Co-op City Times 12/10/16

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Vol. 51 No. 50

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Choosing a few good officers out of 374 applicants Public Safety Training Director, Lieutenant Shelda Williams, said this week that she is very pleased with the turnout of applicants who took a Public Safety written aptitude test on Saturday, December 3rd in Dreiser auditorium.

Out of 450 applicants who registered in the recent weeks to take the test, 374 turned out to take the exam on Saturday, an extremely good and encouraging turnout, Lt. Williams said.

The written test was administered over a 75 minute testing period and tested the applicants’ proficiency in basic math, grammar, knowledge of policing procedures and general writing skills. The testing materials are provided by Standard and Associates,

BY BILL STUTTIG

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374 applicants, hoping for the opportunity to be a Public Safety officer in Co-op City, took a 75-minute written test of Saturday December 3rd. The written exam is just the beginning of a detailed screening process, including numerous other evaluations and interviews, concluding with a 10-week, 360-hour training session in the spring for the 10 to 20 applicants chosen for the demanding job.

Photo by Bill Stuttig

Power Plant’s Gas Turbine returns

One of the Power Plant’s 12.5 megawatt gas turbines was returned to the Power Plant on Thursday after a 6-week reconditioning which is required of all similar turbines after five consecutive years of use.

BY BILL STUTTIG

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This is a cheerful President’s Message organizations came time of the year and it out in force to say is so rewarding to be they wanted to particable to bring cheer ipate. The message President and goodwill to the went out that “we community. Two weeks ago, stand together in solidarity I had many conversations with our partners and chilabout the impact our new dren for the protection of our Presidential administration rights, our safety, our health, was going to have on our and our families, recognizing community and I was able that our vibrant and diverse to respond and the commucommunities are the strength nity responded with me! of our country.” 1In the words of Patrice Lumumba, “ForThe March on Washington ward ever, backwards never,” was taking hold nationally that is our call to action. and shareholders wanted to While Riverbay has contracted to get go, so Riverbay made it happen. With this effort started, the community is no time to second guess, Riverbay standing up and showing out by makwas able to reserve the last five buses ing contributions and buying tickets. on the east coast! We had to jump This can only be a very successful through hoops to get a check overevent. nighted to the bus company, but we At $25 each, the 250 tickets will sell got the last buses!

I knew the community was intervery quickly. The buses will depart from ested, but I was overwhelmed with the (Continued on page 2) response. Community and faith-based

Linda Berk

REMINDER—PRE-KWANZAA CELEBRATION TOMORROW IN DREISER

The Coalition of African American Churches & Community Organization’s Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration will be held tomorrow, Sunday, Dec. 11, 3 p.m. in room 31 of the Bartow Community Center.

The featured guest speaker will be Dr. Daniel Black, professor, Clark Atlanta University, and author of “The Coming” and “They Tell Me of A Home.”

The celebration will include performances by Kumba dancers and drummers, a Kwanzaa ceremony, African dancing and a Karamu feast, as well as vendors, games, food and refreshments.

Holiday Season In Co-op City

The turbine was sent out to Minnesota for the reconditioning performed by Kato Engineering, Inc. and delivered back this week. Anthony Ligato, Riverbay’s Director of Utility Assets, said the reconditioning was done during a non-peak time of year due to the usually mild autumn temperatures and returned on schedule in time for winter when extreme cold can place additional demands on the community’s and the region’s electrical capacity.

The turbine should be fully operational by Monday, Mr. Ligato said, allowing the plant to operate at full electrical capacity through the winter and export power for additional revenue, if requested by Con Edison. The necessary reconditioning, including transportation expenses, cost $141, 250, according to the Power Plant.

Children lined up to take photos with Santa at the annual Riverbay Tree Lighting Ceremony held on Wednesday night in the Dreiser Center. (See page 5 for more photos).

Photos by Leandra Alexander Peters

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Dreiser Loop, Bartow and Einstein at 5 a.m., Saturday, January 21, 2017 and will return sometime around 11 p.m. Tickets are available through community organizations, Michelle Sajous, Bernard Cylich (646-522-5498) and Leah Richards (Bronfoxx@yahoo.com). We welcome all contributions from individuals and organizations. Even if you cannot attend, you can still be part of this effort and have your voice heard.

On Wednesday, January 18 we will hold a pre-march rally in Dreiser Auditorium to get everyone excited and charged up for the march. We will have our elected officials present to send us off and we will be prepared with supplies to make poster boards and signs to take with us.

I have been an advocate for community engagement and I believe this event may just be the kindle to fire up this community. We have many pressing issues before us as a community and we will need to have the financial and political support of our elected officials. To do that, we need to continue to stand up and show out. We are a powerful voting bloc and our voices need to be heard so that we receive the support and finances we deserve. I feel strongly that as we galvanize around this public statement, we will understand the power we possess and begin to use it. The time is now!

As the largest NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community) in the country, we need to be concerned about what the next presidential administration will do to Medicare and Social Security. Though we think of current seniors when we mention Medicare and Social Security, the changes to these programs will probably have the most negative impact on those who are middle-aged. The new administration will impact us in many other ways. For example, we were poised to strategically use our relationship with and the might of HUD to assist us with a major capital project that would save us millions, but we doubt if that has any chance with the new administration.

So as you can see, the changes coming in 2017 are changes we need to worry about. We need to be heard.

We need for this new administration to know that we do not want to turn back the hands of time. To quote Patrice Lumumba again, “Always triumphant, never fail; We’ve come too far to turn back now.”

Renaissance – It Takes A Village I am thrilled to know that Renaissance will finally be here at Co-op City. It has taken years and the hard work of several Board directors to get them here. Director Kevin Lambright introduced Renaissance years ago when his son was attending their south Bronx program. Director Andrea Leslie introduced them to the Board a few years ago. They went so far as to take a tour of potential space, but the Board’s idea at that time was not conducive to bringing them here. Earlier this year, in my frustration with the plans to raise money for a community center staff and facility, I shared with the Board that we need to bring in a tried, tested and successful program now if we are truly concerned about a program for our children. From all that I had seen and heard, I believed that Renaissance could provide for our children with programs to build their future and expand their horizons and we would not have to wait for a building to do so. To wait was not in our youths’ best interest. Leslie Peterson volunteered to set up the meeting and Directors Leslie, Jenkins, Turner, Peterson and I met with Bervin Harris and set up a plan. This group met regularly to strategize on a space, cost and timing to bring this fabulous program to Co-op City. Kudos to all those involved to bring this about. You see, it does take a village!

Winter is Upon Us While this is a celebratory time of the year and personally we all will be enjoying the festivities, it becomes a challenging time of the year for Riverbay.

We are challenged by the weather with our brick work, construction projects and the threat of snow storms.

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Some issues we can prepare for and others, like the weather, we will wait and see.

The long outstanding project, Dreiser Mall, is now targeted for completion by March 2017 and I assure you the Board will stay focused on these target dates of completion. The one factor that can impact the completion date at this point is a stretch of bad weather. However, the work delays of the past have been resolved. Because we will not accept shoddy work, it was necessary to fire two contractors and one architectural firm. These were leftover contractors from our previous management company. One thing to keep in mind, if we cannot accept shoddy work and must fire contractors, we will have delays; we can’t have our cake and eat it too. At the end of the day, it is far more important that we get the workmanship for which we are paying.

Riverbay is a huge ship that will not turn on a dime, but the mistakes of the past have taught us well and management is instituting new policies and procedures. The Board is providing unprecedented oversight and while I won’t say we are where we want to be, we are pressing forward.

The two areas we must continue to work on are the corporate culture here, or the lack of, and technology.

These two areas are critical to the corporation’s efficiency, proficiency and ability to provide excellent service. Riverbay is a service business, so we must put service up front. I will discuss more on this in future reports.

As we approach this holiday season, I wish every shareholder and their family joy, peace and love! Continue to appreciate what you have and try to remember those who have less. This is the season of giving, so be gracious! Thank you for all your words of support.

You can reach me at 2049 Bartow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475 or Lberk@riverbayboard.com. ( 1Women’s March on Washington Facebook Page)

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CCPD’s Food Drive Striving To Meet Goal

The annual CCPD food drive, organized by Sgt. Nat Diaz, in conjunction with City Harvest and the NY Daily News, is reportedly going very well. To date, more than 800 lbs. of food has been collected. This year’s goal, once again, is 5,000 lbs. of food, which will be distributed to those less fortunate during the holiday season.

“As we approach the holiday season, I urge the community to continue their generosity to help those less fortunate than ourselves.”

Sgt. Diaz thanks everyone who has so far donated. The food drive continues through January 2017 and donations can be dropped off at Public Safety headquarters in the Bartow Center, as well as the Dreiser and Einstein centers.

NCNW Holiday Drive for Youth

The NCNW is having its 12th annual Holiday Drive to support youth who are in need at Phipps Neighborhood Residence Home which is a shelter located near the Co-op City community. The organization is collecting new, unwrapped: toys (no weapons), books, hats, scarves, gloves and socks for the age of newborns to those 18 years of age in high school.

They will also be collecting Pampers and pullups for infants and toddlers.

The drop-off dates are Wednesday, December 14th and Thursday, December 15th from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, December 17th from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Dreiser Community Center, room 14.

For further information, please call (917)399-2643 or contact the NCNW on Facebook at NCNW Co-op.

Combating the Holiday Blues

The Board’s Disabilities & Accommodations Committee will sponsor “Combating the Holiday Blues,” on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1-4 p.m. in room 28 of the Bartow Center.

The speaker will be Dr. Nathan Lovemore who will offer tips on mental wellness, feeling alone and suicide prevention for all age groups.

Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

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Former Co-op City Times editor John Roche comes to Baychester Library to read and discuss his novel and career

“It always bothered me that in any sonal.”

John Roche, who spent nearly a story about a reporter, be it a movie or In writing his crime novel, John said decade working in Co-op City, six years TV show or book or whatever, the he tried to focus on the borough where as a reporter for the Co-op City Times reporter comes upon a big story and his he grew up and pay homage to the and three years as its editor, returned or her boss says to focus on that and working class heroism that defines the last Friday afternoon to discuss and read nothing else,” John explained. “That Bronx, all while telling a compelling, from his current novel Bronx Bound, isn’t the case in the real world. Espeentertaining mystery in the tradition of and update the community on many of the great contempohis career in both journalism rary mystery writers. and literature.

He told the gathering in the John spoke before nearly two library that he never was much dozen readers of his recent pubof a mystery reader growing lished novel – most of whom up or as an adult – considering remembered him from his days himself a news junkie instead working to put out a newspaper – but in later years he turned to each week in the basement of the works of Robert Parker the Bartow Community Center. and James Patterson to name He spent more than 90 minutes just a few, “because I was last Friday reading and disattracted to the way they could cussing not only his novel, but keep you turning the page for his days as a reporter for weekly more. More than writing a Former Co-op City Times editor John Roche (left) returned to Co-op newspapers in the Bronx, City last Friday to read from his novel Bronx Bound at the Bay- mystery or a crime novel, including the Co-op City Times. chester Library where he also caught up with many old friends. though, what I wanted to write “Growing up in the Bronx Mr. Roche, who spent nine years with the Co-op City Times, was most of all was a story that introduced to the welcoming group of readers by the branch’s and working here for most of adult librarian Walter Scott.

Photo by Bill Stuttig captured a lot of the Bronx I my newspaper career, including knew, which was far from the about a decade at the Co-op City Times,” cially at a weekly paper – like the Co-op stereotypical concept that jumps to John explained earlier, “I love the place City Times and other community newsmost people’s minds when the borough and the people, the unique sense of papers where I spent most of my career is mentioned, even more so back in the honor and loyalty and connection being – you might be covering a murder eighties. from here breeds in most people.” investigation, but you would still have John told his audience at the BayHe said he drew upon his experience to cover the spelling bee at a local chester Library that many of the negaas a reporter and editor with weekly school or a board meeting or a feature tive stereotypes about the borough still newspapers to create his main character about a guy who makes jewelry from persist and that bothers him. While not in his novel, Matthew Brady, a reporter stuff he finds in the trash. So with Bronx presenting a sugarcoated version of the who gets caught up in the investigation Bound, I tried to tell the story of a Bronx in his novel, he attempts to show of a murder of a local small-time crimireporter trying to track down the biggest the borough with all its flaws and also its nal, all while trying to fulfil the demandstory of his career while having to keep tradition of hard working people trying ing and thankless job of writing and puba million other balls up in the air at the (Continued on page 9) lishing a weekly community newspaper. same time—both professional and perBY BILL STUTTIG

Double Dutch Holiday Classic

On Sunday, December 4, the Riverbay Fund/Youth Committee-sponsored trip to the Double Dutch Holiday Classic event held at the world famous Apollo Theater was attended by Michelle Sajous, Riverbay Community Relations director; Board director Leslie Peterson and Tamara King, CSO-2, along with families throughout Co-op City and several girl scouts.

Judging from the smiling faces of the attendees pulling off from Dreiser Loop, the families were in for a treat. Box lunches were provided and a special raffle for youth only was held. At the Apollo, free sodas, chocolate milk and water was provided.

Many youth had never seen or known about Double Dutch, but were pleasantly surprised. The competition begins with compulsory and speed competitions with single and double teams beginning with 4th graders. It is

Co-op City shareholders board bus last weekend to the Double Dutch Holiday Classic.

followed by the Fusion Style (combo of jumping and dance).

Participants were there from locations as close as Brooklyn and as far away as New Jersey; Florence, South Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina and also Kyoto, Tokyo and Kanagawa,

The show was enjoyed by many young people.

Photos by Leslie Peterson and Sherri Allen-Hernandez

Japan.

Parents were thrilled and the youth were excited as they watched the amazing speed of the jumpers and the dance routines with acrobatics of the Fusion Teams.

—Leslie Peterson

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a firm which now grades the results and provides that information to Lt. Williams and the rest of the training division as to the scores of each of the 374 applicants.

The training division commander stressed that the written test is just the beginning of a long recruiting process through which several dozen applicants who score well on the written test will be contacted and asked to come back for additional evaluation which will include an agility test, medical evaluations, psychological evaluations, and an extensive interview before a panel.

In the end, up to 20 officers may be chosen to take part in a 10 week, 360-hour training session beginning some time in the spring. The final number of recruits chosen to take part in the training will be based on the needs of the department at the time, with 20 students being the absolute maximum that will be chosen, but likely less, perhaps as few as ten.

Chief Frank Apollo, commander of the Department of Public Safety, said: “We are extremely happy with the turnout and we wish all the participants the best of luck. Hopefully in the near future, we can add some of these individuals to our ranks and they will be part of our continuing mission to protect this community.” Chief Apollo said that the need to add officers each year is mostly due to attrition as officers retire or leave to take positions in agencies, such as NYPD and the Department of Corrections.

Twelve officers were trained and graduated as

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full-time officers last spring each undergoing the extensive training that next year’s recruits will be required to go through.

The training includes a renewed emphasis on community relations, courtesy and carrying out patrol duties in a professional, caring manner.

Lt. Williams added that in the past few years, Public Safety’s training curriculum has been altered slightly to include an emphasis on domestic cases (family disputes) and techniques for questioning persons in the field.

In addition to the academics, there is additional physical training in handcuffing, searching, use of batons, restraint holds, and takedown methods and the use of aerosol subject restraint spray (OC).

The new class that will be chosen will probably include a mix of experienced and inexperienced students, some with law enforcement experience having served with other agencies, while others have little or no experience, but tested well in terms of their ability to learn the job quickly and make sound decisions under the pressures of the job.

Despite the previous experience that some of the officers bring to the job, each new recruit is required to successfully go through the ten weeks of full time training before being placed in the field.

Compared to the state requirements, which call for 100 hours of training to become a state-certified peace officer, officers recruited for Riverbay’s Department

of Public Safety go through nearly 360 hours of training and 80 hours of field training before they are allowed to begin patrolling the community. In addition, the new officers will then receive an additional 60 hours of firearms training.

The daily regimen of training for the new recruits takes in a wide variety of policing skills and situational preparation designed to make the recruits ready for almost any situation that can occur when on patrol.

The curriculum includes training in report writing; the ethics of law enforcement; preliminary investigations; domestic violence, laws of arrest, civil liability; the proper use of physical force and deadly force; search and seizure laws; understanding the New York State court system and understanding penal law, civil law and criminal law.

Chief Apollo also decided three years ago to add four days of classes in First Aid and CPR and required occupational safety training, and a thorough explanation of Riverbay Corporation, its structure and how Public Safety plays a vital role in the corporation and serving the community.

Extensive training is also provided on Public Safety’s partnership with the NYPD in reporting what occurs within the community and providing invaluable assistance to the NYPD, specifically the 45th Precinct, during its investigations into criminal activities within this community.

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HAPPENING in Co-op City!

Scores of Co-op City families came out to enjoy the Annual Riverbay Tree Lighting and photos with Santa and the Gingerbread Man on Wednesday evening in the Dreiser Auditorium. There were performances by the renowned Music With A Message from the Renaissance Youth Center; Unconventional Dancers, Inc.; Learning ladders Day Care Center; The Garvey School and Newsong Church’s Children’s Ministry, “KidSong.” The Riverbay Fund and Newsong Church sponsored hot chocolate and cookies.

Photos by Leandra Alexander Peters

Co-op City Shareholders — Working together for a better community!

2016 Riverbay Tree Lighting Ushers In Holiday Season

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Dog Ownership – Being A Good Neighbor

Although Co-op City has a “no-pets” policy, under local, state and federal laws, the Riverbay Corporation must allow some residents to have pets under certain circumstances, including dogs.

The relationship between dogs and humans has been a special one throughout history. When given the proper care, encouragement, leadership and training, dogs can be noble creatures capable of doing so much good, from providing love and reassurance to the lonely, to helping a blind person move about the community, and detecting previously undetectable danger and disease.

But dogs, like humans, have basic physical, emotional and psychological needs in order for them to be happy, fully-functioning and productive members of a family or even a community.

BY BILL STUTTIG

Like all of us, they need regular exercise, affection, encouragement and a sense of purpose and belonging. They also need to be fed a daily proper diet for dogs (not people food), to be given a period of exercise, play and fun on a daily basis, be groomed regularly to prevent insect infestation and the diseases that can come to them from it, get regular check-ups from a vet, and be properly trained to adhere to the behavior standards of a home and a family.

The Humane Society strongly recommends that anyone taking on the responsibility of dog ownership, no matter what size or breed, seek out the advice of a qualified dog trainer, not only for the dog, but also to teach the owner the effective leadership skills that will allow the dog to be happy, fulfilled and, in turn, well-behaved throughout its

Domestic Hot And Cold Water Shutdown

Notice Of Elevator Shutdown—Building 10B

Bldgs. 26A, 26B, 26C • Bldgs. 27A, 27B & 27C • Bldgs. 30A & 30B

Please note that elevator #3 will be shut down for needed maintenance on:

DATE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14th Beginning at 8:00 a.m.

TIME: 9:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.

The supply of hot and cold water in your building will be shut down in order to clean the domestic water tanks on the roof. The cleaning of the water tank will be completed no later than 6:00 p.m., however, it will take time for the water to fill up and service should be fully restored between the hours of 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

To minimize the effect of this water service interruption, we urge cooperators to do the following prior to the shutdown: • Keep a supply of water on hand for emergency use.

Water can be stored in bottles for drinking; and jugs and/or pots for washing and/or toilet flushing.

• Please make sure that you keep your faucets in a closed position and all drains clear of objects.

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

—CSO (Einstein, Rm. 37)

Every attempt will be made to restore the elevator service as soon as possible.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience and understanding.

—RIVERBAY MANAGEMENT

Be an informed cooperator — Pick up and read your Co-op City Times Do not rely on rumors and misinformation

Residents are reminded that the Co-op City Times is the official newspaper of the Riverbay Corporation. It is the vehicle through which your Board of Directors and management, and the state supervisory agency, the New York State Division of Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), communicate with you, the shareholder.

It is very important that you pick up and read your Co-op City Times to receive accurate information, and to ensure you are informed about what is going on in the community – and more importantly – what your Board and management are doing to ensure efficient delivery of services and proper upkeep of the development.

The Co-op City Times is distributed each Saturday to each townhouse door, at the elevators in the high rise buildings, and in the three (3) community centers.

When you are informed, you can be prepared to discuss issues that are pertinent to you and your household at the open community meetings held by the Board of Directors. Be an informed cooperator.

The Co-op City Times can also be read and followed online at www.issuu.com/cctimes.

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.

life.

Here at Co-op City, it is very important for dog owners to realize that their animals have the potential to be a nuisance to their neighbors and can cause their neighbors some anxiety, especially those who are not used to being around a dog.

Dog owners, therefore, have a responsibility to ensure they adhere to the principles of responsible ownership. Paramount among those is the responsibility to ensure your dog is leashed or secured when venturing outside of your apartment, and also cleaning up after your dog.

Failure to do so is a violation of local pet laws and the rules and regulations of this community, subject to fines. Please consider that all Co-op City residents should be able to enjoy the property equally.

Therefore, be a good neighbor; be considerate of your fellow shareholders.

Notice of non-delivery of the Co-op City Times

The Co-op City Times is distributed to every residential building and townhouse cluster on Saturdays. If you do not receive the paper, it is imperative that you call the distributor between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at (347) 439-5632. You should also contact the Co-op City Times office at (718) 320-3300, Ext. 3375, or email us at cctimes@riverbaycorp.com, to notify us so that we can follow-up with the distributor to ensure that the situation is addressed and corrected, especially if it is an ongoing problem.

Please note that the Co-op City Times or its distributor is not responsible for the package of circulars.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Important Notice to Shareholders of Building 30 Building 30

Current Lease Expiration Date

New 3 yr.

Expiration Date

Building 30 4120 & 4100 Hutchinson River Parkway E

March 31, 2017

March 31, 2020

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The Co-op City Times welcomes issue-oriented letters to the editor to be considered for publication. All letters, in prose, not poetry, must be addressed to the editor, not to third parties. All letters must be signed by the writers and include their addresses and phone numbers, which will be kept confidential, so that the editor can verify the authenticity of the authors.

Writers will be limited to one letter per topic.

Anonymous or unsigned letters will not be accepted for publication.

Letters cannot exceed 350 words. Ideally, they should be typed. All letters must be in the Co-op City Times office in Room 21, Bartow Community Center, by 3 p.m. every Monday to be considered for publication in that week’s edition. Views and opinions expressed in letters and Directors’ Viewpoint are solely the writer’s, and not necessarily shared by the Co-op City Times or Riverbay Corp.

Advertisements and classified advertisements in the Co-op City Times do not necessarily reflect an endorsement from Riverbay Corporation of goods and services, but present greater options to cooperators of products and services available.

The Riverbay Corporation does not assume any responsibility nor is it a party to any contract or agreement between the cooperator and the vendor.

All matter published herein is copyrighted by the Co-op City Times.

Permission for reprints of advertising or editorial contents produced by the Co-op City Times must be obtained in writing from Riverbay Corporation, 2049 Bartow Ave., Bronx, New York 10475.

If the Co-op City Times Was Not Delivered: Call 347-439-5632 on Saturdays ONLY, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Public Safety Report

CCPD Offers Travel Safety Tips For The Holiday Travel Season

The Co-op City Department of Public Safety offers these travel safety tips if a trip is part of your seasonal vacation plans. By being aware of and preparing for new travel regulations, you can make your trip safe and stress free. As we approach the Kwanza, Christmas and New Year 2017 season, many families may be considering holiday vacation travel.

Travel safety begins when you pack. To help avoid becoming a target, do not dress in expensive looking clothing with expensive jewelry. These items identify you as an affluent tourist and a potential victim. It is better to dress low key and try to blend in with the general population of the area you are visiting. Also try to familiarize yourself with the local laws and customs of the areas you plan to visit.

It is always best to travel light. You can move more quickly and will be more likely to have a free hand. A rolling bag with 4 wheels is an excellent option, especially if it is not too cumbersome. If you can carry all your bags, you won’t have to set a bag down and leave it unattended. When packing, pick a few favorite items especially suited for travel. Wrinkle resistant garments with zipper pockets, especially designed for travel will be your first choice to wear.

Always leave behind anything you would hate to lose.

Check with your airline regarding the cost, weight and number of bags you can check or carry on. Some airlines charge for every bag and some allow one checked bag for free. Space for carry-on bags is extremely limited on aircrafts and strict size limits are in place. A carry-on bag that is too big for the airlines’ bins may need to be checked for a fee. In most cases, any bag heavier than 50 pounds or larger than a certain size may incur a costly surcharge. Traveling light is good for your safety and good for your budget.

Dress appropriately for the airport. Screening techniques require that you remove your shoes, as well as any metal objects. All of this is done while your carry-on baggage is being x-rayed. It is a good idea to wear shoes which can easily be slipped on and off. Limit the amount of jewelry you wear, as all of this needs to be removed, placed in a basket and then put back on. This activity makes your items vulnerable to thieves. When traveling alone, you need to be extra vigilant about the whereabouts of your property.

Wearing practical shoes or sneakers is especially important while traveling. Proper footwear makes it easier to speed up at the first sign of danger. While traveling, it is especially important to walk with a purpose and remain aware of your surroundings at all times.

Stiletto-heeled shoes might be nice to wear to go out to a party or a wedding, but would be rather impractical in the event of an emergency landing. Speaking on a cell phone, text messaging or wearing headphones with the volume turned up high makes it difficult for you to stay in touch with your surroundings.

Be aware of all regulations for required documents needed for the trip you plan to take. Leaving or reentering the country by plane in all cases requires a valid passport. Travel by auto, train or ship to certain destinations in Canada, Mexico and some islands allows the use of the new enhanced driver’s license.

Problems can arise if a change to your itinerary requires a flight added due to unforeseen circumstances. Check with the State Department before making travel plans to be sure your destination is safe for travel. Various conditions may cause recommendations to avoid travel to certain countries at certain (Continued on page 9)

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BY LT. PAM APOLLO

OPPORTUNITIES AT CO-OP CITY

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 #3058 – A/E Services for Buildings 6, 18, 23, & 25 Portico Floor – insurance required.

New Date Bids Due: December 5, 2016 by the end of the business day.

Insurance: Insurance will be required of the winning bidder.

If interested in bidding, please contact dguzman @riverbaycorp.com

Contract 3092, Preventive maintenance of Sanitary and Storm Sewers Bids Due: Wednesday, December 28, 2016.

Insurance: Winning bidder must provide insurance Contract P1025, Exterminating Supplies Bids Due: Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 2 p.m.

If interested, email request to bpenn@riverbaycorp.com.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration Tomorrow

Director’s Viewpoint

Francine Reva Jones Secretary

Big Victory Congratulations to Director Pastor Deborah Jenkins who single-handedly negotiated with the Truman H.S. principal for our community to have access to the swimming pool and many other facilities. Some directors had attempted to accomplish this result, but were unsuccessful. I was shocked at the announcement. I am an original shareholder, having moved here in February of 1971. It was approximately 1975 when my two children learned to swim at the Truman H.S. pool. The community has been missing the use of the pool for decades. No date has been announced as to when this new arrangement would begin. Please continue reading this publication for updates. I am elated about this achievement

by Director Jenkins. She is amazing!

Kwanzaa The Coalition of African-American Churches & Community Organizations of Co-op City, Inc., enthusiastically invites you to attend its 20th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration this Saturday, 12/11, at 3:00 p.m. in room 31 of the Bartow Community Center.

Kwanzaa is the seven-day (December 26-January1) African celebration of family, community and culture as personified in African “first fruits” or harvest celebrations.

Kwanzaa incorporates the spirit, value and practice of Ingathering, Reverence, Commemoration, Recommitment and Celebration; and evolves around Seven Principles, one for each day of Kwanzaa, called the Nguzo Saba.

The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa are: Umoja (Unity); Kujichagulia (Self-determination); Ujima (Collective work and responsibility); Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics); Nia (Purpose); Kuumba (Creativity); and Imani (Faith).

The keynote speaker will be the dynamic Dr. Daniel Black, author and professor at Atlanta’s Clark University, who will speak on one of the many books he’s written. Coop City’s own charming Ebony Raé Lambright will MC and the African-American Association’s vice president, Deborah C. Nelson, will present the Libation Ceremony.

Also, the energetic Kuumba Dancers & Drummers will deliver an exciting performance. The admission fee is a large dish of food (no pork); beverage (no soda) or dessert to share with others.

In addition, there will be a Kwanzaa Ceremony, Ujamaa (vendors), the Karamu (feast), dancers and drummers.

African garb is preferred, but not mandatory. We look forward to seeing you with your family and friends. Habara gani!

The Kwanzaa Principles are of particular importance at this time, due to the results of the recent U.S. presidential election. Many Americans are concerned about the cabinet choices made by the president-elect. Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Ron Daniels, President of Institute of the Black World, 21st Century, for the five-day State of the Black World Conference which took place recently in Newark, NJ, we intend to depend on each other for survival.

The discussions included topics on injustice, oppression, poverty, unemployment, police brutality, environmental racism, voter suppression, education, gentrification, and more. Some of the presenters included Danny Glover, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Hon. P.J. Patterson, Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan, Susan Taylor, Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Prof.

Charles Ogletree, George Fraser, Rev. Dennis Dillon, Haki Madhubuti, Sonia Sanchez, Dayvon Love, Rick Adams, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Dr. Wade Nobles, Atty. Faya Rose Toure, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Dr. Maulana Karenga, Marc Morial, Hon. Lionel Baptiste, Don Rojas, Dr. Divine Pryor, Dr. Adelaide Sanford, George Gresham, Fredrica Bey, Larry Hamm, Atty. Nkechi Taifa, Dr. Greg Carr, Atty. Warren Ballentine, and others.

Many Riverbay Board directors are concerned that the upcoming administration will reverse the gains that were made in the past. A Women’s March on Washington is being planned for Saturday, January 21, 2017 when busloads of cooperators will express our position: Forward Ever, Backward Never. If you’d like to “get on the bus,” contact me at 718-671-5957.

Why I Supported Resolution #16-66 First and foremost, I represent the shareholders that voted me into office. If something incorrect is discovered, I move to correct it ASAP. Therefore, when Director Kevin Lambright brought Resolution #98-72 to my attention, I thought

Retirees of Dreiser Loop

Don’t miss out on a great time. The RDL’s Annual HOLIDAY Luncheon will be held on Thursday, December 15th at the beautiful Marina del Rey, with recognition of our nine-decades-plus (90-year old+) members worthy of celebration, featuring Carol/DAD Productions. Donation: $75. Meet Lorant bus at Dreiser Loop/H&R Block at 10:45 a.m. Few tickets remaining. Contacts: Beverly Waller and Daisy Young-Anderson, 718-379-0377.

Travel Events: (price includes transportation/Coach Bus, Dreiser Loop, opposite H&R Block at 10:45 a.m.)

• Jan. 11&12, 2017 (Wed. &Thurs.) to FOXWOODS RESORT CASINO, CT. Price: double/$130 (deposit: $65) & single/$175 (deposit $90). Full payment/balance ($65 & $85) due NOW. Contact: Serita G., 347-564-5722.

• Tues., March 14, 2017 to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, NJ. Enjoy Luncheon cuisine, full service cocktail bar, onsite lobby bake shop and gift boutique. Price: $75 (deposit: $35/full payment/balance, $40 due Mon., Feb. 6, 2017). Contacts: Serita G., 347-564-5722/Barbara W., 718-320-0500.

• Sept. 9-16, 2017 (8 day/7 night) Canada & New England cruise on the beautiful Carnival “Sunshine.” $250 deposit per person due immediately to hold reservation.

NYC Departure/Return. NOTE: Preferred Cabin/Category selection goes to earliest bookings. Cabin/category prices from $929 to $1399 which include your cabin, meals, port charges and taxes. Final payment due by May 19, 2017. Travel insurance (additional cost) encouraged. Contact: Serita G., 347-564-5722.

Theatre Committee: (price includes transportation via 20 passenger van): Sat., Dec. 10th, showtime: 2:00 p.m., Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.

Depart/meet van: Dreiser Loop opposite rehab/12 p.m. sharp! Contact: Marie Green-Ryan, 718-379-0377.

Members and friends, we do require your deposit, along with your name and telephone number, when signing up for trips and/or shows. First fully paid, confirmed seating. Committee members in Dreiser clubroom #19 (718-379-0377) on Mondays and/or Thursdays, 2:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Good and Welfare: To Rosalie Menefee, our longstanding member, please accept our most heartfelt sympathies for the loss of your daughter, Della Adegbo. Our thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.

“To members and friends, as you rest and heal, know that you are thought of warmly and wished a quick recovery.” Call Josephine Flowers, 718-320-0539, regarding illnesses and bereavements.”

Consider joining us at the next March 2017 SPA Day – Date to be determined.

Call 718-379-4784 – leave your name and phone number to be placed on wait list.

Attention! The RETIREES need experienced, part-time, freelance drivers with a CDL license and at least 3 years’ experience and a clean driving record – ASAP. This volunteer position requires transporting members and friends safely to and from special events within the Bronx, as well as to outer boroughs. Stipend can be expected for each trip. Please call the RETIREES office, 718-379-0377, and leave your name and telephone number. —Claudette Davis

about you, the shareholders, who must pay a carrying charge every single month or be fined or evicted and supported Resolution #16-66 to rescind Resolution #98-72, giving this leaseholder the right to run a business without charge. I thought that all Board directors would jump at the opportunity to correct this issue and support this Resolution #16-66.

Instead, management was instructed to perform a full investigation of all commercial leaseholders. As chair of the Commercial Leasing and Sales Committee, with Lambright as co-chair, the Commercial Leasing Department has been directed to check all other leases. If I was insensitive in this matter, it was because I was thinking of you, the shareholders, and what you would do under these circumstances.

Holiday Safety I received a call for a cooperator who thought she was being followed. She became fearful and got off the elevator.

The suspect got off on the next floor and took the stairs down to her floor. She hollered. This frightened the suspect and he ran away. She informed me that she reported the incident to Public Safety. If you are suspicious or uncomfortable riding with someone, wait for the next elevator.

There will be many holiday parties. Please don’t drink and drive. It would be wise not drink at all. You can have fun without alcohol and drugs. Should you indulge, selected a designated driver. Be safe!

Fidel Castro Cuban leader Fidel Castro died on 12/25/16 at 90 years old. He had been out of power for a decade and his brother assumed leadership. Castro’s ashes were laid to rest on Sunday in Santiago, Cuba, following nine days of official mourning when hundreds of thousands of Cubans said farewell with a combination of tears, Castro-like defiance and choruses of “I am Fidel!” ringing out across the island.

The December 12th Movement will hold a tribute to Comrade Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro on 12/5/16.

Their notice included a quote by President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, which speaks for all of us: “We shall always remember you as our own. Fidel was not just your leader, Cuba, he was our leader and the leader of all revolutionaries.”

Contact Me If you would like to share your concerns, I can be reached at 718-671-5957.

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to make a better life for themselves and their families.

John added, “I liked the idea of having a good guy/bad guy story where the lines get blurred a bit, and having that set in a time and place in which blue collar neighborhoods were struggling to stave off crack, crime and other transformative threats. ” He said that he chose the Bronx in the late ’80s as the setting for the novel because of the critical transformation that many neighborhoods were going through at the time in trying to survive, but also because it was a different time for reporters as well, before technology changed the business forever, but not for the good.”

He told the gathering, “I purposely chose a time before technology became so pervasive – not only for journalism, but for police work as well – when both cops and reporters needed to go out to get their information and not rely on Google searches or other professional search engines.”

He treated his audience to reminiscing about his days as a reporter in Co-op City and in the Bronx, in general. He told the audience about a time when he discovered the prostitution industry making inroads into an ordinarily quiet, crime-free neighborhood. He said he called up the commanding officer of that

Public Safety Report

times. Safety should always be a priority.

Make two photocopies of your passport identification page, airline tickets, driver’s license and the credit cards you plan to bring. Carry one copy with you separate from the originals and leave one set home with a trusted friend or family member. Having these copies will be extremely helpful if your original documents are lost or stolen. Also leave a complete itinerary at home with friends or family.

Keep them informed if you change your plans.

New airline regulations allow liquid health and beauty products to only be 3 ounces or smaller to be allowed as carry-on baggage. Each passenger is allowed to carry on only one quart sized Ziploc bag containing these individual liquid containers. Many of these travel safe products are available in drug stores or discount stores. By being aware of these restrictions, you can save yourself inconvenience at the gate and avoid having to discard your items. Expensive lotions and perfumes are not exempt and are regularly confiscated and discarded at airport screening checkpoints. Anything you are not sure about should be packed in checked baggage.

Be sure to keep all prescription medications in their original bottles with the label containing your name intact.

It is also a good idea to carry an extra copy of essential prescriptions. Avoid the temptation to purchase or use any types of drugs while traveling abroad. Drug charges are responsible for more than one third of the United States citizens incarcerated abroad. Some countries have very severe sentences even for possession of a small amount of marijuana or cocaine. If you have any questions regarding foreign drug laws, check with the U.S. embassy or consulate.

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.

Enjoy a safe and healthy holiday season. For those of you traveling, have a safe trip. The Co-op City Department of Public Safety would like to thank all persons who have called in suspicious activity or sent information via our website. It is by your actions that the crime rate remains low and a high quality of life is maintained.

Co-op City is a diverse community with people of all ages, abilities and characteristics. All persons should remember to respect each other and embrace their differences. Don’t forget to say hello to your neighbors when you pass each other in the hallway or in the street. Co-op City strives to accommodate all persons. As Stevie Wonder said at the Grammys, “We need to make every single thing accessible to every person with a disability.” It is also important to remember that not all disabilities are visible. Someone who appears to be healthy may have a physical or developmental disability.

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precinct to get her quote and she said, “No way that the story’s main character. can be true.” He said he told her “meet me at the sta“It’s clearly fiction, but there are real places and tionhouse at 8 o’clock tonight and I’ll take you there.” ‘facts’ in the book about the Bronx and other stuff, She did meet him, he recalled, and saw the problem including from when I was covering Co-op City,” the first-hand. He got his quote, he recalled. former Co-op City Times editor said. “The characters When Bronx Bound was released last year, it landed are in some cases composites of people I’ve known, in the top 40 on Barnes & Noble’s bestseller list, a but they’re all fictional. Having people ask if they’re great showing for a first-time author. The book also real after reading a book is a compliment, the way I see received positive reviews from others in the business, it, because that means the characters come across as including many prominent and established mystery believable.” writers.

“I enjoy doing these library talks to promote my John – who now works full-time as a teacher at book,” John said last week. “They invigorate me and Western Connecticut State University, leading its jourinspire me to write more. I love connecting with the nalism program – is also busy writing a second mysreaders.” tery novel, this time set in the Bronx of the early ’90s His next library talk will be at the nearby Allerton and based on a series of crimes that happened here durbranch, 2740 Barnes Avenue, at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, ing that period and again using a newspaper reporter as December 12th.

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Safeguarding The Security Of Our Property

Director’s Viewpoint

Rod Saunders Assistant Secretary

On page 6 of last week’s edition of the Co-op City Times, you may have taken the opportunity to read the First Readings of Resolutions.

Included was Resolution 16-74, which I submitted, and was seconded by Board director Andrea Leslie.

Maybe more than any other before us, this present Board is taking policy very seriously, and to that point, I believe that the security of our community is arguably one of the most important policy issues that we can address, and so I have.

Should we vote to pass Resolution 16-74 at our next Board meeting, management will commit to making specific changes in the way that contractors, sub-contractors, or anyone known to be working on Riverbay Corporation property, and all persons visiting Riverbay Corporation’s management offices, are identified.

From the time specified within the new policy, every individual specified above will have to present identification that is agreed to as being sufficient by management and the Board, and then management will issue those individuals temporary identification badges that must be worn at all times while on our property.

Should it be necessary that visitors requiring vehicular access onto, and through our property, those vehicles will have to have Riverbay permits clearly posted within the windshield of their vehicles at all times.

Last, but not least, this new policy will give management a new tool to track the number of employees that every contractor is sending to the community, it will give management the opportunity to check the qualification

credentials of the contractor (and sub-contractors) to make sure that the individuals that come here to do work for the corporation are – 1. Satisfactory in numbers; 2.

Qualified in their field; and 3. Accounted for when they arrive, and when they leave.

The Legislative and Education Committees met this week, and pursuant to NYC City Councilman Andy King’s town hall meeting, featuring Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Riverbay Board President Linda Berk’s questioning the city’s insistence on making Co-op City responsible for the abatement of our removed flooring materials, the Legislative Committee has discussed several points of view, and has presented them to our Board president for consideration.

The Education Committee met to discuss our upcoming projects for the new year for resident Co-op City students, which includes the proposed trips to City Hall, where they will be met by our councilman, Andy King, and further into the year, we are proposing to take another group of our students to Washington, D.C., where we would have Congressman Engel’s office give our youngsters a special tour that very few get to see.

For each trip, students will be required to submit a written composition that will be based on a pre-determined topic that is relevant to which trip they are applying for, and the committee will be the sole judge of the competition.

At this time, the committee is also proposing to hold the Best & Brightest Awards luncheon, and we are in the process of making some additions to last year’s award ceremony.

There is a consensus among the Board that we commit to having a shareholders/town hall-type meeting that does not include a lengthy business schedule, and will allow our cooperator/shareholders the opportunity to step up to the microphone and share their thoughts, ideas or con-

Broun Place Townhouse Association

Our next Broun Townhouse Association Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 15, the last one for 2016.

Unfortunately Josh Coronel from the Lock Shop is not able to attend our meeting as guest speaker. However, Association President Eva Lazaar and I met with him on Wednesday and discussed the long list of questions and issues with our doors and entryways that were raised at the October meeting and at other previous meetings. We have assurances from him that if there are additional questions that come up later, we can follow-up with him for answers and solutions. Please plan to attend the meeting to hear what topics we covered, the responses we received to our questions and bring us any additional concerns that you might have on these issues. We also will begin our holiday collections for the Grounds staff soon so if you wish, you may bring your contributions for that to the meeting as well. As always, flyers will be placed in every mail slot with the location of the meeting. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday night!

Dumpster Area Issues: A number of people have noticed that glass bottles and other recyclables are being placed in plastic bags and hung on the fences in the dumpster pads instead of being placed in the blue recycling bins. While we can appreciate that some believe that this facilitates retrieval of bottles

for return to discourage people from picking through the bins, bags hanging from the fences are also an eyesore and adds to the work of the Riverbay staff who have to clear the dumpster area.

Like so many things, there is two sides to this story.

When I spoke with Lieutenant Apollo at the last “Coffee With A Cop” session, I reiterated our desire for a camera pointed at the dumpster areas. As noted previously, we will not be able to get additional cameras installed in the cluster unless we experience persistent security issues. So it is important to report any security or dumping issues either to the association or to management each time you see them so we can determine if there is a pattern to them that needs further investigation.

SUNY College of Optometry is offering Free Comprehensive Vision Care Services to the homebound in the Bronx community through a program funded by a grant from the NY Community Trust. Please share this information with any members of the community that you know who could benefit from this great service. To arrange for in-home services, contact SUNY College of Optometry University Eye Center at call 212-9384030 or on the internet at www.UniversityEyeCenter.org. Thank you to Rev. Grace Emanuel, our association secretary, for sharing this information with us.

—Vivian Burrus

cerns regarding the Co-op City community and/or Riverbay Corporation.

At our last business meeting, we held an up or down vote to bring the UniverSoul Circus here to Co-op City for one week in early April.

My vote was in opposition, however, with the passing of the motion, I am supporting the majority’s decision.

I cast my vote in opposition because I opined that we should have reached out to the community for acceptance before we took the vote last week, and since the fiduciary responsibility of the corporation is always part of any equation here, I felt that the percentage of dollars being offered to Riverbay from UniverSoul Circus for an activity of this magnitude was not enough, and may not be a clear gain to the corporation, also that the logistical burden to the community & corporation in bringing a significant number of the public inside of our community, may outweigh any gain at all.

Having said that, and once again substantiating my recognition of the Board’s majority decision, I would like to suggest the following recommendations be made to UniverSoul Circus, and that would be to allow for an advance sale of tickets to shareholders and Co-op City residents via community organizations & businesses, building associations through their presidents, our public school’s PA’s, and our political representatives.

In doing so, we might be able to somewhat curtail the increased traffic & associated parking that comes with having 2,100 seats available for 2 performances a day on week days, and 3 performances a day on Saturday and Sunday.

I have seen the UniverSoul Circus perform before, and it is an outstanding family event, and I sincerely hope that when all of the contractual paperwork is finalized, and the logistics have been properly addressed, that everything will work out for the very best.

BOTSWANA SAFARI IN STYLE DAY 1: ARRIVE JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Enjoy a welcome briefing and gourmet dinner prepared with locally sourced ingredients.

Limited to 16 people • MAY 2018 • Tour by ABERCROMBIE & KENT

DAY 2: LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA SUNDOWNER RIVER CRUISE: Stay in a luxury tree house built into the riverside canopy. Cruise the Zambezi River.

DAY 3: LIVINGSTONE NAKATINDI VILLAGE VISIT: Guided walking tour of Victoria Falls. Peruse the local crafts on a pleasant market visit. Get a taste of traditional Zambian fare. Gain an understanding of local daily life when you visit a school and clinic.

DAY 4: VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE: Visit awe-inspiring Victoria Falls. Enjoy snacks at the famous Victoria Falls Hotel and a historical walk through its halls. Chobe National Park in Botswana and a game drive that includes elephants, impalas, buffalo and possibly lions.

DAY 5: CHOBE NATIONAL PARK: Game drive. Chobe River safari cruise.

DAY 6: OKAVANGO DELTA WETLANDS WILDLIFE: Okavango Delta, the largest inland delta in the world. A choice of game-viewing activities, such as a seasonal mokoro (dugout canoe) ride on the delta or a nighttime drive.

DAY 7: OKAVANGO DELTA SPECTACULAR SIGHTINGS: Guided game drive in a customized 4x4 vehicle or a bush walk in the company of an armed, expert guide. Be on the lookout for giraffes, hippos, lions and cheetahs.

DAY 8: OKAVANGO DELTA PREDATOR CAPITAL: Fly across the Okavango Delta to the Moremi Game Reserve, one of the best places in Botswana to see the country’s “Big Five” — lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and Cape buffalo.

DAY 9: OKAVANGO DELTA REMARKABLE GAME DRIVES: Early morning game drive - elephants, buffalo, red lechwes, giraffes and impalas. Mokoro ride across marshlands alive with crocodiles, bathing hippos, birds and tiny red reed frogs. On an afternoon game drive, listen for lions or spy nocturnal animals. Farewell dinner.

DAY 10: DEPART JOHANNESBURG: Fly to Johannesburg, check-in for your international departure flight. Access to the Premier Lounge.

Meet & Greet ALTOUR Saturday, 1270 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10020 Dec. 17, 11 a.m.

TO CONTACT MONICA - PLEASE CALL St. Michael’s Church.

212-497-7674 or cell 646-515-8702

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Director’s Viewpoint

Kevin Lambright

I am all for creating positive alternatives to help remedy the needs of our community. I know that a well-managed community can remain affordable. I believe that we have proven as a community to be selfsufficient over the years when it comes to providing services to the needs of our seniors and shareholders alike. However, our youth have been the forgotten population here over the years. We all need to be aware of the fact that our youth are a precious asset here. It is our responsibility to nurture and support them. If we expect to continue to keep this place affordable and safe, this is where we start.

I am proud of the recent success of board member Pastor Deborah Jenkins and the Riverbay Fund. They

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are prime examples of how we should negotiate and move forward to advance positive relationships outside of our norm.

Staying Affordable We are all aware of the fact that the loss of income from commercial rents and long standing empty apartments cause a strain on our budget. As shareholders, we know that it is our responsibility to maintain our homes and surrounding areas. For the most part, we have been able to maintain that responsibility.

Recently, it came to my attention that there may be entities here in Co-op City that are not paying their fair share like the rest of us here. We cannot and will not continue to camouflage rent-free businesses as community safe havens (if that be the case). The Commercial Leasing Committee will be surveying every nook and cranny that is considered commercial space for rental and verify its occupants. We will also check the income generated by those spaces.

Building 32 Association

There will also be conversations with management to implement systems that properly track these locations so there is automatic notification whenever there is a change. Remember, when good systems are in place, accountability is never a question.

When good systems are in place, affordability is inevitability.

Be Safe The holidays are approaching rapidly. These are times when we need to keep an eye on our family, friends and neighbors. There are people who want what we have and look for opportunities to take it. We must protect and defend one another and our property.

Remember, this all belongs to us. If you see something that seems suspicious, do not hesitate to call Public Safety.

I look forward to your correspondence and feedback.

I can be reached at klambright@riverbayboard.com or by phone at 646-721-8185.

Our fundraiser Flea Market was a success. Thanks to our shoppers, vendors, and to Beverly, Brenda and Christina for their donations.

Trip – African- American Museum in Washington, D.C. Date: Saturday, March 18, 2017.

Price of $110 (children under 12, $90) includes round-trip transportation, allyou-can eat luncheon buffet at the Golden Corral with taxes and meal gratuities included, and, of course, guaranteed admission to the museum. We will be picking up at all three shopping centers, and making the same stops on the

return.

Payment plan available: First payment of $30 due no later than December 15. All monies are non-refundable after December 15.

Second payment of $40 is due by January 5, 2017 with the final payment of $40 due no later than February 10.

Checks and money orders, made payable to Building 32 Association can be sent to: Ms. Dolores Rankin, 4160 Hutchinson River Pkwy., Apt. 10E, Bronx, NY 10475; Tel. # 718-379-0910.

Holiday Season Many buildings do a separate collec-

tion for gratuities for their building staff consisting of porters and lobby attendants.

Our building uses monies collected from building dues and our fundraisers. Also, we have never included our letter carriers, Eric and Josie; other buildings add their postal employees to their gratuity disbursement. Take time to think about how hard our porters work to keep our building clean, since some of our fellow cooperators spill their garbage (14th floor) and leave it there, or insist on leaving boxes in the compactor room (5th floor) despite posted signs. Our lobby attendants try to keep us safe, despite cooperators letting

people they don’t know into the building.

Building 32B cooperators might have realized, in Josie’s absence, what has happened to their mail. This includes 6 p.m. deliveries, loads of misdeliveries, and notes informing us that our packages cannot be delivered because we only had one (1) working elevator. Think about all of the above, reach into your pocket or purse, and give these hard-working men and women a holiday gift. Yes, we all get paid for our work, but these folks don’t get holiday bonuses, and seldom get a thank you.

—Lorna Smith

Happy Holiday Season!

Please be informed of the following dates: • Think Tank – Fridays, 8:30 p.m.

(Gathering Room) • Friday, December 9th – OPEN • Decorators come and prepare for Lobby Decorating • Friday, December 16th – OPEN • Decorators come and prepare for Lobby Decorating • Saturday, December 17th (9 a.m. sharp) • Decorating Day!!! – Decorating Day!!!

• Friday, December 23rd – Closed for Christmas • Friday, December 30th – CLOSED • Friday, January 6th CLOSED Holiday Decorations will be left up

to enjoy through: Friday, January 6th (The Epiphany/Little Christmas) Decorations come down: Saturday, January 7th, 1 p.m.

Toast to the New Year!

21 Association General Session Meeting: (Note: 4th Wednesday – EACH Month) • Wednesday, January 25th, 7 p.m.

The Race for the $300 Prize still going “21 Strong” Those 21 Association members who wish to earn valuable points and a chance to win $300 have many ways to do so. Note: A member is ANY shareholder who has paid their annual $5 dues to the Building 21 Association.

Prize monies are made and saved for that purpose, from activities (i.e., the ice-cream social, 50/50 raffles, etc.)

Refer back to the following issue of the CO-OP City Times for complete rules of The 21 Association Rewards Points Program: (Saturday, November 26th).

FYI, all monies collected are turned in to our treasurer and installed in the association’s bank account.

Monies collected for the association are used expressly for the 21 Association gatherings. Holiday gift collections (i.e., porters, lobby attendants, etc.) are the responsibility of each floor individually and should be handled by the floor captains.

If you have questions regarding The 21 Association, you have 3 ways of gaining information. Email your building association at 21association@gmail.com. Call your association at 347.504.1821. Attend the monthly meetings in the gathering room in the rear of the B-section at 7 p.m. Everyone from all buildings plan to come and join us at Building 21 sometime. Bring a friend. Each one of us, multiplied by all of us, equals A FORCE FOR GOOD. See you around the neighborhood!

—Michelle Marbury

Building 21 Association

Be careful and ask to see Employee ID

If you are having work done in your apartment, shareholders – especially those who are elderly and/or who live alone – are reminded that all personal items should be secured in a safe location. This is for your own peace of mind, as well as the protection of the Riverbay workers/ contractors coming into your home.

Riverbay employees wear identification badges and so do the various Riverbay-approved contractors seeking access to your home. Ask to see identification before allowing anyone to enter your apartment. If you are unsure, you should contact your local CSO at (718) 320-3300 (follow prompts), or Public Safety at (718) 671-3050.

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New Mailboxes - Slow is the U.S.P.S. way to go

This is the holiday season and we’re missing lots of mailboxes in our community. So, the U.S. Postal Service must take action now to resolve this problem.

New Mailboxes The U.S.P.S. didn’t like the old mailboxes. So, they simply came in and removed those old mailboxes from several communities. But, unfortunately, they never told us when they were going to replace those mailboxes. And, now, lots of cooperators are complaining about this matter.

However, fortunately, we have a good politician that’s helping us with this problem. And, recently, he sent an email to me that stated that the U.S.P.S. has only “one person working on this [problem] in the entire borough.” So, now, additional pressure is being placed on the U.S.P.S. to get those new mailboxes installed in our community.

Bay Plaza Improvements There have been a lot of complaints about the construction work here. In fact, lots of cooperators have said that, “Dreiser looks like a war zone.” Then, in reference to Bartow, lots of cooperators have said: “What are those workers doing over there? I hardly ever see them. This is a waste of money.”

But, amazingly, things are quite different at Bay Plaza.

For instance, just a few weeks ago, one of their vice presidents said that they were going to make some major improvements to the traffic flow. And, now, look at what has happened since that time.

The street, near Bartow Avenue, was widened to accommodate two new exit lanes. A busy bus stop was relocated to the Bank of America building. Also, a new stop sign was installed in this same area. New lighting was installed on the median near the Sleepy’s mattress store.

Then, just recently, a new 5-foot fence was installed from the former ‘House of Cupcakes’ all the way to Bartow Avenue. And, now, traffic should be able to flow out of that mall without a lot of problems.

Now, this is the way that professional construction projects should be handled. In other words, their management developed some good plans. Then, they hired good workers and they finished that work within a very short period of time.

In the meantime, I surmise that they didn’t have to go to monthly construction committee meetings that have been going on for over five years. They didn’t have to worry about their contractor dragging out their construction projects for a few years and making that mall look like a war zone. Plus, they didn’t have to worry about endless change orders. So, this is the type of work that should be done in Co-op City. But, it all goes back to having the right people in place to make this happen.

Board Meeting During a board meeting on Wednesday, November 30, the board decided to let management review some plans to bring in a circus with wild animals to our greenway next year. I voted no for a variety of reasons.

Happy Holidays, from Jail?

What is going on? I thought that this holiday season was going to be nice and joyous here. However, there have been some heavy police reports about domestic violence. And, unfortunately, some couples have been throwing down. Additionally, some of our youths have been fighting a lot. Thereafter, our Public Safety force has had to arrest some of our cooperators for these fights.

Look, people and relationships are not going to be perfect. So, I have to ask this question: Is it worth it to fight and go to jail over a person that you used to love? No! Despite your best efforts, sometimes things might not work out with your mate. Therefore, please ask yourself if your relationship is making you so unsettled that thoughts of anger have surpassed your former thoughts of love. If yes, then, it’s time to make some changes to that relationship.

Pray. Get help. Talk to a trusted person. If possible,

please have a serious conversation with your mate. Then, make some decisions about that relationship. However, one decision should never involve inflicting violence on your mate. And, finally, please remember to move on peacefully with your own life if that relationship ends.

Please Think Before You Drink Life can change instantly for a person. In one moment, they can be having a great time drinking and having a joyous time. Then, all of sudden, they can make a bad decision to drive home. Thereafter, they can get involved in a horrible car accident. And, at that point, life will never be the same for the possible victims and the driver that was drinking.

Going to a party? If yes, there might be an outrageous amount of alcoholic beverages at that party. But, we should make some good plans before that party so that we will not drive under the influence of alcohol.

Therefore, please consider using public transportation, a taxi service, or a designated driver to get home. This way, you will not have to worry about traffic, parking, and driving home. I hope that everyone will have a safe and a wonderful holiday season.

Close It’s all about making good choices. So, I hope that our new management company will make some good changes here. And, I hope that everyone will make some very good choices for peace and joy in lives.

Thank you. Questions or comments? Please send a letter 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@optonline.net (There are absolutely no problems with this email address. So, please doublecheck the spelling of this address if your message bounces back to you.) Also, please call me at 718671-4544 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.

Please join us on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 8:00 p.m. in room 16 of the Dreiser Community Center. Everyone is welcome!

‘Cantares Navideños’ and the Christmas Party will be combined into one festive event on Saturday, December 17th, from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. in Dreiser Auditorium ‘B.’ Live music will be provided by Ocho Y Más and DJ Salsero with ‘música típica.’ Tickets are available now for $25. Additional details can be found on the flyer on our website or contact Al Gonzalez at (347) 249-3403. Bring your ‘maracas,’ ‘güiros’ and

‘tambores’ to add some island flavor to the party!

New Year’s Eve Party: David Millan y Su Orquesta will be providing the live entertainment this year, and DJ Salsero will spin the tunes. Join us in Dreiser Auditorium ‘B’ from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. as we welcome 2017! Adult tickets are $20; children under the age of 12 will be admitted for $10 – contact Jose Lopez at (347) 202-7930. Please see the flyer on our website for more details.

Our traditional ‘Tres Reyes Magos’ party will take place on Saturday, January 7th, 2017, in room #4, begin-

ning at 7:00 p.m. Members will be admitted free; nonmembers will need to donate $10. The flyer on our website has additional details.

Membership renewal dues for the coming year are now being accepted. Dues are $30 per household.

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) 3797017 or email us at SpanAmCCCC@gmail.com.

—Carmen Rodriguez

Director’s Viewpoint

Daryl Johnson

Spanish-American Community Club

Parkchester Chorus Presents 77th Annual Winter Concert

Parkchester Chorus invites you to attend their 77th annual winter holiday concert on December 11th at 4 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church of Throggs Neck, 3075 Baisley Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461.

Members come from all over the New York neighborhood and include Manhattan and Co-op City. As tradition has established, the winter holiday concert is performed at no charge although a free-will offering is encouraged and gratefully accepted.

This year’s program is entitled, “In The Bleak Midwinter.” It is a homage to “The Messiah” by George Frideric Handel. Additional program offerings are penned by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gustav Holst, Leonard Bernstein and others. Also on the program, is “Christmas is Coming” (a Festive Cantata) by Elie Siegmeister and Rufus Wheeler. Narrated by Dave Lazaar, soloists include Joseph Zamplione, Elizabeth Aquino, Christian Aquino, as well as other chorus members. Proudly, all soloists are chorus members.

Parkchester Chorus is celebrating its second winter holiday concert with Director Miles Fellenberg, and welcomes Ava Nazar as their pianist. This is a “not to be missed” opening for your winter holiday season.

Again, seating is on a first come, first served basis.

If you are interested in joining the Parkchester Chorus family, the first rehearsal of the new year is at 7:30 p.m., January 2nd, First Lutheran Church of Throggs Neck, 3075 Baisley Avenue, Bronx, 10461 or

write, parkchesterchorus.members@gmail.com, for more information. The Parkchester Chorus’ program is made possible with public funds from the Bronx Council On The Arts Decentralization Program.

Our 2016-2017 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 next class sessions began on Tuesday, November 22nd 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. The next session of classes began on Tuesday, November 22nd and continues to Jan. 31st. This is the best bargain in the Bronx – maybe even the city – given the quality of instruction offered.

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 areas and has won awards for his artwork. You can call M. Groves at 201-862-0847 or S.

Lochansky at 718-379-1049 for more information.

You can register in room 5 on Tuesdays at the Dreiser Community Center or by mail indicating the class time desired. Tuition can be sent to Baychester Visual Arts, P.O. Box 678, Co-op City Station, Bronx, NY 10475.

Our winter show will be at the Baychester Library in the Bartow shopping mall. We will have our artwork on display for the month of December. Stop by and see some beautiful paintings done by the students of BVA. 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 tax deductible donation, 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

Baychester Visual Arts Association

Building 9 Association

Co-op City Times / December 10, 2016

Greetings. Happy Holidays to you all.

Our 1st Annual MEMBERS ONLY year-end celebration is this evening 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Association members, please join us. We are honoring Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukah and the Three Kings. There will be food, fun and music. As always, we embrace diversity. We endeavor to be inclusive and informative. When we know each other better, we treat each other better.

Special “Thank You” to our decorating team: Shirley Wells, Gwen Anderson, Daisy McCoy, Irma and Ana. We have already decorated our lobby areas. We decorated earlier in the month this year so that the children (and adults) will have more time to enjoy the decorations. *Please do not take our lobby decorations. They are the property of the Building 9 Association of shareholders.

Thank you to all who have responded to our building staff holiday solicitations with generosity of heart. We appreciate your support for the people who make our lives a little more comfortable and safe.

Speaking of safe, safety first and foremost.

You and I do not have knowledge of the private state of our neighbors’ domestic circumstances. Use discernment. Let each individual use their own key. Recently, we lost a community resident to a fatal act of domestic violence. Somehow entry was gained to the building. As was reported by the news, she opened her door. He was there with a weapon.

Could it have been prevented? Who can know? Be vigilant about your and my safety and security. Be familiar with your neighbors. Know who is at the door prior to buzzing the door open or opening your own door.

Please be reminded that, ultimately, you are responsible and accountable for the conduct of your children, your guests, and your co-occupants.

As was discussed at our September 2016 association meeting, electronic access and non-cash/credit card transient payments would likely lead to changes in our current garage staffing pattern. It has been reported that the new management company’s efficiency assessment concluded that the automation of the garages would be more cost effective than ‘manning’ the garages. Obviously, we support automation and other cost effective mandates. However, we have resisted total automation mainly because garage staffing safeguards people and property.

If you experience quality of life concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our CSO 1 staff for assistance in resolving your concerns.

Please do not remove laundry carts from the laundry room. Please clean up after your children, your guests and your pets. Please ensure that your trash clears the chute in the compactor room. Please be mindful of the noise levels in your residence. Your personal enjoyment should not infringe upon the personal enjoyment of your fellow shareholders.

If you have a “live” tree or even “live” branches, please remember to add water daily to the tray or spritz branches with water from an atomizer daily.

Your Building 9 Association Executive Board has served you well throughout 2016. It is our hope that you appreciate our efforts and that you continue to give us your support.

Be well. Be happy. Be blessed.

—Linda Collins

Building 13 Association

Building 13 Association wants to thank Sheena McNeill, Sales Department Director, who attended the Building 13 monthly meeting and answered numerous questions posed by the members about transfers, succession, moving in, moving out and requirements when large item deliveries are expected. New shareholders to the building attended and were welcome additions. The meeting was very informative. Our aim is to provide you with answers to your questions. Have a guest suggestion? Let us know.

We are preparing for the upcoming holiday. We want to thank everyone who showed their appreciation to our building staff by donating funds and/or time to help say “Happy Holiday” to the employees. Special thanks to Mrs. Vivian Campbell, Building 13 Vice President, for coordinating this activity. Our beautiful lobby is inviting thanks to coordinator Doris Sanchez, along with Iris Lugo and Annice Bailey and others who joined in and helped decorate our lobby for the holiday season.

Season Festivities will begin with our youth at the Holiday Party scheduled for December 18, from 2-5:00 p.m. in the association room. The Adult Holiday Party will be held on Friday, December 30, beginning at 7:00 p.m. We are anxious to taste food from the fantastic cooks we have in our building, so please contact us and let us know what you will be donating. Join us and party with DJ Val. Rivers Run Community Garden – Meet, Greet and Celebrate Party will be held on December 15, at 7:00 p.m. in the Dreiser Center, room 4. Join us, bring a dish.

The Renaissance Youth Group “Music 4 ALL” will be recruiting members for classes here in Co-op City. If you’re interested in joining, you can sign up on December 10th and 17th in the Dreiser Community Center, room 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Do you know a youth who likes to write music, sing or interested in playing an instrument, don’t miss this opportunity. The program will begin in January 2017 at the Dreiser Center.

Checks for Building 13 events should be made payable to Building 13 Assoc. Inc. and mailed to 100 Casals Place #32K, Bronx, NY 10475. For information contact Gail Sharbaan, Treasurer, at 718-671-3801 or Leslie Peterson at 718-320-1370. Our website is http://www.bldg13assoc.com or email us at bthirteen.assoc@yahoo.com. As always, thanks for making our team work.

—Leslie Peterson

Building 33 Association

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The building association thanks all cooperators who gracefully paid their building dues. However, we did not meet our goal of 200 apartments. We will have a special collection for the porters only. Anyone who wishes to give to them only, please give.

Our Christmas party with Santa will be in the lobby on Friday, December 16, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

The children can sit with Santa, take a picture, and receive a goody bag and candy cane. Please bring the kids down.

The porters, lobby attendant, JJ and Jackie will receive their gifts on the same day.

Anyone interested in the New Year’s Eve Party, please let me know. Admission is $25 each. Anyone having ten guests will get one ticket free. The party will be in room #45 in the Einstein Community Center, 8 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Anyone interested in a building social pot luck party, let me know. If we have the social, it will be on December 17, at 8 p.m. in the association room in the back of the building. New cooperators are encouraged to attend, to meet and greet your new neighbors, and bring a dish of your choice.

Kwanzaa celebration will be on Sunday, December 11, 3 p.m., in the Bartow Community Center, room #31. Bring a dish, dessert or something to drink. Admission is free to the community.

Get well wishes to the sick and the shut-in —Patricia Bonaparte

Association of Building 14 Cooperators

Hello, fellow cooperators! Just a quick notice that our Annual Holiday Celebration is being postponed due the cold and windy weather that is expected over the next week or so. The plan is to reschedule it for Saturday, January 7th, to kick off the new year. We will continue with holiday decorating over the weekend and invite all creative and fun-loving minds to join in.

If you still want to give to the holiday gratuity collection for the building staff, please contact Sandy McMichael or myself, at 718.379.4260 or 917.612.1951, respectively, by Monday (the 13th).

Questions/suggestions? theab14c@hotmail.com or 917.612.1951.

—Josie Ferguson

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Autism Family Fun Night/Looking For Angels

Director’s Viewpoint

Evelyn Turner

On Friday, December 16, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Disabilities Committee will sponsor a Family Fun Night for Children on the Autism Spectrum. Director Andrea Leslie, chairman of the committee, and I, look forward to yet another Family Fun Night. However, we need volunteers (angels) to assist with fun activities for children. We also need assistance with serving food. We will have a special table for parents to share resources and network with each other while their children have fun.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that causes significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. There is nothing about how children with ASD look that set them apart from others, but children with ASD may communicate, interact, behave and learn in ways that are different from most other people. The learning, thinking, and problem-solving abilities of children with ASD can range from gifted to severely challenge. Some children need a lot of help in their daily lives; others need less.

Where: The party will be held in the Bartow Community Center, room 31 Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (volunteer angels should arrive at 5:30 p.m. to help set-up) Date: Friday, December 16 FREE: Hot food and drinks Gift Table: Cooperators are welcome to show love by bringing unwrapped gifts for the children (gloves, hats, scarfs, books, toys etc.)

Board/Committee Meetings The last Board meeting was well attended and informative. This director’s concern and opinion is the “cautious” report read to the Board by our Executive General Manager. At one point, it seemed to me that a department head director had to be prompted to “share more” information with the Board about a project recently completed. Additionally, it was evident to me at this meeting that general managers who have been on board for years are not aware of all aspects of some departments. Accordingly, it was evident that some cooperators were frustrated at the Contract Committee meeting due to lack of information and clarity. Most of the committee meetings attended were very informative and most concerns could be addressed.

It is my hope that cooperators will be getting at least one (1) monthly written report in the Co-op City Times from general managers in 2017.

Get On The Bus To Washington, DC. – Women’s March On Washington, Jan. 2017 The Board president used her authority to allocate assets from the corporation to rent five (5) charter buses to Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2017, the day after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. An invitation was extended and well received by Co-op City clubs and organizations. Tickets are $25 each and reportedly each club is asked to make a donation. It is hoped that the money spent from the corporate budget will be replaced.

Reportedly, the response has been tremendous and appreciated by those who wish to participate. It was reported that the chartered bus company is very appreciative of Co-op City’s business and will be making a contribution to Planned Parenthood.

According to Rev. Al Sharpton and some mainstream feminists, they want to send a message to the

Nov. 29—Dec. 3, 2016

Public Safety Blotter November 29 – 2099 Asch Loop A cooperator reported a broken window and items missing from their vehicle.

November 30 – 111 Dreiser Loop CCPD officers responded to a report of a female that had stolen items from a commercial establishment. The female was placed under arrest and processed.

November 30 – 100 Asch Loop CCPD officers responded to this area to investigate a report of a female assaulted. Based upon information provided by the victim, officers were able to make an arrest and charged the individual with assault.

December 2 – 140 Benchley Place A cooperator reported that fog lights were removed from his vehicle without permission or authority.

December 3 – 120 Casals Place CCPD officers responded to this location after a male kicked in an apartment door of his ex-girlfriend and demanded money. Officers observed the male fleeing the area and placed him under arrest.

MATTRESS DISPOSAL

The City of New York requires all residents to fully cover all mattresses or box springs in a sealed plastic bag for garbage disposal and collection.

This rule was intended to prevent an increase in bed bug activity.

Under the rule, failure to place a mattress or box spring in a proper bag will result in a $100 fine imposed by the City. In addition, Co-op City residents who violate this rule may be subject to a Community Complaint with related fines and legal fees. (The City of New York and Riverbay do not provide mattress or box spring bags or covers.)

Plastic bags to cover mattresses and box springs are available at department stores, home improvement centers and large moving companies. They can also be purchased online.

Please follow this rule when disposing mattresses and/or box springs.

These covered items are to be brought to the basement or placed on the dumpster pads for proper trash collection.

Thank you for your attention and cooperation in this matter.

—CSO

new administration on their first day in office that women’s rights are human rights. Many women were insulted by the past election cycle rhetoric. In 1997, Black women organized the “Million Women March” which this director attended. The organizers of this march had to be reminded and were asked not to “coopt (the name) of a march led by Black women in 1997. Therefore, the name chosen was the “Women’s March on Washington.”

Good luck to all who make the trip and this director will pray for your safety. It’s a new day in our country, hate crimes are up and hatred has been unleashed the same way it was in the 1960’s since the election of President-elect Donald Trump who won the electoral votes. This will be a great experience for first-time protesters.

The Wellness Challenge Begin to reduce the amount of protein and sugar intake in your diet. The “Silent Killer,” also known as Heart Disease, is affecting more and more Americans at an earlier age causing more heart attacks, surgeries and unfortunate deaths.

On This Day In American History “Norbert Rillieux, inventor, patented the Evaporating Pan in 1846. This device reduced some of the dangerous labor slaves performed for the sugar-refining industry.”

Otis Redding, recording star who wrote “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” and “Respect” (performed by Aretha Franklin), died in a plane crash near Madison, WI in 1967.

Thanks for your ongoing support. I may be reached at: evelyntinez@aol.com or 718-320-8088 or 917-324-1033.

Drop me a line at: Evelyn M. Turner, Riverbay Board of Directors, 2049 Bartow Ave., Bronx, NY 10475.

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Building 29 Association

It is hoped that Thanksgiving was a wonderful day for everyone. Our November association meeting was very well attended. Unfortunately, our newly elected State Senator, Jamaal Bailey, was not in attendance.

However, our meeting was very productive as much information was shared. During this meeting, it was decided that our December 16th meeting will be very brief and will be followed by a holiday celebration.

For those who love to cook or bake or have a specialty dish, please feel free to bring a dish or other goodies.

Please come and enjoy food and fellowship with your neighbors and friends.

A very special thank you goes out to all volunteers

who participated in decorating our 3 lobbies for the upcoming holiday season. We are looking very joyous!

The time you have contributed and your hard work is much appreciated. Another special thank you goes out to all Building 29 cooperators who paid their building dues.

Your participation helps to assure our association will be able to participate with other building associations and cooperator organizations which strive to maintain a good quality of life for all. Additionally, as we become financially strong, our vision for future initiatives for the benefit of Building 29 cooperators might be realized. If you have not yet paid building dues ($5 per household) it is not too late. Dues can be paid at any building association

meeting which is held the 3rd Friday of every month at 7 p.m. unless otherwise announced.

Just a reminder that Building 29 cooperators can easily share concerns, information, announcements, etc. with their association by sending an email to: building29association@gmail.com or by dropping a note into the Cooperator Suggestion/Input Box located next to the association room which is in the rear lobby of Building 29B. Remember, communication is key as we work to make Building 29 the best!

Happy holidays to all. May the New Year be filled with many blessings, especially health and happiness.

—Marie Standford

Hoping everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Firstly, we want to thank Ray Cooper, supervisor of cleaning staff for buildings one through ten for coming and speaking at our November meeting. He informed us that there are monthly inspections of all buildings.

He answered questions from the floor re: snow removal and made notes of problem-areas that he would follow

up on. We thanked him for the clean-up crews that he supervised on Family Fun Day in September.

We also wish to thank all of the volunteers involved in decorating both lobbies for the holidays.

They did a magnificent job. Now that we are fully in the holiday spirit, we want all of our neighbors and friends to join us in a holiday party on Saturday,

December 17th between 1 and 5 p.m. There will be music, refreshments and lots of fun. Come and meet your neighbors. It will be held in the association room in back of Building 2B. Try and keep well during the cold and flu season. Wishing everyone a blessed holiday season.

—Carlyn Jones

We are going to have our Building 6 kids holiday party on Friday, December 23, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the building association room. Every year, the kids have a great time and this year with be no different. There will be food and drinks and Santa Claus will be there too, I hear, plus other stuff planned for this event too.

We have a lady in the building making cupcakes for the kids. Anybody else who would like to make something for the kids’ holiday party, please let Jeffrey, the building president, know what you would like to bring to this event. Thank you in advance.

I will be sitting in the lobby trying to raise money for the kids’ holiday party and money to develop the photos we take with Santa Claus that we put up in the lobby for everyone to see. Everyone has asked for us to do it again because all the kids loved it last year.

The building paid for all the film to be developed for the photos with Santa Claus with the kids and the adult and we gave all the photos back to everyone too.

It cost $300 to develop all the Christmas photo last year. The Building 6 Association doesn’t have the money to pay for the Christmas film to be developed this year, so we are trying to raise the money for it.

We need your help to donate money so we can do it again this Christmas. Thank you for the people who have donated money already.

We will be collecting for the porters and lobby attendant soon for Christmas.

We already have our Christmas tree up in the lobby and should have all the Christmas lights up in the lobby soon.

We will also be singing Christmas songs in the lobby with Andy, our lobby attendant, on December 21 at 7:30 p.m. It’s always a lot of fun getting together and singing Christmas songs together in the lobby. We have a lot of enjoyment and fun stuff planned for the building this Christmas. Let’s make Building 6 great again.

—Jeffrey Schwartz

Building 12 Cooperators Civic Association

Greetings and Happy Holidays. On behalf of the Executive Board, we extend our best wishes to all of you this holiday season. Let us all take a moment to stop and be thankful.

Our next general membership meeting is Monday, December 12, 7:30 p.m. As we have done in the past, at our December meeting, we will hand out prizes, thank our floor captains and wish each other a happy New Year.

We would like to thank all of the floor decorators who do a beautiful job every year. They decorate out of the goodness of their hearts and pockets. Pat injured her arm while decorating our floor. We wish her a speedy recovery.

By now, you should have received your Building’s 2016 Annual Dues envelopes. They are due by December 9th. If you have not received an envelope, call me at 718-379-7841.

As a reminder, please be careful when you are out and about. Make sure, ladies, that your handbags are secure and for both guys and gals, do not display sums of cash. Just in case you cannot get out and about, check to make sure that you have batteries, flashlights, fully charged cell phone, water and other supplies.

Be aware of your surroundings. Do not buzz anyone into the lobby or open your door unless you know who it is. Also, although you have a car key to lock your car doors, physically check to ensure that the doors are locked.

Questions as to whether or not you may be eligible for the NYS BASIC STAR OR ENHANCED STAR PROGRAM, which is based upon your age and income, call 518-457-2036, Monday thru Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., or go to Google, type in “Star Program,” and then scroll down to “Star Eligibility.”

Best wishes to all who are celebrating a special event this month. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who has suffered a loss or is sick and shut-in.

If you see something, say something. To contact CCPD (Public Safety), call 718-671-3050.

We can be reached at MLSAH@aol.com or 718379-7841.

—Sonja Maxwell

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Coalition of African American Churches & Community Organizations

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The Coalition will be hosting its PRE-Kwanzaa Celebration tomorrow, Sunday, December 11, at 3 p.m. in room 31, 2049 Bartow Ave., Bronx, N.Y. featuring Dr. Daniel Black, Clark Atlanta University professor and author of “The Coming,” “They tell me of a Home.” There will be entertainment, Kuumba Dancers, and Drummers, Kwanzaa Ceremony, African Dancing and the Karamu Feast, vendors and games. Refreshments will be served.

This event is free for the community.

The coalition members attending the Kwanzaa celebration are requested to bring an offering of a large, main dish of food (no pork, please) or dessert, etc. to share with others. Please call (718) 320-1861 or (718) 379-5555, to advise what food offering you will bring. Also, traditional African attire should be

worn, although it is not mandatory.

Your attendance and participation are required to make this family cultural festivity a success.

Kwanzaa is the seven-day (December 26—January 1) African celebration of family, community and culture as personified in African “First Fruits” or harvest celebrations. Kwanzaa incorporates the spirit, value and practice of Ingathering, Reverence, Commemoration, Recommitment and Celebration and evolves around seven principles, one for each day of Kwanzaa, called Nguzo Saba. The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa are: Umoja (unity); Kujichagulia (self-determination); Ujima (collective work and responsibility); Ujamaa (cooperative economics); Nia (purpose); Kuumba (creativity); and Imani (faith).

Please inform the coalition of any sug-

gestions that you may have. Ms. Virginia Stewart is the president of the coalition.

Phone number, (718) 671-4506.

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 the community. We also act as one voice for all coalition members where there are issues of common concern and human rights. We also sponsor Friends & Family Day and Kwanzaa Celebrations free for the community.

Members of the coalition include the following: African-American Association; Co-op City Baptist Church; Retirees of Dreiser Loop; Harriet Tubman Independent Democratic Club; NAACP, Co-op City Branch; St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church and Zodiacs Track Club.

Please support our efforts by sending us a tax deductible contribution made payable to Coalition of African-American Churches and Community Organization of Co-op City, Inc., P.O. Box 619, Bronx, NY 10475. Churches and organizations that desire to join the coalition may apply for membership by either writing or calling (718) 671-4506 or (718) 671-5957 for a membership application, which should be returned with a letter on your church/organization’s letterhead and signed by the minister/president.

Read the coalition’s weekly column for information about events and issues.

Remember the coalition’s motto is, “Coming together is the Beginning, Keeping together is Progress and Working together is Success.”

—Harman T. Leacock

Greetings, neighbors, it gets dark at 5 p.m. Please stay aware and alert of your surroundings.

Quality of Life Issues – There has been ongoing complaints and now a flier from Riverbay posted concerning soiled diapers, etc. being thrown out of the windows of Building 27. If one sees anything out of the ordinary, by all means contact your (CSO) Cooperator Service Office by calling 718-320-3300, follow the prompts. Do not just complain, do something.

Collections – During the Christmas Holidays, representatives from the building association will be accepting monetary donations to show our appreciation to our porters, lobby attendant, postal clerk for their daily work. We really are family because we get to greet one another on a daily basis.

The Christmas decorations of lobbies of buildings A, the annual collection of monetary donations will be accepted 4 to 8 p.m. on both December 8th and the 9th. Volunteers are needed for each building.

If one, by any chance, missed the two dates, please contact the Building 27 Association via the phone number listed on your bulletin board and someone will accept your monetary donation.

We thank each cooperator in advance who gives so willingly year after year.

Thank you.

We Are Having A Party – Our annual party will be (WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR) meet and greet with our neighbors on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 7 p.m.

The Building 27 Association is open for nomination of officers – president,

vice president, secretary, assist. secretary, correspondence secretary, treasurer, assit. treasurer, sergeant-at-arms.

Election of officers will take place January 2017.

Happy birthday to all celebrating in this month. Please share with the Sunshine Committee, Ms. Lydia Rondon, by calling her at (718) 583-3040. If a neighbor in our building is ill, homebound, celebrating birthdays or experi-

encing bereavement, Ms. Rondon will respond on behalf of the association.

Please keep our board of directors in prayer that they will be granted wisdom and harmony to continue moving forward , to make the right decisions protecting our interest and keeping our homes affordable. Please pray for all leaders for PEACE for there is unrest everywhere.

—H. Overman

Building 27 Association

Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club

The Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Thursday, December 15, in the Bartow Center, room # 31 at 7 p.m. It is requested that all members attend this very important meeting. This will be the last meeting of the year, and it will be good to see everyone once again before the year ends.

We will discuss our plans for the upcoming activities for the year 2017 and outline the direction that the club intends to go in the future. This meeting will also serve as our Annual Christmas Celebration for the upcoming Holidays. So, please attend.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club would like to wish all our members and the Co-op City community a very Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Happy Kwanzaa, and a Happy Hanukkah. Be safe and healthy during the Holidays.

The club continues to extend get well wishes to those members who have been ill and are recovering from various medical procedures and surgeries. Best wishes are also extended to those members who are home-bound and recovering during therapy. Our prayers are with you for a full recovery. Please keep in touch with our Good & Welfare Committee Chairperson, Ms. Gertie Brown, relating to your condition. She can be contacted at (347) 275-2995. Best wishes are also extended to those members who are celebrating a birthday, anniversary or special event during the month of December.

I wish to thank the membership and the community for your continued support.

—George T. Clarke

Let us know…

If you have news you’d like to share with your neighbors, please give us a call at (718) 320-3300, Ext. 3375/6; email: cctimes@ riverbaycorp.com or fax (718) 320-2595.

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African-American Association

Our next General meeting days, 7:00 p.m., Dreiser Cenwill be Tuesday, December 13, ter, room #2. For a nominal 2016 at 7 p.m., room #15 in fee, you will have fun and Dreiser Center. We will be stay in shape. For more inforshowing excerpts from Dr. mation, call Xonia, 646-301Umar Johnson and Dr. Joy 9438.

Degruy. They will both be Children’s Programs – enlightening us with their For information about the knowledge of historic truths early morning school dropand hidden agendas. off program and the after The association sponsors Dr. Joy Degruy school programs, call 718the following ongoing programs and 379-5555. encourages your participation.

Evening Line Dance Classes – Acting Classes – Children’s and Dance to Soul, Latin, and Gospel Adult classes are available. Contact: music on Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. in Meca Talent; for more info call us at: Dreiser Center, room #2. Call Cynthia, 646-373-4122 917-903-7073.

Belly Dance Classes – WednesMusic, Rhythm & Dance – Most Fri-

days 7:30 p.m., Dreiser Center, rm. 15; Community Center, room #15. If you most Saturdays, 10:00 a.m., are unable to attend the Dreiser Center, room #2. Call meeting, please read our Keith, 917-561-6211. weekly column for updates.

Yoga & Pilates Mat Classes Also, if you wish to join or – Classes on Tuesday, 7:15 p.m., update your membership, Dreiser Center, rm. 2. Lose please send a check or weight, tone and strengthen money order (DO NOT your muscles with exercises that MAIL CASH) of $15 for a reduce stress through breathing single membership or $25 techniques. For more informafor families to: AfricanDr. Umar Johnson tion, call 718-671-8364.

American Association of Zumba and Yoga – Classes on SatCo-op City, P.O. Box 702, Co-op City urday start at 9:30 in Dreiser Center, Station, Bronx, NY 10475. Donations room #2. are welcomed. Like us on Facebook: General Membership Meeting – CoopcityAfricanamericanassoc/ email The next meeting will be Tuesday, us at: aaaccpower@gmail.com.

December 13, at 7:00 p.m. in Dreiser —Kevin Lambright

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Mailing Address: P.O. Box 75-3111, Einstein Station, Bronx, NY 10475 President: Jerome Rice Office telephone: (718) 320-3210 Address: 135 Einstein Community Center, room 36 Office Hours: Monday – Wednesday – Friday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Theme: Our Lives Matter – Our Votes Count.

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities.

NAACP statement on President-elect Trump selections for top advisors by Cornell William Brooks, president and CEO of the NAACP, can be accessed online: http://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-statement-president-elect-trump-selections-

VOTER REGISTRATION IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY, registration forms available in office. Be prepared to VOTE! If you don’t vote, don’t complain.

Note: On Saturday, January 21, 2017 our branch will participate in Co-op City’s Women’s March on Washington.

We will be travelling by charter bus and the cost is $25 per person. Seats are limited. If you are interested in going, call the office for more details.

Save the Date December 10 – McCall’s 50th Anniversary Gala @$125

NAACP Co-op City Branch #2210

top-advisors/.

Note: HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE is scheduled for Saturday, December 17th, Einstein, room 49, from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.

All are welcomed. This will replace the end of year membership meeting and celebration previously scheduled for Sunday, December 18th. Bring a dish, beverage, or dessert. If not sure what to bring, just call the office.

Membership Campaign: Lifeblood of the association. Your membership dollars help lead the fight for freedom, justice and equality. The community at large is invited to join the Co-op City Branch #2210. Become a new member, renew, recruit, gift or sponsor an annual membership for self or another. Adult regular membership is $30 and Youth membership is $10. We have some exciting and challenging projects planned and we need your help. We look forward to working with you to go forward and meet the mandates of the NAACP.

National Council of Negro Women

The Postal Service announced on Tuesday, November 22, the new subjects for the 2017 Forever stamps and we are proud to say that our beloved 4th National President and National Chair, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, is on the 40th stamp in the Black Heritage series.

Dr. Height was one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century, who dedicated her life to fighting for civil rights and gender equality. However, we know her best as a devoted and accomplished leader, who served at the helm of the National Council of Negro Women for over 50 years. We are delighted that she will be honored in this way. This is a proud moment in NCNW history and a lasting tribute to Dr. Dorothy I. Height. She will never be forgotten.

As we in Co-op City Section begin the Christmas holiday season, we reach out our hands of friendship and support to our neighbors. We are beginning our 12th Annual Holiday Drive for the children/teens at Phipps Neighborhood shelter. We will be collecting new hats, scarves, socks, gloves, toys (no weapons) in addition to Pampers. This collection is sponsored by our Youth Committee which is why we are collecting for youth. We appreciate the support of the entire Co-op City community in this effort and so we will be available to accept your gifts for the children. Our drop off dates for room 14 in Dreiser Community Center will be Wednesday, December 14 and Thursday, December 15 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.; also on Saturday, December 17 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Members, of course, may also bring their gifts to our December meeting.

Our December membership meeting will be on Sunday, December 11th at 3:00 p.m. in room 11, Dreiser Center. Our meeting will be followed by our Christmas Party (be sure to bring your $10 for the party if you did not pay at November’s meeting). Please contact Vivian Wescott in advance at (718) 547-4586 to alert her that you will be coming to the party if you did not tell her before. If you would also like to take part in the “Grab Bag” during the party, please contact Dorcas Lay, (718) 671-6910, in advance and remember that grab bag gifts should cost about $20. We also expect to have the photo album of our 45th Anniversary Celebration from Photos R Us available at our meeting.

—Joyce Howard

December 11— COAAC & CO Kwanza – Free December 15 – Dreiser Retirees Holiday party @$75 December 17 – Holiday Open House December 18 – End of year Membership Meeting & Celebration/ CANCELLED January 21, 2017 – Women’s March on Washington (Co-op City participation) January 2017 – Jubilee (work in progress) February 2017 – Black History Month Essay Contest (P.S. 160 work in progress) —Jerome L. Rice

CO-OP CITY FOOT CARE CENTER SECTION 5 • BUILDING 29C 4240 HUTCHINSON RIVER PARKWAY EAST

(718) 671-2233 DR. LOUIS JACOBS, DIRECTOR ALL FOOT CONDITIONS TREATED The in-office surgical correction of BUNIONS • HAMMERTOES • INGROWN TOENAILS PAINFUL CORNS and CALLOUSES The treatment of traumatic foot injuries, heel spurs, bursitis and arthritis of the joints of the feet, toenail and skin infections, as well as other conditions.

Most Union and Insurance Plans Accepted.

HIP CMO (Montefiore) Health Plan Accepted.

We participate in Postal Workers, Mail Handlers, Letter Carriers, Verizon Workers, 1199, GHI, Blue Shield, Empire Plan, Medicare, Travelers, United Health Care and many other union and major medical plans.

Se Habla Español MEDICARE ACCEPTED • HOUSE CALLS BY APPOINTMENT

Diabetic Patients with Medicare may be eligible for shoes.

Co-op City Times / December 10, 2016

Co-op City Sports

On Sunday, December 4th, VTC (Velocity Track Club New York) traveled 90 miles to Toms River, NJ to compete in the NJ-AAU Youth Development Meet at the Bennett Complex.

Most of the best teams from NJ, PA and, Westchester were there. It was said, “If you want to be the best, you must compete against the best,” therefore VTC are willing to travel to enhance our athletes.

This was our first meet after the cross country season and it was a wake-up call for our new athletes and parents. After competing in their first indoor meet, they realized why we work so hard. The following events at the meet were: Sprint Medley Relay (200m, 200m, 400m, 800m), 1500 meters, 400 meters, 55 meters, 55 meter hurdles, 800 meters, 200

Velocity Track Club New York

The following athletes won awards: In the 8 & under girls and boys division: Brianna Burrell took 2nd in the 55 meters; Dillon Hampton took 3rd in the 1500m and 4th in the 800m.

Pierce Parker took 1st in the 1500m, 5th in the 800m and 6th in the 400 meters. Kassir Gayle took 1st in the shot put. In the 9 & 10 girls & boys division: Adonijah Washington took 3rd in the high jump. Tiarra Jackson took 2nd in the 1500 meters race, Jalen Martin Percell took 5th in the 1500 meter, Matthiaus Anderson took 2nd in shot put. In the girls & boys 11 & 12 division, Olyvia Burrell, who is 10 years old, was moved up to the 11 & 12 division to try the VTC Athletes and Coach Dinkins at the Wide World 55 meters hurdles and she took of Sports AAU National Club Championship.

4th place. Hannah Gadpalle celmeters, Shot Put and High Jump. Awards ebrated her birthday at the meet. She were given to the top six athletes in their came home with a 3rd place award in the event/ gender and division.

200 meters and 6th place finish in the 55 I’m pleased to note that VTC returned meter race. Happy birthday, Hannah!! home with 34 awards!!! We could have Dontea Lindo took 4th place in the won more awards, but the coaches 1500 meter race. Kabir Gaydarik took decided to experiment with some athletes 1st in the high jump, Jordan Ingram took in new events to see how they will adjust. 4th place in the high jump and Julian

Next Defensive Driving Class The Black Forum defensive driving course will be on Sat., January 14, 2017, 8:50 a.m.–3 p.m., Dreiser Center, rm. 1. 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. Please also bring your current driver’s license and a pen. Call (718) 320-8035.

Unemployed Youth Work Opportunity If you are an unemployed Co-op City youth, 16-24 years old, and currently out of school, sign up for a (Neighborhood Development Area) NDA-Opportunity Program sponsored by the NYC Dept. of Youth & Community Development. The program includes workreadiness training, counseling, referrals for resources, retention and paid work experience; 10 hours per week paid work experience at various worksites. You must commit to a minimum of 5 hours per week of unpaid workshops. Transportation will be provided for the first two weeks, upon request. To register, please call the Black Forum at (718) 320-8035.

Monthly meetings We will be holding monthly meetings. Come and express your opinions and concerns on issues pertinent to the community. Stay tuned for the dates.

Black Forum Aerobics and Zumba It’s time to get in shape, get healthy and feel healthy.

Body by Andrea’s aerobics classes are held Mondays and Wednesdays, and Zumba on Thursday. Classes are

Black Forum

in the Dreiser Aud., 7:30 p.m. To register, please call (718) 320-8035. Nominal fee for each class.

Food distribution sites On Thursdays, residents of Buildings 27, 28, 29, 32 and 33 must pick up food at the New Vision Church, 115 Einstein Loop, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Likewise, residents of Building 26, 30, 31, 34 and 35 must go to the Evangelical Church, 2350 Palmer Avenue, 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Thursdays to pick up food. For information, please call (718) 320-8035.

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

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Caldwell took 3rd in the shot put. Also, Julian, Ethan Mohan, Kabir and Dontae took 2nd in the sprint medley relay. In the 13 & 14 girls & boys division: Messiah Jean took 2nd in the girls shot put and Dravid Brown took 2nd in the boys shot put. In the girls & boys 15 to 18 division: Jaelah Eargle took 3rd place in the 55 meters, 5th place in the 200m and 400m race. Zaria Wright took 6st place in the 200 meters; Jessica Rivera took 1st in the girls 1500 meters, 2nd in the 800 meters and 6th place in the 400 meters race. Darius Gordon took 2nd in the boys 400m and 4th in the 200 meters race.

Great job to everyone, especially those who did not earn awards. I saw a lot of positive things in your performance.

Our next indoor meet will be on Sunday, December 11th at the CT Hawks Youth Developmental Meet. Come out and see your future Olympians!

Velocity Track Club New York is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit. One hundred percent of your donation will go to help our children. For additional information, you can go to our website, Velocitytrack.org, or contact me, Coach Winston Dinkins, at 914-441-6196 or via email at watclt @aol.com.

—Winston Dinkins

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) 3208035 or write to Black Forum, P.O. Box 563, Bronx, NY 10475; email: coopcityblackforum@gmail.com or tonyshome10475@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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Co-op City Times / December 10, 2016

Faith In God Church & Bible Institute

Rev. Dr. Gladys R. Little, Apostle, and Pastor & Evangelist Vernon Little greet everyone in the name of Jesus, that name which is above every name. We want you to know that you are welcome in this house of the Lord! It is His house by ownership: it is our house by stewardship: and it can be your house by membership; so come on in and join with us. May God bless you in this house!

I read where Will Durant said, “The mind is formed by what it takes in.” Research shows that what we see can stay in our minds for a long time and influence our behavior. It has a “clingy effect,” sticking to us like that stubborn fat we find so hard to lose.

Let’s look at scripture for encouragement. Phillipians 4:4-9 says: 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say,

rejoice!

5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy - meditate on these things.

9 The things which you learned and received and

heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

Invitations Sweet Hour of Prayer is today at 3 p.m. Sunday School is tomorrow at 10 a.m. Our Sunday Morning Worship Service is at 11 a.m. Every 3rd Sunday following the morning worship, we serve Holy Communion.

If you’re into gospel rap/holy hip-hop, go to www.reverbnation.com/vernonlittle and download music from Vernon Little free of charge. He also has videos on YouTube. You will be blessed, encouraged, and inspired.

We are located at 171 Dreiser Loop in section 1.

Our phone # is (347) 276-4925. Jesus loves you, and so do we!

—Apostle Gladys R. Little

Forget: put out of one’s mind; cease to think of or consider; stop thinking about; shut out; blank out; pay no heed to; not worry about; ignore; overlook; take no notice of; abandon; say goodbye to; deep-six - destroy or dispose of irretrievably. A nautical expression indicating a water depth of 36 feet - something thrown overboard at or greater than this depth would be difficult, if not impossible, to recover.

Philippians 3:10-16 10 For my determined purpose is that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Christ, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly, and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection, which it exerts over believers, and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed in spirit into His likeness even to His death, in the hope 11 That if possible I may attain to the spiritual and moral resurrection that

lifts me out from among the dead even while in the body.

12 Not that I have now attained this ideal, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to grasp and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus the Messiah has laid hold of me and made me His own. 13 I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the supreme and heavenly prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.

15 So let those of us who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also. 16 Only let us hold true to what we have already attained and walk and order our lives by that.

Summary:

1 – Become intimately acquainted with Christ 2 – Know the power of his resurrection 3 – Remember that although formerly dead in sins I am now alive in Christ 4 – Forget the past and strain towards the heavenly prize 5 – Walk and order our lives according to what we have learned Open Door Ministries’ Therapeutic Mentoring/Counseling Program meets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in Dreiser Loop, room 9. Our regular Sunday services are at 11 a.m. in the Bartow Community Center, room 28. Thursdays in December will focus on strategies on helping parents navigate the special needs of children at 6:30 p.m. in Dreiser Loop, room 9. You can contact Pastor Luis through opendoorministries.net or text 917-334-4407.

Blessings in Christ, —Pastor Luis Ramos

Bishops Nancy & Angelo Rosario and the congregation invite you to worship and to learn God’s Word for a new you in your life. Make today the decision for Christ and let it be the first day of your new life. You may visit us and we hope you’ll stay, however, please visit and become a member at any of the many houses of worship in the Co-op City community that are teaching God’s Word. The sheep know their Pastor’s voice.

We are located at 127 Dreiser Loop (to the right of the Montefiore Health Clinic), 718-790-9120. You can call the office and leave your prayer request for our prayer group that meets every Monday & Wednesday.

Schedule of Services Sunday: Worship in Spanish, 9:30 a.m.

Worship in English, 1:15 p.m.

Sunday: Bible Studies for Women (Spanish & English classes), 11:30 a.m.

Bible studies for Men/Youth/Children – English, 11:30 a.m.

Monday: Prayer & Bible study, 9:30 a.m. (Min. Steve).

Wednesday: Prayer, 7:00 p.m. (Rev. Melinda) Wednesday: 12-step program @ 159 Dreiser Loop Wednesday, 12/14 – Clergy Meeting, rm. 28, Bartow Avenue, 11 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 24 – There will be a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m.

Sunday, Christmas Day – There will be a 1 hr. service at 10 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 31 – New Year’s Eve candlelight service, 10 p.m.

Sunday, January 1, 2017 – One bi-lingual service at 1 p.m.

As we enter into the month of December, we remind you to pray for our nation. Maintain an upright heart, let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the

baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history because it has meant the pouring into a sick world the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years. “Christmas

gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example.

To yourself, respect.” —Bishop Nancy Rosario

Open Door Ministries Forgetting and Looking Forward (Sermon excerpt)

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Co-op City Times / December 10, 2016 In Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth, a band of astronomers called “Magi” brought Jesus gifts...

“They entered the house and saw the child in the arms of Mary, his mother. Overcome, they kneeled and worshiped him. Then they opened their luggage and presented gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh.”- Matthew 2:11 (MSG) Aside from the gold, these other gifts seem like things that would guarantee Mary a trip to the “returns” line on December 26th! We have no way of knowing why the Magi chose these three gifts to worship Jesus with, but we can look deeper into them and find significance!

Gold: Gold speaks of royalty. Although only a baby, Jesus was a King, but not in the way the Magi thought. During His ministry, the Jewish people thought Jesus would free them from the Roman Empire and rule as their king. While on trial for His life, He told Pilate: “My kingdom doesn’t consist of Senior Pastor Boyce Landrum and Pastor Carol Landrum and the Greater Love family welcome you to fellowship with us on Sunday mornings at 11:30 a.m. – Morning prayer and meditation begins at 9:30 and Sunday Bible Study/School at 10 a.m. Worship at Greater Love Baptist Church means gathering with people of all ages and cultures to express our love for God our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ our Savior.

All things considered, the Holy Spirit reserves the right to have His way in our worship. Greater Love is conveniently located at 900 Co-op City Blvd. (Bldg.

2A), on the ground level, Bronx, N.Y., 10475; main entrance – red button. Free parking is available in Garage #1 on Darrow Place – parking passes will be validated at the church. Church telephone: 347-9205607.

SWAG (Spiritual Guidance and Wisdom) Youth Ministry, under the direction of Elder Crystal Jones, will conduct our Morning Worship Service

Newsong Church

what you see around you. If it did, My followers would fight so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews.

But I’m not that kind of King, not the world’s kind of king.” – John 18:36 (MSG). It was right to offer Jesus gold. He is the King of kings, and the Lord of lords!

One day He will return and establish His Kingdom!

Frankincense: Frankincense was an incense that was used by the Jewish people during their worship to God. Jesus is God. John says about Jesus: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” –John 1:1 (NKJV) Jesus Himself, allowed people to worship Him, something reserved only for God, and He told everyone, “I and My Father are One.” – John 10:30 (NKJV) Myrrh: Myrrh was used as a Holy ointment. It was often used as a perfume, and commonly used for embalming bodies. Myrrh would become significant in the life of Jesus as it speaks to His suffering and death. Mark tells us: “The soldiers brought Jesus to

Golgotha, meaning “Skull Hill.” They offered Him a mild pain killer (wine mixed with myrrh), but He wouldn’t take it. And they nailed Him to the cross...”

– Mark 15:22-24 (MSG). Jesus, the Son of the living God, suffered and died on the cross for your sin and mine. He willingly gave up His life so that we can be made right with God and have a relationship with Him! Jesus is God’s gift to us. Join us this Sunday as we continue our teaching series, “Come to Worship.”

Our Worship Experience is located at 177 Dreiser Loop, Auditorium B. Our service starts at 11 a.m. Deaf interpretation is available during our adult worship experience. We have a well-staffed nursery and a children’s church called “Kidsong.”

Our Newsong family is here for you, stop by this Sunday and experience the difference!

God bless you!

—Pastor Mike Tolone

and Christmas production, “No Room at the Inn Today” on Sunday, December 18th, at 11:30 a.m.

Elder Jones will preach a Christmas message. Following service, we will have a “Pot Luck” holiday luncheon. All are encouraged to come out to show love and support our youth. You are more than welcome to bring a favorite dish to the Pot Luck and fellowship with us as we celebrate the reason the season, Jesus Christ!

Bible Study and Discipleship Meetings: Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30. The last class for December is Tuesday, December 20th. Class resumes on Jan. 10th – All welcome.

Christmas Service, Sunday December 25th. The schedule for Christmas Day is Prayer and Meditation beginning at 10:30 and Morning Worship at 11:30 a.m.

Cake, cookies, hot beverages, warm apple cider & Egg Nog will be provided following worship. We look forward to seeing you.

Food Pantry: Will reopen on Saturday, January 28th. In the interim, we invite our friends who meet us at the pantry to join us for Morning Worship on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Donations are still needed and gladly accepted.

Weekly Schedule Sunday Morning Prayer & Meditation: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Bible School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 11:30 a.m.

Holy Communion – First Sunday Adult Bible Study/Discipleship Class: Tuesday evenings: 7:00 p.m.

Deacon Training: Alternate Thursday evenings at 7 p.m.

Food Pantry: 4th Saturday, 10:00am – 12:00 p.m.

Mosaic Women’s Ministry Mighty Men of God: Men’s Ministry Youth Ministry: Friday evenings at 7 p.m.

—Pastor Carol Landrum

Membership is open to all women of the church. The men hold their meeting after service on the second Sunday of each month.

We look forward to welcoming everyone to service at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 11, when we will celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent. This service will be an Advent Festival of Hymns and Readings.

Our Supply Priest, Father Simeon Johnson, will be the preacher and celebrant.

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 all of the above, please call the church at 718-320-0844, or visit our website: http://www.stjosephsepcbronx.org.

“Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help! * whose hope is in the Lord their God” —Psalm: 146:4 —M. Chambers

Greater Love Baptist Church

St. Joseph’s Episcopal Anglican Church

The congregation of St. Joseph’s cordially invites you and your family to worship 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.

Choir rehearsal is on Thursdays at 7 p.m.

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

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Bartow

Einstein

Dreiser

Activities in Room 31 unless otherwise noted

Activities in Room 49 unless otherwise noted

Activities in Room 7 unless otherwise noted

Word Games 9:30-11 a.m.

Library 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Dominoes 10 a.m., Rm. 45 Line Dancing

Crochet & Knitting 10 a.m.12 p.m.

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Stay Well Exercise (On Vac. until Jan. 9, 2017) Adult Coloring Book 11 a.m., Rm. 4 Mind Teasers 12-1 p.m., Rm. 4 Diabetes Support Group 1:00 p.m. – Last Monday of the month Bereavement Counseling Rm. 13, 1:00 p.m.

Gentle Yoga (On Vac. until Jan. 9, 2017) Basic Cell Phone & iPad training 12:30-1:30 p.m., Rm. 7 Intermediate Yoga 2-3 p.m.

Library 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Weight Management Bartow Center – 10 a.m.

10-11 a.m., Rm. 45

Around The Lunch Table 11:30 a.m.

Arthritis Exercises

Word Search

11 a.m.-noon

11 a.m. -12 p.m.

Bingo 1-3 p.m., Rm. 35

Bingo 1-2 p.m.

Diabetes Support Group

Card Games 2-4 p.m.

Dominoes 2:30 p.m.

2nd Monday - 1:00 p.m.

Pokeno 3:00-4:00 p.m..

Rm.3

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session

Word Games

Tues., Dec. 13

9:30-11:30am

9:30-10:30am

Walking Club

Dominoes 10am

10:30-11:30am

Tai Chi 11am, Rm. 45

(On Vac. until Jan. 3, 2017)

Matinee Movie

Cultural Dance

Caregiver Support Group 1:00pm, 1st & 3rd

10am, Rm. 45

Tues.

Karaoke by Steven

10:30 – 11:30am, Aud. B Mind Teasers 12-1pm, Rm. 4 Zumba 1-2pm, Aud. A

Alert & Alive

Bingo 12:30-2:00pm

1:00pm-2:00pm, Rm. 45

Card Games 2-4pm

Afternoon Movie Dominoes 2:30pm

1:00 w/popcorn

Alternate Kosher Meals are also available

Date:

Kosher

Non-Kosher

Mon., Dec. 12

Orange juice, stuffed cabbage w/beef, Mauzone toasted barley & onion, green beans w/tomato, whole wheat bread and fresh fruit Alt: Chicken salad

Beef meatball Pasta Garden salad Mixed vegetables

Tues, Dec. 13

Apple juice, baked Asian style honey chicken, Rice-a-Roni, sautéed zucchini, whole wheat bread and fresh fruit Alt: Egg salad

Curry chicken Black beans & rice Cabbage w/shredded carrots

Wed., Dec. 14

Orange pineapple juice, homemade turkey meatloaf w/low sodium mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes, winter blend vegetables, whole wheat bread and canned pears Alt: Tuna salad

Roast loin of pork Brown rice Steamed kale

Orange juice, breaded Tilapia Thurs., fish fillet, brown rice w/mushDec. rooms, steamed carrots, whole 15 wheat bread and fresh fruit Alt: Turkey salad

Chicken teriyaki Pasta Steamed vegetables

Wed., Dec. 14

Games 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Walk Group 9:30 a.m.,

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session

Stay Well Exercise

Rm. 40

9:30-10:30 a.m.

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Dominoes 10 a.m., Rm. 45

2017)

Bingo 1 p.m.-2 p.m.

Spelling Bee 10 a.m.

Tai Chi 11 a.m.- 12 p.m.

Mind Teasers 12-1 p.m.,

Card Games 2-4 p.m.

Spanish Practice Class

Rm. 4

Dominoes 2:30 p.m.

10:30 a.m., Computer Lab

African Brazilian Dance

Smartphone Class

Zumba 11 a.m.-12 p.m.,

1:00, Rm. 2 Art Class 1-3 p.m.

Yoga 2 p.m.-3 p.m., Rm. 2

Beginner – 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Intermediate – 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Bartow Main office

Rm. 45

Dominoes 10 a.m.,

Thurs., Dec. 15

Rm. 45

Library 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Word Games 9:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m.

Chat Session 9:30 a.m.

-1 p.m.

Bingo 1 - 2 p.m.

Card Games 2-4 p.m.

Dominoes 2:30 p.m.

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Grandparent Connection

Blood Pressure

1st Thursday, Rm. 35, 10:30 a.m.

10-11:30 a.m., 1st & 3rd Rm. 8 Line Dancing 10-11 a.m., Aud. A Piano Sing Along 11 a.m. 12 p.m.

Mind Teasers 12 - 1 p.m., Rm. 4 Drama Club 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Arthritis Exercise 11 a.m., Rm. 45 Spelling Bee 11 a.m.

Word search 11 a.m. 12 p.m.

Karaoke by Steven 1:00 p.m., Rm. 45

Fri., Dec. 16

Sewing (On Vac. until Jan. 25,

Line Dancing 11am-12pm

Purple Life Trail Fitness Instruction 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Crochet & Knitting

Men’s Line Dancing

Dominoes 10 a.m.,

9 - 10 a.m.

10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Rm. 45

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Art 10 a.m., Rm. 45

Library, Exercise Bike, Chat Session

Women’s Line Dancing

Bingo 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

9:30-10 a.m., 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Chat Session 10 a.m.

Bingo 1 - 2 p.m.

Piano Sing-along

Card Games 2 - 4 p.m.

Meditative Moments

Pokeno 2-4 p.m., Rm. 35

Mind Teasers 12 - 1

11 a.m. -12 p.m.

Card Games 2 - 4 p.m.

Dominoes 2:30 p.m.

Blood Pressure 2nd & 4th Friday 10 a.m. -11:30

Bingo – Rm. 7, 1-3 p.m.

a.m., Rm. 45

Card Games, Dominoes 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Word Games

10 - 11:30 a.m.

(On Vac. until Dec. 30)

p.m., Rm. 4

(Schedule subject to change without notice)

Fee for lunch is $2.00 & $5.00 for guest *Menu subject to change without notice.

Alternate Kosher Meals are also available

ALL meals served w/margarine and fresh milk

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

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

Fri., Dec. 16

Apple juice, roasted chicken kasha varnishkes, challah bread, fresh fruit and gefilte fish

Baked fish w/vegetables Baked sweet potato Steamed spinach

Upcoming Events/Trips

JASA WELCOMES EVERYONE AGE 60 AND OLDER! Trip registration policy: No refunds for all trips. All trips include roundtrip transportation! All trips must be paid in advance – No exceptions! Payments for trips can be made at all 3 centers. You can register for all trips starting the Monday after it has been published in the newspaper: JASA will not accept checks under $5.

(FREE) LiveOn NY-SCRIE Application Assistance SNAP (Food Stamps) – Friday, Dec. 23rd, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. First come, first cerved! JASA Main Office, 2049 Bartow Ave JASA Coat Drive – Nov. 28th – Jan. 2nd. Dreiser Senior Center, 177 Dreiser Loop, rm. 7, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Bartow Senior Center, 2049 Bartow Ave., rm. 31, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. and Einstein Senior Center, 135 Einstein Loop, rm. 49, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Mon. thru Fri. JASA Dreiser Sr. Center Open House – Tues., Dec. 13th, 177 Dreiser Loop, rm. 7, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Refreshments served.

Foxwoods Casino – Tues., Dec. 13th, $60. Package includes Deluxe Coach Bus. Enjoy 6 hour casino stay.

See the Legends in Concert tribute with such artists performing as Kings of Rock & Roll and Pop, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson. Returning is Whitney Houston & Prince & for the first time at Foxwoods will be Taylor Swift - Rockin’ band & Dazzling Dancers. Show starts at 2 p.m. Enjoy an all-you-can- eat lunch buffet, $10 slot play bonus. Discount shopping at Tanger Outlets in Foxwoods.

All taxes & meal gratuities. Bus departs, pick-ups: Dreiser - 8:15 a.m., Bartow 8:30 a.m. & Einstein - 8:45 a.m. Bus departs casino at 5:30 p.m. (No refunds). Deadline for payment is December 2nd.

Radio City Christmas Spectacular – Wed., Dec. 14th, $60. Show starts at 11 a.m. Bartow - 9 a.m., Einstein - 9:15 a.m. & Dreiser - 9:30 a.m. Seats are on the 2nd Mezzanine (No refunds). Deadline for payment is Dec. 9th. Wait list.

Wal-Mart, Thurs., Dec. 15th – $15.

Pick-ups: Bartow - 8:30 a.m., Einstein 8:45 a.m. and Dreiser - 9 a.m.

Radio City Christmas Spectacular – Fri., Dec. 16th, $60. Wait List. Show starts at 11 a.m. Bartow - 9 a.m., Einstein - 9:15 a.m. & Dreiser - 9:30 a.m. Seats are on the 2nd Mezzanine (No refunds).

Deadline for payment is Dec. 9th.

Dreiser Sr. Center – Christmas Toy Drive until Mon., Dec. 19th, 177 Dreiser Loop, rm. 7. Drop-offs between 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

NOTE: Alvin Ailey, Dec. 21st. Pickup times have been changed – Bartow: 10:30 a.m., Einstein: 10:45 a.m. & Dreiser: 11 a.m.

American Museum of Natural History – $23; Mon., Dec. 19th, Bartow - 9 a.m., Einstein - 9:15 a.m. and Dreiser 9:30 a.m.

Stew Leonard’s – Mon., Dec. 19th, $5. Bartow - 9:30 a.m., Einstein - 9:45 a.m. & Dreiser - 10 a.m.

Jersey Gardens Mall – $15; Tues., Dec. 20th; Bartow - 8:30 a.m., Dreiser 8:45 a.m. and Einstein - 9 a.m.

JASA CLOSED Mon., Dec. 26th.

Empire Casino – Wed., Dec. 28th, $5; Bartow - 9:30 a.m., Einstein - 9:45 a.m. & Dreiser - 10 a.m.

Central Avenue – 2-hours Christmas Tree Store, 1 hour Amazing Savings, 2 hours Burlington Coat Factory; Thurs., Dec. 29th, $13. Bartow - 9:30 a.m., Einstein - 9:45 a.m. & Dreiser - 10 a.m.

American Museum of Natural History - $23; Mon., Jan. 23rd, Bartow - 9 a.m., Einstein - 9:15 a.m. and Dreiser 9:30 a.m.

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Scheduling Activities Calendar

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Final Reminder: The Holiday Party is scheduled for Monday, December 12, 1 p.m. in Dreiser Auditorium “C,” $45/person. This will be in lieu of the December meeting. Contact Jean, (718) 379-3742, or the office, (718) 320-1946. Tickets for the party may be picked up at the door if you didn’t get them in advance. Please be in touch with members who may not know about the party – we look forward to seeing everyone.

Heartfelt condolences to Rosalee Menefee and Yvonne Menefee on the loss of their daughter/sister, Ardella Adegbo.

Please contact our Good & Welfare Coordinator, Frances Wilson, 718-671-5493, about any of our members we have not heard from or seen in a few months. We want them to know that they are in our thoughts and prayers. Also, if you have a family member who has passed, please contact Frances.

2016 Tour Activities Friday, December 30 – January 1, 2017 – New Year’s Weekend Celebration at the Desmond Hotel; dinner/show the evening we arrive; breakfast buffet; Valley Forge Tour or casino excursion or shopping at the King of Prussia Mall; New Year’s Eve Party and New Year’s Day Brunch and show before leaving for home. Contact Jean, 718-379-3742.

2017 Tour Activities March 17 – 24, 2017: 7-night Cruise to Cuba…

SOLD OUT (Wait-list available. Fly to Montego Bay, Jamaica; board Celestyal Cruise Ship to Santiago de Cuba; Havana, Mariola Gorde, Cienfuigo; roundtrip airfare, tours, food, drinks, taxes and port fees all included. Contact Judith, 718-379-3370.

—Delores Debnam

Einstein Cancer Fund

Best wishes to all celebrating birthdays and anniversaries during the month of December.

“Born Yesterday” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, April 26, 2017. Cost per person is $79, which can be paid off by April 1st, 2017. A small deposit of $5 or more will hold your reservation. You will be issued receipts for your deposits. “Born Yesterday” was a huge comedy hit on film which featured Judy Holiday. You will enjoy this show as well as those who saw the movie.

For all of the above luncheon shows and all of the agendas listed above, please call Lydia at 718-6713005 or Annie Eutsey at 718-320-1874 for dues and donations.

As always, remember to give a call to the homebounds and those in nursing homes. Your calls will cheer them up and they will know they are always in your thoughts and prayers.

—Lydia Ruas

Goose Island Seniors

Bingo — Wednesday, December 14th at 1:30 p.m., with Jeanne, in our club room 39. Members only. Admission is $1.25 for 3 cards and .25¢ each game. Twelve games will be played. Win $3 to $7 each game and the full card is even more. Refreshments and snacks will be served. There will be no Sunday bingo in December because of the holidays.

Happy birthday and happy anniversary to all our members who celebrate their day in the month of December: Clarese Roberts, Jerry Rubin, Shirley Sisco, Beatrice Wilson, Adele Lawrence, Janet Coles, Harriet Williams, Josephine Ganuza, (Jwen Anderson and Barbara Owens.

We still have items from our Garage Sale for a very good price. Come and browse around. We are open Monday-Thursday from 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

To all members: Soon, it will be time to pay our yearly dues, $15 per year. See Ann or Mary.

Our Lounge — Come sit and relax, read or rent a book from our large library, play cards every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Play bingo every Wednesday and last Sunday of each month for only $15 per year. Also, come with us on wonderful trips.

Trips for 2017 “Mama Mia” – Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford, NY. Come and enjoy a day with a delicious lunch and a terrific show. You will have a wonderful time. Price is $79, includes a show, luncheon, and transportation with Craig, a very safe driver. A small deposit will hold your seat at theatre. You can pay a little at a time so by June, you’ll be all paid up.

Be respectful of your neighbors Obey the rules of the community See Ann, or Mary.

“Come Blow Your Horn” – Thursday, October 12, 2017 at the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, NJ. It’s a very funny play by Neil Simon. Also, you will enjoy a scrumptious lunch and all the desserts you can eat; they are de-li-cious. Price is $79 for show, lunch and transportation. Movie will be shown on the bus on the way home. A deposit will hold your reservation.

See Ann or Mary.

Note: To contact us, call Goose Island Seniors at 718379-9613 or visit us Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., at 135 Einstein Loop, rm. 39. You can also call Mary at 718-379-4899 and she will return your call.

Leave a message and your phone number.

Good health to all! —Mary Pilla

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Traditional Synagogue of Co-op City

Reflections

by Rabbi Solomon I. Berl Spiritual Leader of Young Israel Synagogue Grief is the kind of trouble that seems hardest to bear. Would you like to have a prescription for avoiding grief? Here it is: just avoid love.

Tears are the price of love. If you do not want to weep, do not love.

Avoid all human ties. Give up your parents, do not marry, have no children, seek no friends. Seal off your heart from all companionship, all concern, all affection. Then it won’t hurt when they fall sick or die.

You just won’t care and tears never need furrow your cheeks.

But if you would have loved in your life, then know for sure that you or they will mourn and grieve.

Tears are the price of love. And after all, it is worth it, is it not?

Co-op City Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Sheldon E. Williams and the Co-op City Baptist Church invite you to join us tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. and 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 718-320-3774.

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 Wednesday, December 14 at 5:00 p.m.

Prayer Service is held on Fridays at noon and 7:30 p.m.

Tomorrow, Sunday, December 11, the Missionaries will celebrate their 44th Anniversary at our 11 a.m. service. Their theme will be “…whosoever is kind to the needy honors God.” Proverbs 14:31. The guest speaker will be Rev. Jacqueline Crawford, Associate Minister and First Lady of Dayspring Baptist Church, Harlem, NY. We invite all to join us.

The Sunday School Annual Christmas Program will be held on Saturday, December 24 at 10:00 a.m. All are invited to join the Sunday School for this occasion.

We had a successful Building 10 Association General Membership meeting on Tuesday, December 6. Thank you for joining us for this very informative meeting. We missed you if you were not able to attend.

Once again to give thanks to those who keep our environment tidy, we will begin to collect your generous donations starting soon after Thanksgiving. These donations are our way, as Building 10 residents, of saying “thank you” to those who provide services to us all.

Association board members will be available to receive your donations between 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. on the following days.

• Building 10A, December 13 • Building 10B, December 8 • Building 10C, December 9 Our Annual Christmas Toy collection for children living in a Bronx shelter has begun. Please donate a toy for a child to bring a smile to a young face during this holiday season. Bring joy to someone who can benefit from your generosity. The toys you donate should be wrapped and labeled as a toy designated for either a boy, girl or both and the age range of the child the toy is best suited for.

Shalom Jewish Funeral Home, Inc. George Farr - Funeral Director

(718) 828-1700 / 914-654-1700 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 We honor pre-plan arrangements from other funeral homes.

The Traditional Synagogue is located in Section 5, 120 Erdman Place in the rear lobby of Building 27B. Phone #: 718-379-6920 NOTE: Office hours are Thursday and Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. If no one is in the office, leave a message and we will get back as soon as possible.

Shabbat ends today, December 10th, at 5:19 p.m.

Candle lighting for Friday, December 16, at 4:12 p.m.

The Synagogue has Services Saturday morning at 9 a.m. After services, we always have a kiddush. We need a few Jewish men, if you can give 2 hours on Saturday between 10 a.m. and noon, we need your help to make a minyan. Sometimes, we are short one or two men. Saturday, December10th, Rabbi Kronengold will conduct the services.

Good & Welfare: We sell tree certificates in honor or memory of a loved one.

The cost is only $15 per tree. Mazol Tov to all having Simchas. If you’re ill, wishing all a speedy recovery.

The synagogue has lost two long time members this week. Mrs. Bess Rosenberg and Mr. Jerry Berlofsky. We wish no more sorrow to these families.

Your support of the Traditional Synagogue, and Men’s Club is greatly appreciated.

Wishing all our members and friends peace, good health, and enjoyable holiday season.

—Gary Schwartz

Christmas Worship service will be held on Sunday, December 25 at 10:00 a.m.

There will be one service. All are invited to join us as we keep the Christ in Christmas.

Watch Night service will be held on Saturday, December 31 at 10:30 p.m. All are invited to join us as we bring the New Year in with the house of the Lord.

New Year’s Worship service will be held on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

There will be one service. Join us as we begin the New Year in Christ.

Save the Date!!! On March 12 to 20, 2018, the church will be going to the Holy Land Pilgrimage (Israel). Join us and worship sailing on the Sea of Galilee, be baptized in the Jordan River; share in communion in the Garden Tomb. All where Jesus walked!! For additional information, call the church at 718-320-3774.

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

Building 10 Association

You can make your donation every Tuesday, and Thursday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. beginning November 29.

The last day to drop off toys will be December 15.

Please let us know if you can volunteer to help with this toy drive at our next meeting on Dec. 6th.

Always check the CO-OP Times for information on

our upcoming events and plans.

Thank you for your continued support!

We wish all of you a safe and happy holiday season!

We believe each individual Building 10 Association member is the strength of our association. So, join us.

—Ron Campbell

Co-op City Times / December 10, 2016

Community Protestant Church

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. (begins Sunday, September 18th. Registration on September 11th.)

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 The Willing Workers Annual Holiday Pecan Sale will be held after service. Stop by their table and pick up a great holiday gift of pecans and pecan clusters.

Saturday, December 17th, 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. – Come celebrate the Holiday Season with our Community Protestant Church family at our Annual Christmas Party sponsored by the North Carolina Team, Bartow Community Center, room 31, Co-op City. Music by DJ Samuel. Donation: Adults - $15; children under 16 years of age free (must be accompanied by parent or guardian). For tickets, call (718) 994-3751 or (718) 379-4237.

September 12–15, 2017 – The Missionary Ministry sponsors a trip to The Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida, the only Entertainment Park that celebrates the Biblical Word of the Christian Faith. Package includes: Round trip airfare; round trip airport transportation from Bartow Ave. (Co-op City, Bronx); 4 days/3 nights hotel accommodation; 3 buffet breakfasts; 1 group dinner, 2 day admissions to the Holy Land Experience; Lunch-To-Go at the Holy Land Experience; transportation from the hotel to the Holy Land and travel insurance. $1,013 per person double occupancy; $961 per person triple; $1,253 single. $113 deposit due December 3, 2016 (non-refundable after 5/17/17). For reservation and/or additional information, call (718) 671-0425 or (718) 379-8514.

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

Co-op City Pentecostal Tabernacle

The Co-op City Pentecostal Tabernacle invites everyone to attend worship service at 100 Co-op City Blvd., Building 22A, Bronx N.Y. 10475.

Sundays: Sunday School for all age groups begins at 10:30 a.m. Midday Worship Service starts at 11:45 a.m.

Wednesdays: Prayer and fasting service every Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer meeting will also be held Wednesday evening starting at 7:30 p.m. Effective Fervent Prayers change things. Come and experience the power of Biblical prayer. God’s power is released through His Word. Come and study the word of God; it can change your life.

Friday: Youth service will start at 7:30 p.m.

FOCUS: THE MIRACLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM – Jesus walks on the things that cause us to fear.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, it is a spirit; and they cried out for fear: But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid.

And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried saying, Lord save me.

And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

Then they that were in the ship came and worship him saying, of a truth thou art the Son of God. Matt 14:26-33 Life is much like the ocean in that it is seldom calm, as quickly as the winds of one storm subside, the horizon dances with the clouds of another one approaching.

Just as Jesus was the key to the disciples, security on the sea that faithful night, He is our miracle in the storm of our lives.

The storm that arose frightened the disciples, and when they saw Jesus walking on the water, they thought they were seeing a ghost.

They cried out in fear, and Jesus revealed Himself to them We should always keep our eyes on Jesus and not on the storms of life There are many storms of life that can make us become afraid. We have seen tornadoes, hurricane, earthquakes, fire burning buildings out of control, snow storms where many people have lost their lives. However, we must learn to trust in God believing in Him that He is able to take us through all the storms of life. When Peter saw the wind boisterous he was afraid and began to sink, therefore, our duty is to keep our eyes on Jesus. He is able to speak to the wind and said Peace, be still. St. Mark 4:39 For further information, call 718-324-0334 or 718-320-4218.

—Rev. R. Sibblies

Church of New Vision

Pastor Kenneth Hodge and the congregation of Church of the New Vision extend a warm and friendly invitation to join us for worship service every Sunday at 8:00 a.m. and/or 11:00 a.m. We are a church where inspirational messages from the Word of God, the Bible, is delivered. The church is designed to meet the spiritual need of our community by offering anointed singing and preaching in an atmosphere of Christian love and friendly hospitality. All are welcome.

We also invite our community’s youths on Sunday morning for Youth Church and Sunday School which is designed to meet the special needs of our young people. Parents, please send your children to learn of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Prayer service takes place on Wednesday evening, 7:00-8:00 p.m., followed by Bible teachings, 8:00-9-00 p.m. Join us to learn from the Word of God. Mid-day Bible study is held every Tuesday at 12:00 p.m.

Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, there will be one service at 10:00 a.m.

Join us for Watch Night service on December 31 at 10:00 p.m.

Upcoming Events Save the Date!! Please join us on our

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trip to Orlando, Florida July 17, 2017 to July 20, 2017, going to The Holyland Experience and Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom via non-stop Delta flight and 3 night accommodations at the Holiday Inn Resort, Lake Buena Vista. Prices for adults range from $740-$855 per person depending on your package choice.

Youths stay free at the resort through age 19 with double adult occupancy. Youths, $400-$500, prices include air and park ticket, payment plan is available. For additional information, please contact the church at (718) 671-8746, Sis. Sadie James at (718) 652-8943 or Sis. Hermena Smith, travel agent at (718) 708-5035. **For those who are planning to go on the trip to Florida, please turn in your deposit for each person in your party including children age 2 and over. Rooms and airline seats are filling quickly.

Church of the New Vision is located at 115 Einstein Loop, Bronx, NY 10475.

Telephone (718) 671-8746 or (203) 3743020. Mailing address: P.O. Box 753037, Bronx, NY 10475. Visit our Facebook page: Church of the New Vision concerning upcoming events and trips, or call the church.

—Sis. Carole Haque

Cooperators, not renters!

Become involved in your community!!

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Reminder – Feeding animals

Shareholders are reminded that it is a violation of your lease to place food out for animals to eat. A Community Complaint may be issued for littering to anyone who puts food out for any reason. Well intentioned cooperators may think they are putting food out for stray cats or birds, but the food ends up attracting rats, raccoons, skunks, coyotes or other animals which can be a threat to residents.

Feeding wildlife, such as geese, also tends to change the migration pattern of these animals as they end up not flying south for the winter. This was the case last winter in the New York area where many geese were found starved to death when they did not fly south for the winter and their normal food source was covered by deep snow. Food placed out for animals is often lacking in the nutrition needed by the animals and serves to upset their ecological balance. Please resist the urge to place food out for animals in Co-op City or elsewhere.

Thank you for your cooperation.

If You See Something, SAY SOMETHING!!!

Public Safety - 718-671-3050 • www.ccpd.us • @CCPDNYC

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CLASSIFIEDS

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Painting

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REUPHOLSTERING 718.881.7691

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• COUNTERTOPS • CUSTOM CLOSET MIRROR DOORS • CUSTOM WALL MIRRORS

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CO-OP SALES BLINDS! Vertical, Mini, Wood, Pleats

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Locksmith

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Cleaning Service

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Home Improvement

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Custom Craftsmen - 40 yrs. experience. Sofas & Chairs upholstered; Slipcovers-Fabric & Plastic; Kitchen Chairs $8.99 & up. Caning; Venetian Blinds; Drapes - Custom made Refinishing, Touch up & Polishing of Furniture

STYLISH DECORATORS

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Safety Flash Holiday Shopping

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Re-installation of any types of Blinds.

Repair Closet Doors and Sell New Bi-Fold Doors!

Serving Co-op City for over 25 years.

“When you see me, You’ll know me.”

Call Anytime • Seven Days A Week

Call Mike at: 718-974-1290

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Painting

FATHER & SON Top Quality Work - Painting, Plastering, Wallpapering, 12/17 Floor Sanding, Refinishing, Waxing.

Call Wesley 212.996.7347 or Computer Consultant, Sales & Repair JB RYAN COMPUTER REPAIR & UPGRADE

Repair - Upgrade - Trouble-shooting - Data Recovery Virus Removal - Laptop Overheat - Cracked Screen Broken Power Jack. Call James 646-281-4475 • 718-324-4332

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—Riverbay Safety Department

The MetroCard Bus

On the first and third Thursday of each month, 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. 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.

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

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NYS DIESEL INSPECTION STATION

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Replace pads and/or shoes (semimetallic pads extra). Cut drums or rotors. Repack wheel bearings, inspect hydraulic system. Add fluid if necessary, road test.

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