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New data from the Census Bureau highlights the rapid growth of certain immigrant populations in Queens, specifically from South Asian nations and China. By Domenick Rafter…Page 10

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Queens Deadline By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY The former owners of the Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale have put the majority of their surrounding property on the market, approximately 375,000 square feet of space covering 11.3 acres. The announcement came this week from the family-owned property developer, ATCO. The site, commonly known as Atlas Terminals, was developed as a railroad terminal for warehouse and industrial uses in the 1920s. From this one property, ATCO has been able to develop interests in a slew of Manhattan properties as well as in locations across the eastern United States and Europe. "We've owned Atlas Terminals since the early 1920s, but it may be time to sell the property," said ATCO Senior Vice President Damon Hemmerdinger. Though ATCO has owned the property for four generations, it is not turning its back on Glendale, with plans to continue to keep some of its operations in the area. "ATCO's commitment to Queens remains strong," Hemmerdinger said. "We plan to invest the proceeds in Queens, and we will keep our accounting, acquisitions and property management teams located in the area. The Shops at Atlas Park opened at 80th Street and Cooper Avenue in Glendale in 2006. Tucked away in a hidden corner of the borough, the mall quickly lost tenants and was unable to sustain foot traffic necessary to be profitable. In February 2009, creditors who backed ATCO pulled their note and initiated foreclosure proceedings. A new property manager, the Mattone Group, was brought in at that time, but even they turned their backs on the mall in April 2010, just 14 months later.

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Atlas Neighbors Placed Up For Sale

The 11 acres of Atlas Terminals adjacent to the Shops At Atlas Park have been listed for sale and could be a potential development site. Earlier this year, Atlas Park and its property were purchased by the Macerich Group, which operates Queens Center Mall. Macerich has sought to attract new retailers to the mall, but in the meantime the only retail anchor remaining, Borders, declared bankruptcy and has since closed shop, leaving Atlas inhabited by a slew of small chain shops, a handful of restaurants, a New York Sports Club franchise and a very successful movie theater. Though the success of Atlas Mall may lay in its future, Atlas Terminals has remained active, most recently inking a 10-year deal with Astoria-based sneaker manufacturer Moe's Sneaker Spot, which counts Nike as one of its clients. Atlas also is home to the ASPCA, CF Peters - an international music publisher, and other tenants. The site is more than twice the size of the

Deal Reached To Free Queens Man In Egypt

15-Year-Old Charged In Boro Sex Assaults in the face. He then allegedly sexually abused her. By VERONICA LEWIN After a handful of sex attacks left South- The charges state the victim attempted to stand, east Queens residents in fear, police are but was beaten down to ground. The woman confident they have arrested the teen respon- allegedly suffered several injuries, including a nasal fracture which required surgery, a lacerasible for some of the most violent attacks. Police arrested a 15-year-old in connection to her cheek requiring stitches and severe tion with two sexual assaults that took place abrasions to both of her knees. On Oct. 16, it is alleged the defendant earlier this month. Elected officials in the area held an emergency meeting Monday night at approached a 24-year-old female from behind the Robert Ross Johnson Family Life Center in around 7:15 p.m. when he grabbed her in a St. Albans to give the community an update headlock and punched her repeatedly until she on the investigation and provide self-defense became unconscious. The charges state the woman suffered lacerations, demonstrations. bruising and swelling in adFive sexual assaults in dition to contusions to her Southeast Queens from Sept. “This perpetrator head. Due to his age, the 22 to Oct. 16 had residents in has been caught, defendant faces up to eight a panic. In many of the attacks, victims were followed from bus but there are plenty years in prison if convicted. Though an arrest has stops or train stations before of other degener been made, many are worbeing approached. ates and perverts ried about copycat offend"The rape pattern was ers. To increase police presegregious and it hit a lot of us out there.” —Councilman ence, a command center has personally," NYPD Borough Chief James Secreto said. James Sanders been put in place at 226th and South Conduit Secreto said the police (D-Laurelton) Street Avenue and will remain inwere able to track down the definitely. The police reperpetrator within a week of mind residents to remain his last attack with the help of community members. One victim said her vigilant and report any suspicious activity. attacker was wearing a distinctive jacket with Residents are encouraged to avoid walking a tiger on the back. A store in the area was alone if possible and to make eye contact if able to capture the perpetrator on surveil- they feel they are being followed. "This perpetrator has been caught, but lance wearing the same jacket. The police formally charged the teen Monday after a there are plenty of other degenerates and perverts out there," Councilman James Sandwitness called and reported his location. "I am glad that the community stepped up ers (D-Laurelton) said. "We cannot be lulled and identified the alleged perpetrator," Coun- into a false sense of security." At press time, Sanderes reported another cilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) said. "We need more people to continue to contact sexual attack in his district. A woman was the authorities when they observe criminal sexually assaulted at 5 a.m. Wednesday near 226th Street and 135th Avenue in Laurelton. activity." The defendant, a 15-year-old Springfield A passing driver stopped to offer assistance, Gardens resident, was charged in two sexual but the perpetrator was able to escape, accordassaults that took place in Laurelton earlier this ing to reports. The investigation was ongoing. Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at month. According to the charges, on Oct. 9, the defendant allegedly approached a 40-year-old vlewin@queenspress.com or (718) 357woman at 1:18 a.m. and repeatedly punched her 7400, Ext. 123.

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By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY tact with his family in Hollis Hills. A Queens native being held in Egypt un"For four long months, we worked tireder allegations of espionage may soon be lessly to win Ilan's release, and at last this long f re e d , a c c o r d i n g t o U . S . R e p . G a r y and terrible ordeal that Ilan and his loved ones Ackerman (D-Bayside). have been forced to endure is alThanks to the aid of his former most over," Ackerman said. "From boss, Ilan Grapel, 27, who was dethe beginning, I was assured by the tained in Egypt in June under highest levels in Israel that in no charges of spying for Israel, will way did Ilan have any thing to do soon be released. with espionage, the Mossad or any Ackerman worked to secure other type of spy agency. Ilan is a his release by personally intervenwonderful young man who loves ing with the Egyptian Supreme Egypt and the Egyptian culture. Council of the Armed Forces, the He's a person deeply committed to Prime Minister of Israel and the the cause of humanity and bringU.S. State Department. ing people together, and just found " I l a n ' s r e l e a s e i s t e r r i f i c Ilan Grapel's release himself in the wrong place at the news," said Ackerman. "We can- has been negotiated wrong time." not be more relieved and grati- by U.S. Rep. Gar y In the wake of the revolution fied that Ilan will finally be freed Ackerman. that overthrew former president and that he will soon be reunited Hosni Mubarak earlier this year, with his family." Egypt ian concern over possible attempts by Grapel, a Hollis Hills native, was accused Israel to influence the country's post-Mubarak of being an agent of the Israeli intelligence transition may have led them to target Grapel, agency Mossad. The Emory University Law who fought in the Israeli Defense Forces durStudent and graduate of Johns Hopkins ing the Second Lebanon War in 2006, where University went to Egypt earlier this year on he was wounded. his America n passport to work with a non"This is a great day for Ilan and his family governmental organization on a legal aid and we share in the joy and relief that they program dealing w ith the re settlement of are no doubt feeling" said Ackerman. "We African refugees. cannot wait for Ilan to return home to Grapel, who at tended PS 188 in Hollis Queens so that he and his parents can finally Hills and is a graduate of Bronx High School wrap their arms around each other." of Science, interned for Ackerman in the R e a c h E d i to r B r i a n R affe r t y a t summer of 2002 in his Bayside office and brafferty@queenstribune.com or (718) the congressman said he has been in con- 357-7400, Ext. 122.

5.5-acre Municipal Lot 1 in Flushing slated for the development of Flushing Commons, the $850 million project expected to have 275,000 square feet of retail, a hotel, residential towers and plenty of open space. Development of that kind at the site is not considered likely given the isolation of Atlas Terminals. The nearest highway entrance is the Jackie Robinson Parkway on Myrtle Avenue, and the nearest large thoroughfare is

Woodhaven Boulevard, several blocks away. Hemmerdinger could not say what sort of development could be expected from potential buyers, but the site's M1-1 zoning permits manufacturing, office, self-storage, and a variety of retail uses. "This is certainly a milestone," Hemmerdinger said of the sale listing, "but it is one what will bring new opportunities and new challenges that we look forward to." He added that the company planned to reinvest any money from the sale into existing properties and possibly other future Queens development. Noting that the sale of Atlas Terminals would mean breaking the connection between the family's past and its newest endeavors, Hemmerdinger was optimistic about the future. "It's bittersweet, but the history of our company has been about reinvention over the years, and this milestone is just the latest reinvention," he said. The sale is being handled by Eastdil Secured, a company that has handled purchases for ATCO in the past. Reach Editor Brian Rafferty at brafferty@queenstribune.com or (7180 357-7400, Ext. 122.

Victory Won, But USPS Fight Not Over By JASON BANREY Though local elected officials celebrated the United States Postal Service’s announcement to keep the Grand Station Post Office in Astoria open, four other borough branches still face possible closure.

On Oct. 19, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria), State Sen. Mike Gianaris (DAstoria), Assembly woman Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria) and neighborhood leaders hailed the USPS’s announcement to keep Grand Station Post Office, located at 45-

08 30th Ave., “a victory for the ent ire communit y.” In August, after a loss in revenue to electronic communications, the USPS considered closing 3,700 post offices nationwide, including 35 in the city.

NAACP Demands Water Justice ground daily. When the City Dept. of Environmental Protection took over, the agency started bringing water from upstate, leaving the excess water underground with no place to go. Over the past 15 years, the standing ground water level in Southeast Queens has risen to 30 feet, leaving many homeowners to deal with saturated basements each time there is heavy rainfall. “The City of New York was well aware of the consequences of shutting down the wells,” Gadsden said. Homeowners and businesses in the area have had to pump water out on their own, which can be costly. Assemblyman Bill Scarborough (D-Jamaica) said York College pumps one million gallons of water daily to prevent flooding. At this time, the DEP plans to address the water table issue in 2018, when the city must shut down and repair the three ground pipes that bring water to the city from upstate New York. An alternative water supply will be needed. Scarborough calls this an issue of environmental justice and has been asking the DEP for years to create a permanent solution for the flooding. “We are hoping they will do the right thing, but we’re not sitting back

counting on it,” he said. Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at vlewin@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 123. Photo by Juliet Kaye

By V ERONICA LEWIN Two months after Tropical Storm Irene drenched the borough, community leaders are calling on the city once again to address the flooding problem Southeast Queens residents have been dealing with for years. The Jamaica Branch of the NAACP held a press conference Tuesday to announce the launch of an environmental justice investigation to find out exactly how much excessive flooding has cost homeowners. The NAACP plans to get an exact number of residents affected by constant flooding and the demographics of affected homeowners to determine if the flooding disproportionately impacts people of color. The organization is investigating if the city’s neglect is in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. “We find these flooding conditions to be deplorable and it is inhumane that the residents of Southeast Queens have had to endure these conditions for decades,” said Leroy Gadsden, president of the NAACP Jamaica Chapter. “We will no longer sit by and watch the American dream of owning a home become a nightmare in New York City for our people,” Gadsden added. Until 1996, Jamaica Water Supply would pump millions of gallons of water out of the

At the Jamaica Branch NAACP office, Assemblyman William Scarborough addresses the wide spread flooding that has inundated Southeast Queens. Pictured l. to r.: Andrea Scarborough, Dist. Leader Jacqueline Boyce, Donovan Richards, Scarborough, NAACP President Leroy Gadsden, Assemblywoman Barbara Clark, Rev. Charles Norris, Adrienne Adams, Carolyn Phillips and Manuel Caughman.

In the same month, local elected officials sent a let ter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe expressing their discontent with the possible closure which they believed “Would severely burden residents living in the area.” Over 1,000 residents signed petitions delivered along with the letter and rallied around the Astoria post office against its closure. “For residents and businesses, Grand Station provides vital services,” Maloney said. “Above all, I’d like to thank t he countless residents and business owners of Astoria who spoke out to save their post office. This is really a victor y for them and the entire community.” The news came as a great relief to seniors, people with disabilities as well as working men and women who rely on Grand Station for essential services, Simotas said. Despite the one victor y, four more post offices in Arverne, Holliswood, Rockaway Beach and Rosedale are still on the USPS’s list of branches facing possible closure. The USPS is examining foot traffic and customers in comparison to workers’ wages, as well as proximity to other post offices and mail volume. According to a USPS spokeswoman, each borough branch currently being examined is done on a case-by-case basis and the decision to shut ter each locat ion is still uncertain. “Each of these branches is still being studied, as the examination moves forward it is possible they can be discontinued,” said Darleen Reid-De Meo. Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.

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Eyeing A Silicon Future For Queens profit group promoting the borough as a site for the applied sciences school, showed off his concept of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silicon Cityâ&#x20AC;? in the heart of Queens. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think Queens is the best place [for the campus],â&#x20AC;? Hsu said, noting Willets Pointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proximity to LaGuardia Airport, the 7 train and LIRR, Downtown Flushing and industrial College Point. Hsu donned blue booties and hopped over the bridges of the East River on the famous Panorama to place a conceptual model of the campus on top of Willets Point on the map. Along the route he also placed tiny white blocks in Long Island City and other areas in Queens to signify development supporters say would take place in the borough as a result of the school. The Coalition for Queens estimates a campus in the borough would create 7,700 construction jobs, 22,000 permanent jobs, hundreds of spinoff businesses and $6 billion in economic activity in the borough. Tom Finklepearl, director of the Queens Museum of Art, said the Panorama was the perfect place to propose such an idea, as it fits Mosesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; intention of the model as a plan for development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Panorama should be used for this kind of project,â&#x20AC;? he said. Willets Point, which lies between Citi Field and the Flushing River, is curA model of the campus lies on Willets Point at the Pan- rently home to a cluster of auto body shops and other orama at the Queens Museum of Art.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER Willets Point was transformed into a stateof-the-art college campus last Friday. Well, not literally. As debate and discussion continues over where to locate a proposed Applied Sciences campus championed by Mayor Mike Bloomberg, some local officials and promoters of development in the borough put a spotlight on Willets Point as a potential site. To show their desire, the proponents of the plan actually made it happen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in miniature â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on Robert Mosesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; famous Panorama of New York City at the Queens Museum of Art. Joined by local politicians like Assembly members Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside), and Council members Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and Peter Koo (R-Flushing), Jukay Hsu, founder of the Coalition for Queens, a non-

Jukay Hsu of the Coalition of Queens outlines the positive impact an Applied Sciences school may have in Queens. blue-collar businesses. It has been eyed for redevelopment for years. A convention center and a new town development have been proposed for the site, though no bids have yet been selected. The location had not previously been mentioned as a frontrunner site for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silicon City;â&#x20AC;? Roosevelt Island and the Brooklyn Navy Yard have been discussed. Some Western Queens politicians have thrown their support behind a Roosevelt Island campus, even though the island is technically part of Manhattan, because it is only connected by

land to Queens. Their hope is that connection would help spur growth in Long Island City, Astoria, Sunnyside and Woodside. However, officials like Koslowitz and Meng, who represent districts far from Roosevelt Island, are promoting a campus located within the borough itself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Queens has the two airports that bring everybody into New York City,â&#x20AC;? Koslowitz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Queens is neglected.â&#x20AC;? Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.

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Welcome To Queens The latest Census numbers only go to prove that which we who live here have known for years – the population of Queens is shifting. This is nothing new, otherwise we would all be Dutch and English. No, this comes as no surprise to us that Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians and atheists all live, work and raise families side-by-side in our borough. Though our borough was branded in the 1970s – and rightfully so at the time – by the presence of Archie Bunker on television, we like to think that we have, for the most part, moved beyond labeling everybody we see as one particular offensive slang name for some nationality or another. Instead, we live in a borough that does not ignore a person’s ethnicity, religion or any other defining characteristic, but rather we embrace the differences, learn from them and find ourselves enriched, rewarded and better for the process. So we welcome our brothers and sisters from across the world; Queens is our home, and it’s your home, too. It belongs to all of us, just as our parents, grandparents of earlier generations arrived here on their own, so, too, do today’s newest members of the Queens family. We’re glad to meet you.

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Another Day In Zuccotti Park Saga To The Editor: This was not a day of visiting dignitaries, actors, religious leaders or rock stars. Thank God for an average day in a not very average world. And it was raining, so there was an early morning quietness in Zuccotti Park, as people slept and lived in real or makeshift tents. This park which had now grown on fame and infamy in its current occupation of different people with similar axes to grind. The message is clear: There are huge amounts of off shore money, corporate profits which are not being used to employ Americans, who were previously laid off and/or not employed, including recent college graduates. The sound of drumming, usually an evening affair, was a massive grouping of people, providing the same spirit and energy as drumming circles had generated around the world and throughout history. Most people’s concern was the covering and enshrouding of personal areas of ownership, as you would in most camping situations when the weather became uncivil. A few people nodded at me or said hello. No one asked me for funds, which my group paranoia had expected. I saw a few overused Port-O-

Sans and watched one man urinating against a tree. Elsewhere, there were people serving drinks of the non-alcoholic kind. A young man dressed in old army fatigues and wearing brown army boots tried to bum a cigarette from me, but my health had forced me to stop smoking years before. His name was Jim. He had survived, served in Iraq, and experienced war. Then he told me he had been stupid and had re-enlisted. On the day he was due to report, he deserted and had been A.W.O.L. ever since. Jim didn’t ask, but I gave him some money when I moved on into the crowd. I began to think of my personal relationship in the armed forces. I remembered what friends of mine had fled to Canada, who were older than me. I remembered being an enlisted Radar Operator in the Air Force, in a frigid St. John’s, Newfoundland, atop an icy mountain with 75 other men. I remembered the Columbia University riots later when I was a student there. I had enlisted at 17 and I was terrified and wanting my mother all the time. But a psychiatrist in New York had told me that I needed discipline, so there I was, trying to get some but not knowing how. In

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retrospect I imagine his fantasies of my need for discipline involved slapping my bare ass red, but I thought the armed forces was what he meant, at the time. Later on there were all the civil rights demonstrations taking me to Central Park or Washington, be they black or gay. And later yet, the fight we won in New York’s SOHO, making it legal for artists, like me and my wife, to live in the former slave labor lofts that were abounded there. Now we are back in the now of Zuccotti Park. I cross Broadway to Cedar Street. I look over my left shoulder for a final gaze at the people in the park, a place I knew I would return to. The fight for rights in this country must always continue. Carl Eden, Jackson Heights

On Wall Street To The Editor: The vast and ever growing disparity between the wealthy, uber wealthy, super uber wealthy, super duper uber wealthy and the ever shrinking middle class has exposed a base point of values in some Americans; a view as distorted and shameful as the wealth inequality itself. In the Oct. 20 edition of the Tribune, the last three Letters to the Editor revealed various takes on this very subject as it relates to the “Occupiers of Wall Street.” The first is basically a ‘Survival of the Fittest’ humanistic, heartwarming approach (sarcasm). It simplistically heralds the popular Right Wing mantra, “Redistribution of Wealth” suggesting those unemployed and thus financially hurting are merely lazy and the wealthy who are responsible for all those invisible jobs created as a result of their unconscionable tax cuts, are the worthy Americans; this despite the downright immoral if not illegal method used to buy politicians and also loophole their fortune into even larger numbers. It’s called greed. The second letter is an ode to capitalism and how those “Occupiers of Wall Street” demanding fairness would destroy it and once again, inhibit the creation of those same invisible jobs. To lump Bill Gates in the same sentence as Donald Trump is an insult to Gates. He is a liberal thinker as was his father, and was fully in favor of the Tax Initiative 1098 which would have raised the taxes on those over $200,000, which failed passage due to the Republican ingratiation of their wealthy and corporate benefactors. Money was not his incentive but rather bringing his brilliant innovations into every household. Trump,

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in short, is nothing more than an unscrupulous, opportunistic greedy pig devoid of any moral values. Finally, the third and last letter was worth waiting for. It is insightful and recognizes the movement for what it is: a cry to return some semblance and resemblance to the America which was once the symbol of fairness and equality throughout the world. As the letter read, “They’re fed up with the greed and being the brunt of the top 1 percent who control 40 percent of the wealth who are not paying their fair share, and leaving the 99 percent with the crumbs.” Hear, Hear ! Point in fact: Adam Smith (1723 – 1790), who has been celebrated by advocates of free market policies as the founder of free market economics as well as Capitalism’s founding Father. Notwithstanding, some of his progressive tax advocacy quotes quite accurately presage those voiced by our own President Ronald Reagan, such as: “The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.” “The rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.” “Every tax, however, is, to the person who pays it, a badge, not of slavery, but of liberty.” Nicholas Zizelis Bayside

No Handouts To The Editor: Your coverage of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement in the Oct. 20 issue was read with much enthusiasm and interest. My thanks to you for doing so. There were also letters in this column from three writers both in support and opposed to the protestors. While I am in agreement with some of their views on taxation and rights to protest, those occupying Zuccotti Park are not entirely in the right, either. They are basically a group of greedy, bitter, resentful left-wingers who feel that something is owed to them. Life is not fair, we all learn that by the time we are in elementary school and we are not the first selected to be on the softball team. That’s how it is, there have always been the rich and powerful who abuse the poor and working classes. It was that way in Biblical times, and it will be so centuries from now. I am not wealthy, but aver that the rich do not owe me anything. James Mammarella Director of Sales and Marketing Shelly Cookson Corporate & Legal Advertising Account Executives Donna Lawlor Elizabeth Rieger Shari Strongin Neil Wong

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Whether well-heeled by virtue of hard work or birth, I have no right to what they own. By claiming the rich owe them something, the protesters are merely showing their greed, laziness and resentment. In addition, their behavior has not been exemplary. If they are protesting that the wealthy are not paying fair amounts of taxes, where does drum playing, leaving messes of litter, urinating and defecating in public, getting drunk, using drugs, and violating noise ordinances enter the picture? They claim their opposition to the Tea Party, but those protests lasted a matter of a few hours, were civil, no arrests, no lewd behavior, no messes in the streets. Or is Zuccotti Park merely a place for them to get free meals and party in public? The anti-war forces of the 1960s were clear in their goals; an end to the war in Vietnam. Exactly what do the Occupy Wall Street protestors want? OWS claims opposition to capitalism. Well, despite their claims of omniscience, there is news for them. Here in Queens a casino at Aqueduct Racetrack is opening Oct. 28, built by, yes, capitalist enterprise. It has created thousands of jobs, will bring business to the surrounding area that has been badly hit by economic recession and foreclosures. The jobs created will take hoodlums and unemployed off the streets, help public transportation, reduce crime, bring tourism into the area. We here in the vicinity of the casino could protest and gripe about the rich and ask them to give us their wealth. That is nothing more than greed and socialism. The wealthy have the means to build casinos and create jobs. It was stated on a news program that 87 percent of the OWS gang have jobs. The fact that they can get away from work and spend days protesting seems like they don’t have it so bad after all. You get nowhere in life with the attitude that something is owed to you. While I agree that corporate America has claimed hard times by laying off employees yet giving executives million dollar bonuses, the protestors have made their point. They can protest ad infinitum, or that can be more clear about their goals and finally realize that you get nowhere with your hand out constantly looking for someone to support you. Edward Riecks, Howard Beach

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Palindrome Of Year 2011: Dammit I’m Mad By MICHAEL SCHENKLER “Gra ndma” is leav ing for Florida this week. We had a great dinner yesterday and then saw Spiderman. Last week, Allison sang to her 3rd grade class and continues to get more and more into teaching. Today, Lee and Anna celebrate her 28th birthday at the theater (Happy Birthday Anna). Work continues, dining continues and play continues. Life continues. Occupy Wall St. also continues.

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Although our lives go on, we are still connected to the quiet rumbling protest which is spreading from Zuccotti Park in Manhattan to the major metropolitan centers across the globe. Embrace it. It speaks for all of us. We, the 99%, have too little

control over our own financial destiny. The big moneyed interests and the government whose financial policy they control have with selective regulation and deregulation, oversight (supervision), and oversight (omission), prosecution and persecution, bail-outs and sellouts, managed to construct an economic system where the rich get richer and the rest of us don’t. The catchy name in the 99% movement refers to all of us who are not par t of t he moneyed class. Yes, it’s a big and diverse tent. And if the 1% can play on t he difference s, unity will be impossible. If the radical fringe cap-

tures the media’s message, they too will divide and defeat the movement. But under the big tent, there is true discontent: dissatisfaction with a government that continues to fail us, with a system which doesn’t serve us and an economy which is slowly choking us with no remedy in sight. My request to you is to give them a chance. Heed the message of the movement. Find t heir positives; accept the reality that protests also attract negatives. But embrace the cause. Defend it to your neighbors. Shout it to the elected, and please spread the word. Me, I’ve been part of the system for years. I’ve witnessed justice and injustice. I’ve gone along

The “Occupy Wall St” movement even has a newspaper and I’ve also protested. But my friends, when I hear the right wing bullshit about how a millionaire’s tax will cost us jobs or cries from the rich that we want what is theirs, I get angry. You’re damn straight, the rich better start paying their fair share. The government better fund more jobs, and regulate the financial shenanigans of Wall St. and a banking industry run amok. They better find a way to decrease the influence of money in national elections; they bet ter disclose e ver y cent of money received by public servants and ever y cent spent. They better tie loans and bailouts to money which must trickle down (thank you Ronald Reagan) to the working class. If a bank gets public money, their bonuses are capped and their loan a nd mor tgage pool monitored; failure to fund the nation’s needs would cause default on the federal loan. But my friends, we were not and are not making the rules. It has been a government corrupted by big moneyed interests that has had the task of guiding our economy and regulating the financial industry.

And all we can do is determine which electeds are committed to reforming the system, leveling the playing field and making the rich pay their fair share. We can join “Occupy Wall St.” a nd “Occupy Toget her” on Facebook, share the messages of the occupy movement and share our own feelings. We can speak out. We can write columns. We can speak to friends and neighbors. We can spread the word. And as we cheer on the “Occupy” movement, we can also open our windows and shout: “We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore.” MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com

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New Census Numbers Show Shifts As Faces In Neighborhoods Change By DOMENICK RAFTER While most are skeptical of the Census results that say Queens' growth in the last decade was negligible, nearly all agree that the borough's expansion was far less than the 14 percent growth between 1990 and 2000. Besides the reported issues with Astoria and Jackson Heights counting, demographers and city officials are confident the count in the rest of the borough is close to correct.

A Changing Population

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The Immigrants Queens has been the borough of immigrants for decades, and even though the number of immigrants coming to Queens dropped in the last 10 years, the borough is still the diverse melting pot it was - if not more so. Some 1,066,262 residents in the borough are foreign born. That's just less than 48 percent of the total population, slightly higher than 10 years ago. Immigrants make up more than 58 percent of the borough's workforce, and comprise the vast majority of the workers in the fields of construction, transportation, manufacturing and accommodations, food and other services, which includes hotel workers, waiters, and chefs. The highest immigrant population growth occurred in Northern Queens neighborhoods including Flushing, Corona, East Elmhurst and Elmhurst, all home to large numbers of people in the borough's second and third largest, and fasting growing, demographics, Hispanics and Asians.

Diverse Nationalities Among those two groups, there is no dominating nationality, which is different from other boroughs, where even though both Hispanic and Asian populations are growing, there is a dominant group, such as Puerto Ricans in the Bronx and Chinese in Brooklyn. Hispanics in Queens are almost

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If the borough were a standalone city, Queens, with 2,230,722 counted residents, would be the fifth largest city in the country, larger than Houston, Philadelphia and nearly four times the size of San Francisco. The borough's scant growth in the last decade can be traced to a negative net migration from Queens in the last 10 years, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census bureau released this week. The net domestic migration, from or to Queens to other parts of the country, added up to a loss of 300,000 people, many of whom were African-Americans who left Southeast Queens for areas in the South like Georgia and Virginia. That is far more than the roughly net gain of 220,000 the borough received from migration to and from the borough internationally. Queens also saw more births than deaths during the last decade, adding a total of just under 150,000 people due to "natural increase," resulting in the small increase that was recorded.

A line forms outside Maharaja Sweets on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights at lunchtime as the growing South Asian immigrant population prepares for a Diwali lunch on Wednesday. evenly split between Puerto Ricans, problem in that part of the borough. The black population in East Ecuadoreans, Colombians, Dominicans and Mexicans. The growth has been pri- Elmhurst, once one of the borough's largmarily from Mexicans, which saw their est, has nearly disappeared. The neighpopulations in Queens increase 73 per- borhood has seen a net growth however cent in the past 10 years. The as the declining black population is beEcuadorean population increased 19.3 ing replaced by Central and South percent, while the Colombian popula- American immigrants. The fastest growing neighborhoods tion fell 15.8 percent, the first time the in the borough were Corona and Arverne two demographics have diverged. "In the past, we've seen the in the Rockaways, both for very differEcuadorean population changes act like ent reasons. Corona's population growth is mainly the Colombians," said Joseph Salvo, Director of Population for the NYC Dept. due to the growing number of Mexican of City Planning. "This is the first time immigrants replacing Dominicans who are leaving; the high birth rate among we've seen this difference." The Puerto Rican population in the the Mexicans; and a growing Asian borough also dropped more than 7 per- population. Arverne, on the other hand, has seen cent, while the Dominican population a growth of migrants moving from within was basically unchanged. As for the Asian populations, the big- the borough and the city, thanks largely gest growth has been among the Chi- to the Arverne-by-the-Sea development. The white population, dwindling in nese, which grew by 42.7 percent since 2000. All other major Asian groups also the borough for decades, saw an uptick grew: Asian Indian by 7.7 percent, Ko- in neighborhoods like Astoria, Long Isreans by 3.2 percent, Filipinos, which is land City, Sunnyside, Woodside and a small number at less than 50,000 Ridgewood, as young white professionals began spreading east from Manhatpeople, by 25 percent. The Chinese population is by far the tan and Northern Brooklyn into Queens. largest group of Asians in the borough, Long Island City's growth has been albut unlike Manhattan and Brooklyn, it is most exclusively among young white not the majority. Just under four in 10 professionals and a few Asian immiAsians in Queens are Chinese; 23 per- grants, as the black and Hispanic popucent are from India, followed by Kore- lation there has dropped, mainly from Queensbridge. ans, Filipinos and Bangladeshis. Ridgewood also saw a growth in the white population thanks to Polish famiNeighborhoods In lies moving east from Greenpoint. The Transition white population also grew in two other Around the borough, most neighbor- parts of the borough. One of those neighhoods saw significant changes in the borhoods is Kew Gardens Hills, due to last decade. the growing Jewish population from the Besides the questionable results in former Soviet Union early in the decade, Astoria and Jackson Heights, the neigh- which Salvo noted has slowed considborhoods with the biggest drop in popu- erably from 10-20 years ago. The lation were Queens Village and Cambria Rockaways saw a small growth in the Heights, due to black migration. white population, mainly due to a grow"Southeast Queens is shedding its ing Jewish population in Far Rockaway black population," Salvo said, noting moving in from the Five Towns area of black migration to the South, which is Nassau County and whites from elseoccurring in other Northern cities like where in the borough moving to Arverne. Detroit, Philadelphia and Chicago, as a The Rockaway Peninsula is the only major reason. That migration has only area to see a growth in nearly every debeen exacerbated by the foreclosure mographic. It is one of the only areas,

along with Rosedale and Richmond Hill to a lesser extent, to see a growth in the black population. Most of that growth was due to black families moving in from Jamaica, South Jamaica and St. Albans. In the first two areas, there was actually an increase in population despite the black outmigration due to a rise in Hispanic and West Indians moving into Jamaica. Meanwhile, the stagnant migration from the former Soviet Union helped keep the population in Forest Hills, Kew Gardens and Rego Park in check. The area is losing population due to "natural decrease," Salvo said, meaning as the population there ages, more residents are dying than being born or migrating in. The growth in the Asian Indian population was focused in Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park, where one of the largest Sikh communities in the country exists, and in Bellerose, Queens Village, Hollis and Jamaica Estates. In Northeast and Southwest Queens, there was little population change, but a big change in demographics. In the ring of neighborhoods surrounding Flushing - College Point, Whitestone, Bayside, Aubur ndale, Fresh Meadows, Douglaston, Little Neck and Hillcrest the white population declined, but the neighborhoods saw either no change or moderate growth thanks to a rising Asian population, especially among Chinese and Koreans, and in College Point specifically, a rise in Hispanic residents. In Southwest Queens, declining white populations in Woodhaven, Ozone Park and South Ozone Park have been replaced by a growing West Indian group, namely Guyanese and Trinidadian immigrants. In Richmond Hill, a number of residents, mostly from the West Indian and South Asian community, identified as "multicultural," because they didn't fit a specific demographic group on the Census form. Some identified as black or Asian, skewing the numbers there. Howard Beach saw a drop in total population due to a small loss in its white population, which accounts for 90 percent of the neighborhood. Those losses were not made up elsewhere, though there was some small Hispanic growth in Lindenwood. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125.

Queens Immigrants' Top 10 Countries Of Origin 1 China ............................ 140,294 2 Guyana .......................... 78,852 3 Ecuador ......................... 75,826 4 Mexico ........................... 52,681 5 Dominican Republic .... 51,197 6 India ............................... 51,060 7 Colombia ....................... 50,392 8 Korea ............................. 49,980 9 Jamaica ......................... 45,218 10 Bangladesh ................. 34,819

Dozens Nabbed In LeFrak Drug Sweep

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By DOMENICK RAFTER Near four dozen people ranging from ages 17 through 63 were arrested and indicted on a laundry list of drug and weaponsrelated charges, the result of a seven-month long investigation into a drug dealing ring at LeFrak City. The defendants are charged with selling crack, cocaine, marijuana, heroin and other controlled substances to undercover police officers on hundreds of different occasions over seven months in LeFrak City, including from a licensed day care center. LeFrak City is the nation's largest privately-owned housing development, bisected by the Long Island Expressway straddling the border between Rego Park and Corona. "When they used a day care center from which to sell drugs, dealers set a new record for how low they can go," said NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. The NYPD executed 13 court-ordered search warrants in LeFrak City on Wednesday, Oct. 19, including one in an apartment at 96-08 57th Ave., where one officer was injured when a pit bull allegedly released by the apartment's occupants bit him in the knee. In the apartment, police arrested Eugene Griffith, 62; his wife Joanne, 62; his son Omar, 30; and a fourth suspect, Rickette Smith, 23. They were taken in on multiple charges, including second-degree assault and second-degree possession of a criminal weapon. Police allegedly recovered over 250 zip-lock bags of marijuana in the apartment, as well as a .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol. Police also served a nuisance abatement order on the day care center, the Burke-Arthur Day Care Center located at 98-38 57th Ave., Apt. 2K, as well as the

apartment where the Griffiths were arrested and three other apartments in the complex. The nuisance abatement order allows a landlord to evict tenants who commit felonies or serious misdemeanors on their property. Queens DA Richard Brown called the

the residents of LeFrak City." Some of the suspects could face as much as 50 years in prison if convicted on all charges. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.

Court Delays Hurt In Foreclosures By V ERONICA LEWIN When Imogene Cole became unable to work two years ago, she worried about making her monthly mortgage payments on her Southeast Queens home. For the past seven months, she has been waiting to appear in court to try to reduce her payments. However, her lender has failed to file the necessary paperwork, leaving the future of Cole's home in jeopardy. A new study conducted by MFY Legal Services, a non-profit law firm, concluded Cole is one of thousands in Queens who are playing the same waiting game. The study, "Justice Deceived," estimated 4,000 homeowners in Queens and Brooklyn are waiting to plead their case in court. Cole purchased her St. Albans home more than 10 years ago, and lives there with her daughter and niece. After an accident in 2009, Cole was unable to continue working and began collecting Social Security. Concerned about making her monthly mortgage payment of more than $2,000, Cole went to the bank to try to reduce her payments. She said each time she went to

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apply for downward modification, she was told to continue making payments on time until things were resolved in court. Her lender's law firm, Steven J. Baum PC, allegedly stopped accepting payments from Cole before foreclosure papers were filed. This caused her to fall into arrears and accrue more interest and fees. Cole said she has filed a lawsuit against Steven J. Baum PC challenging their foreclosure filing practices and hopes to have the issue resolved soon. "It's terrible because I don't know where I'm at with everything," Cole said. When a homeowner falls behind on mortgage payments, a complaint is summoned in county court. New York requires both parties to attend a settlement conference, where a downward modification can be negotiated. A settlement conference cannot take place until the foreclosure law firm files a Request for Judicial Intervention. When paperwork is filed properly, homeowners are notified about their legal right to a settlement conference within 60 days. Cole is still waiting for her settlement conference. A new state law may be to blame for the delay.

The State Court of Appeals realized many banks were cutting corners when proving they had the right to seize a home for foreclosure. In October 2010, Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman ordered attorneys seeking foreclosure actions to file an affirmation with the RJI attesting to the accuracy of every foreclosure complaint and summons. "Homeowners are left in limbo while they wait for the bank's law firm to file the documents that will trigger a settlement conference, which is their best chance of saving their home," said Attorney Elizabeth Lynch, author of the study. "Instead, the banks reject their mortgage payments and charge additional fees and interest that undercut homeowners' chances for a successful loan modification." Southeast Queens has the highest amount of foreclosures in the borough. MFY Legal Services offers a weekly hotline from 2 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays to offer foreclosure advice to those in need. For more information, contact (212) 417-3777. Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at vlewin@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 123.

Legislative Update Tobacco has made it clear that they want our kids to buy their products, use their products and become lifelong customers, eve if that cuts our kids’ lives short,” said Sheelah Feinberg, Director of the NYC Coalition For a Smoke-Free City. “When tobacco is used as directed, it is likely to kill the user. We will not accept this deliberate business practice to tempt our kids to light up and risk their lives.”

Prescription For Change

Assemblywoman Grace Meng speaks on the dangers of tobacco marketing.

Tobacco Tour Local youth from Queens teamed up with the American Lung Association in New York and the Queens Smoke Free Partnership to lead decision makers and the media on a tour of the rampant tobacco advertising they encounter each day while walking the streets of their community. The group met at Long Island City High School and toured the streets of Astoria. According to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, the tobacco industry spends over a half a billion dollars a year in New York State to market their addictive and deadly product. A portion of this money is used to pay retailers to prominently display tobacco advertising in the most visible location in stores. These tactics are very effective in helping the industry attract new customers. “I have always been a strong proponent of

protecting the health of our children, our future leaders by ensuring that they can grow up in a smoke-free environment,” Assemblywoman Grace Meng said. “This is why I have co-sponsored legislation to ban smoking in cars carrying minors as well as legislation that bans smoking in all city parks, beaches, and pedestrian plazas. A healthier Queens in all of our responsibility.” “We must prevent the next generation of Queens youth from ever starting to smoke in order to have a real impact on reducing smoking-caused disease and premature death,” said Michael Seilback, Vice President of Communications and Public Policy at the American Lung Association in New York. “I am hopeful that this tour enlightened decision makers and the media as to what we’re up against and it results in more funding to help counteract Big Tobacco’s aggressive marketing.” “Through skillfully placed advertising, Big

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of [Fly Guy Apparel LLC] Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on [7/29/11]. Office located in [Queens]. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC [444 beach 54 th street. #9-c Arverne, NY 11692]. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________

on 7/29/11, bearing Index Number NC-000634-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Stephan (Middle) D. B. (Last) Dejean My present name is (First) Stephane (Middle) Laurent (Last) Dejean aka Stephane L. Dejean My present address i s 2 2 1 - 1 4 1 0 6 th A v e n u e , Queens Village, NY 11429 My place of birth is Haiti My date of birth is August 10, 1968 ___________________________________

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Mental Illness Councilwoman Liz Crowley was appointed to Mayor Bloomberg’s Steering Committee of the Citywide Justice and Mental Health Initiative, Tuesday, Sept. 27. Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs, Chief Policy Advisor John Feinblatt, and Crowley joined other committee members to address the question of why, even as crime has decreased and the jail population has declined, the number of incarcerated mentally ill has risen. Committee members also include Department of Correction Commissioner Dora B. Schriro, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Tom Farley, Depart-

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As a result of the loss of critical healthcare services in Southeast Queens, Sen. Shirley L. Huntley, in conjunction with Dr. Robert Evans, Founder & CEO/President of Community Wellness Centers of America, LLC are presently organizing measures to mitigate the lack of focused preventable healthcare services in Jamaica, and the entire Borough of Queens. Senator Huntley’s initiative will build an integrated care network along with attracting businesses as part of the Bioscience Initiative of New York City for the creation of jobs and in particular addressing the disparities of current healthcare infrastructure. This “Prescription for Change” will build the infrastructure working toward an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) to provide efficient, integrated quality care by sharing data and coordinating care across the provider network. Additionally, bioscience initiatives will reduce healthcare costs and produce employment opportunities for the Southeast Queens community. “Our primary objective is to bring about coordinated cost effective changes in the healthcare delivery system, which supports all local hospitals, and addresses the health disparities and lack of resources by responding to the community’s medical needs,” said Sen. Huntley. The Huntley initiative a “Prescription For Change” invites all stakeholders in the community to work with her office in achieving an integrated and efficient healthcare delivery model that will foster a full spectrum for local integrated organizational planning and implementation. By establishing a “Community Steering Committee” encompassing the communities healthcare providers and academic facilities, and incorporating healthcare initiatives from the bioscience industry, this effort will not only produce businesses and jobs from the high-level research institutions for Queens and most notably the Jamaica area. This endeavor will provide the forum for addressing the disparities in healthcare prevalent within our community. This collaborative healthy community initiative will address access to care, state health initiatives, securing appropriate grants, and integration of the bioscience industry’s research that will elevate the health and welfare of children, seniors, and families within the community.

ment of Probation Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi, Health and Hospitals Corp. President Alan Aviles, Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Seth Diamond, and representatives from legal services, community-based organizations, district attorneys’offices and the judiciary. Currently, about one-third of New York City’s inmates have been diagnosed with some form of mentally illness. Statistics show that these individuals spend more time in jail and have a higher recidivism rate than offenders without mental health diagnoses. For every two mentally ill inmates released from the Department of Correction, one returns to jail within a year, and when readmitted, remains in jail for nearly three times as long as an offender without a mental health diagnosis. New York City’s jail facilities are the second-largest in the United States and have longserved as a model for other correctional facilities across the country. The findings from this initiative will have a widespread impact on cities and states dealing with similar issues. Crowley, Chair of the City Council’s Committee on Fire & Criminal Justice, said “I want to thank Speaker Christine C. Quinn for the opportunity to work on an initiative that will have a significant impact on our City’s criminal justice system. By gaining a better understanding of how we handle mentally ill offenders we will be able to form policies that both keep New Yorkers safe and more effectively rehabilitate inmates. I look forward to seeing the results of this study and working with the Department of Correction and all of the members of this committee to improve the current system.” “For all we’ve accomplished in terms of increasing public health and safety for our most vulnerable populations, more work remains to be done,” said Mayor Mike Bloomberg. “Today’s first meeting, where our health and criminal justice experts will be rolling up their sleeves and dedicating their collective energy to confronting these challenges, is an important step to finding solutions to help these men and women succeed.” “How we care for vulnerable populations, imprisoned or not, says a great deal about us as a society,” said Quinn. “The fact that the number of those imprisoned has decreased while the incarcerated mentally ill population has risen tells us there’s a problem that needs to be addressed head on. This steering committee will explore new practices that will help prevent repeated incarcerations for those suffering from mental illness. I want to thank my Council colleagues Oliver Koppell and Elizabeth Crowley for serving on the committee and Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor Gibbs and everyone on their team for their commitment to improving the City’s criminal justice system.” “For too many, the criminal justice system is a revolving door, with one out of two mentally ill inmates returning to prison,” said Gibbs. “We need to work together across the criminal justice and human services systems to increase public safety, improve supervision and help this special needs population connect to effective community-based health services.” The analysis is being conducted by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, a nationally recognized research and policy organization, with the NYC Departments of Correction and Health and Mental Hygiene, and is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation. The collaboration also includes the Department of Probation, and other City government and community-based human service providers. State participants include the Governor’s Office and the New York State Office of Mental Health.

Queens This Week Avella Calls For Flood Help

The cover of Anna Purificato Murray's book, that is helping fight cancer.

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Finding A Cure With Zia’s Dishes Anna Purificato Murray enjoys being in the kitchen. Her sister, Tina Di Fava, preferred the dining room. When Tina passed away in February 2010 from breast cancer, Anna, a mother of two from Ozone Park, decided to use her biggest talent, cooking, to help raise money to find a cure. After her niece asked her for some of the family's recipes, some of which were Tina's favorites, Anna put them together. Eventually, it became a cookbook with submissions from family and friends as well as recipes from Anna's Irish mother-in-law. While Anna did it to prevent the family from losing its precious recipes, she later decided to sell the book and donate the proceeds to cancer research, helping find a cure for the disease that took her sister's life; a fitting tribute for a family woman. "My sister was all about family, everything was about family," Anna said. The cookbook, called Zi Anna's Kitchen, cost $20 and all proceeds go to the American Cancer Society in Tina's memory. The recipes include one of Tina's favorite dishes: David's Tri-Color Orzo Pasta, a submission from Anna's friend David, who made the dish for Anna and Tina one day after showing them around his development where they were thinking of moving. The pasta dish was a big hit, as was David's hospitality that day, and Tina pleaded with her sister to get the recipe from David. When she did, Tina even prepared it herself. "What makes this so special is that my sister did not like to cook," Anna said. "She cooked if she had to, but much preferred eating what someone else cooked." Anna said when she first put the book up for sale, she was afraid it wouldn't get any takers. "When I first wrote it, I was afraid to order even 100 copies," she said. But the book went like Anna's antipasti. Orders came in from all over the country, from as far away as Oregon. She had to order more books from the printer to keep up with demand. "If [Tina] knew we were doing this, she would be thrilled," Anna said. The book is available through a Web site wix.com/formiaforever/cookbook. There is also a Facebook page dedicated to the book. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125. —Domenick Rafter

Marvin Tessler and his neighbors had to work in shifts, rising at odd hours like 4 a.m. to clean leaves from ineffective storm drains. If they weren't quick enough, or someone nodded off and forgot their shift, their houses in Little Neck would be flooded again. State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) called a press conference Tuesday outside of Tessler's 57th Avenue home to address the recurring problem, which afflicts the same handful of residents: their houses flood during storms due to a uniquely devastating combination of a lack of storm drains and a steep gradient that channels water directly at them. He criticized the City Dept. of Environmental Protection for doing very little to help the residents. "Twenty-five years ago, the homeowners got together on this section of 57th Avenue and Little Neck Parkway and sued the city to address a very longstanding and serious flooding problem," said Avella. "The city did come out and they installed a sewer, but they didn't go far enough at the time." According to Avella, nine homes on the block flood during even moderate storms. Tessler and his neighbor Conrad Tompkins described through pictures and words how storms have inflicted six-figure damage to homes on the block. According to Tessler, residents have been flooded four times since 1987. They fault a lack of curb openings and catch basins to handle water flowing downhill on 260th Street. Most recently, the block was flooded during a storm Aug. 1, and Tessler fears that the autumn will only bring more flooding. "Especially in the fall, the leaves come down, you get a heavy rain, and the leaves are all washed to the catch basins," he said. "Our drains don't have an open back. They're strict grills, so the leaves just plug up all the grills and the water builds up." Tompkins said he hand-delivered a letter to now-former DEP Commissioner Cas Holloway Aug. 17, and the current commissioner, Carter Strickland, responded that the agency would "investigate in 90 days," according to Tompkins. "I had well over $10,000 in damages back in July of 2007," he said. "A neighbor of mine lost his car. My question is: how much more loss are we going to take before the city does something?" "They are taking baby steps to address the problem," said Avella of the DEP's actions. "But we need at least one giant step." Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan

PS177 Gets New Playground Michael Jackson did not show up, but the students and faculty of The Robin Sue Ward School for Exceptional Children channeled his spirit anyway. They had a reason to sing: at last, they had their new playground. Councilman Peter Koo (R-Flushing) joined students, faculty, and staff Tuesday at Robin Sue Ward Elementary School, PS 177, a special education school in Fresh Meadows, to cut the ribbon on their new $300,000 playground featuring, among other things, a rock climbing wall. With the help of Koo and Stephanie McCaskill, the network leader of District 75, as well as advocacy from the school itself, PS 177 was the recipient of the "Schoolyard to Playground" program as part of Mayor Mike Bloomberg's PLaNYC 2030 initiative and Trust for Public Land's Playground Program, building the playground they originally planned four years ago. Students performed their own renditions

of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and the Ramones' "Rock 'N' Roll High School" with the musical accompaniment of iPads, cheering later when Principal Kathleen Posa announced that the school would be receiving additional SMART boards, interactive blackboards that can show movies, record lessons and surf the web. "Technology has been a boon to all of our students," said Adam Goldberg, a music teacher who helped lead the students through their performances. "Some students really weren't interested in playing instruments before. Now when I put an iPad in front of them, they're drawn to music, they're really focused, and it's just fantastic." Koo also was glad the playground could emphasize the traditional aspects of school: social interaction and exercise. "I'm just excited to come here and see this beautiful playground," he said. "Exercise and social skills are very important. New York City is sometimes kind of slow to do things, but finally it's done." Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan

New Rabbi Takes Helm At Clear view In Omaha, Nebraska, the city kid was a little bewildered. The citizens of Omaha actually let people walk ahead of them when a traffic light changed to green. They were not even in a rush. "The culture shock was beautiful," said Rabbi David Taub, the new leader of the Clearview Jewish Center in Whitestone. Rabbi Taub arrived at Clearview Jewish Center after serving as the rabbi at a synagogue in Omaha. His path to the position of rabbi was not typical. "I was a child in the late 70's," said Rabbi Taub, who refused to give his age. "And I was rebellious." He did not want to be a rabbi like his father. The child of a Holocaust survivor who fled from Czechoslovakia in the 1940's, Rabbi Taub grew up in Brooklyn and resisted the religious calling his father had felt. He earned a degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology and pursued photography and journalism. Though he enjoyed these pursuits, he still found that he was spiritually unfulfilled. A friend encouraged him to become a rabbi. "It was in the blood," he said. "I decided this was my calling." In the early 1990's - he could not recall the exact year - the rabbi accepted his first placement in Omaha. Though he was a rabbi in a city with only 6,000 Jews (Omaha has a population of more than 400,000), he did not feel alienated. Omaha certainly lacked the bustle of New York, but he grew to love his position. After his time in Omaha, Rabbi Taub took the helm of a synagogue in Valley Stream, where he worked with religious leaders of

Rabbi Taub and his daughter Rivky at the Kotel in Israel last year.

various faiths. When Clearview Jewish Center had an opening, he applied, believing it was the most fitting center for his personality. "He knows who he can tease, and who can't take teasing," said Michael Elias, who serves as one of three presidents of the center. "He knows how to respond to the individual." Elias said Rabbi Taub is known for his sense of humor and has been able to strike a balance between serious lecturing and lighthearted ribbing. Unlike a visiting rabbi, who according to Elias made a strident political statement about President Barack Obama, Rabbi Taub has avoided controversy. Elias said the Jewish center had been losing congregation members and because of Rabbi Taub, people are starting to come back. Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. —Ross Barkan

New Leader, New Plan At Boro LGBT Center Queens' largest LGBT community center is under new leadership and planning for a busy future, just more than a year after state budget cuts threatened its vital funding. Queens Pride House, the Jackson Heights-based LGBT community center, is on solid financial footing, said the center's new Executive Director Silvia Dutchevici, and is looking to increase its fundraising in order to add more programs to their already busy schedule. Dutchevici, who has a focus on social justice not only with LGBT rights, but also women and immigrant rights, has been at the helm of the Queens Pride House for less than a month. Her focus in those short few weeks has been the financial situation at the non-profit, which she described as "in a stable place." "We want to make sure we are sustainable and in a safe place, but we also want to grow," she said. "I really do feel this is an opportunity for the center to create a community and offer different types of services. I've been preparing for this job all my life. I am really driven to make sure this becomes a vibrant community center, and by vibrant I mean have many different programs." One of her top priorities is to reach out to the far ends of the borough, beyond Jackson Heights and Astoria where the center is already well known. In keeping with that, the center conducted a Youth Empowerment Conference at York College, educating students about STDs and HIV. The conference featured skits to reach out to students and educate them about the threat of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. "We plan to do more of that, also maybe pair up with high schools and go out and talk to people," Dutchevici said. "And I do think that's one of the opportunities for people who are in Far Rockaway, for example, to hear about us or people in Jamaica, as opposed to just Jackson Heights." Within the center itself, Dutchevici said she would like to see the center expand on the services it offers and focus on the entire community, not only the LGBT community. "We have to think a little bit about the needs of the community," she said, pointing to the neighborhood's and the borough's biggest group; immigrants. She would like to see the center offer ESL classes or GED programs. To help finance this, the center is planning a fundraiser in December, the details of which are still being worked out. In the meantime, Queens Pride House is planning a town hall meeting at its office at 76-11 37th Ave. on Monday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. All are welcome. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125. —Domenick Rafter

Queens CLOSEUP Town Hall Events The Five Borough Songbook will be held Saturday, Nov 12, 3 p.m. $25/$15 for Queens residents, students with I.D., and FCCA members. Five Boroughs Music Festival, in its fifth season, has commissioned 20 of New York’s finest composers to write new songs inspired by New York City. The resulting Five Borough Songbook is a celebration of NYC’s history, poetry, geography, and of course, its eight million residents, performed by a stellar cast of musicians. Come early to hear some of the composers speaking about their new works, and what it means to be part of this songbook for a new NYC! The Charlie Porter Jazz Quartet will play Sunday, Nov 13, 2 p.m. in a free concert (no tickets or RSVP required; first-come, firstserved). Recently selected by Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. State Department to tour South East Asia this summer as part of the Rhythm Road American Music Abroad program, the Charlie Porter Jazz Quartet, led by Chamber Music America commissioned artist Porter, is a tight-knit group whose straightforward and eloquent style produces an expansive range of expression. An NEA Jazz Masters Concert featuring the music of Armstrong and Beyond will be held Friday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. $40/$32 Members/$20 Students; Package Price: $120/ $100 Members. NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Heath, Saxophone; Barry Harris, Piano; and Frank Wess, Saxophone and Flute, perform together with special guest Jeremy Pelt, a young master trumpeter who has received numerous awards and accolades from “Downbeat Magazine” and “The Wall Street Journal.” Tootie Heath, Drums; and Paul West, Bass, round out the rhythm section. For tickets and more information, visit flushingtownhall.org, or call the Box Office at (718) 463-7700, Ext. 222.

Twelfth Night

Hevesi Talk State Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi will speak at the JFK Regular Democratic Club on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills (71-25 Main St.). Free and open to all attendees, the session

Snow Help Needed Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty announced that the Department of Sanitation is now registering emergency snow laborers who can be called upon to remove snow and ice citywide from bus stops, crosswalks, and from step streets in sections of the City after heavy snowfalls. Step streets are sets of stairwells located between avenues to connect streets that have a significant height differential. The rate of pay begins at $12 per hour and increases to $18 per hour, after completing the first 40 hours, each pay week. Interested individuals can register at any DSNY garage between the hours of 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Applicants must be over 18 years of age, be eligible to work in the United States, and be capable of performing heavy physical labor. All applicants must bring two (2) small photos (1 1/ 2" square) and two (2) documents that prove identity and employment eligibility, such as a driver’s license; federal, state or local identification; school identification with photo, or passport, at time of registration. For more information on how to register to become an emergency snow laborer, call 311 or visit nyc.gov/sanitation.

Volunteers Needed QSAC, an award winning non-profit organization, needs volunteers to help with clerical tasks, including filing, envelope stuffing, data entry, answering telephones, and direct care with autistic children, at its afterschool programs in Astoria, Hollis Bronx, Fresh Meadows, and in Whitestone Queens. QSAC has many different volunteer opportunities, and we will happily try to match your interests and skills with an appropriate volunteer assignment. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain experience working with children with autism or to gain office experience if you are looking for work or just starting in the office community. The best part of it all is that you get to make a difference in the lives of children with autism! Volunteers are vital to QSAC; please help us to help others! If you can spare a few hours a week to volunteer with QSAC or come in on a regular part-time basis, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, contact Perry Brown at (718) 728-8476, ext. 2059. Students, seniors, displaced homemakers, and recent retirees are welcome.

Talk Series The Hevesi Jewish Heritage Library of the Central Queens YM & YWHA has a series of talks planned in the coming weeks. One of Israel’s most beloved authors, Meir Shalev, will speak in Forest Hills on Sunday, Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. at the 16th Annual Author’s Café of the Central Queens YM & YWHA. An internationally best-selling author, Meir Shalev will be speaking on his new memoir, about the generation of Jewish pioneers who settled kibbutzim in the early twentieth century. Tickets to the event, which include dessert and coffee, are $18 in advance, $23 at the door. On Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 pm, Rabbi Mary Zamore will discuss her new book, The

Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic. A wine and kosher organic cheese tasting will be part of the event, which is open to the public for $8 in advance, $12 at the door. On Sunday, Nov. 6, at 3 p.m., Dr. Ali Mermer will discuss the basic tenets of Islam in a talk at the Central Queens YM & YWHA titled Islam On One Foot : Islam Explained For Jews. Formerly an official Imam in Turkey, Dr. Mermer is currently the Muslim Chaplain at Queens College. His talk is open to the general public, with a $6 donation suggested. On Monday, Nov. 7, at 1:30 p.m., Prof. Susan Zuccotti will discuss the controversial question, what did Pope Pius XII know about the Holocaust during World War II and how much did he do to save Jewish lives during those years of persecution? Author of several award-winning books on the Holocaust, including Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy, Dr. Zuccotti has taught Holocaust history at Barnard and Trinity Collges. This Kristallnacht event is open to the general public, with a $6 donation suggested. On Sunday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m., in conversation with Prof. Mark Rosenblum, Director of Queens College Center for Jewish Studies. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish will talk. Abuelaish captured hearts and headlines around the world in the aftermath of horrific tragedy. In January 2009, Israeli shells hit his home during the Gaza War, killing three of his daughters and a niece. But it was Dr. Abuelaish’s response to the loss of his children that made news and won him humanitarian awards around the world. Instead of seeking revenge, Dr. Abuelaish continues to call for the people of the Middle East to start talking to each other. Dr. Abuelaish, was a 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. Tickets to the event are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. For more information, call (718) 2685011, Ext. 151, or email pkurtz@centralqueensy.org. Information is also online at centralqueensy.org/Authors.

CIA Talk Stuart Kahan, who has delivered Horizon club talks about his years with the CIA during the cold war, will speak about his later career in the entertainment industry at a meeting of Horizons, a club for those 55 and over, on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 12:30 p.m. at The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th St. Mr. Kahan will talk about his years as Director of Business Affairs at the William Morris Agency and his interactions with celebrities such as Diahann Carroll, Peggy Lee, Shelley Berman, Gore Vidal, and Bill Cosby. Attendees are invited to bring lunch. A charge of $3 will include coffee and cake.

Halloween Fest Adults and Children of all ages are invited to Maple Grove’s Great Halloween Festival & Carved Pumpkin Contest on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 2-6:30 p.m. at Maple Grove Cemetery, 83-15 Kew Gardens Rd., off of Lefferts Boulevard. This spooktacular event is sponsored by the Friends of Maple Grove, friendsofmaplegrove.org. Beginning at 2 p.m. sharp, the day’s program will be launched with The Strange and Unusual with a Touch of the Paranormal Walking Tour. Carl Ballenas, Maple Grove’s historian will lead the tour. Carl, who cares deeply about the stories of those buried at Maple Grove, will share some true tales that should only be told at Halloween (tour is not for those under 12 years of age!). Following, a 15-minute Children’s Costume Parade is scheduled for 3:45pm. At 4 p.m., there will be expert storytelling (including a 10-minute Macbeth performed by a

Mortal Folly Theatre troupe), face painting, holiday crafts and lots of carved pumpkins to admire. For those who would like to participate in the Carved Pumpkin Contest, please bring along your pre-carved pumpkin with a candle inside. Pumpkin drop off is between 2 and 5 p.m. and viewing from 5-6 p.m., almost sundown at the cemetery. Judging and prizes will be awarded to; Top Pumpkin, Funniest, Scariest, Cutest, Most Original or any other categories that the judges might invent. Judges will consider alternative vegetables such as eggplant, water chestnuts, endive or any carved vegetable. Anything goes! Be creative! Donation: $5, Friends of Maple Grove Members and children under 12 years FREE. For more information call (917) 881-3358 or e-mail friendsofmgc@aol.com.

Oak Hills Sisters The Sisterhood of the Jewish Center of Oak Hills has a special program planned for its meeting on Sunday morning, Nov. 6, at 11 a.m. Members and guests will have the pleasure of enjoying the amazing stories of soul and spirit told by Annette Labovitz – a legendary maggidim (story-teller) – and coauthor of “A Touch of Heaven” and other books on Jewish living. Coffee and cake will be served. The Center is located at 50-35 Cloverdale Blvd. in Oakland Gardens (Bayside). Admission is free and the building has an elevator to all floors. For further information, call (718) 631-0100.Halloween Fun The annual Children’s Halloween Event will be held on Monday, Oct. 31, starting at 3:30 p.m. at the Maspeth Bank parking lot at 101-09 Metropolitan Ave. Forest Hills. Cosponsors are Kiwanis Club of Forest Hills, Maspeth Federal Savings, American Legion Post 1424 and the Forest Hills Community & Civic Assoc.

Interfaith Unity Walk In 1657, the farmers of Flushing courageously stood up for our freedom of conscience (telling Governor Stuyvesant that the “law of love, peace and liberty in the states extend[s] to Jews, Turks and Egyptians”). Since then, religious freedom has become a bedrock of our society and we have all benefited from this legacy of peaceful coexistence. Flushing, now has the highest concentration of religious from around the world — Sikhs, Baptists, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Quakers, and dozens of other denominations have figured out how to live together side by side. Please join us on Sunday, Oct. 30, 1 p.m., as we celebrate religious freedom and diversity during the third annual Queens Interfaith Unity Walk. We will gather at the Sikh Center of Flushing, 38-27 Parsons Blvd.

Senior Dance The Howard Beach Senior Center, located at 156-45 84th St., is featuring “Latin Dance” Lessons and Exercise Program every Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. Sara will be teaching mambo, salsa, cha-cha, meringue and other Latin dances to interested seniors.

Health Care Concerns The Queens Forum has opened registration for the upcoming conference, “Health Care Delivery in Queens: Challenges and Opportunities, An Executive Response.” The event will be on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 8:3011:30 a.m. at Community Mediation Services, 89-64 163rd St., Jamaica. There is a $5 registration fee.

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The Gingerbread Players of Saint Luke’s Church will launch their 42nd season with Twelfth Night, or What You Will, opening on November 5 at 7:30 p.m. Mischief, mirth and merriment abound in Shakespeare’s nimble comedy of misplaced alliances, mistaken identity and general misunderstanding. The Gingerbread Players cast blends old favorites James Chamberlain (Feste), Andrew Dinan (Malvolio), Lori Feren (Olivia), David Friedman (Sir Toby Belch), Louise Guinther (Viola) and Eric Leeb (Fabian) with exciting newcomers, including Kenneth Eckert (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) and Guy Ventoliere (Orsino). The troupe has made something of a specialty of Shakespeare, having produced seven of the Bard’s plays since first venturing into Shakespearean waters in 2000. Twelfth Night runs for four performances only – Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2:30 p.m. — at Saint Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South in Forest Hills, between Ascan Avenue and Harrow Street, a short walk from the Continental Avenue subway station. The troupe’s trademark gingerbread will be on sale at intermission. The suggested donation is $12, with a discount rate of $10 for groups of six or more. For further information and ticket reservations, visit gingerbreadplayers.org, or call (718) 268-7772.

will be highlighted by a free pizza party donated by newly elected Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz. Hevesi will discuss several Albany issues, including the Prevailing Wage, Green Legislation, Marriage Equality and Property Tax Relief. For further information, please contact JFK Democratic Club Executive Vice President Jeff Gottlieb at (917) 376-4496 or jeffgottlieb@hotmail.com.

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102nd Precinct STABBED TO DEATH: On Sunday, Oct. 23, at approximately 9:37 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of an elderly woman in need of assistance inside of 88-05 91st Ave. in Woodhaven. Upon arrival, police gained entry inside the first floor apartment and observed Yasmeer Rabbari, 54, unconscious and unresponsive, with puncture wounds to her neck. EMS responded and pronounced her dead at the scene. The investigation was ongoing. The woman’s identity was withheld pending family notification.

nection with his death; a black man, 30-40 years old, 5-foot-9 to 6-feet tall, with a medium build.

114th Precinct ROBBERY TO GO:The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect wanted in connection with a strong arm robbery in Astoria. On Friday, Aug. 26, at approximately 10 p.m., the man approached a victim, a 21year-old Asian man, who had just made a food delivery in front of 9-20 Main Ave. in Astoria, and threatened him with physical injury with a raised fist. The suspect 104th Precinct then went through the GROPER SOUGHT: victim’s pants pockets The NYPD is seeking the and removed $120 and public’s assistance in lofled on a bicycle. cating and identifying a The suspect is deman wanted for forcible scribed as black man, touching in Ridgewood. Police are looking for this man. approximately 16-19 On Thursday, Oct. 19, years old, medium build, at approximately 8 a.m. at the Seneca Ave. “M” line subway station in wearing a black tee shirt and camouflage Ridgewood, a man grabbed a 22-year-old shorts. Anyone with information in regards to woman’s breast and private area and then this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers fled the station to the street level. The suspect, a Hispanic man, between 25 at (800)-577-TIPS (8477). The public can and 30 years old, 5-foot-5, was last seen also submit their tips by logging onto the Stoppers Web site at wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the ECKO C r i m e nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their brand logo on the front and blue jeans. tips to 274637 (CRIMES) Anyone with information then enter TIP577. All calls in regards to this incident is are strictly confidential. asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800)-577-TIPS (8477). KILLED ON GCP: On The public can also submit Monday, Oct. 24, at approxitheir tips by logging onto the mately 6:30 a.m., police reCrime Stoppers Web site at sponded to a 911 call of a nypdcrimestoppers.com or by pedestrian struck at Grand texting their tips to 274637 Central Parkway and 31st (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. Street in Astoria. All calls are strictly confidenWhen officers arrived at tial. the location, they determined that a man was attempting to cross the Grand Central 106th Precinct Parkway when he was struck MISSING MAN: The by a vehicle. NYPD is asking the public’s EMS responded and assistance in locating a miss- Police are tr ying to locate transported the man to ing South Richmond Hill Pedro Rodriguez. Elmhurst Hospital where he man. Pedro Rodriguez, 86, was last seen leav- was pronounced dead on arrival. The driver of the vehicle, a black woman, ing his home at 105-16 134th St. in South Richmond Hill on Saturday, Oct. 22, at had no injuries but was transported to Astoria approximately 12:30 a.m. He is described General Hospital for observation. The veas a 5-foot-5, 160 lbs., last seen wearing a hicle remained on the scene. There appeared white t-shirt, and blue pants. He is in poor to be no criminality. The man’s identity was withheld pending family notification. health. Anyone with information in regards to his location is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800)-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. 108th Precinct FOUND IN TUB: On Wednesday, Oct. 19, police responded to a report of an unconscious man inside 52-40 39th Drive in Woodside. Upon arrival, police observed Wayne Graves, 62, inside of the bathtub in his bathroom with trauma to his head. EMS also responded and pronounced the male dead at the scene. Police are looking for a suspect in con-

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Carlin-Inspired 9-Year-Old Hits Club By MONICA GANESH Last month 9-year-old Jack Fuld performed in a stand-up comedy show at Fontana's Bar in Manhattan in front of an audience of approximately 30 people. On Sept. 16 the fourth grader from Kew Gardens fearlessly got up on stage and began his first joke, "So as you can see, I'm different from most comedians you'll see here tonight because…I'm half Jewish and half Chinese." While on a cruise to different countries in February with his parents, Robert and Xiaobo, Fuld saw a comedy performance and wanted to get on stage. "He always liked jokes," said Xiaobo. "He

likes funny things." After that his father contacted a friend who got Jack a spot at Fontana's. In preparation for the show, Fuld and his father collaborated to write jokes and he practiced by performing his routine in front of his parents every day for about a month prior to the show. Because Fontana's, located at 105 Eldridge Street, is a bar, Jack and his 4-year-old brother had some difficulty getting into the club. However, after they heard Fuld was the opening act, he was warmly admitted. Immediately after Fuld's performance, Jack asked his mother when his next gig would be. "He has a real gift for engaging with people," Fuld's father said. "Jack is the most

sociable person that I've ever known." Fuld says he was not nervous about his performance. "I didn't really see what's so scary about [performing,]" he said. "You get more attention and more people looking at you and you get more famous." The day before his performance at Fontana's, Fuld performed for his class and peers, who were all supportive. Fuld's past and current teachers and his classmates and their families came to watch his show. Jack said he enjoys; "The fact that I'm up there getting watched by all these people." "He's one of those people that everyone knows," his father said. "And he can engage in a conversation with all of them."

Fuld is part of the gifted and talented program at PS 144 in Forest Hills and enjoys reading comic books, watching cartoons such as "Pokémon" and "Phineas and Ferb" and playing video and board games. He also enjoys watching his favorite comedian, George Carlin, on YouTube and likes to help the less fortunate. "Jack is one of the nicest kids I've ever known," Fuld's mother said. "I think he has a lot of potential." The outgoing kid, who according to his father greets strangers on the street, says his dream job would be retirement. Reach Intern Monica Ganesh at interns@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 122.

Reversing Fortunes For Parolees

Jack Fuld knocks ’em dead.

By JASON BANREY Serving a 25 year sentence for second degree murder, Alvin Entzminger sat in his jail cell, uncertain of where his life was headed. "I felt there was no guarantee I would ever get out," Entzminger said. With nothing but time on his hands, he pondered a future for himself on the outside. Entzminger had only one problem - how was he ever going to successfully reintegrate himself into society after being away for nearly three decades. After finding a pamphlet about the Fortune Society, a Queens-based criminal justice advocacy group, Entzminger was able to build a lasting relationship which has proved to be fruitful. The Fortune Society supports the re-entry of individuals released from prison by promot-

ing alternatives to incarceration in an effort to strengthen the fabric of communities. As Entzminger was up to be considered for parole, the organization sent a letter of reasonable insurance to his parole board stating he would be provided with the proper remediation necessary for him to assimilate into society. Convinced releasing him early would be beneficial to both society and Entzminger, the parole board made its decision, ending a 25-year sentence two years early. From that day, Entzminger has built a career on helping others. After being released, Entzminger began working for the nonprofit organization and is currently teaching high school level math at LaGuardia Community College's Adult Learning Center.

Today, he is proud to say he has paid taxes for the first time in 25 years while producing people with high school diplomas who will eventually go on to get college degrees. "I couldn't have envisioned this," said Entzminger. "There was no guarantee I would ever get out but since I found Fortune, I've learned there is a formula to being a productive citizen." "We bring a unique perspective to the advocacy work," said Glenn Martin, former Attica prison inmate and now Vice President of Development and Public Affairs for the nonprofit group. "We have almost five decades of doing this work and we seem to be doing it well." Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.

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LIBRARY Central Library Arverne Astoria Auburndale Baisley Park Bay Terrace Bayside Bellerose Briarwood Broad Channel Broadway Cambria Heights Corona Court Square Douglaston/Little Neck East Elmhurst East Flushing Elmhurst Far Rockaway Flushing Forest Hills Fresh Meadows Glen Oaks Glendale Hillcrest Hollis Howard Beach Jackson Heights Kew Gardens Hills Langston Hughes Laurelton Lefferts Lefrak City Long Island City Maspeth McGoldrick Middle Village Mitchell-Linden North Forest Park North Hills Ozone Park Peninsula Pomonok Poppenhusen Queens Village Queensboro Hill Rego Park Richmond Hill Ridgewood Rochdale Village Rosedale St. Albans Seaside South Hollis South Jamaica South Ozone Park Steinway Sunnyside Whitestone Windsor Park Woodhaven Woodside

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By DOMENICK RAFTER It’s easier nowadays to be pessimistic about future employment options. With a decline in jobs from four years ago, and little growth, many are left wondering where are the jobs in the future going to come from? Modern technology is replacing many of the comfortable jobs we’ve relied on in the past. Online banking is making many positions at your local bank obsolete. Ereaders are eliminating the need for bookstores, and public sector jobs have been decimated by budget cuts at the city, state and federal level. So where will the future jobs in Queens come from? And what should the future Queens workforce be prepared and trained for? “Of course, nobody has a crystal ball, but I see local job growth in three main industries: transportation, health care and retail,” said Queens Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Seth Bornstein. “Aviation will continue to be a main source of employment. Direct health care provision and pharmaceutical

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Where Are All Of Tomorrow’s Jobs? The LIRR - and the transportation industry as a whole - is one of the largest employers in Queens. manufacturing should grow, and the borough has the potential to attract additional retail.” Queens is a center for transportation. It is served by the Long Island Rail Road, multiple subway lines and the borough is crisscrossed by dozens of bus lines. The growth of the transportation industry, especially the proposed high-speed rail connections throughout the Northeast, may create a jobs boom in the borough. But the crown jewel of transportation employers in the borough is aviation. Queens is home to two of the country’s

busiest airports and is a major base of operations for many airlines, including the headquarters for JetBlue. Health Care is one of the few sectors nationally that have not been hurt by the Great Recession. Even as hospitals have closed in the borough, emergency clinics have begun opening to ease the burden. One of those clinics, PremierCare in Maspeth, has stepped in to fill the void caused by the closure of St. John’s Queens Hospital in Elmhurst. Dr. Vincent D’Amore, who sees patients at PremierCare from as far away as Brooklyn, said the need for healthcare in the borough will likely require him to find more health care providers and possibly open more centers like PremierCare. “When [the Maspeth center] gets too busy, we’ll need to open a new one,” Dr. D’Amore said. The need for nurses, including homecare nurses to help as the population of the borough ages, is expected to soar. Today, the need for homecare and visiting nurses, especially in areas with an aging population like Forest Hills, is grow-

ing, as is the need for nurses in the borough’s increasingly populated nursing homes. Developers also see the potential for retail growth in the borough, even as the sector nationally has struggled. Even in the economic downturn, Queens still has major retail centers like Queens Center Mall, the most profitable location per square foot in the country, Bay Terrace, Metro Mall and Rego Center. Steinway Street in Astoria, Austin Street in Forest Hills, Flushing’s Main Street and Jamaica Avenue in Downtown Jamaica all remain major shopping hubs. Though currently in real estate limbo, the Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale offers potential retail space, as does the future Flushing Commons development in Downtown Flushing, scheduled for completion middecade. Retailers such as Wal Mart are still looking to expand into New York City, and Queens is one of the likely spots for a Wal Mart store. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.

GUIDE TO LOCAL ADULT ED SCHOOLS national students. Berkeley College has numerous financial aid packages that cater to students of different economic and ethnic backgrounds. Aside from the standard government financial service programs, Berkeley offers needbased grants and housing grants. Some of the financial aid packages at Berkeley include alumni association scholarships, challenge program awards, non-resident student grants, residence hall grants, international student grants, transfer grants and the Berkeley TAP. Other financial programs that Berkeley College students are eligible for include the New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), the Regents Award for Children of Deceased or Disabled Veterans and Aid for Part-Time Study.

Bramson ORT College 69-30 Austin St. Forest Hills, NY 11375 (718) 261-5800 bramsonort.edu You've probably seen their ads on the subways and buses, or maybe you walked by their campus on Austin Street. Bramson ORT College does not have the global name recognition of a Columbia or NYU, but it is a popular institution focusing on technical studies. Bramson ORT was established in 1942 to serve refugees and immigrants who came to the United States during World War II. It became a College in 1977 to provide quality technical postsecondary education and to meet the educational and career needs of the New York community. Bramson ORT College is accredited by the Board of Regents of The University of the State of New York. All Associate Degree, Certificate, and Diploma programs are registered by the New York State Education Department. Bramson ORT College is governed by a Board of

Trustees and is a not-for-profit educational institution. Their main campus is on Austin Street in Forest Hills, but there are two extension campuses: one on Union Turnpike just west of Queens Boulevard and the other on Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Programs offered at Bramson ORT include Accounting, Business Management, Computer Information Systems, Electronic Technology, Medical Assistant and Office Technology. Bramson ORT offers certificates in secretary work and bookkeeping featuring classes in accounting, word processing, keyboarding and other clerical work. Classes are also offered in computer programming for Computer Information Systems majors. Bramson ORT also has a few new programs including a Game Design and Programming Certificate, focusing on the production and design of video games and allows students to take classes in developing and programming video games on computers and work with virtual and 3D technology. Also new at Bramson ORT are the Renewable Energy Technician Certificate programs which focuses on working with green energy technology and a Pharmacy Technician Associate degree or certificate. Prospective students must have a high school diploma or GED and submit a copy with their application to the Admissions Office. Bramson ORT offers a wide range of financial aid options including Pell grants, Stafford Loans and work study programs. City Tech 300 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 260-5500 citytech.cuny.edu New York City College of Technology - aka City Tech - often asks, "Where can technology take you?" The answer is

simple - as far as you can imagine. City Tech is unique, absolutely one of a kind. In downtown Brooklyn, at a hub of the majority of New York subway lines, City Tech is the college of technology of The City University of New York. It is the largest public college of technology in the Northeast. City Tech serves 16,000 students in its more than 60 programs at the baccalaureate, associate, and specialized certificate levels, plus another 16,000 each year through Continuing Education. The breadth of its programs allow graduates to pursue careers in the architectural and engineering technologies, the computer, entertainment, and health professions, human services, advertising and publishing, hospitality, business, and law-related professions, as well as programs in career and technical teacher education. Many of these programs are available nowhere else in CUNY, and nowhere else in the Northeast. City Tech's new bachelor's degree in Radiologic Science will allow trained radiologic technicians from all over New York to gain cuttingedge technique and preparation for management positions. Students who major in Emerging Media Technologies will have exciting careers in new digital technologies transforming lives. City Tech's entertainment technology students benefit both from this unique program and from being in one of the entertainment capitals of the world. Its bachelor's program in Industrial Design prepares students for the ongoing revolution in manufacturing. The Architectural Technology program is the largest in the country, and students learn about sustainability and the new green technologies vital to the future. The program in Restorative Dentistry is one of the most distinguished (continued on pg 23)

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Berkeley College 3 East 43rd St. New York, NY 10017 (212) 986-4343 berkeleycollege.edu Berkeley College, a higher institution with campuses in New York and New Jersey, offers a range of programs to students under the Associate Degree and Bachelor Degree programs. The college is both urban and suburban with edifices inside and out of Manhattan. Berkeley College opened its doors amidst the Great Depression in 1931. The academic institution was founded with a strong focus on business-oriented professions. Throughout its years of increased attendance, the college began featuring professional studies. All of Berkeley's campuses feature fully dynamic classrooms with courses ranging from business to health and legal studies. Some of the majors that Berkeley College offers at its different locations include Marketing, Management, Justice Studies, Mathematical Science, English and Interior Design. Other majors at Berkeley include General Business, Health Services Administration, Information Systems Management, Entrepreneurship Management and Environmental Management. Classes in fashion marketing, international business and paralegal studies are also offered. Berkeley's most highlighted courses include accounting, business administration and the humanities field. Science classes offered at the college have stateof-the-art laboratories with fully-functional experimental equipment. Berkeley prides itself on its small class sizes within the humanities program. The statewide institution has over 8, 900 students enrolled at its campuses across the northeast with over 700 inter-

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ough, employing 147,305 people. The Census lists Professional Jobs, which include scientists, managers, and administrative positions like human resources directors, provide the livelihoods of 103,950 Queens residents. Financial, Insurance and Real Estate (FIRE), including bankers and real estate agents, employ 89,668 Queens residents, Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities including bus drivers, pilots and those Con Ed crews, have 83,492 Queens residents on the job. Rounding out the list is construction (69,941 employees), manufacturing (47,429), public administration including government workers (47,249) and information (27,191). Even in an urban environment like Queens, 1,469 Queens residents list occupations that fall under the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining category in the Census. These may include commercial fisher-

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By DOMENICK RAFTER Queens’ workforce is as diverse as its population. Lawyers, doctors, teachers, bankers, bakers, cab drivers, bus drivers, pilots and construction workers all call the borough home, and often they share the same neighborhood, apartments in the same building, or homes on the same block. So what are the most popular industries for borough residents to work in? According to 2010 Census figures, 1,047,992 Queens residents are employed. The Educational, Health and Social Services sector, which include doctors, nurses, and college professors, is the largest industry in the borough, employing 239,349 people. Accommodations, Food and Other Services, including hotel and restaurant workers, entertainment and arts, is the second largest industry in Queens with 191,021 people employed. Wholesale and Retail Trade is the third largest industry in the bor-

The healthcare industry is still one of the largest expected growth sectors in Queens, including Flushing Hospital. man and farmers. Queens’ largest employers are mostly local, with only a few corporations topping the list. The hospitals – North ShoreLIJ and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation – are high on the list, as is the Queens Public Library, City University of New York and the Long

Island Rail Road. The borough’s largest college, St. John’s University, is also one of Queens’ top employers. A few corporations do make the list. Forest Hills-based JetBlue Airlines and Kinray, a pharmaceutical wholesaler based in Whitestone, are listed as a couple of the borough’s top employers, as is Citigroup, which occupies the borough’s tallest office building in Court Square in Long Island City and lent its name to the home of the borough’s beloved Mets. The LeFrak Organization, the real estate company that owns LeFrak City and a handful of office buildings in Corona and Rego Park, is a top employer. Also on the list is Swedish developer Skanksa, which has one of its two main United States offices at 16-16 Whitestone Expressway in Whitestone. Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 125.

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A Career Coach Lays It On The Line By JASON BANREY As many college graduates exit academia hoping to start their careers, many of their older cohorts are seeking to transition from one field of interest to another. As a result, career coaching has become a widely popular and inspirational resource. With multiple career counseling options available, the individually focused analyst has risen to prominence for the ability to advise those uncertain of their occupational futures. Whether you have invested in a college degree or are just looking to find work in another area, career counseling can provide some basic advice, some of which may have forgotten along the way. While in college, many students never give themselves the opportunity to see what its like to walk in the same shoes of the employees they one day hope to become. Before continuing to invest a substantial amount into your future, Career Coach Jeff Neil suggests, “you talk to people in that field to see if it is the

best choice for you.” “Students tend to have a lot of debt and are out of the workforce,” said Neil, who has helped more than 250 clients a year identify and land their ideal jobs. “Education is important and does help build a successful career but it’s just as important to making sure it’s the right field to invest in.” According to Neil, 30 percent of people leave their jobs each year. For “organic” reasons, this happens on a cyclical basis, which Neil said should provide job seekers with enough optimism to find the right position for them “People die, quit, get fired, go back to school or even get married, and this is always happening,” Neil said. “It’s life. So I always tell my clients not to worry that the economy didn’t generate 4.5 million jobs.” As job seekers, it is important to focus on these “organic turnovers” within the workforce. Depending on the age range of an individual, there tend to be specific circumstances that each demographic will eventually need to overcome.

As students, exiting college and beginning to figure out what they want to do, recent grads may come to believe they are under-qualified for the positions for which they have just spent a wealth of time and financial resources to achieve. People in their 30s and 40s who have had a fruitful career but may have been laid off from their positions do to either downsizing or reorganization, may find it difficult to get back on the market as they slowly begin to find interviews and update their resumes. Despite these mental and psychological barriers, Neil suggests a four pronged approach toward convincing potential employers they are worthy of hiring. “First is present the ability to do the job,” he said. “The most qualified candidate often does not get the job.” Just by presenting an employer you are capable of achieving at least some of the work can win you points in an interview. The next step is having the willingness to do the job one is applying for. “Next are being manageable and like-

able,” Neil said; two points which some interviewees seem to overlook as they get lost in trying to prove to an employer they are qualified. “A person who has some ability to do the job and can convince the employer they are manageable and likeable always has more of a chance to get ahead,” Neil said. Although he admits that all of these circumstances can be unsettling, especially given the current economic climate, there is always light at the end of the tunnel. “It is much more hopeful than people think,” Neil said of occupations that have historically tended to transition between multiple industries as the economy scuttles up and down every couple of decades. “The important thing is to remain positive and focused.” For more information about finding help toward pursuing a new career, visit careercoachnewyorkcity.com. Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.

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programs in the country, and the only one in New York. And, the flagship program in Hospitality Management has produced an all-star list of graduates, from the executive pastry chef in the White House to the managing partner of Union Square Café. But all of this is no more than a taste of what City Tech has to offer: great programs at an affordable CUNY tuition, the whole range of financial aid programs for all who qualify, an amazing learning environment where faculty and students work side-by-side in laboratory settings, creating the ideal blend of the hands-on and the theoretical. According to US News and World Report, no college in the country, at any level, is more diverse than City Tech. Full-time matriculated student's tuition is $2,300 per semester. Tuition for fulltime or part-time matriculated students is $415 per credit. Tuition for resident non-

degree students is $285 per credit. Tuition for undocumented and out-of status aliens is the same price as other students. DeVry College 99-21 Queens Blvd. Rego Park, NY 11374 (800) 815-2890 devry.edu DeVry University has been around for 75 years offering technology and business education. DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 1930, DeVry opened its first location in Chicago, formerly known as the DeForest Training School. In 1953, the DeForest Training School became DeVry Technical Institute, after being one of the first schools to be approved by the G.I. Bill during the 1940's. DeVry offers associate, bachelor and master degree programs in five different disciplines: Business & Management, En-

gineering & Information Sciences, Media Arts & Technology, Liberal Arts & Sciences and Health Sciences. Degree programs vary by location. DeVry has locations in 26 states and more locations in Canada. The University tuition and expenses are based on a per-semester, per-credit basis, with two dissimilar rate types. Every semester, hours 1-11 are charged at one credit hour rate and hours 12 and above are charged at a lower rate. Each program has a different tuition, and they offer a catalog chart with tall the tuition information. Total program tuition for undergraduates ranges from $34,000 to $74,000. LaGuardia Community College 31-10 Thomson Ave. Long Island City, NY 11101 (718) 482-7200 lagcc.cuny.edu LaGuardia Community College, one of Queens' most well-known educational

institutions, is situated in Long Island City, serving over 17,000 students from around the world. LaGuardia prides itself as being "the community college of the world" for hosting students from over 50 countries internationally. The college, originally known as "Community College 9" was founded in 1968 by the Board of Higher Education to address the needs of adults in the surrounding area. The institution was later renamed after Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, paying homage to his service to New York City residents, especially international ones. LaGuardia also prides itself in offering some of the best programs for international students. Since its original development, LaGuardia has continued to expand its facilities - delving into construction projects aimed at providing an enhanced campus life. (continued on pg 24)

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Some of the majors that LaGuardia offers include: Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Computer Operations, Computer Science, Paralegal Studies, Hospitality Management, Commercial Photography, Communication Studies and Criminal Justice. LaGuardia divides its undergraduate coursework and majors into three sections: business and technology; liberal arts; and health, mathematics and science. One of the most frequently highlighted programs at LaGuardia is the creative arts program. Every year, the program hosts events of different style and background that draw in a lot of attention from local media and art buffs. LaGuardia students are eligible to apply for FAFSA, TAP grants, private loans and public scholarships. Financial aid at LaGuardia is on a need-basis and is regularly comprehensive of income and tax status. As a community college that's part of CUNY, LaGuardia is known for its inexpensive tuition rates. Scholarships are available at the institution and are regularly based on academic merit, financial background and family status. Grants completed with the college must be filed with federal form applications.

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Lincoln Tech 15-30 Petracca Place Whitestone, NY 11357 (718) 640-9800 lincolnedu.com The Lincoln Technical Institute, owned

by vocational group Lincoln Group of Schools, has several campuses throughout the country, including Queens. Located in Whitestone, Lincoln Tech's local campus shares its facility with the Greater NY Automotive Dealers Association in the Center for Automotive Education and Training (CAET). Nationally, the Lincoln Technical Institute was founded in 1946 with its first campus in Newark, New Jersey. The Queens campus opened in 2005 after national group made its stock public. Since its opening, the local campus has had a strong focus on automotive technology and engineering. While the Queens campus of Lincoln Tech is solely based on automotive technology as its field of study, it features an assortment of specified fields within the trade. Some of the programs offered at the Whitestone campus include: Intro to Automotive Technology; Fuel & Emissions Systems; Electrical Systems; Drivability Diagnostics; and Transmissions and Drive Lines. Courses in collision repair, diesel, high performance and motorcycle technology are also offered. The courses at Lincoln Tech's Queens campus are designed to provide students with real-life dynamic experience of automotive technology. The institution provides hands-on training from ASE Master Certified Instructors, shop-side and computer equipped classrooms and web-tech labs. The campus also has auto bays with 12 lifts for student use along with tool shops containing over 100 different types of automotive instruments. Financial aid information for Lincoln

Tech is available on the Student Consumer Information section of its website. To be eligible for financial aid, prospective students must complete an application on fafsa.ed.gov for governmentfunded financial support. The cost of tuition and amount of financial aid available depends on the program you are looking to be enrolled in, your financial/ tax status and room and board.

Long Island Business Institute 136-18 39th Ave. Flushing, NY 11354 (718) 939-5100 libi.edu The Long Island Business Institute was established in 1968 in Commack, Long Island and was certified in 1995 by the New York State Board of Regents as an occupational school. Years later, in 2001, LIBI opened its second campus in Flushing, which is housed in two buildings. The Institute offers an Associate in Occupational Studies degree in Court Reporting, Accounting, Business Management, Security Management, Homeland Security and Office Technology. "All our programs consist of carefully designed curriculum that will help our graduates remain competitive in a rapidly changing, global marketplace," said LIBI President Monica Foote. Long Island Business Institute was proud to launch its AOS Degree in Homeland Security and Security Management program in April 2010. Developed and directed by Richard S. Colt, Major General, United States Army (Retired), the Homeland Security program is the ideal

program for those seeking careers in law enforcement, fire fighting, and all levels of private and public security management. This 61-credit Associate's degree was developed by faculty, who are practitioners in the very courses they are teaching. Students have the opportunity to study courses including but not limited to Introduction to Homeland Security, Disaster Response and Recovery, Understanding Terrorism, and Introduction to Forensic Science. The faculty possesses backgrounds in a wide array of professions including military, FBI, fire and police, amongst others, and brings individual experience into the classroom. LIBI recognizes the importance of public servants and volunteers in today's society. The hard work they perform to serve their communities is praiseworthy, and deserving of recognition. With this in mind they created the "General Richard S. Colt Public Service Scholarship." This scholarship offers a 10 percent tuition reduction to public servants as well as individuals who volunteer for their communities. In some cases, family members of these individuals can qualify for this scholarship. Life experience credits may also be applied toward this degree. Join the first line of defense in Homeland Security, and take the initial step in a career with countless employment opportunities. LIBI has small class sizes to ensure personal attention and offers flexible class schedules to meet the hectic schedules of people with jobs and families. (continued on pg 25)

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Tuition for full-time students taking 12-18 credits is $4,433. Tuition per credit is $375. There are a number of other fees for various things such as ESL laboratory fee and Audit fee. Students in the Court Reporting program must have a steno machine, which can be rented from the school for $300 per semester. Molloy College 1000 Hempstead Ave. Rockville Centre, NY 11571 (516) 678-5000 molloy.edu Molloy College, a Catholic institution of higher learning located in Rockville Centre, prides itself in being a small college with quality education that caters geographically to residents of surrounding areas. Named after Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy, the 30-acre institution offers a variety of courses and fields of study. The college currently has about 4, 200 students. The college was founded in 1955 by the Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, with the mission of bringing Catholic values to the field of higher education in a small environment. Since the college's construction, the campus has begun to spread into a multipurpose edifice that houses residential and athletic facilities to accommodate the growing population of the school. The institution brands itself as an "op-

timally-sized school" that's affordable, conveniently located and grounded in the Catholic tradition of value and morale. Molloy College offers over 50 undergraduate majors, including: Allied Health Services; Biology; Computer Science; Criminal Justice; Social Work; Psychology; Education; Music; Communication Arts and Nursing. Some of the graduate majors at Molloy include Accounting Administration, Management Administration, Personal Finance Planning, Criminal Justice, Education and Social Work. Molloy's nursing program is highlighted as the fourth largest in the country. The college offers students in the nursing field laboratories, medical facilities, clinical experience and experimental offices to have a better grasp on the medical field. Like most institutions of higher learning, Molloy students are eligible for federal financial aid to support their tuition payments. While the Rockville Center learning facility tops the charts in affordable tuition rates on Long Island, the campus still provides students with options for financing their academic careers. Scholarships at Molloy are determined by academic record and eligibility. Grants provided by the institution are handled through federal and state aid programs, entitlement benefits and tax status. Tuition at Molloy is generally around $11,000/semester - depending on financial status and course/residence selection. (continued on pg 26)

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By JASON BANREY Through the economic downturn, older adults have turned to college to gain the experience required of individuals looking to re-enter today's workforce. One program that is giving these nontraditional students a second opportunity at furthering their careers is the Accelerated Study in Associate Program at LaGuardia Community College. ASAP was launched in the fall of 2007 and since then has experienced an increase in enrollment among older students. Since its inaugural year, 18 percent of students who participated in the program were part of a niche population enrolling and were 23 or older. By the fall of 2010, that number increased to nearly 25 percent. Although this year's fall enrollment figures have not been calculated, ASAP Director Dr. Bernard Polnariev believes this year's class will exceed last year's total. One of the reasons non-traditional students are becoming attracted to the program are its financial incentives. For students who qualify, ASAP offers a financial package which waives gaps between financial aid awards, tuition and fees and includes textbooks as well as a monthly Metrocard, allowing fiscally strapped parents the ability to pursue their careers.

"If I had to pay tuition and purchase my books," said Roberto Chavez, a father of two who is enrolled in the five-year program and majoring in business administration. "I would not have been able to apply to college." After losing his job as a program manager with a New York-based construction company he decided it was time to broaden his experience in order to allow him the ability to be competitive in today's static job market. Currently unemployed, the 42-year-old now says he has the capability of obtaining a college degree because ASAP allows him to. "This program is a godsend," Chavez said. Flexible class schedules also allow students to balance school, work and family obligations - an opportunity that has allowed Chavez to take classes during the morning so he can help manage his wife's acupuncture office in the afternoon. Eligible students are required to maintain full-time status at all times and take a minimum of 12 credits per semester. Other than the financial benefits, which are luring in non-traditional students, ASAP also offers a comprehensive network of support services to help ensure pupils ease into the transition of entering college. "The ASAP teams work very closely with each other to make sure that there are no cracks in the students'graduation

pathway," said Dr. Polnariev. Twice a month, students meet with an assigned advisor to discuss both academic progress and personal matters. "I didn't know how to read my class schedule until my advisor showed me," said Monica Cimini, 50, who was forced to leave school after entering an arranged marriage in her native country, Bangladesh. Initially, Cimini admitted she was having issues adjusting to a collegiate lifestyle. "I did not know if I would be able to succeed without [an advisor's] assistance." Today, as she seeks a degree in liberal arts, Cimini reveals "having an advisor was like having a mother guiding you." For more information about the LaGuardia's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, go to lagcc.cuny.edu/asap. Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at jbanrey@queenstribune.com Rafael Tejada, an ASAP student at LaGuardia Commuor (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128. nity College.

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New York Institute of Technology 1855 Broadway New York, NY 10023 (212) 261-1500 nyit.edu The New York Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as NYIT, is one of the state's most well-known scientific research and technology schools. The private research university has seven campuses: Old Westbury; Manhattan; Canada; China; Bahrain; Jordan; and the United Arab Emirates. There are five different colleges of study within the institution. NYIT was founded in 1955 by American education and technology expert Alexander Schure. The university was founded with the goal of providing training to students who were interested in working in specific fields within technology. Since its inception, NYIT has had a strong focus on innovative technology and its role in developing society. NYIT was one of the first universities to combine technology with education in the classroom, pioneering the idea of communication interaction. While the institution as a whole focuses on technology, there are several tracks within the field that are catered at the university's seven locations. Some of the majors offered at NYIT include Accounting, Architecture, Business Administration, Communication Arts, Criminal Justice, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Graphic Design, Health Services, Hospitality Management, Interior Design, Nursing and Political Science. The university also offers programs in human resources management, information network security and computer graphics. For those interested in online

or graduate course work, the institution offers classes in adolescence education, clinical nutrition and energy management. Some of the main courses that are highlighted at NYIT are classes in electrical engineering, computer graphics and information/network security. NYTI facilities use state-of-the-art laboratories that allow students to get hands-on experience with technology and troubleshooting electrical/computer problems. The university is also seeing a rise in the humanities field with increased course availability in social work, childhood education and English. NYIT offers financial aid packages that are comparable to most other higher education institutions. The university is an eligible candidate for federal financial aid and participates in programs that allow student to take out loans with the government. Direct loans, Perkins loans and seasonal loans are available with NYIT. The institution also has various scholarship application programs. In fact, NYIT offers $32 million in scholarships for students with excelled academics and involvement. Plaza College 74-09 37th Ave. Jackson Heights, NY 11372 (718) 779-1430 plazacollege.edu Plaza College represents a unique example of the positive impact which a locally operated institution can have on the residents of Queens and New York City. Founded in 1916 as an independent institution based in Long Island City, Plaza College (formally known as Plaza Business Institute) moved to its Jackson Heights location in 1970 and has been continuing to build and develop a productive learning environment for

its students ever since. After being accredited by the New York State Board of Regents in 1982, the institution went from being a specialized two-year college to providing a variety of academic programming. In 2004, the College was given the authority to confer a new associate degree in Medical Assisting, and in September 2005 the New York State Board of Regents authorized Plaza to confer the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Plaza College has a graduation rate of nearly three times the national average and a placement rate that has continuously exceeded 90 percent. With a talented, dedicated and committed faculty and staff, the College fosters an environment where each student is guided towards their highest level of success. Now known as the "College for Business and Medical Careers," Plaza promises to provide programs which will help students succeed in the most competitive marketplaces with an over 90 percent job placement rate. With classes offered in the morning, afternoon, nights and weekends, potential students with flexible schedules can be accommodated into Plaza's nine academically specialized programs. Offering a bachelors degree in Business Administration Management, Plaza's upper division program can provide managerial skills, advanced computer technology skills as well as information for entrepreneurship all while developing a student's knowledge for career opportunities as an Advertising Executive, Restaurant Manager, Public Relations Specialist or Sales Representative. For nearly a century, Plaza College has had success in sending their students on to the next level. where graduates have go on to become Account Executives,

Recruiters, Personnel Analysts, Market Research Analysts and Public Relations Representatives. It is their proven track record which has made Plaza College become an academic beacon, for both residents of the borough as well as others throughout the city. Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11367 (718) 997-5000 qc.cuny.edu Since first opening its doors in 1937, Queens College has been dedicated to offering a first-rate education to talented people of all backgrounds and financial means. Today, with more than 20,000 students, it is one of the largest colleges in the City University of New York and enjoys an excellent reputation for its liberal arts, sciences and pre-professional programs. From graduate and undergraduate degrees to research and internship opportunities, you can realize your potential in countless ways at Queens College. You'll be assisted by an accessible, award-winning faculty dedicated to teaching and research. The faculty's work has received numerous fellowships, awards, and grants from such organizations as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Queens College has nationally recognized programs in many fields, such as those offered by the renowned Aaron Copland School of Music. Recently added degree programs include Chinese, Neuroscience, Business Administration, Graphic Design, and Risk Management. The college also prepares more educators than any college in the tri-state region, making it the ideal choice for aspiring teachers. (continued on pg 29)

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Honors programs are central to the Queens College tradition. The school participates in CUNY's Macaulay Honors College, which supports gifted students with full tuition, a free laptop, and other benefits. Additionally, qualified students are offered honors programs in the arts and humanities, sciences, and social sciences. A report by the Education Trust identified Queens College as one of only five U.S. schools that do a good job of serving low-income students. And once again the college was named one of the country's best institutions in The Princeton Review's The Best 376 Colleges, 2012 edition. In a nod to its extraordinarily diverse learning environment, the school was ranked 11th in the United States for "Lots of Race/Class Interaction." Located only minutes from both midtown Manhattan and the Long Island suburbs, Queens College is situated on 77 beautiful acres. You'll find a stimulating and welcoming environment on campus, with a bustling Student Union and opportunities to participate in dozens of clubs and teams, including Division II sports. QC is also home to the Kupferberg Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, with more than a half dozen arts and entertainment venues. The beautiful new residence hall, The Summit, is attracting students from the greater metro area and beyond who recognize that they can reap the benefits of a residential experience and a first-rate education at a very affordable price. Tuition at Queens College is $2.525

for a full time undergraduate student who lives in New York State per semester, or $215 per credit, and $320 per credit for a non-degree student. Graduate students pay $4,105 per semester for full time in-state resident, or $345 per credit. For those who qualify, there are a long list of financial aid options available from QC's financial aid office. For more information, contact the financial aid office at (718)-997-5100

Queensborough Community College 222-05 56th Ave. Oakland Gardens, NY 11364 (718) 631-6262 qcc.cuny.edu Located on the site of the former the Oakland Country Club in northeast Queens, Queensborough Community College continues to be an active academic institution within the borough. Founded in 1958, the Bayside based institution spent a short time as part of the State University of New York system before transferring to the City University of New York in 1965. Since then QCC has maintained a relationship with other colleges within the City system allowing students the ability to transfer after meeting specific requirements and achieving 30 credits. QCC's has developed a primary focus of preparing students to attend senior colleges within the CUNY system. Offering associate's degree transfer programs and career programs, the college has become an attractive option for students looking to gain the academic knowledge and skills needed before transferring to four-year institutions of higher learning.

"Our enrollment, including degree and non-degree students, is well over 15,000a three percent increase from last year at this time," said Dr. Diana B. Call, interim president of QCC, in a message to students and faculty. QCC is known for its highly-credentialed faculty. A unique and faculty-driven initiative is the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), was launched to give faculty a shared opportunity to enhance methods of community college teaching. QCC offers associates degrees in Arts, Science and Applied Science, as well as Professional Certificates across over 15 academic departments. Queensborough Community College also offers a comprehensive Nurse Training program, a 2-1/2-year course of study, after which students receive an Associate's Degree in applied sciences. The Nursing Training program at QCC can also act as a jumping off point, as the school is associated through CUNY with a number of other institutions that offer Bachelor's Degrees in Nursing and Medical Technology fields. QCC's recently launched Dual/Joint program in Nursing with Hunter College giving students access to a wealth of resources such as faculty, advisors, and counselors between both institutions. After receiving their Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in Nursing and having already completed the first six required credits, students will then continue their studies at Hunter. "The first of its kind in CUNY that will enable Queensborough's qualified Nursing stu-

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Touro College 27-33 West 23rd St. New York, NY 10010 (212) 463-0400 touro.edu Touro College is a Jewish-sponsored independent institution of higher and professional education, and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education that opened in 1970. The College was established by Dr. Bernard Lander mainly to "enrich the Jewish heritage and to support Jewish continuity, as well as to serve the general community in keeping with the historic Jewish commitment to the transmission of knowledge, social justice, and compassionate concern for, and service to, society." Touro has locations in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island. Some buildings are for specific disciplines such as the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Manhattan. They also have separate men and women dormitories and two separate Lander colleges. They offer numerous healthcare programs such as Physician Assistant, Physi-

cal Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and a graduate program in Speech and Language Pathology, which are all accredited by different national organizations. Touro also offers a number of graduate programs including Business, Education and Psychology, Jewish Studies, Social Work, Technology, Law, Health Sciences, Pharmacy and many others. The private school also offers online programs. Tuition is $575 per credit and there are a number of fees for matriculation ($200), application ($50), administrative ($250per semester), maintenance of status ($50 per semester) and a graduation fee of $375. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology 86-01 23rd Ave. East Elmhurst, NY 11369 (866) 682-8446 vaughn.edu From the sidewalk in front of Vaughn College along Ditmars Boulevard, you can look across the Grand Central Parkway and see LaGuardia Airport's busy Runway 4/22 in full view. Depending on the flight pattern, anyone can watch jet airliners land or takeoff from one of the country's busiest airports. It is a fitting place for the city's premier institution of higher education that focuses on aerospace technology and aviation. Founded in New Jersey, Vaughn College came to Queens in 1940, shortly after the opening of LaGuardia Airport. The cornerstone was laid by thenMayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. Vaughn offers Master, Bachelor and Associate degree programs in engineer-

ing, technology, management and aviation as well as certificate programs in air traffic control, aircraft maintenance and aircraft dispatch. Among the degree options at Vaughn is a Master's in Science in Airport Management, Bachelor's and Associate's degrees in Airport and Airline Management, as well as maintenance and engineering. Students who are learning to fly can train inside Vaughn's flight simulators. Courses offered at Vaughn include Aviation Law, Airport Operations, International Trade and Finance, Aviation Weather and a series of Air Traffic Control classes focusing on technology used by controllers and managing air and ground traffic. Besides the spring and fall semesters, Vaughn College also has two summer sessions and many classes are held in the evening to work around students' schedules, as many work full time. Besides academics, Vaughn College also has a vibrant athletics program with basketball, soccer, tennis, track and even cricket. Vaughn College offers financial aid to its students who qualify, including grants and scholarships and loans to qualifying students. Campus employment opportunities can also help pay the cost of tuition and/or room and board in the college's residence hall. For more information on financial aid options, email financialaid@vaughn.edu. York College 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11451 (718) 262-2000 york.cuny.edu CUNY York College was established

in 1967 at the Oakland Jewish Center in Bayside, which was a rented space. A few years later, in 1971 the college moved to a number of purchased and rented buildings in Jamaica after three years of using the Queensborough Community College's campus, which is where the College is still located. In the mid-70s the fate of York was uncertain due to the fiscal crisis at the time, but was saved by the Board of Higher Education. In 1980, the Core Academic Building, which is York's main building, was constructed followed by the Performing Arts Center Health and Physical Education building and athletic fields in later years. York offers over 40 majors in different fields. Some of these majors are Nursing, Social Work, Marketing, Mathematics, Clinical Laboratory Science/ Medical Technology, Journalism, Speech Communication and Aviation management. York is the only CUNY College to offer an Aviation Management Major. The CUNY Aviation Institute is housed at York, and partners with the Airlines and teaches students aviation management as well as flight familiarization. Tuition for full time students taking 12 credits or more is $2,565 per semester and graduate resident student's tuition is $4,105 per semester. Part-time, non-degree resident, non-resident, graduate-resident and non-graduate resident students pay different prices based on number of credits taken. Senior citizens pay $65 per semester plus a $15 consolidated service fee.

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Send typed announcements for your club or organization’s events at least TWO weeks in advance to “Queens Today” Editor, Queens Tribune, 150-50 14 Road, Whitestone NY 11357. Send faxes to 357-9417, c/o Regina. IF YOUR ORGANIZATION MEETS ON A REGULAR BASIS, SEND ALL DATES FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

RELIGIOUS ALL SAINTS S u n d a y, O c t o b e r 3 0 a t Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills at 4:30.

MISCELLANEOUS PICK PUMPKINS Through Oc tober 30 pick your pumpkins at the Queens Count y Farm Museum pumpkin patch, 73-50 L i t t l e N e c k Pa r k way. Fre e admission to patch. MINI GOLF Through December 31 Rocket Park Mini-Golf 10-6 weekends, 2-5 Fridays at the Hall of Science. $6 adults, $5 children plus general NYSCI admission. ANNUAL TOTTEN TROT Sunday, Oc tober 30 annual 5K foot race. 352-1548.

ALUMNI THOMAS JEFFERSON Sunday, January 15 class of 1961 will meet in Florida. Tjhs1961@aol.com

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FLEA MARKETS THRIFT SHOP Tuesday, November 1 9-2 at the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, 71-25 Main Street. FLEA MARKET Thursday, November 3 flea market and friend membership drive fundraiser at the Windsor Park library starting at 11. HARVEST FAIR Saturday, November 5 United Methodist Church of Floral Park, 35 Verbena Avenue 9:30-3:00. GOLDEN BAZAAR Saturday, November 12 at Church in the Gardens 114. 50 Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills. CRAFT FAIR Sunday, November 20 American Legion Post 104 in Glendale. 821-9726. THRIFT SHOPS Saturdays 11-4 at Bargain Boutique Thrift Shop, Queens Baptist Church, 93th 23 217 Street, Queens Village.465-2504.

TEENS BOY SCOUT TROOP 1 Men 12-17 who are interested in fun, friendship and adventure are invited to join Boy Scout Troop 1 Flushing/ Bayside every Friday 8-10 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 36-01 Bell Blvd. HOMEWORK HELP Saturday, Oc tober 29 tutors at the Bayside library at 10. CHESS CLUB Every Saturday at the Flushing library at 2. TEEN HOMEWORK HELP Monday, Oc tober 31 at the Bayside library at 3:30. DAY OF THE DEAD Monday, Oc tober 31 celebrate the Day of the Dead at 6 at the Jackson Heights library. KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at the Douglaston/ Little Neck library at 4. TEEN CHESS Monday, Oc tober 31 at 6 at the Bayside library. LAPTOP USE Weekdays at 3 at the Laurelton library. HOMEWORK HELP Weekdays at the LIC library at 3. CAREER & COLLEGE Tuesdays career and college exploration from 3-5 at the Central library. LIC CHESS CLUB Tuesdays at the LIC library at 4. BOOK CLUB Tuesday, November 1 Kings and Queens Book Club at the LIC library at 4. BOOK BUDDIES Tuesdays at the Windsor Park library at 4. TUESDAY CHESS Tuesday, November 1 at the Rosedale library at 4:30. TALENTED TEENS Wednesday and Thursday, November 2, 3 at the Far Rockaway library at 3:30. GAME DAY Every Wednesday at the Howard Beach library at 4. CHESS Wednesdays at 3:30 at the Queens Village library. KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays at the South Ozone Park library at 1. KNITTING CLUB Wednesdays at the Bayside library. Register. TEEN REC ROOM Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 at the Steinway library at 4. POETRY Thursday, November 3 at the Jackson Heights library at 6. CAREER & COLLEGE Thursdays career and college exploration from 3-5 at the Central library. TEEN THURSDAYS Every Thursday at the Bay Terrace library at 3. CHESS CLUB Every Thursday 4-5:30 at the Douglaston/Little Neck library. GIRL/BOY SCOUTS Friday, November 4 at the Laurelton library. Register. CHESS CLUB Fridays at the Auburndale library at 3:30. BOOK BUDDIES Friday, November 4 at the Bayside library at 4.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION Friday, November 4 at the Laurelton library at 4. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS Friday, November 4 healthy adolescent relationships at 4 at the Pomonok library. GAME TIME Friday, November 4 at the Windsor Park library at 4. CHESS TUTORIAL Fridays at the Woodside library at 4. GAME DAY Fridays at the Woodhaven library at 4:30. GAME PLAYERS CLUB Every Friday at 4 at the Hillcrest library. JOB SEARCH Saturdays, November 5, November 19, December 3, 17 job search boot camp at the Central library at 10:30. ACTING WORKSHOP Saturday, November 5 at the Flushing library at 12:30. CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing library at 2.

SENIORS COMPUTER CLASSES Introduction to Computer, Internet 101 and Open Computer Lab at SNAP in Queens Village. 454-2100 to register. FREE LUNCH Saturdays, October 29, November 26, December 17 at Church of the Resurrection in Kew Gardens. 847-2649 reservations. AARP 3654 Tuesday, November 1 AARP chapter 2654 meets in Bayside. 423-4237. BASIC COMPUTERS Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22 computer classes for older adults at the Baisley Park library. Register. STARS Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 23 Senior Theater Acting Repertory at the Hollis library at 10:30. STAY WELL Wednesdays at 10:15 at the East Elmhurst library for exercise and other health related programs. STARS Fridays, November 4, 18, 25 Senior Theater Acting Repertory at the Queens Village library at 10:30. 776-0529. DEFENSIVE DRIVING Friday, November 4 defensive driving for adults 50 and over at the Laurelton library. 528-2822. DANCE LESSONS Fridays, November 4, December 2 free dance lessons at the Pomonok Center. 5913377. AARP 4158 Tuesdays, November 8, December 13 North Flushing chapter 4158 meets at noon at the Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 th Avenue, Flushing. New members and visitors welcome. AARP 3698 Wednesdays, November 9, December 14 AARP Chapter 3698 meet at Zion Episcopal Church, 243-01 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Meeting at 1, program at 2.

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Queens Today YOUTH QUEENS LIBRARIES Many branches of the Queensborough Library offer toddler and pre-school programs. Contact your local branch for dates. SCIENCE PLAYGROUND Weekends through December 31 10-6 and 2-5 Fridays at the Hall of Science. $4 plus general NYSCI admission. STORY BOOK LADY Saturdays 12:30-1:30 reading enrichment program for 6-9 year olds at Maria Rose International Doll Museum, 187-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans. $7.50. 276-3454. MATH HELP Saturdays at the Flushing library at 10. HOMEWORK HELP Saturdays 10-noon teen tutors available at the Bayside library. CHESS CLUB Every Saturday at the Flushing library at 2. S TORY TIMES Saturdays at 11 and Tuesdays at 10:30 weekly story times at Barnes & Noble, 1766 0 Un i o n Tu r n p i ke , F re s h Meadows. HALLOWEEN FEST S a t u r d a y, O c to b e r 2 9 a t Maple Grove Cemetery 26:30. 83-15 Kew Gardens Road. $5 donation. HALLOWEEN STORY TIME Saturday, Oc tober 29 at 11 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows. HALLOWEEN FEST S u n d ay, O c to b e r 3 0 th e 109 t h Precinct Communit y Council will host a Halloween Festival for kids from 114 at Bowne Park. DAY OF THE DEAD Monday, Oc tober 31 celebrate Day of the Dead at the Jackson Heights library at 6. KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 at the Douglaston/Little Neck lib ra r y. B r i n g n e e d l e s a n d yarn. OPEN HOUSE Monday, Oc tober 31 the 109 t h Precinct Communit y Council will hold an Open House 3-6. HOMEWORK HELP Mondays 3:30-5:00 teen tutors available at the Bayside library. TEEN HOMEWORK HELP Monday, Oc tober 31 at the Bayside library at 3:30 and the LIC library at 3. CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22 at the Glen Oaks library at 11. BOOST HS FAIR Tuesday, November 1 at the Central library at 4. CHILDREN’S ORCHESTRA Tuesday, November 1 at the Langston Hughes library at 4. CHESS CLUB Tuesdays at the LIC library at 4. READ TO A DOG Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15 at the North Hills library. Register. BOOK BUDDIES Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22 at 5 at the Windsor Park library.

BOOST MATH Tuesdays, November 1, 15 at the Central library at 4:30. TUESDAY CHESS Tuesdays at the Rosedale library at 4:30. STORY TIME Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 23 at the Arverne library at 10. READ TO ME Wednesdays, November 2, 16, 23 at the Bay Terrace library at 10:30. HAPPY HAPPY STORY TIME Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 23 t the LIC library at 10:30. CHESS Wednesdays at the Queens Village library at 3:30. KNITTING Every Wednesdays at the Bayside library at 4. KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays at the South Ozone Park library at 1. TOPS TRUMP CARD Every Wednesday tournament at the LIC library at 4. KINDERGARTEN STORY Wednesdays, November 2, 9 at the Bellerose library. Register. NUTRITION Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 23 at the Cambria Heights library. Register. GAME DAY Wednesdays at the Poppenhusen library at 4. MY THS & MONSTERS Wednesday, November 2 at the Queensboro Hill library at 4. BOOST HEALTH Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 23 at the McGoldrick library at 5. REMAKE IT Thursday, November 3 ecofriendly crafts at the Cambria Heights library. Register. RECYCLE Thursdays, November 3, 10 at the Astoria library. Register. BOOST READING Thursdays, November 3, 10, 17 at the McGoldrick library at 5. CRAFT TIME Every Thursday at 3:30 at the Ozone Park library. BOY SCOUTS Thursdays Boy Scout Troop 138 meets at 7:30 in the basement at 192-15C 64 th Circle, Fresh Meadows. For those 11 and older. 4542391. REMAKE IT Friday, November 4 ecofriendly crafts at the Astoria library. Register. ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays at 2 at the Queens Village library. ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays at the LIC library at 2. GAME DAY Fridays at the Queens Village library at 2. TALENT SHOW Friday, November 45 at the Astoria library at 4. FLASH FRIDAYS Every Friday at 3 at the Ozone Park library. GAME PLAYERS Every Friday at the Hillcrest library at 4. BOOK BUDDIES Friday, November 4 at the Bayside library at 4.

CHESS CLUB Fridays at the Auburndale library at 3:30. CHILDREN’S ORCHESTRA Friday, November 4 at the Langston Hughes library at 4. MATCH CLUB Fridays, November 4, 25 at the McGoldrick library at 4. GAME DAY Fridays at the Rochdale Village library at 4. GAME TIME Fridays at the Windsor Park library at 4. CHESS TUTORIAL Fridays at 4 at the Woodside library. BOOST GAME DAY Fridays at the Central library at 4:30 and at 5 t the McGoldrick library. CUB SCOUTS 351 Fridays at St. Nicholas of Tolentine school cafeteria, Parsons Blvd. and Union Turnpike. Boys in grades 15. 820-0015. SCIENCE LAB Saturdays at the Central library at 11. FAMILY STORY TIME Saturdays, November 5, 19 at the Flushing library at 11. ANCIENT GREEKS Saturday, November 5 at the Flushing library at 2. CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing library at 2.

TALKS STEINWAY BOOK M o n d a y, Oc tober 31 “Snow” will be discussed at 6:30 at the Steinway library. INVESTOR ED Thursday, November 3 St. John’s Universit y Securities Arbitration Clinic presents Investor Education Seminar at the Hollis library at 6:30. GET ORGANIZED Thursday, November 3 learn how to handle those piles of paper at 6:30 at the Poppenhusen library. FLUSHING BOOK Friday, November 4 “The Help.” Friday, December 2 “The Stranger.” Flushing Book Discussion Groups at 1 at the Flushing library.

THEATER TWO PIECES OF… Through December 11 “ With Over Two Pieces of Luggage” will be presented at the Greek Cultural Center in Astoria. 726-7329. HARD WALL N ove m b e r 3 - 1 9 “A H a rd Wall at High Speed” will be presented at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. 866-811-4111. TWELFTH NIGHT Saturdays and Sundays, November 5, 6, 12, 13 St. Luke’s FH. 268-7772. HAIRSPRAY Saturdays and Sundays, November 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 at the Free Synagogue of Flushing. 229-8547. CILL CAIS PLAYERS November 6 at 4 at the NY Irish Center in LIC. One-act comedies. 347-0879.

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Queens Today MEETINGS ITALIANS UNDER 49 Are you interested in starting an Italian Cultural Social Organization for those 49 and under? Call 426-1240. MEN’S CLUB SOCCER Tuesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 2637000. FRESH MEADOW CAMERA Tuesdays the Fresh Meadows Camera Club meets. 917-612-3463. ADVANCED WRITERS Tuesdays Advanced Bayside Writers’ Group meets at 6:30 in the Terrace Diner, 212-97 26 th Avenue, upper level. Get feedback on your writing and develop your skills. HAM RADIO CLUB Tuesdays, November 1, December 6 Emergency Communications Service meets in Briarwood. 357-6851. TALK OF THE TOWN Tuesdays, November 1, 15, December 6, 20 learn the art of public speaking in St. Albans at 7:15. 640-7092. TOASTMASTERS Wednesdays, November 2, 16, December 7, 21 learn the art of public speaking at the Voices of Rochdale Toastmasters Club in Jamaica. 9780732. FLUSHING CAMERA Wednesdays, November 2, 16, 30, December 7, 21 Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:15 at Flushing Hospital. 479-0643. KNIGHTS OF PY THIAS Wednesdays, November 2, 16, December 7, 21 Queensview Lodge 433 meets in Whitestone. 917754-3093. BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT Wednesdays, November 2, December 7 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 175-20 174th Street, Fresh Meadows at 7:30. WOMANSPACE Wednesdays Womanspace, a discussion group devoted to issues concerning women, meets 1-3 at the Great Neck Senior Center, 80 Grace Avenue. New members welcome. MEN’S GROUP Thursdays, November 3, 17, December 1 Queens Pride House Men’s Group from 79 for gay, bi, trans men. WOMEN’S GROUP Fridays the Woman’s Group of Jamaica Estates meets at noon. Call 461-3193 for information. TELEPHONE PION. Tuesdays, November 8, December 13 Telephone Pioneers of America meet in College Point. 463-4535. LIONS CLUB Tuesdays, November 8, December 13 Ravenswood Lion Club meets at 6:30 at Ricardo’s by the Bridge, 2101 21 st Avenue, Astoria. COMM. BD. 9 Tuesday, November 8 at the Royal Indian Palace. Tuesday, December 14 at the Trump Pavilion in Richmond Hill. 286-2686. DEMOCRATIC CLUB Thursday, November 10 Jefferson Democratic Club meets at the Clearview Gold Course Clubhouse at 7:30.

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AMAZING MAZE Through Oc tober 30 the Amazing Maize Maze 114:30 at the Queens Count y Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway. $9, $5 children. 347-3276. SOUNDS OF COLOMBIA Through Oc tober 30 at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside. 729-3880. MOVING IMAGE Through January 16 Jim Henson Screenings and Programs. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 th Avenue, Astoria. 777-6800. $15. HAUNTED LANTERN TOUR Friday and Saturday, October 28, 29 at For t Totten. Mix history with Halloween on a lantern tour of the historic Wa ter Batt e r y a t F o r t To t t e n . 3 5 2 4793. HAUNTED HOUSE Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Oc tober 29-31 Halloween Haunted House at the Queens Count y Farm Museum 4-7. $4. 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park. COSTUME PART Y Saturday, Oc tober 29 Ann u a l H a l l ow e e n p a r t y a t Flushing Town Hall. Adults. 463-7700. FALL FESTIVAL Saturday, Oc tober 29 Fall Festival with rides, games, pumpkin patch, entertainment, karaoke and more. 15 at PS 20 playground, Union Street and Barclay Avenue. HALLOWEEN TOUR Saturday, Oc tober 29 Halloween Walking Tour along the LIC waterfront with the Greater Astoria Historic Societ y. 278-0700. CHINESE DRAMA Saturday, Oc tober 29 the Journey of Chinese Drama: History and Masterpieces at the Flushing library at 2. HARVEST FEST Saturday, Oc tober 29 harvest fest and Octoberfest at Church on the Hill, 167-07 3 5 th A v e n u e , F l u s h i n g . Food, crafts, bake, gifts, more. LIVE JAZZ Sundays through December 18 at 180-25 Linden Blvd., St. Albans from 5-9. $5 donation. 347-262-1169. KIDS FALL FEST S u n d a y, O c to b e r 30 Children’s Fall Festival at the Queens Count y Farm Museum 11-4. $4. 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck. OPEN HOUSE Monday, Oc tober 31 109 th Police Precinct Annual Halloween Open House 3-6 at the precinct, 37-05 Union Street, Flushing. EL DIA DE LOST MUERTOS Monday, Oc tober 31 celebrate the Day of the Dead at 6 at the Jackson Heights library. TANGO FESTIVAL Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15 workshops as part of the Quintet of the Americas’ Tango Festival at the Salvation Army Temple, 86-07 35 th Avenue, Jackson Heights at 11. BINGO Tuesdays at 7:15 at American Mart yrs Church, church

basement, 216-01 Union Tu r n p i k e , B a y s i d e . 4 6 4 4 5 8 2 . Tu e s d ay s at 7:15 (doors open 6) at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. 459-1000.$3 admission includes 12 games. SCRABBLE Tuesdays at the Fresh Meadows library at 1. CHESS Tu e s d ay s a t 4 : 3 0 a t t h e Rosedale library. POETRY Thursday, November 3 evening of poetry at the Jackson Heights library at 6. INDIAN FESTIVAL Thursday, November 3 musical celebration of the Indian Festival of Lights at the Richmond Hill library at 6:30. SUPERMARKET SWEEPS Friday, November 4 t Sacred Heart School in Glendale. $8. 749-6075. LIVE JAZZ Fridays through December 13 at 180-25 Linden Blvd.., St. Albans. 347-262-1169 ticket information. GAME DAY Fridays at 4:30 at the Woodhaven library. BANANAGRAM/SCRABBLE Fridays at the Windsor Park library at 2. GAME PLAYERS CLUB Fridays at 2 at the Hillcrest library. CHINESE DRAMA Saturday, November 5 Journey of Chinese Drama: History and Masterpieces at the Flushing library at 2. ANCIENT GREEKS Saturday, November 5 Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives at 2 at the Flushing library. MUSIC 30-70S Saturday, November 5 Great Music from the 30s to 70s at the Peninsula library at 2. PUPPETS ALIVE Saturday and Sunday, November 5, 6 Puppets Alive at Flushing Town Hall. 4637700, ext. 222. PRINCESS & PEA Saturday and Sunday, November 5, 6 at Flushing Town Hall. 463-7700, ext. 222. HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY Saturday, November 5 108:30 and Sunday, November 6 12-3:30 at Church of the Resurrection in Kew Gardens. Baked goods, antiques, gifts, jewelry, Chinese Auction and more. 8472649. CONCERT Sunday, November 6 virtuosi concert at St. Joan of Arc in Jackson Heights. $10. 229-2333. BENEFIT CONCERT Sunday, November 6 Gay Willis and the Angel Voices and Bells of St. Aidan’s Church at Kellenberg Memorial HS in Uniondale at 4. 464-1800. MAGANINE WINERY Sunday, November 6 trip with Bella Italia Mia. 4574816. SUNDAY CONCERT Sunday, November 6 at 3 at the Central l i b r a r y. Caracumbe is a NY-based Afro-Peruvian ensemble.

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, October 29, November 5, 19, December 3, 17 Learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital. 646-436-7940. SCRABBLE CLUB Saturdays at 10 at Count Basie Jr. HS, 132 nd Street and Guy R. Brewer Blvd. 8865236. PET OWNERS Saturdays (not on holiday weekends) from 1-4 free Doggie Boot Camp at Crocheron Park in Bayside (weather permitting). 4545800. Reservations required. Donations accepted. JOB SEARCH Monday, Oc tober 31 need help with your job search? 4 at the Arverne library. JOB INFO SERVICE Monday, Oc tober 31 at 4 at the Middle Village library. FINANCIAL EMPOWER. Monday, Oc tober 31 Financial Empowerment at the LIC library at 2. SKYPE Monday, Oc tober 31 Skype Chat at the Queens Village library at 2. BRIDGE CLUB Mondays except holidays 12-4 at Pride of Judea in Douglaston. Lesson & play $10. Partners arranged. 4236200. KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at the Douglaston/ Little Neck library at 4. Register. DRAWING CLASS Mondays at the National Art League in Douglaston. 3610628. LINE DANCE Mondays beginner to intermediate lessons 6-9 in Bayside. 917-886-0519. KNITTING CIRCLE Mondays at Alley Pond Environmental Center. Register 229-4000. ADULT CHESS Mondays and Thursdays at the Queens Village library at 5:30. COMPUTER BOOT CAMP Monday, Oc tober 31 at the Far Rockaway at 10:30. INTRO INTERNET Tuesdays, November 1, 15 at the McGoldrick librar y. Register. BASIC COMPUTER Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22 at the Rosedale library at 10:30. INTRO COMPUTERS Tuesdays at the Central library at 6. OWN BUSINESS Tuesdays Owing Your Own Business: The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Started at 6:30 at the Central library. Register. BASIC COMPUTER Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22 at the Arverne library at 10:30. PRACTICE LAB TIME Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22 computer practice lab time at the Far Rockaway library at 4. LI CHESS CLUB Tuesdays at the LIC library at 4. SCRABBLE CLUB Tuesdays at the East Flushing library at 3:30. KNIT & CROCHET Tuesdays at the Windsor

Park library at 2. INTRO COMPUTERS Wednesdays at 10 at the Central library. Register. TANGO CLASS Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, December 7, 14, 21, 28 at Buenos Aires Tango in Forest Hills. 347642-4705. BASIC OMPUTER Wednesday, November 2 at the Woodside library at 10:30. KNIT & CROCHET Wednesday, November 2 at the South Ozone Park at 1. KNITTING CLUB Wednesdays at the Bayside library. Register. COMPUTER BASICS Thursdays at the Glen Oaks library. Register. DUPLICATE BRIDGE Wednesdays 10:30-3:00 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills. $12 session, includes light lunch. 261-2900 INDOOR SOCCER – DADS Wednesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 263-7000. OIL PAINTING CLASS Wednesdays 6-8 adult classes, all levels. Grace Lutheran Church in Forest Hills. 472-4055. WATERCOLOR CL ASS Wednesdays at 9:30 at NAL. Traditional and contemporary, all levels. 969-1128. PAMPER SKIN Thursday, November 3 pampering your skin at the LIC library. Register. JOB RESUME Thursday, November 3 crafting your best federal job resume at the Central library at 4. GROWING CROPS Thursday, November 3 growing edible crops year round at the Sunnyside library at 6. BEGIN CROCHET Thursday, November 3 at the South Hollis library at 6:30. COMPUTER TUTORIAL Thursdays, November 3, 10, 17 at the Woodside library at 6:30. QUILTING CLASS Thursdays 10-2 at the Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans. 276-3454 or 917817-8653 to register. QUILTERS Thursdays at the East Elmhurst library at 12:30. CHESS CLUB Thursdays at the East Flushing library. Register. COMPUTER CLASS Every Thursday at the Queensboro Hill library. Register. KNIT & CROCHET Thursdays at the Fresh Meadows library at 6. BEGIN COMPUTERS Fridays at the Poppenhusen library at 11. BEGIN COMPUTERS Fridays at the Middle Village library. Register. COMPUTER LAB Fridays computer practice lab time at the Arverne library at noon. KNITTING CLUB Fridays at the Maspeth library at 10. CHESS TUTORIAL Fridays at 4 at the Woodside

library. KNIT & CROCHET Fridays at the Fresh Meadows library at 10:30. COMPUTER COURSE Every Friday at the Ozone Park library. Register. JOB SEARCH Saturdays, November 5, 19, December 3, 17 Job Search Boot Camp at 10:30 at the Central library. ACTING WORKSHOP Saturday, November 5 the Aquila Theatre Company presents an acting workshop at 12:30 at the Flushing library. PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP Saturdays, November 5, 12, 19, 26 Becoming a US Citizen and Building Your Civic Knowledge at the Jackson Heights library at 2:30. BALMS Saturday, November 5 at 3 at the Steinway library. November 12 at 3 at the Sunnyside library. November 14 at the Woodside library at 4:30. November 17 at 6 at the Astoria library. November 19 at 3 at the Broadway library. Balms for the Body: Making Natural Body Care Products. Register.

DANCE SQUARE DANCE Saturday, November 5 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000 for ticket information.

HEALTH STRESS LESS M o n d a y, Oc tober 31 Achieve more and stress less through the power of meditation at the Flushing library at 6. INTRO CHAIR YOGA Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15 a t t h e M c G o l d r i c k l i brary. Register. SPECIAL NEEDS Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 Insight into Dealing with Special Needs at 11:30 at the Richmond Hill library. TAI CHI Thursday, November 3 basic principles and steps of t’ai chi at 10 at the Forest Hills library. INTRO CHAIR YOGA Thursdays, November 3, 10, 17 at the Briarwood library. Register. HEALTHY LIVING Thursday, November 3 Healthy Living and the Built Environment at the Steinway library at 6. ZUMBA Thursday, November 3 at 6:15 at the St. Albans library. Register. FREE YOGA CLASS Thursday, November 3 at the Queensboro Hill library at 6:30. HEALTH DAY Friday, November 4 Communit y Health Day at 10 at the Central library. INTRO CHAIR YOGA Saturdays, November 5, 12, 19 at the Lef ferts librar y. Register.

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Boro Director Makes Room For Family By MONICA GANESH One of Gw yneth Reitz’s fir st per formances after graduating from the University of California in 1996 was playing the Wicked Witch in a production of “The Wizard of Oz.” On opening night, she tripped on uneven steps in front of a sold out audience, fell into a bucket of water that was supposed to melt her in a later scene, and then rolled into the prop house. She stood up, a wet mess with a shoe in hand, and took a bow. She received applause from the audience before completing the play. The Jackson Heights resident, whose hobbies include traveling, bike riding and watching action movies, is currently a director, actor and teach ing ar t ist. Her most

recent project is directing “The Family Room,” an off-Broadway play writ ten by Emmy Award nominee Aron Eli Coleite of NBC’S “Heroe s.” “The Family Room” just finished a r un at the ARC Light T heater. The play premiered in Los Angeles in 2004 and received great reviews. Reitz was born in Sri Lanka and lived there for two years with her parents, an international human rights lawyer and a classroom teacher, unt il they moved to California. Growing up, she found herself captivated by theater, wh ich pointed her to take classes in junior high school and eventually led her to majoring in theater art s. Reitz moved to New York Cit y in 2001 a week before t he Sept. 11 at tack. In 2006

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Artists Make A Splash In Rockaway Exhibit InkSplash, a statewide exhibition of New York print artists, w ill be on view through Sunday, Nov. 6, in Studio 6 gal ler y in For t Tilden in the Rockaways. The Rockaway Art ists Al liance w ill sponsor the exhibition. Admission is free. According to curator and ar t ist Christian Legars, “InkSplash presents the tradit ion of printmaking in a changing time.” InkSplash brings together a vibrant variety of ar tists working in style s, materials and techniques – some centuries old, some born of the 21st century. The result is a show that brings to life the art of producing an image through etching, carving, engraving and print. Dedicated to creativity and infused with the energy of the visual, literary a nd performing arts, the Rockaway Art ist s Alliance

extends an invitation to come and be immersed in the ar ts. Whether discovering this vibrant ar tists group for the first time or coming back to be intrigued by a changing array of exhibitions, the door is open to a unique encounter. Galler y hours are Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. and by appointment. Gallery admission and parking are free. For further information call (718) 474-0861, email info@raa116.org or visit rockawayar tistsalliance.org. R AA works in par tnership with the National Park Service at Gateway National Recreat ion Area and is in part supported by the NYC Depar tment of Cultural Affairs. For more events, dates and times, visit rockawayartistsalliance.org or catch up with R A A on Facebook.

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vited me for a feast which would last nearly two hours. The Thai Calamari came with a kick. The circular sweet and tangy sautéed rings were wal loped with the perfect por tion of oyster-teriyaki sauce, and to my amazement there was no dipping necessary. Crumbling with a light crunch, the Jumbo Lump Crab Cake was stuffed with oversized cubes of In a short amount of time, Baby Ray’s crab meat, leaving bits of creamy crustahas begun to make a mark on College cean flavor crawling across my taste buds Point. In an effor t to fill a niche in a neigh- as I lost myself gazing into the open fire. Next the Cold Seafood Salad, a Copp borhood saturated by delicatessens and pizzerias, Baby Ray’s is definitely the begin- family special, laid out a color ful pattern of ning of a rebirt h in College Point’s culi- scungilli, calamari, scallops and octopus, with mixed peppers and red onions lightly nary scene. On Friday and Saturday evenings, Baby tossed in salt and vinegar, ser ved on a Ray’s already boasts the need for early res- cupped leaf of Boston let tuce. Its carefully ervations. This fact alone, in my book, gives calculated presentation made me not want rival area restaurants a run for their money, to disturb it, but I couldn’t resist and dove down under. in a race to become this year’s Accompanying the salad from local top spot for a fine fix of surf RESTAURANT the sea was the Clams Casino: and tur f. clams on the half shell are mixed Straight out the box, the Gerwith peppers and onions as well man-style décor of the familyas bits of bacon. Lightly baked friendly restaurant transports you before being served, the dish is directly to Europe. Instead of warmed straight through the censchnitzel and sausage though, ter. Baby Ray’s (named after owner With my belt beginning to Adam Copp’s 3-year-old son) stretch, I continued to go big, and gives guests a wealth of options ordered entrees in order to get a for those looking to either wet taste of Baby Ray’s Culinar y Intheir whistle or sufficiently stuff stitute of America’s skilled chef, who utitheir stomachs. On entr y, remnants of what were once lizes both his knowledge of the grill and a a part of the New York City’s German-beer- longstanding solid wooden walk-in box to hall capital, located in College Point in the age his beef on the premises. Aged no less than 21 days, the slowly 1940s, can be seen all around. From the bar’s artisanal handmade stained glass lights roasted Prime Rib roared with flavor on illuminating the private booths, to the hand- my plate after being cooked in its own painted flowers adorning the rafters, to the juices. As if that weren’t enough, a half rack large stone open-face fireplace warming the of Baby Back Ribs, glazed with the house’s entire dining room, the restaurant is seep- special BBQ sauce, screamed succulence sit ting next to me. ing w ith Teutonic tradition. Served with sides of Creamed Spinach Nestled into a space all by myself, cuddled up against the 63-year-old fire- and Garlic Mashed Potatoes, my guest stared place, I began to make my choices, setting me down, thinking I wouldn’t be able to off an evening which, by the looks of the handle the task. With a meal for a large man (or a small family) I indulged myself, menu, would not let me down. At first, the car te du jour’s regionally- get ting down and dir ty for an event that caught fresh fish and seafood as well as its may have required a change of wardrobe, in-house aged steaks distracted me from in a good way. Baby Ray’s has definitely brought the the titillating appetizers at the top. With s o m e s u b t l e s u g g e s t i o n s f r o m t h e neighborhoo d a game cha nger, which restaurant’s smooth-talkin’ manager, Nat, makes all the difference in an area suffocatI was able to settle on a long list of items to ing for something fun and fresh. When you head over, be sure to try a bit of ever ycalm the beast roaring in my belly. I didn’t know where to begin. With half thing, because this new family-owned inof the table lined with four of the house’s stitution promises not to disappoint. –Jason Banrey special starters, the succulent selections inBABY RAY’S 13-46 127th St., College Point (917) 563-5352 CUISINE: Steak and Seafood HOURS: Noon to 10 pm Tue-Thu; noon to 11 pm, Fr i & Sat CREDIT CARDS: All major PARKING: Valet on weekends

she moved to Jackson Heights, where she currently lives with her husband and 2-year-old daughter. “I really admire people who come to New York right after their undergraduate years. I wasn’t ready to face it. I wanted a buffer city,” Reitz said, explaining that she also found many opportunit ies in Seattle. “I love Jackson Heights, it feels ver y authentic,” Reitz said. “It’s a real hodgepodge.” She said she enjoys that every couple of blocks is like being in a different countr y. Reitz once considered children’s educat ional television as a career. Her love of children is what motivates her to teach workshops for young kids. As a freelancer, Reitz A scene from Gwyneth Reitz’s “The Family currently teaches at the Vital The- Room.” ater Company and Lincoln Center “It’s nice to reconnect with someone afTheater. She also teache s at Flushing High School for a Lincoln Center program titled ter so many years,” Reitz said of the reunion. Since “The Family Room” premiered in LED (Learning English and Drama), where she helps students new to the countr y and 2004, Coleite has made some changes that Reitz believes has improved the play. English language. “It’s different than a normal day job,” Reitz describes theater as a way to tell a story different from film. She will cont inue Reitz said about being a director and actor. to dabble between acting and directing be- “You have different kinds of conversations cause they “Use different par ts of a person.” ever y day. Suddenly you’re doing research She said she believes that acting has helped on a whole era.” In preparation for “The Family Room,” her as a director because she has been in the Reitz did research on the psychological probactor’s shoes. “I’m a lit tle schizophrenic because I like lems mentioned in the play. “It’s helpful to collect as much informadoing different kinds of things,” she said of her interest in pursuing acting, directing and tion as you can about the time period [and] what people wore,” she said. It is impor tant teaching. While working on “The Family Room,” to “do as much research as you can about which was a year in the making, Reitz fo- the world of the play.” Before the first rehearsal of each produccused on the play. She attended rehearsals from noon to 6 p.m. and spent the rest of tion, Reitz has the actors list 10 things they the time e-mailing co-workers a nd at tend- know about their character and 10 things they suspect about their character, because ing meetings. The “Family Room” is about David, a she believes the exercise is a great conversatroublesome teenager who is treated like a tion star ter and “it gives me a good idea of patient by his parents, who are both thera- if they’re headed in the wrong direct ion.” “The thing I enjoy most is being in the pist s. However, even his parents end up in therapy for their marital issues. The drama/ rehearsal room,” Reitz said, explaining that comedy follows David as he uses confiden- it is a mental and creative challenge. Reitz said she feels a sense of community tial information he gets from his father’s sessions with a girl from his school to star t a when working with her co-workers. “It’s both a beautiful and sad thing that at the end the romance with her. Reitz and Coleite did their undergradu- little community disperse s.” Reach Intern Monica Ganesh at ate work together, and collaborat ing for “The Family Room” is the first time they interns@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 124. have worked together professionally.

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Job Fair At The Mall

Hundreds turned out for a chance to flex their career muscles at the Queens Center Mall’s Job Fair, which featured HR professionals for dozens of local businesses and industries, resume coaching and tips for job seekers. Photos by Ira Cohen

MinKown Cultural Anniversary

Local elected officials joined the Korean communities of Queens at the MinKwon Cultural Center’s 27th Anniversary celebration. Photos by Ira Cohen

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Drug Savings Members of the borough’s Hindu population gathered with local officials at the headquarters of the Hindu Temple Society to celebreate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. Photos by Ira Cohen

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Queens Borough President Helen Marshall discussed the importance of flu shots and the benefits of the BigAppleRx discount prescription card at the Queens Center Mall job fair last week. BigAppleRx cards were distributed to job fair attendees and shoppers. Photos by Ira Cohen

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Lieutenant Dan Heffernan (l. to r.) and Officer Daniel Garcia of the 111th Precinct, President Paul Vallone, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, Miss New York Bianca Pappas, Captain Ronald Leyson and Community Affairs Officer William Conway of the 111th Precinct, Officer Anthony LaVerme, Officer Moondy Soo Hoo, Captain Tony Gazis, and Officer Wing Har of the 109th Precinct. On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the BaysideWhitestone Lions Club held their first annual Community Appreciation Awards Ceremony on behalf of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown and the 109th and 111th Police Precincts. President Paul Vallone, along with special guest, Miss New York Bianca Pappas, gave awards to Officers Moondy Soo Hoo, Troy Prescod, and Wing Har of the 109th Precinct and Officer Daniel Garcia of the 111th Precinct. Each officer was selected for their outstanding arrest records, community service, and military service to our country. Public Safety Chairman, Councilman Peter F. Vallone Jr., Councilman Dan Halloran and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein all thanked the honorees for their dedication and service to our country. The newly-formed Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club plans on making this an annual event and is looking forward to their upcoming scholarship dinner for local high school seniors exemplifying community service and excellence in academics. President Vallone stated, “We are very excited to honor those who keep us safe and acknowledged the partnership needed with the District Attorney in order to ensure arrests lead to convictions.” The crowd of over 100 guests and members were also treated to a breathtaking rendition of “God Bless America” by Samantha Vallone. The next Lions Meeting will be held on Nov. 2 at the law office of Vallone & Vallone,

60th Anniversar y: Council Member Mark S. Weprin (DOakland Gardens) addressed the students, parents, teachers, and alumni who gathered at Public School / Intermediate School 178Q, the Holliswood School, 189-10 Radnor Road, Queens, in recognition of the school’s 60th anniversary. Council Member Weprin is a proud alumnus of the school. In his remarks, he shared some fond memories of his alma mater, his teachers, and the classmates with whom he has maintained contact. Council Member Weprin also informed the assembly that United States Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) is among the school’s distinguished graduates. Pictured l. to r.: Principal Jennifer Ambert, Council Member Mark S. Weprin, Assistant Principal Jason Chin

located at 25-59 Francis Lewis Blvd. from 7 – 8 pm. Ask anyone around the heart of Bell Boulevard in Bayside and they’ll tell you the Second Annual, Art and Crafts Fair was a huge success and an all time great day in Bayside. But more than that, we just experienced a Bayside moment that for anyone who was there was truly a magnificent and very special, very unique event for Bayside. For a brief 25 minute span we had opera sung on the streets of Bayside at the fair and it was during these incredible operatic performances by Chen Min and Arthur Lai (who flawlessly executed the Nessun Dorma aria from Puccini’s Turandot) that everyone who was in attendance started turning around to look at the other people in the audience to see if any others were also witnessing what they were and experiencing the same wonderfully transcendent, magical moment while it was happening. For this brief 25 minute span you lost a sense of where you were and felt as though you might as well have been in the mezzanine of Carnegie Hall or 13th row center at Lincoln Center. In this beautifully cathartic moment we, the Baysiders in the audience, all started turning our heads and started looking at each other and connecting and registering

ourselves with each other as witnesses to this really extraordinary event. We were all visually talking to each other within our eye contact and feeling connected and even united because of this powerful display of voice and song from the performances that we were being treated to and that were taking place in the outdoor air on a bright and sunny day in Bayside. It was this, this moment, that was truly the most exciting, the most thrilling and the most heartwarming of the day. When asked about what I think the measure of success of the day was, I wouldn’t go first to the extraordinary turnout we had, nor to the expressed satisfaction of all our vendors that all made money, had a great day and left with smiles on their faces, nor to the dancing and cheering crowds that circled nine layers deep around “Chicken Head” our featured Rock and Roll band that had everybody moving and grooving all day long, nor to the smiling faces of all the kids, the babes in carriages and their parents who strolled like an endless parade of families along the chain of artists and entertainers and even dog acts that delighted all who came down. Nor even to the cash registers of Kevin Collins at KC.s or Chris McManus and Paul Sullivan at CJ Sullivan’s nor the other local businesses that had customers overflowing out onto the street all day, nor even to the tripled street activity and pedestrian traffic on Bell Boulevard that I’m so dedicated to bringing back. The true measure of success of the Second Annual Bayside Art and Crafts Festival was the way it brought all of us Baysiders much closer together and had us connecting with joyful cognoscente glances as a newly upgraded community on the rise. —Gregg Sullivan, Bayside BID The Community Church of Douglaston and the Douglaston Little Neck Historic society partnered to hold a communitywide open house complete with refreshments on Saturday, Oct. 15, to celebrate the renovation and restoration of the Parsonage, one of the oldest cottages in Douglaston. This is a free event and all are welcome to participate. The Parsonage is part of the church’s two-acre campus at 39-50 Douglaston Pkwy., and is mostly hidden from view from the street by shrubs at the end of a long gravel drive. The house had fallen into disrepair in recent times and the church has reclaimed this charming building for the new pastor, the Reverend Linden DeBie and his family. The oldest part of the cottage is a typical one and a half story vernacular style Long Island farmhouse dating to the 1850s, whose shape is still visible under some later, 20th century additions including a front porch and second story dormer. The house was originally two rooms downstairs (living room and dining room) with a fireplace, and two bedrooms above. It is likely that it had a one-story kitchen wing. The earliest structure is constructed using balloon framed stud walls, a revolution in building in the mid 19th century that radically increased the speed of construction by using studs that are continuous, from the first floor to the roof. Two substantial additions followed, one in the 1880s, and another in the early 20th century. The house is considered an important component of the Douglaston Historic District Extension, which was calendared by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2007, but has not yet been designated. The earliest part of the house shares a kinship with the other cottages north of Community Church on Douglaston

Parkway (between the Church and the Manor Apartments) that are extraordinary survivors from the mid-19th century and also part of the Historic District Extension. Irish immigrants who worked at the nearby Douglas and Parsons estates built these houses. It is believed that the cottage was eventually used as servant’s quarters for the adjacent Van Vliet estate, the extravagant turreted mansion that once occupied the PS 98 site. Clinton Van Vliet, who died in 1914, was the president of the Goodyear India Rubber Company. Community Church used the building as a Parsonage from the late teens when the church was founded until a much grander house in Douglas Manor was purchased in the 1940s. Queens Village cook Thea Pappalardo’s Rainbow Cookies have been awarded a blue ribbon at Just A Pinch Recipe Club, the new online social community created for and by cooks in hometown America at justapinch.com. Pappalardo’s Rainbow Cookies was named a blue ribbon winner by Just A Pinch Food Editor Janet Tharpe. To land the award, Pappalardo served up a full-flavored, festive dish that was both tasty and easy to prepare. “A good friend gave me this recipe and I make these every Christmas, shares Pappalardo. “Everyone loves them and says they are better than those from the bakery.” Pappalardo’s Rainbow Cookie recipe, along with thousands of others, can be viewed, printed and share at no charge through Just A Pinch. Pappalardo is one of several area residents participating in the club, known as “America’s Great Recipe Swap.” Members can post their own “family tested and approved” recipes, try recipes submitted by other club members, print hundreds of grocery coupons and enter recipe contests. They also have the opportunity to utilize a personal online recipe box to save recipes, compile grocery lists and plan meals. In addition, members can create and join discussion groups, to chat about recipes, share cooking tips and build relationships as if they are sitting around one big kitchen table. Last week, Assemblyman Mike Miller held an event at the Legacy Center in Glendale, Queens to honor the contributions of the local Latino community. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which stretches Sept. 15-Oct.15, the Assemblyman presented awards to 11 individuals for their contributions to the community. Among those being honored were Assemblyman Francisco Moya, members of the New York Police Department, local volunteers, pastors of various local churches, and Jorge Muñoz, recipient of the Presidents Citizen Medal and a finalist for CNN’s Heroes Award for his work in aiding the homeless. “It was truly an honor to present these awards to such fine individuals,” Miller said. “The contributions of the Latino community to the City of New York are too often ignored. This was just my way of offering what little thanks I could for the tremendous effort and sacrifice these individuals put into making our communities a better place to live.”

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION GOURMAND FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP County: QUEENS Cert. of Ltd. Partnership filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/08/2011 designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 84-61 Abingdon Rd., Kew Gardens, NY 11415 Latest Date of Dissolution: 12/31/2061 Purpose: all lawful business purposes ____________________________________________________________ N & K MIHALIOS REALTY, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/ 09/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Nick Mihalios, 27-05 and 27-07 Newtown Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ____________________________________________________________ US CLAIM FUNDING LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/ 15/11. 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 Zoya Aminova, 219-26 Peck Ave., Hollis Hills, NY 11427. General Purposes. ___________________________________________________________ Dunner Capital LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/3/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 141-19 73 Ave, Flushing, NY 11367. Purpose: General. ____________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of Motipur LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/09/2011. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC 37-49 75 Street, Jackson Heights NY 11372. Purpose: any lawful activity. ____________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION of V&L Occupational and Physical Therapy, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/29/11 Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC served upon him is 1633 Sheepshead Bay Rd, Brooklyn, N.Y., 11235. Date of Dissolution: by proclamation. Purpose of PLLC; provide medical services. Street address of Principal Business location is: 9205 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park, NY 11417 ____________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF FDW PROPERTIES, LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company

LEGAL NOTICE is: FDW PROPERTIES, LLC SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: QUEENS THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: 250-169 UNION TURNPIKE BELLROSE, NEW YORK 11426 Mirna L. White (signature of organizer MIRNA L. WHITE, ESQ (print or type name of organizer) ____________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Ah-Musement station LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: Ah-Musement station LLC SECOND: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Queens THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: pascal gorain 23-04 33 rd ave long island city, NY 11106 USA pascal gorain (signature of organizer) pascal gorain (print of type name of organizer) ___________________________________ Notice of formation of EVERGREEN ACCOUNTING AND TAX SERVICES LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/27/2011. The office is in QUEENS. SSNY shall mail all documents to 43 EMMETT STREET, NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040 for any lawful purpose. ____________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of GRACE BRIDGE ACUPUNCTURE, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 08/10/2011. Office located in QUEENS. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 136-20 38 TH AVENUE, SUITE 5B FLUSHING, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MEMBERS ONLY BOARD LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/24/ 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, 35-01 30 th Avenue, Suite 405, Astoria, New York 11103. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________________________________ PROMAGA N.Y., LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Com-

LEGAL NOTICE pany (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/24/11. 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, 101-05 Lefferts Blvd., Richmond Hill, NY 11419. General Purposes. ___________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of Renaissance DJK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 136-56 39 th Ave., #LL, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activity. ___________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of Bryant Holding Affiliates, LLC. Notice of Conversion of Bryant Holding Co., a partnership, to Bryant Holding Affiliates, LLC. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/01/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 136-48 39 th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activities. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of M. Shafique, CPA, PLLC. Article of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/08/2011. Office location Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the PLLC to: 7409 37 Ave, Ste 306F, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose of PLLC: to engage in any lawful act or activity. ___________________________________ File No.: 2010-4657/A CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Isidore Kowalski Shimon Kowalski JochewedSchifter Aliza Rachel Rubner Shulamith Steinberg Shalom Rosenbaum Hana Gvili Chava Leah Guvitz Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown distributees, legatees, heirs at law and assignees of FAY ROSEN, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of FAY ROSEN, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of Atria Assisted Living, 117-01 84 th Avenue, Kew Gardens, NY 11418, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at

LEGAL NOTICE 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of FAY ROSEN, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courth o u s e , 6 th F l o o r , 8 8 - 1 1 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 1 st day of December, 2011 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $3,231.60 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims, etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of sad funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 29 th day of September, 2011 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County MARGARET M. GRIBBON Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 4599000 95-25 Queens Boulevard 11 th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-atlaw appear for you. ___________________________________ BND2, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/13/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-

LEGAL NOTICE

cess to: 14-23 110 th St., College Point, NY 11356. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ___________________________________ File No. 2011-207 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 LILLIAN GENTILE 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; and P.A. of the County of Queens A petition having been duly filed by Robert Schlegel, who is domiciled at 63-14 Dieterle Crescent, Rego Park, New York 11374 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on December 15, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Lillian Gentile lately domiciled at 87-27 Union Turnpike, Glendale, New York 11385 admitting to probate a Will dated September 24, 2007, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Lillian Gentile deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [x] Letters Testamentary issue to: Robert Schlegel (State any further relief requested) HON. Peter J. Kelly Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk Dated, Attested and Sealed OCT 04 2011 Gary F. Smith Attorney for Petitioner 631-952-5555 Telephone Number 330 Motor Parkway, Suite 300, Hauppauge, New York 11788 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.] ___________________________________ FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS File #: 91817 Docket #: P-06504-11 SUMMONS (Publication) In the Matter of a Paternity Proceeding Shane Pressley, Petitioner, -against- Krystal Martinez, Reginald Grady, Respondents. IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: To: Reginald Grady 2244 Creston Avenue, Apt. 5G Bronx, NY 10463 A petition under Article 5 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court requesting the following relief: Paternity; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this Court on Date/Time: October 27, 2011 at 10:30 AM Purpose: Return of Process Part: 21 Floor/Room: Floor 3/Room 380 Presiding: Lisa J. Friederwitzer, Support Magistrate Location: Queens County 151-20 Jamaica Avenue Jamaica, NY 11432 to

answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance with Article 5 of the Family Court Act. On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Vaunda L. Strachan, Clerk of Court Dated: July 19, 2011 TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of Lisa J. Friederwitzer, Support Magistrate of the Family Court, Queens County, dated and filed with the petition and other papers in the Office of the Clerk of the Family Court, Queens County. ___________________________________ File No. 2011-886 CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, Queens COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: THE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, LEGATEES, DEVISEES, AND ASSIGNEES OF FRANK SCHINELLER a/k/a FRANK J. SCHINELLER, DECEASED, OR THEIR ESTATES, IF ANY THERE BE, WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN AND IF ANY OF THEM BE DEAD TO THEIR ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, LEGATEES, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN AND CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AFTER DUE DILIGENCE, and PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR, QUEENS COUNTY A petition having been duly filed by BARBARA HAGSTRAND who is/are domiciled at 2064 CHESTNUT STREET, BALDWIN, New York 11510, United States YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD, JAMAICA, New York, on November 17, 2011, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of FRANK SCHINELLER, aka FRANK J. SCHINELLER lately domiciled at 1869 SUYDAM STREET, RIDGEWOOD, New York 11385 United States admitting to probate a Will dated August 7, 2010 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of FRANK SCHINELLER deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: x Letters Testamentary issue to BARBARA HAGSTRAND Dated, Attested and Sealed, OCT 12 2011 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk E. MICHAEL ROSENSTOCK, PC Print Name of Attorney LAW OFFICES OF E. MICHAEL ROSENSTOCK, PC Firm (516) 766-7600 Tel. No. 55 MAPLE AVENUE, STE 206, ROCKVILLE CENTER, New York 11570 Address 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.

Models Of Queens

We Like Yu We’ve decided to take a look back at a model we really liked from two years ago to see how she is doing, and Danielle Yu looks like she’s still having fun. A Chinese Linguistics student at Hunter College, she still does some work in front of the camera. Her blog highlights some of her most recent work, which we think is really going to take her places some day. Still, Danielle remains a committed family girl, close with her young brother, and she has also recently started teaching Chinese. Her Twitter feed is all abuzz about some of the most recent movies she’s seen, including “rise of the Planet of the Apes,’ but she’s really looking forward to the new version of “Footloose.” And of course, she still loves dining in Flushing. We certainly hope that her new-found direction toward language works out for her – and we remind Danielle that she’s still got a great look in our eyes.

Queens native Jerry Springer

Jerry On Bob Now that the dust has settled and Bob Turner has taken his seat in Congress to replace long-time QConf star Anthony Weiner, it would seem that one of his former employees isn’t so thrilled with him. Jerry Springer, the former mayor of Cincinnati whose eponymous TV show was produced by Turner’s cable company, said he “almost feels sick” about Turner’s win. The Kew Gardens native, who said the 9th Congressional District is in his soul, said he doesn’t expect much from Turner. “He’ll do his job, but from my point of view, he’ll vote the wrong way,” Springer told RollCall.com when he recently attended his Forest Hills High School 50th reunion. So Jerry; why didn’t you run?

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Happy Birthday Queens!

First, At Last

Keenen Thompson and Jessica Mellow surf the web while waiting in line. Being the first in line to buy Apple’s latest iGadget is a quick way to earn easy publicity, so of course one of our borough’s own snatched up the top spot at the company’s flagship Fifth Avenue store. Keenan Thompson, a 21-year-old social media strategist, earned the “first in line” title by waiting in front of the store for 17 days before the release of the new iPhone 4S – before the device was even officially announced. “I feel like being in the No. 1 spot – being in the line the longest – is a badge of honor,” Thompson told Esquire magazine. That sort of patience can only come from a Queens native – where good things happen after long gaps (Hello, Mets).

One Queens driver decided to go on a morning boat ride Oct 17. The only problem, however, is he decided to take his van with him to Hawtree Basin. An unidentified man was seen fleeing the scene of an accident on the Belt Parkway when he plowed through a street on Howard Beach and landed on top of a boat. Maybe he was trying to make a quick getaway to Broad Channel before the cops caught him.

What The Cluck?

Jules Corkery and her hens

Danielle Yu

Everyone knows it’s difficult to raise children in a one-bedroom apartment, but chickens? Robert McMinn and Jules Corkery are trying to do it. Three hens cohabitate their Astoria apartment and the duo has been sharing their experiences in “urban chickening,” which is apparently a new fad. McMinn and Corkery raise the chickens for their fresh eggs, which they claim have the taste of what they eat, which is table scraps. McMinn told the Daily News that he began raising hens in Idaho in 2003, where he probably had more space than a one-bedroom apartment. They run a regular podcast of their experiences at buckybuckaw.org. We dare you to check them out, unless you’re…

Our favorite borough hit the big 328 last week. Queens was founded on Oct. 17, 1683 featuring the towns of Jamaica, Flushing, Newtown, Hempstead, and Oyster Bay. Eventually the latter two went their own separate way. Since then the county has grown from a rural swath of land home to 3,500 Dutch and English farmers to the most diverse county in the country with over 2.3 million residents, and perhaps more since no one can seem to count us correctly. So happy birthday Queens, feliz cumpleanos, qu ni sheng er kuai le, Wszystekiego Najlepszego, Shuvo Jonmodin! You don’t look a day over 179.

Confidentially, New York . . .

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