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Vol. 41, No. 38 Sept. 22-28, 2011

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Jobs Bill Needed; Its Success In Doubt

By JOSEPH OROV IC Some lucky enough to afford a tank of gas can attest to the return of a familiar sign of tough times. Squeegee men, the onceomnipresent bucket toting pan handlers, are back.

And with dismal national unemployment figures hovering stubbornly around 9 percent, some may wonder what took them so long to return. The City’s 8.7 percent unemployment figure now has a physical embodiment on its streets; a contentious plan has been presented to help.

President Barack Obama made unemployment a signature political issue on Sept.

8 with a speech before a full house of Congress, touting his $477 billion American Jobs Act. The bill is an amalgam of tax cuts and spending geared at keeping folks employed, getting jobs to those that need them, while also shoring up infrastructure around the countr y.

“Our recovery will be driven not by Washington, but by our businesses and our workers, but we can help,” Obama said. “There are steps we can take right now to improve people’s lives.”

In the two weeks that have followed, the media and general populace have had time

to digest the President’s proposal. Most polls find a majority of Americans in favor of the plan.

Yet the borough’s Congressional representatives doubt the bill’s viability in what they claim is still a toxic political environment.

Overall, the President’s plan aims at cutting the payroll tax in half for the first $5 million businesses spend on wages. It also offers a payroll tax holiday for added workers or wage increases.

The plan also incentivizes the hiring of unemployed veterans and the long-term jobless; gives states funding to keep public sector employees on the job; makes various infrastructure and school investments; and helps homeow ners refi nance t heir mor tgages.

According to the President’s figures, the plan could add $1,500 to the typical American family’s coffers.

Obama later proposed a revised tax structure to increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans in order to fund his Jobs plan and help cut the budget deficit.

A preliminary analysis by City Comptroller John Liu paints a rosy picture should the bill pass Congress. The Comptroller esti-

New Police Pooch Law To Aid Boro K-9 Cop

By JOSEPH OROV IC A cop’s life is usually difficult, but two Queens councilmen are making sure it is not for the dogs.

Officer Matthew Wicelinski of Clearview Gardens has had to fight to keep his home, as his co-op has tried to oust him for owning a dog. But his pooch is not a pet, it is his partner on the beat.

Councilmen Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) have introduced legislation that would remove the prospect of eviction for officers like Wicelinski, who are required to live with their police dogs.

“The brave NYPD officers who keep us safe deserve our protection and respect, whether they have two legs or four,” Halloran said. “By sharing a home as well as a cruiser, officer and canine can form the bond they

need to work together on our City’s streets.

This law makes sure the brave men, women and canines of the NYPD can protect our City without facing discrimination.”

Attempts to reach Wicelinski failed as of press time.

The NYPD provides officers with a stipend for the dogs’ care, which will be the cop’s K-9 partner for its entire life.

The bill also marks the first time the City has distinguished between pets and on-duty law enforcement dogs.

“These dogs are better behaved than most people, and it would be grossly unfair to kick a police officer out of his home because he’s doing his job,” said Vallone, who chairs the Council’s Public Safety Committee.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER 34, of Manhattan in his black 1996 Chevy The NYPD is seeking the public’s assis- Suburban with a New York license plate tance in locating the parents of eight children number EXZ5896 in foster care. The parents are accused of All but the youngest child, Nefertiti, share taking their children from the same name as the father and Forestdale child agency in Forthe children have been split est Hills on Monday afternoon among three different foster during a scheduled visit. homes in Southeast Queens.

On Monday, Sept. 19, at Through a statement, the Adaround 4 p.m., Shanel Nadal, ministration for Child Services 28, who lives at 1430 said they are cooperating with Amsterdam Ave. in Manhattan, investigation. was visiting her eight biological An ACS spokesman would children, ages 11 months to 11 not comment further on whether years, at Forestdale, located at or not the visit was supervised or 67-35 112th St. in Forest Hills, what the children were doing in when she allegedly took the chilfoster care, citing the open indren from the center without Police are looking for vestigation. permission or authority.

Reach Reporter Domenick Shanel Nadal.

The NYPD said the mother Rafter at and the children may be travelling with the drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357children’s biological father, Nephra Payne, 7400, Ext. 125.

Bike Share Rolled Out; Queens Told To Wait

By JASON BANREY The wheels are officially in motion for the City’s Bike Share program. Just don’t expect them to come to Queens just yet.

On Sept. 14, Dept. of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled the self-service bike-share system which promises to bring 10,000 affordable bicycles to the city’s streets.

“With bike share, we’re reinventing the wheel by providing an affordable transportation option that’s there when you want it,” Sadik-Khan said.

Although much of Queens has seen an increase in its number of bicycling lanes in recent years, the city choose to install the initial 600 bike share stations in Manhattan and northern parts of Brooklyn.

The amount of cyclists on city streets has doubled in the last four years. At the same time, traffic fatalities are at their lowest point since the city began keeping records 100 years ago.

Despite that fact, some cycling safety advocates still feel safety should be the City’s top concern – and that concern should spread to Queens.

In 2008, Lizi Rahman’s son, Asif, was hit and killed by a truck while riding his bicycle home on Queens Boulevard. Since then, Rahman has advocated for bike lanes along the “Boulevard of Death” in an effort to make the busy corridor safer for cyclists.

After finding out about the city’s bikesharing program, she stressed the need for

more lanes to accommodate the additional bicycles which will eventually hit the streets.

“I feel there is a need for a bike lane on every street, especially on Queens Boulevard,” said Rahman. “Before adding more bicycles to the city, we have to make sure that our streets are safer for all commuters.”

The long-awaited program was welcomed by many of the city’s cycling activists, as 54 percent of all trips New Yorkers take are less than three miles, according to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council.

“A subway bus trip is rarely door-to-door and New Yorkers make hundreds of thousands of short trips a day that could benefit from the convenience of a public bicycle,” said Paul White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives, a cycling advocacy group.

The City selected Alta Bicycle Share to develop and operate the system, which will be officially launched 2012. Annual membership will be less than $100 a year – $4 cheaper than a monthly MetroCard – with daily and weekly passes also available.

Although the borough will not see any immediate impacts from the bike-sharing program, throughout the fall, the DOT and Alta will reach out to Queens community boards, elected officials and stakeholders for feedback on options for additional stations in our borough.

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

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Acknowledging the divisive climate that mates the plan would add more than $9 billion to the City’s economy while creating or has consumed Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) hoped unemkeeping 50,000 jobs.

Liu’s figures show $1.1 billion in savings ployment would rise above the part isan mofor 1,251,500 Queens workers as a result of rass as an issue.

“What we have to do here is get somethe payroll tax cut, with 23,700 jobs created by infrastructure investments and mortgage thing done,” he said. “From a psychological point of view, the American people want to refinancing. see Congress working toAccording to Queens gether and accomplishing College Professor Joshua something.”

Freeman, who studies labor From a psychologiA notably piqued U.S. histor y, Obama’s plan rests cal point of view, Rep. Gar y Ackerman (Don past tactics many feel the American Bayside) laid into his Rehelped pull the countr y out people want to see publican counterpar ts, citof tougher times. ing early signs from House “ W e ’ r e i n a p i c k l e , Congress working Speaker John Boehner that there’s no two ways about together and acthe President’s proposal is it,” he said. “It’s hard to tell, unacceptable. in a detailed sense, [the complishing some“They have not put up plan’s] effect on a specific thing.” one, not one, not one, not location. It cer tainly would —U.S. Rep. one, not one bill with one have an impact. There’s no Joe Crowley job,” he said. “Did I menquestion these [proposals] tion there hasn’t been one would provide jobs to bill with one job? […] I’ve been here a long people who otherwise wouldn’t work.”

Freeman pointed to infrastructure spend- time. I’ve never seen a Congress that wants ing and keeping public sector employees as to see the President fail. And when the Presiclassic maneuvers in the bat tle against un- dent fails, the country fails.”

Ackerman demurred at the chance to employment.

Whether or not they are enough to pull express optimism the American Jobs Act the nation out of a mire is another mat ter. would pass as writ ten, thinking it will fall Freeman was par ticularly skeptical about vict im to more part isanship.

“The President has asked the people to incentivizing new hires.

“Companies are reluctant to hire because call their congressmen to tell them to supthey don’t see the demand,” he said. “I think port the bill,” Ackerman said. “You can spare we’re kind of in a trap, where lack of consumer my office, I’m already suppor ting it.”

Newly-elected U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (Rdemand is contributing to this stagnation, and Breezy Point) was unavailable to speak for the stagnation is undermining employment.”

The borough’s Democratic Congres- this story.

Reach Deputy Editor Joseph Orovic at sional Representatives welcomed the plan as a good star t, but had various hopes for the jorovic@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127. bill’s passage.

Queens This Week

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Jazz Ambassador From Forest Hills It was 10 years ago, only a few months before Sept. 11, when San Francisco-native Paul Beaudry moved to New York after changing his career focus from computer science to music. Now, the Forest Hills resident is part of a team of musical ambassadors bringing jazz to parts of the world many Americans could not find on a map.

Beaudry, who fronts the jazz band Paul Beaudry & Pathways, will head out for a tour of Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent next month as part of The Rhythm Road program, managed by Jazz at Lincoln Center and funded by grants from the U.S. State Dept. The program sends American jazz artists to remote parts of the world to conduct jazz concerts and take part in a "musical exchange."

The program, which has been around for five decades and featured artists like Dizzy Gillespe and Louis Armstrong early on, takes 10 different bands per season on global tours where they interact with people who have had little to no interaction with Americans in their lives. As part of next month's tour, Beaudry will visit Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India and Bangladesh.

"These are all places that I've never been to before," said Beaudry, who took part in the program last year, traveling to South and Central America, and in 2009 to the Middle East.

The artists are more than just musicians, they become teachers as well, holding workshops in their host countries for citizens there to learn more about jazz, and also for the American artists to learn more about the local culture and music.

"It is sort of like a game of basketball; you keep passing the ball back and forth. That's the great cultural exchange," Beaudry said.

He added that he has taken a lot of local folk music from the countries he has visited and tied it into jazz recordings, some of which will be released on his upcoming album "The Americas," which will feature jazz version of South and Central American folk music.

"We look at programs that bring people together," said Marjorie Ames, director of the Cultural Programs Division in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for the U.S. State Dept. "Music is at the core of what we do. It's a broader effort to engage people all over the world with Americans; the diversity of the U.S., the artistry of the U.S." She added that the itineraries are meticulously planned out.

"If you look at the events that we have

scheduled, they are focused on underserved communities," Ames said. "We seek to strike a balance about universality with reaching people who would not otherwise be able to play a trumpet with a jazz band."

Susan John, director of touring for Jazz at Lincoln Center, said the selection process for the 10 bands is "rigorous."

More than 150 artists and bands apply and they are judged by not only performance, but also ability to interact with audiences and how they deal with touring.

The program travels 50 weeks a year and visits 50 countries. All 10 artThe Pathways. ists attend a two-day training and orientation program at Lincoln Center before they leave on their tours.

Jasna Radonjic, touring manager for Jazz at Lincoln Center, has gone on some of the tours and said it is as much of an experience for the artists as the citizens of the countries visited.

"They're fantastic and curious people, they're interested in other cultures and learning about their music," she said of the artists involved.

Beaudry agreed, noting that he has learned a lot about other cultures and countries from taking part in the tours. "[This program] gave me firsthand knowledge of what life is like there," Beaudry said.

"Many had never met a real life American before. When they get a chance to see an American and see they're not much different than they are, it gives them a different perspective on what America was all about.

It adds a human element. It's one thing to send politicians, tanks or soldiers, but when you give people the taste of culture, it just changes the entire conversation."

Paul Beaudry & Pathways will hold a free concert on Dec. 3 at 2:30 p.m. at Frederick Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, where they will talk about their tour.

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The Countdown Begins At W’haven The long-awaited pedestrian countdown clocks that appeared last year on Queens Boulevard have finally come to Woodhaven Boulevard and beyond.

The Dept. of Transportation installed the clocks in late August and early September along the Woodhaven Boulevard corridor between the Queens Center Mall and Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park, according to DOT spokesman Scott Gastel.

The new signals add a countdown clock when a red hand begins flashing, informing pedestrians of how many seconds are left before the light changes.

The crosswalks that received the new clocks are the busiest, including at Jamaica Avenue, Myrtle Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue. There are also new signals near schools, like at Booth Street adjacent to the Long Island Expressway, on Dry Harbor Road, at Union Turnpike and on 101st Avenue. There is even one near a senior center at 89th Avenue in Woodhaven, where State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven)

and AARP held a press conference in early 2010 warning about the dangerous crossing conditions on Woodhaven Boulevard.

The 89th Avenue intersection is located close to the Forest Park Senior Center and two public elementary schools. Among the suggestions made at the time were countdown clocks.

“I have asked the DOT to install these countdown clocks for some time. I am glad to see them installed,” Miller said. One of the clocks is located at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Park Lane South, outside his district office, where Miller had warned the time allotted to cross the street was not enough for the width of the street.

“I would still like to see the amount of time pedestrians have to cross the street be increased and the installation of larger medians,” he added. Legislation proposed by Miller would mandate increased time.

Other streets in South and West Queens are on the list to receive clocks, Gastel said.

Cross Bay Boulevard is not on the list but thoroughfares like Jamaica and Atlantic Avenues are and those should be installed soon, if not already. The countdown clocks were first installed along Queens Boulevard last year. More than 1,500 intersections citywide are slated to receive the clocks.

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Bill Would Push More Into Shadows On Sept. 14, immigrant advocacy groups and community-based organizations gathered in Jackson Heights to educate Queens’ growing immigrant population about Republican-proposed federal legislation that would make it mandatory for U.S. businesses to verify new workers’ legal status through a screening system known as E-Verify.

The bill, known as the Legal Workforce Act (HR 2164), was introduced by U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in June and is cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-Long Island), chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, in an effort to protect the American economy against illegal immigrants being employed by U.S. businesses.

Currently, the program is voluntary for employers but if passed, the biometric identification of every worker throughout the country would be sent to the Dept. of Homeland Security. Some immigrant advocates fear it would worsen the conditions for lowwage workers and increase a push for others toward working in the black market.

“Immigrant workers already face precarious work conditions, including rampant nonpayment of wages, hazardous worksites and long work hours,” said Andres Garcia, a community organizer for Queens-based New Immigrant Community Empowerment, an immigrant advocacy group. “E-Verify will only exacerbate these conditions, providing unscrupulous bosses with yet another tool for suppressing workers’ rights.”

According to the Congressional Budget Office, making the electronic employment verification system mandatory without also providing a way for unauthorized workers to become work-authorized would increase the number of employers and workers who resort to working outside of the tax system.

This would decrease federal revenue by more than $17.3 billion over 10 years.

With the current state of the U.S. economy, U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights) agreed the bill was not a self-sustainable option when it came to tackling the nation’s immigration issues. He said that the proposed plan was “just a window dressing on

the overall issue of immigration.” “[E-Verify] would cost $3 billion to small businesses nationwide,” said Crowley, whose congressional district straddles both the Bronx and Queens and contains a significant population of the City’s immigrants – legal and illegal. “We can’t afford to have that happen in New York.”

The Sept. 14 information event was sponsored by New York Civic Participation Project and Queens Community House.

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

—Jason Banrey

St. Mar y Nurses Vote To Unionize At a time when organized labor has been vilified nationally by some politicians, the registered nurses at St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children voted to join one of the medical profession's largest unions.

The hospital's RNs voted by an overwhelming 90 percent margin to join 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

The 98 RNs followed the footsteps of 222 licensed medical professionals, including nurses, nurses' aides, clerks and housekeepers, who voted to join 1199 last month.

"As RNs, we must have a professional voice to ensure quality care for our patients, especially when it comes to staffing levels," said Clare Thompson, a vice president of the RN Division of 1199SEIU. "When you stand alone without a union, you have no support and no one will listen to your concerns. But by joining together, management will listen, and Registered Nurses and all working people can have a say in our future."

The hospital did not respond to requests for comment as of press time.

The move will allow St. Mary's RNs to elect a bargaining team that will negotiate a contract with the hospital.

"It's very important for Registered Nurses to have a voice in the delivery of care," said Cynthia MacDonald, a Registered Nurse at St. Mary's. "Having a voice means that we will be able to create workplace policies that benefit the children we care for and the communities we live in, along with helping to raise standards for Registered Nurses everywhere."

The union has become a known political force within local politics, and presents a strong voting block in local elections.

The move comes after what the Union and RNs claim was a concerted effort by the hospital to prevent the unionization of its workforce.

"We really are at a cross roads in this country," said Mark Bergen, vice president of 1199SEIU. "There used to be a promise in our nation that if you worked hard and played by the rules, you could have a secure job, send your kids to college, advance your career and retire with dignity. Unions are the best way to restore that promise, and make sure hard work is rewarded and that there is a strong, vibrant middle class in America."

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Boathouse Opens After Big Upgrade the moorings for their sailboats across the lake. The first weekend, they had only moved a handful of the moorings and boats to be used for their last summer sailing classes, which were pushed past Labor Day due to August’s bad weather.

There are still some kinks to work out, including the bathroom situation. Though the Parks Dept. installed public restrooms, the sewer runs under the Van Wyck Expressway to connect with the rest of the system on the Flushing side; a connection that has not yet been made.

For now, portable toilets will be available.

The Boathouse is one of only two relics left from the 1939 World’s Fair, the other being the New York City Building, which currently houses the Queens Museum of Art, which is also under renovation.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER The extensive two-year, $6 million renovation of the historic Boathouse at Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park is complete and the two clubs that occupied the boathouse, Row New York and The American Small Craft Association, have moved back into the structure after two years in temporary buildings on the opposite side of the lake.

The work began in November 2009. The Parks Dept. winterized half the structure, added new windows, put on a new roof and gave the structure a new brick façade. Outside the building, a new deck and ramp to the docks were installed using sustainable plastic lumber rather than regular wood, which rots easily in the dampness around the lake.

“It’s kind of like a dream come true,” said Amanda Kraus, President of Row New York, who pointed out the new boathouse will have handicapped access, which is important to the organization since it recently received a contract from the Dept. of Education to run on-the-water rowing programs for disabled New York City school children.

Row New York and TASCA have spent the last two years basing their operations out of makeshift locations on the west shore on the lake in a parking lot along the Grand Central Parkway. The groups had been scheduled to move back into the boathouse the last weekend in August, but Hurricane Irene forced a delay. Irene and the rainstorm that hit two weeks prior had flooded the part of the lake where Row New York and TASCA were temporarily located.

“It was a process,” Kraus said. “We rode a lot of the boats across [the lake] and we trailered everything else.”

TASCA had the extra burden of dragging

The newly renovated Boathouse at Flushing Meadows.

What’s That Smell? The Subway

By DOMENICK RAFTER Our subways have a distinct smell. That musky scent of the underground tunnels is something most of us are used to. But last week, some commuters at one of the borough’s busiest subway stations got an unwelcome odor gift that left some gagging while waiting for a train, and they say it is an ongoing problem.

The smell of garbage made commuters at the Union Turnpike-Kew Gardens subway station feel like they were waiting for a train next to a full dumpster. Last Friday the smell was so strong some commuters were forced to walk to the Forest Hills station to catch a train.

One commuter said the smell was strong even at the street level, emitting from the subway stairs and was unbearable on the platform.

Though Community Board 9 said it received no complaints about the smell on Friday, commuters who inhaled Friday’s stench said it has been a problem at that station before.

“I cannot overstate how horrible the stench is down there this morning,” one commuter said on Sept. 16. “Every morning when you get down the two flights of stairs to the platform it smells like garbage down there. This morning the stench hits you as

soon as you descend from the sidewalk.

Everyone on the platform this morning had their nose and mouth covered.”

On Saturday afternoon, the smell seemed to dissipate, though it was still noticeable on one end of the platform on the Jamaicabound track. The MTA said on Wednesday the problem may have originated from garbage that collected on one of the tracks in the tunnel just north of the station, and crews were working to clean it up.

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Watching The Money As we begin the countdown to next month’s soft opening of the Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct, we already hear the buzz on true legalized gambling in New York State.

We are not taking an immediate position on either side, but are certainly intrigued by the possibility – if only for the promise of jobs and return to fiscal solvency.

But we also believe that we have not tried all other resources. We believe that frugality, spending that is in the interests of the people – not the electeds, the elimination of waste and redundancy, and the investment in industries that create opportunity – not just a paycheck – is where New York State must head.

Surely, we’re going to be among the first to lay down a dollar at Resorts World; we all have big dreams. But we’re also going to watch to see what the State does with that newfound 69 cents going into its pocket from every dollar we spend, and to see if, given this new revenue stream, the state can figure out a way to make that money grow, rather than new ways to just spend it.

If the state wants real legalized gambling, they’re going to have to earn that right by showing us what they do with this new money that will be streaming up from Queens.

In Your Opinion: Misspent Money To The Editor: The amount of money that was spent on the special election for Anthony Weiner’s seat is obscene.

After the Democratic National Committee pumped $600,000 into the campaign, I started to get three phone calls a day, loads of campaign mail and almost daily visits asking me how I wanted to vote. I had an absentee ballot and I had already voted, but if I had not decided who to support, I would have voted Republican as a protest against being constantly annoyed. Just think how $600,000 would have helped finding a cure for cancer or other diseases.

Sidney J. Rubin, Forest Hills

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What A Joke To The Editor: The divided result of the special elections in the 23rd A.D. and the 9th C.D is really a defeat for the Democratic leadership. In past years, Chuck Schumer was elected to Congress after a contested primary against incumbent Congressman Steve Solarz. When Schumer ran for the Senate, Anthony Weiner came in first in a very competitive race against three experienced Democratic legislators.

This year, Democratic leaders, with the apparent cooperation of the Governor, timed a special elec-

tion to avoid giving registered Democrats an opportunity to meet, question and educate the candidates on local issues. The primary process is a strength, not a weakness.

However well intentioned, David Weprin has difficulty transmitting the urgency of maintaining and improving federal programs on health care, the environment, progressive taxation and consumer protection to the majority of voters. We recall that David Weprin finished last among four candidates in the Democratic primary for Comptroller in 2009.

Philip Goldfeder has been an intelligent and diligent candidate who tried hard to connect with all segments of our varied community.

He received strong support from local elected Democrats and unions which traditionally support Democrats.

However, among Phil’s core group of supporters there are many who show little interest in achieving Democratic goals of full employment, national health care, protection of the environment or taxation based on the ability to pay. There was so little interest in the campaign of David Weprin for Congress that Goldfeder volunteer poll watchers were not asked to collect results of the race for Congress when the polls closed.

Democratic Party policies going back as far as the New Deal of the 1930s are under attack as never

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before. Local Democrats will be unable to advocate for better health care or even continuing inadequate payments to local community hospitals under the budget almost all Republicans are supporting. We will not get better transportation when funds for mass transit are frozen.

Local politicians will be unable to protect our shores from liquefied natural gas facilities if environmental laws are ignored.

Those who have joined the political process need to consider which side are we on.

Norman Silverman, Queens

Deal With The Dev il To The Editor: President Barack Obama inherited eight abysmal years from the Bush-Cheney administration; a housing and mortgage mess, as well as two wars that were funded without a tax increase – something without precedent. It is not reasonable to expect Obama to solve these huge problems not of his making, in the short period of time he has been in office, and particularly when he is faced with a partisan obstructionist Republican Party only interested in denying him a second term, rather than legislating for the benefit of all the people.

Notwithstanding Republican claims to the contrary, Democratic David Weprin’s loss to Republican Bob Turner in the special election in the 9th Congressional District was no message to Obama about dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy.

Weprin lost the race by approximately 3,500 votes which I believe was due to the Orthodox Jewish Community’s false obsession with an issue fueled by former Mayor Ed Koch’s claim a vote for Turner would be a message to Obama about dissatisfaction with his Israeli policies.

I am Jewish and a resident of the 9th CD. There is no substantive evidence to support any claim that Obama is anti-Israel as The New York Times stated in its editorial.

Furthermore, I do not believe there is any American President, Democrat or Republican, past, present or in the future, notwithstanding occasional constructive criticisms, that will abandon Israel, the only true ally we have in the Middle East.

There is no reason to assume a national rejection of Barack Obama because of the vote of a geographically small group of Orthodox Jews who do not speak for the vast majority of those who are secular and disagree with their agenda.

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What Are You FOR? To The Editor: If Bob Turner is sincere about voting as an independent, I urge him to listen to the people in the 9th Congressional District. If they are shopkeepers, business is off because too many people are squeezed financially. No job, no new goods that aren’t essential. Working two jobs? No time to shop. Kids failing in school? Are teachers getting through to them? Are parents keeping abreast of their homework? Or are all those cuts in hiring and low pay keeping the best and brightest teachers away from the public schools which need them the most?

While you are commuting to Washington, Bob, read a copy of “That Used To Be Us” by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum.

Do read it. You can tell your colleagues in the House that President Nixon was the one who created the EPA – did you know that? Your beloved Presidents Reagan and Bush Sr. raised taxes several times.

So why do your fellow Party members holler NO when they demand fiscal balance?

If you really want the job, we want you to think as an independent and do what is best for our country, not just do what the loudest voices demand. Education money is key.

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him the election. He should have made clear there are constitutional issues with regard to same-sex marriage that cannot be ignored and to let the courts decide the matter. He should have taken the Obama-Israel matter head on and, with available concrete evidence, show Obama is no threat to Israel.

As to Obama as a President, Weprin should have pointed out that Turner would have supported Texas Gov. Rick Perry if he was the Republican presidential nominee, a man who believes this is a Christian nation to be governed by Christian principles indicating a complete lack of the understanding of separation of Church and State; who believes Social Security is a Ponzi scheme; who believes the 90 percent plus scientists who support global warming are fabricating their findings just to make money. As to those Orthodox who are unhappy with Obama, it is difficult to believe they would be happy with Perry. In supporting Turner for the reasons claimed, they may well have made a bargain with the devil.

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Minor League Player To The Editor: Queens County Democratic Party leader and Congressman Joe Crowley along with Kings County Democratic Party leader and State Assemblyman Vito Lopez should have read and taken the wise advise offered in “Helping Out With Joe Crowley’s Dilemma” (Michael Schenkler — July 7) before selecting losing candidate David Weprin as the anointed one. Imagine if the candidate was former NYC Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., Queens Borough President Claire Schulman, Councilwoman Melinda Katz or Brooklyn Congresswoman Liz Holtzman? Bob Turner would have faced a stronger candidate who could have articulated a better case for voting Democratic than Weprin.

Just like Weprin, any of the four would have played ball with the party bosses knowing they would just be serving one term before the 9th CD disappeared after reapportionment. None would have crossed their “benefactors” and run a primary in 2012 against Crowley or Gary Ackerman.

Since announcing his candidacy, not a day went by without Weprin holding a press conference clutching the coat tails of other Democratic party elected officials in his quest for yet another public office. Remember his previous losing political efforts? The results once again illustrated how Weprin consistently fails to do well outside the comfortable confines of his local 24th State Assembly Democratic clubhouse home base.

Democrats outnumbered Republicans 195,984 to 62,423. With a 3 to 1 registration advantage, a campaign budget over $1.4 million, along with newspaper endorsements, any other Democrat would have probably defeated their Republican challenger. Turner defeating Weprin by 33,785 to 29,688 was more than just a referendum on Obama and Israel. It also illustrated that voters are wise to Weprin’s 10year mediocre record as NYC Council Finance Committee Chairperson and recently as a State Assembly member.

Voters decided that Weprin was not equipped to graduate from the minor leagues of City and State government and go on to the Big Leagues in Washington.

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9th CD Reflected: Koch Intervention, Obama Distaste

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By HENRY STERN The election of Republican Robert Turner to Congress is significant for several reasons.

One is that the result will be widely perceived as a rebuke to Pre sident Obama and the Democratic Par ty, which it is.

For some, the issue was Henry jobs and the economy. For others, the administration’s hostility to Israel is an important issue, which affected Catholic voters as well as Jews. The hostility of Muslim extremists extends to all other religions, and the Catholics were the original crusaders in the Middle Ages.

The Democrat, David Weprin, was clearly the machine candidate, chosen in part because he could be counted on not to squawk too loudly when his district was eliminated. Mr. Weprin, a retiring person and a hard worker, would not be in politics except that his father, the distinguished Saul Weprin, rose to be Speaker of the Assembly. David’s younger brother, Mark Weprin, was also a member of the Assembly before he was elected to the Cit y Council in 2009. The Weprins are the last remaining political dynasty in the Queens delegation to Albany, the Hevesi clan having been reduced to son Andrew, an assemblyman since 2005.

There was no Democratic or Republican primar y to select the candidate to fill the seat vacated

by Ant hony Wei ner, whose troubles have been recounted at length. Normally par ty nomina-

tions are t he result of primary elections, but in all five elections held last week, the departing officials left at a point on the calendar when a primary was not required, and the nominee could be selected by the county leader. Observers believe that Melinda Katz, the Stern former Councilmember and Asssemblywoman, would have been a stronger candidate. She came in third while Weprin ran fourth in the 2009 contest for City Comptroller. But she would have been less likely to take a dive to suit the county leader.

Many voters had negative views on the economy and the Obama administration, which were reflected in the vote. When seen together, Turner, at 70, was physically more imposing than Weprin, who is 55. Turner was a more folksy and less political figure, running at a time when politicians are not held in high regard for good and sufficient reasons.

The solidarity of Democrats, practically all the legislators lining up like sparrows on a wire to support colleague Weprin, left the field open for independent Mayor Koch and Assemblyman Dov Hikind, both of whom occasionally suppor t Republicans. Both Liberal Party members and Conservative leader Michael Long supported Turner. The Liberals want Obama to win in 2012, and urgently wish him to change course before it is too late. The Conservat ive s simply oppose Obama, and are promoting the Turner vic-

tory as a national uprising.

Basically, this was an election between boss-picked candidates to fill a vacancy created when party leaders decided that a way ward Congressman guilt y of infantile behavior was dispensable. The problem they must face is that the cure for Weiner’s bizarre misconduct may be worse for the Democrats than the disease.

The wild card in the primary turned out to be Mayor Koch, a popular and credible octogenerian leader who seeks no public office, and is therefore more susceptible to the dictates of conscience. He has never been shy about expressing his opinions, and the fate of the Jewish people is an issue of great importance to him, although he is a secular Jew. His early intervention made the sleepy race competitive. The vigorous Turner campaign attracted both Russians and Orthodox Jews, neither of whom has particularly high regard for the other. Politically, the Russians are mostly conservative, having lived under an all-powerful state.

The Orthodox were upset that Weprin favored gay marriage, and said that his position was consistent with his Orthodoxy. His coreligionists disputed his claim.

Turner promised Koch not to exploit the issue, and he kept his word. The Or thodox, however, consider this an important matter, even though the State Legislature had approved it and will not change its position, in part because of demographics and in part because of increasing public acceptance of same-sex marriage.

So it is that Mr. Turner will go

to Washington, and the Ninth District, in its present gerrymandered dumb bell configuration, with a narrow link bet ween Brooklyn and Queens, will retire to well-deserved oblivion, having enjoyed its moment in the spotlight. Unless there is another major hurricane or other disaster, the television towers will not return to Broad Channel and Howard Beach.

Let us hope that the President gains insight from the events in NY-9, as they call it, and returns to the foreign policy of American pre sident s star t ing w ith Har r y Truman in 1948, with the exception of Jimmy Carter, who has established a center in Georgia that requires continuous infusions of

funds, provided by friends in the Middle East.

More will be writ ten about NY-9. It may be remembered like one of those towns whose high point was a battle in the Civil War, and after which slept quietly for a century. But, on Sept. 13, 2011, ten years and two days after the fateful 9/11, the people of the district spoke. I believe they were influenced to some extent by the national tragedy whose anniversar y they had so recently observed. In any event, an election is a great public event and an expression of the views of the community which people who believe in democracy are bound to respect.

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Forced To Pay City DEP Quake Bill

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pay for those repairs as well?”

Avella is trying to put a stop to what he calls a “long-standing, unfortunate city policy” that makes homeowners responsible for repairs. “The City of New York continues to place an unfair burden on middle class homeowners,” he said. Avella said it is especially unfair when a water main break occurs as a result of a natural disaster or heavy traffic.

A similar situation happened to the Odaira family of Hollis, who returned from vacation in July to a notice to repair a water main break within 72 hours. The family hired a private contractor, which cost them more than $3,000. “The City’s policy is unreasonable and unfair to homeowners because the pipe is located underneath the street where homeowners cannot check the condition of the water pipe to prevent damage or a future break unless the City initiates the work,” said Karen Odaira.

Sklerov said the DEP understands these sudden repairs are costly and can put strain on a family’s budget. Because of this, the agency proposed an insurance plan in March 2011.

Similar to homeowner’s insurance, residents would be able to pay a small monthly premium that would prevent them from shelling out thousands of dollars on an unexpected leak.

While saving homeowner’s money, it would also reduce the expense to DEP of shutting down service lines that have not been repaired. The program is still in the development stage.

Reach Reporter Veronica Lewin at vlewin@queenspress.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 123.

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By V ERONICA LEWIN Unexpected, costly water main repairs have some Queens residents struggling to make ends meet.

Arthur Collazo is a retired veteran who has owned a home in Bellerose for the past 12 years. Collazo suspects last month’s earthquake caused the water main under his street to break. After an inspection, the Dept. of Environmental Protection notified him that he had three days to repair the leak under the street before they would shut off service.

Though he was short on money, Collazo made the $3,000 repair and charged it to his credit card.

“I don’t see how somebody in my position, my age, and with my service should be responsible for the street,” Collazo said. The repair took more than a week to complete, leaving Collazo to rely on his neighbor’s garden hose for water. State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) is helping him fight the charges.

“It’s not the homeowner’s fault, but the city makes the homeowner responsible,” Avella said.

City law states that when the DEP detects a water main break, a notice is given to the homeowner or occupant to make a repair in three days. According to the DEP, they regularly check the city’s 6,600 miles of water mains to ensure necessary repairs are made before they become a major issue.

“Avella’s eight years in the City Council should have made him familiar with basic city law,” said Farrell Sklerov, DEP spokesman. “Water service lines are private property that are part of people’s homes, just like a kitchen sink. Is he asking city taxpayers to

Homeowner Arthur Collazo (l.) and State Sen. Tony Avella speak out against a Cit y polic y that makes homeowners responsible for water main breaks outside of their homes.

MTA Weekend Map That Helps

By DOMENICK RAFTER For years, transit riders have clashed with the MTA over last-minute life-altering changes to subways and buses. Now, the MTA has developed a new way to keep its customers informed about the service changes that bedevil their lives.

“The Weekender,” a special map highlighting weekend changes, will appear on the front page of the MTA Web site every Friday afternoon and remain up until Monday morning. The map, designed in the famous 1972

Massimo Vignelli subway map style, is interactive. Users can search service changes by line or by borough, or can scan the map where stations affected by service changes will be blinking.

Click on the blinking station and information about the service change will appear on the left side of the screen. The lines that are not running during the weekend are faded on the map. The first “Weekender” map went up on the MTA website around 2 p.m. last Friday, Sept. 16, and

remained up through the weekend.

The MTA has been criticized for not communicating service changes clearly with the public. A joint audit by City Comptroller John Liu and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in August revealed that weekend maintenance work cost the city billions of dollars in lost revenue and the MTA was not adequately informing the public of service changes.

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Bees Buzz Boro; Honey Lovers Unite been keeping honey bees for more than four years and was sharing a por t ion of t he 60 pounds in honey his hive produced this season.

Passionate about providing his honey bees with a home, Gaeta admits it is not always easy keeping all three of his hives but “once you get rocking and rolling, it’s hard to stop.”

“There’s an excitement I get after opening up my [apiaries],” Gaeta said. “I could sit there and watch my hives all day. There are so many pat terns and color s that it has become a calming thing for me.”

Early this summer, Don Teahan of the Rockaways became curious about the odd hobby after finding a beehive in a folded up beach chair in his back yard.

Shuffling through brochures looking for equipment to create his own apiar y, Teahan spoke to beekeepers about advantages of having a hive.

Besides honey, he learned he could help pollinate his community just by keeping one hive in his hood.

Although Teahan says he is not looking forward to get ting stung, he walked away from the annual event w ith hopes his hive’s effort s will help locally.

“Beekeeping is impor tant for the sake of our environment,” Teaha n said. “Hopefully my h ive will help pollinate our neighborhood after I start it up next year.”

Reach Reporter Jason Banrey Michael Kurtz of Long Island City unveils his sweet creation, Mike’s Hot Honey, to visitors while a bee enthusiast prepares a super at jbanrey@queenstribune.com for honey extraction. or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.

first full year of legal beekeeping.

Sharing their sweet rewards, New York City beekeepers educated visitors about beekeeping through various workshops, lectures and discussions in hopes of dispelling the negat ive my ths associated with bees while teaching the public about how beneficial the bugs are to the environment.

According to organizers, more than 1,000 v isitors at tended the event in the Rockaways for the celebration, which ended in a Southern-inspired supper which featured honey fried chicken, blue corn bread

and honey baked beans.

“The fact that we’ve seen this type of turnout can only be a benefit for beekeeping in the City,” said Chase Emmons, one of the event’s organizers and the official beekeeper of Brooklyn Grange’s rooftop farm. “Bee keeping is becoming the hottest thing since it was legalized.”

Borough beekeepers were on hand selling their sweet nectar to visitors curious about the buzzing beachside boardwalk event.

“Having a healthy hive is what drives me,” said Ralph Gaeta of Astoria, who has

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By JASON BANREY Over the last year, honey bees have been all the buzz in New York City.

After the city lifted a ban on beekeeping last year, the hobby has seen a sudden spurt in interest from many borough residents.

From Long Island City all the way to Douglaston, bee hives have begun to pop up, giving a once-hidden hobby the publicity many beekeepers feel was long overdue.

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LEGAL NOTICE

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NOTICE OF FORMATION GOURMAND FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP County: QUEENS Cert. of Ltd. Partnership filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/08/2011 designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 84-61 Abingdon Rd., Kew Gardens, NY 11415 Latest Date of Dissolution: 12/31/2061 Purpose: all lawful business purposes ____________________________________________________________ At a Term of the Supreme Court in and for the County of Queens at IAS Part , 8811 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, New York, on the 17 day of August, 2011 P R E S E N T: Hon. Bernice D. Siegal Justice Index No. 18204, 2011 In the Matter of the Application of JARNAIL SINGH, a director, former president and member, KULBIR SINGH, JAGIR SINGH, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE GURCHARAN SINGH, & HARBANS SINGH, members, Petitioners For the Judicial Dissolutio-n, pursuant to the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law §1102, of BABA MAKHAN SHAH LOBANA SIKH CENTER, INC., a New York Not-for-Profit Corporation, and the Attorney General of the State of New York, and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Respondents. UPON READING and filing the petition of Jarnail Singh, duly verified on the 1st day of August, 2011, and the exhibits annexed thereto, from which it appears that the BABA MAKHAN SHAH LOBANA SIKH CENTER, INC., is a domestic not-forprofit corporation having its principal place of business in the County of Queens, City and State of New York, and that the said petitioner is a director and member (former President) of said corporation, and that the members are so divided that the votes required for the election of directors cannot be obtained, that there is internal dissension and two or more factions of members are so divided that the dissolution of the corporation would be beneficial to the members, and that the corporation is no longer capable of carrying out its stated purposes, and it appears that the corporation should be dissolved pursuant to the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law §1102(B), it is ORDERED, that the respondents and all persons interested in the corporation, Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Sikh Center Inc. show cause before this Court on the 5 th day of October, 2011, at IAS Part 19, Room 48 , 88-11 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, New York, 11435, at 9:30 AM in the forenoon of that day.

WHY an order should not be made dissolving the said corporation according to the rules and practices of this Court; and it is FURTHER ORDERED, that a copy of this order be published at least once each week for the three weeks immediately

LEGAL NOTICE preceding the aforesaid return date, in the Queens Tribune Newspaper, published in Queens County, City and State of New York, that being the county in which this order s entered; and it is FURTHER ORDERED, that said corporation, its officers and directors, furnish the Court with a schedule of all information known and ascertainable with due diligence concerning the Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Sikh Center Inc., including a statement of the corporate assets and liabilities, and the name and address of each member and of each creditor and claimant, including any with unliquidated or contingent claims and any with whom the corporation has unfulfilled contracts, and that a copy of this Order to Show Cause be served personally or by mail in accordance with the provisions of the NotFor-Profit Corporation Law, upon all persons or entities so named in such schedule; and it is FURTHER ORDERED, that Emanuel R. Gold , be and he hereby is appointed as temporary receiver of all the property, real and personal, things in action, assets nd effects belonging to or held by the said corporation or in its possession, or possession to which it is entitled, with the usual powers and duties that are defined as belonging to a temporary receiver appointed in an action under the provisions of the Civil Practice Law and Rules; and it is FURTHER ORDERED, that before entering upon the duties of his receivership, said receiver shall procure and file with the Clerk of Queens County a surety company bond or a bond with two sufficient sureties to the People of the State of New York, in the penal sum of $150,000, conditioned for the faithful discharge by the said receiver of the duties of his trust, said bond to be approved as to its sufficiency and manner of execution by a Justice of the Supreme Court, and upon filing of said bond thus approved said receiver is authorized to take possession of and sequester all property, real and personal, things in action, effects and assets belonging to or held by said corporation or in its possession or to which it is entitled to possess; and it is FURTHER ORDERED, that said receiver, upon filing said bond, shall have all the powers and authority and be subject to all the duties and liabilities of a permanent receiver as provided by law and the practice of this Court, except that he shall not make any distribution of the property in his hands among the creditors of the corporation, or to any member of the corporation before the final order in this proceeding, unless he is specifically directed to do so by the Court; and it is FURTHER ORDERED, that all money of the said corporation which may come into the hands of said receiver

LEGAL NOTICE shall be deposited by him in the Sterling Bank, located at 89-04 Sutphin Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11435, to his credit as such receiver, to be held by the said bank subject to further order of this Court; and SUFFICIENT CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, it is ORDERED, that all persons, and especially creditors of the corporation, and each and every one of them, be, and they are hereby enjoined and restrained from bringing any actions against the said corporation for the recovery of a sum of money and from taking any further proceedings whatsoever in any such action heretofore commenced; and it is ORDERED, that the corporation and its directors and officers are hereby enjoined from transacting any unauthorized business, exercising any corporate powers, collecting or receiving any debt or other property of the corporation, and from paying out or otherwise transferring or delivering any property of the corporation, except by permission of this court; and SUFFICIENT CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, service of a copy of this Order to Show Cause and the papers upon which it is based, upon the respondent Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Sikh Center, Inc. personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and upon the Secretary of State of the State of New York, and upon the Attorney General of the State of New York and the New York State Tax Department, by delivery to their offices, on or before the 31st day of August, 2011, be deemed sufficient. E N T E R: /s/ Bernice Siegal Justice of the Supreme Court Hon. Bernice D. Siegal ____________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 7/22/11, bearing Index Number NC-000628-11/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Ashlee (Middle) Joy Safiya (Last) Morrison My present name is (First) Ashlee (Middle) Joy Safiya (Last) Millar Morrison aka Ashlee Millar-Morrison, aka Ashlee Joy Safiya Morrison My present address is 21819 138 th Ave., Springfield Gardens, NY 11413 My place of birth is Bridgetown, Barbados My date of birth is January 15, 1992 ____________________________________________________________ North Carolina, Wake County, File No. 11CVD004768, IN THE General Court of Justice, District Court Division, {Wanda A. Lucas, Plaintiff, vs. {Richard R. Lucas, Jr., Defendant. Notice of Service of Process by Publication. To: {Richard R. Lucas, Jr. Take Note: That a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, by the plaintiff herein, the

LEGAL NOTICE nature of which is as follows: Absolute divorce based upon one year’s separation.

You are required by law to make defense to such pleading within forty (40) days from the date of the first publication of this Notice. If you fail to do so, the plaintiff will seek the relief sought herein. This the {22th day of September, 2011. Signed: Wanda A. Lucas NRN: September 22, 29; October 6, 2011 Publish Dates 9/22/ 2011-10/06/2011 ____________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 7/18/11, bearing Index Number NC-000555-11/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Godlyn (Middle) Grace (Last) Alli My present name is (First) Grace (Middle) Godlyn (Last) Mervilus (infant) My present address is 118-29 198 th St., Saint Albans, NY 11412 My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY My date of birth is January 10, 2009 Assume the name of (First) Faith (Middle) Renyce (Last) Alli My present name is (First) Faith (Middle) Rasheeda (Last) Ali (infant) My present address is 11829 198 th St., Saint Albans, NY 11412 My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY My date of birth is July 20, 2001 ____________________________________________________________ N & K MIHALIOS REALTY, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/ 09/2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Nick Mihalios, 27-05 and 2707 Newtown Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ____________________________________________________________ US CLAIM FUNDING LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/ 15/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Zoya Aminova, 219-26 Peck Ave., Hollis Hills, NY 11427. General Purposes. ___________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of Bryant Holding Affiliates, LLC. Notice of Conversion of Bryant Holding Co., a partnership, to Bryant Holding Affiliates, LLC. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/01/11.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 136-48 39 th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: any lawful activities. ____________________________________________________________ SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL CITATION File No.

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2004-2032/D THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God, Free and Independent, To: Dorothy E. Sexton and Beatrice L. Barrett if living and if dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if they died subsequent to the decedent herein, to their executors, administrators, legatees, devisees, assignees and successors in interest whose name and places of residence are unknown and to all other heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of GEORGE SALADINO, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, being persons interested as creditors, legatees, devisees, beneficiaries, distributees or otherwise of the estate of George Saladino, deceased, who at the time of death resided at 3706 80 th Street, Apt. 4G, Jackson Heights, New York 11376. A Petition having been duly filed by Rashmin Master, who is domiciled at 228 Linden Lane, Upper Brookville, NY 11545, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE, before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY, on November 3, 2011, at 9:30 a.m.

WHY an Order should not be entered authorizing Rashmin Master, as Executor of the Estate of George Saladino, to: I. Allocate the entirety of the net proceeds of the settlement of the Bus Accident Lawsuit, which was settled for six hundred thousand dollars ($6,000,000.00), to the conscious pain and suffering of the Decedent; and II Distribute the proceeds maintained in escrow, remaining after payment of attorneys fees and disbursements, to be distributed in accordance with Decedent’s will, as follows: 1/3 to each of Charlotte Thorngren, Dev Master and Deep Master (as modified slightly by the October 30, 2007 Stipulation of Settlement); and III. Modify any restrictions in the Letters issued to Petitioner to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of such decree; and IV. Dispense with the filing of a bond; and V. Judicially settle Petitioner’s Account; A copy of which is Attached. VI. Grant such other and further relief as may be just and proper; VII. And to distribute all other assets of the Estate as per the Will. Dated: SEP 13 2011 (Seal) HON. PETER J. KELLY,

Surrogate Margaret M. Gribbon Chief Clerk Marc A. Stadtmauer, Esq. Attorney for Petitioner (212) 9866200 Telephone Number Stadtmauer & Associates 230 Park Avenue Suite 2525, New York, NY 10169 Address of Attorney NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. ____________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF BRIAN KRAMER & ASSOCIATES, PLLC Under Section 1203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the professional service limited liability company is: BRIAN KRAMER & ASSOCIATES, PLLC SECOND: The professional service limited liability company shall practice the profession(s) of: Law THIRD: The county within this state in which the office of the professional service limited liability company is to be located is: NEW YORK FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the professional service limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the professional service limited liability company served upon him or her is: 1915 HALSTEAD TERRACE, FAIR LAWN, NEW JERSEY, 074104519 FIFTH: The names and residence addresses of all individuals who are to be the original members and the original managers, if any, are: BRIAN KRAMER, ESQ. 138-22 78TH AVE, APT 1A FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11367 ____________________________________________________________ Supreme Court, Queens County, Matter of Juanita Watkins a.k.a. Juanita E. Watkins an incapacitated person, pursuant to Court Order dated September 8, 2011, of Hon. Howard G. Lane, JSC, for application to sell premises 120-03 192 nd Street, St. Albans, New York 11412 on October 25, 2011 at 9:30 am. In IAS Part MGM 20, Supreme Court-Queens County 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11432 under contract subject to court approval for $325,000.00 call Zenith T. Taylor, Esq. (718) 268-1300 for info.

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Freaks On Acid? No; It’s Just Makers

Photos by Ira Cohen

By BARBARA ARNSTEIN If you weren’t at the World Maker Faire, held this past weekend at the New York Hall of Science, the list of what you missed may be too long to tally. Perhaps, for some with a fear of the unkown, it may have been too much to handle.

Roaming inside and outside, from robot to circus show to solar-powered carousel (General Electric’s “Carousolar”) to craft table to strange bicycle to fire-breathing dragon (tremendous, with a lounge in its belly), inspiration and creativity were found at every turn.

In this acid trip come to life, singing and dancing fake fish and lobsters – replete with two soloists, a conductor and six different choral groups – were attached to the hood, roof and doors of a car. MakerBots demonstrated their machines that create three-dimensional objects from almost any designs by assembling them layer by layer. Circus Warehouse acrobats performed on a hillside; they included Matthew Greenfield, who made incredibly athletic moves while dangling from straps around his wrists, and Tess Emerson who exquisitely combined agility and grace while maneuvering around a hanging hoop.

A trio of mechanical skeletons wearing daisy-decorated derby hats, swaying and lipsynching to “Rockin’ A giant, fire-breathing dragon with a cool and Robin,” greeted visitors at the top of cozy lounge inside. a museum staircase. A rolling remote-controlled robot wore used Metro cards; soon as someone started swinging on it, its human controller was wearing a full suit programmed to shoot its sprays around the made from the little yellow throwaways. There seats, never at them. Rides were offered in was a swing that started shooting water as Dogzilla, a two-seat bicycle with a transpar-

The robot – and its controller’s suit – is all about rec ycling. ent covering and a floppy canine face, from the Lower Eastside Girls Club.

Maker Faire’s mission is to inspire, inform, connect and entertain thousands of Makers – inventors, scientists, educators, artists, artisans, crafters, entrepreneurs and other tech and “do-it-yourself” enthusiasts – and aspiring Makers of all ages and backgrounds through the public gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkers, hobbyists, science clubs, students, authors and commercial exhibitors.

Clearly, the freak show was in full effect.

A human-powered inflated astronaut figure,

about 10 feet tall, posed for pictures. People wove colorful scraps of ribbon, lace and fringe through rubber bands stretched around empty CD cases, at the table for “Materials for the Arts,” a Long Island City organization that accepts donations of craft materials, office equipment, and surplus scraps and redistributes them to non-profit arts and cultural groups, schools, art programs and government agencies (mfta.org).

There was the “Creatomatic” table, at which visitors were asked to pick two cards depicting two everyday objects and imagine creative ways of combining them. (Two cards, for example, with a bird’s nest, and a lollipop, could result in baby birds chirping “Treat, treat!”)

A gigantic version of the mousetrap, from the board game “Mousetrap,” was on hand.

There were needlepoint classes, and acrobatic instruction for kids. Creative clothes of all kinds were for sale, including an interesting t-shirt featuring President Obama punching a zombie. Freebies included tote bags, magazines, and mini-robot figurines.

There was a dark room in which illuminated inventions were displayed, such as a device that projected letters one by one onto a sheet of falling water, and another that could introduce any image onto a whirling wheel. Everywhere, children were tinkering with objects to connect and color, weave and wiggle, activate and adorn, and all their imaginations were working overtime.

To see kids playfully interacting with imaginative exhibits any time, bring the family to the New York Hall of Science, at 47-01 111th St., in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. For info, call (718) 699-0005 or go to nysci.org.

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After A Decade Of Wrangling, First Slots Ready For Oct. Open Boulevard at the edge of the property, will be rerouted into the site to drop people off at a special bus station next to the garage. The Q37 terminates at the Union Turnpike-Kew Gardens subway station in Kew Gardens and also connects to the J and Z trains at Jamaica Avenue and 111th Street in Richmond Hill.

Speller also said he would continue to try to attract passengers waiting for connecting flights at JFK and those spending a night at local hotels around the airport. Many travelers have seven or eight hour layovers at JFK. “It gives us a great opportunity to market to those customers who would not ordinarily come out into New York State,” Speller said.

By DOMENICK RAFTER The smell of cut sheetrock, the earsplitting sounds of saws and drills, the banging of a hammer and the beeping of construction equipment in motion all tell a story of progress. Just 11 months after ground was broken at Aqueduct Racetrack for the new Resorts World New York Casino, the first slots machines are lined up on the multicolored carpets as more than 1,000 construction workers mull around them, installing the final finishing touches.

Next month the first casino floor at the site will open; the rest of the property, including restaurants, buffets and event space, will follow in mid-December. By the end of the year, the decade-long wait for a casino at the track will be over.

Photos by Ira Cohen

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Meet Resorts World “We are well down the road toward completing our first phase opening,” Resorts World New York President Michael Speller announced on Tuesday as he led a tour of the facility. “We will be opening by the end of October. We will be completely finished with this project by the middle of December.”

The first phase, which will be the first of the three floors of the property, will feature 2,280 video lottery terminals and 205 electronic table games including Baccarat, Roulette and Craps. The entire casino is New York-themed: the first floor opening next month is modeled after Times Square; the second floor casino floor will be Fifth Avenue-themed; and on the third floor, an event space will be based on Central Park.

The VLTs are already in place on the Times Square floor. The kitchens are installed in the food court, where there will be seven different restaurant choices ranging from ice cream to burgers to dim sum, and decorative light fixtures have been hung at the Aqueduct Buffet. Electrical and ventilation systems are in place. Video screens and a ticker, similar to the one in Times Square, will be installed this week.

The six-story parking garage, housing more than 2,500 parking spots, is complete. The casino will be accessible both from the Rockaway Boulevard main entrance and the entrance along North Conduit Avenue. There will be a total of 6,400 parking spaces in both the garage and in the adjacent lots.

In the center of the casino floor, a twostory atrium will house Bar 360, the central bar that will have room for 240 people.

At its nucleus, a 28-by-18-foot television, the biggest in Queens according to Speller, will broadcast local spor ting events. The portion of the bar on the second floor will be called Liberty Bar. Also on the second floor opening in December – the Fifth Avenue floor – there will be two signature restaurants: Genting Palace, which will serve Chinese food, and RW Prime, a steak and seafood restaurant. Both eateries will also have outside seating, and the steakhouse’s outside terrace will offer views of Manhattan. Also on the second floor will be Crawfords Club, a private, invitation-only lounge for high-rollers.

Crews clean off betting stations at the electronic Baccarat table (above) while Resorts World New York President Michael Speller (below) shows off the casino’s eateries.

The casino will be designed so that families can travel between the main entrance and the restaurants and Central Park floor without having to set foot on the casino floor.

Outside, between the casino and the racetrack, there will be a Festival Commons, a 70,000 square foot space for outside events including concerts and other mass gatherings.

Though the original plan was to open the casino in three stages between Summer 2011 and Spring 2012, Speller said some unexpected surprises, included asbestos and pigeon infestation, caused a delay and ultimately they decided to open in two phases and have the entire casino operational at the end of this year.

“We found additional remediation work that had to be done,” he said. “That was a challenge for us. Our role was not to be daunted by the challenge, but to turn it into an opportunity.”

The weather in the past year, including two blizzards and Hurricane Irene, did not delay the construction process, Speller said.

He added that 70 to 80 percent of those jobs will be given to Queens residents and hiring will occur “shortly.”

Getting There Next year, an enclosed walkway will open connecting the site to the “A” train subway station. Speller said Resorts World and the MTA have been working on a plan to revamp the Aqueduct Racetrack station, which currently only has one platform and was only utilized during racing season. Speller said Resorts World would foot the bill for the new station.

Also, the Q37 bus, which stops at the corner of 111th Street and Rockaway

A High-Rolling Future Resorts World New York will have no manned table games, just electronic table games, but Albany has begun mulling the possibility of legalizing table games via constitutional amendment.

Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver said this week that he would support legalized casino gambling at “resort areas,” but not in the city itself – though Aqueduct would be an exception, he said. Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos also expressed support at amending the constitution to allow it. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would support a move.

If the state constitution is amended, it would require a vote by the legislature now and again after the 2012 elections before going to voters in a statewide referendum. A constitutional amendment would allow table games at Resor ts World New York, a move Speller said he supports.

“Resorts World New York, as well as the New York Gaming Association, is very supportive of commercial gaming at the existing racetracks,” he said. “We think it’s a great opportunity to create tens of thousands of jobs in existing facilities and this comes at a time when we need these jobs.”

Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125.

The Jobs Are Coming In the NYRA clubhouse, an employment center is open and has been bustling with job-seekers for weeks. A steady flow of applications came in and out of the employment center, filling out applications and talking to potential employers. Render ings of Genting unifor ms lined the wall in the employment center.

Already, 200 personnel have been hired in management, middle-management, administrative and supervisory positions. By October, that number will go up to 1,350.

“We have had over 35,000 applications for 1,350 jobs,” Speller said. “And it shows the real need for jobs in our environment.”

Construc tion workers install the elec tric equipment over the casino floor.

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May the trumpeting of the shofar herald in a sweet new year filled with good health, prosperity and peace for all.

Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin; Cantor Shiya Ribowsky; Marilyn Kaufman, President; The Officers; Board of Trustees, and Congregation of Israel Center of Conservative Judaism Family services open to the community: Rosh Hashanah: Sept. 29 at 10 a.m.

Yom Kippur: Oct. 8 at 10 a.m.

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Israel Center of Conservative Judaism 167-11 73rd Ave. Flushing, New York, 11366 718-591-5353 www.iccj2004.org

Queens CLOSEUP Jefferson Dems The Jefferson Democratic Club of Flushing will celebrate its 101st Anniversary Dinner Dance on Thursday, Oct. 13, from 7-11 p.m. at Douglaston Manor, which is located at 63-20 Marathon Parkway.

Honorees at the Jefferson Democratic Club’s annual gala include: Legislator of the Year: Assemblywoman Grace Meng, 22nd Assembly District Business Leader of the Year: Dominick Bruccoleri, Proprietor, Papazzio’s Restaurant and Catering Labor Leader of the Year: Arthur Cheliotes, President, Communications Workers of America, Local 1180 John J. Clabby Award: Evelyn and James Wrynn, Sr. For more information, or if you are interested in purchasing a ticket or a journal ad for the Jefferson Democratic Club’s 101st Anniversary Dinner Dance, please email jeffersondems@gmail.com.

Flushing Flea A Fall Flea Market will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Flushing House, 38-20 Bowne St. Call (718) 762-3198.

The Flea Market will be held in the Large Game Room on the ground floor of Flushing House. A variety of goods will be sold, including jewelry, arts and crafts, collectibles, new and gently used clothing, lots of white elephant items, etc. Admission is free.

Any profits generated by the flea market go into the Flushing House Activities Fund, directly benefiting the elderly residents who live there. You never know what you’ll find, so don’t miss it!

Fall Family Festival

Macedonia Health Woman-to-Woman, Inc., a community service oriented organization of Macedonia A.M.E. Church and the HIV/AIDS Ministry of Macedonia in association with New York Hospital of Queens are sponsoring a Community Health Fair and Blood Drive on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Macedonia A.M.E. Church Community Center, 37-22 Union St., Flushing. Free health screenings, workshops on the care and prevention of diabetes, long-term healthcare planning and HIV/Aids testing will be provided.

Eligible blood drive donors will receive a pair of free New York Mets baseball tickets.

Science Far mers Market Through Nov. 13, Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., fresh food and fresh ideas to help New Yorkers improve their quality of life and understanding of produce. Free, at the New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St., Corona. Call (718) 699-0005.

Time To Sing Summer is over and The Oratorio Society of Queens (OSQ), under the artistic direction of Maestro David Close, is coming together to prepare for their Annual Holiday Concert scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 18. If you sing and would like to join us onstage, and look out at a packed and exuberant audience, make plans now to attend rehearsals.

The OSQ performance this year will consist of Part I of Handel’s “Messiah,” Randol Bass’ “Gloria” plus many favorite traditional Christmas carols and Chanukah songs. OSQ rehearses every Monday evening (Fall and Spring), from 7:45 to 10 p.m. in Temple Beth Sholom (in the FSG Room) at 172nd Street and Northern Blvd. in Flushing.

The Oratorio Society of Queens is opening their 85th Anniversary Season of Singing and is one of the oldest cultural organizations in Queens. The Annual Holiday Concert is performed with a professional orchestra and soloists in the Queensborough Performing Arts Center at Queensborough Community College. Maestro David Close is the Conductor and host of this venerable Queens tradition.

For additional information on rehearsals and concerts, call (718) 279-3006 or visit queensoratorio.org

Electronic Waste Recycling Electronic products may contain mercury, lead, cadmium and other toxins that could contaminate soil or water supplies if deposited in our landfills. Responsibly recycle your unwanted or broken products by bringing them to NYSCI’s parking lot on Sunday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For one day only, staff from the Lower East Side Ecology Center will accept electronic products such as computers, laptops, monitors, printers, scanners, fax machines, copiers, keyboards, TVs, VCRs, DVDs, cell phones, answering machines and more for recycling.

For more information, visit lesecologycenter.org or call (212) 477-4022.

Knights Fundraiser St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus council 5911 in Douglaston is having a fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 24, at 10 a.m. outside Stop & Shop in Little Neck. We are collecting for the Special Olympics and the disabled.

This Stop & Shop is located on Northern Blvd and Marathon Parkway.

Ar t Sought In conjunction with an upcoming exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Throgs Neck Bridge and Clearview Expressway, Bayside Historical Society seeks to showcase contemporary renderings of local artists that were inspired by either transportation project.

The BHS exhibit, A Bridge to Bayside, a Corridor through Community: The Construction of the Throgs Neck Bridge and Clearview Expressway, is scheduled to open Oct. 23, and will examine the impact that the two projects had upon the community.

A committee appointed by BHS will choose from among submitted works for display, and works will be on view through spring, 2012. All art must be original, twodimensional works in oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolors, digital, multi-media or photography, and reproductions prints (serigraphs or gicleé) are not eligible. Artwork (including framed size) must be no larger than 28 inches wide and must be ready to hang with appropriate hardware attached.

Those interested in participating can email submissions (in jpeg, gif or png format) to archivist@baysidehistorical.org, or mail to Alison McKay, Bayside Historical Society, 208 Totten Avenue - Fort Totten, Bayside, NY 11359. Information about the works must be included at the time of submission, and should include: artist, medium, title, and size (both framed and unframed).

All submissions must be received by Oct. 1, (notification of acceptance will be given by Oct. 7). For more information, call (718) 352-1548, or visit baysidehistorical.org.

Line Dancing Every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at Holy Family R.C. Parish Church - Msgr. Mahoney Hall located at 175-20 74th Ave., Fresh Meadows. (Utopia Pkwy-2 blocks from Union Tpke). Light refreshments available. Bring your friends, your smiles, and enjoy. Instructor - Nena Matela.

Volunteers Needed QSAC, an award winning non-profit organization, needs volunteers to help with clerical tasks, including filing, envelope stuffing, data entry, answering telephones, and direct care with autistic children, at its after-school programs in Astoria, Hollis Bronx, Fresh Meadows, and in Whitestone Queens.

QSAC has many different volunteer opportunities, and we will happily try to match your interests and skills with an appropriate volunteer assignment. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain experience working with children with autism or to gain office experience if you are looking for work or just starting in the office community. The best part of it all is that you get to make a difference in the lives of children with autism!

Volunteers are vital to QSAC; please help us to help others!

If you can spare a few hours a week to volunteer with QSAC or come in on a regular part-time basis, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, contact Perry Brown at (718) 728-8476, ext. 2059.

Students, seniors, displaced homemakers, and recent retirees are welcome.

Annual Rummage Sale Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Forest Hills will hold its annual Rummage Sale, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 9, noon to 4 p.m. The sale, a fixture in the Forest Hills community for decades, has earned a reputation as a bargain-hunters’ paradise thanks to the high quality of its merchandise. The church offers a treasure trove of gently used books, recordings, jewelry, men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, vintage and boutique fashions, toys, linens, appliances, housewares and much more. The White Elephant department is a worthy rival to the Antiques Road Show.

A tempting snack bar downstairs offers shoppers a chance to rest their feet and enjoy sandwiches, hot dogs, chili and delicious homemade desserts supplied by the church’s justly renowned bakers.

The event, long one of the church’s main fundraisers, not only helps support the programs and ministries of Saint Luke’s but is part of our outreach efforts as well, with all unsold items going to a variety of worthy causes after the sale.

Saint Luke’s Church is located at 85 Greenway South, in the Forest Hills Gardens area of Queens. For further information and directions to the Rummage Sale, call (718) 268-6021 or visit stlukesforesthills.org.

Get the Power POWERS, Inc announces the DV Walk to Restore 2011, Sunday, Oct. 16, from 9 a.m. to noon in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

This event is designed to raise awareness of Domestic Violence and promote the restorative services provided by POWERS, Inc. “Men, women and children in abusive households, jobs or relationships live in an environment that strikes fear for their safety,” said Steven Walerstein, Executive Director of POWERS, Inc. “Through this event, we hope to draw attention to the horrific effects of domestic violence and share a message of hope and restoration.” October is recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and according to Walerstein, POWERS, Inc. intends to dovetail that focus through this event. Participants will gather at Fresh Meadow Lake for a one-and-a-half-mile walk beginning at 9 a.m. To register for the DV Walk to Restore 2011, visit powersinc.org, or call (866) 974-9533 or e-mail: dvwalktorestore2011@powersinc.org.

P.O.W.E.R.S. INC. is a non-profit organization that provides a variety of packaged restorative services for victims of Domestic Violence including Yoga / Wellness, SelfDefense Classes, Job Training and Placement Services among others, while promoting broader awareness of Domestic Violence as a whole.

Revealing the Source Members of FCCA who are visual artists show their work in 2011 Member Exhibition, on display July 10-Sept. 11. This year’s theme, Revealing the Source, hopes to illuminate the unique paths that individual artists take in their careers, showcasing works of art that typify members’ “signature” work.

Many art works are for sale and a portion of the proceeds benefits FCCA’s Visual Arts programs. (718) 463-7700.

KISS In Queens Music writer Ken Sharp is working with KISS on an official book about their early days circa 1972-1975. In the book, there’s a chapter about Coventry, site of their first live show. We’re in need of an exterior photo of Coventry as well as images of KISS performing at the club. The club was located in Queens on 47-03 Queens Blvd, Long Island City from 1973 to 1976. If you can help, please email sharpk@aol.com.

Be A STAR Would you like to really find out if you can act? Join our group of older adults inspired by a theatre professional who achieves exceptional results.

Rehearsals are held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Hollis Public Library, 202-05 Hillside Ave., and on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. at the Queens Village Library, 94-11 217th St. Call (718) 776-0529 for more information.

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Planting Fields is launching a new fall event for families on Saturday, Oct. 8 and Sunday, Oct. 9, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s Fall Family Festival is the first annual fall festival at Planting Fields.

The weekend event complements Planting Fields’ popular Camellia Weekend in February and its spring Arbor Day Family Festival Weekend. Both of these events draw thousands of visitors to the park. The new fall festival takes place at a time of the year when the park is particularly beautiful and when the dahlia garden is in flower.

There will be more than a dozen activities for children and adults including a bouncehouse, potato sack races, egg and spoon races, pumpkin painting, watercolor demonstrations, Halloween trick-or-treat and a Halloween costume parade. Coe Hall will feature local breweries; Blue Point Brewing Company, Great South Bay Brewery and Brooklyn Brewery. Enjoy crisp craft beers and live music with Ready in 10 from 1–5 p.m. both days.

For further information about other Planting Fields events, please contact Jennifer Lavella at (516) 922-8678 or jlavella@plantingfields.org.

The New York City Fire Department will be providing their fire prevention mobile unit called “The Experience”.

Bring your family, friends and neighbors and take advantage of this important service.

This event is free and open to the public. You can never put a price on health.

Ice Cream & Dogs

The First Refrom Church of College Point held an ice cream social and dog show on Saturday. Above: volunteers dole out plenty of free ice cream treats for the adults. Below: some of the local pooches get to show off and mingle.

Photos by Ira Cohen

Grateful Robot

Queens Borough President Helen Marshall gets a grateful hug from robot at the official opening, Thursday, Sept.

15, of the Helen M. Marshall Children’s Library Discovery Center in Jamaica. Marshall provided $16 million in funding towards the total cost of the 14,000-square-foot, interactive library for children.

Photo by Ira Cohen

Down On The Farm

Thousands gathered from Queens and beyond for the annual Queens County Fair at the Queens County Farm Museum this weekend. Above: workers hustle as shoppers peruse some of the locally raised items. Below: the goats get a snack.

Photos by Ira Cohen

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Queens Events Edited By Harley Benson

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Maker Faire At Hall Of Science

A fire breathing dragon (clockwise from top), experiments with Coke and Mentos and science toys were on display at the World Maker Faire. See article, Page 13.

Photos by Ira Cohen

Whitestone Families Celebrate

The Greater Whitestone Taxpayers Civic Association held its second annual Whitestone Family Appreciation Day on Saturday, honoring Mrs. Joan Rota (lower l.), a longtime resident and wife of the late Joe Rota, founder of the GWTCA. There was cotton candy (top l.), visits by Sen. Tony Avella and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (above r., l. to r.) and plenty of live music.

Photos by Ira Cohen

3:56 a.m., in front of 160-50 107th Ave. in Jamaica, Lucien Lee Brown, 25, of 107-16 Waltham St., South Jamaica, suffered multiple gunshot wounds throughout the body. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Compiled by DOMENICK RAFTER

100th Precinct DEAD NEAR BRIDGE: On Friday, Sept. 16, at approximately 6:40 a.m., police responded to a call for an unconscious man on the shoreline near the Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge and Cross Bay Boulevard in Broad Channel. Upon arrival, officers discovered a black man unconscious and unresponsive.

EMS responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner was to determine the cause of death and the investigation was ongoing. Identification was pending proper family notification.

103rd Precinct SHOT DEAD: On Sunday, Sept. 18, at approximately

KILLED ON JOB: On Monday, Sept. 19, at approximately 11:40 p.m., police responded to a call of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Downtown Jamaica. Upon arrival, police found Cesar Cepedes, 44, of 117 Florence Ave., Hempstead, lying in the right northbound lane of Sutphin Boulevard.

EMS also responded to the location and transported Cepedes to Jamaica Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. An investigation found an MTA Bus was traveling northbound on Sutphin Boulevard under the Long Island Rail Road overpass at Jamaica station, when the top of the bus inadvertently struck a lift apparatus in which Cepedes was working. Cepedes was knocked to the ground and sustained severe head trauma. The operator of the bus remained on scene. There was no criminality suspected.

104th Precinct RULED HOMICIDE: On Wednesday, Sept. 14, at approximately 5:45 p.m., inside of 57-06 Clover Pl., in Ridgewood, police responded to a call of unconscious man.

Upon arrival the officers were met by a family member who reportedly found the victim, Peter Polizzi, 31, lying on the floor with trauma to his head and torso.

EMS responded and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital where he was admitted. On Saturday, Sept. 17, the victim died. Following an autopsy by the Medical Examiner, this case was deemed a homicide. There were no arrests and the investigation was ongoing.

113th Precinct SHOT IN NECK: On Friday, Sept. 16, at approximately 7:23 p.m., in front of 140-11 130th Ave. in South Ozone Park, police responded to a 911 call of a man shot. Upon arrival, responding officers discovered the victim, a 27-yearold black man, shot in the neck.

EMS also responded to the scene and pronounced the man dead at the scene. There were no arrests and the investigation was ongoing. Identification was pending proper family notification.

115th Precinct KILLED ON GCP: On Thursday, Sept. 15, at approximately 4:54 a.m., police responded to the 82nd Street exit of the westbound Grand Central Park for a call of person struck by a vehicle. Upon arrival responding officers observed Jerry Kishun, 65, of 135-10 134th Pl. in South Ozone Park, unconscious and unresponsive. EMS responded and transported him to Elmhurst General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Further investigation revealed that Kishun was driving a white Mitsubishi Galant that was involved in an accident with another vehicle. Kishun got out of his vehicle and was struck by a third vehicle which then fled the scene as did the second.

The investigation was ongoing by the NYPD’s Highway Patrol. There were no arrests.

Police are looking for this bank robber.

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107th Precinct BANK ROBBER: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the following man who is wanted in connection with an attempted bank robbery in Pomonok.

On Tuesday, Aug. 30, at approximately 2:30 p.m., a man entered a Capital One Bank located at 70-09 Parsons Blvd. in Pomonok and passed a note to a teller demanding cash.

The teller refused and the suspect fled the location.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, 25-35 years old, 5-foot-10 to 6-feet, with black hair. He was last seen wearing green shorts with a blue polo shirt and black tinted glasses.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800)-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (crimes) then entering TIP557. All calls are strictly confidential.

Pa r t y Pl a n n e r

Host A Pairing Party For The Gals You can always find a good reason to organize a girls’ night in with your best friends. But why not spice up the theme of the gathering this time and host a “pairing party” featuring everyone’s favorite ingredient: dark chocolate?

Pairing parties are great social events designed around the education and sampling of two ingredient themes. A pairing party combining the delicious varieties of dark chocolate with food and drinks will be a huge hit with your friends. Imagine the girls laughing over the different combinations of dark chocolate with drinks and food, making notes of their favorites and discussing the intricacies of all the f lavor combinations.

As you begin planning your party, follow these guidelines to make it both educational and fun.

Tip 1. Invite your friends.

Invitations are very important for pairing parties, because you need to know exactly how many people to prepare for.

A gathering of 10 to 20 is ideal. Give your party a fun name. Send inv ites out early, explain the purpose of the party – including the main ing redients – and request an RSVP. Invite each guest to bring a specific item.

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Tip 2. Create your pairing list.

Plan the pairings that you will all

example Sbrocco highlights framboise (a raspberry liquor) and red zinfandel with 72 percent cacao dark chocolate. But also leave room on your sheet for your guests to make their own pairing preferences.

Enjoy an evening wth the gals pairing dark chocolate. sample during the party. Dark chocolate is a complex ingredient and blends well with many different f lavors. For example, candied ginger and apricots taste delicious with 60 percent cacao dark chocolate, according to Leslie Sbrocco, author, telev ision host and wine consultant. For drinks to compare with this treat, line up some smooth green tea,

or white dessert wines like Sauternes from the Bordeaux region of France.

Tip 3. Develop an ingredient sheet.

Organize a tasting sheet, listing all the dark chocolate f lavors and all food and drink ingredients that will be served during the party. On your sheet you can showcase recommended pairings – for

Tip 4. Determine serving ware and supplies.

Make sure you have the correct ser ving pieces and accessories on hand, including plenty of wine glasses and serving trays. If you decide to feature a red wine like malbec, which Sbrocco says pairs well with a savor y and bold dark chocolate like an 86 percent cacao, you’ll want to ser ve the malbec slightly chilled in deep-bottomed wine glasses for best f lavor. Small platters for nuts, dried fruits and even cheese varieties will also be very handy for your party. Make sure you also have plenty of corkscrews around, and prov ide your g uests with wine gla ss charms so they can easily identify which glass is theirs.

Tip 5. Get conversations started.

Make a note of interesting conversation topics you can bring up to get discussions started, if needed.

Hosting a pairing party is perfect for girls’ night in and your party will be a hit with your friends. Before you know it, pairing parties will become a common theme for your group’s gatherings.

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Leisure

Newton, Rivers Coming To QPAC

By DAV ID RUSSELL With some Broadway tickets costing hundreds of dollars, Queensborough Community College is offering an inexpensive alternative – and all in the comfort of Queens.

Living legends such as Wayne Newton and Joan Rivers highlight the upcoming season at the Queensborough Performing Ar ts Center in Bayside.

“Our popularity within the community has really grown in the last few years,” said Susan Agin, execut ive a nd ar t ist ic director of t he Queensborough Per forming Ar t s Center. “As a re sult, t wo t h i ngs have happened; No. 1 is that the demand for t he se act s has got ten greater. S econdly t he ar t ist s t hemselve s have got ten to know us.”

“I think as a result of our good reputat ion i n how we treat ar t ist s a nd i n how we respond to the needs of our community has helped make these icons available to us,” she added. “The way that we pre sent our shows, the word has got t en out that we pro duce t he se h igh-caliber, world-class shows that are well-respected shows. These ar t ist s want to play and perform here.”

The season kicks off Sept. 25 with “Let’s Hang On,” a tribute show to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. On Oct. 9, iconic comedienne Joan Rivers comes to Bayside.

The Emmy Award-winning Rivers will be with special guest Dick Capri, primarily known for his role in “Catskills On Broadway;” he will open the show.

The following week, “Three Mo’ Tenors” appears at the QPAC, after highly successful per formances on Broadway, featuring a mix

Joan Rivers

Wayne Newton

of Opera, Jazz, Motown, Blues and Broadway. Jose Porcel’s “Compania Flamenca” per forms Oct. 23. The show received great reviews during its coast-to-coast tour of Nor th America in 2008.

On Nov. 19, the legendar y band Blood, Sweat & Tear s br ings t heir roster of jazz and rock musicians to Queensborough.

Bloo d, Sweat & Tear s has won t h ree Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. “Forbidden Broadway” come s to Queensborough the following day. The satirical show has spoofed Broadway hits for 30 years, roasting more than 30 shows.

The most popular Beatles tribute band come s to the QPAC, as “Ye sterday” performs on Jan. 28. The band recreates Beatles

concert s in chronological order, complete with costume changes and vintage film footage. Seven days later, a change in genre occurs as the QPAC puts on one of Verdi’s most famous operas, “Rigolet to.” The show is complete with a full orchestra and English supertitles.

On Feb. 18, “Las Vegas Tr ibute To Motown” retur ns to the QPAC. T he tribute feature s songs from T he Temptat ions, T he Supreme s and T he Four Tops. On March 17, “The Official Blues Brothers Revue” comes to Queensborough – the only Blues Brothers show to be officially sanctioned by original Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd and Judith Belushi Pisano, widow of original Blues Brother John Belushi.

On March 25, the Moscow Festival Ballet presents “Cinderella,” based on the timeless rags-to-riches story. On April 1, the Red Star Army Chorus & Dance Ensemble per forms their act. They have sold out more than 220 shows and have even per formed on the White House lawn.

April 15 features a show billed as “The Bronx Meets Brooklyn In Queens,” as stand-

Just Like Home

REVIEW

New JCAL Exhibit Puts Art On The Grid

By MA RLENA MATUTE Though considered rigid and hard edged, the new exhibition at the Jamaica Center for Ar t s and Learning t itled “Children of the Grid,” is turning this notion on its face.

Following the opening reception on Sept.

14 in the William P. Miller Jr. Gallery, JCAL has begun to showcase the work of 21stCentury artists Joel Carreiro, Franklin Evans and Changha Hwang; all of whom are masters of the Grid technique. They transcend the usual conceptions of rigid forms in their works, turning instead to fluidity with it having a relationship with our material world.

The exhibit ion hours are from Tue sday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

JCAL is located at 161-04 Jamaica Ave., and has been serving the community for 38 years, providing the public with educational programs, workshops, film screenings, lecture s, and ar t exhibit ions. It funct ions as a non-profit organization that uses art and ar t education to enrich Queens and encourage

Changha Hwang’s “Rollercoaster” is one of the pieces on display. the ar t s amongst student s and re sident s alike.

The exhibition runs through Nov 26. For more information, go to jcal.org/visual or call (718) 658-7400.

Reach Intern Marlena Matute at mmatute@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 124.

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up comedy legend Robert Klein take s on long-time friend and Brooklynite Stewie Stone. Klein appeared on the first HBO comedy special in 1975. The following week Queensborough is home to Rex Reed’s “The Man That Got Away: Ira Without George.”

Reed hosts a tribute to the life of Ira Gershwin, the older brother of George.

Reed’s narration follows Ira through his life, as an al l-star cast per forms more than 25 numbers.

“Mr. Las Vegas” performs April 29. It is a rare New York appearance for Wayne Newton, who has done more than 25,000 concerts in Las Vegas. Instead of performing at Madison Square Garden or the Beacon Theater, Newton stars at the QPAC. On May 6, Mal Z. Lawrence performs with The Four Preps. Lawrence co-starred in “Catskills on Broadway,” and The Four Preps took in eight gold singles and three gold albums over three decades. The following week, on Mothers’ Day, “Spencer’s Theatre Of Illusion” comes to the QPAC, in a rare magic show. Kevin and Cindy Spencer were named International Magicians of the Year, for t heir ability to combine drama, comedy, romance and suspense along with illusions.

Throughout the year, Queensborough will also put on some sing-a-longs, which are ver y popular. These shows have the words to the songs on the screen during the show allowing the audience to part icipate. The first is “Annie,” on Dec. 3. “Dreamgirls” follows Feb. 11 and “West Side Stor y” is scheduled for March 31.

“The hits keep on coming and we will cont inue to bri ng i n world-class ar t ist s,” Agin added. “In doing so we’re showing the community our commitment to them.

We will stop at nothing to make sure shows we have here are of the highest caliber because our communit y is wor t h it.”

To learn more about what’s happening at QPAC, or to buy tickets, call (718) 631-631 or go to qcc.cuny.edu/qpac.

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

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.

ALUMNI MARTIN LUTHER HS Saturday, September 24 Martin Luther HS in Maspeth will host an Alumni Day for all grades. 8944000.

THOMAS JEFFERSON Sunday, January 15 class of 1961 will meet in Florida.

Tjhs1961@aol.com

DANCE COUNTRY WESTERN Saturday, Oc tober 15 San Antones and Halloween Costume contest. $12. Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Avenue at 7:30. 7634328.

LINE DANCING Saturdays 2-4 at Holy Family RC Parish Church, Msgr.

Mahoney Hall, 175-20 74 th Avenue, Fresh Meadows.

Light refreshments. Bring friends!

ISRAELI FOLK Mondays 7:15-9:45 at Hillcrest Jewish Center, 18202 Union Turnpike. $10 session. 380-4145.

LINE DANCING Mondays 6:30-9:30 at Kowalinski Post 4, 61-57 Maspeth Avenue. $7. Cake and coffee. 565-2259.

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RELIGIOUS REFORM TEMPLE Saturday, September 24 “Engaging Israel: A New Perspective” at 7:30. Thursday, September 29 tashlich service at 3:15. Friday, September 30 study session at 1 0 : 3 0 . R e fo r m Te m p l e o f F o r e s t H i l l s , 7 1 - 1 1 1 1 2 th Street, Forest Hills.

ENVIRONMENT ESTUARIES FEST Saturday, September 24 festival to commemorate Little Neck Bay. 11-3 at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. 229-4000.

WASTE RECYCLING Sunday, September 25 Electronic Waste Recycling from 10-4 at the Hall of Science.

212-477-4022 information.

COMPOSTING Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 waste food drop off at the Steinway library at 4.

ENTERTAINMENT PARISH CARNIVAL Through Sunday, September 25 at St. Joseph’s in Astoria. Rides, games, food, more.

AMAZING MAZE Through Oc tober 30 the Amazing Maize Maze3 114:30 at the Queens Count y Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway. $9, $5 children. 347-3276.

MOVING IMAGE Through January 16 Jim Henson Screenings and Programs. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 th Avenue, Astoria. 777-6800. $15.

ESTUARIES FEST Saturday, September 24 festival to commemorate Little Neck Bay. 11-3 at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Free. 229-4000.

Entertainment, demonstrations, crafts, fun games, boat and canoe rides, more.

FM POETS Saturday, September 24 Fresh Meadows library at 10.

LOVE & JUSTICE Saturday, September 24 Songs about Love, Justice and Feelings at 2 at the Flushing librar y.

AFRICAN PERCUSSION Saturday, September 24 Langston Hughes library at 2.

DREAMS OF PARIS Saturday, September 24 concert of clarinet and piano at the Forest Hills library at 2:30.

POETRY READING Saturday, September 24 poetry reading and book signing with George Edward Tait at the Langston Hughes library at 3:30.

FOUR SEASONS Sunday, September 25 Let’s Hang On, the premier Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute band performs at Queensborough C o m m u n i t y C o l l e ge . 6 3 1 6311.

SUNSET CRUISE Sunday, September 25 from 4-7. 318-9344.

SUMMER FUN Sunday, September 25 Jackson Heights Green Alliance Ending Celebration. 5pm at the 78 th Street Play Street, 78 th Street between Northern Blvd. And 34 th Avenue, Jackson Heights.

OUTDOOR JAZZ Sunday, September 25 jazz concert in Weeping Beech Park. Free with admission to Kingsland Homestead (new exhibit “Growing Up in Queens”) $3 adults, $2 students and seniors, children under 10 free. Members free. 143-35 37 th A v e n u e , Flushing. 3-4:30.

LIVE JAZZ Sundays through December 18 at 180-25 Linden Blvd., St. Albans from 5-9. $5 donation. 347-262-1169.

SWING TO SOUL Monday, September 26 From Swing to Soul at 6:30 at the Hollis library.

SCRABBLE Tuesdays at the Fresh Meadows library at 1.

LIVE JAZZ Fridays through December

13 at 180-25 Linden Blvd.., St. Albans. 347-262-1169 ticket information.

BANANAGRAM/SCRABBLE Fridays at the Windsor Park library at 2.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Fridays at 2 Hillcrest library.

CHINESE AUCTION Friday, September 30 at the United Methodist Church of Floral Park at 7. $35. 516-3544969.

SOUNDS OF COLOMBIA September 30 to Oc tober 30 at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside. 729-3880.

JAZZ & R&B Saturday, October 1 Jazz, r&b, Brazilian music at 2 at the Flushing library.

STREET FAIR S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 1 S t .

Paul’s International Lutheran Church’s 5 th Annual International Street Fair 10-4 at the corner of 263 rd Street and Union Turnpike, Floral Park.

Blessing of the pets, entertainment, games, vendors, more.

BOYZ OF SUMMER Saturday, Oc tober 1 film at F l u s h i n g To w n H a l l . 4 6 3 7700.

APPLE FESTIVAL Sunday, Oc tober 2 at the Queens Count y Farm Museum 11-5. 73-50 Little Neck Parkway. Free.

SUNDAY CONCERT Sunday, Oc tober 2 Dominican Folk and Modern Merengue Central library at 3.

DINNER CENTENNIAL 2011 Saturday, September 24 Queens Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the Centennial at Terrace on the Park.

EMANUEL UNITED Saturday, September 24 dinner and entertainment at Emanuel Church in Woodhaven. $15 adults, $7.50 children. 849-1153.

APEC Sunday, Oc tober 2 Brunch on the Boardwalk With Alley Pond Environmental Center.

229-4000. $50, $75 couple.

MISCELLANEOUS MINI GOLF Through December 31 Rocket Park Mini-Golf 10-6 weekends, 2-5 Fridays Hall of Science. $6 adults, $5 children plus NYSCI admission.

WALK & RUN Sunday, September 25 Long Island Hear t Walk and 5K Run. 516-450-9126.

MARTIN LUTHER SINGS Tuesday, September 27 the choirs of Martin Luther School in Maspeth will sing the National Anthem at CitiField. 894-4000, ext.

133.

SAFETY EVENT Saturday, Oc tober 1 at the Forest Park Bandshell Parking Lot 10-2.

BLESSING OF PETS S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 1 a t Church of the Resurrection, 8 5 - 0 9 1 1 8 th S t r e e t , R i c h mond Hill at 11.

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS DRAWING CLASS Mondays at the National Art League in Douglaston. 3610628.

LINE DANCE Mondays beginner to intermediate lessons 6-9 in Bayside. 917-886-0519.

KNITTING CIRCLE Mondays at Alley Pond Environmental Center. Register 229-4000.

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

BASIC COMPUTER Tuesday, September 27 at the Arverne library at 10:30.

INTRO INTERNET Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 Queens Village library. Register.

INTRO EMAIL Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 Steinway library. Register.

INTRO INTERNET Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 Steinway library. Register.

PRACTICE LAB TIME Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 computer practice lab time at the Far Rockaway library at 4.

LI CHESS CLUB Tuesday, September 27 at the LIC library at 4.

INTRO EXCEL Tuesday, September 27 at the Central library. Register.

SEARCH INTERNET Tuesday, September 27 at the Maspeth library at 1. Introduction to searching the Internet.

LEARN TO DRAW Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 Hillcrest library. Register.

SCRABBLE CLUB Tuesdays at the East Flushing library at 3:30.

KNIT & CROCHET Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 Windsor Park library at 2.

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.

LANGUAGE CLASS Wednesdays Conversational Hebrew 2:30-3:30 and Torah Stories in Yiddish 3:30-4:30 at the Bayside Jewish Center. 352-7900.

TANGO CLASS Wednesday, September 28 a t B u e n o s A i re s Ta n go i n Forest Hills. 347-642-4705.

CREATE EMAIL ACCT. Wednesday, September 28 Central library. Register.

JOB SEARCH SKILLS Wednesday, September 28 at 10:30 Far Rockaway library.

BASIC COMPUTER Wednesday, September 28 at the Windsor Park library.

Register.

PLASTIC JEWELRY Wednesday, September 28 at the Astoria library. Register. Thursday, September 29 at the Steinway library.

Register. Plastic Bag Jewelry workshop.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE Wednesdays 10:30-3:00 at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills. $12 session, includes light lunch. 261-2900 INDOOR SOCCER – DADS

Wednesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center.

263-7000.

OIL PAINTING CLASS Wednesdays 6-8 adult classes, all levels. Grace Lutheran Church in Forest Hills. 472-4055.

WATERCOLOR CL ASS Wednesdays at 9:30 at NAL. Traditional and contemporary, all levels. 969-1128.

PREPARE FICTION Thursday, September 29 preparing your fiction; A Creative Writing Workshop at the Langston Hughes library at 6.

QUILTING CLASS Thursdays 10-2 at the Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans. 276-3454 or 917817-8653 to register.

QUILTERS Thursdays at the East Elmhurst library at 12:30.

CHESS CLUB Thursdays at the East Flushing library. Register.

COMPUTER CLASS Every Thursday Queensboro Hill librar y. Register.

KNIT & CROCHET Thursdays at the Fresh Meadows library at 6.

CHESS CLUB Friday, September 30 at the Auburndale library at 3.

COMPUTER BEGIN Friday, September 30 computer class for beginners at the Middle Village librar y.

Register.

COMPUTER LAB Friday, September 30 computer practice lab time at the Arverne library at noon.

KNITTING CLUB Fridays at the Maspeth library at 10.

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

COMPUTER COURSE Every Friday at the Ozone Park library. Register.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturday s, Oc tober 1, 15, 29, November 5, 19, December 3, 17 Learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital. 646-4367940.

EXHIBIT QUEENS COLLEGE ART Through Oc tober 14 “This is Personal: Michael Ragsdale’s 9/11 exhibition.

Queens College Art Center.

997-3770.

FLUSHING COUNCIL Through November 14 “Endangered Art/ists: China.”

November 19 through January 7 “Korean Painting Exh i b i t i o n : A Wa l k T h ro u g h Nature.” Permanent displays include “Jazz Live!”, “Flushing Town Hall:” Fact or Folklore,” an historical exhibition on Flushing Town Hall and its place in history, “Legends of the Queens Jazz Trail” 463-7700.

HALL OF SCIENCE Through January 15 Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think.Adults $11, children 2017 $8, college students with ID $8 and seniors $8.

699-0005.

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KAYAKING Week e n d s t h r o u g h O c to ber 9 (weather permitting) kayaking from Socrates Sculpture Park Beach at Hallets Cove. 228-9214.

LANDSCAPE/FLORAL Charcoal and pen and ink classes. 969-1128.

JH ART CLUB Classes in all art forms days and evenings for children and adults. 426-9821.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, September 24 at the Knights of Columbus in Valley Stream. 341-0452.

BUSINESS PLAN Saturday, September 24 Start UP Business Plan at the Central library at 11.

ORIGAMI Saturday, September 24 at the Bayside library at 2.

INTRO PUBLISHER Saturday, September 24 Steinway library. Register.

JEWELRY WORKSHOP Saturday, September 24 plastic bag jewelry workshop a t t h e S u n n ys i d e l i b ra r y.

Register.

INTRO EXCEL Saturday, September 24 Steinway library. Register.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, September 24 at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Bayside. 631-3609720.

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, 132 nd Street and Guy R. Brewer Blvd. 8865236.

SCULPTURE WORKSHOP Saturdays through September 24 children and families at the Socrates Sculpture Museum. 956-1819.

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.

SKYPE CHAT Mondays, September 26, Oc tober 3 at the Queens Village library at 2.

BALLROOM DANCING Monday, September 26 Forest Hills library at 6:30.

POLISH RESUME Monday, September 26 at the Central library. Register.

COMPUTER BOOT CAMP Monday, September 26 at t h e Fa r Ro c k away l i b ra r y.

Register.

BUSINESS PLAN Monday, September 26 Start UP Business Plan Competition at the Central library at 6.

INTRO POWERPOINT Monday, September 26 at the Maspeth library at 6.

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

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

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TALKS

HEALTH FAIR/DRIVE Saturday, September 24 communit y health fair and blood drive 10-3 at Macedonia AME Church, 3722 Union Street, Flushing.

Health screenings, workshops, more.

CHAIR YOGA Saturday, September 24 introduction to chair yoga at the Elmhurst library. Register.

ZUMBA Saturday, September 24 at the Fresh Meadows library.

Register.

YOGA IN THE PARK Saturday, September 24 at Socrates Sculpture Park. 9561819.

PILATES IN THE PARK Sundays through September 25 at Socrates Sculpture Park. 956-1819.

TAI CHI IN THE PARK Sundays through September 25 at Socrates Sculpture Park.956-1819.

ZUMBA Monday, September 26 at the Langston Hughes library.

Register.

MEDITATION Monday, September 26 Meditation for Healthy Living Astoria library at 4.

STRESS FREE LIVING Monday, September 26 at the Woodside library at 4.

INTRO CHAIR YOGA Tuesday, September 27 at the Rego Park library. Register.

JEWISH VETS Sundays, September 25, Oc tober 23, November 27, Jewish War Veterans of the USA Lipsky/Blum Post meet at the Garden Jewish Center. 463-4742.

ST. ALBANS CIVIC Sundays, September 25, Oc tober 23 the St. Albans Civic Improvement Association meets at 1:30 at St. Albans Lutheran Church, 200 th Street and 119 th Avenue in the undercroft.

QUEENS HISTORICAL Sunday, Monday, September 25 Queens Historical Societ y annual meeting at 2 at Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 th venue, Flushing.

VFW 4787 Mondays, September 26, Oc tober 10, 24, November 14, 21, December 12, 26 Whitestone VFW Community Post meets. 746-0540.

HIKING CLUB Mondays, September 26, Oc tober 24, November 21, December 19 at 7 at Alley Pond Environmental Center.

229-4000.

114 TH PRECINCT Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 114 t h Precinct Communit y Council meets at Riccardo’s at 7.

MEN’S CLUB SOCCER Tuesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. 2637000.

OPEN FORUM Monday, September 26 Open Forum at the Lefrak library at 6. Explore issue in your area, meet neighbors and elected officials.

BOOK TALK Monday, September 26 book talk with author Erick S. Gray (“One Life to Live”) at 6:30.

BOOK CLUB Monday, September 26 “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” discussed at 6:30 at the Steinway library.

GREEN BOOK CLUB Monday, September 26 “Hot, Flat and Crowded” discussed at the Sunnyside library at 6:30.

TAX WORKSHOP Wednesday, September 28 at the Flushing library at 6:30.

FIND WORK YOU LOVE Thursday, September 29 Finding Work You Love: A Workshop on Life and Career Planning at 6 at the Douglaston/Little Neck library.

GREEN ROOFS Thursday, September 29 discussion on green roofs at the Broadway library at 6:30.

LEVITATION Thursday, September 29 Levitation Through Literacy book club discusses “Authentic Happiness” at the Sunnyside library at 6:30.

YOUTH QUEENS LIBRARIES Many branches of the Queensborough Library offer toddler and pre-school programs. Contact your local branch for dates.

TUTORING CLASSES Weekdays after school and on Saturdays Bridgesmart Tutors in LIC. 450-6493.

SCIENCE PLAYGROUND Weekends through December 31 10-6 and 2-5 Fridays at the Hall of Science. $4 plus general NYSCI admission.

SCULPTURE PARK Saturdays through September 24 the Socrates Sculpture Park will hold drop-in workshops for families.

STORY BOOK LADY Saturdays 12:30-1:30 reading enrichment program for 6-9 year olds at Maria Rose International Doll Museum, 187-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans. $7.50. 276-3454.

SCIENCE LAB Saturday, September 24 at the Central library at 11.

MATH HELP Saturdays at the Flushing library at 10.

HOMEWORK HELP Saturdays 10-noon teen tutors available at the Bayside library.

CHESS CLUB Every Saturday at the Flushing library at 2.

S TORY TIMES Saturdays at 11 and Tues-

days 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.

BABY & ME Monday, September 26 at the Bayside library. Register.

ORIGAMI Monday, September 26 Queens Village library at 4.

FROGS & BUGS Monday, September 26 Frogs, bugs and animals at the Steinway library at 4.

BOOST WORD Monday, September 26 Word Project at the Central library at 4:30.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 at the Douglaston/Little Neck library. Bring needles and yarn.

HOMEWORK HELP Mondays 3:30-5:00 teen tutors available at the Bayside library.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Tuesday, September 27 at the Glen Oaks library at 11.

SIGN LANGUAGE Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 Rego Park library. Register.

CRAFT Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 Queens Village library at 4.

SEPTEMBER CRAFT Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 Windsor Park library at 4.

BOOST BANKING Tuesday, September 27 at 4:30 at the Central library.

BOOST MATH

Tuesday, September 27 at the McGoldrick library at 5.

FAMILY STORY TIME Wednesday, September 28 at the Seaside library at 11.

BOOK MAKING Wednesday, September 28 book making workshop at the Cambria Heights library.

Register.

READING BUDDIES Wednesday, September 28 McGoldrick library at 5.

CHINESE CULTURE Wednesday, September 28 for those 11-12 at the Laurelton library. Register.

CRAFTS Wednesdays, September 2 8 , O c to b e r 5 at the Steinway library at 11 for those 2-4.

BOOST SCIENCE Wednesday, September 28 at the Central library at 4:30.

CHESS Wednesdays at the Queens Village library at 3:30.

KNITTING Every Wednesdays at the Bayside library at 4.

TOPS TRUMP CARD Every Wednesday tournament at the LIC library at 4.

BOOK MAKING Thursday, September 29 at the Ridgewood library. Register.

BOOST HEALTH Thursday, September 29 Health Science at the McGoldrick library at 5.

TEENS POETRY & ME Thursday, September 29 at the Flushing library at 2.

CRAFT TIME Every Thursday at 3:30 at the Ozone Park library.

BOY SCOUTS Thursdays Boy Scout Troop 138 meets at 7:30 in the basement at 192-15C 64 th Circle, Fresh Meadows. For those 11 and older. 4542391.

CHESS CLUB Friday, September 30 at the Auburndale library at 3:30.

GAME DAY Friday, September 30 at the Bay Terrace library at 2:30.

BOOK BUDDIES Friday, September 30 at the Bayside library at 4.

BOOST GAME DAY Friday, September 30 at the Central library at 4.

MATH CLUB Friday, September 30 at the McGoldrick library at 4.

GAME TIME Friday, September 30 at the Windsor Park library at 4.

BOOST GAME DAY Friday, September 30 at the McGoldrick library at 5.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays at 2 at the Queens Village library.

ARTS & CRAFTS Fridays LIC library at 2.

GAME DAY Fridays at the Queens Village library at 2.

TEEN HOMEWORK Saturday, September 24 at the Bayside library at 10.

CHESS CLUB Every Saturday at the Flushing library at 2.

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

TEEN HOMEWORK Mondays, September 26, Oc tober 3 at the Bayside library at 3:30.

TEEN CHESS Mondays, September 26, Oc tober 3 at the Bayside library at 6.

CATS Tu e s d a y, S e p te m b e r 2 7 Council of Advisory Teens at the Flushing library at 5.

BOOK MAKING Wednesday, September 28 at the Cambria Heights library. Register.

TEEN REC ROOM Wednesdays, September 2 8 , O c to b e r 5 a t t h e Steinway library at 4.

CURRENT EVENTS Wednesday, September 28 White House Current Events at the Laurelton library at 3.

COVER LETTERS Wednesday, September 28 cover letters at the Arverne library at 4.

PLASTIC BAG JEWELRY Wednesday, September 28 at the Astoria library. Register. Thursday, September 29 at the Steinway library. Reg-

ister.

GAME DAY Every Wednesday at the Howard Beach library at 4.

CHESS Wednesdays at 3:30 at the Queens Village library.

BOOK MAKING Thursday, September 29 at the Ridgewood library. Register.

CREATIVE WRITING Thursday, September 29 creative writing workshop at the Langston Hughes library at 6.

SAT STRATEGY Thursday, September 29 a t t h e B e l l e r o s e l i b r a r y.

800-273-8439 to reserve a seat.

AUTHOR TALK Thursday, September 29 teen author talk with Joseph Lunievicz at 4 at the Flushing librar y.

TEEN THURSDAYS Every Thursday at the Bay Terrace library at 3.

CHESS CLUB Every Thursday 4-5:30 at the Douglaston/Little Neck library.

CHESS CLUB Friday, September 30 at the Auburndale library at 3:30.

BOOK BUDDIES Friday, September 30 at the Bayside library at 4.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Every Friday at 4 at the Hillcrest library.

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The following local residents began their first year at Saint Michael’s College this semester: Charles Russell, son of Charles & Josephine Russell of Ozone Park, graduate of HS for Const. Trades, Engineering & Architecture; and Michael Thompson, son of Sharon Saunders-Thompson and Merrick Thompson of Rosedale, graduate of Christ King Regional H.S. Saint Michael’s College, located in Burlington, Vermont, arguably the best college town in the country, is a distinctive Catholic liberal arts college that provides education with a social conscience. One of Princeton Review’s Best 371 Colleges, Saint Michael’s makes it possible for students to participate in independent science research, do real-work internships, get free passes to the best skiing in the East, and live in sight of Vermont’s majestic Green Mountains.

Residents and staff sing “We Are The World.”

The Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association has donated $4,000 to the Queens Library for book purchases at the Kew Gardens Hills branch. The Queens Library Foundation is matching the civic's gift, which will also benefit the Kew Gardens Hills branch.

"KGHCA is pleased to make this donation, made possible by the support of hundreds of local residents, which expresses the community's support for the Kew Gardens Hills branch," said KGHCA president Patricia Dolan. "We are especially pleased that the Queens Library Foundation is able to match the donation, making a total of $8,000 available for book purchases for the Kew Gardens Hills branch. It is shameful that the City' budget cutting has forced the Queens Libary to suspend book purchases. Another round of budget cuts beginining on July 1 could force service reductions and even shutdowns of local libraries. We are counting on local elected officials like Senator Stavisky and Councilman Gennaro for their continued support for Queens's libraries."

Father Walter E. Jenkins Kew Gardens Hills residents are looking forward to the groundbreaking in the fall for an expanded library, for which Queens Borough President Marshall is providing funds.

Father Walter E. Jenkins, C.S.C., was installed as new President of Holy Cross High School (HCHS) on Sept. 15, during the school’s opening liturgy attended by more than 1000 people, including Brooklyn Diocese’s Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio as Celebrant; some 25 Concelebrants from parishes throughout Queens; HCHS Board Members; and students, faculty, staff, alumni, and honored guests.

Following the Mass, Br. William Zaydak, C.S.C., Provincial Superior, Moreau Province, Congregation of Holy Cross, officially commissioned Father Jenkins as President.

“The President must be able to identify and respond to the needs of this community in the present and anticipate the future, and we believe you have the qualities to do that,” Br. Zaydak said. “As faith leader of this institution, we are entrusting to you the hearts and minds of these students.”

Father Jenkins is a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers, and brings to his new post years of experience in educational administration. Prior to this appointment, Father Jenkins served as Director of Campus Ministry at Stonehill College, located in North Easton, MA, and earlier, as Principal of Bishop Hoban High School, based in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Father Jenkins, now the third President of Holy Cross, succeeds Brother LaMendola, who held the position for 14 years, and William D. Damato, who was President from 1989 to 1996.

Jennifer's Way:

Councilman Dan Halloran (second from l.) holds the sign for the new Jennifer Y. Wong Way with Ms. Wong’s parents, Ben and Joyce Wong, on Saturday in Whitestone. A resident of Whitestone and an active member of her church, Jennifer Y. Wong lost her life on 9/11. The street is 25th Avenue at Utopia Parkway. Also pictured (on l.) is Assemblyman Ed Braunstein.

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Joselyn M. Salazar was recently promoted to Director of Marketing for GuildNet, The Jewish Guild for the Blind’s Managed Long Term Care Plan and Medicare Plans.

She joined The Guild in 2003, as a Marketing Associate, with subsequent promotions to Senior Marketing Associate, and then Marketing Manager. Before coming to The Guild, Salazar worked in the Marketing Department of Visiting Nurse Service of New York. She received her BS from Queens College, City University of New York and lives in Richmond Hill.

GuildNet serves a community-based, nursing home-eligible population and is one of New York State’s largest Managed Long Term Care plans with more than 7,000 members. A subsidiary of The Jewish Guild for the Blind, GuildNet serves Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Nassau and Suffolk Counties through a Medicaid program which has been in place since 2000. GuildNet also offers GuildNet Gold, designed for people who have both Medicare and Medicaid, to residents of Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.

The Jewish Guild for the Blind is a notfor-profit, nonsectarian agency serving persons of all ages who are visually impaired, blind and multi-disabled. The Guild offers a broad range of programs that include: medical, vision, low vision, psychiatric and rehabilitative services, managed long-term care, residential services, day health programs, a school and educational training programs for independent living. In addition, SightCare, its vision loss education and training program, addresses the needs of people with vision impairment and their caregivers, while The Guild’s national tele-support program connects parents of children with vision

Independence Residences, Inc. held its first Queens Day Hab Talent and Fashion show at the 120th Street Day Habilitation site in Richmond Hill. This event included participants from the DiBari Day Habilitation site as well. DiBari is located at IRI’s main offices on Jamaica Avenue.

Even Simon Cowell, the cynical judge on TV’s American Idol talent show, would be happy with the talent shown. The individuals “walked the cat walk”, danced, sang their favorite tunes, recited poetry and there was even a comedy routine. Their smiling faces told it all. One sign posted at the site read: “The only disability is a bad attitude”.

The audience of family members, friends, and other individuals serviced by the agency, IRI management, Board Members and staff only saw their abilities. It was a very successful event. Queens Day Hab Manager, Rolston James said “this will be the first of many more such events in the future”.

Each participant received a certificate of achievement for their hard work.

Independence Residences, Inc. has been providing residential and comprehensive community support to people with developmental disabilities since 1984.

For more information on IRI, its programs and services, see in-res.org. Join us at the 2nd Annual Monte Carlo Night at Douglaston Manor on Thursday, Nov. 3.

Details are forthcoming.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of the New York Tri-State Area awards a $17,000 scholarship to Sabrina Hussain of Ozone Park, a graduate of John Adams High School. This year alone, RMHCNYTSA is awarding more than $85,000 in scholarships to local graduating high school seniors.

Sabrina will attend Pace University in the fall and plans to study biology. She hopes to become a pediatrician, specializing in neonatology. Sabrina is an active member of the John Adams High School Key Club, National Honor Society and Boys and Girls Club of America, among other organizations.

“Sabrina exemplifies all of the qualities of a true leader and role model, working very hard throughout high school to achieve her goals,” said Diane Koury, president of RMHC-NYTSA and local McDonald’s franchisee. “Looking at all of her academic achievements and volunteer positions within the community, we have no doubt Sabrina will be extremely successful at Pace University and one day become a very talented pediatrician.”

Recipients were selected based on demonstrated academic achievement, financial need and community involvement. To be eligible, the applicants had to be graduating high school seniors who planned to attend a two or four-year college or university with a complete course of study.

Queen's controversial NBA star Ron Artest, who randomly renamed himself Metta World Peace recently, is trading his b-ball kicks in for a pair of dancing shoes.

Making his debut on the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars, Peace will be getting his groove on with New Zealand native and veteran dancing beauty Peta Murgatroyd.

In a recent interview with ESPN, the Queensbridge native seemed a little stiff two-steppin’ to the cha cha.

Although the Kiwi can kick it, the 6'7", 260-pound baller didn't have what it takes to make it through the first episode.

Heavens to Murgatroyd, World Peace! Couldn't you hold it together.

We're so sorry Peta. It's sad to see you go so early in the game.

Ron Artest with Peta Murgatroyd

Yuppie Paradise?

With the hipsters slowly being priced out of Williamsburg and other Brooklyn neighborhoods near Manhattan, at least one Realtor is trying to lure them to Queens.

But not Astoria, LIC or Forest Hills; this clever Realtor is trying to entice them closer to the ocean… to the Rockaway Peninsula.

The realtor describes Rockaway as “the new Williamsburg” in an ad for a 5-bedroom, 2-bath home with fireplace, hardwood floors, driveway and finished basement.

The ad doesn’t specify where in Rockaway the house is, but the description of the home seems to point to ultra conservative middleclass Irish Catholic Belle Harbor, where we’re sure Williamsburg’s Bohemians will fit in just fine.

Also, the realtor forgot to mention “easy to get to.” Just a dozen or so stops on the J train to Broadway Junction, head down a flight of stairs that conjures up thoughts of hiking down the Matterhorn, wait for the Rockaway-bound A train, take it another 20-25 minutes to Broad Channel, then switch to the shuttle to Rockaway Park and in only two hours flat, you’re in the new yuppie paradise. No sweat!

Four years ago, Bianca Golden came in to the spotlight while vying for the top spot on America’s Next Top Model.

She established herself as the fierce and feisty minx from Hollis, whose only goal was to make it big in America’s modeling scene.

“That’s what was the plan going,” said the confident cutie. “I knew everyone’s plan was to try to bring it home but I really wanted more.”

Although she was cut before making the show’s finale, success came quick, catapulting her into multiple modeling contracts and taking her around the world.

“Although I didn’t win, I had a ball,” Bianca said of the 12 shows she starred on in 2007. “It was great exposure for me.”

Since then, the Hollis babe said jobs have been rolling in. Immediately following the show she was signed by Major Model Management for two years, Fusion Model Management in South Africa and Ford Models in Chicago.

She also had the opportunity to correspond for BET, Oxygen and E! Entertainment Television, broadening her exposure in TV land, which she hopes one day will open up the possibility of an acting career.

Although Bianca admits she doesn’t get much time to return back to the borough between shoots, fans of the finelooking female will be able to watch her compete once again on America's Next Top Model All-Star season, which debuted Sept. 14 on the CW. As the 14 bombshells battle it out for supremacy, we will root for our hometown hottie to take the title.

There’s only one thing Bianca can guarantee about her second shot at the top.

“There’ll be lots of drama.”

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Bianca Golden Home: Hollis Age: 22 Height: 5’11" Weight: 129 lbs Stats: 34-24-34

Bianca’s Back Best Bar Ever?

Sometimes checking your bank account Monday can remind you of a weekend of overindulgence, perhaps jostling memories of the college football beer and wing special at the Best Bar Ever LLC. Where’s that, you ask? Apparently Blackbirds in Astoria knows where they stand against other watering holes, and they’re not afraid to remind you after you swipe just check your charge card statement.

Hey, if they keep having Saturday afternoon football specials, Blackbirds could be the best bar ever in our eyes, too.

Nicki Minaj during Fashion Week

Darling Nicki It has been a while since our borough has produced a talent worth going crazy for, but apparently Nicki Minaj has crossed that threshold.

The South Ozone Park native sent New Yorkers into raging lunacy when she made an appearance at the recent Fashion’s Night Out. She started off at the Guiseppe Zanotti store, before moving on to Versace then YSL. At every stop she made, bedlam broke out.

“Barbz, the President of YSL said we made history tonite for the most pandemonium ever. *kisses the barbz*” Minaj tweeted after the night.

If that’s the reception that awaits her checking out shoes, it’d be nice if Nicki gave her home borough a boost during Queens Restaurant Week.

Models Of Queens

Keep Dancing

Confidentially, New York . . .

Making Reading Fun Maybe this will get high school boys interested in reading.

A group of women have formed a unique book club that may get attention, but not for the books they’re reading.

These women from all over the city head to a public park or location popular with city readers. Before they open their books- of the pulp fiction genre- however, they take off their tops.

The Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society calls itself a group of friends, family, and perfect strangers who like to read pulp fiction – the early 20th century genre of crime and superhero stories printed in magazine or comic format – on sunny days “as nearly in the altogether as the law allows.” Luckily for them (and all of us), New York City law only requires men and women wear clothing below the waist.

So far, they’ve taken out their- um- books in Manhattan; Washington Square Park, the High Line and in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but seeing as many of the club’s members live in Queens, we look forward to these courageous women exposing our fine borough to joys of pulp fiction of the 20th Century.

May we suggest a Flash Gordon story?

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