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Town Hall Turns Against Walcott declined from a “C” rating from the previous year.

Walcott, himself a graduate of Francis Lewis High School, said he would not address specific personnel, but insisted Van Buren was on his radar. When pressed further, he would not elaborate on why Van Buren’s evaluations were so poor—“F” is the worst rating a school can receive—but said it would be important to promote the programs that Van Buren excels at so high-achieving students will come to the school. According to Walcott, there has been a “demographic breakout” at Van Buren, meaning many District 26 students opt not to attend and more students pour in from neighboring districts.

Teachers and parents from Van Buren and Francis Lewis at the town hall feared that the Queens Village school is on the road to closure.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck), who along with State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) was in attendance, challenged Walcott about the DOE’s plan to close eight underperforming schools in Queens.

“With all these schools being closed down, what are you doing to relieve overcrowding?” Weprin asked, citing schools with 4,000 plus enrollments like Benjamin Cardozo in Bayside.

“Closing down and phasing out poor performing schools gives parents more options,” Walcott said. “We need to make more

Pol Pushes For Affordable College Tribune Photo by Ross Barkan

Ror y Lancman Students at CUNY and SUNY schools have openly contested tuition increases, and Lancman did not say he was against them; rather, he supports New York State’s “rational tuition policy.”

Lancman said that he believed a college education should be viewed as essential for every American, in the same way as elementary and high school education.

“The key to making college affordable for students is keeping the tuition increases reasonable and not excessive as it compares to the cost-of-living increases in the rest of the economy and making sure kids have the opportunity to pay for tuition in a way that is not going to saddle them in their college career,” Lancman said.

Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.

Teacher Accused Of Abusing Two Students

By DOMENICK RAFTER A Rego Park teacher has been arrested and indicted on charges of sexually abusing two young boys in his classroom on multiple occasions in 2010 and 2011.

Wilbert Cortez, 49, is accused of abusing the two boys while he was a computer teacher at PS 174 on Dieterle Crescent in Rego Park.

According to the criminal charges, on multiple occasions between Sept. 7, 2010 and June 30, 2011, the defendant allegedly placed his hand over the clothing of a now 9-yearold boy who was one of his students and rubbed the victim’s genitals. He is also accused to have, on multiple occasions, placed his hand over the clothing of another boy, who is now 8-years-old and rubbing his genitals and buttocks. He is charged with two counts of second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

“These are serious accusations in which a school teacher – who should serve as a role model to students – is instead accused of using his position to gain access to children for his own gratification,” said District Attorney Richard Brown. “Schools should be safe havens where students are protected from harm. These are disturbing allegations

that, if true, require punishment.”

Cortez has been teaching in New York City schools since 1986. In 2000, he was reprimanded after he was accused of touching two boys at a school in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott issued a statement last week promising a crackdown on teachers who abuse children. Cortez’ arrest is the fourth incident involving school employees this month. A Brooklyn teacher’s aide was arrested on Feb. 7 on charges of sexual abuse, as was a Manhattan teacher three days later and a Bronx substitute teacher on Feb. 13.

“No adult who inappropriately touches a student, in or out of school, belongs anywhere near the children we are responsible for protecting,” he said. “I will do everything in my power to ensure that individuals like Mr. Cortez can be swiftly removed from our classrooms as soon as allegations surface — and be barred from teaching in our schools if those charges are substantiated.”

Cortez was released on $50,000 bail. If convicted, Cortez faces up to seven years in prison.

Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400 Ext. 125.

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By ROSS BA RKAN Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest), who last week announced he was interested in challenging Congressman Bob Turner (RMiddle Village) for his 9th district seat, continued to focus on Washington by calling on Congress to pass college affordability measures in President Barack Obama’s budget.

Lancman’s announcement occurred on the campus of Queens College, his alma mater, which like all CUNYs and SUNYs is experiencing ongoing tuition increases.

“Kids are graduating college with the equivalent of a mortgage in debt with no house to show for it,” Lancman said. “How important is it to be able to get a college degree to achieve the American dream?

Consider that the average salary of a high school graduate is $30,000 a year and the average salary of a college graduate is $52,000 a year.”

Lancman cited figures from the U.S. Census Bureau from March 1998 through 2000.

Obama’s proposal would link a school’s receipt of federal aid to keeping tuition costs from continuing to rise. He advocated increasing Pell Grant funding by $14 billion over the next three years, providing an additional $900 per student per year, as well as ensuring that students can have access to post-graduation employment data about colleges online.

Lancman criticized the Republicans in Congress for not fighting to control tuition costs and not supporting Obama. According to a 2011 College Board report, the cost of living and studying at the average public university rose 5.4 percent for in-state students over the course of a year, to $21,447.

quality seats available. With more seats, people will migrate to different schools.”

Walcott said new schools like Queens Metropolitan High School in Forest Hills will eventually be popular and abate overcrowding. Critics of Walcott and Bloombergdirected school closures have attacked the process for being disruptive and counterproductive.

The DOE’s push to integrate all students with special needs—excluding District 75, a special education district— into a general education setting by this September drew condemnation from several teachers.

Susan Kahan, a special education instructor, sparred with Walcott and Shona Gibson from the DOE’s Division of Students with Disabilities and English LanSchools Chancellor Dennis Walcott. guage Learners about the implementation of the second phase of the DOE’s two-year special MS 74 students earned high school credit for education reform, arguing the emotional the integrated algebra and earth science reand behavioral needs of special education gents, as opposed to 53.2 percent of “peer children will not be sufficiently met because schools.” Cahn said 100 percent of the stu“support for children” will be provided only dents actually passed these Regents exams, “during periods when they are being in- and the DOE’s statistics are misleading: 36.9 structed in major academic areas.” percent is the percentage of students who Gibson countered that an overwhelming took these tests from a pool of the 331number of studies have shown that the inclu- student eighth grade. The remaining persion of special needs students in mainstream centage of students, Cahn pointed out, did classes leads to greater academic success. not even take the tests yet was counted against Though he had answers for virtually ev- the school. eryone, Walcott was stymied when a member Walcott, caught off guard, said he would of MS 74’s School Leadership Team, Cathy be looking into the matter further.

Cahn, challenged a discrepancy in the middle Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at school’s progress report. rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 357According to the DOE, 39.6 percent of 7400, Ext. 127.

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By ROSS BA RKAN All it took for the raucous cries of “no!” and “oh god!” to erupt from MS 74’s packed auditorium was for Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott to praise Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

“The Mayor has been extremely supportive of teachers,” said Walcott at the Oakland Gardens middle school. “There has been a 43 percent base increase in salary during his tenure.”

In an intermittently heated town hall meeting for District 26 on Feb. 15, Walcott addressed and parried a wide range of concerns from parents and teachers. No one issue dominated the approximately two-hour town hall meeting, though anger about the perceived failure of Martin Van Buren High School, the Dept. of Education’s intentions to implement the second phase of their special educational policy, and potential school closures took up a large portion of the dialogue between Walcott and the town hall attendees.

District 26 covers a swath of northern and eastern Queens, including Martin Van Buren as well as Bayside High School, Francis Lewis High School, and Benjamin Cardozo High School. Recently, State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Van Buren’s PTA president called for the ouster of Van Buren’s principal, Marilyn Shevell, after the school received a “D” rating on its Progress Report for the 2010-11 School Year. The school

FedEx Center Planned For LIC

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Westrick said the company, since 2005, has opened 11 new hubs featuring the most advanced material-handling systems and expanded or relocated more than 500 facilities.

The network enhancements have resulted in accelerating ground service delivery by more than one day in more than half the United States. According to the company, FedEx Ground delivers more than 61 percent

LLC., which will own the facility in a joint venture with Lexington Realty Trust, and the general contractor doing the building is Aurora Contractors, Inc. of Ronkonkoma.

FedEx Ground will lease the facility.

According to FedEx Ground, the new facility is part of a nationwide network expansion to boost daily package volume capacity and further enhance the speed and service capabilities of the FedEx Ground network.

of packages in two days or less and more than 82 percent of packages in three days or less.

“With these changes, Fedex Ground is faster to more overall locations and FedEx Home Delivery is faster to more residential locations than any other ground carrier,” Westrick said.

Reach Reporter Jason Pafundi at jpafundi@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.

Old Firehouse Now A Clinic

BY V ERONICA LEWIN A former firehouse is now being used to provide healthcare to everyone in the borough. The Firehouse Health Center, an extension of Damian Family Care Centers, will be opening in the next few weeks at 89-56 162nd St. in Jamaica.

The firehouse was built in 1925, but has since been taken out of service. To commemorate the historic beginnings of the health center, a grand opening event was held Jan. 20.

The event included a ceremony dedicated to Queens’ FDNY members who died on Sept.

11. Firefighters who worked at the firehouse in Jamaica were honored last month as well.

When three borough hospitals closed in 2008, many worried what it would mean for healthcare in Queens. Damian Family Care Centers tried to offset this. After receiving a $1.6 million HEAL grant from the state, the company began constructing the clinic.

Southeast Queens is an area with few nearby hospitals. Access to non-emergency care is also limited in the area. According to a New York Lawyers for Public Interest study, 21 percent of

Photo courtesy of the Firehouse Health Center

By JASON PAFUNDI Just a few weeks before JetBlue officially relocates its world headquarters to the Brewster Building in Queens Plaza, FedEx revealed plans to build a 140,000 square foot distribution center along Borden Avenue in Long Island City.

Though an official announcement has yet to be made by the company or by the mayor’s office, a spokesperson for FedEx Ground provided details of the project.

According to David Westrick, the facility will cost about $56 million, including the purchase of the land, construction and material-handling equipment. It is expected to be completed in spring 2013.

“It will be larger and contain a more automated packing sortation system than an existing station that currently serves the area, allowing us to continue to meet and exceed customer demands in the region,” Westrick said.

When the new facility opens, positions will transfer from the existing station, and FedEx plans to add to the workforce as necessary to support any increases in demand for service in the area.

Westrick said the site was chosen because of its ease of access to major highways, its proximity to customers’ distribution centers and a strong local community workforce for recruiting employees.

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (DSunnyside) said he did not want to comment without giving the mayor a chance to make an announcement first, but said that any new business in LIC that brings a boost to the economy and increase in jobs is “welcomed.”

The project is being developed by Charlotte, N.C. based SunCap Property Group,

The new Firehouse Health Center will provide care to all patients regardless of insurance. residents in Jamaica do not have a primary care physician. Because of this, one out of 10 people head to the emergency room whenever they need medical care. Twenty percent of adults in Jamaica lack insurance and 13 percent are underinsured. People being treated at a hospital for non-emergency matters puts a greater strain on a hospital system suffering from lim-

ited resources to quickly provide people with quality care. The Firehouse Health Center hopes to address this need.

Services offered at the clinic include geriatric care, dentistry, mental health services and OB-GYN care. A podiatrist will be on site a few days a week. King said the clinic is considering adding more services once the Firehouse Health Center is open.

As a Federally Qualified Health Center, the Firehouse Health Center accepts all patients, including people underinsured or those who lack insurance altogether. Registered nurse Elizabeth King said while many medical centers get upset when people do not have insurance, the Firehouse Health Center is actually targeting people without insurance who may not know where to go.

Damian Family Care Centers has been operating clinics throughout the five boroughs for more than 10 years. For more information, call (347) 505-7000.

Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at vlewin@queenspress.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 123.

Authority Plans New School In Woodside

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By JASON PAFUNDI Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (DSunnyside) was joined by State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), Assemblyman Michael DenDekker (D-Woodside) and Lorraine Grillo, president of the School Construction Authority, in announcing plans for a new school in Woodside. The 440-seat elementary school will be built on four lots on 57th Street and 39th Avenue and is expected to be completed in time for the opening of the 2015 school year.

Van Bramer and other electeds have worked extensively with the SCA to address overcrowding in Community Education Council 30, which contains Woodside and Sunnyside.

“This agreement comes at a time when CEC 30 is in the midst of some of the worst overcrowding in the City of New York,” Van Bramer said. “This announcement shows a commitment by both the SCA and the Dept. of Education to address this problem in our district.” This agreement will not only give children the adequate space that is needed to learn but will also alleviate the strain that has been put on schools in the surrounding area.”

One of those schools, PS 11, located just a few streets away, is, according to the DOE, at 117-percent capacity.

“As everyone knows, PS 11 is very, very overcrowded,” Van Bramer said. “We are not going to stop fighting for an expansion of PS 11, and we think that this brand new school makes it easier to achieve as we need swing space for any expansion. This new school can, and we hope, will make that all possible.”

According to Grillo, the three-year process to complete the school is “pretty good,”

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer announces plans for a new elementar y school in Woodside. noting that in the 1980s it took the DOE up to 10 years to build a new school. This new school has to be designed, which Grillo estimates will take a year, then the structures on the site need to be demolished and then the new construction will take place.

“Anytime a new school is being built represents a rebirth of a neighborhood,” Van Bramer said. “It’s an investment in the neighborhood and a sign that we are committed to

the future of the neighborhood.”

As Western Queens continues to grow, so does the need for more seats and more schools.

Van Bramer said that he and his colleagues in government will continue to fight for “our children.”

“We are not going to stop fighting for more schools, because we know the demand is there and is going to keep growing in Western Queens, as more and more people

come [to the community],” he said. “We need to meet the need of the families and children in this district.”

District 30 is among the more overcrowded school districts in the City. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens), who had a representative at the announcement, said the new school was a step in the right direction.

“No child should have to fight for a desk, school supplies or the attention of teachers,” Crowley said in a statement. “There is no question Queens is in need of new and better school facilities. Our efforts must continue, and I will keep fighting in Congress to ensure that schools in Queens receive their fair share of federal funds and that the education of our children comes first.”

Gianaris echoed the feelings of his colleagues.

“School overcrowding has been a chronic problem in our neighborhoods for many years, and anytime we can announce a new school, bringing more classroom space for our kids, is a tremendous achievement,” he said. “It is going to have a real impact on the education that our kids get, and the space that they have is adequate to give them a learning environment that is conducive to the best learning that can do.”

The elected officials and the SCA are expected to have announcements about three other school projects in the coming months, including a brand new school in Sunnyside.

“You can never spend enough on education,” Van Bramer said.

Reach Reporter Jason Pafundi at jpafundi@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.

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Edit Page In Our Opinion:

An ‘F’ For Our School System A story about a teacher allegedly sexually abusing a student does not need additional facts to surface to make it horrifying. The news coming out of PS 174 in Rego Park, however, doesn’t just stop at a teacher sexually abusing one student.

When you add in the news that the accused teacher had previously been found to have inappropriately touched students as far back as 12 years ago, the story actually manages to get worse – not just for the City school system, but also for the countless parents who send their children to school every day.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott has said that he plans to do everything in his power to remove individuals who may have a history of sexual abuse from the classroom.

While that is an admirable goal, it misses the point. With a history of abuse allegations, the accused teacher should have been removed from the classroom when the first incident occurred.

Walcott should make every effort to understand how this individual was put in a position where these young children were available to him and he must make sure that a situation like this never rises again.

If parents can’t feel secure in sending their children to school, which should be a safe, nurturing environment for them, there is something seriously wrong with our schools.

While focusing on standardized tests, has someone forgotten the real basics?

In Your Opinion:

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Distr ict Issues To the Editor: On Feb. 7, the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR) held a public hearing at Queens Borough Hall to gather comments from the public regarding proposed state senate and assembly district boundary lines.

The task force, made up of four legislators and two non-legislators, oversees the redrawing of the district lines based on the 2010 census and various laws. Public hearings are being held throughout the state.

Hundreds of people showed up at the hearing from all over Queens.

The common theme was dissatisfaction with the newly-proposed boundary lines. The hearing started at 3:30 p.m. and was still going strong after I had my opportunity to give testimony at 9 p.m.

Why were people so upset and vocal? Because many of the new districts proposed split neighborhoods and adjacent communities that should be kept together because of common interests and concerns.

Some of the proposed districts look gerrymandered. The proposed

16th State Senatorial District stretches from Oakland Gardens all the way to sections of Woodside. A piece of the district snakes around to include parts of Bay Terrace.

These communities are geographically separate entities. Because they are so far apart, residents of each community have different sets of issues. If these lines are approved, it would also increase the difficulty of the job of any legislator who is elected to represent such an area.

At the hearing, Eastern Queens United, a coalition of people from five adjacent communities, spoke out loud and clear that they did not want to be divided. So did people from Richmond Hill, Ozone Park and South Ozone Park. Bay Terrace representatives said they wanted to be part of the 11th Senatorial district because of common goals with the Bayside community.

Auburndale, Astoria, BroadwayFlushing and the Rockaways, as separate communities, also requested to be in districts where each community would not be cut up into pieces. Others spoke out as well.

Many people at the hearing brought out the point that LATFOR is not an independent commission,

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since the majority of its members are legislators. The voters should be selecting which district and legislator they want to be with, not the other way around. Concerned community people and all of the voters should have direct input into redistricting decisions.

Soon, proposed new Congressional lines will be out for review.

City Council will follow suit with new council lines. With this present proposal from LATFOR, the appearance is that lines are being created for political expediency. It is time that lines be redrawn that are in the interest of the people and the communities that they live in throughout this state. If that does not happen, then Gov. Cuomo must veto these plans!

Henry Euler, Bayside

Unclean Hands To The Editor: It is gratifying Vinson & Elkins, a prominent law firm well-versed in condemnation matters, submitted an amicus brief in the Willets Point litigation now pending in the New York State Appellate Division Second Department in support of the opposition to the City’s claim it has the right to exercise eminent domain because of the alleged blight of the area (Firm Opposes Land Grab- Queens Tribune Feb. 9-15).

The issue in Willets Point transcends a mere claim of blight. For years, the City of New York collected sewer rent taxes from the owners of Willets Point property notwithstanding there were no sewers. For years, the City of New York collected real estate taxes from Willets Point property owners and other taxes from the businesses located there, notwithstanding its failure to address the area’s infrastructure. To the extent there is blight, it is clear it was occasioned by the willful neglect, indeed malfeasance, by the City of New York. It ill behooves the City, as the culprit to claim blight entitling it to usurp this private property for the benefit of private real estate developers.

The City of New York comes into this issue with unclean hands and apart from all other reasons, equity demands the court reject its claim.

Benjamin M. Haber, Flushing

Seek Out Sales To The Editor: If you are dismayed by the goods made in China and elsewhere on everyday items from potholders to spatulas, aprons to hardware, visit a yard sale or the home of a friend who no longer cooks. Older people

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What Is Racism?

To The Editor: I’d like to respond to writer Nicholas Zizelis, whose letter alleging the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the Feb. 16-22 issue, is racist.

Was it racist when Al Sharpton complained about “white interlopers” owning businesses in Harlem?

Was it racist when LaRaza and Latinos in the Southwest claim that land is theirs and that “white people must leave?”

How about when the Congressional Black Caucus denied admission to Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), whose district is overwhelmingly black? Is it racist that there is Black Entertainment Network, Miss Black America and all-black colleges, but the Academy Awards, Miss America and other colleges must be open to all races?

Nicholas, I suggest you look at the whole picture, because racism emanates from all sources. But probably, like most liberals, you only see the side you want to see.

Eddie Riecks, Howard Beach

Super markets Needed To The Editor: A few years ago, the citizens of Whitestone lost our convenient Key Food on Francis Lewis Boulevard, off of Willets Point Boulevard, when it became a CVS. We now have two Rite Aids, two CVSs and a Walgreens. We have one Key Food in the Whitestone Shopping CenShanie Persaud Director of Advertising and Marketing Shelly Cookson Corporate Advertising Account Executives Donna Lawlor Elizabeth Rieger Shari Strongin

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have a ton of unwanted utensils and housewares of no use and would be happy to give them to you or take very little cash for them. Men have good tools made here by Stanley.

Pantries have good pots and pans that Revere Ware and Corning Ware made in Upstate N.Y. that are indestructible and great for young people starting out or folks who are starting over with limited resources.

Sure, it is nice to have something new, but old stuff, especially from a family member, old friend or neighbor can be a treasured keepsake. We traded the Rust Belt and its pollution for global goods, sacrificing all those lost factory jobs with good pay and good pensions. Education after high school is key to future employment in the 21st Century’s opportunities that elevate income and afford security. What we do best is technology and innovation. If everyone wants a smart phone, someone needs to know how to fix it.

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ter. I urge all Whitestone residents to boycott the CVS that took over our Key Food as I have. I guess it’s like everything else in this country where the almighty dollar is more important than people.

Ken Parente, Whitestone

Coverage Needed To The Editor: People with Parkinson’s disease often have a medical need for physical and speech therapy. I was caregiver to my mom as she battled the disease and the therapy she received was an essential part of her treatment. The costs of these therapeutic services often exceeded the annual Medicare therapy reimbursement cap of $1,880.

While I and others are grateful that Congress repeatedly has authorized exceptions to this cap for those with medical necessities, I fear these exceptions will go away, forcing individuals to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket every year for therapies that allow them to function on a daily basis.

Parkinson’s limited my mom’s ability to work, so Medicare was something she relied on heavily.

Waiting every year to find out if the therapy-caps exception will be extended is stressful and unnecessary, and may interrupt treatment.

As a New York assistant state director for the Parkinson’s Action Network, I urge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez to pass the Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act (H.R. 1546/S. 829), which will eliminate Medicare therapy caps altogether. This is critically important to people with Parkinson’s and other diseases and disorders who rely on outpatient therapy services.

I thank Sen. Charles Schumer for his support of this important legislation.

I recognize Medicare is a hotbutton issue, but I hope our nation’s elected officials will do the right thing and pass this critical legislation.

Sarah King, Woodside

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Not Such A Quiet News Weekend

By MICHAEL SCHENKLER It was a weekend off. The news was merely incidental to everything else. I decided to take it easy and this news junkie could wait for his fix until Monday morning.

Not so easy. The newspaper

headlines, the TV, Facebook, and email kept on delivering story lines too good for this addict to ignore.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoes the gay marriage bill. Why just a year or so ago, the Governor of his neighboring state, Andrew Cuomo, led the charge for passage of a gay marriage bill in New York. Is Christie out of touch with east coast values? Will these two goliaths from neighbor states, with differing values, face off in four years in the President ial sweepstakes?

Mar yland’s House of Delegates passes same-sex marriage law, state poised to be-

come 8th in nation to allow. After it passes the State Senate, as it has previously, Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley will sign it.

It is strange that in 2012, an issue of civil rights and equality will be (one of) the major distinctions between the parties nationwide.

The Dow closes at 12,949.87, the highest level since May 19, 2008 poised to break 13,000. Is it a sign of recovery?

General Motors chief tells CBS that w it hout the steps Obama took on autos, “You could have written off this company, this industr y, and this country.” GM was bankrupt and bailed out only three years ago.

Dan Akerson, GM CEO and chairman said: “We got a second chance here, a million jobs were saved, the industrial infrastructure and the manufacturing base of America in large measure is still intact. In fact it’s prospering. All three of the big automakers are now profitable for the first time since maybe the ’60s or ’70s. At the risk of alienating a whole lot of potential customers, I would say the Obama administration did a good job.” GM just announced 47,500 blue collar workers in the U.S. will each get a profitsharing checks next month — checks of approximately $7,000 a piece.

Is this more insurance that there is an economic recovery and the President will survive the attacks of the divisive and divided Republicans to lead us for four more years?

Rick Santorum. Talk about divisive, it is hard to believe that the Republicans nationwide seem to be leaning towards a guy who leans so far right that those of us from the center to the left can’t even understand how he can rationalize his positions. The entire Presidential Primary system should be called into question when extremists control the process and a majority of the party – centrists – don’t par t icipate. Both par t ie s have been challenged by fringe or extreme elements of their party’s showing up at primaries while the solid and much larger center is outgunned by the fringe.

City Announces New Policy After Three Separate Sexual Abuse Charges. After three school employee s were charged with sexually molesting children in the last two weeks, the city’s Education Department announced it will tell principals if job applicants have records of misconduct. In two of the cases, school employees had previously been accused of having inappropriate contact with students, and investigations substantiated those allegations. But in

only one of t hem was a let ter placed in the person’s file. Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott said that going forward, whenever a school employee is investigated and the allegations against him are upheld, all principals and the Educat ion Depar tment’s huma n resources staff will be able to see the report.

Prolific Facebooker, Councilman Peter Vallone Junior posted the story and this comment: “are

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Let’s Comfort the Afflicted A quarter century ago, when I entered the hallowed halls of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, we were taught a credo that sticks with me to this day: “Good journalism comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.”

ing inequality that has essentially trampled the American dream of upward mobility.

Nowhere is this more evident than in New York. The number of people below the poverty line has increased in the past decade and is now above 20 percent for the first time.

In children, it’s more than 30 percent.

Shame on us. And our current leaders.

At the same time, the elite who run New York (aka “the comfortable”) cont inue to thrive because they have elected leaders who gladly feed at the trough of their campaign contributions in their pursuit of even more power.

This must stop. We have to restore real democracy and reinvigorate the dream of upward mobility that this great city was built upon. A 15-year-old African-American woman in the Bronx needs to wake up each morning with hope that her future will be brighter than her parents. An 18-year-old Russian immigrant in Brooklyn has to feel that his parents move here a number of years ago was the right one: from a corrupt oligarchy to a city where hard work and equal access to qualit y education and high-paying careers is the pay-off.

How to do this? Radical reform of public education from universal Pre-K to expanded charter offerings to tax credits for private and parochial schools so ALL kids and their parents have access to great schools. We must marry sec-

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you kidding me?? people with SUBSTANTIATED charges of inappropriately touching children are IN our shcools NOW? and you WERENT telling principals or parents about it???? as public safety chair and on behalf of parents everywhere i demand answers – now.

Go get them Peter.

There was more news – lots more. But I was taking the weekend off.

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side of their purview, campaigning and fundraising when they should be working for their constituents.

They make deals with unions that garner big blocks of votes but don’t serve the overall body politic because taxpayer s become burdened with onerous pension costs that eat up an ever increasing part of our budget.

And they rush breat hle ssly from campaign fundraisers to public events and miss the fact that their staff and bundlers are actually skirting the campaign finance laws right under their noses.

Politics is such a brutal business that it has scared off the best and the brightest and has unfortunately become so devalued by citizens that we have low turnouts at the polls and little public engagement in crucial public policy issues.

But we can change that. Concerned citizens can insist that their local elected official stop worrying about their next job and stop paying disproportionate at tention to New York’s 1 percent.

Every vote is equal. The “afflicted” can catch up to the “comfortable.” We just need to reform our 20th century, tired ideas — and the leaders who perpetuate them.

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We have to restore real democracy and reinvigorate the dream of upward mobility that this great city was built upon.

By Tom Allon This mission is a good one for politics and public policy, too. For too long, the wealthy cronies of politicians have rewritten the rules and gained an advantage that has allowed the “comfortable” to have too much power while the “afflicted” have remained just that.

Occupy Wall Street, now a quieter movement, has this t ype of message as its mission: the largest problem in our society is grow-

ondar y and higher educat ion to growing industries like green energy and technology so that our children train for 21st century jobs that will be there when they graduate.

And we need to start by radically reforming our political system.

The proce ss of fundraising and non-competitive elections corrupts our system and our leaders. Elected officials, many of whom start off idealistically, veer off track as they try to climb the electoral ladder.

They take donations as pay to play quid pro quo from the monied class of Ne w York. They forget that their constituents need a hospital facility rather than another expensive luxury condo. They spend taxpayer paid time in boroughs out-

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Queens This Week The kids almost got too carried away.

Their protests to save their Beacon nearly led them to the street, and away from the politicians and civic leaders who needed them for their cause. The rally was nearly out of control, and Councilman James Gennaro (DFresh Meadows) did not want it that way.

He and the other elected officials gathered around him to make their point as succinctly as they could: the Parsons Beacon Community Center must be saved.

"We have to tell the good stories of the Beacons, all the wonderful things that happen there," Gennaro said on the steps of the Parsons Educational Complex in Kew Gardens Hills. "We believe that when the story is told of the great services that this Beacon and all Beacons provide, these will be spared cuts."

Calling this the "first salvo" in an effort between now and the end of the City Council budgeting process to save Beacons, Gennaro was joined by Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing), Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest), and State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing). Beacons are public after school programs under the jurisdiction of the Dept. of Youth and Community Development. They feature literacy programs, tutoring and college prep classes, and athletics, among other services. Beacons also offer adult programs in parental skills, familial relations, tenant advocacy, and classes for English-language learners.

Beacons were created during Mayor David Dinkins' tenure in the early 1990s as a remedy against increasing crime and violence, especially among the City's youth.

The City has targeted 16 Beacons for closure. Of the 16 targeted, seven could be closed by July. Queens houses seven of the targeted Beacons. The DYCD's 2013 budget will shrink from $39.1 million the year before to $34.4, according Heriberto Barbot, chief of staff of DYCD. "I love the Beacon programs because they recognize that our commitment to our young people in particular and their development isn't just nine to three during the school day," Lancman, once the chair of Community Board 8's Youth Committee, said. "But it's also after school, in recreational programs, educational programs, and just making sure kids have an opportunity to spend their day constructively, particularly when their parents are at work."

CB 8's current Youth Chair, Marc Haken, as well as Ken Cohen, president of the Flushing Suburban Civic Association, also rallied along with the politicians, Beacon leaders, students, and parents.

"The Beacon is like my home," said Karim

Ahmed, an eighth grader who attends the Parsons Beacon. "My parents are always working. It's also great for learning English, I go there to improve my skills."

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the station on a regular basis, as well as the community, employees and elected officials is an essential part of the process," said Connie Chirichello, a spokeswoman for USPS. "We value their participation in the process. All public input is included in the official record of the study and considered before any final decisions are made."

The Grand Post Office in Astoria and the Rosedale Post Office were also among the post offices preserved in Queens. USPS has been conducting feasibility studies to determine which post offices will be able to remain open. Rent office needs, customer access to postal products and services, the condition of the facility, lease terms, retail transactions and community input all factor into whether a post office will remain open.

Ackerman had lobbied USPS to keep the post office open, sending a letter in September to U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and Postal Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Ruth Goldway. Threatened post office closures have galvanized residents and politicians; a mail sorting facility in College Point, now likely to close, has also been a focal point in the ongoing battle to combat, or simply cope with, post office budget cuts.

"We applaud this decision to keep the Holliswood Post Office open and look forward to the facility serving the community for many years to come," said Ackerman.

"While changes are needed to allow the Postal Service to continue to function, the closing of a fiscally viable and useful post office should not be one of them."

Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.

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USCIS Series Commences U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services New York District conducted its first Chinese-language public engagement on Feb. 16 at the Flushing Library. Community members of Asian descent filled the library's auditorium to learn about the process of becoming an American citizen.

The free session, the first in a series, was titled "The Naturalization Process: Becoming a United States Citizen." Rather than limit the presentation to New York, a live stream of a Chinese-language USCIS presentation from San Francisco was broadcast in the auditorium. Following along with multiple handouts, the people in the auditorium watched as USCIS officials explained how one becomes an American citizen.

All of these engagements are titled Jiao liú - meaning "engagement" in Chinese. A mock interview and question-and-answer segment followed the live stream presentation.

"At USCIS, we are very excited to be hosting the first Jiao liú as part of our ongoing efforts to engage with the diverse communities we serve," said Lori Scialabba, USCIS deputy director from San Francisco.

"Jiao liús are meant to help invidicuals seeking immigration benefits, better understand how to navigate the immigration process, and highlight the resources available."

Scialabba said that the event also underscores the commitment of USCIS to providing information and resources to immigrations during each step of the naturalization process.

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Pol Calls For Redesign Of Intersection

Holliswood Post Office Saved The Holliswood Post Office will not close after all.

US Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) trumpeted the announcement that the United States Postal Service, facing falling revenues and budget-reductions, will take the Holliswood Post Office off its list of post offices to close in New York City.

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Families Rally Against Beacon Closure

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder wants DOT to redesign this Lindenwood intersection.

The strange Y-shaped intersection of 88th Street and 153rd Avenue in Lindenwood looks more like a page on a driver's test.

Scattered around the converging roadways are signs straight off the test page; yield, stop, one way, merge ahead.

The roads meet at a right angle, but the intersection, situated in the valley between Lindenwood's trademark seven-story apartment buildings, also allows traffic heading south on 88th Street to merge west onto 153rd Avenue without stopping, and allows the same for traffic heading east on 153rd Avenue when merging south on 88th Street.

The merging lanes are separated from the actual intersection by triangular-shaped striped medians that residents say are sometimes ignored by drivers.

"I've seen cars drive right over [the medians], especially late at night on the weekends," said one resident who lives in an apartment overlooking the intersection; though she admits she's never seen an accident there.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) has pushed the Dept. of Transportation to redesign the interchange he calls a hazard for pedestrians. The community has a large population of elderly residents who have to cross the intersection to access the main shopping center a block away. There is only one crosswalk, along the north side of the intersection on 88th Street. There is no stop sign along 88th Street at the intersection, just signs warning of crossing pedestrians.

"This intersection is a constant danger and eyesore for the community," Assemblyman Goldfeder said. "Our families should not have to deal with unsafe conditions as they go about their daily lives. The intersection creates a dangerous environment for motorists and pedestrians alike."

Goldfeder suggested redesigning the intersection as a traffic circle or adding actual medians where the painted medians exist

now, a project he said could be coordinated with the Parks Dept. to create green space.

DOT said the intersection is normalized and has no record of being dangerous. A DOT survey showed the intersection, which is not very busy, recorded no accidents or injuries in a four year period between 2006 and 2010. But Goldfeder said he wanted a change at the intersection before something bad happens.

"Fixing this problem now could help prevent a serious tragedy in the future." He said.

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CB7 Gives OK To Women's Center The Center for Women i n New York cleared another hurdle last week when Community Board 7 unanimously approved their plan for a new center at For t Tot ten in Bayside.

CWNY still needs approval from the New York Historical Societ y a nd La ndmarks Commission. Ann Jawin, the chair and founder of the organization, is optimistic that w ithin a year CWN Y w ill be able to officially move into its new home at 207 Tot ten Ave. "The important thing is that this is the only building that will be a full service building devoted to women's rights and equality," Jawin said. "Part of the building will be devoted to women's history and another will be devoted to conferences on topics like pay equity, domestic violence, and sex trafficking."

Jawin said the building had not been in use for 35 years and CWNY acquired it seven years ago. They had to sor t out issues w ith the Parks Dept. related to their curriculum.

Some topics needed to be parks-related. With that straightened out, costs of renovation still grew from $500,000 to $3 million. The Fire Dept. also initially forced CWNY out of the buildi ng-the FDN Y operate s several buildings at For t Tot ten-and a court case eventually re sulted in favor of CWNY. The court said they were ent itled to a building, Jawin said.

Funding, beyond private funds that have gone toward renovations, comes from the New York State Dormitor y Authorit y, the City Council, and the Queens Borough President's office.

Women's services, Jawin said, will be the most vital part of the new center. There w ill be a support group for women in crisis suffering from domestic violence. There will be a weekly job club for women to come in for job and financial counseling. Courses will be available for training in entr y-level jobs in child care, home health aid, hort iculture, medical office assistance, and others as well.

"We're ver y, ver y commit ted to having women improve their economic base," Jawin said. "We want women to be independent financially."

CWNY will also be hosting a luncheon at the Douglaston Manor at 6320 Marathon Parkway on April 28.

Reach Reporter Ross Barkan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.

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Van Bramer Releases Report Card

By JASON PAFUNDI One thing Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) prides himself on is being accessible to his constituents.

Never was that more evident than at a mobile office he held with his staff Feb. 11, at the Queens Library on Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside.

“This is the first time we’ve done office hours on a Saturday,” he said. “It is part of our on-going and never ending expansion of our outreach and ability to accessible to constituents.”

Van Bramer said he is planning on taking these mobile office hours all over the district to communities like Woodside, Long Island City, Ravenswood and Queensbridge, Astoria and Maspeth.

“It is a great opportunity for people to come see me and talk to me about whatever is on their mind,” he said.

Doing the mobile office in a library makes people more comfortable to come in and talk about issues, Van Bramer said.

“It is one of the safest places, one of the most welcoming places, and it’s a place a lot of people come to anyway,” he said. “It’s meant to be as easy as possible to reach your councilman and to simply come in and chat with me is pretty great.”

Being transparent and accessible is also something Van Bramer hoped to achieve when releasing his “report card,” a rundown of his accomplishments throughout 2011, which provides constituents statistical data and an insight into the work done by Van Bramer.

“I think it’s incredibly important to me and to my constituents,” he said. “The work that we’ve done, we are proud of it, and we

want to share it with people, along with 2011, including saving the after-school prowhere we are going and what we are going gram at P.S. 150 in Sunnyside for the second year in a row. to accomplish.”

“The thing I am According to the remost proud of and the port, Van Bramer sponpeople in my office are sored 133 bills and 65 most proud of are the resolutions in 2011. Of case numbers,” he said. those, 50 bills have been “We helped almost enacted and 27 resolu3,000 people last year tions were adopted. [and a total of 4,415 He said most of the since 2010], and that others have yet to go significant amount through the legislative —Councilman isofawork that is being process, and he expects Jimmy Van Bramer done and a significant that to happen very soon. number of people beVan Bramer said ing helped. That is there were a number of things he was proud of accomplishing in what we are here for.”

“The work that we’ve done, we are proud of it, and we want to share it with people.”

In what is not a surprise to anyone, Van Bramer said he doesn’t just plan to be a oneterm councilman, and being accessible and available to the people that voted for him is something that will help in future campaigning.

“Sometimes people are cynical about government and elected officials,” Van Bramer said. “But the more light you can shine on the work that we’re doing, the better. We are rightfully very proud of [the work], and we want to let people know what we’re doing.

“Nobody should ever have to wonder what their elected official is doing.”

Reach Reporter Jason Pafundi at jpafundi@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128.

Casino Hosts Jazz Exhibit Resorts World Casino New York City is hosting an exhibit featuring jazz musicians who called Queens home, along with artwork depicting the creativity of jazz music that has affected Queens and the world. The exhibit, located in the Times Square Casino Atrium, runs through March 3.

“Our Queens community is well known for its impact on jazz music and culture. We are proud to join in that tradition and provide an exciting and unique experience for guests,” said Michael Speller, President of Resorts World Casino New York City. “We have embraced the diversity of this community, with 91 percent of our employees being people of color or women.”

The Times Square Casino Atrium is adorned with photos of several jazz legends who have made a lasting effect on the borough, including Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday. Alongside these portraits, there is also a full-color, illustrated map of the famous Queens Jazz Trail.

Contemporary art from some of New York’s finest African American artists is on display as well. Work from artists such as Frank Frazier, Brent Bailer, Willie Torbert, and Sir Shadow reflects the African American experience as well as the impact of African American art throughout New York City.

The prints came courtesy of the Louis Armstrong Museum and Queens College, while the fine art and photographs are provided through Galleria Noire. This celebration of Black History Month at Resorts World Casino New York is sponsored by several local organizations, including the Council for Airport Opportunity (CAO) in partnership with Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC),York College, Flushing Town Hall and Flushing Council on Culture and Arts.

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The New York Lottery announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning ticket from one of the Lottery’s live drawings between Jan. 29 and Feb. 4.

The following winners each received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more.

Lisa Laquidara of Whitestone won $36,658 on the Take Five drawing Jan. 28.

Laquidara’s winning ticket was purchased at the Nor-Cross Service Station, 17-55 Francis Lewis Blvd., Whitestone.

Vincent Lai of Flushing won $47,990 on the Take Five drawing Dec. 25. Lai’s winning ticket was purchased at the Hong Kong Supermarket, 37-11 Main St., Flushing.

Hugo Mrwik of Flushing won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing Jan. 27.

Mrwik’s winning ticket was purchased at the MCM Cards & Gifts at 888 Walt Whitman Road, Melville.

Manuel Hernandez of Richmond Hill won $10,000 on the Win 4 drawing Jan. 26. Hernandez’s winning ticket was purchased at Compare Foods, 241-11 Linden Blvd., Elmont.

Xiu Fang of Corona won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing Jan. 31. Fang’s winning ticket was purchased at Sunshine Foods, 49-02 108th St., Corona.

Murray Lipford of Jamaica won $10,157 on the Mega Millions drawing Jan. 31. Lipford’s winning ticket was purchased at the Rodriguez Mini Market, 11901 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica.

Zeena Harris of Jamaica won $250,000 on the Mega Millions drawing Dec. 27.

Harris’s winning ticket was purchased at the Stop 1, 137-38 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica.

Marian Swirk of Ozone Park won $74,627 on the Take Five drawing Feb. 1.

Swirk’s winning ticket was purchased at the Bread & Butter Grocery at 705 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington.

Yarong Li of Flushing was named as a Presidential Scholar for the fall 2011 semester at Clarkson University in Potsdam.

Andrea Palma of Flushing and James Stout of College Point were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Potsdam.

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College Point: Irina Lalicic.

Flushing: Mei Hui Chen, Myeong Jae Koh, Or Moladjan.

Whitestone: Lori Sexton.

Ashley Meyer of Flushing and Stephanie Vitale of Ozone Park were named to the President’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Cortland.

Songjia Zhang of Flushing received a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance during fall 2011 commencement ceremonies at The University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.

Anthony Langone of Flushing was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at DePaul University in Chicago, Ill. James D’Elia of Bayside was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn.

Angela Vita of Bayside was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at The University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn.

Air Force Airman Richard A. Salorio recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

He is the son of Richard and Esther Salorio of Bayside.

Chelsea Loscalzo and Jorge Ynoa of Bayside were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Caldwell College in Caldwell, NJ.

Councilman Mark Weprin and Knicks legend John Starks with participants in a recent New York Knicks basketball clinic.

Constantina DeLuca and Stefany D. Ibarra of Flushing were named to the President’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Canton.

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at the University of Albany. They include: Bellerose: Patrycja Bak. Fresh Meadows: Daniel Pelner, Yan Chun Zhu. Little Neck: Madeline Cohen, Richard Lee, Carly Shaw, Stephen Tam. Oakland Gardens: Amanda Arlotta, Adam Carbone, Brandon Dittmar, Joshua Ehrlich, Gil Fire, Anusha Khurshid, Ashley Lam, Danielle Osadon, Zachary Richards, Matthew Wong.

Queens Village: Megan Kriaris, Brittany Nathan, Kelly Sepulveda, Mohendra Shiwnarain, Sangeeta Singh, Martine Charles, Cassandra Ehioghiren, Kiana Payne.

Crystal N. Nwosu of Queens Village was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Canton.

Daniel Lee of Oakland Gardens was

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George Adams of College Point was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.

Michael Giaccio of Malba was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn.

David Kam of Flushing was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J. Emma A. Ahern of Whitestone was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pa. Local students were named to the President’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Berkeley College, which has campuses in

New York City Dept. of Education Deputy Chancellor for Access and Equity Dr. Dorita Gibson and Senior Superintendent Dr. Laura Feijoo visited BELL Academy in Bayside to view BELL’s innovative enrichment cluster program.

Every Wednesday for two periods BELL students attend academically rigorous enrichment cluster electives ranging from architecture to science films to yoga.

Marcus Credle of Queens Village was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ. Dhanraj Singh of Bellerose earned a Doctor of Pharmacy during fall 2011 commencement ceremonies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.

Sarah Czwartacky of Floral Park was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Ithaca College.

Aaron Huang of Little Neck was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. They include: Bellerose: Nadia Ackbarali.

Little Neck: Laura Matelsky.

Oakland Gardens: Ryan Moyles.

Cyril Akita of Fresh Meadows was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Cortland. They include: Astoria: John Ntzelves.

Bayside: Jeanie Lam, Norgan Sapolsky, Rachel Wylie.

Fresh Meadows: Angela Nigoghossian.

Jamaica: Imani Sinclair.

Little Neck: Samantha Ward.

Middle Village: Aloysius Grogan, Lauren Hagen.

Ozone Park: Rosemarie Tibball.

Woodside: Daniel O’Brien.

The New York Lottery announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning scratch-off ticket Feb. 5-11 and received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more. The winners include: Neal Weathers of Jamaica won $10,000 on the Make-A-Cashword scratchoff game. Weathers winning ticket was purchased at Hari Om Hillside, 178-29 Hillside Ave., Jamaica.

Brenda Burwell of Queens Village won $25,000 on the Magic 8 Ball scratch-off game. Burwell’s winning ticket was purchased at the 206-16 Hollis Ave Food in Queens Village.

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Lyndsey Creed of Flushing was named to the President’s List for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Potsdam.

named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H.

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A (Similar) Tale Of Two Co-ops A cooperative, abbreviated as co-op, is a private housing enterprise in which individuals, known as shareholders, own shares in what is in essence a private corporation — their apartment complex.

By the 1980’s, co-ops became quite prevalent in New York City, built around the theory that if an individual owns an actual stake in where they live, they will take better care of their property. Some co-ops do permit renters, though this is usually when an apartment complex did not begin its life as a co-op.

Meadowlark is outwardly calm and quiet, with tree-lined paths snaking through its verdant, 288-unit development. Few would suspect the dissatisfaction that is pulsing underneath. But Meadowlark is Parkway without an opposition quite as united. Both have been hit with maintenance increases far above the typical rates for Queens co-ops, and both cannot understand why their costof-living continues to surge.

While assessment increases handed down from the Dept. of Finance have dominated co-op-related news in 2012, it is the decisions of the co-ops’ boards of directors that have angered Meadowlark and Parkway residents. At Meadowlark, maintenance fees—the amount of money, in lieu of rent, that is supposed to be channeled toward repairs and the general upkeep of building services— have soared from the previous year. At 685-unit Parkway, the same is true. Typical co-ops, according to Anne Donohue of the Bayside-based Anne Donohue Real Estate—a co-op and condo specialty firm—usually have year-to-year maintenance increases of 1 to 3 percent.

“It’s unusual in my experience to see maintenance increases that high,” Donohue said. “An attorney who represents someone interested in buying a coop in a place like that would want to look at the latest financials. They would ques-

Co-op Outcry:

FEE HIKES Enrage Residents

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By ROSS BARKAN The Parkway Village protesters could not quite decide how they wanted to publicly deride their co-op board of directors.

Years of alleged impropriety and mismanagement had left ringleaders like Ralph Newman tongue-tied. More than five years of perceived malfeasance does not easily lend itself to a few choice syllables.

“How about liar, liar, pants on fire?”

Newman suggested.

“No increase! No debt!” was what the group, around 30 in number, settled on, their protest signs dampening by the minute. The rainy Feb. 16 evening did not readily lend itself to outdoor excoriations.

They had not succeeded in their intended goal of disrupting the Thursday night co-op board meeting because the board, according to several protesters, had heard of their uprising and fled for another location. It was another frustrating day and night at a seemingly bucolic Queens co-op development.

A little less than a month earlier across the street from Meadowlark Gardens in Fresh Meadows - a co-op like Parkway Village in Kew Gardens Hills dozens of enraged residents packed an informational session at PS 26’s auditorium to protest skyrocketing fees the coop board of directors were forcing upon them.

Each co-op now faces exorbitant maintenance fee increases—8 percent for Parkway and 9 percent for Meadowlark—shareholders say they will struggle to pay. Each will pay far more in increases, percentage-wise, than almost all other co-ops in Queens.

The board of directors at Meadowlark did not return calls for comment as of press time.

Parkway residents rallied in the rain last Thursday, seeking to get the attenion of their co-op board. tion that type of increase.”

Meadowlark resident Amy Goldman confirms this. People living in other coops, she said, are shocked to hear about increases at Meadowlark. Budget shortfalls, much-needed repairs and labor costs are cited as reasons for the maintenance hike. But many residents disagree with that logic.

Follow The Money A co-op board of directors, elected by the shareholders, is tasked with managing a co-op’s sometimes byzantine budget. Since no prior financial experience is necessary to sit on a board, the potential exists for massive miscalculations.

Board members are unpaid.

Board members claimed that the coop has a budget deficit of $115,000 and a maintenance increase amounting to approximately $90 more per month was needed. According to longtime resident Marilyn Profita, her maintenance fees have risen nearly 50 percent in the last decade. A 9 percent increase means a one bedroom apartment can cost approximately $40 more per month, and a two bedroom apartment would rise to roughly $85 more.

“It’s been years of special assessments and maintenance increases,” she said. “It’s very disturbing because I don’t see the purpose as a shareholder and someone who has worked in organizations with budgets. What’s the purpose of making a budget if you’re over it every year?”

Profita claims the co-op board has withheld particulars of the 2011 and 2012

budgets. Co-op boards are theoretically supposed to be transparent, holding annual (or more than annual) meetings to disclose exactly where the shareholders’ money is being funneled. Profita was told she needed to pay $50 for a copy of Meadowlark’s budget.

Describing landscaping gone terribly wrong near her own apartment, Goldman can only laugh. Several years ago, bushes were pulled up and replaced because, in Goldman’s words, the board president did not like the old ones.

“They totally destroyed the front of the co-op,” she said. Her apartment is located at Meadowlar k’s entrance on 197th Street. “They ripped out bushes. It’s like, there’s Versailles, and the ghetto going up to Versailles. It’s not a joke. We’re the beginning of Meadowlark.”

Occupy Parkway “People are pissed,” said Linda Carlino, a Parkway resident and ex-board member at their rally a week ago. “Debt is speeding up, spending is speeding up.

We will go bankrupt.”

Parkway, once the target of a federal asbestos investigation, was originally designed to be an integrated development to house United Nations members. An inspiring history meets a murkier present, with Parkway now facing a budget deficit of $500,000. A letter to shareholders from the Parkway Village Equities Corporation states that following an “in depth review of all expenditures,” a maintenance increase is required because of needed electrical upgrades, heating system failures, and roof repairs. Individual boiler

repairs or replacements, the letter states, will cost an average of $5,000. Though Parkway protesters often sounded like Washington politicians during the debt ceiling showdown of last summer, bankruptcy for Parkway would arguably be more immediate and devastating. If savings are depleted, shareholders lose their equity—what they paid for their apar tment. Their proper ty becomes worthless.

Lack of disclosure about how money is being spent over the course of the year, Parkway residents argue, is what makes this co-op board of directors, led by Douglas Sherman, so frustrating. Resident Abigail Brown enlisted Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) to write a letter to Sherman asking that he comply with her request to disclose a list of shareholders and all financial transactions of the co-op, colloquially referred to as the “books.” Sherman said he has not yet seen the letter.

“The deficit comes from years of neglect from when we transitioned to a coop around 1982,” Sherman said. “Parkway Village is over 60-years-old. In all fairness, we have to deal with a complete overhaul of our roofs and heating systems. We can’t always deal with a BandAid approach.”

Parkway financial records for 2010 appeared later than expected, in August 2011. Parkway residents had filed a complaint with Attorney General Eric S c h n e i d e r m a n ’s o f f i c e b e fo r e t h e records were finally released. 2011 financials are expected to be released next month.

Disappearance of shareholder-led financial, grounds, and maintenance committees, explained Parkway S.O.S organizer Gina Ross, is another troubling development over the past year. S.O.S, short for “save our site,” is a group dedicated to keeping Parkway financially sound and communicating with residents.

Though the co-op board informed her that not enough people had signed up to fill the once vibrant committees, Ross said this was impossible — she knew at least five people who had signed up for the grounds committee.

“How many people does it really take to run one committee?” Ross asked.

Glen Oaks Village Owners Inc. President Bob Friedrich has consulted with Parkway’s board in the past about ways to alleviate their financial struggles. According to Friedrich, his advice has been ignored.

“The problem with Parkway Village is that if you look at the maintenance that shareholders pay on a monthly basis and look at the co-op conditions, there’s a disconnect,” Freidrich said. “They’re in desperate need of exterior repairs. They pay substantially higher maintenance fees than similar types of co-ops. It makes you wonder, is it just poor management? The problems need to be addressed. Those shareholders are rightly concerned.”

Yvonne Cutrera, a Parkway resident and protester, said in the four years she has lived at Par kway, her monthly charges have jumped from $600 to $900 a month. She struggles to imagine people wanting to move to Parkway.

“No young people are moving in here,” she said. “It’s highway robbery.”

As the Parkway rally reached its end and residents parted ways for the night, a resident said, in half-jest, that “we are occupying Parkway,” invoking the Occupy Wall Street protests that overtook the nation last fall.

For better and worse, the Parkway and Meadowlark protesters will likely continue to occupy their co-ops.

Reach Repor ter Ross Bar kan at rbarkan@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127.

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She was last seen wearing black pants, a black hooded coat and black Ugg boots. She is reported to be in good physical condition, but poor mental health.

Borough-w ide ROBBERIES: The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect wanted in connection with four robberies in Queens.

The first took place on Jan. 15, at 4:55 a.m. The suspect, armed with a silver semiautomatic handgun, entered the JFK Inn, located at 154-10 South Conduit Ave., and demanded money. The victim, a 42-year-old man, complied and the suspect fled with an undetermined amount of money. There were no reported injuries.

Then, on Jan. 22, at 5:25 a.m., the suspect, armed with a silver semi-automatic handgun, entered the Giant Farmers Market, located at 138-13 Queens Blvd., and demanded money. The victim, a 43-year-old 105th Precinct ROBBERS WANTED: The NYPD is man, complied and the suspect fled with an asking for the public’s assistance in iden- undetermined amount of money. There were tifying and locating three suspects wanted no reported injuries.

The third incident took place on Feb. in connection with an armed robbery and the criminal impersonation of police offic- 2 at 4 a.m. The suspect, armed with a silver semi-automatic handgun, entered ers.

On Feb. 14 at approximately 8:10 a.m., the Gulf Stadium Dunkin Donuts located three men entered the Pay-O-Matic check at 133-44 150 St., and demanded money. cashing business located at 247-12 South The victim, a 44-year-old man, complied Conduit Ave. The suspects identified them- and the suspect fled with an undetermined selves as detectives and removed cash from amount of money. There were no reported injuries. the premises.

Lastly, on Feb. 8 at 5:30 a.m., the suspect, The suspects then fled in a dark colored, late 90s model Ford Expedition with a bro- armed with a silver semi-automatic handgun, ken rear passenger window that was covered entered the Gulf Gas Station located at 118by black plastic and secured with silver- 11 Atlantic Ave., and demanded money. The colored duct tape. The vehicle possibly had victim, a 23-year-old man, complied and the suspect fled with an undetermined Virginia plates. amount of money. There were no The suspects are described as reported injuries. three white males, all wearing dark The suspect is described as a blue jackets with an embroidered black man in his 20s, between “NYPD” logo on the left chest, with 5’7” and 5’9” tall with a thin build. police-type shields hanging around The suspect wears a hooded their necks. Two of the suspects sweatshirt and a multi-colored were wearing blue jeans; one was bandana (green, yellow and red) wearing tan khaki pants. All wore over the lower half of his face. sunglasses. Two suspects also wore Anyone with information in New York Yankees baseball caps.

Nadaysia regards to any of these robberies McWhite is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime MISSING GIRL: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The Nadaysia McWhite, who was last seen on Feb. public can also submit their tips by logging 19 at approximately 6 p.m., leaving her resi- onto the Crime Stoppers Website at dence at 103-44 Springfield Blvd. in Queens nypdcrimestoppers.com or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) and then entering Village.

McWhite, 16, is described as being 5’2" TIP577.

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Missing Persons Squad GIRL MISSING: Detectives from the Missing Persons Squad are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Christy Marcelin. She was last seen on Jan. 20 at 6:53 a.m. leaving her residence at 11826 219th St. and has not returned home since. She is reported to be in good physical and mental condition.

Marcelin is described as being 5-foot-6 and approximately 130 pounds with brown eyes and a medium build.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

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Man Learns of Armstrong Connection New Orleans, who had done tremendous work in the genealogy of the Karnofsky family,” Terry said. “That is how I learned of their connection with Louis Armstrong.”

Terry and his wife, Lois, visited the Louis Armstrong House, located at 34-56 107th St. in Corona, for the first time last week.

They toured the house and the property and even reviewed hand-written documents by Armstrong talking about the Karnofsky family.

According to Terry, his family dates back to Lithuania in 1740 and he is a fifth-cousin of Judge Karno, a grandson of the family that helped raise Armstrong.

“It is a fascinating story,” Terry said. “I certainly take pride in thinking [my family] was a tremendous boost to Louis Armstrong.”

According to written accounts, Armstrong was hired as a delivery boy by the Karnofsky family, New Orleans coal merchants. They took him in like he was their own son, fed him hot meals every evening and even loaned him five dollars to buy his first cornet.

And because the Karnofsky’s were Jewish, Armstrong wore a Star of David around his neck for the rest of his life in appreciation for all that family did for him.

Terry said that despite his family’s connection with Armstrong, he was not really into the New Orleans jazz style.

Terr y Karnovsk y reviews hand-written documents His favorite jazz musicians were with mentions of his family by Louis Armstrong. pianist Oscar Peterson and saxo-

By JASON PAFUNDI One night many years ago, Terry Karnovsky was watching a Ken Burns documentary about jazz in the United States on PBS. After stepping out of the room and into the kitchen, he heard the narrator mention the Karnofsky family in New Orleans and the relationship they had with Louis Armstrong.

Terry thought there was no way that the narrator was referring to his family, so he brushed the mention aside.

But weeks later and after some research, phone calls and an article in the New York Times, Terry learned that he is a long lost relative of the man that helped raise Armstrong.

“I was able to email Judge Jacob Karno in

Terr y Karnovsk y during his first visit to the Louis Armstrong House in Corona. phonist John Coltrane.

“I was not a fan of Louis Armstrong in his early days, but blue-note jazz in Harlem during the late ’60s was my kind of jazz.”

Terry said Karno sent him a book of the family genealogy that had information about his family that even he did not know about.

“He knew things about my grandparents that even I didn’t know, like when they came through Ellis Island,” Terry said. “How he was able to trace it, I don’t know. But he had a tremendous amount of my family history, things that I didn’t even realize.”

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Terry said he keeps the book at his home in East Hampton and forces anybody that visits to read the book.

“Had it not been for the piece in the New York Times, I doubt I ever would have found out about [my connection to Louis Armstrong].”

For more information on the Louis Armstrong House, visit louisarmstronghouse.org or call (718) 4788274.

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A Guide To Queens Hospitals Elmhurst Hospital Center 79-01 Broadway Elmhurst, NY 11373 (718) 334-4000 nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/facilities/ elmhurst.shtml Centrally located amid the most ethnically diverse community in the world, Elmhurst Hospital Center is responsible for the care of more than 1 million Queens residents hailing from every ethnicity and cultural background imaginable.

Elmhurst Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center, which means 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it is equipped to provide the highest level of surgical care to any patients suffering from serious or life-threatening injuries.

In addition to this distinction, the hospital also serves as an Emergency Heart Care Station and a 911 Receiving Hospital.

Additionally, it is the premiere health care organization for key areas such as Surgery, Cardiology, Women’s Health, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Renal and Mental Health Services.

Running Elmhurst are more than 4,100 employees who operate 545 beds. Of those 177 are psychiatric, with the rest divided unevenly between ICU, maternity, medicalsurgical, neonatal, pediatric, and physical medicine and rehabilitation.

- Jason Pafundi

Flushing Hospital Medical Center 45th Avenue & Parsons Blvd.

Flushing, NY 11355 (718) 670-5000 flushinghospital.org Flushing Hospital’s is Queens’ first and oldest hospital, founded in 1884. It has grown into a 293-bed health care hub and not-for-profit teaching hospital. The institution’s Emergency Department saw more than 43,000 patients in 2011. 42,500 patients were seen in the hospital’s Ambulatory Care Center and 2,800 babies were delivered.

Flushing Hospital has a full service Emergency Department, consisting of separate adult and pediatric units. It is also a 911 receiving hospital and a state-designated stroke center.

With a comprehensive range of services and broad range of subspecialties, Flushing Hospital’s Department of Pediatrics provides care for acute and chronic illnesses in infants, children and young adults. The department’s specialty areas and services include a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), as well as a newborn nursery, an infant apnea monitoring program for infants at risk for sudden infant death and an Early Intervention Program for infants with suspected or confirmed developmental delays.

The center’s overriding philosophy combines traditional medicine of the East with the technology of Western medicine. The entire staff is culturally sensitive to the traditions and practices of their patients. All of the staff, including physicians, nurses and administrative personnel, are multi-lingual, many speaking both the Cantonese and Manda-

maica Hospital Medical Center remains the predominant source of care for Southeast Queens, serving about 1.2 million residents of Queens and Southeast Brooklyn.

The hospital was established in 1891 in a rented four-bedroom home.

With much of the borough’s healthcare system contracting, Jamaica has recently expanded, with a total of 384 beds. It also added a new Trump Pavilion, an adult nursing facility in 2009.

The hospital saw more than 330,000 patients in its Ambulatory Care Centers in 2010, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. while the Emergency rin dialects of Chinese, as well as English.

Department saw 128,000 patients. The - Ross Barkan Level 1 Trauma Center and Stroke Center rank among the City’s busiest.

Forest Hills Hospital Jamaica is also one of Queens’ only 102-01 66th Road hospitals offering mental health treatForest Hills, NY 11375 ments. Inpatient and outpatient help is (718) 830-4000 available, as well as a psychiatric EmerForest Hills-LIJ Hospital is located two gency Department. It provides profesblocks east of Queens Boulevard at 66th sional counseling to adults, young chilRoad and 102nd Street. The 312-bed facil- dren, adolescents, foster-care children, ity, formerly called LaGuardia Hospital, was among others, treating anything from acquired by LIJ in 1996. It’s importance to marital stress to depression. public health in central Queens grew in the The hospital’s Pediatrics Department last few years with the closing of nearby provides a wide variety of care for kids from Parkway Hospital in 2008 and St. John’s birth into teenage years. The department Hospital in 2009. Forest Hills saw a rise of consists of a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit over 40 percent in emergency room admit- (PICU), a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit tances in the years after those hospitals (NICU), a nursery and a playroom. closed.

- Veronica Lewin Forest Hills Hospital is known for its Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program, where Long Island Jewish Medical Center surgeons may perform minimally invasive 270-05 76th Ave procedures using fiber optic technology with New Hyde Park, NY 11040 little blood loss. Also, doctors can use a pro- (718) 470-7000 cedure called cell salvage, which returns any northshorelij.com blood shed during surgery to the body, or a Long Island Jewish Medical Center’s process called hemodilution, when a calcu- unique location on the border of Queens lated number of units of the patients’ blood is and Nassau Counties makes the 880-bed removed just prior to any anticipated signifi- hospital an important medical facility for resicant surgical blood loss. A hormone called dents of both. 90 percent of its patients are Erythropoietin (EPO) is often used to prevent from one of the two counties, but its patient or can help recovery from anemia that could populations reach even beyond to Brooklyn, result from hemodilution.

Suffolk County and even New Jersey.

Forest Hills-LIJ is also known for specialLIJ is well known for its extensive carizing in weight-loss surgery. Candidates diac program. The hospital has received must have a body mass index (BMI) of over high praise for its angioplasty procedures 40, or those who are 100 pounds over- and treatment of cardiac ailments weight, or anyone with a BMI of 35-40 who LIJ has also been recognized in the field suffers from potential life-threatening con- of cancer treatment. In Nov. 2010, LIJ introditions like heart disease, diabetes, high duced the The TrueBeam system, a new blood pressure or sleep apnea. state-of-the-art treatment system for can- Domenick Rafter cers that are treatable with radiotherapy. It uniquely integrates new imaging and moJamaica Hospital Medical Center tion management technologies within a 89th Avenue & Van Wyck Expressway sophisticated new architecture that makes Jamaica, NY 11418 it possible to deliver treatments more (718) 206-6000 quickly while monitoring and compensatjamaicahospital.org ing for tumor motion.

Resting at the intersection of Jamaica LIJ’s Department of Otolaryngology is a Avenue and the Van Wyck Expressway, Ja- leading department in treatment of injuries

and diseases having to do with the nose and sinuses or brain surgery using nasal passages. A unique facility within the Department of Otolaryngology is the Schein Voice and Laryngeal Center, which exists to diagnose and treat patients with voice problems.

- Domenick Rafter Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens 25-10 30th Avenue Long Island City, NY 11102 (718) 932-1000 mshq.org Mt. Sinai of Queens is the Queens arm of Mt. Sinai of New York, which is based in Manhattan. Mt. Sinai of Queens has recently gone paperless with its emergency department records. The records are now tied to a common server, which makes them immediately available to Mt. Sinai in Manhatta .

A CAT scan can now be done in Queens and looked over by a doctor in real time in Manhattan.

They offer what they herald as a full spectrum of sophisticated inpatient and outpatient services with a team of nearly 400 physicians representing 36 medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.

Those include cardiology, breast health, minimally invasive surgery, vascular care and an orthopedic center. It is also a New York State designated Stroke Center – meaning it is highly equipped to treat stroke victims.

Founded as Daly’s Astoria Sanatorium in 1910, Mt. Sinai has been serving Queens residents for 100 years. The original stucco hospital building still stands behind the main hospital building.

Located in the most diverse county in the country and perhaps the most diverse place in the world, the physicians and staff speak more than 50 languages.

- Jason Pafundi New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens 56-45 Main Street Flushing, NY 11355 (718) 670-1231 nyhq.org With an extensive network spreading like a spider web around the borough, New York Hospital Queens continues to be one of Queens’ high-impact hospitals.

Stephen S. Mills, President and CEO of NYHQ, followed through on his 2011 agenda, creating an expansion in care, services and locations.

Last month, NYHQ celebrated the ribbon cutting of their Emergency Department’s Urgent Care Center. The new Center has allowed NYHQ to expand community access to health care, adding more hospital beds for people who need immediate medical attention and can be discharged within a few hours.

NYHQ has created an expansive network of care centers around the borough.

With specialties ranging from dentistry to breast health, the hospital strives to have a center located within the borough that specializes in nearly any ailment.

The 36-bed Telemetry and 6-bed Stepdown Units are designed for patients with heart disease who require heart rhythm monitoring, specialized diagnostic and interventional procedures, or specific therapy and monitoring. This unit is for those individuals who are recovering from cardiac surgery, coronary interventions such as stent placement, cardiac electrophysiological procedures such as pacemaker implantations, or patients needing specific drugs for heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias or angina.

- Ross Barkan (Continued on page 20)

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A Guide To Queens Hospitals

(Continued from page 18) North Shore University Hospital 300 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11030 (516) 562-0100 northshorelij.com North Shore University Hospital is not geographically in the borough of Queens, but much of its patient population comes from here. Located in Manhasset, Nassau County, the 812-bed North Shore University Hospital, is one of the flagship hospitals of the North Shore-LIJ system.

The hospital’s campus is on Community Drive between the Long Island Expressway and Northern Boulevard. It opened in 1953 and serves patients from both Nassau County and Queens, and even some from Suffolk County, Brooklyn and the Bronx. It serves as the academic campus for the NYU School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, as well as the recently established Hofstra University School of Medicine, the only one on Long Island.

North Shore is home to the largest HIV/ AIDS treatment facility on Long Island, treating more than 1,800 HIV/AIDS patients. In the center, each patient is assigned a boardcertified infectious disease physician, nurse case manager and social worker case manager. The center also provides services that

allow HIV-infected mothers to deliver healthy, virus-free babies and offers surgical care and dental care as well.

North Shore is also well known for its cancer research and treatment facility. The campus offers a wide range of services to patients with cancers including inpatient and outpatient chemotherapy treatments, psychosocial counseling, nutritional consultation, pain management programs, support care programs and cancer genetic counseling. North Shore is home to a designated leukemia unit and a bone marrow transplant program for autologous, allogeneic and stem cell transplantation for patients from across the country.

- Domenick Rafter

Parker Jewish Institute 5 Dakota Drive New Hyde Park, NY 11042 (718) 289-2195 www.parkerinstitute.org Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation had a successful 2011, according to their annual report, and are looking forward to a strong 2012.

A 527-bed nonprofit for health care and rehabilitation of adults, the New Hyde Parkbased Parker served more than 6,500 older adults and their families in 2011. It employs more than 1,100 and engaged in several

clinical studies last year, including cardiovascular outcomes following treatment in type 2 diabetes and acute coronary syndrome, blood bank study for various disease states, and study of a new diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease.

Lakeville Ambulette Transportation, LLC provided nearly 37,000 trips in 2011.

Parker, led by Henry T. Schwaeber and Michael N. Rosenblut, was founded over a century ago in 1907. Originally a shelter for 25 indigent men and women, Parker Jewish has evolved into a nationally-recognized health center. It is also a leading academic campus for the training of health care professionals and studies related to aging.

- Ross Barkan Peninsula Hospital Center 51-15 Beach Channel Drive Far Rockaway, NY 11691 (718) 734-2000 peninsulahospital.org Peninsula’s specialized centers include a Family Health Center, radiation oncology treatment, inpatient hospice unit, Angels on the Bay Pediatric Unit, Traumatic Brain Injury/Acute Stroke Rehabilitation, Osteopathic Manipulation Therapy, Dental and Ophthalmology Centers, and an Advanced Comprehensive Radiology Department.

A majority of the physicians are volunteering attendees, who do not work directly for the hospital, but more for the patients who come through the hospital.

The hospital boasts that its Osteopathic Hospitalist Fellowship Program is a first of its kind in the nation. Hospitalists are specialized doctors who practice almost exclusively in hospitals. Their addition to hospital staff is tied to improved patient outcomes, decreased cost of medical care and increased patient satisfaction.

Peninsula Hospital Center instituted the program in 2006 for all-day medical supervision of patients who have no primary care physician, or whose private doctor has requested hospitalist care for their patient.

- Veronica Lewin Queens Hospital Center 82-70 164th Street Jamaica, NY 11432 (718) 883-3000 ci.nyc.ny.us/html/hhc/html/queens.html Queens Hospital Center, one of two public hospitals in the borough, has been working to ensure everyone in Queens has access to the care they need.

The hospital opened its doors as Queens General Hospital in 1935 and has since grown to a state-of-the-art facility with 301 beds. The Jamaica-based hospital, located at 82-70 164th St., serves Central and Southeast Queens.

Encompassing 360,000 square feet, it now includes spacious ambulatory care suites featuring both primary and specialty services and cutting-edge equipment. It also houses four Centers of Excellence in Cancer Care, Diabetes Management, Women’s Health and Behavioral Health.

QHC is known for hosting special events to make patients and their families feel like they are at home. This past October, the hospital hosted a Halloween reunion party for its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The hospital invited back babies born at QHC weighing less than five pounds so staff can evaluate their progress and take pride in their continuing development.

Little ones came dressed in costumes and enjoyed the Halloween music and food, while parents shared their experiences with each other.

- Veronica Lewin

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Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities One need not to be poor, from a broken home or have other mental health problems in order to become a substance abuser. It is an affliction that touches all parts of society, and ranges from problem drinkers to people addicted to narcotics.

Queens offers a wide range of facilities for people seeking to return to a normal life after years of abusing drugs and alcohol.

820 River St. Inc Alcoholism Supportive Living Facility 145-53 South Rd., Jamaica (718) 526-3803 www.pyhit.com Advanced Human Services Inc Chemical Dependence Outpatient Program 112-15 72nd Rd., Basement, Forest Hills (718) 261-3437 (718) 261-3577

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Arms Acres Inc Chemical Dependency Outpatient Clinic 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 704, Kew Gardens (718) 520-1513

www.armsacres.com Arms Acres Inc Drug Abuse Outpatient Clinic 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., 7th Floor, Kew Gardens (718) 520-1513 www.armsacres.com Child Center of NY Asian Outreach Clinic Outpt Chemical Dependency Unit 87-08 Justice Ave., Suite C-7, Elmhurst (718) 899-9810 www.childcenterny.org City Hospital Center at Elmhurst Elmhurst Community Residence 81-30 Baxter Ave., Elmhurst (718) 334-4660 Child Center of New York Jamaica Family Ctr Subst Abuse Program 89-56 162nd St., 3rd Floor, Jamaica (718) 297-8000 www.childcenterny.org Cornerstone of Medical Arts Center

159-05 Union Tpke., 5th Floor, Fresh Meadows (718) 906-6700 www.cornerstoneny.com Counseling Service of EDNY 163-18 Jamaica Ave., Suite 502, Jamaica (718) 658-0010 www.csedny.org Creedmoor Addiction Treatment Center Addiction Inpatient Rehab Program 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Building 19-D, Queens Village (718) 264-3740 (718) 264-3307 www.oasas.state.ny.us Daytop Village Inc Queens Outreach Center Adolescents 147-32 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica (718) 523-4242 (800) 880-3598 www.daytop.org Daytop Village Inc Far Rockaway Entry and ReEntry Unit 316 Beach 65th St., Far Rockaway (718) 474-3800 (718) 474-8871 (718) 474-8857 www.daytop.org Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities Inc Residential 107-06 Northern Blvd., Corona (718) 651-0096

www.Elmcor.org Elmhurst Hospital Center Alcoholism Outpatient Clinic 79-01 Broadway, Comm Medical Ctr H Bldg Room H3-135, Elmhurst (718) 334-3987 (718) 334-4601 Elmhurst Hospital Center Opiate Dependence Treatment Services 79-01 Broadway, Annex O 2nd Floor, Flushing (718) 334-3190 Faith Mission Crisis Center Inc 114-40 Van Wyck Expy., South Ozone Park (718) 322-3455 www.fmacc.org Flushing Hospital and Medical Center Chemical Dependence Unit Parsons Blvd. and 45th Ave., Flushing (718) 670-5540 (718) 670-5693 www.flushinghospital.org Flushing Hospital and Medical Center Reflections Outpatient Program Parsons Boulevard and 45th Avenue 1982 Building Suite 306, Flushing (718) 670-5078 www.flushinghospital.org

Flushing Hospital and Medical Center.

Fortune Society Inc 29-76 Northern Blvd., Long Island City (212) 691-7554 www.fortunesociety.org HANAC Inc HANAC 822 Chemical Dependency Program 31-14 30th Ave., Astoria (718) 204-1200 www.HANAC.org Interline Employee Assistance Prog Inc Alcoholism Substance Abuse Clinic 148-39 Hillside Ave., Jamaica (Continued on page 23)

Treatment Facilities (Continued from page 22) (718) 206-1368 (631) 243-3062

Long Island Consultation Center Inc Chemical Dependency Clinic 97-29 64th Rd., Rego Park (718) 896-3400 www.longislandconsultationcenter.com Long Island Jewish Medical Center Daehrs Outpatient Drug Free 75-59 263rd St., Littauer Building Zucher Hillside Hos, Glen Oaks (718) 470-8950 Long Island Jewish Medical Center DA Emergency Health and Referral Servs Littauer Building 1st Floor, 75-59 263rd St., Glen Oaks (718) 470-8950 Long Island Jewish Medical Center Methadone Maintenance Trt Program Littauer Building 1st Floor, 75-59 263rd St., Glen Oaks (718) 470-8940

MH Providers of Western Queens Inc Western Queens Recovery Services 62-07 Woodside Ave., Woodside (718) 898-5085 www.mhpwq.org Narco Freedom Inc Bridge Plaza 37-18 34th St., Long Island City (718) 786-3476 www.narcofreedom.com

New Spirit II Inc Outpatient Chemical Dep Program 162-04 South Rd., Jamaica (718) 291-4844 (718) 526-1626 www.jcapprograms.org NYTC Inc Probation Ambulatory Program/Queens 92-02 Guy Brewer Blvd., 2nd Floor, Jamaica (718) 657-3525 www.staynout.org Outreach Development Corporation Outreach House I 16-14 Weirfield St., Ridgewood

Outreach Outpatient Services Medically Supervised Subst Abuse Prog 117-11 Myrtle Ave., Richmond Hill (718) 849-6300 www.opiny.org Phoenix House RTC/Long Island City/Queens 34-25 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City (718) 789-4616 www.phoenixhouse.org Phoenix Intensive Residential Program 34-25 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City (718) 726-8484 (212) 831-1555 www.phoenixhouse.org Reality House Inc Chemical Dependence OP Service 34-51 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City (212) 281-6004x304 www.realityhouseny.org Queens Center for Change LLP 37-20 74th St., 3rd Floor, Jackson Heights (718) 424-6191 QSA Inc /CD Outpatient Program The PAC Program of Queens 40-15 Warren St., Elmhurst (718) 729-8686

www.thepacprogram.com Queens Village Committee for Mental Health/JCAP 116-30 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica (718) 322-2500x618 (718) 322-2500 www.jcapdrugfree.com Queens Village Committee for Mental Health JCAP/Residential ReEntry Unit 177-33 Baisley Blvd., Jamaica (718) 712-7777x206 www.jcapprograms.org Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Ctrs Methadone Treatment Queens Clinic II 147-18 Archer St., Jamaica (718) 526-0101 Saint Vincents Hospital Queens Clinic I 147-20 Archer Ave., Jamaica (718) 291-1888 Saint Vincents Services Inc Outpatient Chemical Dependence Program 89-31 161st St., 6th Floor, Jamaica (718) 206-0218 Samaritan Village Inc Admission and Assessment Unit 88-83 Van Wyck Expy, Jamaica (718) 657-6195 www.samvill.org

Samaritan Village Inc Drug Free Outpatient 144-10 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica (718) 206-1990 www.samaritanvillage.org Samaritan Village Inc Residential Drug Free Program 88-83 Van Wyck Expy, Jamaica (718) 657-8010 (718) 657-6195 www.samvill.org Samaritan Village Inc Ed Thompson Veterans Center 130-15 89th Rd., Richmond Hill (718) 206-2000 (718) 657-6195 www.samaritanvillage.org

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(718) 456-7820 www.opiny.org

Samaritan Village Inc MTA/Residential 130-20 89th Rd., Richmond Hill (718) 441-8913 www.samaritanvillage.org Queens Village Comm for Mental Health JCAP Inc 177-33 Baisley Blvd., Saint Albans (718) 712-1344 www.jcapprograms.org St Albans Primary/Extended Care Center 179-00 Linden Blvd., at 179th St., Saint Albans (718) 526-1000 www.stalbans.va.gov Source: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

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Ambulance Services A mix of paid, for-hire and volunteer EMS and ambulance services serve the people of Queens 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

They provide response to emergencies, transportation for medical needs and a slew of other services to patients in need.

Bay Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps Building # 622 Fort Totten, Bayside Basic Life Support Bayside Community Ambulance Corps 214-23 42nd Ave., Bayside Basic Life Support Broad Channel Volunteers 15 Noel Rd., Broad Channel Basic Life Support College Point Community Ambulance Corps 123-06 18th Ave., College Point Basic Life Support

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Corona Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps 104-38 47th Ave., Corona Basic Life Support

Flushing Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps 43-14 162 St., Flushing Basic Life Support Flushing Hospital Medical 45th Avenue at Parsons Boulevard, Flushing Paramedic Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps 92-29 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills Basic Life Support Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps 257-02 Union Turnpike, Floral Park Basic Life Support Glendale Volunteer Ambulance Corps 65-11 Myrtle Avenue Glendale Basic Life Support Jamaica Estates-HolliswoodSouth Bayside VAC 207-07 Union Turnpike, Bayside Basic Life Support

Jamaica Hospital, Ambulance Department 89-00 Van Wyck Expy., Jamaica Paramedic

North Shore Ambulance and Oxygen Service 110-18 Corona Ave., Corona Paramedic

Lighthouse Inc. /d.b.a The Rock Volunteer Ambulance Service 14-20 McBride St., Far Rockaway Basic Life Support

NYC Police Relief Fund-EMS 38-13 Northern Blvd., Long Island City Basic Life Support

Lindenwood Community Vol. Ambulance Corps 94-10 133rd Ave., Ozone Park Paramedic

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Bldg 269 S. Service Rd. JFK Intl Airport, Jamaica Basic Life Support

Little Neck-Douglaston Comm.

Ambulance Corps 42-18 Marathon Pkwy., Little Neck Basic Life Support Long Island Jewish Medical 270-05 76th Ave., New Hyde Park Paramedic MediSys Ambulance Service 89-00 Van Wyck Expy., Jamaica Paramedic Middle Village Volunteer Ambulance Corps 66-76 70th St., Middle Village Basic Life Support

Queens Village/Hollis/ Bellerose Vol. Ambulance 235-01 Braddock Ave., Queens Village Basic Life Support Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps 756 Seneca Ave., Ridgewood Basic Life Support Rockaway Point Vol. Fire Dept/ Rescue/Ambulance Co. 204-26 Rockaway Point Blvd., Rockaway Point, Fort Tilden Basic Life Support

New York Hospital Queens 56-45 Main St., Flushing Paramedic

Roxbury Volunteer Emergency Services 42 State Road, Rockaway Point Basic Life Support

New York Racing Association Aqueduct Racetrack 110 Rockaway Boulevard, Jamaica Basic Life Support

Superior Medical Transportation, LTD 1224 Burnside Ave., Far Rockaway Basic Life Support

New York Hospital Queens ambulance service.

West Hamilton Beach Volunteers 102-33 Davenport Ct., Howard Beach Basic Life Support Whitestone Community Volunteer Ambulance Service 12-15 150 St., Whitestone Basic Life Support Woodhaven Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps 78-15 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven Basic Life Support Source: NYS Dept. of Health

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Leisure

Red Storm Blows Over UCLA

By DAV ID RUSSELL The St. John’s Red Storm, down to using a six-man rotation, pulled out a gutsy win over the UCLA Bruins at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 18. D’Angelo Harrison led the Johnnies with 22 points in a game where neither team had a lead of over six points.

St. John’s snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off a Bruin comeback.

Harrison’s final points of the game gave St. John’s a 64-58 lead with two minutes to go, but the Bruins cut it to 64-62 with four points from Travis Wear. With 42.7 seconds left, St. John’s had the ball and Bruin coach Ben Howland decided not to foul, a decision which seemed to work when Harrison missed a shot with the clock running out, but Phil Greene’s tip-in put the Red Storm up by four. After UCLA’s Jerime Ander son split free-throws with 4.7 seconds left to cut it to 66-63, Moe Harkless was fouled with three seconds remaining. After Harkless missed the front end of a one-and-one, David Wear’s last-ditch half-cour t shot fell shor t and St. John’s had their first win since February 1st.

The play of the game came w ith a lit tle over 13 minutes remaining with the game tied at 45. After a St. John’s miss, Red Storm freshman Sir’Dominic Pointer threw down a go-ahead dunk assisted by Harkless.

“We play scrappier than they do,” Harkless said. “I think we played harder than they did.”

Harkless recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Harrison had eight rebounds to go along with his 22 points. Pointer and Greene also reached double-digits in scoring.

Even thought St. John’s Head Coach Steve Lavin was not on the sidelines, the fact that he made five Sweet Sixteen appearances in seven seasons at UCLA before being fired was on many people’s minds.

“The way they ended it at UCLA wasn’t to Lavin’s liking,” Harkless said. “We wanted to go out there and play hard and win this one for him.”

After the game, Lavin made a surprise appearance at Stout’s on 33rd Street, during the kick-off event for the Dribble for the Cure. Lavin has been out of action since undergoing successful prostate cancer surger y. The Dribble for the Cure is an event meant to raise money for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation.

“You can tell there’s great energy in here,” Lavin said. “It’s great to see St. John’s and UCL A supporters here, fans support ing somet hing more impor tant than the final score.”

John Vallely, who is on the Board of Di-

The Place To Eat cakes — three giants that cover the entire plate.

It is impossible to not feel completely stuffed after a pancakes and eggs breakfast. Though if you are not in the mood for something so filling, Pete’s offers up 17 different omelets, including a Brooklyn (Nova Scotia lox, Bermuda red onions and sun-dried tomatoes) and a meat lover One of the things I looked for when I with bacon, Italian sausage and ham.

For dinner, I choose bet ween one of moved from Florida to New York City when choosing what neighborhood in their 13 gourmet wraps, 10 different Queens to live in was the quality of the paninis or 17 different types of burger.

When I choose a panini, I always go diners nearby.

I set tled on Sunnyside, partly because with the juicy turkey. It is served on toasted focaccia bread with plentiful bird of a diner located on the corner of Queens Boulevard and 39th RESTAURANT and melted cheese. When I feel like a wrap, my choice is the Place called Pete’s Grill. The 24chicken fajita with ample cheese.

7 diner bills itself as “the place The wrap is always good; though to eat,” and with a seemingly the last time I got it delivered I endless menu, one can see why. felt that it was smaller than preSince moving here almost a vious orders. Also, when get ting year ago, I have eaten at Pete’s a wrap delivered, it tends to get over a dozen times and ordered soggy quickly, so that is somedeliver y — from either thing to consider. delivery.com or seamless.com — You cannot go wrong with a more times than I can even remember. And the quality is t he same Pete’s Grill cheeseburger. They are cooked whether eating in the restaurant or in my to your liking and are always big and juicy.

A side of curly or waffle fries go great with apartment.

Like with all restaurants I frequent, I the burger, or any dinner meal for that matusually get the same couple of things ev- ter, but when having fries delivered, they er y time. I am not one who likes to stray tend to not be as crisp and get a little soggy from things I know are good just to tr y from the kitchen to your apartment.

So if you are in Sunnyside or something, because when I do that, there is a chance I will not like the new selec- Woodside or any where outside, there are plenty of worse places you could go then tion.

When I have breakfast at Pete’s, my Pete’s Grill. The service is always good, favorite choice is the standard dish of pan- the food is always served the way you want cakes and scrambled eggs with a side of it and they are open 24 hours a day. whole wheat toast. The two eggs are not What’s better than that?

Pete’s Grill is definitely the place to eat. very filling, but are two eggs ever filling?

–Jason Pafundi The same cannot be said about the pan-

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Pete’s Grill 39-14 Queens Blvd., Sunnyside (718) 937-2220 w w w.petesgr ill.com CUISINE: Standard diner, breakfast all day HOURS: 24 hours a day CREDIT CARDS: Yes – All major

rectors of the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, is one of the leaders in branching out the Dribble for the Cure. Vallely, who won two championships playing for John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins, is a cancer survivor who lost his daughter to cancer in 1991.

Vallely brought the first event to UCLA, teaming up with Bruins coach Ben Howland, before bringing it to St. John’s with Lavin last September.

“We’re having a nice event just to kick it off. We’re excited about drawing more people in the from the community, high schools and junior high schools.”

Craig Latshaw, the co-chair for St. John’s Dribble for the Cure, and father of a cancer

survivor, said he was ecstatic about how well the event went.

“This was a fantast ic event. To have it during the UCLA-St. John’s game, the two major colleges that star ted the Dribble for the Cure, was great. A St. John’s victor y is always nice, but it’s everybody w illing to get behind the cause. As Coach Lavin said no other parent or child should go through this because it affects the whole family, so that’s my long-term goal.”

The Dribble for the Cure was the idea of the late Al Mcguire, who won the 1977 N C A A C h a mp i o n s h i p w h i l e c o a c h i n g Marquet te, before moving on to an equally legendar y broadcast i ng career. T he St. John’s alum passed away in 2001. St. John’s will host its second annual Dribble for the Cure in September.

For information, visit w w w.dribblefor thecure.com.

Drama Group Presents MASH The Monsignor McClancy Tyros Drama Group is gearing up to present Tim Kelly’s “M*A*S*H,” March 9 and 10 at the high school, located at 71-06 31st Ave., East Elmhurst. Kelly’s “M*A*S*H” is the stage play writ ten from the first three seasons of the long-running popular television sitcom, whose final episode was one of the mostwatched T V shows in history.

The students at Msgr. McClancy MHS have been preparing since the early fall for their version of this popular high school play and there are more than 40 students involved in the show. This year, starring as Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce is Sergiu Barcaci. Sergiu is an incredibly talented actor, having played the role of Randall Patrick McMurphy in last year’s Tyros production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Joining Sergiu on stage once again is Br yce Mengus. Br yce is a seasoned veteran of the McClancy stage, having played Murray the cop in the 2010 production of “The Odd Couple,” as well as Harding in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.”

“We have the most talented and hardworking student s in t his show,” said Ann Smith, the play’s director and moderator of the Tyros. The play also stars Joseph Har ve y as Duke For re st, Sean Trace y as Radar O’Reilly, Michael Ramirez as Col. Henr y Blake, Ph ilipp e DosSantos as Father Mulcahy and Jonathan Lacovarra as

the infamous Frank Burns.

“We are blessed to have a cast of dedicated girls in leading roles, such as Claire Spinet ti, of St. Vincent Ferrer, as Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan with classmate Ashling Marie Heenan, Alexa Dayoan, of Christ the King HS, and Megan Weiss of Forest Hills HS. Last, but certainly not least, no production of “M*A*S*H” would be complete without Cor poral Max Klinger, which is bei ng pla yed by T.J. Lukas, a junior at McClancy,” Smith said.

She added that the incoming freshman class this September will include female students for the first time in McClancy’s history. The Tyros will be evolving once again to welcome the new “Lady Crusaders”.

For information or tickets, email McClancyTyros@Live.com .

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Members of the McClanc y MHS produc tion of MASH prepare for the show.

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

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Queens Today SECTION EDITOR: REGINA VOGEL

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.

MISCELLANEOUS METRO CARD VAN Wednesday, February 29 10-noon Howard Beach Senior Center and 1-3 Stop and Shop on Myrtle Avenue in Glendale.

THEATER AWAKE & SING February 24 through March 3 Awake and Sing at Zion Episcopal Church in Douglaston. $15. 482-3332 reservations.

MURDER MYSTERY Saturday, March 3 at Temple Tikvah in New Hyde Park. 516-746-1120.

RENT April 11-14, 18-20 at LaGuardia Performing Arts.

482-5151.

KILLING KOMPANY 1-888-SHOOT-EM for information.

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SINGLES SIMCHA SINGLES Sunday, February 26 prePurim part y at 2 for those over 30. $10. Little Neck Jewish Center. 516-4871466.

SINGLES Wednesday, March 14 New member open house and “Make New Frie4nds & Keep The Old.” Wednesday Night Singles Group of the Samuel Field Y in Little Neck.

7-9. $7 Adult Center members, $9 others. Hot beverages and bagels. 225-6750, ext. 236.

TALKS MEXICAN MODERNISM Monday, February 27 at the Kew Gardens Hills library at 1:30.

HOWARD BEACH Monday, February 27 at 6:30 “Black Like Me” discussed at the Howard Beach library.

STEINWAY Monday, Februar y 27 “A Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forget fulness” discussed at 6:30 at the Steinway library.

CALLIGRAPHY Thursdays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 appreciation of classical Chinese calligraphy at the Flushing library at 6:30.

ENTERTAINMENT MOVING IMAGE Through March 4 Jim Henson Screenings and Programs. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 th Avenue, Astoria. 777-6800. $15.

TANGO Through March 18 world premiere musical at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside. 729-3880.

LUNAR NEW YEAR Saturday, February 25 at the Fresh Meadows library at 2.

MUSIC ANDINA Saturday, February 25 at the Broadway library at 3.

BENEFIT CONCERT Saturday, February 25 for the Poppenhusen Institute.

Irish music with Mary Courtney and Morning Star.

358-0067 tickets.

COMMUNITY CAFÉ Saturday, February 25 neighborhood conversation about life in Southeast Q u e e n s 8 : 3 0 - 1 2 : 3 0 . Yo r k College, 94-20 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica. 347-8242301.

INFLUX Saturday, February 25 Turkish dance performance by Influx at the Goldstein Theatre, Queens College. Free.

8pm.

SPIRITUAL NIGHT Sunday, February 26 performances of Negro Spirituals in song, instrumental, dance and oration at 4 at the Amit y Baptist Church, 16412 108 th Avenue, Jamaica. $20. 516-241-9101.

PIERRE MONTIEL Sunday, February 26 World’s Fair historian take a look at the People At The Fair at 2:30. $5 members, $8 others. Queens Historical Societ y. 939-0647, ext. 17.

SCHOOL CARNIVAL Sunday, February 26 9-4:30 at Divine Mercy, 101-60 91nd Street, Ozone Park.

Face painting, arts and crafts for kids, carnival food, shopping, more.

LIVE JAZZ & R&B Sundays, February 26, March 4, 11 live jazz and r&b 6-10 at Déjà vu, 180-25 Linden Blvd., St. Albans.

SYMPHONY CONCERT Sunday, February 26 Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra performs at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 374-1627. $5.

MAE C. JAMISON Monday, February 27 at the Baisley Park library at 6.

Wednesday, February 29 at 4 at the Queens Village library. Learn about the life of Jamison, who followed her own ambition to become the first African-American woman ever to travel to space.

MUSIC AROUND WORLD Tuesday, February 28 at the Briarwood library at 2.

BINGO Tu e s d ay s 7 : 1 5 A m e r i c a n Mart yrs Church in Bayside.

4 6 4 - 4 5 8 2 . Tu e s d ay s 7 : 1 5 (doors open 6) Rego Park Jewish Center. 459-1000. $3 admission includes 12 games.

SCRABBLE

Tuesdays Fresh Meadows library at 1 and East Flushing library at 3:30.

CHESS Tuesdays 4:30 Rosedale library and 4 at LIC library.

SPANGLISH SONGS Wednesday, February 29 love songs at the McGoldrick library at 1:30.

DUO D’AMOUR Wednesday, February 29 at the Howard Beach library at 2.

LOL Wednesday, February 29 break through the winter blues with shows of Laurel and Hardy and more at the Poppenhusen Institute. 3580067. 1-4.

FILM & TALK Friday, March 2 an: book discussion at 1, followed by film at 2 at the Flushing library. Call for title 661-1200.

GAME DAY Fridays 4:30 Woodhaven library.

BANANAGRAM/SCRABBLE Fridays Windsor Park library at 2.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Fridays 2 Hillcrest library.

FOLKLORIC MUSIC Saturday, March 3 Folkloric music and tango of Argentina at the Flushing library at 2.

MIENTRAS TANGO Saturday, March 3 Mientras Tango at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center. 6186170.

ONE MAN SHOW Saturday, March 3 Blood Type: Ragu, a one man show, at St. John’s Universit y at 6:15. 990-7541.

BAARIA Sunday, March 4 film “Baaria” shown at St. John’s Universit y. Reser ve by February 27 th . $15.

CONCERT Sunday, March 4 Irish traditional songs at the Central library at 3.

RELIGIOUS TEMPLE BETH Friday, February 24 Shabbat service at 8. Saturday, February 25 Shabbat service and torah study at 10. Sunday, February 26 Jewish S t a r t a t 9 . Te m p l e B e t h S h o l o m , 1 7 2 nd S t r e e t a n d Northern Blvd., Flushing.

464-4143.

REFORM TEMPLE F r i d a y , F e b r u a r y 2 4 dialogue during Shabbat service on “You Will Teach Your Children” at 8 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 th Street.

SHABBAT AMERICA Friday, March 2 Shabbat Across America at the Little Neck Jewish Center. 2240404.

PURIM PARTY Saturday, March 3 Purim Par t y at the UUCQ, 149 t h Street and Ash Avenue, Flushing. 380-5362.

WOMEN’S SEDER Sunday, March 25 at Temple Tikvah. 516-746-1120.

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS GET YOUR YARNS OUT! Tuesdays after evening Minyan at 8, knitters, crocheters, needlepointers, and others meet at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 263-7000, ext. 200.

RESUMES Wednesday, February 29 at the Central library at 10:30.

SOCIAL NETWORKING Wednesday, February 29 at t h e C e n t ra l l i b r a r y. 9 9 0 5102.

LEARNING LABS Wednesdays at the LIC library at 1:30.

KNITTING CLUB Wednesdays Bayside library.

Register.

INTRO COMPUTERS Wednesdays Central library.

Register.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE Wednesdays 10:30-3:00 Re fo r m Te m p l e o f F o r e st Hills. $12 session, includes light lunch. 261-2900 DRAWING/WATERCOLOR Wednesdays Drawing and Watercolor classes at the National Art League.969-1128.

OIL PAINTING CLASS Wednesdays Grace Lutheran Church in Forest Hills. 4724055.

LEARN TO DANCE Thursdays ballroom smooth and Latin dances at the Samuel Field Adult Center in Little Neck. 2256750, ext. 236.

BOOT CAMP Thursdays learn computer programs at the Arverne library at 10:30.

COMPUTERS Thursdays Glen Oaks library.

Register. Rosedale library at 6.

QUILTING CLASS Thursdays 10-2 Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans.

276-3454 East Elmhurst library at 12:30. .

COMPUTER CLASS Thursdays Queensboro Hill library. Register.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursdays Fresh Meadows library at 6. Crochet at the South Hollis library at 6:30.

BOOT CAMP Fridays through March 30 at the LIC library at 2.

WORD Starting Fridays, March 2 Introduction and Intermediate Word at the Samuel Field Y in Little Neck. $100 for four 2 hour sessions. 225-6750, ext. 236.

CHESS CLUB Fridays Auburndale library at 3:30.Tutorial Woodside library at 4.

BEGIN COMPUTERS Fridays Poppenhusen and Middle Village libraries.

Register.

COMPUTER LAB Fridays practice time at the Arverne library at noon.

KNITTING CLUB Fridays Maspeth library at 10.

KNIT & CROCHET Fridays Fresh Meadows library at 10:30.

COMPUTER COURSE Every Friday Ozone Park library. Register.

HENNA PAINTING Saturday, March 3 at the Steinway library at 2.

JOB SEARCH Saturday, March 3 at the Central library. Register.

HEALTH BLOOD DRIVES Sunday, February 26 Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Ridgewood and Our Lady of Mercy in Forest Hills.

Monday, February 27 Avalon Riverside Apartments in LIC. LI Blood Services. 1800-933-2566.

WAITANKUNG Sunday s at 2. Total-body workout. Flushing Hospital/ Medical Center. Free. Jimmy 7-10pm 347-2156.

CHAIR YOGA Monday, February 27 at the South Jamaica library. Register.

LEARN CPR Monday, February 27 learn CPR at the Rosedale library.

Register.

TAI CHI Mondays and Thursdays at 11 at the Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows.

670-1695. $5.

ALZHEIMERS Tu e s d a y, F e b r u a r y 2 8 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext.

237.

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT Tuesdays Western Queens Caregiver Network in Sunnyside. 5:30-6:30. 7846173, ext. 431. Also, 3:304:30 Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886.

ZUMBA

Wednesdays 6:30-7:30 Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 670-1695. $10 class.

WILLING HEARTS Thursday, March 1 Willing hearts, Helpful Hands for caregivers at the Laurelton library at 6.

CO-DEPENDENTS ANON. Fridays 10-11:45 at Resurrection Ascension Pastoral C e n t e r , 8 5 - 1 8 6 1 st R o a d , Rego Park. Women only.

BLOOD DRIVE Sunday, March 4 at Young Israel of New Hyde Park.

552-6449.

EXHIBIT SOCRATES SCULPTURE Through March 4 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park.

956-1819.

NAL Through March 6 Small Works Members’ Exhibition at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Parkway 14 Monday through Thursday and Saturday. Free.

QUEENS PROJECT Through March 31 “Vignettes from the Queens Project” at the Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street, Flushing.

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DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, February 25 in Valley Stream. 341-0452.

SEWING CLASSES Saturdays 11-3 at Maria Rose International Doll Museum in St. Albans. 2763454.

SCRABBLE CLUB Saturdays at 10 at Count Basie Jr. HS. 886-5236.

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.

LIC CRAFT CLUB Monday, February 27 t the LIC library at 1.

SHELL JEWELRY Monday, February 27 Cowrie Shell Jewelry at the Ar verne library. Register.

JOB SEARCH Monday, February 27 job search strategies at the Central library. 990-5102.

MOTIVATIONAL WORK. Monday, February 27 at the Laurelton library at 6.

BALLROOM DANCING Mondays, February 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26 at the Forest Hills library at 6:30.

JOB SEARCH Monday, February 27 Job Search at the South Jamaica library at 2.

INTRO EMAIL Monday, February 27 at the C e n t ra l l i b ra r y. 9 9 0 - 5 1 0 2 register.

BRIDGE CLUB Mondays except holidays 12-4 at Pride of Judea in Douglaston. Lesson & play $10. Partners arranged. 4236200.

DRAWING CLASS Mondays National Art League in Douglaston. 3610628.

LINE DANCE Mondays beginner to intermediate lessons in Bayside.

917-886-0519.

ADULT CHESS Mondays and Thursdays Queens Village library at 5:30.

COMPUTER CLASS Tuesday, February 28 at the Bellerose library at 10:30 and 11:15.

INTRO COMPUTER Tuesday, February 28 at the Queens Village library. Register.

BASIC COMPUTER Tu e s d a y s , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , March 6 at the Rosedale library at 10:30 and the LIC library at 11.

ONLINE LEARNING Tuesday, February 28 at the LIC library at 1:30.

INTRO WORD Tu e s d a y s C e n t ra l l i b ra r y.

990-0700 to register.

OWN BUSINESS Every Tuesday Owning Your Own Business: The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Started 6:307:30 at the Central library.

LI CHESS CLUB Tuesdays LIC library at 4.

KNIT & CROCHET Tuesdays Windsor Park library at 2.

PRACTICE LABS Tuesdays Arverne librar y at 10:30.

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

Queens Today

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Queens Today YOUTH QUEENS LIBRARIES Many branches of the Queensborough Library offer toddler and pre-school programs and more. Contact local branches.

APEC PROGRAMS February and March Alley Pond Environmental Center will hold Toddler time Nature Programs, Sunny Bunnies and Fledglings (for those 34). 229-4000.

NATURAL FACIALS Saturday, February 25 at Alley Pond Environmental Center for those 7-12. 2294000.

LAURA NUMEROFF Saturday, February 25 special story time at 11 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.

COOKIE MOUSE Saturday, February 25 meet Cookie Mouse at 11:30 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows.

STORY BOOK LADY Saturdays 12:30-1:30 reading enrichment program for 6-9 year olds at Maria Rose International Doll Museum in St. Albans. $7.50. 2763454.

SCIENCE LAB Saturdays Central library at 11.

MATH HELP Saturdays Flushing library at 10.

HOMEWORK HELP Saturdays 10-noon Bayside library.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays 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 , Fre s h Meadows.

ACID RAIN Sunday, February 26 f o r those 8-12 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 2294000.

AFRICAN-AMER DANCE Monday, February 27 at the Rosedale library at 4.

BOOST MATH Monday, February 27 Math games at the McGoldrick library at 5.

BEAUTIFUL OOOPS Mondays, February 27, March 5 making accidental art at the North Forest Park library. Register.

LEGOS BUILDERS Mondays, February 27, March 5 at the LIC library at 6:15.

ZUMBA Monday, February 27 grades 1-4 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 2294000.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 Douglaston/ Little Neck library.

HOMEWORK HELP Mondays 3:30-5:00 Bayside library.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Tuesday, February 28 at the Glen Oaks library at 11.

YOGA AND ME Tu e s d a y s , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , March 6 yoga and me for pre-schoolers at the Douglaston library. Register.

BOOK BUDDIES

Tu e s d a y s , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , March 6 at the Hillcrest library at 3:30.

BOOST WORD Tu e s d a y, F e b r u a r y 2 8 BOOST Word of the Week at the McGoldrick library at 5.

CHESS CLUB Tuesdays LIC library at 4 and Rosedale library at 4:30.

LIBRARY BUDDIES Wednesdays, February 29, March 7 at the Auburndale library at 4.

HAPPY HAPPY STORY Wednesdays, February 29, March 7 story time at the LIC library at 10:30.

BOOST HEALTH Wednesday, February 29 BOOST health and science at 5 at the McGoldrick library.

LEAP FROG Wednesday, February 29 Leap Frog Life Cycle Card Book at the East Flushing librar y. Register.

S TORY T I M E Wednesdays, February 29, March 7 at the East Elmhurst library at 11:30.

KNITTING Wednesdays Bayside library at 4.

KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays at the South Ozone Park library at 1.

GAME DAY Wednesdays Poppenhusen library at 4.

CRAFT TIME Thursdays 3:30 Ozone Park library.

COLOR & CRAFT Friday, March 2 Kids Coloring and Craft at 11 at the Queensboro Hill library.

LIBRARY BUDDIES Friday, March 2 at the Auburndale library at 4.

WII GAMING

Fridays, March 2, 9 at the Astoria library at 4:30.

READ TO ME Fridays, March 2, 9 at the Briarwood library at 3.

KIDS ACTIVITY TIME Fridays, March 2, 9 at the Briarwood library at 3:30.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays, March 2, 9 at the Briarwood library at 4.

TODDLER CRAFT Fridays Briarwood library at 10:30.

READ TO ME Fridays Briarwood library at 3.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays at 2 Queens Village and LIC libraries. Briarwood library at 4.

GAME DAY Fridays Queens Village library at 2.

FLASH FRIDAYS Every Friday at 3 Ozone Park library.

GAME PLAYERS Every Friday Hillcrest library at 4.

CHESS CLUB Fridays Auburndale library at 3:30. Tutorial at 4 at the Woodside library.

GAME DAY Fridays Rochdale Village and Windsor Park libraries at 4.

TWEEN ZONE Fridays LIC library at 2:30 for those in grades 5-8.

BOOST GAME DAY Fridays Central library at 4:30 and at 5 McGoldrick library.

CUB SCOUTS 351 Fridays at St. Nicholas of Tolentine. Boys in grades 15. 820-0015.

ANIMAL CARE Sunday, March 4 at Alley Pond Environmental Center.

229-4000.

MEETINGS ST. ALBANS CIVIC Sundays, February 26, March 25 St. Albans Civic Improvement Association meets at 1:30 at St. Albans L u t h e r a n C h u r c h , 2 0 0 th Street and 119 th Avenue in the undercroft.

JEWISH VETS Sundays, February 26, March 25 Jewish War Veterans of the USA Lipsky/Blum Post meet at Garden Jewish Center. 463-4742.

VFW 4787 Monday, February 27 Whitestone VFW Community Post meets. 746-0540.

CIVIL AIR PATROL Mondays Falcon Senior Squadron at 7 at JFK Airport.

781-2359.

MEN’S CLUB SOCCER Tu e s d ay e ve n i n g s F o r e st Hills Jewish Center 8-9:30.

263-7000.

FRESH MEADOW CAMERA Tu e s d a y s Fre s h M e a d o w s Camera Club. 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.

FLUSHING CAMERA Wednesday, February 29 Flushing Camera Club at

Flushing Hospital. 479-0643.

WOODHAVEN CULT. Wednesday, February 29 at Emanuel United Church of C h r i s t , 9 1 st A v e n u e a n d Woodhaven Blvd., Woodhaven at 1. 9/11 Blue Collar Heroes is the topic.

Woodhaven Cultural Societ y. 845-3385.

BARBERSHOP Wednesdays Jamaica Chapter of t he Societ y for t he Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet in Flushing. 468-8416.

MEN’S PRIDE GROUP Thursdays, March 1, 15 Queens Pride House Men’s group 7-9. 429-5309.

LEADD CLUB Thursday evenings and one Saturday afternoon. Recreation Socialization Program for Learning Disabled Adults. 18+, able to travel on public transportation.

Arn310@aol.com information.

WOMEN’S GROUP Fridays Woman’s Group of Jamaica Estates meets at noon. 461-3193.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, March 3, 17, 31 learn how to communicate e f fe c t i ve l y. 1 0 - 1 2 : 1 5 a t Elmhurst Hospital. 424-9754.

TEENS CHESS CLUB Saturdays Flushing library at 2.

AFRICAN-AMER DANCE Monday, February 27 at the Rosedale library at 4.

TEEN STUDY Mondays through Thursdays at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays Douglaston/Little Neck library at 4.

TEEN CHESS Mondays at 6 Bayside library.

ADVISORY BOARD Tuesday, February 28 Teen Advisory Board at 5 at the Flushing library.

HOMEWORK & GAMES Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays homework help and teen gaming at the Fresh Meadows library at 4.

LIC CHESS CLUB Tuesdays LIC library at 4.

BOOK BUDDIES Tuesdays Windsor Park li-

brary at 4.

RESUME WRITING Wednesdays 4 Arverne library.

GAME DAY Wednesdays Howard Beach and St. Albans libraries at 4.

CHESS Wednesdays at 3:30 Queens Village library.

KNIT & CROCHET Wednesdays South Ozone Park library at 1. Knit at the Bayside library. Register.

KNITTING CLUB Wednesdays at the Bayside library. Register.

TEEN THURSDAYS T h u r s d ay s Ba y Te r ra c e l i brary at 3.

CHESS CLUB Thursdays 4-5:30 Douglaston/Little Neck library. East Flushing library at 5.

WII GAMING Fridays, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 wii gaming at the Astoria library at 4:30.

TEEN HAPPY HOUR Fridays at 4 Flushing library.

CHESS CLUB Fridays Auburndale library a t 3 : 3 0 . Tu t o r i a l a t t h e Woodside library at 4.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays Briarwood library at 4.

GAME DAY Fridays Woodhaven library at 4:30.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Every Friday at 4 Hillcrest library.

TEEN FRIDAYS Fridays Seaside library at 4.

INTERNET DATABASE Saturdays, March 3 Internet Database Sessions for teens at 2 at the Langston Hughes library.

HENNA WORKSHOP Saturday, March 3 Henna hand painting workshop at the Steinway library at 2.

JOB SEARCH Saturdays, March 3, 17 at the Central library at 10:30.

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Queens Today

SENIORS the Fresh Meadows library at 1.

STARS Fridays, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Senior Theater Acting Repertory meets at the Queens Village library at 10:30.

AARP QUEENS CHORUS Fridays through March rehearsals at 1 at the Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center.

523-1330 information.

AARP 3654 Tu e s d ay, M a r c h 6 A A R P 3654 meets in Bayside. 4234237.

AARP 29 Thursdays, March 8 AARP 29 meets at noon at Grace House, 155-02 90 th Avenue, Jamaica.

AARP 4158 Tuesday, March 13 North Flushing chapter 4158 meets at noon at the Church on the H i l l , 1 6 7 - 0 7 3 5 th A v e n u e , Flushing. New members and visitors welcome.

FREE LUNCH Saturday, March 17 All Saints Church in Richmond Hill. 849-2352 reservations.

ALLEN COMMUNITY Keyboard lessons, Spanish, crocheting and knitting, art lessons, computer classes for beginners and advanced, Allen Singers, Drama Club, Hair Care, Aerobic, Beginners Bridge, Advanced Bridge, Creative Design, storytelling and rap sessions.

Allen Communit y Senior Center in Jamaica. 6580980.

BAYSIDE CENTER Tuesdays line dancing 9:30 and Thursdays 10:00. Fridays ballroom instruction at 10:15, ballroom and social dancing 1-3. Bayside Center for classes in movie, ping pong, bridge instruction, healthy lifest yle, card games, Wii bowling, painting, ESL, computer, exercise, dance, wellness workshops, etc.

Lunch at 11:30. 225-1144.

BEN. ROSENTHAL Wednesdays and Fridays

dancing from 1-4. Line dancing, bingo, sing-a-Long, ballroom dancing, computers, Alert & Alive Discussion Group, Israel Today Discussion, Social Action, News & Views. Daily hot Kosher lunch from 11:30-12:30. $1.75 contribution. Cards and games at 1. 886-5777.

BFFY ALZHEIMER The BFFY Alzheimer’s Adult Day Care Center offers a socialization program to those who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or other related dementia. 358-3541.

CERC Crafts, canasta, bridge, line dancing, shape-up, quilting, discussion group, movies, dancercise, current events, singles chat, shape-up, couples club, duplicate bridge, dancercise, recently retired group. Lunch at 11:30 ever y day. Reser vations 423-8174.

FOREST HILLS Politics and Humor, Creative Arts, Improv/Drama, Poet Societ y and more. 6991010.

GLENRIDGE Ta i c h i , c o m p u t e r, s t re s s management, bingo, exercise, choral group and line dancing. 386-5136.

HILLCREST Tai-chi, tax assistance, duplicate bridge, computer class, ESL/Citizenship Class, stained glass, oil painting, stay well exercise, music and dancing. 297-7171.

HOWARD BEACH Wednesdays mah jongg at 10 and Zumba Gold 1:302 : 3 0 . 1 5 6 - 4 5 8 4 th S t r e e t .

738-8100.

KEW GARDENS Mondays Falun Gong (to purif y mind and body) at noon, comedy writing 2:303:30. Mondays and Tuesdays Get in shape, lose weight and feel good class at 1:30. Wednesdays Spanish conversation at 10 and Building muscle and strength at 11.

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KEW GARDENS Monday, February 27 presentation by the Queens Library at 1. Wednesday, February 29 Jazzercise at 11.

Mondays 1:30 dancercise, 2:30 comedy workshop. Fridays tai chi at 10, Dancercise at 1:30. Kew Gardens Communit y Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, suite 202.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE Mondays Lunch, lesson and c o n g e n i a l p l ay. P r i d e o f Judea. 423-6200.

STAY WELL Mondays at the Central library at 10 and Wednesdays at 10:15 at the East Elmhurst librar y. Learn how special exercise and relaxation techniques make a difference in your life.

TAX HELP Tu e s d a y s , F e b r u a r y 2 8 , March 6, 13, 20, 27 at the Hollis library. 465-7355.

CAREGIVERS Tuesday s Caregivers Support group at 3:30-4:30 Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886.

METRO CARD VAN Wednesday, February 29 10-noon at the Howard Beach Senior Center, 15645 84 th Street.

LET’S BOWL Wednesday, February 29 Wii gaming program for seniors at the Fresh Meadows library at 2.

STARS Wednesdays, February 29, March 7 Senior Theater Acting Repertory meets at 10:30 at the Hollis library.

BRIDGE Wednesdays Reform Temple of Forest Hills. 2612900.

STAY WELL Wednesdays at 10:15 at the East Elmhurst library for exercise and other health related programs.

TAX HELP Thursdays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 tax counseling for low-income older adults at

Happy Birthday

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer honored Valentin Seminario with a proclamation on his 100th birthday Feb. 14 at Ravenswood Senior Center in Long Island City. Photo

by Ira Cohen.

Helping Out

Remembering Pat

Queens civic leaders gathered at the Kew Gardens Hills Library last week to unveil a plaque memorializing Pat Dolan. Dolan, who was killed last November while crossing the street, fought for the funding necessary to renovate the Kew Gardens Hills branch. The plaque will stay in a secure location until the renovated library opens, projected to be the end of 2014 or early 2015. Photo by Ira Cohen

Lunar New Year

Councilman Daniel Dromm and the Asian Community United Society recently held the second annual Elmhurst Community Lunar New Year celebration to ring in the Year of the Dragon. The celebration featured traditional Korean drumming and a lion dance, believed to usher in good fortune and ward off evil spirits. Pictured (from left) are ACUS Executive Director Warren Chan, Dromm, City Comptroller John Liu and New York Hung Sing Kwoon Lion Dance Team Master Simon Li.

Welcome Back

US Rep. Bob Turner recently met with leaders from the American Red Cross to discuss the organization’s mission and assistance to residents in Turner’s district. Pictured (from left) are Alexander Lutz, senior director of government and external affairs for the American Red Cross; Turner and Corwin Smith, Brooklyn assistant director for community development.

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Queens Events Edited By Harley Benson

Learning New Skills

Remembrance Jack Lew, the new White House chief of staff, returned to his native New York City. The Queens kid who graduated from Forest Hills High School was back in the Big Apple to brief Jewish leaders. This was the first such meeting for Lew, the first Orthodox Jew to hold the position, since replacing William Daley at the top of the White House pecking order. One of the leaders of the JCRC, Michael Nussbaum, is also the associate publisher of the Tribune.

Nussbaum is pictured presenting Lew with the Jan. 12, 2012, edition of the Queens Tribune, which reported that Lew had been appointed chief of staff.

Ribbon Cutting

Queens Lin-sanity

Local officials attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Council Towers VI, a part of Met Council, in Flushing on Tuesday. Photo by Ira Cohen.

Residents packed the Flushing mall last Friday to watch the New York Knicks – featuring new sensation Jeremy Lin – take on the New Orleans Hornets. Photo by Ira Cohen.

Legislative Meeting

Assemblywoman Grace Meng recently hosted a workshop to discuss MWBE opportunities at the 41st annual Legislative Conference in Albany. Pictured (from left) are Assemblyman Karim Camara, Meng and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

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Residents and local officials gathered at the Queens College Student Union ballroom Feb. 12 for the third annual Queens Holocaust Remembrance Day. Photo by Ira Cohen.

Students at PS/IS 499 became engineers for a day last week as they engaged in hands-on projects at a special engineering fair conducted by HAKS, a New York-based engineering company. HAKS engineers worked with students to design bridges and buildings using computer software and everyday home items including newspaper, aluminum foil, paper and wood blocks. Photo by Ira Cohen.

Models Of Queens

Full of Grace This Asian beauty began her modeling career about two years ago. Originally a singer/songwriter, Grace said she saw an ad on a website looking for models. Her interests had been expanding into fashion.

“I thought, why not combine the two?” she said.

Not long after, she found herself getting callbacks for photo shoots. And thus, her modeling career was launched.

Her interests in fashion and modeling didn’t cancel out her desire to produce music, however.

When she’s not doing a photo shoot, Grace said she is taking the time to work on music – for herself and for others. She gives music lessons on the side, teaching kids what it takes to be a pop star.

“During lessons, I teach them both vocals and model walking,” she said.

With her interests in music and fashion, it doesn’t sound like she would have much free time, but Grace said that when she has some down time, she enjoys walking around her community. When she came to the U.S. about 7 years ago, she first lived in Forest Hills.

Now, though, Grace lives in Flushing, and if she has her way, she’ll be there for a long time.

“I want to live here forever,” she said. “It’s very clean and quiet here, and my neighbors are friendly.”

Grace Shin Home: Flushing Age: 23 Height: 5’6" Weight: 115 lbs.

Stats: 32-26-34

Nicki Minaj during her Grammy confession. Could she need an Exorcist?

Nicki Minaj stage – ofDemon? a major awards show like

Nicki Minaj must’ve received some inspiration from Madonna at the Super Bowl halftime show. The South Jamaica entertainer performed her song “Roman Holiday” on last week’s Grammy Awards in a five minute spectacle that included a confessional, an exorcism, and Minaj levitating.

Catholicism has often been a target for female entertainers: Madonna burned crosses in 1989’s “Like A Prayer.” Lady Gaga gave Jesus cornrows in last year’s “Judas.” But neither took it to the

It’s Lin-Sane!

Mets Bobble Schedule They may be the hottest games of the NY Met's 2012 season so get your ticketss now, and your Bobbleheads at the games.

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Tom Seaver Bobblehead – Sun, Apr 22 at 1:10 p.m. vs. Giants • Rusty Staub Bobblehead – Sat, May 26 at 1:10 p.m. vs. Padres • Keith Hernandez Bobblehead – Sun, Jun 17 at 1:10 p.m. vs. Reds • Edgardo Alfonzo Bobble – Sat, Jul 21, 1:10 p.m. vs. Dodgers • Mike Piazza Bobblehead – Sat, Aug 25 at 1:10 p.m. vs. Astros Page 42 Tribune Feb. 23-29, 2012 • www.queenstribune.com

Minaj did.

The Catholic Church took some time off from trying to dictate American political policy this week to criticize Minaj’s performance.

“There are Catholic priests who are trained to perform exorcisms, and it seems plain that the time has come for Nicki Minaj to make an appointment,” said a church representative in response to the performance.

We’d find her a lot less interesting if she did.

The dispute between Time Warner Cable and the MSG Network at the same time as the rise to prominence of Jeremy Lin, caused more demand for Knicks games, and one Queens restaurant was looking to cash in.

Applebee’s, in the Sky View Center in Flushing, last week invited the media to the restaurant for the Knicks-Hornets game, but not to watch the game. A press release from the chain restaurant read “Come in during the game and see the reaction of many Asian fans as they watch everyone’s favorite player of the week, Jeremy Lin, who is of AsianAmerican descent…”

The release went on to say that restauJeremy Lin rant managers would be available for comment, to give “the inside scoop on the chain, games, fans and more.”

Coming soon to an Applebee’s near you: expert basketball analysis, free with every appetizer!

Confidentially, New York . . .

Our favorite Mets Bobbleheads: Mr. Met and the late, great Gary Carter

Bobble, Bobble, Bobble The New York Mets, to the delight of millions, have released their bobblehead schedule for the 2012 season. Though the Mets are expected to not be so hot this year (we are still waiting on Ruben Tejada’s first homerun since 2010), bobblehead season is expected to set the borough on fire.

Fkifty short years have passed since the Mets’ lovable but disastrous 1962 season, and the franchise wants to commemorate this anniversary with a series of legendary Met bobbleheads. Mike Piazza, Edgardo Alfonzo, Keith Hernandez, Tom Seaver, and Rusty

Staub will all have bobble heads given out to the first 25,000 fans in their honor – see schedule.

There’s no problem with honoring past heroes—the Mets are actually making up for opening their stadium in 2009 with little reference to the great players who actually played for the franchise.

Sadly for 2012 Mets fans, current Met bobblehead days seem to be in short (or no) supply. Somehow, it’s difficult to imagine 25,000 people knocking each other over for a Justin Turner doll. Almost as difficult as imagining this team winning 80 games.

The cards were for John Coccarelli, Groveland Correctional Facility

Holiday Hi-jinx Most of us remember making handmade cards during the holidays in elementary school. After making cards for our family and friends, we sent cards to seniors to brighten their holidays. One teacher at Corona’s PS 143 had her students make cards for a special person living in solitude- her incarcerated boyfriend. She said she was just trying to be nice. Hey, even prisoners get lonely during the holidays.

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fice in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 28-60 31 st St, Astoria, NY11102. Purpose: General. ___________________________________ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. Index No. 1391/ 2011. STATE OF NEW YORK. SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF QUEENS. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR GSR MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-5F, Plaintiff, vs.- MIGUEL H. SEGOVIA, if living and if he be dead, and all persons who are wives, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributes, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributes, and successors in interest all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; ORFA N. VASQUEZ; CITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 94-31 86th Avenue, Woodhaven, N.Y. 11421. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that there is a deficiency in the sale proceeds, a deficiency judgment may be entered against you. That this action is being amended to correct the name of the defendants to add the possible heirs of MIGUEL H. SEGOVIA as a necessary party to the action, as he cannot be located. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE AN-

LEGAL NOTICE SWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: December 21, 2011, /s/, Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN, SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 (DISTRICT:, SECTION:, BLOCK: 8887, LOT: 31).

NATURE AND OBJECT OF THE ACTION. The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of QUEENS, State of New York on April 25, 2006, in CRFN 2006000229484, said mortgage was then assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Griffin Mortgage Corporation to Griffin Mortgage Corporation by virtue of a GAP Assignment of Mortgage, executed January 13, 2011, and sent to the County for recording on January 17, 2011, which mortgage was further assigned to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage, recorded in the QUEENS County Clerk’s Office on August 8, 2006, in CRFN 2006000447527, which mortgage was further assigned to the Plaintiff by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage, executed on January 13, 2011, and sent to the County for recording on January 17, 2011. TO THE DEFENDANT, except MIGUEL H. SEGOVIA, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Jaime A. Rios, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated January 27, 2012 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: Beginning at the point on the northerly side of 86th Avenue (formerly Elmwood Street) distant 170 feet westerly from the corner formed by intersection of the westerly side of 96th Street (formerly Willard Avenue) with the northerly side of 86th Avenue; being a plot 100 feet by 40 feet by 100 feet by 40 feet. Premises known as 94-31 86th Avenue, Woodhaven, N.Y. 11421. ___________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Index No. 20212-11 WANG CHUL MOON Plaintiff, -againstSUNG HEE JUNG Defendant.

ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the

LEGAL NOTICE complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, dated January 10, 2012 and filed in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica New York 11435. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the object of this action is to obtain judgment against the defendant for an absolute divorce, that the bonds of matrimony between the plaintiff and the defendant be forever dissolved and such other, further and different relief as may be just and proper. Dated: January 24, 2012 Sung-Won Park Attorney for Plaintiff Park & Park, LLP 41-23 Murray St., Ste. 207 Flushing, NY 11355 (347) 732-9756 ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of Common Sky LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY SSNY on 1/24/2012. Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office of LLC: 3545 32 nd ST. #1F, Long Island City, NY, 11106 SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Common Skky, LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ BIG CITY SPORTS LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/ 27/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 154-38 11 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. Reg Agent: Demian Deviccaro, 154-38 11 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ___________________________________ “Notice of Formation of The Tejas Group LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY SSNY on 1/3/2012.

Office Location: Queens County. Princ. Office of LLC: 87-52 108 th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o The Tejas Group LLC c/o Deepan Bajwa, Esq. at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.” ___________________________________ Supreme Court, Queens County, Matter of Juanita Watkins a.k.a. Juanita E. Watkins an incapacitated person, pursuant to Court Order dated January 24, 2012, of

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Hon. Howard G. Lane, JSC, for application to sell premises 1077 Dean Street, Brooklyn, New York 11235 on March 19, 2012 at 11:00 am. In IAS Part MGM, Supreme Court – Queens County 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11432 under contract subject to court approval for $700,000.00 call Zenith T. Taylor, Esq. (718) 268-1300 for info ___________________________________ CRESPO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICE PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/13/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 70-18 57th Dr., Apt 1, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Lic. Mental Health Counselor. ___________________________________

claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Amended Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiffs’ Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on January 11, 2012, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The nature of this action is to foreclose a tax lien certificate recorded against said premises. The Tax Lien Certificate was dated August 5, 2010 and recorded on August 12, 2010 as CRFN: 2010000272817. Said premises being known as and by 87-87 109TH STREET, RICHMOND HILL, NY 11427, which is more fully described as Block: 09299; Lot: 0033.

Dated: November 18, 2011 Batavia, New York Virginia Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.

Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home.

You should be extremely careful about any such promises.

The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process.

To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us.

The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 18835/11 D/O/F: February 2, 2012 Block: 09299 Lot: 0033 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Queens NYCTL 2010-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR THE NYCTL 2010A TRUST, Plaintiffs, -againstANTHONY LAINO; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANACE; UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE PHYLLIS LAINO, IF THEY BE LIVING OR DEAD, THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE PHYLLIS LAINO, IF THEY BE LIVING OR DEAD, THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who

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Notice of Formation of 14115 82 nd DRIVE REALTY COMPANY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/30/11. Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office and regd. Agent of LLC is: c/o Mr. William C h u p a , 2 4 6 - 1 1 8 6 th R d . , Bellerose, NY 11426. Latest date on which the LLC may dissolve is 12/31/2099. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: JSDC MANAGEMENT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/04/12.

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, 34-47 42nd Street, #2RL, Astoria, New York 11101. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ G & D INSTALLATION LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 9/8/ 11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: G Moller, 166-19 24 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11375.

General Purposes. ___________________________________ 8101 Flatlands LCL. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/13/11.

Office in Queens County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to10210 Metropolitan Ave Ste 200, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General ___________________________________ 141-22 ROCKAWAY BOULEVARD LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/21/11. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Helen Sanders, 579 S. Main St., Freeport, NY 11520.

General Purposes. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF MEETING: Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the members of FLUSHING CEMETERY ASSOCIATION will be held at the office of the Cemetery, 163-06 46 th Avenue, Flushing, Queens County, New York on Friday, March 9, 2012, at 10:00A.M. for the purpose of electing Trustees, approving the renewal of its policy of indemnification insurance for its Trustees, Officers, and Employees and the transaction of other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Dated: January 24, 2012 JOAN H. CORBISIERO, Secretary ___________________________________ J Coco Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/11. Of-

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