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Parties tap candidates for special elections Gear up for races for seats once held by Weiner, Pheffer and Mayersohn by Anna Gustafson Editor

et the races begin. Following Gov. Cuomo’s announcement last week that the special elections for one Queens Congressional seat and two Assembly spots will be held on Sept. 13, or Primary Day, the Queens Democratic and Republican parties jumped to narrow the field of candidates. While both parties had not announced who they will back for the 9th Congressional District once represented by former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner as of press time on Wednesday, they had selected candidates

Former Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn’s chief of staff will run for her old seat.

for the seats previously held by Assemblywomen Audrey Pheffer and Nettie Mayersohn. Democrats and Republicans were expected to announce who they would back for Congress by the end of the week. Weiner resigned from office last month following a scandal that erupted when lewd photos the congressman had sent to women via social networking websites surfaced. Political insiders said they believed Assemblymen David Weprin (D-Little Neck) or Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) were top contenders for the Democrats, while Republicans still had a long list of possible contenders as of Wednesday, including Bob Turner, a Rockaway resident who garnered 40 percent of the vote when he ran against Weiner in the last election. Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) announced on Tuesday he would not seek the Congressional seat. Queens County Democrats tapped Phillip Goldfeder, a top aide to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to run for the 23rd Assembly District, while Republicans selected Republican District Leader Jane Deacy, a former policewoman. Pheffer, a Democrat, left the position in May to become Queens County clerk. “Audrey Pheffer has set a really high standard for community service and government accessibility,” Goldfeder said after being selected by the party Wednesday morning. “I look forward to talking about my background to voters and continuing

Gov. Cuomo announced the special elections for the seats previously held by former U.S. FILE PHOTOS Rep. Anthony Weiner and Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer will be Sept. 13. the great legacy that Audrey has left.” Jo Ann Shapiro, Pheffer’s longtime aide, and Geraldine Chapey, another Democratic district leader, had once considered running for the 23rd District but are now backing Goldfeder. Shapiro is working on Goldfeder’s campaign, according to the candidate. Democratic District Leader Lew Simon, also from Rockaway, also had once considered running for Pheffer’s seat but said on Wednesday he would not seek signatures to run on the ballot.

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City doles out tickets to struggling stores After traffic change on Liberty Ave., shop owners say fines really hurt by Anna Gustafson Editor

or many Liberty Avenue business owners in Ozone Park, life has seemed like one long nightmare for the past eight months. First, the city Department of Transportation made Liberty Avenue a one-way eastbound street between Crossbay Boulevard and 93rd Street last fall, which was meant to curb accidents and prevent pedestrian deaths, but also drastically reduced the number of customers at the mom and pop shops along the street. Then, a little more than one month ago, city Department of Sanitation officers issued tickets to many of the struggling businesses on Liberty Avenue. These tickets, owners and employees argued, were for tedious violations, such as a piece of recyclable paper in the general trash can in Kalish Pharmacy — something the pharmacist said they remedy when they sort the recyclables periodically throughout the day. Now, after trying to fight the tickets but losing, business owners said they can’t help but feel the city has left them to take their dying breaths in a neighborhood where many of them have been for decades. “They fined every merchant on this street,” said Kalish pharmacist Joseph Bruno. “They haven’t changed the oneway. They haven’t changed it so people can drive across Crossbay to get to the other side of Liberty, which is killing us. And they haven’t changed the back-in parking we thought they’d change. We just don’t know what to do anymore.” While shop owners said they’d ideally like to see Liberty become a two-way street again, they acknowledge it’s unlikely. They do hope the city DOT will remove a concrete barrier it installed last fall at the intersection of Lib-

Ram Stationery owner Mukesh Patel holds up a copy of a ticket given to him by the Department of Sanitation. Owners along Liberty Avenue were given similar tickets, which they said hurt them financially especially after the city made Liberty Avenue one-way, PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON which has caused a loss in revenue. erty and Crossbay that makes it so drivers can only make a right-hand turn onto Crossbay from Liberty. That residents can no longer drive straight on Liberty

across Crossbay, along with Liberty becoming one-way, has seriously hampered business in the area, shop owners said. Bruno, for example, said he has seen about a 30 percent drop in business at the store at 93-20 Liberty Ave. Terranova Bakery owner Fabian Niaupari, whose store is located near the pharmacy at 93-14 Liberty Ave., also said his business has seen about a 30 percent decrease. Salvatore Genova, who owns Tommy’s Pizzeria at 93-12 Liberty Ave., said he has lost about $200 daily since the traffic pattern change. Mukesh Patel, who has owned Ram Stationery at 93-18 Liberty Ave. for the past 22 years, said he has experienced a 50 percent drop in business and has had to lay off two employees. The back-in parking to which Bruno referred is on the opposite side of the street from the pharmacy and is frequently left vacant because residents said it is too much of a hassle to use compared to typical parallel parking, further decreasing the number of residents who will stop and shop on the block. Many of the owners said they wanted the city to instead install parallel spots. The city DOTdid not respond to a request for comment for this article. Department officials in the past said the agency made Liberty Avenue a one-way street as part of its plan to address congestion and injuries and deaths from accidents at the Liberty Avenue and Woodhaven, Crossbay, and Rockaway boulevards intersection. DOT officials have noted between 2004 and 2008 there were 207 injuries for pedestrians, bicyclists and individuals in motor vehicles at the Rockaway Boulevard and Liberty Avenue intersection between 94th and 96th streets. On top of losing revenue, shop owners said they feel increasingly financially squeezed by the city after being, they argue, unfairly ticketed by the DOS. continued on page 34

City urged to preserve Richmond Hill house Historians advocate landmarking for home where Tweed member arrested by Anna Gustafson Editor

Queens historians and residents are encouraging the city to landmark a Richmond Hill house built in 1867 by Daniel Eldridge, a member of the infamous Tweed Ring who, the story goes, watched the police coming to arrest him for embezzlement from the home’s cupola.

Borough preservationists attended the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s hearing on the house located at 87-61 111 St. last week and urged the city to maintain the 10-room building. “The Queens Preservation Council is pleased to see the Landmarks Preservation Commission considering a house in Richmond Hill, one of Queens’ most

According to local lore, Daniel Eldridge, a Tweed Ring member, watched police come to arrest him for embezzlement from the house’s cupola.

historical communities, yet sorely lacking in landmark protections,” QPC Chairman Mitchell Grubler said in his testimony at the June 28 hearing. “Although the community boasts many historical houses of significance, the Daniel Eldridge House is an extremely rare surviving example of the mid-19th century Italianate style.” Daniel Eldridge, a member of the Tweed Ring — a group of people who landed jobs by being friends with William Tweed, the notoriously corrupt politician known for being the boss of Tammany Hall — purchased the land on which he built the house for $600 in 1867. A clerk in the city Water Department, Eldridge reportedly watched the police coming for him from the house’s cupola and was arrested on the second floor. He was charged with embezzlement. The building has been used as a dance school and day care center for the past 25 years. “Not only does the house have obvious architectural merit, it has a continued life as a school,” said Mark Aubel, director of the Theatre Street School, which is run by Once Upon A Time Inc. “It would

Mark Aubel, left, and Ben Adler, who are both associated with the dance school now housed in this Richmond Hill home, are advocating for the building PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON to be landmarked. enhance us as a school and allow us to apply for funding for restoration.” Now that the LPC has held its hearing, commission members, and ultimately the City Council, will vote on whether the house can be approved for landmarking.

“As much as New York needs to be a modern city, you need to retain a flavor of history in New York,” said Ben Adler, chairman of Once Upon a Time’s board of directors. “Buildings like this keep the flavor of a neighborhood.” Q

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Danny’s closes shop, but plans its return After 33 years, Chinese restaurant leaves its home on Crossbay Blvd. by Anna Gustafson Editor

Clamoring between cardboard boxes that hold the memories from the past 33 years, Danny Chan runs to the phone that continues to ring off the hook despite the fact that his restaurant, Danny’s Szechuan Garden, officially closed its doors at the end of June. “I have to be here, answering the phone because people are still calling for takeout,” Chan smiled. “So I take down their information and tell them I’ll let them know when we’ll be opening again.”

Danny Chan stands outside his restaurant, which will soon become home to the New York Families for Autistic Children.

After more than three decades at 164-14 Crossbay Blvd. in Howard Beach, Danny Chan and his wife, Veronica, sold their building to the New York Families for Autistic Children, a nonprofit, and hope to soon open their restaurant in a smaller venue somewhere in Howard Beach. “We want to run a more modern, smaller place,” Veronica Chan said. “It’s a good thing NYFAC will move in. It’s for a good cause.” Originally from Hong Kong, the Chans describe their experience of owning the restaurant as “the story of the American dream.” “We came here with nothing in our pockets and slowly but surely built this place up,” Danny Chan said. “Over 30 years, we made a lot of friends here.” The couple moved to the United States in 1974, one year before their first son was born. After living in Philadelphia for about a year, the family moved to a tiny studio apartment on 81st Street in Manhattan and worked for a lawyer’s office. The two ultimately decided they needed to do something that would allow them to make enough money to buy a house and support their two sons, Danny Jr. and Derek — thus the idea for the restaurant was born. “When we bought the restaurant, I was still working in the law firm,” Veronica Chan said. “So I’d take public transportation from where I worked on Fifth Avenue

Danny Chan stands by the wall of photos of beloved customers who visited Danny’s Szechuan Garden in Howard Beach over the past 33 years. The restaurant closed at the end of June, but its ownPHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON ers expect to open in another location in the neighborhood soon. to here. I’d be standing there, waiting for the bus with two pairs of pants on in the freezing cold and would watch everyone in cars passing me by. I’d wonder, when can I have a car too? It’s the story of the American immigrant.” The couple tore down the building that they said would “always leak,” in 1986 and erected a new 10,000-square-foot building with a second floor. They then began to serve not just Chinese food but Japanese as well. Over the years, including the comedy nights and the ladies’ nights, the Chans

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Corruption, interrupted ov. Cuomo has made great strides in cleaning up Albany with his new ethics reform measures and general better practices, but there’s still a lot of muck remaining from the capital’s longstanding culture of corruption. One big example is raising the ire of people in eastern Queens, where former state Sen. Frank Padavan and state Assembly-woman Barbara Clark authorized a massive property sale at the state’s Creedmoor psychiatric facility several years ago. Now Clark is trying to continue the charade. Thanks to Padavan and Clark, the Floral Park-based Indian Cultural and Community Center got to buy 4.5 acres of Creedmoor grounds for $1.8 million, though it was valued at $7.3 million. For you bargain hunters out there, that’s 75 percent off. The plan was to build a single-story community center. But now Clark is trying to get a Senate sponsor for another bill that would

let the group buy six more acres (price unknown as of now). And what would the ICCC do with it? Build two nine-story apartment buildings. Clark says she didn’t know. Both Padavan and Clark have received campaign contributions from the ICCC. And this is how the game has been played: shady backroom deals, no accountability, no community notification, taxpayer money spent like it was Monopoly money. Who wins? The donors. The pols. Who loses? You. Now it appears the deal will fall through thanks to residents’ opposition and state Sen. Tony Avella, Padavan’s successor, who isn’t playing ball. Instead he’s blowing the whistle. Kudos to Avella. With more politicians like him, continued civic involvement and a new governor serious about cleaning house, we may just be turning a corner in Albany. There may be a white light of integrity at the end of the long, dark tunnel we’ve been in.

English must have a place in Flushing hether New York City, and especially Queens, is best described as a traditional American melting pot of different ethnicities or former Mayor Dinkins’ “gorgeous mosaic,” tensions between different groups lie just beneath the surface. And sometimes it seems they’re ready to boil over. One place where the divisions can be felt is in Flushing, where many longtime residents, mostly of European descent, are feeling like strangers in their own neighborhoods because of the rapidly increasing Asian population. They feel the pressure most concretely when shopping, seeing one store after another advertising who knows what — because their signs are in Chinese or Korean characters only. The problem is not new, but it’s come to the fore of late. And now two lawmakers from Flushing and one from Whitestone are doing something about it. Republican Councilmen Peter Koo, an immigrant from China, and Dan Halloran, whose lineage goes back to Ireland, are writing bills that would require 60 percent of each store sign to be in English, and allow the city to enforce a similar state law. They’re backed by Democratic Assemblywoman Grace Meng, who is of Chinese descent, and has been at the forefront of the issue. As Meng says, the point is to bring cultures together. We’re hesistant to back any further regulation of businesses, but something that could help preserve the very fabric of our borough’s society is worth it. These are measures we’d say are good, or perhaps, liang how. Urge your council member to support them.

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Ulrich on target Dear Editor: Re “Ulrich sponsors bill to curb noise,” June 30, multiple editions: As a longtime resident of the area of Cypress Hills, I’m 100 percent behind the bill proposed by Council member Eric Ulrich. We must ask our authorities, especially the Police Department, to go after the culprits creating unnecessary and loud noise. The department must be able to respond very quickly to any complaint related to that issue. No excuse should be acceptable. Bravo for Mr. Ulrich and all the decent and honest people looking to live in a quiet and healthy environment. Francisco J. Castillo Brooklyn

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River. I urge Macy’s to consider alternating between the Hudson River and East River on an annual basis, beginning next year with a return to the East River. Such a compromise would allow those in Brooklyn and Queens to partake in the festivities, as they have for many years. I appreciate Macy’s rights as a private entity that puts on a free display for the public’s enjoyment. Certainly, there is no tradition we enjoy celebrating more in Brooklyn and Queens than gathering on our rooftops and waterfront to take in Macy’s spectacular displays every July Fourth. I ask that you help millions of outer borough residents continue that tradition. Bill de Blasio New York City Public Advocate Manhattan

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Dear Editor: (An open letter to Macy’s Chairman, President and CEO Terry J. Lundgren, and others) First, I would like to applaud Macy’s recent labor agreement with workers in the New York Metropolitan area. Macy’s has a well-earned reputation as a good corporate citizen of New York, and the contract recently agreed upon makes clear that the company remains committed to sharing its prosperity among all employees in the Macy’s family. I write today regarding Macy’s annual fireworks display in New York City. For the third consecutive year, the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks lit up the sky over the Hudson River. As an official representing all of New York City’s neighborhoods, and a Brooklyn resident, I am disappointed that once again only those viewing the f ireworks from the West Side of Manhattan or New Jersey were treated to a front-row seat. In public statements, Macy’s has affirmed that the move to the Hudson River is not permanent — but after three years of glimpsing the fireworks over Manhattan’s skyline, many of us in the outer boroughs wonder if they will ever return to the East

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Garden Works, was honored by the Parks Department for his contributions to the community (“Parks honors a cop and a landscaper,” June 30, North Queens Edition). In addition to the community service and fundraising projects that he is involved with throughout the city, Sal is a major contributor to The Welcome To Whitestone Commercial and Residential Civic Association. He has contributed financially to all of our fundraising efforts and has agreed to install our new “Welcome To Whitestone” town sign as well as redesign and landscape the property on which the sign will be located. It is important that businesses and residents get involved with their community representatives. When we asked for help, Sal and the staff of Garden Works was there. On behalf of The Welcome To Whitestone Commercial and Residential Civic Association, we thank you, Sal! Devon O’Connor, President The Welcome to Whitestone Commercial and Residential Civic Association Whitestone

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Shady Creedmoor deals Dear Editor: At a packed joint meeting of the Bellerose Commonwealth Civic Association and the Queens Colony Civic Association on June 9, the groups discussed recent proposals for private development on New York State property, formerly the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. We are getting killed with over-development on Creedmoor and need to find out what is happening there to give our input. Over many years the state has been selling off excess property on the 600-acre campus. In past years the state had notified the community of planned land transfers, but lately the transactions are occurring without any notification to community boards, community groups or even local elected officials. In addition, the purchasers are apparently making plans to develop their parcels without regard to zoning or the character of the neighboring communities. One such group has presented plans to local civic leaders. On a site zoned for commercial development, explicitly excluding residential development, the group wants to build two nine-story apartment buildings. In addition to the zoning issue, any apartment building would be completely out of context with the surrounding single family homes. It would also attract signif icant additional traff ic. Furthermore, the 2006 documents supporting the transfer of public lands to the private group specif ically called for a singlestory community facility building, parking lot and athletic field. We are told that the original sale was conditioned on nonresidential use. Under no circumstances would local civic leaders condone the building of two nine-story apartment buildings. Jerry Wind, visiting president of the Bellerose Hillside Civic Association and closest neighbor to the property, recently discovered that on May 25, a massive lot

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Is the U.S. doomed? Dear Editor: Americans overwhelmingly are opposed to raising the debt ceiling. It is a kneejerk reaction to a Washington that has shown no leadership in years. The partisan divide has rewarded the extremes on both sides of the aisle, who have learned to inflame support ensuring their re-election, rather than concerning them with the welfare of the Republic. Relying upon the Greek economic debacle, those who see rampant government spending as a curse raise fear by claiming the U.S. is next. Reality does not alter their doom saying. The numbers deny the U.S. is on the precipice of becoming another Greece. That is not to say that spending must not be curtailed, for it must. The retirement age should be increased, and means testing is responsible when individuals do not require government aid. Revenues must be increased. The Tea Party is redefining Republican foreign policy by demanding withdrawal of American involvement in Afghanistan. They only consider the money that will be saved. Not only have they forgotten that the Taliban cooperated with al-Qaeda but that isolationist policies failed in the 20th century. The Tea Party echoes the voices of Father Conklin and Charles Lindbergh. The budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) includes the U.S.

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Greater Woodhaven meets Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. board members Paul Rudolph Jr., left, and Mark Klimm, President Stephen Esposito, Executive Director Maria Thomson, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Capt. Martin Briffa of the 102nd Precinct gathered for the corporation’s annual meeting on June 28. During the forum, Thomson and others addressed the group’s annual priorities, including getting the Forest Park carousel

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After 10 months of research, a volunteer Queens historian has uncovered an African burial ground at a Kew Gardens cemetery. Carl Ballenas last week announced the discovery after investigating a mysterious monument near the Lefferts Boulevard entrance to Maple Grove Cemetery. Armed only with the stone’s vague inscription — “Removals from church vaults at the corner of Prince and Marion streets New York, February 1877” — Ballenas, a social studies teacher who donates his time to Maple

Grove, set out to determine the contents below the monument and the narrative behind it. “It’s a phenomenal thing — history being brought to life here and it was right under our noses,” he noted with a laugh. The monument is believed to be the marker of the burial site of 308 members of the First Colored Presbyterian Church, which was established in 1822 by the Rev. Samuel Cornish and more commonly known as the Shiloh Presbyterian Church. It was part of the Underground Railroad network of people and places that helped

slaves escape, and relocated throughout Manhattan several times, including to a building at the corner of Prince and Marion streets, where it operated for nearly 30 years. Ballenas said that according to Maple Grove’s interment records, in 1877, the church’s burial vaults were moved to the Queens cemetery, which was just two years old at the time. “Note — Int. 29 — 308 removals from the Presbyt. Ch. Vault New York City, corner of Prince and Marion St.,” reads a note in the 1877 interment ledger.

“They put a stone monument on top of this mass grave, but it doesn’t name the church,” Ballenas said. “I don’t know why.” Ballenas’s ongoing research of the monument, which initially was spurred by students’ questions during Maple Grove’s annual “Spirits Alive” Halloween reception, is aimed at tying up the story of the sacred site and who might be buried there. The Richmond Hill native, who teaches at Immaculate Conception School in Jamaica Estates and co-authored a history of Maple Grove, said it’s possible that Cornish and fellow ministers Theodore Wright and Henry Highland Garnet — all important individuals in African-American history — are interred under the monument.

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The House Ethics Committee officially announced on July 1 that it is investigating Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica). In a brief statement, Committee Chairman Jo Bonner (R-Alabama) and Ranking Member Linda Sanchez (D-California) said they have “jointly decided to extend the matters” regarding Meeks and three other individuals being investigated over unrelated issues. The Ethics Committee statement did not say what Meeks is being investigated for, but the congressman has been targeted by a conservative group that alleges wrongdoing related to a charity he cofounded and the purchase of his home. In April 2010, Meeks was subpoenaed by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District, along with state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Jamaica). There have been no public pronouncements on any investigation that office is doing since then. The conservative government watchdog group that has pressed for an investigation of Meeks, the National Legal and Policy Center, filed a 26-page complaint against Meeks with the House last year. It claims the congressman allowed the charity, known as the New Direction Local Development Corp., to be used as a “slush fund.” It allegedly took in tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money

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When Guy Kalenga speaks of his childhood in the Congo, he will at first emphasize the normal — the days spent playing soccer with friends or goofing around with his brother and sister. Then Kalenga, a 19-year-old who just graduated from Newcomers High School in Long Island City, will pause and begin to speak of the atrocities it took him years to be able to talk about — the political unrest and civil war that tore his family apart and led to the murder of his father when he was 6 years old. “I didn’t want to say anything about it for a long time,” said Kalenga, one of 200 high school students recently bestowed with the city’s Remarkable Achievement Award. “When I was with other students like me at Newcomers, it really helped.” Kalenga, as well as the other couple hundred students, were recently honored by city Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott at a ceremony at Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan. Their stories are haunting and difficult to truly comprehend for those who have never wondered if tomorrow will be the day you or members of your family will die. But, each of the students — some of whom, like Kalenga, grew up amidst the chaos of war, others who fought debilitating health conditions or trekked around homeless shelters as children — said they learned strength and resilience from their lives and

Jessica Alonso, right, stands with her cousin Jennifer Carmona, during a recent ceremony at which about 200 city students were honored for overcoming daunting obstacles. PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON have the courage to enter into careers inspired by their own trauma. “Our Remarkable Achievement Award winners have demonstrated tremendous strength of character and determination to persevere in the face of adversity,” Walcott said. “These students have overcome obstacles such as violence, abandonment, homelessness, language barriers and illness to graduate.” Kalenga will attend the Borough of Manhattan Community College this fall and

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who developed a brain tumor after a car accident in Mexico when she was in eighth grade. During the three years of surgeries from 2003 to 2006, during which time Alonso was home-schooled, she lost her ability to swallow and was dependent on a feeding tube. “After all of this, I’ve learned not to live the same day twice,” said Alonso, who plans to attend Queens College this fall and hopes to become an author. “You have to do everything you can to accomplish your dreams.” Ridgewood resident Meng Yi Yu, another award recipient who graduated from Lower East Side Preparatory High School in June, moved from Shanghai, China to Queens two years ago. Yu spoke almost no English when she came to the United States and said she felt completely overwhelmed when she walked into her first class at her new American school. “I just wanted to die,” Yu said of the experience. “I couldn’t understand anything.” But in just two years, Yu has become fluent in English and now plans to attend Syracuse University to study chemistry with the goal of becoming a pharmacist. “I want a job where I can help people,” Yu said. No matter their background, all the students who were honored agreed on one thing — life isn’t fair, but there’s no time to dwell upon that. There’s only time to keep swimming, always looking forward to the Q horizon.

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INDEPENDENCE DAY COMES TO QUEENS by Elizabeth Daley Editor

atriots gathered in Astoria Park last Thursday to witness the borough’s only offical fireworks display in honor of Independence Day. Fans of all ages sat in beach chairs and on picnic blankets at sunset, eagerly awaiting explosions in the sky created by the Gruccis. The Astoria Symphony Orchestra played for a full audience, and this year, the only scent on the breeze was gunpowder. In addition to heralding the holiday, the annual event, organized by the Central Astoria Local Development Corp. kicks off Central Astoria’s Waterfront Concert Series, which is held on Thursdays from July 14 to Aug. 11 in the park. Upcoming perfor mers include the George Gee Swing Orchestra, the Nashville Attitude, Joey Dee and The Starliters and the Q Manhattan Skyline.

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Crowds sit and enjoy the beautiful music, awaiting the fireworks display. The Astoria Symphony Orchestra entertains with patriotic music.

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A focus on the ordinary lands artist prestigious award by Anna Gustafson Editor

When Kimberly Sheridan commutes from her home in Rego Park to her job as an art teacher at Richmond Hill High School, she is not sleeping or downing coffee like many others — she is drawing inspiration from the most common of objects.

Kimberly Sheridan draws inspiration from everyday objects for her art, such as this sculpture of a trash can. PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS COLLEGE

The f ire hydrants, garbage cans and umbrellas, to name a few of the items she sees from the bus or subway window, will often make their way into Sheridan’s artwork, and it’s this emphasis on what some see as the banal that has landed her an extraordinary grant given to a select group of artists across the country. Sheridan, who graduated from Queens College’s Master’s in Fine Arts program this past February, was one of 15 people in the U.S. to receive the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA grant, which is awarded annually to help painters and sculptors to make the transition from academic to professional studio work. Each winner receives $15,000. “I am excited, grateful and thankful for this award,” Sheridan said of the grant named after the celebrated American abstract artist Joan Mitchell. “As artists, we make art because we have to, regardless of whether we receive recognition, so to have this validation is significant and deeply inspiring.” A native of Merrick, LI, Sheridan, 33, said she once gave little thought to the objects she now focuses much of her art on — but that changed when she began taking public transportation. It is when she is watching the world from the bus or subway that she says art and life seem to “merge seamlessly” and she is able to temporarily lose herself in the neighborhoods through which she travels. It is then, she said, that she wants to

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How many infants live in Puerto Rico? Workers at the New York regional office of the U.S. Census Bureau will soon be responsible for keeping tabs on the island and many more states, according to the bureau. Last Wednesday, the government agency announced it would be eliminating half of its regional offices and restructuring within the next 18 months. As a result of these changes, the New York office will now be handling data from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico. Previously, the bureau handled only nine New York and 10 New Jersey counties. “The Census this last round was a disaster, and the notion that the reaction to that would be to actually reduce management oversight is very disturbing,” said state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria). According to Census data, the neighborhood Gianaris represents lost more residents than any other in the city. The nationwide reforms which eliminate regional offices in Boston, Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Kansas City and Seattle, will save the agency an estimated $15 to $18 million annually, beginning in 2014.

The overall budget for the agency in 2010 was approximately $7.2 billion. Projected savings come in part from a reduction in the national field workforce of about 115 to 130 employees. The bureau called the decision “difficult,” adding that it “will produce disruption and pain in the lives of our colleagues in those offices. “We are committed to employ all methods legally possible to reduce the negative impact of this change on our affected employees,” the bureau wrote. Though the Census collects data on the entire nation every 10 years, regional offices manage other types of surveys annually. It is still unclear exactly how the New York office will handle the new workload, but according to the bureau, some time-saving measures will come from increased use of technology. This will not be the agency’s first attempt to modernize. The bureau planned to collect 2010 Census Data using specially manufactured handheld devices but in 2008, after it had already ordered the computerized systems, it changed track, costing billions. For years the Census Bureau has been subjected to scrutiny by the Office of Inspector General. A report issued by the OIG on

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June 27 to Congress listed a number of problems with agency oversight and blamed high-level management for the IT debacle. The words “close regional offices” could not be found anywhere in the 71-page report. Despite spending nearly $13 billion dollars on Census 2010 — around $98 per household, in New York City, questions remain as to whether the bureau got its numbers right. The 2010 Census claimed western Queens lost a total of 23,000 people while

the entire borough of Queens reportedly gained only 1,343 new residents. The city is in the process of preparing a Count Question Resolution challenge to address perceived discrepancies in population for Brooklyn and Queens. A spokeswoman for the Department of City Planning said the challenge had not yet been submitted, but was expected to be completed this month. Census data is tied to federal funding and if borough populations were under-counted, Q the city would lose money.

To care or not to care? Reps. visit senior centers to show love for Medicare by Elizabeth Daley Editor

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Deal for Pia Howard Beach native Pia Toscano, who placed ninth in the last season of “American Idol,” signed a record deal with Interscope Records, the company announced Tuesday in a statement. Interscope will release Toscano’s debut single, “This Time,” via all digital retailers on July 12. The singing sensation who wowed millions of viewers across the country will perform “This Time” when she hits the road for the American Idol Live 2011 Tour, which kicked off on Wednesday in Salt Lake City, and continues through the summer.

On the 45th anniversary of Medicare, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (DQueens and Manhattan) stopped by the HANAC Senior Center in Astoria to pledge her support for the government healthcare program which assists seniors. On April 15, the Republican-dominated House passed a budget by a vote of 235 to 193 that would restructure Medicare, giving seniors an increasingly inadequate subsidy to buy private insurance, according to Maloney. The plan would allow Medicare to run as a voucher system and raise the age of eligibility from 65 to 67. The age increase would raise costs for individuals and employers who would pay for insurance for longer. “Let’s be clear,” Maloney said, “we need to balance the budget and to deal with the debt caused by the two wars that the Bush Administration did not pay for. We must all share the burden of getting our budget back in balance — but we can’t balance the budget on the backs of seniors and the poor, which is what the Republican plan would do.” Many Democrats, including Maloney, are in favor of raising the debt ceiling so that the country could have funds to keep programs like Medicare afloat. Republicans insist that any increase should be matched by equal cuts in spending. Negotiations are underway to cut some funding from the Medicare program in exchange for increasing taxes for high earners — something President Obama would

Irene Phillips, left, meets with Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney who showed up in Astoria to PHOTO BY ELIZABETH DALEY pledge her support for Medicare. like to see enacted. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said he would be willing to entertain cuts to Medicare, calling the program good but “inefficient.” Studies show many physicians refuse to accept Medicare due to unreliable government payments, according to the GOP. With growing concern over the future of the program, Congressman Joe Crowley (DJackson Heights) visited Make the Road New York in Jackson Heights last Friday to

let his constituents know that he too planned to fight for Medicare. He called the program a promise of security for seniors. “Our country needs to continue on the path set by health reform and treat healthcare as a right, not a privilege,” Crowley stated. The Republican voucher plan would require seniors to navigate private health insurance companies and may leave some without care, as there are spending limits, Q Crowley said.

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everybody shows up,” Smith said. “You have gangs, motorcycle groups that come and try to get into the party. It doesn’t work, someone gets offended, runs out, gets his gun.” Another problem arises when homeowners rent out their backyards to people from outside the community, so that they can hold parties. They often do not know the number or types of people that will attend. Smith also noted that gang members often use “social weapons,” a firearm kept in a common location and shared among a group of people. “They are getting a lot more sophisticated,” Smith said. “So, that’s why I am exploring a means by which to put a moratorium on house parties this summer. It’s a little controversial, but such is life. You have to do things that are not easy.” CB 13 member Jonathan Raines asked Smith how he is going to impose the moratorium when it would infringe on what he said are people’s constitutional rights. The lawmaker said that is an issue he would have to explore as he moves forward with the plan. When the Chronicle asked if the moratorium would take the form of a law, Smith did not respond, but instead stated, “We are actually in the exploratory stages,” adding, “I know there would be some challenges, but things are Q so bad, it’s worth the challenge.”

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One of the major issues residents in eastern and southeastern Queens complain about, especially during the summer months, is loud, out-of-control house parties, which they say negatively affect their quality of life and sometimes become violent. Now, one lawmaker wants to ban the festivities, at least temporarily. State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) told attendees at a Community Board 13 meeting on June 27 that he wants to place a moratorium on house parties and block parties this summer because they often lead to illegal activity. “In the last two weeks there were close to 15 gun shootings in New York City,” Smith said. “In the borough of Queens, two weeks prior to that, there were 10 ... I don’t want to be a prophet, but I would dare say within the next week you will hear about shootings in the City of New York.” Smith said he will be working with the Police Department and the Queens District Attorney’s Office to monitor and determine where the house parties take place. “It seems as though a lot of these house parties, because the kids have the social networking — they Twitter and send it out on Facebook — that everybody gets it and

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Borough still buzzing over historic marriage equality vote in Albany by Mark Lord

Dromm, who along with Van Bramer selected the evening’s honorees, rememNearly a dozen individuals and organiza- bered the veterans of the Stonewall riots, tions were honored last Wednesday evening who, he said, “started this movement. This at Borough Hall for their contributions to is extremely significant” to be holding such the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender a ceremony at Borough Hall. community. “Soon we will be able to come here and Sponsored by Queens Borough President apply for marriage licenses,” Dromm said. Helen Marshall, City Summoning the Council members spirit of an iconic Danny Dromm (Dtelevision character he proudest vote I’ve Jackson Heights) and known for his bigJimmy Van Bramer otry, Dromm said, taken, the most historic (D-Sunnyside) and the “Queens used to be Queens Lesbian & the home of Archie vote, was to say yes on Gay Pride Committee, Bunker. Today, it’s marriage equality.” the 10th annual event the land of many drew a packed house, nations.” — Assemblyman David Weprin buoyed by the recent While in a celepassage of the state’s bratory mood, same-sex marriage law. Dromm, who came out as gay in 1992 “We’ve had a long struggle for marriage while still employed as a schoolteacher, equality and something magical happened acknowledged that many struggles remain, the day before the parade. Congratulations such as the protection of the transgendered. for marriage equality,” Marshall said. Van Bramer, who had himself come out “Now the rest of the country can follow three years earlier, shortly after graduating in our footsteps,” she said, adding that the from Bryant High School, called this “a wonhistoric vote was “long overdue,” and that derful, wonderful time for all of us, for the she is “so proud to have supported mar- entire country. It has people feeling hopeful.” riage equality.” She invited all interested Passage of the law, he said, would likely parties to come to Borough Hall to get lead to “a broader understanding of human married, saying “It’s a lot cheaper than hav- dignity. We thought it would never happen ing a big megillah.” in our lifetime.” Chronicle Contributor

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Van Bramer was especially pleased for the LGBT youth who, he said, “won’t be faced with the dreadful decision of being who they are or getting married.” Several other elected officials, all advocates of gay rights, were on hand. Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (DForest Hills), who has been invited to be a bridesmaid at Van Bramer’s planned wedding, quipped, “I’m looking for a dress already. How happy I am for all of us and our city and our state. When the vote came, I felt the same happiness because

I’m a New Yorker and I believe this should be.” State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) said, “You don’t have to be gay to savor this moment. I came today to celebrate with you. We did get it right in Albany.” Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck), an Orthodox Jew, said, “This is not a religious issue. It is a civic issue. The proudest vote I’ve taken, the most historic vote, was to say yes on marriage equality.” Honorees at the ceremony included the continued on page 34

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But under Gov. Cuomo’s leadership, conventional wisdom was proven wrong. Working with the Legislature, the governor crafted profound changes to our rent laws that will reverse the attrition of protections and the inequities that have long been considered the Albany norm. Among the most important changes, the new law raises the deregulation rent threshold from $2,000 to $2,500, making this the first increase in the rent threshold since 1993. It also raises the income threshold from $175,000 to $200,000, the first change in the income threshold since 1997. These changes will help ensure that almost 100,000 units will stay in the rent regulation system over the next few years and remain available for working-class New Yorkers. Another important change this law makes is allowing landlords to collect only one vacancy bonus per year, reducing the manipulation of leases in order to push units out of the system. Finally, it also makes important changes to the way improvements are calculated and verified for individual apartments, which will reduce a landlord’s ability to abuse these renovations as a tool to force units out of regulation. Taken together, these changes represent a historic new direction for our rent laws, significantly leveling the playing field between the landlord and tenant. I speak from both legislative and executive experience when I say that the law that Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature produced this year is the most positive news for rent-regulated tenants in over 35 years. But most importantly, it sends the clear signal that this government will protect our middle and working classes, ensuring our families are able to afford Q to live here in the Empire State. Darryl Towns is the commissioner and chief executive officer of New York State Homes and Community Renewal.

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Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) last week was named chairman of the Assembly Oversight, Analysis and Investigations Committee. Its mission is to review how laws and various government programs work, whether they are implemented as intended, and whether they operate efficiently and effectively. “Providing oversight of the state’s agencies and authorities is crucial to having an efficient and responsible government,” Hevesi said in a prepared statement. “I look forward to working with Speaker Silver and my colleagues to ensure that all entities are acting efficiently, responsibly

and in compliance with the legislative intent under which they were created.” According to Hevesi, oversight investigations shed light on the acts of government and assist in assuring honesty and efficiency in the administration of laws. With hundreds of state departments, agencies, authorities, commissions and task forces, there is a need for constant review and evaluation of these entities and the programs they administer. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (DManhattan) said Hevesi, who is in his seventh year in Albany, will be “a tremendous leader in this capacity,” and that he looks Q forward to working closely with him.

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Fun in the summer sun isn’t just for the young by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

The summer is here and there is no better time to get out and get active than while the weather is warm and picturesque. While some recreational pastimes may be better suited to the younger set, there are still plenty of things to do across the borough for the older crowd and best of all, they’re all free unless otherwise noted. The Parks Department offers water exercise classes, swim instruction, water ballet and special activities for older adults as part of its Senior Splash program. In addition to being great exercise, the activities help alleviate pain, improve circulation and promote healing and muscle development for those suffering from physical ailments resulting from injury, disease or aging. The classes take place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Astoria Pool, located at 19th Street and 23rd Drive. and at Fort Totten Pool on Monday and Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. It is located at 338 Story Ave. in Bayside. Feel like you’re in the tropics by attending the Ridgewood Older Adult Center’s luau party, which comes complete with grass skirts, leis and Hawaiian music and food. Pina coladas will also be served. Tickets are priced at $4.50. The party will take place from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. at the center, located at 59-14 70 Ave. in Ridgewood. For more information, call (718) 456-2000. For fans of the King, the center will hold an

Elvis look-a-like party where an Elvis impersonator will belt out classic tunes from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Light refreshments will also be provided. Tickets for seniors are priced at $5. For all others the cost is $10. But you don’t have to go to the Ridgewood Older Adult Center just for an event during the summer. It is also one of the city’s designated cooling centers, so when the thermometer hits 95 degrees or above, feel free to drop in and chill out. Get ready to move and swing your hips if you head over to the Howard Beach Senior Center on Friday afternoons. It offers a free belly dancing class for women over 60 from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. The center is located at 156-45 85 St. For more information, call (718) 738-8100. What better way to enjoy the summer sunshine than to go for a leisurely stroll and meet new people? That’s exactly what you will find at the Brooks Senior Center Walking Club. The group has 20 members ages 60 to 88, and they all really enjoy the activity according to the center’s director, Yvette McKain. “We go around the neighborhood and as we are going along we walk in pairs and we talk,” she said. “Some of them have lived here a long time and really have a knowledge of the neighborhood and you can get a feel for each person.” After the walk, there is a cool down session at the center where the members of the club get a lesson in nutrition and health. Each participant wears a pedometer, which counts the number of steps he or

There are plenty of summer activities for older adults throughout the borough. she has taken and a total tally of all the members is compiled when they return. The walking club meets on Mondays and Fridays from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at the Brooks Senior Center, located at 143-22 109 Ave. in Jamaica. The center also hosts a number of other activities including a morning stretch class on Tuesdays from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., a Jazzercise class on Thursdays from 1 to 2 p.m. and a chair aerobics class called Sit and Be Fit on Fridays from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. For more information, call (718) 291-3935. The United Hindu Cultural Council Senior Center offers modified yoga classes for older adults, which are a “gentle” alternative to the traditional form of the stretching exercise, according to Chan Jamoona,

the founder of the center. It is open to all members of the public, not just those enrolled at the center. “We want to share it with everyone and help them do well,” Jamoona said. She also noted that yoga has helped many of its participants with health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure as well as those who have suffered a stroke, improve their well being. The class takes place Monday through Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the center, located at 118-09 Sutter Ave. in South Ozone Park. For more information, call (718) 323-8900. Those seeking a more intense workout, can try senior aerobics classes. They are offered on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Pool & Rink, located at 125-40 Roosevelt Ave. in Jackson Heights. For more information, call (718) 271-7572. Fans of the rod and reel can take a saltwater fishing lesson. Experienced park rangers will teach the ethics of this pastime and the ecology of the city’s waterways. The Parks Department’s fishing programs are catch and release only and all equipment is provided. The program will take place on July 10 at 9 a.m. at World’s Fair Marina, Pier 1, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park at 111-01 Corona Ave. in Flushing. Before you know it the summer will be gone and it will be time to put on your winter coat and shovel snow, so get out there while you can and P have fun.

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Hear the hits from two essential American icons by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

This week we celebrated the pioneers who charted our nation’s course a couple hundred years ago; and now two new CD compilations celebrate some of the pioneers who set the course of rock music a couple generations ago.

Paul Revere & The Raiders “The Essential” (Legacy) When the discussion turns to the names of bands that are not enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, very few pop musicologists get worked up about the omission of Paul Revere & The Raiders. That’s a shame because it borders on the criminal that these guys are forever being ignored by Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner and his snooty friends who are the arbiters of who gets rock’s highest honor. Paul Revere & the Raiders were the first rock band ever signed to Columbia Records; sold more records than any other American group during the British Invasion’s 1964-67 heyday; and logged more hours on television, thanks primarily to Dick Clark, than any rock group in the 1960s. Yes, that includes the Monkees. Although there were numerous personnel changes from the time the quintet got its start in Boise, Idaho in the late 1950s, the nucleus always consisted of keyboard player Revere (yes, a descendant of the Revolutionary War patriot) and occasional saxophonist, lyricist, lead vocalist and perennial heartthrob Mark Lindsay.

Things did not start out swimmingly for the Raiders. They lost a chart battle with a rival group from the Pacific Northwest, the Kingsmen, in the spring of 1963 over who would have a national hit with the controversial “Louie, Louie.” It would not be the last chart war that the guys would lose. They came up second best in their battle with Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon in 1965 with “Action” and again in 1966 when the Monkees had a Top 20 hit with “(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone” after the Raiders cut the track first. It’s a shame that Legacy couldn’t find room for those recordings in this 2-CD “Essential” package. Paul Revere & the Raiders have often been referred to as a garage band because of their deceptively simple sound. They say that the greats often make things look or sound easy, and that is certainly the case here. A lot of credit also

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has to go to the Raiders’ producer, the late Terry Melcher, who was actress Doris Day’s son. Songs such as “Hungry,” “Good Thing,” “Him or Me” and “Ups And Downs” still don’t sound dated despite being around 45 years old. While the vast majority of their records were catchy tunes about relationships, the Raiders were capable of cutting hits that had serious meanings. “Kicks,” a 1966 tune written by Songwriter Hall of Fame members Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, was the first rock hit to point out the negatives of drug use. In 1971 the guys reached No. 1 with a John Loudermilk-penned tune, “Indian Reservation.” Mark Lindsay’s onpoint phrasing of the lyrics brought more attention to the shameful treatment of Native Americans than any televised documentary could have.

Chuck Berry “Icon” (UME) It’s hard to believe that it’s now nearly impossible to listen to any of Chuck Berry’s songs on any New York City radio station. You have to dial in to the right side of the AM dial to try to find low-watt New Jersey stations such as WMTR (1250 AM) and WHTG (1410 AM) to hear his or any other of the great pioneering rock ’n’ roll hits. Universal Music Enterprises’ “Icon” is an excellent 12-song primer for anyone who doesn’t already know why Berry’s compositions have been recorded by a who’s who of rock, including the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Electric Light Orchestra and Johnny Rivers, just to name a few. Choosing just a dozen tunes from Berry’s

sizable catalog is a daunting task. But it’s hard to argue with the end results, since all his Mount Rushmore tunes like “Maybelline,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Rock and Roll Music,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Carol” are included here. Although it wasn’t one of his biggest hits when it was released, “You Never Can Tell” is wisely part of this reissue. It’s the tune used for a very memorable dance scene involving John Travolta and Uma Thurman in the 1994 film “Pulp Fiction.” Also included is Berry’s suggestive 1972 hit, “My Ding-A-Ling,” that was recorded live in London. WABC and a number of other powerhouse radio stations banned the song from their playlists at the time, but it still wound up being Berry’s only No. 1 hit of his glorious career. The lyrics still P make me laugh nearly 40 years later.

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Nurse is killed in Pomonok shootings Authorities believe revenge attack was a case of mistaken identity by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

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A nursing assistant at Queens Hospital Centers psych ward was gunned down and her 18-year-old son was injured Saturday outside their home at the Pomonok Houses in what police believe is a case of mistaken identity. Christina Coleman, 39, and her son, Hassan Gil, were attacked by gunmen around 5:45 p.m. in her Volkswagen outside the houses at 155-26 Jewel Ave. as she was preparing to drive off. Although suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, the son was able to run to the nearby 107th Precinct to get help for his mother. Police arrested Malik Wallace, 20, of Parsons Boulevard in Fresh Meadows on Monday. He was ar raigned the same day on charges of second-degree murder and held without bail. His next court date is July 18. Law enforcement off icials believe he was one of the gunmen in the fatal shootout. Police are still looking for the second man. Coleman died at the scene and Gil is recovering from his injuries at New York Hospital Queens, where he is reported in stable condition.

Police from the 107th Precinct search the grounds at Pomonok Houses on Saturday for clues to a nearby shooting on Parsons Boulvard where two alleged drug dealers were hit. Later in the day, a mother and son were shot outside the PHOTO BY RIYAD HASAN houses in what is believed to be a revenge attack that went wrong. Earlier in the day, police say they believe Coleman’s older son, Mark Coleman, 22, was involved in a shooting near the housing project on Parsons Boulevard that wounded two suspected drug dealers. Officials think the later shooting was an attempt to get back at Mark Coleman, but that the two gunmen got the wrong man.

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The volunteer emergency medical team who helped save the life of a Forest Hills newborn in May was honored last week by the baby’s family. Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps crew chief Ron Cohen, front left, emergency medical technician Jun Xiao and driver John Alber were presented with Life Save Awards at FHVAC’s Metropolitan Avenue headquarters on June 29 by mother Rosalie DiLiberto and her plucky baby boy, Luke. The latest of DiLiberto’s three children arrived at 2:33 a.m. on May 3, two weeks early and in the bathtub of the family’s Austin Street apartment. Shortly after he

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Subway series brings out the fans t was the final game of the July subway series for this season and the Mets shone, beating the Yankees 3-2 in a nail-biting 10-inning game on Sunday. The Bronx Bombers outscored the Amazins’ in the two earlier games Friday and Saturday, 5-1 and 5-2, respectively, so for Mets fans, Sunday’s victory was sweet. The weather obliged for Friday night’s game as well as Saturday afternoon’s duel, but the Sunday game was delayed 90 minutes due to rain. The packed Citi Field was the place to be over the holiday weekend. Some fans came early to Leslie and Brian Reese cook for their friends in the parking lot at tailwith son Lucky have gate parties, while others favored the Shake different team favorites. Shack burgers. There were plenty of families with split loyalties, such as Leslie and Brian Reese. She’s a Yankees fan. He favors the Mets. When their 6-month-old son Lucky grows up, he’ll decide the majority. The next series against the Yankees is scheduled for June 2012. Mets fans say they can’t wait. — Liz Rhoades

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Mets pitcher Francisco Rodriguez pitches in the 10th inning on Sunday in the only game won by the Amazins’.

Jason Bay gets the winning hit in the 10th inning on Sunday with the bases loaded to beat the Yankees in the last game of the subway series for the season. Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez slides home safely in the sixth inning of play during Saturday’s game at Citi Field.

Cooks Kenny Young, left, and Frank Tedeschi prepare hot dogs and hamburgers for their friends before a subway series game in the Citi Field parking lot.

The Mets’ Lucas Duda is out at home during the ninth inning of Sunday’s game. The contest went to 10 innings with the home team beating the Yankees, 3-2.

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St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church in South Ozone Park will hold its first annual community fair on July 23 beginning at 11 a.m. Free health information will be provided at the fair. There will also be carnival rides and live entertainment for family and children of all ages. Residents may get tested for glucose, blood pressure, HIV and asthma. This event is free and open to the entire community. For more information, call Iris Santa at Q (212) 844-9449.

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announced the establishment of the Marion G. Wingens ScholBramson ORT College in arship Fund. Forest Hills boasted its largest The fund was created to prograduating class ever this year, vide f inancial assistance for with 300 students bidding adieu years to come for students who to the two-year technical school are having difficulty affording last week. college. ÒComing to Bramson ORT “I am so proud to have been has been one of the most fulfill- instrumental in raising ing decisions I have made in my $200,000 in the name and memlife,” said Fariba Haghnazari, ory of my friend and colleague, one of 16 graduates who was Marion Wingens,” D’Erasmo awarded academic honors. said. “It is a testament to MariThe 300 graduates who on, and the generosity of her donned maroon caps and gowns colleagues, that we are able to on June 27 make up the school’s make this very special tribute in most populous class in its 32- her memory.” year history. Wingens was the executive Headquartered in Forest vice president at HSBC before Hills, Bramson ORT empha- she died in 2010. sizes preparing students for She was also a founding careers in accounting, business member and president of ORT’s management, computer infor- Accountants and Bankers Chapmation systems, electronic tech- ter, which established the fund nology and medical office sup- in her honor. port. College officials noted WinORT, the Organization for gens was a passionate supporter Educational Resource and Tech- of education. nical Training, is a global nonStudents from all over the profit group. city attend Bramson, and many During the graduation cere- of the graduates are immigrants mony, Diane D’Erasmo, the who school officials said often keynote speaker and executive need language help or training vice president of commercial in the f ields in which they banking at HSBC Bank, worked in their home countries. Editor

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Bryant High School Gay Straight Alliance, a club which was recognized for its courage and commitment to equality. In receiving the award, the club’s president, Sammy Radovic, said, “Our school is very diverse. Our students are very accepting.” Other recipients were DJ Sparrow, honored for his years of contributions to the LGBT nightlife scene and fundraising activities for the gay community; Chad Gilkison and Scott Parrish, a gay couple celebrating their 16th year together, and parents of young twins, as

advocates for marriage equality; Joseph Palicka, Jr., a stalwart in the organization of the annual Queens Pride Day; Gail Mellow, president of LaGuardia Community College, for being a visionary leader; Mercedes Cano, a lawyer and an advocate and fighter for immigrant rights; Chris Wisniewski, deputy director for education at the Museum of the Moving Image, for introducing school children to the wonders of art; Scott Kramer, a social worker and advocate for gay youth; and Dan Choi, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army who became an outspoken voice in the fight to repeal the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. “Pick up your weapons,” Choi told the crowd. “In this battlefield, our only Q weapon is love.”

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Children enjoy the New York Hall of Science’s latest exhibition, “Circus! Science Under the Big Top.”

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ith his proud father standing nearby, 5-year-old Julian Adames of Jackson Heights tested his mettle on High Wire, and though he was securely tethered to a harness, he was apparently relieved afterward to have his feet back on terra firma. Julian, who said he had always wanted to join a circus, didn’t seem quite so sure anymore after his midair adventure taught him a bit about gravity and tension. by

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“The rope was moving too much and I thought I was going to fall,” he said. “That’s what made me scared.” Whether you’re a kid thinking about running away to join the circus or an older individual who fears it may be too late for that kind of thing, you’re in luck, thanks to “Circus! Science Under the Big Top.” The exhibition is in town through Sept. 4, at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing, and, if not quite the real thing, it will at least give you a feel for

what life is like under the big top. In addition to leaving the museum with circus skills, visitors may also learn a bit about the science behind each trick. Steven Burrell, 7, came all the way from New Rochelle with his family to experience a bit of the circus atmosphere and learn about motion. With the help of a safety harness, he took a fling at Elastic Acrobatics, somersaulting through the air with seemingly the greatest of ease. continued on page 39

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Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria, presents “Behind the Screen,” the core exhibition will be ongoing. “City Glow” will be on view through July 17.

Faith Mission’s summer flea market will be held every Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. starting July 9-Oct. 1 at 114-40 Van Wyck Expressway, South Ozone Park.

The Oriental Brush Painting class of St. Andrew Avellino Church will hold a gallery show on Sunday, July 11 at the St. Andrew School cafeteria, located on 158th Street between Northern Boulevard and 34th Avenue in Flushing. The show is open to the public from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Reception with the artists begins at 11:40 a.m.

A rummage sale will be held on Sunday, July 10 from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at Young Israel of New Hyde Park, 264-15 77 Ave., New Hyde Park. St. Raphael’s outdoor flea market will be held on Sunday, July 10 (raindate, July 17), from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. Raphael’s Church, 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City.

Socrates Sculpture Park, at Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City presents the exhibit Vista, now through Aug. 7, during daylight hours.

The Bellerose Jewish Center will be holding its summer rummage sale from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12 at 254-04 Union Turnpike in Floral Park.

“My Lovely Ladies: The Dried Floral Art of Natalie Carbone,” will be on view now through Aug. 21 at the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Gallery hours are Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m.

So Percussion is scheduled to perform at the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City on PHOTO BY JANETTE BECKMAN Sunday, July 10.

The Maria Rose International Doll Museum, 18711 Linden Blvd., St. Albans, exhibits are open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults, $2.50 for children. June is bride month. The museum will feature dolls dressed in bridal gowns.

The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City continues its Music in the Garden series with a performance by the internationally acclaimed So Percussion. The quartet will be joined by guitarist Grey McMurray to perform excerpts from its next major theatrical project on Sunday, July 10 at 3 p.m. It’s free.

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Bill Popp and the Tapes will perform British songs including Beatles and Moody Blue songs as well as his own original songs on Sunday, July 10 at 3 p.m. at the Garden of the Poppenhusen Institute, 11404 14 Road, College Point. It’s free.

Douglaston Community Theatre announces auditions for its fall production, “Crossing Delancey” on Monday and Tuesday, July 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 243-01 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. The show will open Oct. 14 and run for three weekends. Senior Theatre Acting Repertory holds acting rehearsals on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at Hollis Public Library, 202-05 Hillside Ave. and on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. at Queens Village Library, 94-11 217th St. For information, call the director’s assistant at (718) 776-0529.

THEATRE Maggie’s Little Theater at St. Margaret presents “The Sound of Music.” Performances will be held Saturdays, July 9 and 16 at 8 p.m.; Sundays, July 10 and 17 at 2:30 p.m.; and Friday, July 15 at 8 p.m. at St. Margaret Parish Hall, 66-05 79 Place, Middle Village. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors, $10 for children 11 and under. For reservations, call (917) 579-5389 or visit maggieslittletheater.org.

MUSIC Irish and American music of Boston Burglars will be performed on Thursday, July 7 and Doo-Wop plus with the New York Exceptions on July 14, both at 7 p.m. at Juniper Valley Park, 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North, Middle Village. Bring your own lawn chair. Stone Soul Picnic - The Great Rhythm and Blues Classics will perform on Sunday, July 10 at 2 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. during the Sunday concert series. Also, on July 24, Cumbia, traditional music of Colombia, will be featured during the concert series. Free. First-come first-served. Dance lessons prior to each concert at 1:15 p.m.

Maspeth Federal Savings Bank presents a summer concert featuring the Crests with the voice of Tommy Mara and Randy and the Rainbows on Wednesday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the main office parking lot on 69th Street and Grand Avenue in Maspeth. Queens Symphony Orchestra presents Opera Under the Stars on Sunday, July 17 at 5 p.m. at George Seuffert Bandshell at Forest Park in Woodhaven, and on Wednesday, July 20 at 7 p.m. at St. John’s University’s Great Lawn, Jamaica, featuring Martin Sola, tenor and Marcos Sola, baritone with members of the QSO conducted by Maestro Kitsopoulos. Free. In case of inclement weather, the concerts will be moved to an alternate locations.

FILM Outdoor Cinema 2011: Celebrating the Cultural Diversity of Queens on Wednesdays, July 13, 20, 27 and Aug. 3, 10 and 17 at 7 p.m. at Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. This annual international film festival focuses on a different country or culture each Wednesday evening. Now in its 13th year, this program invites visitors to sample regional cuisine from neighborhood restaurants, picnic on the grass, see musical and dance performances, enjoy the cool waterfront breeze as the sun sets over the Manhattan skyline and watch international films on an outdoor screen.

CLASSES A defensive driving course for insurance and point reduction will be given at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church, 34-24 203 St., Bayside, on

Saturday, July 9 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. For information and registration, call (631) 360-9720. The cost is $45. The Forest Hills Jewish Center will host a defensive driving course sponsored by the National Safety Council on Sunday, July 10 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. For information and/or registration, call the synagogue at (718) 263-7000. The cost is $50. Southeast Queens Camera Club presents “Introduction to Digital Photography,” six free photography classes on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at Roy Wilkins Park, Administration Building, second floor, Baisley Boulevard and Merrick Road, Jamaica from July 12-Aug. 23. Call (718) 7236849 or (516) 328-3776. Two introductory workshops in the arts of drying flowers and their use in decorative arts projects will be held at the Voelker Orth Museum, 14919 38 Ave., Flushing, on Wednesday, July 13 and 20 from 2-3:30 p.m. The registration fee for each session is $12, $10 for VOM members, inclusive of materials. To register, call the museum at (718) 359-6227. The US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 12-01 at Fort Totten in Bayside, suggests preparing for the summer afloat by enrolling in one of their boating classes on July 17 or Aug. 14 at Fort Totten in Bayside. Pre-registration is required. Cost starts at $75. Contact Mike Kaff at (917) 952-7014 or e-mail 12-01@verizon.net. Yoga classes are now being held at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 76-11 37 Ave., Room 204, Jackson Heights. All levels are welcomed. Classes are held Saturdays, from 10-11 a.m. and Sundays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Classes held during the week include, meditation, ayurvedic, yoga philosophy and Sanskrit language instruction. Minimum donation is $5. For information, call Rashid at (646) 912-1885 or Shree at (646) 417-2252. Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing, offers Israeli folk dancing on Mondays from 7:15-9:45 p.m. Cost is $10 for nonmembers, $9 for members.

OUTDOORS A cycling tour of Fort Totten Park in Bayside will be held on Sunday, July 10 at 1 p.m. Meet at the entrance to the fort, north of the intersection of 212th Street and Cross Island Parkway.

SPECIAL EVENTS The people of Bellerose Assembly of God, 24015 Hillside Ave., invite everyone to an event on Saturday, July 9 at 5 p.m. The program includes a moon bounce, face painting, a giant slide, giveaways and much more. At 8 p.m. finish off the day with a viewing of a recently released blockbuster movie. Remember to bring a chair. The 4th annual Tour de Queens will be held on Sunday, July 10 at 9 a.m., check-in begins at 8 a.m., and will begin and end in Flushing Meadows Park. Participants will ride throughout parks and neighborhoods in eastern and northern Queens. The ride is open to cyclists of all skill levels and ages, though a helmet is required for those 14 and under. For information, visit tourdequeens.org. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s I FISH NY program will be offering free fishing clinics for all New Yorkers on Wednesday, July 13: Fishing with Senior Citizens at Baisley Pond Park, in Jamaica from 9 a.m.-noon. This event has been designated a “free fishing event” during which a NYS freshwater fishing license will not be required. While most of the expected participants will be seniors, all ages are welcome.

FOR KIDS Free traditional craft programs for kids will be held on Sundays, July 10 and Aug. 14 from 1-3 p.m. at Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. Basic embroidery will be held on July 10 and intro to quilting will be on Aug. 14. Call to register at (718) 939-0647, ext. 17. Puppets in the Parks presents “Bessie’s Big Shot” at Rochdale Park, New York Boulevard and 134th Avenue on Monday, July 11 at 10:30 a.m. Bring low chairs or blanket. Oran Etkin’s Timbalooloo will be presented on Tuesday, July 12 at 10:30 a.m. on the lawn in front of Jamaica Avenue at 151st Street in Rufus King Park.

To submit a theater, music, art, or entertainment item to What’s Happening, e-mail artslistingqchron@gmail.com

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Bees buzz off, documentary explores why by Elizabeth Daley qboro editor

Life is tough for a female bee. What with all the pollinating, transporting food and water, making honey — not to mention breeding if you are a queen — the tasks are never ending. Usually robust workers known for their “busy-ness,” in recent years, bees have failed to thrive in their once active hives. All sorts of theories have been bandied about as to why bees are experiencing difficulties — everything from cell phone use to pesticides — but nothing has been proven. According to beekeeper Anna Thea Bridge of Sunnyside, veteran hive owners “don’t think the bees of today are as hearty. There are a lot of theories as to whether that is even true or what might be causing that.” In 2010, a group of scientists found that concurrent fungal and viral infections were present in many collapsed colonies, but it remains unclear if those are the root cause. Bridge will be fielding questions about beekeeping following a free screening of “Vanishing of the Bees” at the Sunnyside Library on Sunday. The film explores the possible causes of colony collapse disorder and follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S. In addition to losing out on delicious honey, if bees buzz away, we may lose a portion of the food we consume since they pollinate plants that bear fruit or flowers. Even broccoli must thank a bee for its buds. “My neighbor has a peach tree and last year was the

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only year that anyone can remember that the tree bore fruit,” Bridge said, crediting the hives she keeps on her roof for the abundant yield. Bridge, who is also a lawyer, noted that until recently, beekeeping was illegal in New York City. Under the city’s health code, bees were classified as illegal venomous insects. People are often afraid of being stung and city hives were frequently reported and shut down before the bee-loving community joined together to get the insects legalized. Now, every hive has to be registered and inspected, but they are permitted. “The honey that I have from Sunnyside is delicious and it reflects what is growing around the place I live,” Bridge said, noting the abundance of linden trees in the area

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said Surtees, who considers singing as natural as talking and believes in the Put on your dancing shoes, tune up healing power of music. your listening ears and head over to hisOn July 24, percussionist and compostoric Flushing Town Hall for a series of er Wolfgang Barros, a native of the free summertime concerts! Caribbean region of Colombia, will bring At four presentations, running on “Cumbia — Traditional Music of Colomalternate Sunday afternoons in July and bia” to the hall. August, audiences will be treated to Barros has made a lifelong commitpre-concert dance lessons and world- ment to the promotion of Colombian class performances encompassing a folkloric music and Afro-Colombian perwide variety of musical styles from cussion. around the globe. Before the show, the audience will The series will kick off with “Stone have the opportunity to dance to exotic Soul Picnic — the rhythms of both traGreat Rhythm & ditional Colombian Blues Classics” on music and the popuWhen: July 10 and 24, July 10, featuring lar cumbia. August 7 and 21 at 2 p.m., Emilie Surtees and Honolulu native dancing begins at 1:15 p.m. her band, Soul Josh Cho will bring Where: Flushing Town Hall Providerz, with his group, the 37-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing interpretations of Hawaiian Dreams (718) 463-7700 music made popular Trio, to Flushing on by such Motown Aug. 7 for a program artists as Gladys Knight, The Temptations entitled, “Hawaiian Hula Dance — The and James Brown. Music of Hawaii with Josh Cho.” “We’ve been out there a while,” said “From an early age we were taught Surtees, who started the group 10 years Hawaiian songs,” said Cho, who came ago. “We have talented musicians from to New York 20 years ago to study all walks of life. Everybody’s great in music. Though classically trained, he their own right.” said, “Hawaiian music fell in my lap. I The New York-based band will present love doing it. I get to connect with my a pre-show intro to some of the dances upbringing and my culture.” that were on “Soul Train,” Surtees said. The program will open with a 45“We’ll get up there and get them in the minute demonstration by Kawai, a hula mood” for the concert that follows. dancer from Oahu, who will teach the At the show, Surtees will sing “A Man basics of the popular island dance. Apart,” a song she penned about love at Then the trio will play two 45-minute first sight and featured on her debut CD, sets, the first drawing from the Hapa “Reflections of You.” Haole genre of Hawaiian music, which “Our only goal is to please everyone,” continued on page 00 41 qboro contributor

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children, parents and teachers since opening in 1986. In all, the hall offers over 450 interactive exhibits. Among those on permanent display are “Connections: The Nature of Networks,” a state-of-the-art exhibition that explores the science of networks, from the World Wide Web to spider webs; “Mathematica: A World of Numbers,” which is devoted entirely to math and explores topology, symmetry and geometry; and the “Science Playground,” which fosters science learning through personal discovQ ery and participation.

“It wasn’t really that hard,” he said. “I got kind of dizzy because I did a whole bunch of flips.” Other areas of interest include the Costume Area, which allows visitors to transform themselves into clowns, strongmen and assorted lions, tigers and bears, and Circus Smells, which offers a test of circus scents where you can dare to learn what’s really in a corn dog. The exhibit even offers opportunities to brush up on parlari — the private language of circus folk — to learn about legendary Jumbo the Elephant, and to set video performances to appropriate circus music. A special feature last weekend were workshops by members of Cirque du Jour, a traveling troupe that taught visitors mandatory circus skills such as plate-spinning and juggling. “This is great for kids,” said visitor William Liao of Bayside Hills. “I wish I had it when I was a kid. I’d be much better coordinated.” His sons seemed to fare better than he did at keeping plastic plates spinning atop foot-long sticks. One of them, Will Liao, 7, said, “It’s pretty fun as long as you get it going.”

‘Circus! Science Under the Big Top’ A young girl enjoys the New York Hall of Science’s latest exhibit. Daniel Gall, 8, of Fresh Meadows, tried juggling and learned about velocity. “It’s hard. Catching is the hardest. Not everyone can do it,” he said. Brian, a professional clown from Sunnyside who led a workshop in peacock feather balancing, admitted the work of circus performers is harder than it looks.

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The Best Female Friends Club will be meeting on Thursday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Edison Place Restaurant, 71-28 Cooper Ave., Glendale. Women of all ages and backgrounds meet for fun, friendship and laughter. Cost: $30 per person which includes a three-course dinner, wine, dessert, coffee, tax and tip. For reservations call (718) 821-8401.

her go home for the holidays, the jurist (who was incidentally one of the founding fathers of Queens College) said he hoped fate would be kind to her. She moved to the West Coast and lived in obscurity the rest of her life. It was before the age of TV shows that seem to glorify such rage. She never spoke of the killing again, and it was largely forgotten. In 1938 the Reisman house was taken down under eminent domain, as the land was needed for building an exit from the Q Cross Island Parkway.

The quiet of the upper middle class section of Whitestone called Beechurst was shattered on the morning of Aug. 14, 1935. Etta Reisman was the wife of Arthur Reisman, a successful beauty parlor owner. In a jealous rage she shot and killed his pretty 23-year-old secretary, Virginia “Ginny” Seigh, after her husband admitted to their affair and said he loved her. The fatal shooting took place at the Reisman’s home at 14-37 Utopia Parkway as Ginny, who also boarded there, ran out of the house. She was shot on the front lawn. Reisman was convicted of second-degree murder on Dec. 19 (some contemporaneous reports say first-degree manslaughter). Four days later, the last day of court before Christmas recess, Queens County Supreme Court Justice Charles S. Colden (1885-1960) sentenced her to six to 12 years. But Colden, a neighbor of the Reismans who said he always knew the defendant to be of good character, suspend- The Reisman house in Beechurst on Aug. 14, 1935, the day ed her sentence. Before letting a love triangle turned deadly.

Dancing Under the Stars will be held on Wednesdays, now through July 27 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Little Bay Park roller hockey rink, Bayside. Free ballroom dance lessons (first 45 minutes), dancing, music and fun.

HEALTH Join the Walkers for Wellness Club at New Hope Lutheran Church of Jamaica. Under the guidance of a walking leader, you will walk two to three times each week at a comfortable pace. The club is open to walkers of all ages and abilities. The walking schedule is Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 a.m. Weather permitting, meet at the church, located at 167-24 118 Ave.

MEETINGS A new hiking club and trail crew is being organized for adults at the Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston on Monday, July 18 at 7 p.m. Enter through the rear door. Pre-register by calling (718) 229-4000. Join Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston’s very own knitting circle. Knitters, crocheters, or crafters of any kind welcomed. This is a meeting for adults who know how to knit, not a class. Call Liz at (718) 229-4000, ext. 200 or e-mail emcglinchey@alleypond.com to inquire about meeting times. They will meet a few times a month, and there will be a fee of $3 for members, $5 for nonmember per meeting.

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The Queens Counseling Services of the Foundation of Religion and Mental Health announces that a free summer bereavement group will start July 12Aug. 16 on Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone. For more information or to sign up, call (718) 461-6393. The Center for the Women of New York announces that it is now accepting registration for a new session of their Women’s Support Group. It meets at Queensborough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 325, Kew Gardens every Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. For information and an interview appointment, call (718) 793-0672.

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Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at (718) 932-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com. Meetings are held seven days a week. SMART Recovery, a free self-help group dedicated to assisting individuals in overcoming all types of addictive behavior problems, meets on Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Long Island Consultation Center, 97-29 64th Road, Rego Park.

If you’ve suffered the loss of a loved one and are looking for a bereavement support group, come on the first Wednesday and third Tuesday of every month from 7:30-9 p.m. in the Rectory basement of Holy Family Church, 175-20 74th Ave., Flushing. Call (718) 969-2448. All losses, all denominations are welcome.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Caregivers need a break? Enroll your family member with memory loss in a stimulating program at Selfhelp Community Services, Alzheimer’s Resource Program, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Program is open Monday-Friday. Transportation is provided to many areas of Queens. Lunch and snacks are served. Fees are on a sliding scale. For information, call (718) 631-1886 and ask for Ellen Sarokin. The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Breakfast is at 9 a.m. with a suggested donation of 75 cents; lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: yoga, tai chi stretch, three dance groups (African, interpretive and line), chair exercise, choral group, crochet/knit (Mondays and Tuesdays), ceramic, art and camera class, quilting/sewing, Wii games, arts and crafts, conversational Spanish, book talk club, movie afternoons, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. For more information, call (718) 657-6752. The Senior Adult Department of the Central Queens YM & YWHA will offer computer classes every Thurs . The Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75th St., is now offering a new six-week “Enter 21st Century Advanced Computer Course” which trains seniors in five different computer programs, preparing them to enter the modern force or to just enhance their computer skills. Beginner computer skills necessary. Call Dina at (718) 8943441 or visit the center.

VOLUNTEERS Hospice Care Network, one of the largest hospice organizations in New York State that serves more than 400 patients and their families daily in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties, is looking for volunteer licensed massage therapists. Contact Eva Pendleton, director of Complementary Therapy for Hospice Care Network at ependleton@hospicecarenetwork.org. The Senior Theatre Acting Repertory is looking for a piano player, who is retired, to join the group. Rehearsals are held on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at the Hollis Public Library, 202-05 Hillside Ave., and on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. at the Queens Village Public Library, 94-11 217 St., For more information, call the assistant director at (718) 776-0529.

LISTING INFORMATION Items for the Community Calendar must be sent two weeks before the date of the event. Listings should be typed, from a nonprofit organization, either free or moderately priced, and be open to the public. Keep the information to one paragraph. Because of the large number of requests for the free calendar listings, we cannot include every event submitted. Send to: Queens Chronicle, Community Calendar, P.O. Box 74-7769, Rego Park, NY 11374, fax to (718) 205-0150.

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combines English and the native Hawaiian language, while the second will offer, in Cho’s words, “a fresh, new approach” to songs by artists ranging from the Beatles to Jimi Hendrix, all presented with arrangements featuring Hawaiian instrumentation. Cho, billed as the only New York Cityarea professional ukulele singer who was born and raised in the Hawaiian islands, said he will perform an original composition, “The Girl with Honolulu Eyes,” which he wrote last year, and, of course, some Don Ho will be on the bill, as well. “Tango — The Dance of Argentina with Mayte Vicens” will feature the worldrenowned dancer in a three-part presentation on Aug. 21, including a lesson for beginners and concert. Originally from Spain, Vicens has lived in New York since 2001, where she continues to celebrate the elegance, passion and sophistication of the Argentinean tango. The 2011 summer concert series is supported by the state Council on the Arts, the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Astoria Federal Savings. All performances are free. Pre-show attractions begin at 1:15 p.m., followed by the concert at 2 p.m. No tickets or reservations are necessary. All seats are firstQ come, first-served.

However, if the increasing popularity of organic food is any indication, city bees should be back in business in no time. Bridge, who has two dogs, six chickens and a garden with tomato plants, has brought many friends and journalists to tour her hive. She has always had a special place in her heart for beekeeping. “Part of what I really like about it is there's always more to learn and it’s endlessly fascinating,” Q she said.

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Notice of Formation of LLG PROPERTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/27/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Algin Management Co., LLC, 64-35 Yellowstone Blvd., Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Fulton Development Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/27/11. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 33-14 212th St., Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: VALKO IMPEX LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/02/09. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 28-19 23rd Avenue, Suite 14, Astoria, New York 11105. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

67-36 79TH STREET, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 4/19/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to the LLC, 40-48 Junction Blvd., Corona, NY 11368. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of SHANRANDEEP & VIKRAMDEEP CAB LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/23/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Alashkar S. Kundlas, 30-46 69th St., Jackson Heights, NY 11377. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Conversion of SJS Associates, a partnership, to SJS Affiliates LLC. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/4/11. Office location: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 136-48 39th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: for any lawful activities.

SAVE THE MEMORIES LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/3/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 15143 81st St., Howard Beach, NY 11414. General Purposes.

LIFE ON PURPOSE, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/25/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The Bozeman Law Firm, LLP, Six Gramatan Ave., 5th Fl., Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. General Purposes.

K&G Global Enterprises, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/17/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Company, 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ARDAGH REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/02/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 53-46 70th Street, Maspeth, New York 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Feministing LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/31/2010. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Vanessa Valenti, 34-19 29th St., Apt. 6B, Astoria, NY 11106. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SMALL BUSINESS VALUATION, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/16/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Humaira Choudhury, 8675 Midland Pkwy., 2B, Jamaica Estates, NY 11432. General Purposes.

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332 Starr Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/11/07. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 66-02 79th St., Middle Village, NY 11379. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 11-30 46th ROAD, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/09/09. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Ivar Goldart, 11 Bettina Court, Hampton Bays, New York 11946. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Case No: 1:10-cv-03864 (NG)(CLP) SUMMONS ON A THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT HAROLD LEWIN, an incapacitated person by his legal guardian MARIS GORDON, Plaintiff - against - HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Defendant. HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Third-Party Plaintiff - against - ANTOINE ROSA, Third-Party Defendant. TO ANTOINE ROSA: This summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Cheryl L. Pollak, United States Magistrate Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, dated June 22, 2011. The Order has been filed with the ThirdParty Complaint in the office of the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York. This is a third-party action brought by Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, HSBC Bank USA, N.A (“HSBC”), against you as Third-Party Defendant. The third party complaint against you was filed in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, on February 24, 2011. The relief sought is indemnification and contribution, and for all the costs and expenses incurred in HSBC’s defending the action filed by Plaintiff, Harold Lewin, an incapacitated person by his legal guardian Maris Gordon. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the amount of any judgment which may be obtained herein by the Plaintiff against HSBC, plus all the costs, disbursements, attorney fees and expenses incurred in HSBC’s defending the action filed by Plaintiff, together with costs, disbursements, attorney fees and expenses of this action. Currently, Plaintiff is claiming in excess of $700,000.00 against HSBC. Service of this summons is complete the twenty-eighth day after the first publication of this summons. Within 21 days after service of this summons on you is complete, you must serve on the Defendant and on the Plaintiff an answer to the thirdparty complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the Defendant or Defendant’s attorney, whose name and address are: Phillips Lytle LLP, Attn: Preston L. Zarlock, Esq., One HSBC Center, Suite 3400 Buffalo, New York 14203. It must also be served on the Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s attorney, whose name and address are: Gordon & Gordon, P.C. Attn: Peter S. Gordon, Esq., 108-18 Queens Blvd., 6th Floor, Forest Hills, New York 11375. If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the third-party complaint. You also must file the answer or motion with the court and serve it on any other parties. Dated: New York, New York, June 23, 2011, PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, By Preston L. Zarlock, Esq., Andrew J. Wells, Esq., Attorneys for Defendant, Suite 3400, One HSBC Center, Buffalo, New York 14203-2887, Telephone No. (716) 847-8400, pzarlock@ phillipslytle.com, 437 Madison Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, New York 10022, Telephone No. (212) 759-4888

111th Avenue LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/1/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 102-10 Metropolitan Ave., Ste. 200, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General.

Name: 3909 MAIN STREET, LLC. Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 6/7/2011. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to THE LLC, 5708 39th Ave., Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.

Notice is hereby given that a License, Number 1254373, has been applied for by Alewife Queens, LLC, to sell liquor, wine, and beer at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 5-14 51 Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 for onpremises consumption.

Notice of Formation of BEVERAGES TO-GO LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/16/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 136-20 Roosevelt Ave., Ste. #13, Flushing, NY 11354. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 420 Great Neck Rd., Great Neck, NY 11021. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Spiegel & Utrera, P.A., P.C., 1 Maiden Ln., 5th Fl., NY, NY 10038. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Index No.: 17546/10 D/O/F: July 12, 2010 THE BASIS OF VENUE IS THAT THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED IN SAID COUNTY Address: 187-19 Linden Blvd., St. Albans, New York 11412 Block: 10380 Lot: 0025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS NYCTL 2009-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR THE NYCTL 2009-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, -against BUNDO ASSOCIATES, INC., FRANK DELGIUDICE, EMILY DELGIUDICE, ANNA GIAMBRA, COSTANZO REALTY, INC., GRAZE COMPANY, INC., NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, JOHN DOE AND/OR JANE DOE No. 1, JOHN DOE AND/OR JANE DOE No. 2, JOHN DOE AND/OR JANE DOE No. 3, and “JOHN DOE No. 4” through “JOHN DOE No. 100” inclusive, the names of the latter defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or a lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title, or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiffs’ Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USE FOR THAT PURPOSE. The present amount of debt as of the date of the summons: $20,356.70 consisting of the tax lien principal balance of $13,953.77 plus interest of $6,402.93 though June 15, 2011, with additional attorney’s fees and costs. Because of interest and other charges that may vary from day to day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. Hence, if you pay the amount shown above an adjustment may be necessary after we receive the check, in which event we will inform you. The name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed NYCTL 2009-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR THE NYCTL 2009-A TRUST. Unless you dispute the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, within thirty (30) days after receipt hereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the herein debt collector. If you notify the herein debt collector in writing within thirty (30) days after your receipt hereof that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of any judgment against you representing the debt and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to you by the herein debt collector. Upon your written request within 30 days after receipt of this notice, the herein debt collector will provide you with the name and address of the original creditor if different from the current creditor. Note: Your time to respond to the summons and complaint differs from your time to dispute the validity of the debt or to request the name and address of the original creditor. Although you have as few as 20 days to respond to the summons and complaint, depending on the manner of service, you still have 30 days from receipt of this summons to dispute the validity of the debt and to quest the name and address of the original creditor. TO THE DEFENDANTS: BUNDO ASSOCIATES, INC. and GRAZE COMPANY, INC.: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this lien, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this lien, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this lien and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained this lawsuit to foreclose the lien will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the premises. Dated: June 15, 2011 Pinchos N. Goldberg, Esq. SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

HD Endurance LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/18/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to HD Endurance, 13-25 141st St., Malba, NY 11357. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BONNIE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/22/99. The latest date of dissolution is 02/01/2045. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 31-50 31st Street, Astoria, New York 11106. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10/13/10, bearing Index Number NC-00098910/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, in Record Room 357, grants me the right to assume the name of Natalia Danelyants. My present name is Natalia Nikolayevna Polupanova aka Natalia Polupanova aka Natalia Gusek. My present address is 87-60 113th Street, Apt. 6J, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. My place of birth is Russia. My date of birth is October 19, 1982.

GELEC LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/16/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Geptulio Hernandez, 7600 Shore Front Pwy, Apt. 8X, Arverne, NY 11692. General Purposes.

Notice of Formation of Frutas and Veggies, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/19/2011. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of process served against the LLC to 108-51 37th Drive, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

PROBATE CITATION, FILE NO. 2011-496/C. SURROGATE’S COURT - QUEENS COUNTY CITATION. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO: THE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND DISTRIBUTEES, OF LORRAINE ALEXANDER A/K/A LORRAINE M. ALEXANDER DECEASED, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY OF THEM BE DEAD TO THEIR HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, LEGATEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN AND CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AFTER DUE DILIGENCE. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF QUEENS COUNTY ATTORNEY GENERAL. A PETITION HAVING BEEN DULY FILED BY LOUIS BARRICELLI, WHO IS DOMICILED AT 36 SKILLMAN AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11211. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE BEFORE THE SURROGATE’S COURT, OF QUEENS COUNTY, AT 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD., JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11435, COURTROOM 62, NEW YORK, ON JULY 21, 2011 AT 9:30 O’CLOCK IN THE FORENOON OF THAT DAY, WHY A DECREE SHOULD NOT BE MADE IN THE ESTATE OF LORRAINE ALEXANDER A/K/A LORRAINE M. ALEXANDER LATELY DOMICILED AT 98-34 63RD DRIVE, REGO PARK, NY 11374, ADMITTING TO PROBATE A WILL DATED DECEMBER 28, 2007, (A CODICIL DATED NONE), A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED, AS THE WILL OF DECEASED, RELATING TO REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND DIRECTING THAT [X] LETTERS TESTAMENTARY ISSUE TO: LOUIS BARRICELLI [ ] LETTERS OF TRUSTEESHIP ISSUE TO: [ ] LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION C.T.A ISSUE TO: (STATE ANY FURTHER RELIEF REQUESTED) DATED, ATTESTED AND SEALED JUNE 7, 2011 HON. PETER J. KELLY, SURROGATE MARGARET M. GRIBBON, CHIEF CLERK, GUY R. VITACCO JR., ESQ., ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER, TELEPHONE: (718) 898-5060 87-10 QUEENS BOULEVARD, ELMHURST, NEW YORK 11373 ADDRESS OF ATTORNEY (NOTE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON YOU AS REQUIRED BY LAW. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR IT WILL BE ASSUMED YOU DO NOT OBJECT TO THE RELIEF REQUESTED. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY APPEAR FOR YOU.)

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Icorporate Consulting, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/18/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to C/O Maria Contreras, Esq., 7261 113th St., Ste. 7-O, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General.

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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Resilient Care Physical Therapy, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/6/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Real Estate EQUAL HOUSING. Federal, New York State and local laws prohibit discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, marital status, familial status or disability in connection with the sale or rental of residential real estate. Queens Chronicle does not knowingly accept advertising in violation of these laws. When you suspect housing discrimination call the Open Housing Center (the Fair Housing Agency for the five boroughs of New York) at 212-941-6101, or the New York City Commission of Human Rights Hotline at 212306-7500. The Queens Chronicle reserves the right to alter wording in ads to conform with Federal Fair Housing regulations.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1255424, for LIQUOR has been applied for by the undersigned to sell LIQUOR at retail in a KARAOKE PLACE under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 133-48 37th Avenue, Flushing, Queens County, NY 11354 for on-premises consumption. CHINA BAR INC.

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While he has not become the object of derision for Mets fans that Oliver Perez was, Jason Bay, by his own admission, has not come close to playing anywhere near the level of what was expected from him when he signed a very hefty contract with the Mets in January 2010. There’s no question that he always gives maximum effort, as evidenced by his slamming into a wall at Dodger Stadium last July to haul in a long fly ball. Bay missed the rest of the season and the Mets’ 2010 season was over, for all intents and purposes, at that point. Jason still has not been the offensive force that Mets fans were expecting but his gamewinning single last Sunday in the tenth inning for a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Yankees lifted a huge weight off of his shoulders. Being a hero against the Yankees atones for a multitude of past sins in the minds of Mets fans. Of course making a game-blowing blunder against them has the opposite effect, as ex-Met Luis Castillo will certainly attest. Last month retired Met Shawn Green promoted his memoir, “The Way of Baseball” (Simon & Schuster), in Bryant Park. Green said he pressed every at-bat in 2000 after signing a big contract with the Dodgers, and opined that Bay may be trying too hard to prove he’s worthy of his high compensation. Bay said that while he understood Green’s logic, big bucks are not affecting his performance adversely. “I have high standards that I expect from myself irrespective of what I am getting paid,” he told me two weeks ago.

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When the season began there was understandable consternation about the depth of the Yankees’ starting rotation in light of Andy Pettitte’s retirement. It turns out the Yanks have so many quality starters that they sent Ivan Nova down to their Scranton farm team, though he had a record equal or better than that of many pitchers named to the All-Star team. Speaking of the All-Star game, Yankees ace CC Sabathia took one for the team as he was left off the American League squad. He should be starting for the AL next Tuesday, but since there are so many Yanks on the roster, and the rules say every team has to field at least one player, the math conspired against CC. If you like soccer, make it over to Flushing Meadows Park over the next three weekends as 16 teams comprising players who were born outside the United States but live here now will represent their native lands in the Cosmos Cup Tournament. The event is free. This mini version of the World Cup was launched by the company hoping to revive the Cosmos as a professional soccer team. Major League Soccer commissioner and Bayside High alum Don Garber wants to expand into New York and believes the Cosmos and his home borough would be a natural fit. Martina Hingis, who once dominated women’s tennis but retired way too young, is playing for the New York Sportimes of the World Team Tennis league. Douglaston native John McEnroe will play a few matches as well. Why they are playing at hard-to-get-to Randall’s Island instead of the National Tennis Q Center is beyond me.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Beautiful 55x100, Corner 5 Level Split Colonial, 3 BRs, 2½ Baths, Den, 19.7x23.6 with Fireplace, Patio off Den/Basement, Central Vac, Oak Flr in LR, Parquet Flr in Den, New Roof, HW Heater, Sprinkler System, 1½ Car Garage. Asking $709K

Totally redone low ranch on 50x100, 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, Finished Basement, New Windows, New Doors, Hardwood Floors, All New Appliances, Granite Countertops, New CAC. $660K

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• 91-01 153 Ave. - Upper Left, Move-in Cond, 3 BRs, 1 Bath, Garden, Dogs ok, Only $179K • 89-27 Shore Pkwy - Upper Right, Updated 1 BR w/New Kitchen, Garden, Dogs ok. Only $122K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Split-Level Colonial, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, All updated, Hardwood Floors, Den, EIK, CAC, Roof approx 7 yrs old, IGS, 2 Car Pvt Dvwy, 40x100, Asking $689K.

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Totally renovated 4 bedroom, 2 full HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK baths, Hi-Ranch on 42X93 lot, new All Stucco Lg Hi-Ranch on oversized siding, roof, pvc fence. Marble kit lot 40x109, 4 BRs, 2 w/Bath, Lg & granite countertop. In-ground Florida Room FD, Lg pvt dvwy, sprinkler system. $665K 1 car garage. Asking $665K

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK OZONE PARK Beautiful Unique Extended Huge Brookfield Hi-Ranch (27x55), Hi-Ranch, 5 BRs, 4Baths, Wood All Brick, Updated 2 Family, Cabinets, Granite, Mobile Garbage 4 BRs, 3 Baths, Pvt Dvwy, Garage, 4 BRs, 3 Full Baths, Sunken LR, Huge Disposals, Wine Fridge, Central Vac New Windows, New Boiler. FDR, H/W Flrs, 2 Car Pvt Dvwy, 1 Car throughout and much, much more. Asking $489K Gar, ½ Brick Home. $729K

HOWARD BEACH CO-OPS

• L-Shaped Studio, MIC ..... $85K DU RE • Hi-Rise 1 BR co-op ......... $99K • Hi-Rise, 1 BR, 1 Bath Move-in Condition..........$110K HOWARD BEACH - OLD SIDE • 1 BR Garden, 1st Fl ........$115K HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Large updated cape on 42x100, Hardwood floors on 1st floor, Updated • JR4, Hi-Rise ...................$135K Charming 4 BR, 4½ Bath, tudor on • 2 BR, Garden w/DR ........$145K corner lot, Finished attic, In-ground w/9' celings, Access to backyard. pool, hot tub, custom woodwork, Detached 2 Car garage w/Private • 2 BR, 2 Bath Hi-Rise ......$148K hardwood floors, 2 fireplaces, Dvwy, Full furnished top floor • Courtyard Garden 1 BR, Reduced $705K. w/kitchen & bath, Only $699K Pet friendly, Mint............$155K ! ED • Mint 3 BRs, 1 Bath, Garden, UC D Dogs OK ..........................$179K RE • Mint AAA, 2 Brs, 2 Baths, New Kit/Baths ................$195K • Mint-AAA, Lobby Flr, 2 BRs, HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK 2 Baths, 1100 sq ft, 10' Ceilings, HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Mint, Move-in Cond, High Ranch New Kitchen/Bath ..... $189,999 One of a kind custom colonial, on 45x100, 3 BRs, 2 Full Baths, 72x100 Totally redone in 2008, Beautiful Landscaped Yard • Mint 3 BRs, 2 Baths w/Terrace, 4 BRs, 3 Baths, Radiant Heat, 24x45, Home is 50x25, Parking available .......... $248K Security Cameras, Alarm, IGS, Unique Oversized Garage 17x25, Just Move in! $704K

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• Mint 1 BR Hi-Rise Condo, New Kitchen/Bath..... $169K R • Huge Hi-Rise Condo, 2 BR/2 Baths ..... Only $219K • Mint 2 BRs, 2 Baths with Terrace ......................$229K HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK • Huge 3 BR, 2 Baths, New Raised ranch on 50x100, 3 BRs, Kitchen, Terrace ........$239K 2½ baths, private drwy., corner lot, • Mint 2 BRs, 2 Baths CAC, large living room, very large Duplex with Terrace, kitchen. A must see!! U ED

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Designer 3 BR ranch w/open floor plan, kitchen island, 2 baths, fireplace and skylights on main floor. Great room, 1 large bedroom with attached bath on lower level. Unique features throughout.

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