every Wednesday morning starting at 11:00 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Regular prayer meeting and Bible study will also be held Wednesday evening starting at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays: Youth service will be held in the evening at 7:00 p.m. This service is open to all young people.

Focus: In the end times, a flood of catastrophes and carnage will sweep the earth, however, the child of God lives in hope and peace in Jesus Christ.

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13) (St. Luke 21:9-11)

Cooperators United of Co-op City

Hello. Let’s stay alert. We want changes to be made regarding the Bay Plaza Mall traffic before the weather gets too cold and not wait until the Spring of 2015. Changes can be made now before the cold weather sets in like adjusting the walk/do not walk lights to give us time to cross the streets, to install traffic signals, to mark crosswalks on our streets and to address our Baychester, Bartow and Section 5 traffic nightmares, etc. We had a good meeting with the “powers that be.” Now we want action. Call Commissioner Constance Moran, 212-748-6680, cmoran@dot.nyc.gov; Congressman Eliot L. Engel, 718-796-9700, 202-225-2464, fax 718-796-5134, email www.engel.house.gov; State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson 718-547-8854, fax 718-515-2718, email hassellt@senate.state.ny.us; Assemblyman Michael Benedetto 718-892-2235/718-320-2220, fax 718-892-0035/718-320-4753, email benedem@ assembly.state.ny.us; City Council member Andy King, 718-684-5509/ 212-788-6873, fax 718-6845510 email andy.king@council.nyc.gov.

We wish all of our friends and neighbors a peaceful Yom Kippur. Don’t forget the Coalition of African American Churches & Community Organizations of Co-op City Friends and Family Day Celebration, Sunday, October 19, 3:00 p.m., Auditorium B, at Dreiser. It’s a free event. Come out and enjoy. If you see something, say something.

All of us together can make a difference. We can be reached at 718-379-7841 or MLSAH@aol.com.

—Sonja Maxwell

Community Protestant Church Christian education environment, an opportunity is provided for children to learn about the Bible, to grow in grace, to show love and respect for one another and to live more abundant lives. Children attending Sunday School are served breakfast after classes are over. We encourage you to bring your child, children or grandchildren to Sunday School and we look forward to seeing you.

Sunday, October 12th, 4:00 p.m. – A fantastic Fur Extravaganza – A Fashion Show featuring the fur collection of the renowned furrier Antonovich. There will be beautifully designed furs and other material of all description for men and women in a variety of sizes.

Donation: $20, includes a raffle of a designer fur donated

by Antonovich. For tickets, call the church at (718) 8629172 or (718) 379-4237.

Saturday, October 18th, 9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Enjoy a great evening of entertainment at the South Carolina Committee’s Annual Dance in Dreiser Auditorium, Co-op City. Music by DJ Jimmy Pressley. Ticket: $25 in advance (no tickets sold at door) available by calling

(718) 379-8514, (718) 671-5493, (718) 671-0231.

The Women’s Guild invites you to join us on Our Christmas/New Year Extravaganza, December 22, 2015 – January 3, 2016. A fantastic 12-Night Southern Caribbean Cruise aboard the Magnificent Queen Mary 2, departing from New York, Red Hook in Brooklyn.

Ports of Call: St. Thomas, Charlotte Amalie; St. Kitts, Basseterre; St. Lucia, Castries; St. Maarten, Phillipsburg; Tortola, Road Town.

PROMOTIONAL SALE EXTENDED – For those who book between the 19th of August and the 30th of September, $200 on board credit per cabin for Balcony and Oceanview cabins.

To make a reservation or for additional information about the cruise, please call (718) 320-1435, (718) 6715961 or (718) 320-8576.

The doors of Community Protestant Church are open to all to worship and fellowship with Christian believers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You are cordially invited to come in, join in and receive your blessing.

—Evan G. Mitchell

But when he shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass, but the end is not by and by. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

The ultimate hope of all believers is that one day they will reach heaven as their eternal destination.

Having the Holy Spirit within now gives us hope of being with Christ during eternity. This living hope enables us to make it through each day as we anticipate eternity. It is somewhat like the working person who is able to make it through the work week because a weekend is promised to him where he can spend quality time with family members. During this time of stress in our world, hope gives believers assurance and peace when the world is confused and bewildered by the plethora of problems, the Christian is calmly awaiting for the Rapture and eternity.

Hope creates an attitude of confidence, when a

person anticipates something good happening, it establishes a certain boldness and gives that individual the ability to face the future. Without hope for the future, the person is affected negatively.

Hope also purifies believers. There is something about eternal hope that refuses to associate with sin.

Anyone who surrenders to God and lives in His will is inoculated with purifying hope. (1 John 3:3) And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure. Hope allows us to be steadfast in our daily walk with God, and to Endure the trials of life. Hope is not the beginning exhilaration of a new adventure.

It is the enduring attitude of one who understands the necessity of holding out unto the end. It is the solid determination that keeps the runner in the Christian race knowing that the prize is not awarded to a participant but to a finisher.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all but one receiveth the prize? So run, that he may obtain. (1 Corinthians 9:24).

—Rev. R. Sibblies

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Co-op City Times / October 4, 2014 Rev. Dr. Robert A. Smith, Jr., Pastor, and Lady Theresa M. Smith, co-Founders, and the Church of the Savior family extend an invitation to every person to worship with us. We are a non-denominational, inter-racial, inter-cultural, intergenerational fellowship of believers.

We care about you, not your W2.

We are not church as usual. Come as you are, we leave the judging to God. The Church of the Savior family extends love and affirmation to the Co-op City community; a warm welcome awaits you!! A very special invitation to our new neighbors in Co-op City. We love you for who you are, not what you have. Please call us at 917-734-4058 for more information.

To our friends and neighbors: Are

New Church Location Beginning June 29, 2014: 120 DeKruif Place (Street level). Praise and Worship begins at 9:30 a.m.

Church telephone: (718) 644-0951; email: fatwcc@aol.com.

Weekly Worship Experiences 6:00 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Service 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study Sunday Morning Worship, 9:30 a.m.

Teen Church, 10:00 a.m., 2nd Sundays Children's Church, 3rd Sundays (K-3) Older Children's Church, 4th Sundays (4th-7th) Church Motto: "We are Christ-centered, family-focused with power and

Rev. Dr. Sheldon E. Williams and the Co-op City Baptist Church family invite you to join us tomorrow at 8:00 or 11:00 a.m. for worship service.

Sunday School for children and adults is held at 9:15 a.m. We invite you to worship, study, and pray with us.

The Co-op City Baptist Church is located at 135 Einstein Loop, Room 50. Our telephone number is 718-3203774. Visit us on the web at www.coopcitybaptistchurch.org.

Join us for a mid-week spiritual pick-up at our mid-week worship service which is held on Wednesdays at 12 p.m. Bible study is held on Wednesdays at 1:00 and 7:30 p.m.

Bible study will also be held on

Church of the Savior

you searching for a church home?

Come grow with us. Do you have a gift for music? Do you want to be part of planning singles, married, youth ministries? Do you have special talents that are been ignored? Are you serious about changing your life? God has a plan just for you and today is the first day of your new life.

Church of the Savior is located at 920 Baychester Ave. (close to Darrow Pl). Our mailing address is: P.O. Box 86, Bronx, NY 10475.

Sunday Schedule Meditation and Adult Bible Study 9:15 -10:15 a.m.

Divine Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Come and be blessed. We want an opportunity to love you. See you in church.

Our children's Sunday School will teach and nurture your child/children in the word of God. All sessions are during worship service.

Dr. Smith's Sermon Topic: "The Way Maker" Reading from the Sacred Scripture: Gospel of Mark 4:35-41.

Weekly Activities Bereavement group, Monday, 5:00 p.m.

Thursdays at 10:00 a.m., Channel 70, Bronxnet.

Every other Saturday - Food Pantry. For more information in donating or receiving food, please call 718-925-5052. Because of the increase of persons attending our Food Pantry, we are reaching out to the community for assistance. Here's

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authority."

Church Mission: To empower, educate and motivate men, women, boys and girls to reach their full potential and live abundant lives through preaching and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Come worship with us—where we honor tradition, but are not bound by it!

All are welcome to join us any and every Sunday because our goal is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in LOVE, through teaching and preaching the Word of God from the Bible.

The Leaders and Scholars Afterschool Hub opened on Monday and we were blessed! Thanks to the community and parents for having confidence in us that

we are a reliable and helpful program for your children.

Our new Technology Lab is currently available for service to the community.

For SENIOR CITIZENS, use will be FREE as an ongoing service (by schedule).

We will offer low-cost Employment Support Services (resume/cover letter writing, Soft-Skills Workshops, TARGETTED Job Search, Copy and Faxing Services, etc.) to the community on a weekly basis. Pastor Jenkins was a Workforce Development Manager and has been using her skills and contacts to help people gain employment for 12 years.

9th Church Anniversary: Please

Co-op City Baptist Church

Wednesday, October 8, at 5:00 p.m.

Prayer Service is held on Fridays at noon and 7:30 p.m. Men’s prayer service is held monthly at 7:30 p.m. We invite the men of the community to join us on Tuesday, October 7.

The Co-op City Intergenerational Outreach Center, Inc. (CCIOC) is pleased to announce that they will hold their First Community Awards Ceremony at Eastwood Manor in the Bronx on Friday, October 17. Tickets are $75.

Honorees are Delores Debnam, Leo Johnson, Ellie Minor, Carrie MobleyJohnson and Johnnie Goff. For additional information or to purchase tickets, call 718-671-1861 or 718-6718449. Please support the honorees by

COMMUNITY PROTESTANT

attending the event.

The Scholarship Ministry will be hosting their annual fall shopping spree on Saturday, October 25, to the Philadelphia Premium Outlets in Philadelphia, PA. The cost of the ticket is $45. The bus will be leaving from Asch Loop and Bartow Ave. at 7:30 a.m. sharp. There will be reserved seating. For tickets or additional information, call 718-379-0541 or 718-6717507 or 718-320-3774.

Have you planned your vacation for 2015 yet? If not, join the Scholarship Ministry on their 9 day and 8 night trip to New Orleans from July 11 to July 19, 2015? They will travel by motor coach, 8 nights lodging including 4

how you can help: WE NEED NONPERISHABLE FOOD. No soda, potato chips, condiments, etc...Please check expiration date on all items.

You can drop off your donations at the church Sunday morning, 9:00 - 10:00.

To arrange special drop off time, call Ms. Weir at 347-375-3837. God bless all our donors.

• Fall Revival. Oct. 1 – Dr. James Green, Pastor, Universal Baptist Church; Oct. 2 & Oct. 3 – Dr. Keyshawn White, Pastor, Second Providence Baptist Church. Services begin at 7:00 p.m.

Thought of the Week: “God brings us to something, then through something; never go back to what the Lord brought us through.”

—Rev. Dr. Robert A. Smith, Jr.

join us on October 12, at 9:30 a.m. to celebrate the life of the church. Rev. Dr. Sheldon Williams, Pastor of Co-op City Baptist Church, will be our Guest Preacher. God has been good and we are grateful for the opportunity to serve Him and our community.

October 18: Victory Over Depression with Brother Bob Bennett. If you are dealing with depression related to work, relationships, domestic abuse, unemployment or for any reason, join us at 10 a.m. where you will not be alone, but will find others who are determined to have victory over depression.

Remember, it's never about us, but always about the goodness of the Lord.

—Pastor Deborah Jenkins

consecutive nights in New Orleans; 14 meals: 8 breakfasts and 6 dinners; guided tour of a Louisiana Plantation; relaxing riverboat cruise on the Mississippi River; free time and much more. A $100 deposit is due on or before October 26. For additional information, call 718-671-7507, 718379-0541 or 718-379-3774.

The Co-op City Baptist Church exists to glorify God and to establish a living community of people who follow the teachings of Jesus the Christ through worship, prayer, Bible study and fellowship. We seek to meet the spiritual and physical needs of the church through ministry.

—Hattie L. Lucas

CHURCH OF CO-OP CITY

CO-OP CITY BAPTIST CHURCH

1659 eaSt gUn Hill ROad bROnx, ny 10469

135 EINSTEIN LOOP (Section 5) • Rooms 50-51 Rev. Dr. Sheldon E. Williams, Pastor

Rev., dR. Calvin e. OWenS, paStOR CHURCH

(718) 862-9172 OFFICE (718) 862-9179

An interdenominational Church of love and understanding, consisting of people of many faiths, races and cultural backgrounds, seeking to live the spirit of Christ with relevance.

CHURCH SCHedUle WEEKLY:

CHURCH SCHOOl - SUnday, 9:00 a.m.

WORSHip SeRviCe: SUnday, 11:00 a.m. bible ClaSS & pRayeR meeting - WedneSday, 7:30 p.m.

MONTHLY: COmmUniOn - 1St and 3Rd SUndayS

ALL ARE WELCOME!

(718) 320-3774 • Sunday School – 9:15 a.m.

• Sunday Worship Services – 8:00 & 11:00 a.m.

• Midweek Worship – Wednesday @ 12 Noon • Bible Class – Wednesday @ 1:00 & 7:30 p.m.

• Prayer Service – Friday @ Noon & 7:30 p.m.

COMMUNION SERVICE EVERY FIRST SUNDAY. YOUTH DAY EVERY FOURTH SUNDAY. ALL ARE WELCOME TO WORSHIP WITH US.

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9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Rm. 49

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session

10:00 a.m., Rm 45

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Rm. 7

Line Dancing w/Ellie

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Rm. 2

Mind Teasers

Around The Lunch Table

Gentle Yoga w/Anne

11:30 a.m., Rm 49

Intermediate Yoga

Walking and Exercise w/Ms.Gaskill 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Dominoes

Thurs., October 9

Blood Pressure Cancelled until further notice Word Games Rm. 31 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Stay Well Exercise 10 -11 a.m., Rm. 31 Line Dancing w/Voncile 11 a.m.-Noon, Rm. 31 Bingo 12:30–2:30 p.m., Rm. 31 Card Games 2 -4 p.m., Rm. 31 Dominoes 2:30 p.m., Rm. 31

Fri., October 10

Non-Kosher

Soups, Breads and Desserts

Mon., Southwest turkey loaf Beef meatballs mashed potatoes Pasta Oct., Garlic Mixed potatoes Italian blend vegetables 6

Whole wheat bread Canned apricots

Date:

Tai Chi 11 a.m., Rm. 45 Bingo 1 p.m., Rm. 49 Matinee Movie w/George 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 45

10 a.m., Rm. 45

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Rm. 4 1:15 - 2:00 p.m., Rm. 2 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., Rm. 2 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Rm. 7

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session 9:30 – 10:30 a.m., Rm. 7

Spelling Bee Spanish Practice Class

Sewing w/Raymonde 9:30-11:30 a.m., Rm. 7 Tai Chi

10:30 a.m., Computer Lab

11 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 2

10 a.m., Rm. 49

Mind Teasers Arthritis Exercise Class w/Damian 11 a.m.–12 p.m.

Bingo 1 pm, Rm. 49

12 p.m. – 1 p.m., Rm. 4

Art Class 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Rm. 7

YOGA w/Bhadra 2 p.m.-3 p.m., Rm. 2

JASA CLOSED FOR SUCCOTH

JASA CLOSED FOR SUCCOTH

Dominoes 10 a.m., Rm. 45

Crochet and Knitting 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 7 Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session 9:30-10:30 a.m., Rm. 7 Meditative Moments – Cancelled until further notice Mind Teasers 12-1 p.m., Rm. 4 Spanish Class 1-2 p.m., Rm. 7 Card Games, Dominoes 2-4 p.m., Rm. 7 Therapeutic Yoga 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Rm. 8

Art 10 a.m., Rm. 45 Bingo 1 p.m., Rm. 49 Card Games 2-4 p.m., Rm. 49 Blood Pressure 2nd and 4th Friday, 10 -11:30 a.m., Rm. 49

Tues, Oct., 7

Basic Cellphone & iPad Training

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session 9:30 – 10:30 a.m., Rm. 7 Alert & Alive 10:30-11:30 a.m., Rm. 7 Cultural Dance 10:30-11:30 a.m., Aud. B Mind Teasers 12–1 p.m., Rm. 4 Zumba 1-2 p.m., Aud. A Tuesday Movie w/ popcorn 2-4 p.m., Rm. 7

(Schedule subject to change without notice)

Fee for lunch is $2.00 & $3.50 for guest

*Menu subject to change without notice. Lunch must be ordered a week in advance.

ALL meals served w/margarine and fresh milk

Bartow Center (718) 320-2066, Ext. 2010 Dreiser Center (718) 320-1345 • Einstein Center (718) 671-5161

For information, please call: (718) 320-2066

New Payment Schedule - Payments for trips @ the Bartow office can be made Monday – Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Only) Funded by: The NYC Department for the Aging, The NYS Office for the Aging and Riverbay Corporation.

Kosher Orange pineapple juice

Stay Well Exercise

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Rm 45

Dominoes 10 a.m., Rm. 49

Men’s Line Dancing w/ Voncile 9-10 a.m., Rm. 31 Word Games 9:30–11:30 a.m., Rm. 31 Women’s Line Dancing w/Jenifer 10 – 11:30 a.m., Rm. 31 Chat Session 10 a.m., Rm. 31 Bingo 12:30–2:30 p.m., Rm. 25 Sing along w/Charles Carrington 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Rm. 31 Card Games 2-4 p.m., Rm. 31 Dominoes 2:30 p.m., Rm. 31

10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m., Rm. 7

Dominoes

Word Games 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Rm. 31 Current Events 10 a.m., Rm. 31 Bingo 12:30-2:30 p.m., Rm. 31 Card Games 2-4 p.m., Rm. 31 Dominoes 2:30 p.m., Rm. 31 Srs. Walking Group 10:30 a.m., Rm. 31

JASA CLOSED FOR SUCCOTH

Dreiser Crochet and Knitting

Library

Tues., October 7

Weight Management Support Group – Bartow Ave. Main office; 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Word Games 9:30 – 11:00 a.m., Rm. 31 Bingo 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Rm. 31 Arthritis Exercises 11 – 12:00 p.m., Rm. 31 Library 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Rm. 31 Card Games 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Rm. 31 Dominoes 2:30 p.m., Rm. 31 Tablet class 1st & 3rd Cell Phone Class 2nd & 4th 12:40 - 1:40 p.m., Bartow Ave. Services Main office

Einstein

Wed., October 8

Mon., October 6

Bartow

Wed., Oct., 8

Thurs., Oct., 9

Fri., Oct., 10

Alt: Veggie burger patty Apple juice Barbecue chicken breast Breaded chicken breast Whole wheat bread Baked brown rice pilaf Garden salad Whole wheat dinner roll Kale w/garlic sauce Steamed corn on the Fresh fruit cob Alt: Egg salad Beef Moussaka Breaded stew Mashed sweet potatoes (Spanish style) Mushroom barley soup Steamed red or green cabbage Perfect white rice Whole wheat bread Baked zucchini Fresh fruit Alt: Baked ocean Mixed vegetables perch fish

JASA CLOSED FOR SUCCOTH

JASA CLOSED FOR SUCCOTH

JASA CLOSED FOR SUCCOTH

Orange juice Baked oregano chicken Barley Steamed carrots

Lemon pepper fish Rice pilaf Peppers & onions Cucumber & tomato salad

Whole wheat bread Fresh fruit

Upcoming Events/Trips

Alt: Gefilte fish

There will be no refunds for all trips.

All trips include roundtrip transportation! Call the Bartow Office to register unless otherwise noted, 718-320-2066.

Effective immediately when you bring a senior guest to eat lunch in the Bartow & Einstein Senior Centers, the guest will get their meal for free.

Social Work Office Hours: Please call 718-320-2066 for additional information.

2049 Bartow Avenue, Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

135 Einstein Loop, Room 40, by appointment.

177 Dreiser Loop, Room 13 (Office will open after repairs are completed.)

JASA will be closed Thursday, October 9th for Succoth (Day 1) JASA will be closed Friday, October 17th for Simchat Torah Free SNAP (Food Stamp) Application Assistance – Friday, October 10th at the Co-op City Senior Services Office, 2049 Bartow Avenue, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Walk-in, First come, first served. Please bring documents that verify your identity, address, income & Expenses [rent, medical, etc.]. For more information: 718320-2066.

FLU Shots – Pathmark will be administering flu shots at the following locations: Bartow Community Center, Wednesday, October 8th, 9:00 a.m. to noon, Room 31; Dreiser Loop Community Center, Tuesday, November 4th, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Room 7; Einstein Community Center, Tuesday, October 7th, 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Room 34A & Monday, October 20th, 9:00 a.m.

- noon, Room 49. Pneumonia vaccines will also be available. Please be sure to bring your health insurance card with you, if you have one.

Walk in - Tablet Class - 1st and 3rd Monday of August, September, and October 6th is the last day. Cell Phone Class - 2nd and 4th Monday of August, September, and October 6th is the last day.

Bartow Main Office: 12:40 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.

Wal-Mart – Friday, October 10th $15. Pick-ups: Bartow, 8:30 a.m.; Einstein, 8:45 a.m.; Dreiser, 9:00 a.m.

Central Avenue – Monday, October

13th - 2 hrs. Xmas Tree Store, 1 hr. Trader Joe’s & 2 hrs. Amazing Savings - $13.

Pick-ups: Bartow – 9:00 a.m., Einstein – 9:15 a.m. & Dreiser Loop - 9:30 a.m.

Empire Casino – Wednesday, October 15th - $5. Pick-ups: Bartow, 9:15 a.m.; Einstein, 9:30 a.m. & Dreiser, 9:45 a.m.

Diabetes Health Demonstration Nutritional Health Talk & Food Tasting with Chef Tania Collazo – Monday, October 20, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Bartow Center, Room 31.

Wal-Mart – Friday, October 24th $15. Pick-ups: Bartow -8:30 a.m.; Einstein - 8:45 a.m.; Dreiser – 9:00 a.m.

FREE Manicure (Trial) – Monday, October 27th – 9:30 a.m. at the 2049 Bartow Avenue Senior Center, Room 31 – (5 people only). First come, first served!

Call the Bartow Avenue Main office to register - 718-320-2066.

Fairway – Monday, October 27th - $3 (3 hrs.). Pick-ups: Bartow, 9:00 a.m., Einstein, 9:15 a.m. & Dreiser, 9:30 a.m.

(FREE) Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection @ the Hebrew Home of Riverdale – Tuesday, October 28th – Tour time: 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. Pick-ups: Bartow, 8:30 a.m., Einstein, 8:45 a.m. & Dreiser, 9:00 a.m.

Empire Casino – Wednesday, October 29th - $5. Pick-ups: Bartow, 9:15 a.m.; Einstein, 9:30 a.m. & Dreiser, 9:45 a.m.

FREE Latin Dance Class - Thursday, October 30, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Bartow Center, Room 31. Registration in advance, 718-320-2066. NO REGISTRATION AT DOOR. Weight Management Support Group – Monday, October 13th - 10:00 a.m., 2049 Bartow Ave., Main Office, facilitated by social workers. Learn techniques and information that can help you maintain a Healthy Lifestyle. For information: 718-320-2066.

Caregiver Support Group – Tuesday, October 7th - 1:00 p.m., 2049 Bartow Ave., Room 31. The group offers resources, as well as an atmosphere of understanding and support, whether you care for a loved one from a distance or in your home. Group is facilitated by a social worker. For information: 718-3202066.

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE

AARP Chapter #4997

FYI: Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 13th, 1:00 p.m. in Dreiser Auditorium “A.” (NOTE: Even though it’s Columbus Day, the Dreiser Center will be open).

Please come prepared to get your tickets for the Holiday Celebration, scheduled for Thursday, December 18th, 12 p.m.5 p.m. at Eastwood Manor - $70.

Tickets may also be picked up in Room “O” on Thursdays after 1 p.m. or Friday after 10 a.m.

Heartfelt condolences to Loretta Booker on the loss of her son, Russell, and to Livinia Banks on the loss of her husband, Wesley.

To our sick, on the mend and shut-in members, and those bereaved members, please know that you are in our prayers. Contact Frances Wilson, Good & Welfare Coordinator, 718-671-5493.

2014 Tour Activities October 16 – Sands Casino with

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Holiday Shopping – 6-hour stay at the Sands Casino w/$30 slot play & $5 food credit; coupon booklet for The Outlets at Sands Bethlehem (no sales tax!)… $48/person…contact Jean, 718379-3742.

December 30, 2014 – January 1, 2015 – The Red Carpet Party at the Desmond Hotel, Malvern, PA – Stop at the American Music Theater Christmas Show; after check-in, dinner & entertainment; Choice of 4 side events next day; New Year’s Eve “Walk the Red Carpet w/a Photo Op;” Surf & Turf dinner, music/dancing and live show; Cocktail Party & Champagne Toast; New Year’s Day Champagne & Mimosa Brunch w/a show -- $575/person double; $685 Single; $565/person triple; travel insurance available $31/person double & triple; $40 for a single…contact Jean, 718-379-3742.

—Delores Debnam

Goose Island Seniors

Baychester Library Events VISIT THE LIBRARY - A GREAT WEALTH OF INFORMATION Library will be closed Monday, October 13 for Columbus Day.

UPCOMING EVENTS for October Kids Game On/Board Games - Monday, 10/6, 3:30 p.m.

Book Discussion Group - Thursday, 10/9, 1:00 p.m. Tigers in Red Weather Teen Program - South African Drumming- Friday, 10/10, 3:30 p.m.

CEIS ResumeClinic - Tuesday, 10/14, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Teen Tech Time - Testing Resources- Friday, 10/24, 3:30 p.m.

Kids Halloween Spooktacular Craft - Saturday, 10/25, 2:00 p.m.

Kids Spooky Tales - Thursday, 10/30, 3:00 p.m.

WEEKLY EVENTS for October Kids Enrichment Zone (Free Tutoring) - Monday-Friday, 10/14 - 10/30, 3-6 p.m. (Not on 10/24). Registration required.

Toddler Time - Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. (Not on 10/14) Teen Lounge - Wednesdays, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Tech Connect - Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. 10/9 & 10/16: iPad Basics/Open Lab; 10/23 & 10/30: Computer Basics/Open Lab. Click On - Fridays, 10:30 a.m. 10/10: Basic Internet; 10/17: Email Account Self Practice; 10/24: Microsoft Word; Film - Saturdays, 2 p.m. 10/4: Akeelah and the Bee w/Laurence Fishburne; 10/11: Admission w/Tina Fey; 10/18 Jane Ayre w/Mia Wasikowski; 10/25: No Film.

The New York Public Library Baychester Branch • 2049 Asch Loop • Bronx, NY 10475 (Fully Wheelchair Accessible) HOURS: Monday & Wednesday, 10-7; Tuesday & Thursday, 10-6; Friday & Saturday, 10-5. Libros En Español (Books in Spanish). HORARIO DE LA BIBLIOTECA: Lunes 10-7, Martes 10-6, Miércoles 10-7, Jueves 10-6, Viernes 10-5, Sábado 10-5, Domingo Cerrado.

718.379.6700 FREE ADMISSION TO ALL

Happy birthday or happy anniversary to all who celebrate in the month of October.

Wednesday, October 8—Bingo game in Room 39 at 1:30 p.m. Admission is $2 for members only. Refreshments served.

Tuesday, October 28—Going to Sands Casino. Price is $33. Rebate is $20. Slot play and $5 towards food.

Pick-up time is 8:30 a.m. at our 3 usual bus stops: Einstein Loop, Asch Loop (back of library), Dreiser Loop.

Wednesday, November 12—Going to Seashore Restaurant in City Island for end of year party. Come and join us for a wonderful time. Price is $62. You can pay it in installments.

Menu: Appetizer, pasta, seashore salad, and bread. Entrees: Grilled or baked Salmon, fried shrimps or shrimps Scampi, shrimp parmigiana, broiled fillet of Sole, broiled seafood combination, prime rib of beef, roasted chicken rosemary or chicken parmigiana, BBQ chicken, BBQ baby ribs. You also have vegetables and roasted potatoes, soda, coffee, tea, and strawberry short cake.

For more information, see Ann or Mary at 135 Einstein Loop, Room 39, from Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. 4:30 p.m. or call 718-379-9613. You can also call Mary at 718-379-4899, and I will return your call.

Good health to all.

—Mary Pilla

Einstein Cancer Fund

Tuesday, October 7th, membership meeting in Room 38 at 1:30 p.m. There will be a Bingo game and non-members are also welcomed. Refreshments will be served.

Monday, October 13th - Sands Casino, Pa. Cost per person is $33 – casino package: $20 slot play and a $5 food voucher. Time of pick-up is 8:30 a.m., starting at Einstein Loop, followed

by Asch and Dreiser Loops. Enjoy their new buffet and restaurants. Don’t forget your casino card and valid photo I.D. Thursday, October 23rd – Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, $79 per person. Enjoy the comedy of Breaking Legs, along with their delicious menu choices of fresh homemade breads, green garden salad, Yankee pot roast, fried shrimps, chicken parmesan, crusted parmesan

Tilapia, sausage with peppers and onions, baked vegetable lasagna, and vegetable kabobs. Enjoy their delicious famous buffet of over 30 freshly made miniature desserts and cakes with coffee or tea. Balances or full payments must be paid on or before Oct. 10th.

For all the above trips, please call Loretta at 718-671-2958, Annie Eutsey at 718-320-1874 or Lydia at 718-6713005. For memorial cards, please call Loretta.

We are available Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., and in the evening, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Please give a call to the homebound and those in nursing homes.

Good health and healings are wished to all.

—Lydia Ruas

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

To donate or to sign up for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at Orchard Beach on Sunday, October 19, please go to makingstrides.acsevents.org or contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800227-2345.

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Yom Kippur Reflections

by Rabbi Solomon I. Berl Spiritual Leader of Young Israel Synagogue During the week of ‘Succos’ (the Feast of Tabernacles), we obey the Biblical command, “You shall dwell in ‘Succos’ (Booths) for a seven day period. (Leviticus 23:42). This year, the holiday begins on Wednesday evening, October 8th.

Thankfulness to the Almighty, along with the conservation of and the taking of inspiration from the environment, can be characterized as the great themes of the holiday of Sukkos (Festival of Tabernacles) which begins on Wednesday evening, October 8th, is known also as the Season of our Joy, its rich array of ritual and multiple symbols largely embodied by the Sukkah-Tabernacle itself, single out heaven, nature and humanity for interaction. In combination, these entities in peaceful unity frame Sukkos’ portrait of total life.

But it is in a corner of the holiday, in the nuances of its observances,

that there is a lesson dealing with an immediate issue of our day.

This nagging concern addresses the outrage that in this time of plenty for many in this fruitful land, there is still considerable impoverishment.

Yet some continue to grasp for too much, for everything they can get for themselves.

Counteracting this, the holiday of Sukkos (Festival of Tabernacles) reminds us of the preeminence of taking joy in having the basic needs of secure shelter and nutritious food that sustain life. The kernel of teaching within the celebration then, is the acceptance of the idea that enough to maintain, to grow, and to realize the full potential of each life, is really enough. In the fruitful ambiance of the Sukkah, always allowing for the sight of the mysterious sky above this message of simple satisfaction becomes credo.

Chavurah Temple Beth El of Co-op City

Yom Kippur 2014 - 5775 is upon us.

Come join us in Dreiser Community Center, Room 9.

Services are no charge, but we are asking for a donation.

At the Yiskor services, we will read the names of our Book of Remembrance; the names of loved ones that are no longer with us, but those that you wanted remembered.

Yom Kippur Services Kol Nidre – Friday, October 3, 7:30 p.m., Room 9 Morning – Saturday, October 4, 10:00 a.m., Room 9 Public Yiskor – Saturday, October 4, 1:00 p.m., Room 9 Public Yiskor – Saturday, October 4, 2:30 p.m., Room 9 Mincha and Neliah – Saturday, October 4, 4:00 p.m., Room 9 We are only asking for a donation for a ticket to the services and we are

open to all members of the community.

Chavurah - Temple Beth El: Is dedicated to Judaism as a living and growing faith. It provides its members with a strong sense of Jewish identity.

We invite all people to attend our services and be a part of our caring congregational family.

If you wish to come to services, please come and worship with us.

At Yiskor on Yom Kippur, we will recite the names of those in our Memorial Book of Remembrance.

We wish you and your families a happy and healthy New Year.

L'Shana Tova T'katavoo.

May you be inscribed in the book of life.

For further information, please contact Rabbi Dennis Tobin at RabbiDennis Tobin@aol.com; 973-762-0877, or 973769-3915 (cell).

—Rabbi Dennis Tobin

Shalom Jewish Funeral Home, Inc. George Farr - Funeral Director

(718) 828-1700 Keeping Tradition Under Rabbinical Supervision

1528 Castle Hill Avenue Bronx, NY 10462 www.shalomjewish.com Services from Our Chapel, Graveside or Synagogue Parking Facilities • Pre-Arrangements

Traditional Synagogue of Co-op City

Traditional Synagogue of Co-op City, Young Israel of Baychester, Section 5 at 120 Erdman Place (behind the lobby 27B), welcomes you to pray with them.

Tel. for the Synagogue: 1-718-379-6920.

Note: Our office hours are on Thursday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. and on Sunday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Candle Lighting is on Friday, October 10th at 6:05 p.m. Shabbat ends today, Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7:13 p.m.

Coming Events: Yom Kippur Saturday, Oct. 4th services at 9:00 a.m. Yizkor at 12 p.m. Mincha at 4:30 p.m. Neila at 5:30 p.m. Maariv at 6:49 p.m. Yom Kippur ends at 7:15 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5 at 1:00 p.m., Bingo.

Price is $3 per person. Refreshments included. Come down and enjoy a fun afternoon.

NOTE*** High Holiday tickets are now on sale. Our Cantors for Yom Kippur will be Joseph Ringel and Joshua Jay. Good and Welfare: Congratulations to Solomon Silber on his milestone birthday and congratulations to Edythe Rosenberg on the birth of her great grandchild. We have tree certificates “in Honor of” or “in Memory for” a special occasion or a condolence. The cost is $15 per tree.

If you are feeling under the weather, we wish you all a speedy recovery.

Mimi Berlofsky welcomes all calls at 347-427-4526.

Wishing all our members a healthy and happy New Year. Looking forward to seeing you during the holidays.

L'Shana Tova.

—Miriam Berlofsky

Schedule for the concluding days of the Succos holiday — Wednesday evening, October 15th – 7:05 p.m.

Shemini Atzeres Thursday, October 16th — Morning services, 9:00 a.m.

Yizkor Memorial Services –

Thursday, October 16th—10 a.m.

Simchas Torah Services - Thursday evening, October 16th, 7:05 p.m. and on Friday morning, October 17th, 9:00 a.m.

Rabbi Berl will officiate and deliver the holiday sermons.

Happy holiday!!!

Young Israel of Co-op City

Men’s Club Traditional Synagogue

The Men’s Club had to cancel the October 7th trip to MOUNT AIRY CASINO due to a lack of response from our friends and supporters. I hope our friends and supporters will consider joining us on this trip.

The Men’s Club is running a PRETHANKSGIVING trip to the MOUNT AIRY CASINO (Poconos Mountains) in Pennsylvania on MONDAY, November 17.

We have reduced the cost of this trip to thank our friends and supporters who have supported the MEN’S Club in the past. We hope you will take advantage of this reduced cost and JOIN US on this trip.

We provide a snack and a drink going, and for those who want to participate we play six games of Bingo.

On the return trip, we show a movie.

The COST: $30 per person.

Each person gets $25 slot and a $10

food voucher. Player may use any machine or table.

I would like to remind you that you need a government photo ID card to get your bonus slot play.

Please send checks to: The Traditional Synagogue of Co-op City, Attention: Men’s Club, 120 Erdman Place, Building 27B, Bronx, NY 10475.

We provide a free snack going, play games, and on the return trip, we show a movie.

FOR RESERVATIONS, CALL: Gary (718) 671-8424 or Bruce (718) 320-2234.

Pick-up stops: Einstein Loop, 8:00 a.m.; Asch Loop, 8:15 a.m.; Dreiser Loop, 8:20 a.m.

Everyone is invited to all our functions. We hope you will join us.

Shalom!

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Church of the New Vision

Pastor Anne L Palmore and the congregation of the Church of the New Vision extend a warm and friendly invitation to everyone to worship with us every Sunday at 8:00 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. We are a church where inspirational messages from the Word of God, the Bible, are delivered every Sunday morning.

The church is designed to meet the spiritual needs of our community by

offering anointed singing and preaching and a general atmosphere of Christian love and friendly hospitality.

We also invite the youth of our community to attend our Sunday morning services starting at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday School which is designed to meet the spiritual needs of our young people. Parents, please send your children to learn of the Lord Jesus.

Prayer services take place every

Wednesday evening from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., followed by Bible Teaching from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Be with us to learn the truth from the Word of God. List of Events Church of the New Vision welcomes students in grades 1 through 7 to join Partners in Reading and Mathematics, for enrichment. The program meets most Fridays from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., during November through April.

Registration begins in October and is ongoing after the 11 o'clock service.

The Church of the New Vision is located at 115 Einstein Loop, Bronx, NY 10475; Telephone: (718) 671-8746 or (718) 320-0409. Our mailing address is: P.O. Box 753037, Bronx, NY 10475.

Please visit our website at: www. churchofnewvision.com —Carole Haque

The Circle of Christ Church family extends a warm welcome to you and your family and invites you to come and worship with us at 147 Dreiser Loop, patio level (located in the Dreiser Community Center).

Thought for this week: “You are a God that performs miracles; you display your power among your people.”

Psalm 77: 14 Looking back at this year and recollecting data of all the moments that were incredibly difficult, yet in hindsight it was all actually wonderful.

Because our Lord put his hand in what seemed imposable and turned it for good and a bigger blessing. During a time of the year when we celebrate one of God’s greatest miracles—the birth of Jesus—we get to look back and witness several awesome, inspiring miracles.

God used the very hard circumstances we went through to display His power.

Let’s be on the look out during this holiday season to see the Lord at work.

Let’s pray at all times, Dear Lord, open my eyes to what you are doing in the middle of circumstances that are outside of my plans and control. Help me to keep my eyes on You, and Your power over all things. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

We want to remind you that we are collecting non-perishable items and supplies in order to provide and support families in need, of food. We also are providing counseling and referral services for families in the community. If you need, or know someone in need, please call 347-945-1992. Please leave a message and we will gladly call you back.

Come join us at Circle of Christ Church and experience the love of God. Church Service Schedule Wednesday – 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Prayer & Bible Study Friday — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Youth Night and Children’s Bible Club Sunday — 11 a.m, Worship and the

Word Children’s Church — 5 years old to 12 years old Little Lambs — Potty Trained Special Event Cafe Jesus, October 24, at 7:00 p.m.

All are welcome.

—Rev. Sam Colon

Circle of Christ Church

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is observed on October 3 & 4.

We wish all of our readers G’mar Hatimah Tovah.

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