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Vol. 40, No. 46 Nov. 18 - 24, 2010

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S. Asians Fight For Their Own Seat "We conducted this analysis to show how an election that is supposed to empower our community actually demonstrates how powerless we are."

Two of the seven candidates running in the special election Nov. 2 were from the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean community; Al Baldeo, who finished third, and Harpreet Singh Toor, who finished sixth.

Taking Our Seat, Albert said, is using those election results to promote its grassroots efforts to unite the South Asian community in Southern Queens in common districts.

The movement, called "Brown Districts, Now," will advocate to keep South AsianAmerican neighborhoods in the same district to increase the possibility of a representative of South Asian descent getting elected.

The state legislative seats are Taking Our Seat's first priority.

"The state redraws its lines for the Assembly and Senate first," he explained. Just 10 years ago, the seat recently won by Francisco Moya in Corona was created to meet the needs of a growing Latino demographic.

The communities in South Queens are split between the State Senate districts of Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) and Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), while on the State Assembly level, the neighborhoods are divided into slices of districts centered away from the area, including the Flushing-

Queens Center Traffic May Get New Design and 92nd Streets, ease the flow of traffic and improve entry into and exit from Queens Center's garage. The agency said about 70 percent of all traffic on 57th Avenue is heading west under current conditions.

The DOT is also reviewing a plan to install a left-turn signal at the intersection of 92nd Street and 59th Avenue.

CB 4 will have its next meeting on Dec. 7 and hopes to vote on the proposal then. A DOT spokesman said a date for any new traffic plan to go into effect would not be known until after the local vote, which is in the middle of the holiday shopping season.

Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.

57th Avenue and other streets would be affected if the DOT were to change mall traffic patterns.

to necessitate uniting them in one district.

Albert noted that the importance of the South Asian-American community goes beyond Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park.

"If you wanted to capture the entire neighborhood, you would have to go into Ozone Park and parts of Woodhaven," Albert said.

He listed neighborhoods like Jackson Heights, Jamaica Estates and Bellerose as other locations with high South Asian-American populations that he hopes to advocate for. The growing South Asian-American voting bloc in Bellerose was key to former Councilman Tony Avella's defeat of 38-year incumbent State Senator Frank Padavan (RBellerose).

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

Council Bills Offered To Reduce Car Tickets

By DOMENICK RAFTER A new bill being considered in the City Council may make it easier to park your car on streetcleaning days.

The bill, introduced by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), had a hearing in front of the Transportation Committee last week. If enacted, it would protect drivers who park on a street after the street had been cleaned from being ticketed; they would not have to wait until the allotted time is up, and drivers who remain in their cars until the street cleaner arrives on the block would also be protected.

The bill has two cosponsors from Queens, Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) and Dan Halloran (RWhitestone).

"Competition for parking spaces is getting worse," Vallone said.

Halloran said that there is a misconception among many about who drives in the City, and that misconception is often erroneous when dealing with residents in the outer boroughs.

"There is a false perception that drivers in New York City are A bill being debated in the City Council would loosen rich and well-to-do," said Halloran. parking restric tions during street sweeping.

"In my community, most car owners are middle class people, and alternate-side laws affect them the most.

"They put themselves in this situation by Middle class drivers often don't have access to letting their traffic agents run amuck," Vallone driveways and are forced to park on the said. "It's their job to figure out how to street. They have to adjust their lives around enforce it." the next street cleaning. It takes people away Councilman Rodriguez offered some sugfrom their jobs and families. And if they gestions on enforcing his bill. forget to move their car, they are hit with "The principal concern is how traffic encostly parking tickets." forcement agents will know if the street Councilman Peter Koo (R-Flushing), a sweeper has passed or not when issuing a member of the Transportation Committee, ticket," he said. "I think that the answer to has not yet endorsed the bill and said there this is first of all to implement a greater level are still kinks to be ironed out. of coordination between the street sweeper "There are still some problems with the and the person issuing the tickets," he said. execution and logistics of some of the consid- "The City should also look to implement a erations offered by the bill," said Koo spokes- vehicle tracking system, similar to what most man James McClelland. cities use to tell if the busses are running on Vallone, who is also sponsoring a bill that schedule." would allow drivers to double-park while Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at waiting to pull into a parking space, said drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357enforcement of the new law is up to the NYPD. 7400, Ext. 125.

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By JOSEPH OROV IC The tangled mess of traffic surrounding the Queens Center Mall will get a new flow.

The Dept. of Transportation, in an effort to ease congestion around the busy shopping center, has proposed a redirection of 57th Avenue between 90th and 92nd Streets. The change would see the stretch convert westbound-only.

Queens DOT Commissioner Maura McCarthy introduced the plan to Community Board 4 at its most recent meeting. According to District Manager Richard Italiano, a quorum was not on hand to vote on the proposal, limiting discussion of the plan.

According to the DOT, the change would ease pedestrian and vehicle conflicts at 90th

based district of Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest), the Far Rockaway-centered district of Michele Titus (D-Far Rockaway), the districts of Mike Miller (D-Glendale), Vivian Cook (D-South Jamaica) and Audrey Pheffer (D-Rockaway Park), where voting blocs in Glendale, Rochdale Village and the Rockaway Peninsula respectively outnumber the South Asian community. Albert said Taking Our Seat is conducting a study on the need for a statelevel district, and findings should be released in December.

Albert said he was not concerned with the low turnout rate in Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park during the Census earlier this year because their advocacy will be based on number of voters, which he believes would make the group's argument that the South Asian-American community is large enough

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By DOMENICK RAFTER The South Asian-American population in Southern Queens is being disenfranchised by district boundaries, according to a study done by Taking Our Seat, an organization advocating for better political representation for South Asians.

The neighborhoods of Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park have some of the largest populations of residents of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean descent in the country, but the neighborhoods are divided among different Council, State Assembly, State Senate and even Congressional districts.

On the City level, the South Asian community is split between the Council districts of Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) - where populations in Howard Beach and Rockaway outnumber the South Asian communities - and the district of newly-elected Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica). The election that put Wills in office is at the forefront of the issue raised by Taking Our Seat.

John Prakash Albert, the group's founder, said more than 4,000 South Asian-American and Indo-Caribbean voters do not live in the district, but do live in the neighborhood, and would have made a difference in the race that Wills won with 3,347 votes.

What he calls the disenfranchised 4,225 South Asian voters "would have had a tremendous impact on this race," Albert said.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of ASX PROPERTIES, LLC, a Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/02/ 2010. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served upon him/her against the LLC to 41-40 Union St., Apt. 5T, Flushing, NY, 11355.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. _________________________________________________________________ NYC CRUISES LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 9/3/10. 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 T h e L L C , 8 6 - 3 4 9 4 th S t . , Woodhaven, NY 11421. General Purposes. _________________________________________________________________ Notice of formation of L2H HOME, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/21/2010 Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 3370 Prince St Ste 102 Flushing NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activities. ________________________________________________________________

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Notice of Formation of Ozone Park Petroleum Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/1/10. Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: c/ o The LLC, 88-44 101 Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 11461.

Purpose: any lawful activity. _______________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of ASTORIA HOLDING GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/27/2010. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 89-01 Astoria Boulevard, East Elmhurst, NY 11369. Purpose: any lawful purpose. _________________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF K&P Investing, LLC (Insert name of Limited Liability Company) Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: K&P Investing, LLC SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Queens THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served.

The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is:

LEGAL NOTICE 83-30 98 th Street, Apt. 2M Woodhaven, NY 11421 /S/ Wioletta Orzol (print or type name of organizer) _________________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF 86-12 53 AVE, LLC (Insert name of Limited Liability Company) Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: 86-12 53 AVE, LLC SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: QUEENS COUNTY, NEW YORK THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: 106 WILLOW ROAD, WOODMERE, NEW YORK 11598 Fishel Chervinsky (signature of organizer) FISHEL CHERVINSKY (print or type name of organizer) ________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 42-11 PROPERTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/27/10.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 42-11 158 th Street, Flushing, New York 11358. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of VINTAGE VINE LANDSCAPE DESIGN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/15/10. 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, 144-70 Village Road, Ste. 760, Jamaica, NY 11435. Purpose: any lawful activity. ________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: YORK STUDIOS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/16/10.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 34-02 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Maspeth, New York 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. _______________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO: 5655/2010 DATE FILED: 3-5-10 SUMMONS NYCTL 2009-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR NYCTL 2009-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, against- RODNEY RUSSELL; WILLIE SEA RUSSELL A/K/A WILLIESEA RUSSELL; WILL-

LEGAL NOTICE IAM WILLIAMS; RODNEY RUSSELL, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIESEA RUSSELL A/K/A WILLIE SEA RUSSELL; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; AVCO SECURITY CORPORATION OF NEW YORK; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; PALISADES COLLECTION LLC; AUTO FACTORS INC.; FLEET BANK; LYDIA WILLIAMS; MRC RECEIVABLES CORP.; CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; “JOHN DOE # 1” through “JOHN DOE #100”, the last 100 names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiffs, the persons or parties intended being the owners, tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, and if any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, be dead, their respective heirsat-law, next of kin, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, if they be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest in and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiffs; Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York), and in case of failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Plaintiffs designate Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the tax lien holder who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop this

LEGAL NOTICE foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: March 3, 2010 LEVY & LEVY Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 Tulip Drive Great Neck, NY 11021 (516) 487-6655 BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ. File No.: 1382544 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. J.G. Golia, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County dated Sept. 12, 2010 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office, Jamaica, NY. The object of the action is to foreclose a tax lien and to recover the amount of the tax lien and all of the interest, penalties, additions and expenses to real property k/a Block 1373, Lot19. dated: Oct. 20, 2010. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. For Pltf., #79213 ________________________________________________________________ Haley’s Management Services, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/15/10. Ofc in Queens Cty. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Tessa Dawes, 2946 Falcon Ave, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. Purpose: General. ________________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 33687/09 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

MARIA G. RODRIGUEZ, ET, AL. Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 84-19 90TH STREET WOODHAVEN, NY 11421 SBL #: BLOCK 8877 LOT 42 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens.

The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.

Dated this 19th day of October, 2010, TO: MARIA G. RODRIGUEZ, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. DUANE A. HART of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 28th day of Sep-

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tember, 2010 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by MARIA G. RODRIGUEZ dated the 11th day of April, 2008, to secure the sum of $533,850.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2008000206071 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 21 st day of May, 2008; which mortgage was duly assigned by assignment dated the 30 th day of November, 2009, and sent for recording in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York; The property in question is described as follows: 84-19 90TH STREET, WOODHAVEN, NY 11421 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 8877 and Lot 42 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Fourth Ward of the Borough of Queens, County of Queens, City and State of New York, known and designated on a certain map entitled, “Map of Belmont Park partly in the Town of Jamaica and partly in the Town of Newtown, Queens County, belonging to the Suburban Homestead Association” surveyed and drawn September 1890 by James F. Deehan, filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on April 10, 1891 as Map Number 761, as and by the Lot Number 353 and bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Easterly side of 90 th Street formerly Woodland Avenue, distant 260 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Easterly side of Woodland Avenue with the Northerly side of 85 th Road, formerly Ferriss Street; RUNNING THENCE Easterly parallel with 85 th Road, and part of the distance through a party wall, 99.62 feet; THENCE Northerly, nearly parallel with 90 th Street, 20 feet; THENCE Westerly again parallel with 85 th Road and part of the distance through a party wall, 99.40 feet to the Easterly side of 90th Street; THENCE Southerly along the Easterly side of 90 th Street, 20 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 84-19 90 th Street, Woodhaven, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE

ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: October 19, 2010 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of Big Eng Realty LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/ 15/10. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Bob Eng, 84-63 Kneelnad Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: any lawful activities.

New HS Lacking In Local Students

By JOSEPH OROVIC Not even a full semester has passed, and Forest Hills’ Metropolitan Avenue Campus has garnered a touch of negative attention.

Neighborhood leaders are concerned over enrollment numbers at the $158 million education facility’s high school, which they say do not meet promises that at least half of the kids would be from Forest Hills.

The locally-zoned school’s first 250-freshmen class was originally slated to be split evenly between kids from Districts 24 and 28. But according to Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), a lack of outreach and apprehension has left the school’s first class with a glut of Glendale students, while Forest Hills kids make up less than half of the overall student body.

“I was disappointed in the amount of kids that came from Forest Hills,” Koslowitz said.

“It was supposed to be 125-125. It wasn’t like that at all.”

The Dept. of Education did not respond to requests for comment and Koslowitz said they refuse to provide exact figures about the class’s makeup.

The school’s freshman class is also significantly higher than the originally planned 250. After murmurs about empty seats in the school’s newly-constructed building, the DOE bumped up enrollment, eventually expanding it for local kids and, according to some, kids across the entire borough. According to Koslowitz, the additional students increased the school’s pioneer class to close to 400 – a figure the DOE was not available to confirm.

Koslowitz said a large chunk of potential Forest Hills students were instead slotted for other local schools due to an application snafu. Kids and parents were given the option of ranking their preferred high schools, and Koslowitz believes many students and parents opted to put the Metro Campus second.

“It didn’t look like the school was going to be ready,” Koslowitz said, referring to the

school’s “under construction” aura as students were considering their options.

Koslowitz spoke with DOE reps and requested more open houses, while she hopes to build a groundswell of information through her Parent Advisory Counsel. She also asked the DOE consider giving applicants the option of the Metropolitan Campus High School though it may be their second choice.

“I told them I’m unhappy with the outreach that was done,” she said. “I don’t know how much the word got out before.”

According to Forest Hills Civic Association head Barbara Stuchinski, there was a community-wide failure to spread the word, though she specifically blames District 28’s Community Education Council for not quelling any apprehension towards enrolling into a new – and largely unproven – program.

“They’re not dynamic; they’re very passive,” she said. “Parents who were able to start the process weren’t given sufficient information and they gave up.”

Local leaders have set their sights on the next round of students, who have a Dec. 3 deadline to submit their applications.

The school, which spent nearly two decades as a mere concept and promise, came to fruition this year. Past council members, including Melinda Katz, fought to have the school locally zoned in an effort to ease overcrowding at perpetually-busy Forest Hills High School.

But some fear a continuation of last year’s figures will lead to more students from all around the borough – a fear with proprietary and not xenophobic roots.

“Why shouldn’t we have the benefit of the new school?” Koslowitz asked. “That was the intention in 1993, when I first brought that site up. We have the traffic, we have everything else.”

Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at jorovic@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 127.

70th Anniversary At Midtown Tunnel just over half what it is now, and neither the Long Island Expressway nor JFK Airport were built.

Planning for the tunnel began in the early 1920s, after the opening of the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River sparked the idea of a tunnel under the East River to alleviate the traffic on the other East River bridges. The stock market crash of 1929 put planning on hold and it was not started up again until 1935, when the FDR administration made $58 million in loans available. Ground was broken on Oct. 2, 1936 and the project took almost four years to complete. The tunnel underwent a massive renovation between 1998 and 2001 that brought better lighting, new wall tiles and new traffic control systems.

President Roosevelt was on hand for the tunnel’s grand opening and was its first patron, riding from Manhattan to Long Island City, the first of hundreds of millions of people to use the tunnel since. In its first year, the Queens-Midtown Tunnel carried over 4 million people. In 2009, that number was nearly 28 million.

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

THE MAGIC

S at u r d ay, N ov e m b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 0 5-6pm | JCPenney Wing

Bring in the holiday season at Queens Center’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony!

It’s an evening of magic as we flip the switch on the enchanted tree. The first 500 to arrive receive a magic wand to help light the tree.

Children can also enjoy cookies and milk with Santa, fun games and exciting prizes.

Tree lighting will take place on Level 2, JCPenney Wing, directly across from Guest Services.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER What brings 80,000 people to and from Manhattan daily and is old enough to collect Social Security?

If your answer is, “A very efficient bus driver,” you are wrong. It is the QueensMidtown Tunnel, which celebrated its 70th birthday linking Long Island City and Midtown this week.

“From its inception, the Queens Midtown Tunnel was a key link in the metropolitan region’s transportation network, providing a vital conduit for businesses, daily commuters and families exploring the cultural riches that exist from Manhattan to Queens and Long Island,” said MTA Bridges and Tunnels President Jim Ferrara.

In recognition of the tunnel’s 70th birthday, MTA Bridges and Tunnel will feature historic photographs of the tunnel’s construction during the 1930s in the lobby of its headquarters on 2 Broadway in Lower Manhattan through the end of the month.

The tunnel, often referred to simply as the “Midtown Tunnel,” opened on Nov. 15, 1940, and was the largest non-federal public works project in the nation at the time. When it opened, Queens’ population was 1.3 million;

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Edit Page In Our Opinion:

An Unclear Message The discovery that the only schools in Queens slated for restructuring by the Dept. of Education are predominantly black can clearly be viewed from many perspectives. Socioeconomic factors are typically indicators of a school’s ability to “reach” the students. Children from low-income households historically have a harder time focusing on school.

The fact that a large percentage of the catchment area for the schools facing “closure” – more properly termed restructuring – are in moderate- to high-income neighborhoods is offset by the small percentage of local kids who go to these schools. The DOE even states that a high rate of students gaining education outside the public schools is indicative of the need for change within the public institutions.

The obvious issue raised by this discovery is that the only schools being handled this way are ones with a black population. A scan of other schools – in both minority and non-minority neighborhoods – that meet similar criteria but are not being considered for closure only highlights the lack of understanding between the schools and the city they serve.

The education of our children should not contain everchanging evaluation criteria that do not seem to be consistent from year-to-year or from school-to-school. We need a clear, consistent and reliable explanation from the DOE for every school, comparing apples to apples, so that we, our readers and our borough’s parents can know exactly how any one school measures up against any other.

If we are failing, we need to know; if we are improving, we need to celebrate. The lines of communication should not be garbled, with the parents left to shake their heads and give up trying.

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Bring It Public To The Editor: Dear Mayor Bloomberg, I want to assure you that I have formed no opinion on Catherine Black, your choice for Schools Chancellor. I cannot. I do not know anything about her; I do not know where she stands on the issues; I do not know her education credentials, her attitudes, her beliefs. I want to be fair-minded and make my decisions based on facts, but I have few facts about Ms. Black.

I am troubled by the fact Ms. Black works for a media conglomerate, yet refuses to talk to the press.

I understand that there is a significant fiscal component to the Chancellor’s work, and that Ms. Black has experience in this regard at Hearst, but I feel strongly that the next person to occupy that role should be someone with classroom and school administration experience.

Surely there are school administrators with a suitable background.

Our schools are not corporations.

They require fiscal knowledge

coupled with educational vision and institutional understanding. From what I have read, Ms. Black has the first, but as regards the second and third she is a tabula rasa.

Accordingly, I believe that a public hearing should be held to acquaint the community with Ms. Black.

Toby Ann Stavisky, 16th Senate District

Delay Her Waiver To The Editor: Dear Commissioner Steiner: The Queens Civic Congress is a coalition of more than 110 neighborhood based civic organizations representing residents of every part of Queens.

Regarding the appointment of Catherine Black as the Chancellor of New York City schools, we write to urge you to withhold the waiver of the rules requiring the schools chancellor to have specific education qualifications. While Ms. Black may be a superb media manager, she has no experience as an educator. Indeed, she has no discernable record as an advo-

Michael Schenkler Publisher/Editor-in-Chief

cate for New York City’s public schools and her views and vision for public education are unknown.

Moreover, we find the lack of a public search to fill the Chancellor’s position deeply disturbing.

At a minimum, we implore you to delay any decision regarding Ms.Black until you complete a full public review of her appointment.

Patricia Dolan, President

Unfair Portrayal To The Editor: Prior to Election Day, serial Letter to the Editor writer Larry Penner wrote a letter attacking State Sen. Frank Padavan. Ten of the 12 times he used Padavan’s name in the letter were in a negative way. In his recent Nov. 11 letter still attacking Padavan, Penner mentions Padavan’s name again 12 times, except this time only eight times negatively.

In his prior attack letter before Election Day, Penner wrote: “Despite overwhelming Democratic Party enrollment in Queens County, creative gerrymandering by the GOP controlled Senate in 1982, 1992, and again in 2002, preserved Padavan’s seat.” I replied by a Letter to the Editor to the Tribune, which was never published, that Penner “disregards the fact that Senator Padavan’s 11th Senatorial District has an overwhelming Democratic enrollment of 3 to 1 … it is the people who like the way Padavan represents them in Albany, and like the way he services all the people in his district, regardless of their party enrollment, that keeps him in office, not gerrymandering.”

In his recent post-election Letter to the Tribune attacking Padavan, Penner tries to blame Padavan for Vince Tabone’s recent loss in his State Assembly race in the 26th A.D. Penner doesn’t appear to be aware that Sen. Padavan formally endorsed Vince Tabone, and his name and photo appeared on several of Tabone’s political literature.

Padavan wrote in one piece: “He will be my partner in the Assembly, working together to fight for common-sense legislative priorities and delivering for our constituents.”

Penner’s Nov. 11 Letter to the Editor once again had wrong facts, and his 18 negative attacks of Padavan in his two letters are so unfair. His recent second letter re Padavan, is a classic example of kicking someone when he’s down.

Philip T. Sica, Queens Village

Out Of Touch To The Editor: As a candidate for the 38th Assembly district, I demand an apology from Assemblyman Mike Miller Marcia Moxam Comrie, Contributing Editor Reporters: Sasha Austrie, Harley Benson, Joseph Orovic, Domenick Rafter, Jessica Ablamsky

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after he stated that my recent endorsement from Citizens Union was hypocritical. Assemblyman Miller stated at the Woodhaven Resident’s Block Association meeting that being endorsed by the Citizens Union and being a NY Uprising Hero of Reform is hypocritical. This came after Miller was interviewed by the Citizens Union, and they chose to endorse me over him because of my views on reform. Miller even told the group that he did not seek the Citizens Union endorsement, but the Citizens Union’s Web site clearly states the results of his interview.

Citizens Union of New York City is an independent, non-partisan, civic organization that promotes good government and seeks political reform. It was founded in 1897 with the purpose of stopping the corruption of Tammany Hall.

Citizens Union conducts face-toface interviews with candidates for political office, and will only make an endorsement if the interviewers are confident that the candidate is dedicated to achieving reform.

By saying this, Mike Miller has blasted a slew of incumbent and challenging candidates, including fellow Democrat and current Sen. Joe Addabbo. Along with Addabbo, Current State Sen. Frank Padavan, Assembly Candidate Vincent Tabone, State Comptroller candidate Harry Wilson and several of Miller’s fellow Democrats that were endorsed by both organizations. They must be hypocrites also, according to Mike Miller.

Being one of the few select candidates endorsed by the Citizens Union and labeled a NY Uprising Hero of Reform is something that I am proud of, and it demonstrates my commitment to the change we need in Albany. Each of these organizations has parallel beliefs. Not only is Mike Miller’s opinion wrong, but he should apologize to me and each of the other candidates that received endorsements of both groups. This is just another of the long list of examples of how Mike Miller is out of touch with the reform that our state needs.

Donna Marie Caltabiano, Rockaway

Middle Class Burden To The Editor: That leaders of President Barack Obama’s deficit commission would propose reducing the annual costof-living increases in Social Security and eliminating mortgage interest deduction is extraordinarily ill-conceived and must be rejected.

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pointing to say the least.

Too many Democrats ran asserting that Republicans would roll back Social Security, when the Obama administration has been doing just that. In fact, under his watch, COLA has been frozen for two years running.

Now his blue ribbon panel is proposing reducing COLA again when our seniors on fixed incomes are already struggling. This is beyond the pale.

To compound these bad ideas with the notion of eliminating the mortgage interest deduction is not just a betrayal of the middle class, it is suicide for our faltering economy, which is struggling to come out of a deep recession brought about in part by a real estate and financing collapse.

That we need to get control of a $1 trillion-plus budget deficit is a given, but for our Democratic President and his commission to endeavor to do so on the backs of seniors and the middle class once again is insane.

Congressional Republican plans to roll back spending to pre-Obama levels is the right approach. Let’s pare back spending in an intelligent fashion and get our economy moving again.

Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Vince Tabone, Bayside

An Old ‘Error’ To The Editor: With regards to the article that appeared in your newspaper in 2006 entitled “Woodhaven Native Relives His Childhood,” written by Andrew Moesel, there are many misstatements made by John Pallotta on July 7, 2006 with regards to the 2 Act Dramatic Play we co-wrote together called “Vegas.”

The article states that Mr. Pallotta wrote a play called “Vegas” which ran Off-Broadway and had the intention to go to Broadway. Mr. Pallotta wrote the play with me, Catherine Haig Bonjukian, his co-writing partner and creator. Although Mr. Pallotta, myself and all writers draw from their own personal experiences, there was no actual person like Danny in Mr. Pallotta’s neighborhood that this play is based upon, which is what he related to me.

My problem with your article is that your reporter did not check his facts, in which case he would have found that I was the co-writer and not an editor of this play. “Vegas” only appeared on stages as a staged reading and this is all. It never ran Off-Broadway or on Broadway.

What I am asking for is my cowriting credit in your newspaper as Mr. Pallotta and I were equal partners in the writing endeavors of this play “Vegas.”

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Keeping It Honest When Reporting and Voting

By MICHAEL SCHENKLER

REPORTING THE NEWS I still love this business. Journalism will survive the media upheaval.

Today the industry is threatened with diverse challenges, the greatest of which is maintaining the integrity of the newsroom amid decreasing industry revenues.

The challenge of new media is a challenge to the integrity of journalism itself. The reliance on unedited, unfact-checked blogs, websites or social media as a source of news has cheapened the entire industry. The acceptance of the content offered online without proper vetting has diminished the value of news and has diminished society itself in the process.

News, as I was brought up, must be gathered, fairly and accu-

rately reported, double sourced, fact reported that Olberman had conchecked and edited by profession- tributed to three Democratic canals before being dissemididate s, he was susnated. Today’s fast paced pended without pay for world seems to reward violating the station’s those who go from gathpolicy. ering to dissemination Not surprising, the the quickest and disrestor y about t he stor y gards the process of verican best be found by folfying the accuracy, imparlowing Ms. Aujla’s tiality or facts. tweets.

But at the heart of While we are conSimmi Aujla qualit y jour nalism are fused about t he ver y quality reporters. The curious, te- partial station’s policy of imparnacious and often over-zealous tiality, there is no confusion about truth seekers who are driven to the importance or impact of a qualbreak a story and see their name ity reporter or news story. on it will ensure that journalism survives.

THE NEW VOTING MACHINES While we in the profession Sadly, the election is not over. struggle to balance doing a high As political junkies in New York quality job of reporting the news watch too many too-close-to-call with paying the bills, star report- races in the State Senate and one ers w il l continue to repor t the Congressional on the east end, I news and break stories. can’t help but wonder what advanWe all just witnessed one such tage was gained by the purchase of instance. new voting machines at a cost of Simmi Aujla, a 2009 graduate some gazillion dollars. Sure the Feds of Brown Universit y, joined the waive the funds in the State’s face, staff of Politico, a relit ively new but who made sure that we were Washington D.C. newspaper, less buying something that ensured than half a year ago. This rookie more accurate, quicker counts, easier reporter broke the story that got recounts and, ah yes, privacy.

Keith Olberman suspended from On the privacy level, my two MSNBC. Hours after Aujla’s story encounters with the machine leave

Privacy? Congressman Weiner’s ballot is visible during the scanning process

me uncomfor table about privacy during the scanning process. I felt very much like Congressman Anthony Weiner might have felt if he did not invite Trib photographer Ira Cohen to shoot him during the voting process. But when he did, was Weiner aware that a blow up of a picture of his ballot would reveal how he voted?

With a t wo-sided bal lot i n New York City, there really was no way to prevent nearby eyes from catching a glimpse of your filled-in ovals.

We haven’t researched the process or the names of those involved in selecting the new ma-

chines but are pretty darn sure that at the end of the day, there was some very wellpaid lobbyist who absolutely earned his or her outrageous fee by convincing some well-meaning elected officials – many of whom received generous contributions bundled by the lobbyist – that privacy was not an issue with these new machines . . . nor was accuracy, recount speed or anything for that matter.

Sadly, for a once-in-a-lifetime purchase by the government of new voting machines, I am very disappointed.

At least with the old machines when you opened t he cur tai n which provided privacy and comfort, you could hear your vote being counted.

Maybe I just don’t like change?

MSchenkler@QueensTribune.com

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Unweighted by Experience, Cathie Black Seeks Waiver

By HENRY STERN The prospect for the granting of a waiver to Cathie Black so she can serve as New York City’s school chancellor may have dimmed a bit in the past several days.

For one thing, the New York Times reported, Henry that the man who will decide whether to grant the waiver, State Education Commissioner David M. Steiner, “will convene a screening panel consisting of representatives of the State Education Department and educational organizations to make a recommendation.” The commissioner’s spokesman “would not speculate on how long that would take.”

For another, two of Chancellor Joel Klein’s deputies have announced their resignat ions, and others are expected to leave as well. One reason cited in favor of Ms. Black was that the Klein management team would be available to assist her as she familiarized herself with the educational universe.

No truly independent screening panel of educators is likely to conclude that no experience whatsoever in their professional field is adequate preparation for the most difficult and complex job in local public education. If they felt that way, they would be expressing the view that their own professional qualifications had little value, and that any corporate executive could

fill the positions they now hold.

This does not mean that Ms. Black will not receive t he nece ssar y waiver. T he Commissioner and his screening panel may be responsive to the wishes of a higher authority. Mayor Stern Bloomberg wants the waiver, and carloads of movers and shakers will be influenced by his wishes. There is a strong argument that, since the law provides for mayoral control, and the first element of control is selecting the head of the enterprise, this appointment is his call.

There are also many people who believe that some schools are ungovernable, and some children uneducable, and that giving the mayor a free ride on the chancellorship would make it easier to fix the blame on him if a le ss than satisfactory outcome results.

Mayor Bloomberg has previously shown his distaste for technical, legal standards. When Patricia Lancaster resigned as Commissioner of Buildings in 2008, the law required that the Commissioner of the department be an architect or engineer. The mayor’s choice, Deput y Commissioner Robert LiMandri, was neither. He solved that problem by having the City Council pass a local law repeali ng the requirement. Mr. LiMandri is now the Commissioner and he is well regarded.

The Schools Chancellor’s position is one that is a target for year-round assault by various groups. The politically correct term for them is “stakeholders;” the pejorat ive de scr ipt ion, “special interests.” Public officials begin with a mode st re serve of goo d wil l, which is depleted over time as group after group is dissatisfied because their particular demands are not being met.

Ambitious politicians boast about their concern for education; photographs of children decorate their mailers. Some of these friends of education, however, do not go so far as actually voting for additional funds, or giving the Chancellor the power to manage the system.

In view of these hazards and obstacles, it could be said that the Chancellor, an official whose importance is comparable to that of the police commissioner, should be a person of impeccable and undisputed credentials, a Horace Mann of the 21st century, if such a person could be found and persuaded to take the job. To select a chancellor with no background whatsoever in education is certainly a daring leap of faith.

It is true that Mayor Bloomberg himself, a successful business executive, had no experience in government before he was first elected mayor in 2001. Since he has basically been a good mayor (he was re-elected twice, has generally appointed and removed com-

missioners on the merits, has run a scandal-free administration, and innovated in public health and environmental issue s), it is understandable for him to believe that others who have achieved great success in business can use their talents to succeed in the public sector.

A perennial problem in the field of education is credentialism.

Schools for teachers award degrees routinely, and school boards may require those degrees as qualifications for being hired. It is too often the case that possession of a degree has lit tle relat ionship to ability to teach in a classroom. But

even those who reject credentialism may support minimal standards for people who hold impor tant positions in educational administration. Credentials may not have intrinsic value, but they do provide a veneer of protection for the qualified and unqualified alike.

The elusive qualities of managerial judgment and the ability to lead and inspire may be present in Cathie Black. If she gets the waiver, she will have the opportunity to demonstrate them. But will her skills be sufficient to improve educational outcomes for over a million children?

StarQuest@NYCivic.org

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Notice of Formation Bagheria, LLC art. of org. filed Secy. Of State NY (SSNY) 9/16/10. Off. Loc. In Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 48-07 30 th Ave., Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any lawful purpose, managed by 1 or more members. ________________________________________________________________ PROBATE CITATION File No. 2010-2104 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Joseph F. Yung a/k/a Joseph Yung, Joseph Anthony Yung, Joseph Anthony Lettieri if living and if dead, to his heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if he died subsequent to the decedent herein, to his 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 Joseph Yung, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained A petition having been duly filed by Gladys Grenham who is domiciled at 5105 North Park Dr. Pennsauken NJ 08109 and by Suzanne Ennis 5 Blueberry Ridge Rd E. Setauket, New York 11733 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on the 2 day of December, 2010 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of LUCILLE YUNG a/k/a LUCILLE M. YUNG lately domiciled at 66-63 79 th Place, Middle Village, NY 11379 admitting to probate a Will dated September 28, 2006 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of LUCILLE YUNG deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [X] Letters Testamentary issue to: Gladys Grenham and Suzanne Ennis (State any further relief requested) OCT 12 2010 (Seal) HON. ROBERT L. NAHMAN Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk MICHAEL J. FALCO Attorney for Petitioner 718-458-0085 Telephone Number 69-64 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, New York 11378 Address of Attorney [Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of YANCUI’S LAUNDROMAT L.L.C., a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/16/2010. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY

shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 41-96 Gleane Street, Apt #A-5, Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ________________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS PETER BALTUSIS, Plaintiff, -againstJEANETTE HOFFMAN, JOHN C. ROTTECK, and ADELAIDE ROTTECK, if living, and if dead, any and all persons being their heirs at law or claiming in any way through them to any interest in the real property described in the complaint in this action, Defendants. SUMMONS WITH NOTICE and VERIFIED COMPLAINT Index No. 3790-10 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on the attorney for the Plaintiff within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service, or within thirty days (30) after service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. In the event you fail to appear or answer, a judgment will be taken against you for default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

The plaintiff resides at 59-30 60 th Lane, Maspeth, New York, County of Queens, City and State of New York.

Queens County is designated as the basis of venue because the real property which is the subject of this action is located within the County of Queens. The relief sought in this action is the determination of claims to the subject real property pursuant to Article 15 of the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law to determine ownership to the premises 59-30 60 th Lane, Maspeth, County of Queens, City and State of New York.

Dated, Maspeth, New York January 8 th , 2010 BARBARA PRYOR, P.C. Attorney for the Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address: 65-49 Grand Avenue Maspeth, New York 11378 Telephone No.: 718-8940297 NOTICE: To the above named Defendants – The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to the Order of Hon. DAVID ELLIOT, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated Oct.13, 2010 and on file with the County Clerk, County of Queens, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd.

Jamaica, NY. Barbara Pryor, P.C., Atty. For Pltf. ________________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Filed: April 30, 2010 Index No.: 10949/2010 Plaintiff designates Queens County as place of trial The basis of venue is Plaintiff’s residence SUMMONS Plaintiff resides at 11333 Francis Lewis Blvd.

Queens Village, NY 11429 AUDREY LEWIS, Plaintiff(s), v. SHELTON LEWIS, III, Defendant(s), ACTION FOR DIVORCE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to ANSWER the COMPLAINT. in this action and to serve a copy of

your ANSWER, or, if the COMPLAINT is not served with this SUMMONS, to serve a NOTICE OF APPEARANCE on the Plaintiff’s attorney, within twenty (20) days after the service of this SUMMONS, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty [30] days after the service is complete, and in case of your failure to APPEAR and ANSWER, judgment will be taken against you by DEFAULT for the relief demanded in the COMPLAINT HERSH JAKUBOWITZ, ESQ. Attorney for the Plaintiff 4234 162 nd Street Flushing, NY 11358 (718) 445-1436 NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the marriage between the Parties, on the grounds of Abandonment, DRL §170 Subd. 2.

The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff VERIFIED COMPLAINT AUDREY LEWIS, Plaintiff; SHELTON LEWIS, III, Defendant; PLAINTIFF, by her Attorney, HERSH JAKUBOWITZ, alleges to this Court that the Parties are over the age of eighteen (18) and; 1. That, at all times hereinafter mentioned, the Plaintiff has been a residence of the State of New York for a continuous period in access of two (2) years, immediately preceding the commencement of this Action. 2. The Plaintiff and the Defendant were married on January 3, 1971 in the County of Queens, State of New York.

3. There are no unemancipated children. 4. The Plaintiff resides at 113-33 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Queens Village, NY 11429 and the Defendant resides at UNKNOWN. 5. That there is no action for divorce, separation or annulment pending in the State of New York or in any other jurisdiction. 6.

That there is no judgment or decree of divorce, separation or annulment granted to either Party in the State of New York or in any other jurisdiction. 7. The parties are not covered by any group health plan. 8. The marriage was not performed by a clergyman, minister or by a leader of the Society for Ethical Culture. 9. The plaintiff was a dutiful wife. 10. On or about June 1, 1973 the Defendant abandoned the Plaintiff without just cause and excuse without the Plaintiff’s consent and the Defendant has been willfully and continuously absent from the Plaintiff for more than one (1) year without any cause or justification. Defendant left the marital residence of the Parties, located at 205-26 115 th Road, St. Albans, NY 11412. 11. The aforesaid conduct of the Defendant constitutes an ABANDONMENT of the Plaintiff by the Defendant, in accordance with Subdivision (2) Section 170 of the Domestic Relations Law. NOTICE OF CONTINUATION - Health Care Coverage In accordance with DRL § 255: The parties hereto fully understand that upon the entrance of a divorce judgment, neither party will be allowed to receive health

coverage underneath the former spouse's health insurance plan. Either party may be entitled to purchase health insurance on their own, at their own expense - through a COBRA option, if available.

WHEREFORE, the Plaintiff demands judgment against the Defendant for DIVORCE ________________________________________________________________

OND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Queens THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: c/o H. GERSTEN, CPA 108-18 QUEENS BLVD. 8 th FL, STE 6 FOREST HILLS, NY 11375 Natalya Malakova (signature of organizer) Natalya Malakova (print or type name of organizer ________________________________________________________________

Donald P. Vernon, Esq., Attorney for Petitioner at least once in each of three (3) weeks immediately preceding the said Dec. 1, 2010, the time appointed for the hearing, in the Queens Tribune published in Queens County, and SUFFICIENT reason appearing therefore, let service of a copy of this order, and annexed Petition on ST. PETER CLAVER SCHOOL, and upon the Attorney General of the State of New York, the New York State Tax Commission and Andrew Aklassou, CP.A., P.C.; Maurice N. Perkins ASA; Internal Revenue Service, NYS Department of Taxation and Finance, NYS Department of Labor, Hamilton Equity Group LLC, NYC Department of Buildings; Nayda Charles; Mary Burton-Forbes; Shirley A. Moore, Urmela Srinarayan; Gracia King; Naline Yassin; Mark Hancock; Levi Isaacs; Harvey Stone; Mary Covington; Ricardo Bentham; Con Edison; NYC Department of Environmental and Protection; Verizon, Deer Park Direct; National Grid; and Bill Jones Real Estate, personally, at least 20 days before the return date, or by mailing a copy of the order, by certified mail, return receipt requested, at least twenty (20) days before the return date, addressed to the person to be served at his last known address, shall be deemed good and sufficient.

ENTER, Justice of the Supreme Court ________________________________________________________________

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF BlueRite LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST. The name of the limited liability company is BlueRite LLC. SECOND. The county within this state in which the limited liability company is to be located is Queens. THIRD: The secretary of state is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served.

The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process accepted on behalf of the limited liability company served upon him or her is: 241-06 137 th Ave., Rosedale, New York 11422.

FOURTH: The name and street address in this state of the registered agent upon whom and at which process against the limited liability company may be served is: Raul Wagner, 241-06 137 th Ave., Rosedale, New York 11422.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Organization on the date below. Date: August 9, 2010 LegalZoom.com, Inc., Organizer /s/Imelda Vasquez By: Imelda Vasquez, Assistant Secretary 7083 Hollywood Blvd., suite 180 Los Angeles, CA 90028 _______________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: CHENG FAT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/25/10. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 59-45 54 th Street, Maspeth, New York 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: MJR REAL ESTATE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/20/09.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 97-37 63 rd Road, Suite 10 K, Rego Park, New York 11374. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF ENMA, LLC (Insert name of Limited Liability Company) Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: ENMA, LLC SEC-

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF S & D International Wholesale LLC (Insert name of Limited Liability Company) Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: S & D International Wholesale LLC SECOND: The county, within this state, in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Queens THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served.

The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: Kandzhanov/Boris Mikhail 97-30 57 th Ave 3B Corona, NY 11368 USA Boris Mikhail (print or type name of organizer) ________________________________________________________________ At a Term, Part 2, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, held in and for the County of Queens at, 8811 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11432, on the 20 day of October, 2010 Index No.: 25977/10 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE PRESENT: Hon. Allan Weiss, Justice In the Matter of ST. PETER CLAVER SCHOOL, (a not-forprofit corporation), For an Order Dissolving the Corporation Pursuant To Section 1102(a)(1)(A) of the Not for Profit Corporation Law. UPON reading and filing the Petition of HARVEY STONE, MARY COVINGTON, RICARDO BENTHAM & NORMA CASSELL duly verified on the 30 th day of September, 2010, together with a resolution of the Board of Trustees of Petitioner authorizing the Dissolution of the Corporation and upon all the papers and proceedings herein: LET ST. PETER CLAVER SCHOOL, and all persons interested in ST. PETER CLAVER SCHOOL, show cause at the Supreme Court, Queens County, IAS Part 2, Room 45, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on Dec. 1, 2010, at 9:30 a.m., in the forenoon of that day or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard why ST. PETER CLAVER SCHOOL should not be dissolved, and LET a copy of this order be published by

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF K. FERRONE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/2010. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to the LLC at 67-19 218 th Street, Bayside, NY 11364. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ SUPREME COURT – QUEENS COUNTY In the Matter of the Application of PETER M. WOLF, as Guardian of the Person and Property of DANIEL GERALD O’LEARY, an incapacitated person to sell certain real property pursuant to an order of this court dated October 20, 2010 by Hon. Lawrence v. Cullen, a Justice of this Court, an application to sell premises 47-17 50 th Avenue Woodside, N.Y. 11377 Block 2291 Lot 53 County of Queens, being a plot 19 feet by 100 feet will be made on the 14 th day of December 2010, at 9:30 A.M. at I.A.S. Part 25g of the Supreme Court at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard Jamaica, N.Y. 11435. Said property is presently under contract, subject to the approval of the court, for the price of $580,000.00.

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A Place To Store Queens’ Memories history that usually falls through the cracks,” said Milbrodt. “Flushing is a great place to do work like this; it’s diverse, it’s rapidly changing; it’s a site of global migration with a rich history.”

Now manager of the Queens Memory Project, Milbrodt wants the venture to extend beyond its humble beginnings in Flushing with the hopes of encompassing the entire borough of Queens onto one site that users

can access and actively have a hand in developing.

By combining neighborhood-specific historical and contemporary multimedia content – including maps, news clippings, blogs and notes related to their communities – the site aims to harness Web 2.0 technology that will allow users to further contribute to the collective memory in the borough.

“We are hoping the project takes on a life

of its own, where people will start contributing themselves,” said Milbrodt. “If you are the most diverse county in the nation, you owe it to the people of your county to celebrate it.”

The site is expected to go live towards the end of 2011.

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By DOMENICK RAFTER Fares are going up, service is being cut or scaled back, and no one is really sure how to fix it – or if the people in charge even want to.

In response to the rising furor over the financial crisis at the MTA, Transportation Alternatives, a non-profit organization boasting more than 8,000 members that promotes public transit, walking and bicycling in New York City, is starting a campaign called Rider Rebellion, aimed at moving straphangers to pressure public officials to fix the MTA. Rider Rebellion has released a proposed Transit Rider’s Bill of Rights, aimed at channeling public frustration into a list of certain demands, which include reliable, affordable and efficient transit; accurate, readily available information; clear announcements; well lit, clean, maintained and safe facilities; handicapped access; helpful and courteous services; prioritization of funds for operation, maintenance and improvement of the system; and more transparent lines of communica-

tion between the MTA and riders. would need to raise more revenue than they The bill of rights also calls for fare hikes to do now to make a profit. be used as a last resort, and at least one For more information on the Rider Rebelworker and one rider to be installed as voting lion campaign, visit riderrebellion.org. members of the MTA Board of Directors.

Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at Already, the group’s Facebook page has drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357over 1,000 fans and the campaign is going 7400, Ext. 125. across the city to Community Board meetings to spread its message.

At a meeting of Community Board 5, Mo Kinberg, policy and outreach manager for Transportation Alternatives, asked members of the board to endorse Rider Rebellion.

“We want to put the public back in New York City Public Transit,” she said.

At the meeting, Kinberg took questions on Transportation Alternative’s positions on issues like privatization of the MTA, which Kinberg said cost force fares higher Transportation Alternatives is hoping to have Queens because a privatized MTA Subway riders join its Rider Rebellion.

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By JASON BANREY Many great civilizations have taken it upon themselves to document their history.

In this day in age, with the amount of technology available at the fingertips of almost every individual, Queens residents will soon play an active role in documenting the evolution of the country’s most ethnically diverse county.

In an effort to digitize the borough’s past and evolving history, Queens College has tipped the first domino that it hopes will set in motion an interest in capturing contemporary history as it happens.

The Queens Memory Project began as an independent study over the summer. Then, Natalie Milbrodt, a special collections and archives fellow in the Queens College Libraries, began conducting oral history interviews with residents of Flushing’s Waldheim neighborhood.

A resident of Flushing herself, Milbrodt noticed the immense relationship residents of this enclave shared with the borough of Queens after interviewing a woman who lived on the same street for more than 90 years.

Receiving a $25,000 grant in October from the Metropolitan New York Library Council, the project’s digital collaboration with the Queens College Library’s Department of Special Collections and Archives, and the Archives at Queens Library, will create an online site users can easily access.

The grant will also fund the digitization of archival records relating to subjects discussed during the oral histories. The combined images, interviews and digitized records will form the first-ever digital archive of contemporary and historical records of life in the borough.

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By JOSEPH M. CALISI For the second year in a row, in celebration of Veterans Day, American Airlines, the USO and The Sands Foundation got together to give 150 wounded military warriors and their families a free weekend trip to Las Vegas.

The American Eagle Boeing 767-200 adorned with yellow-ribbons, nick-named “Flagship Independence,” transported U.S. troops and families on its inaugural flight from New York’s JFK Airport to the Venetian in Las Vegas for the second annual “Tribute to the Troops.” The “Tribute to the Troops 2010 Las Vegas” group includes service members from Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga.; Bethesda Navy Hospital; Walter

Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.; and veterans from the New York City area.

American Airlines, the official airline of the USO, joined with the Sands Foundation to honor our nation’s veterans and active members with a weekend of relaxation, entertainment, sightseeing and educational seminars.

“American Airlines has long-standing ties to the nation’s armed forces. With more than 60 percent of American’s pilots and 10 percent of all American and American Eagle Airlines employees serving as active military or veterans, the company places a strong emphasis on its military and veteran’s initiatives,” said Mark Magerian of American’s

Aqueduct Job Fair

By DOMENICK RAFTER Tutor-Perini, the general contractor for Resorts World New York Casino at Aqueduct Racetrack, will hold its first major Minority, Women, and Locally owned Business Enterprises outreach event for contractors and suppliers interested in providing construction services for the Resorts World New York facility.

The outreach event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Aqueduct Racetrack on Friday, Nov. 19.

Mike Speller, President of Resorts World New York, said his company has committed to working with local minority and women owned businesses to assist in construction and management of the casino.

“Our process is simple and transparent — we will notify the community that we have a procurement need, detail exactly what we intend to source, and be crystal clear about the timing of delivery and other pertinent information related to the specific bid,” he said.

Ground was broken late last month on the site, which is anticipated to bring 1,300 construction jobs and more than 800 permanent jobs in entertainment, hospitality, security and foodservice fields. Resorts World will detail the timeline and process of filling those jobs next month. The casino is slated to open in the Spring.

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Bob DiSalvio of the Sands Corporation and Foundation was proud to be part of the celebration. “I think of the selfless sacrifices made by our troops to defend our freedoms whenever I see the Sands site in Bethlehem Penn., which is where the old steel plant was,” he said. “The

Sands Foundation is honored to host these heroes on Veterans Day at The Venetian.”

U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) waxed poetic about what makes our country great.

“It’s the men, women and families that defend this nation, putting their own lives on the line,” he said. “We should do everything in our power to help them.”

Get Your Trash Out On Time

By DOMENICK RAFTER With the sun setting sooner and temperatures dropping, it can only mean one thing – it is time to get your trash to the curb a little earlier The Sanitation Dept. is moving to its winter pickup schedule beginning this week to prepare for the upcoming winter snow.

From mid-November to mid-April each year, the Sanitation Dept schedules a sufficient number of its crew on evening and overnight shifts in each of the City’s 59 Sanitation Districts to prepare for potential snowfall. The idea is to have a significant force ready to clean the streets of snow before and during morning and evening rush hours.

“All Sanitation personnel are gearing up for another winter that may bring heavy snowstorms, but the Department will be prepared whether only an inch or mounds of

snow hit New York City,” said Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty.

The two shifts are 4 p.m. to midnight, to handle the evening rush, and midnight to 8 a.m., to clean streets of overnight snow before the morning rush. When snow isn’t falling, the crews will be tasked with picking up your trash.

That means you should have your trash on the curb ready for pickup before midnight the night before your pickup day. If your pickup day is Monday, your trash should be ready for collection by midnight Sunday night. Trash still cannot be placed at the curb prior to 4 p.m.

Some pickups will occur in the middle of the night. Crews have been advised to work as quietly as possible during those hours.

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work and keep medical appointments. Claiming to be the only organization that steps in to help disabled adults with emergencies, Some may see being blind as a disabling Helping Hands prides itself on assisting its ailment, holding people back in every aspect clients with any problem they may come of their lives. Others take what some perceive across "without requiring a ton of paperto be misfortune and turn their inability in to work," said Crespo.

Encouraging others to stay active, Crespo a blessing.

Alice Crespo of Flushing is one of those developed the concept for her organization individuals, and she has not let her disability that would help people with disabilities get hold her back from living the life she was out of their homes by not feeling trapped destined to live. Taking advantage of each because of their disability.

"We want to empower people," said day she wakes up, Crespo has become an inspiration for not only the disabled, but Crespo. "We don't want people to say 'just because I'm blind or because I'm in a wheelmany who cross her path. chair I can't do something.' We come up with "We don't want people to say 'just ways that you can because I'm blind or because I'm do it."

Crespo's no in a wheelchair I can't do somestranger to being thing.' We come up with ways active. For more than 30 years she that you can do it." worked as a —Alice Crespo Spanish interpreter for the Supreme Court Blind from birth, Crespo begins her de- and now is a freelance interpreter by profesmanding day no different than any other sion.

While juggling her demanding weekly individual; by making a hot fresh cup of schedule, Crespo hopes her contagious zest coffee.

"Every day, depending on what's on my for life will infect others who are interested in schedule, I get up, get busy and get going," volunteering.

By just spending just three hours a week said Crespo.

In 1982, while working as a volunteer, volunteering, everyone can enrich their own Crespo realized there were many people with lives, Crespo believes. "You might come to disabilities who were without the proper help us, but we'll end up helping you," she services to address their needs. Noticing a said. "You'll realize, hey I don't have it so lack of volunteers for them, she decided to do bad."

Although she admits some days may be something.

Taking it upon herself to help, despite her tougher than others, Crespo continues to disability, she pursued developing an organi- hold her head up, looking towards a brighter zation that provides services and recreational future for those who have yet to realize the independence they have within. events to those with disabilities.

For information about volunteering with With the aim of helping others with disabilities take control of their lives, Crespo Helping Hands for the Disabled of NYC call founded Helping Hands for the Disabled of (718) 886-3440.

Reach Intern Jason Banrey at NYC. Serving the disabled throughout the metropolitan area, Crespo is helping people jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 357overcome their afflictions to take control of 7400, Ext. 128.

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Crespo's organization supplies individuals over the age of 18 with volunteers who MS 158 Wins $50K help them run their errands, fill out paper-

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ners through online votes.

"It was a great collaborative effort to get the votes," Nappi said. "Students got friends and relatives across the nation to vote. PTAs spread the word to other schools to give support."

Principals of other schools also spread the word, and teachers made up step-by-step instructions on how to log in and vote.

"It was quite a community effort," she said.

Art teachers will decide how to spend the money in a way that the whole school can enjoy.

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Special Ed. School Helping Needy With more people in New York City going hungry now than ever before, third graders at PS 23, a Glen Oaks school for children with severe psychological disabilities, are trying to make a difference.

"Our principal kind of announced in September that she really wanted to focus this year on community projects," said teacher Laura Cohen, who has nine kids in her class.

As their project, they chose hunger.

"This is something the children came up with, and we're going to continue really all year to research it, how many children go to bed hungry every night in our city," she said.

"I want them to understand that everyone can be affected. Maybe even themselves in some instances."

After sending a letter home about the food drive with staff, students and teachers, Cohen's class collected donations.

"I have to say so far the response has been overwhelming," she said. "I think we have three or four boxes filled already, and it's our first week."

Collections will continue until after Thanksgiving, when the donations will be given to a local fire station on behalf of City Harvest, a 25-year-old organization that collects unwanted food for needy local residents.

Empathy, compassion and a sense of civic responsibility are important skills for every child to have, Cohen said.

"These children are from Queens, and many of them are from projects," she said. "I do want them to have compassion. We talk about that a lot, that it's important to help other people."

The children write in their journalds every morning. With varying degrees of eloquence, they all agree that helping people makes them feel good.

"They have behavior issues for sure," she said. "They lose control sometimes, but most of them are really sweet kids."

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Teacher Laura Cohen stands with Paraprofessional Martha Deanfrasio and two students from their class.

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Alice Crespo won't let a lack of sight deny her of her vision.

Just in time for the holiday season, MS 158 in Bayside has one more reason to be thankful this year. A second place winner in a contest through the online search engine Bing, the school will receive $50,000.

"Now we can be funded for art supplies," said Principal Marie Nappi. "Look what can happen if you try. What a great reward. Imagine."

In perfect keeping with this year's school theme, Dare to be Remarkable, teachers in the Arts Department created an entry video competing for the funds, so that they could purchase art supplies. This year's budget cuts were so severe that there was no money to buy any.

On MS 158's wish list were materials that range from crayons and drawing paper to new computer work stations and instruments not held together by rubber bands and duct tape.

The school was chosen from more than 700 entrants based on an essay and YouTube video about their art program's extensive needs. Fifteen semifinalists were culled down to four win-

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A Star Shines Brightly In Forest Hills then Modena, Brown took on menial tasks, such as peeling onions and washing potatoes, before aspiring to create his Michelin Star restaurant.

During his time overseas he observed the importance that each position played within a finely tuned restaurant and secretively began to conspire to create his own establishment. Still the question loomed as to where his dream would come to fruition.

Just after Sept 11, 2001, Brown’s first attempts at opening his own restaurant were plagued with numerous obstacles. He attributes his missed opportunities of opening his first enterprise in Brooklyn to circumstances of the times.

Due to the catastrophic events, an unstable economy in New York City made it difficult for his own venue to materialize and he temporarily sidelined his aspirations.

Placing Queens on Michelin Guide’s internationally prestigious culinary map was not always in the cards. After returning home with a renewed sense of where he wanted to steer his career, Brown found the space where his restaurant is now located. “It all happened by chance.” he said.

“I never really envisioned saying I want to go and open a restaurant,” said Brown.

Unsure of how the community would receive his take on European cuisine after opening in 2006, the restaurant is now entertaining 120-150 guests during dinner service with the reservations piling up to get a chance at Brown’s popular dishes.

Brown believes the popularity of his evolving menu is partly a direct result of dealing closely with his guests. “It started out by putting out an idea, letting it develop and taking the feedback. See what the people are

looking for,” said Brown.

“We wanted to keep people interested. It certainly has evolved and it’s probably evolved, because of the community; because they’re encouraging you to try different things.”

Brown is in his element developing dishes for the palettes of his guests in a cozy environment he calls home once again. “In a way, it’s almost like playing music. You go out and play a song, the crowd says, yeah we like that. We want to hear some more,” Brown modestly mentions as an aroma of roasted Brussels sprouts beginning to lightly brown fills the air as the kitchen prepares for dinner.

Before Brown came on to the scene, the borough’s diversified cultural cuisine was eclipsed by Manhattan and Brooklyn’s world-renowned eateries. With encores occurring every week and an internation- Danny Brown stands in front of Danny Brown Wine Bar ally renowned star glitter- and Kitchen on Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills. ing over Danny Brown Wine Bar and Kitchen, be sure to reserve Forest Hills. Call (718) 261-1149 or go to your front row seats to experience the d a n n y b r o w n w i n e k i t c h e n . c o m t o l e a r n culinary experience that has put Queens on more. the gastronomic globe.

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By JASON BANREY There are periods in life when the fates align, designing paths, conspiring to direct you towards what may not seem, at that time, to be your destiny. This journey can take you a long way from home, only to bring you back to where you began to achieve what was always meant to be. Danny Brown, owner and operator of Danny Brown Wine Bar and Kitchen, can attest to his own voyage.

Working in many kitchens, spanning across the European continent and within New York City, Brown’s lifelong work has come to materialize in the borough’s first Michelin star restaurant.

Pioneering a style that offers his variation of European cuisine in the heart of Forest Hills, Brown has developed a venue that may be responsible for coining the culinary term “New European.”

Taking cooking ingredients that are traditional staples in various dishes throughout proud and popular gastronomic countries such as Italy, Spain and France, Brown’s kitchen offers a range of flavorful dishes in a casual setting that promises a savory slice of European delights with a local’s touch.

After a number of years in some of Manhattan’s restaurant hotspots, Brown became tired of New York’s restaurant scene.

Desiring a change, he looked across the pond for inspiration.

It was in Europe, under a three-month apprenticeship, where he experienced and witnessed the passionate love affair locals shared for their selectively homegrown ingredients, their delicate attention to detail and the informal settings in which they enjoyed their meals.

Bouncing from Barcelona to Paris and

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Does Race Matter?

DOE Targets Only Black Schools For Possible Academic ‘Closure’

By JESSICA ABLAMSKY Mayor Mike Bloomberg proudly touted the narrowed achievement gap between black and Hispanic students and their white and Asian peers, as he stood beside outgoing Chancellor Joel Klein, who was supposedly instrumental in that change.

But, of the 24 elementary, middle and K8 schools proposed for closure, every one is populated almost entirely by black and Hispanic students.

Using data from the City Dept. of Education, the Queens Tribune discovered that schools with the lowest scores in 2010 on the English Language Arts and Math tests were, with few exceptions, schools with mostly black and Hispanic students.

Citywide, schools with the most black and Hispanic students had scores that ranged from the best to the worst. In Queens, the range of scores in schools with similar racial and ethnic demographics were much more narrow, with none approaching the heights reached by schools with mostly white and Asian students.

The standard answer, low socioeconomic status, is insufficient to explain the dynamics in Queens. The four non-high schools proposed for closure in the borough are located in relatively affluent black communities in Southeast Queens.

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Demographic Dilemma It is very strange that every proposed closure is from the black and Hispanic community, said State Sen. Shirley Huntley (DJamaica), a former PTA member and school board president, and member of the Senate Education Committee.

“I’m just as baffled as you are,” she said.

“That’s saying to us that our kids cannot learn. That’s saying that they are the underachievers based on the fact that they are minority.”

Referring to schools like PS 30 and PS 40, two elementary schools proposed for closure in Queens, Huntley affirmed that they are not sited in poor communities.

Among their residents are doctors, lawyers and judges.

One possible answer for the lack of academic success in Southeast Queens is educational migration. Proposed closures in Queens have high levels of zoned students choosing other options, including private school.

• At PS 30, only 60 percent of zoned

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School “closure” is what the DOE now refers to as phase out.

Generally, students in upper grades are allowed to graduate, while kids in younger grades are reorganized under a different school in the same building. New administration and staff are brought in to spark improvement in the school.

students attend.

• At PS 40, 57 percent of zoned attend.

• At PS/IS 147, grades K-5 are zoned.

Only 54 percent attend.

• At IS 231, only 35 percent of zoned students attend.

When nearly half or more students who are zoned to a school choose other options, the remaining students are probably from the poorest segment of the community, said DOE spokesman Jack Zarin-Rosenfeld.

“It’s probably a safe bet that the 35 percent [remaining] has nowhere else to go and no other option,” he said, referring to IS 231. “For us, that means we have no choice but to improve that school.”

Local elected officials offered a very different explanation for what is going on in Southeast Queens, and around the city. They agreed that closing schools is not the answer.

Schools are a reflection of society, said Councilman James Sanders (DLaurelton), who acted as president of School Board 27 for seven of the 10 years he served.

“Is it true that it is easier to kick a black population than anyone else?” he asked.

“Sadly, that just remains an American truism.”

For Sanders, performance in black and Hispanic schools is a question of school funding – which he said is better in integrated schools – and teacher experience.

Teachers Who Help Seniority rules allow more experienced teachers to choose where they want to work, a problem Sanders thinks incentive pay could help solve. In the federal model for reforming struggling schools, some teachers receive more pay.

But better educators cannot fix the system, which he said requires “genuine change, top to bottom.”

“Logic dictates that your most experienced teachers should go to the most problematic schools,” Sanders said. “That is not the case here.”

In his explanation for the racial and socioeconomic disparity, Councilman-elect Ruben Wills cited a common criticism – the criteria for closing schools does not make sense.

An Unreliable Standard Schools were caught unaware when the State Dept. of Education raised standards for Regents tests, Wills said.

The State Dept. of Education raised standards for tests after the close of the school year. Non-high schools came onto the DOE’s closure radar through low progress report grades, which are based mostly on those scores.

As a result of the raised standards, progress report grades plummeted this year, though schools were graded on a curve, according to the DOE. Closure is based on an overall progress report grade of D or an F in one year, or three Cs in a row. Last year, nearly 90 percent of non-high schools received an A. A one-year change in the progress report formula left most of those schools immune to closure, since any school that received an A

last year could not receive lower than a C this year. DOE staff cited progress as an important measure of success, but some schools that earned an F for progress received a C overall, and vice versa.

The DOE has changed the formula for progress reports every year since they were introduced in 2007, said Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, an education advocacy organization.

“The progress reports have never been a reliable measure of success,” she said.

Students would work harder if they had the “whole school experience,” including fringe benefits like art, gym and music, which Huntley said have been lost in favor of test prep.

It Takes A Village Elected officials agreed that parents have been largely shut out of schools, but schools with strong parental involvement perform better, Huntley said.

“I think that’s missing in a lot of schools today,” she said. “Parents are the people who are volunteers, who are the watchdogs.”

Parents do not get a free pass in Huntley’s book. Even busy parents must make time to get involved in their child’s school, she said.

“You have to make sacrifices,” she said.

“You can’t just continue to blame everybody else.”

Elected officials expressed no faith in the DOE’s ability to turn things around. They agreed that answers will come from an active community. For his part, Wills plans to mo-

bilize his district by knocking on doors.

“Just because your school is not proposed for closure this year does not mean it won’t be next year,” he said. “I think that parents as a whole need to take that as an alarm.”

Model For Success Although the picture painted by the data is not pretty, there is hope. Among the best schools in the city are a handful located in poor neighborhoods in Brooklyn, The Bronx and Manhattan. Their halls are filled with black and Hispanic students who are succeeding. Many, but not all, are charter schools.

An excellent example is the East New York Family Academy in Brooklyn, which is 99 percent black and Hispanic. In 2010, 95 percent of students scored 3 or 4 on Math. At IS 231, only 21 percent managed the same feat.

The schools share nearly the same number of English language learners and those who receive free lunch. The disparity in test scores is shocking, but proof that the public educational system can work for everyone.

As for the DOE, “sometimes I don’t think they think that they have a problem,” Huntley said. “If schools were doing great, why would we be closing schools?”

Asked whether we are condemning an entire generation of black and Hispanic students to a poor education, Huntley said, “That’s the way it looks.”

Reach Reporter Jessica Ablamsky at jablamsky@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 124.

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101st Precinct ROBBER SOUGHT: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a suspect wanted in connection with a grand larceny in Rockaway On Saturday, Oct. 30, at 3:30 a.m., the suspect entered an underground parking garage located at 10-40 Neilson St. in Far Rockaway, removed a 2007 Suzuki motorcycle, and then fled.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, 30-35 years old, 5-foot-10 and 200 lbs.

Anyone with information in regards to 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, then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

102nd Precinct BURGLAR LOOSE: The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man wanted in a residential burglary in Richmond Hill.

The robber entered a home at 104-02 86th Ave. in Richmond Hill on Sunday, Sept. 5, at 11 p.m. through an open first floor window and removed a laptop computer, camera and a wallet containing credit cards.

Anyone with information in regards to 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, then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

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ANOTHER BURGLAR: The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in identifying a man wanted for a burglary in Richmond Hill.

On Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 1:30 a.m., the man entered 115-25 84 Ave. in Richmond Hill and, using a crow bar, pried open the door to a storage unit and removed an undetermined amount of tools.

Anyone with information in regards to 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, then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

108th Precinct ATM ROBBER: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man wanted in connection with a grand larceny in Sunnyside.

On Sunday, Oct. 17, at 11:30 p.m., the man entered a Dime Savings Bank located at 45-14 46th St. in Sunnyside and fraudulently used a debit card to remove an undetermined amount of money from a victim’s account before fleeing.

The suspect is described as a white man in his 30s who was last seen wearing a gray jacket with a gray shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information in regards to 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, then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

113th Precinct TWO KIDS HIT: On Sunday, Nov. 14, at approximately 4:56 p.m., police responded to a report of two children struck by a vehicle near the intersection of 160 Street and North Conduit Avenue in Springfield Gardens.

Upon arrival, police determined that a 1998 Mercury Sable sedan traveling west on North Conduit Avenue struck two children; an 11-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl. The

vehicle and its driver remained on the scene.

EMS also responded and brought both children to Long Island Jewish Hospital, where the boy was listed in stable condition and the girl was listed in critical condition. The investigation was ongoing.

RAPIST CONVICTED: A St. Albans man has been convicted of breaking into the homes of three women during an 1-month period in 2006-2007 and either physically assaulting or sexually abusing two of them.

Kenneth Washington, 31, of 118-19 193rd St., St. Albans, was convicted Tuesday afternoon of three counts of first-degree burglary, three counts of second-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, one count of first-degree criminal sexual act and one count of firstdegree sexual abuse. Washington, who is being held without bail, faces up to 50 years in prison when he is sentenced on Dec. 15 "While burglary is a serious crime in and of itself, the defendant displayed extremely dangerous and outrageous behavior on two of the three occasions by breaking into occupied homes and engaging in barbaric conduct with the lone females he found there," DA Richard Brown said. "His actions clearly show that he is a threat to society and deserving of a maximum prison sentence."

Cassandra Whitaker, an NYPD detective, was asleep at home when Washington entered her bedroom during the early morning hours of Aug. 17, 2006. When she awoke and saw Washington going through her dresser, she attempted to retrieve her police-issued revolver from inside her nightstand. A struggle ensued and Washington managed to grab the firearm, which he then used to severely beat her about the head. Thereafter, he stole her service revolver and police-issued shield, as well as jewelry and other personal property before fleeing.

Four months later, on Dec. 5, 2006, Washington forced open a rear window of the Bellerose residence belonging to Luisa Gonzalez, 44, while she was at work and stole jewelry, her children's video games and other property. A pair of gloves recovered from inside the house was submitted for DNA testing and matched his DNA. A 26-year-old female, six months pregnant, was sleeping inside her father's St. Albans residence on the afternoon of July 15, 2007, when Washington broke into the house and sexually and physically assaulted her before robbing her of property. The victim managed to lock herself in the bathroom and escape by jumping approximately 10 feet from the bathroom window to the ground and running to a neighbor's house in her underwear.

114th Precinct SHOT IN CHEST: On Saturday, Nov. 13, at approximately 3:50 a.m. at 43rd Street and Broadway, in Astoria, police responded to a 911 call of a man shot. Further investigation revealed the victim, Derrick More, 29, of 1570 Hoe Ave. in the Bronx, had been shot and was transported to Mount Sinai of Queens where he was later pronounced dead with a gunshot wound to his chest. There were no arrests and the investigation was ongoing.

STABBED TO DEATH: On Sunday, Nov. 14, at approximately 4:15 a.m., in front of 2940 Northern Blvd. in Long Island City, police responded to a call of a man stabbed. Upon arrival it was determined that a 26-year-old man was stabbed in the torso during a dispute with an unidentified individual. The victim was transported to Mount Sinai of Queens where he was pronounced dead. There were no arrests and the investigation was ongoing.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 7622/2010 DATE FILED: 3-26-10 SUMMONS NYCTL 2009-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR NYCTL 2009-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, against- XIAO ZHANG; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; BOARD OF MANAGERS OF FLUSHING TOWER CONDOMINIUM; EMPIRE PORTFOLIOS INC.; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; “JOHN DOE # 1” through “JOHN DOE # 100”, the last 100 names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiffs, the persons or parties intended being the owners, tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, and if any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, be dead, their respective heirsat-law, next of kin, executors, administrators, trustees, divisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, if they be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest in and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiffs; Defendants.TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York), and in case of failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Plaintiffs designate Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property. Dated: March 24, 2010 LEVY & LEVY Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 Tulip Drive Great Neck, NY 11021 (516) 487-6655 BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ. File No.: 1382736 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. James J. Golia, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated Oct. 1, 2010 and amended order of publication dated Nov. 1, 2010 and filed with the complaint and other papers in

the Queens County Clerk’s Office, Jamaica, NY. The object of the action is to foreclose a tax lien and to recover the amount of the tax lien and all of the interest, penalties, additions and expenses to real property k/a Block 4946, Lot 1132. Dated: Nov. 2, 2010. LEVY & LEVY, Attys.

For Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY #79305 _______________________________________________________________

MISES: 221-15 130TH AVENUE A/K/A 2115 130TH AVENUE SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY11413 SBL #: BLOCK 12825 LOT 504 You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens.

The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.

Dated this 1st day of November, 2010, TO: ANTHONY PUEBLA and LENA WATERSPUEBLA, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. JAIME A. RIOS of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 22nd day of October, 2010 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by ANTHONY PUEBLA and LENA WATERS-PUEBLA dated the 24th day of September, 2008, to secure the sum of $433,683.85, and recorded at Instrument No. 2009000104564 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 9 th day of April, 2009; The property in question is described as follows: 221-15 130TH AVENUE A/K/A 2115 130TH AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 12825 and Lot 504 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Northerly side of 130 th Avenue, distant 1127.38 feet Westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Westerly side of 226 th Street with the Northerly side of 130 th Avenue as said Street and Avenue are shown and laid out on final topographical map of the City of New York for the Borough of Queans; RUNNING THENCE Westerly along the Northerly side of 130 th Avenue, 40 feet; THENCE Northerly at right angles to the Northerly side of 130th Avenue, 99.59 feet to the land or late of Montefiore Cemetery; THENCE Easterly along said lands North of land of Montefiore Cemetery, 40.01

feet; THENCE Southerly and again at right angles to the Northerly side of 130 th Avenue, 100.51 feet to the Northerly side of 130 th Avenue at the point or place of BEGINNING. Premises known as 22115 130 th Avenue, Springfield Gardens, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERV-

ING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: November 1, 2010 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite G , Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. _______________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10/28/10, bearing Index Number NC-001044-10/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) Martha (Middle) Isabel (Last) Ramirez My present name is (First) Martha (Middle) Isabel (Last) Carvajal My present address is 206-36 45 th Road, 2 nd Floor, Bayside, NY 11361 My place of birth is Colombia My date of birth is July 13, 1979 _______________________________________________________________

the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF MARIE ROY The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Diccia T. PinedaKirwan, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, QUEENS County, dated the 7 th day of October, 2010, and filed with the complaint and other papers in the office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, New York. This action is for final judgment of foreclosure and sale of the premises known as and by 103-29 177 th Street, Jamaica, NY 11433, Signed Pursuant to 22 NYCRR §1301.1-A New Rochelle, New York Dated: October 18, 2010 Jason E. Brooks, Esq. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway Attorneys for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street, Suite 499 New Rochelle, New York 10801 Tel. 914.636.8900

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF JOSHUA HOME IMPROVEMENTS LLC (Insert company name) Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability company Law of the State of New York THE UNDERSIGNED, being a natural person of at least eighteen (18) years of age and acting as the organizer of the limited liability company (the “Company”) hereby being formed under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York (the “LLCL”), certifies that: FIRST: The name of the Company is: JOSHUA HOME IMPROVEMENTS LLC. SECOND: The county within the State of New York in which the principal office of the Company is to be located is: QUEENS. THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the Company upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address within or without the State of New York to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon such Secretary of State is C/O THE LLC, 9304 207 TH QUEENS VILLAGE NY 11428. FOURTH: The Company shall be managed by one or more members IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these Articles of Organization and do hereby affirm the foregoing as true under penalties of perjury, this 26 th day of March 2004.

Mohan Sawh Sole Organizer 90-35 202 nd Street Hollis, NY 11423 Tel: (718) 217-5119 _______________________________________________________________ Law Office of Anthony Clemenza PLLC Notice of the formation of the above named Professional Limited Liability Company (“PLLC”) Articles of Organization filed with the Department of State of NY on 7/26/2010. Office Location: County of Queens. . The Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: 61-11 Queens Blvd., Woodside NY 11377. Purpose: to practice the profession of Law. _______________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. ANTHONY PUEBLA, LENA WATERSPUEBLA, ET, AL. Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: INDEX NO.: 30450/ 09 MORTGAGED PRE-

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS FINANCIAL FREEDOM ACQUISITION LLC Plaintiff, -AgainstUNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF MARIE ROY, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirsat-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendants who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, GREGORY L. ROY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE CARSON ROY FAMILY IRREVOCABLE EQUITY HOLDING TRUST, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEW YORK CITY ENVIROMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOMENT, GREGORY L. ROY, JR Defendants. Index No.: 10213/10 Date Filed: 10/19/2010 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): You are hereby summoned to answer

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Hacker Honored

Renowned political scientist, distinguished author and Queen College professor emeritus Andrew Hacker prepares to cut the cake in celebration of his 40 years at Queens College as QC President James Muyskens (l. to r.), New York Times journalist and Prof. Hacker’s literary and life partner Claudia Dreifus; and QC Vice President of Institutional Advancement Sue Henderson look on.

Hacker began teaching at QC in 1971, following 16 years as a professor at Cornell University. He still teaches at QC as a professor emeritus. Photo by Nancy Bareis

30 Years Of Help

Asking For Help

Honoring Our Best

Assemblyman Mike DenDekker (l. to r.), Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras, Councilman Danny Dromm and City Comptroller John Liu gathered Sunday evening at the Jewish Community Center of Jackson Heights to host a fundraiser for Victor Mejia de los Santos, a pizza delivery person who was brutally beaten after being set up for a robbery in Jackson Heights on Friday, Nov. 5. Anyone wishing to contribute can stop by any TD Bank branch and make a check or cash deposit to the Victor Mejia Fund (account number: 4249506431).

Thousands flocked the streets of Manhattan Nov. 11 to pay tribute to the veterans of the United States armed forces. Above: Gov. David Paterson (l.) joined Queens’ Roscoe Brown, a veteran of the Tuskegee Airmen. Below: Veteran and former Sen. Serphin Maltese (l.) joined Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

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Above: Queens Vietnam Veteran Pat Toro (l.) was greeted by gubernatorial candidate Jimmy MacMillan. Below: Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (l.) and Dan Halloran showed their support.

Photos by Ira Cohen

Concepts of Independence celebrated its 30th Anniversary gala. Pictured l. to r.: Ellen Landress-Bowkett (rear); Honoree Dr. Augusta Alba; Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities Exec. Dir. Matthew Sapolin; Anthony G. Caputo, CEO of Concepts of Independence; and Marvin Wasserman, Exec. Dir., Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled.

Photo by Jason Banrey

Councilman Jim Gennaro attends a party on Nov. 12 at Hillcrest Senior Center thanking him for his support, allocation of discretionary funding throughout the years and the free legal-services for the seniors he funded through CUNY’s CLRN program.

Swap O Rama

Taps For Vets

ARROW Community Center in Astoria was jammed full of men and women of all ages Nov. 6 looking to swap clothing, shoes and handbags as a way to save the environment and save money. This event was co-sponsored

by Triple R Events: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.

Photo by Gail Gunta

On the stroke of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a bugler plays “Taps” at a Veterans Day ceremony in front of American Legion Post #103 in Douglaston.

Local clergy and friends and relatives of veterans were in attendance. The testimonial was followed with a collation at the Post.

Photo/Frank Nocerito, American Legion Post #103a

Comptroller John Liu was on hand.

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Leisure

Change Comes A Dinner At A Time Threads in the K’achikel language, in Guatemala. Over the past six years, Thirteen Threads has raised more than $237,000 and focuses on training women in health, ar t isan techniques, product development and business skills.

In th is par t icular area, instruct ion in candle-making and rug-making will assist the local women in improving their skills so they will be able to sell their products in the new Cultural Center and Fair Trade store.

After a shor t introduction to Dining For Women and information about this month’s focus group is presented, a DVD allows the women in the “educational dinner circles” to see exactly where their dining dollars are going and who the money benefits. The group has a “give what you want” policy.

Donations are tax deductible.

In the past, Dining For Women has provided clean bir th kits for women in Tibet; surgeries for girls needing fistula repair in Ethiopia; safe housing for young girls escaping sex slavery in Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines; built schools for girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan; and provided scholarships for post-secondary school girls in East Africa. Programs such as these are a reason why Runita Toomer, of Flush ing, joined this local chapter. It fulfills “a need to connect with a group of people trying to do good in the world,” she said.

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ficking, job skills and job training.

December’s featured program is Project Muso in Mali to provide financial management skills to 90 women entrepreneurs.

Dining For Women will meet on Thursdays, Nov. 18 and Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. in Flushing. Call Mar yann Zappul la at (516) 770-1704 to learn more.

Zoo’s Parrot Chicks Make Debut In Boro

By JESSICA ABLAMSKY generally mate for life.

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s In the wild, their diet is primarily pine Queens Zoo heard the pit ter-pat ter of lit tle nuts. In the zoo, they eat a mix of fruit, pine beaks after the recent hatching of six criti- nuts, other kinds of nuts and commercially cally endangered thick-billed parrots. prepared parrot food.

These green and red birds used to brighten The birds are sexually mature by four or five the Southwestern skies, until they were ex- and live for up to 30 years. Silver hopes that tirpated from the United States in the mid- the zoo will have even more chicks next year.

1950s due to hunting and habitat destruc“Sometimes it takes a year or two for them t ion. Today, the birds can st ill be found in to get it together,” he said. the mountains of Mexico, but their numbers If that happens, the zoo could soon be are limited. maxed out for space. The enclosure could “Being that thick-billed parrots are extinct accommodate about 30 birds. in the United States, the arrival of these Despite the difference in climate between chicks marks a significant step in the con- their native habitat and New York Cit y, the servation of this animal,” said Dr. Scot t Sil- birds can survive outside through all but the ver, director of the Queens Zoo. coldest days. They always have access to heat Since 2006, the Queens Zoo has raised sources, and are locked inside their holding 15 thick-billed parrots, bringing their total area when it gets really cold. flock to 23 – the largest in the country. Fewer Want to see the birds for yourself? The than 100 birds can be found in accredited Queens Zoo, located in Flushing Meadows zoos in the country.

Corona Park, is open to the public 10 a.m.

“A flock of a couple dozen birds would be to 4:30 p.m. daily. Admission is $8 for enough for them to learn all of their survival adults, $6 for seniors and $5 for children skills,” Silver said. ages 3-12. To learn more call (718) 271-1500 The species is part of a cooperative breed- or go to queenszoo.org. ing program through the Association of Reach Reporter Jessica Ablamsky at Zoos and Aquariums. The Queens Zoo re- jablamsky@queenstribune.com or (718) ceived their first birds in 2001 and features 357-7400, Ext. 124. the most successful breeding program in the countr y.

“By far we’re the most successful,” Silver said.

“Cer tai nly in the last couple of years we’ve had the most number of ch icks born.”

Silver at tributes that success to the size of the birds’ enclosure, which allows them to keep more birds, and offer mating pairs a wide range of nesting boxes.

“They do bet ter in a group situation than alone,” he said. “They do bet ter with a range of nest boxes. Different birds like different things.”

Breeding season star t s i n late spr i ng.

Those who have yet to nest are sometimes stimulated to give it a tr y by watching the behavior in other birds.

T h i s p a st s u m m e r, three pairs produced chicks, which hatched in July and August.

Food is brought by both mother and fat h e r, who s p l i t One of the Thick-Billed Parrot chicks (c.) is flanked by childcare equally and t wo adults.

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For star ters, my guest and I decided on sharing a bowl of chicken soup. We figured a warm bowl of the soup of the day would be the per fect set up to our later selections. Slurping to satisfaction, the warm, light broth reminded me of a homemade concoction that soothed the soul.

The owner and his wife worked the floor intently, taking care of each guest as if they were in his home. Noticing our Nowadays it is difficult to find a sincere empty bowls, he whisked over dropping café, owned by painstaking proprietors us cutler y for our next dishes.

For those skeptical about who dedicate themselves to epibeets, New Bliss has an item that curean satisfaction and pride RESTAURANT will destroy your preconceptions themselves on service. and make you consider becomEstablished only three months ing a lover of the typically tough ago, the New Bliss Café of Kew to eat vegetable. The Herb MariGardens has already established a nated Beet Panini contains following, providing local resibeetroots slowly boiled to perdents with elated tastes that keep fection. The thinly sliced maroon them coming back for more. disks are slid in between a thin Located just a few steps north layer of creamy herbed goat’s of the Kew Gardens LIRR train cheese and aromatic arugula that station, this concealed café offers melts in your palate. curious commuters, meandering Eagerly exchanging plates, my companwanderers and locals leisurely strolling past a menu that combines traditional salads, ion and I savored the different flavors that sandwiches, Panini and wraps with an In- sat in front of us. Served with a side salad, made with Prakash’s homemade Ceasar dian twist.

Upon entr y you are humbly welcomed dressing, the dish satisfies with a light and by the café’s owner, Prakash Bhatt, and tangy twist to your meal.

Taking breaks bet ween bites, the LIRR his lovely wife. Their warm smiles set the tone for a splendid experience that is to rumbled past, vibrating the ear th beneath me as I suddenly got lost in the warm, ensue.

Wooden black-top tables compliment lightly spiced chicken Kaathi wrap. Stuffed the black and white checked marble floors, with sliced peppers, onions and let tuce, creating an atmosphere that was once only the tightly wrapped flavors culminated into felt in the 1950s. Adorning the walls, his- a mouth-watering experience transporting toric photos of Kew Gardens remind visi- me to a new bliss I never experienced before. tors of the station’s humble past.

New Bliss Café’s careful attention to Don’t be fooled by the modest exterior or variety of breakfast items on display, service and their pride in handmade delithis unassuming venue also offers a diverse cacies make this spot a sacred haven for lunch menu that has something for every- your taste buds.

—Jason Banrey one.

NEW BLISS CAFÉ 82-60 Austin Street, Kew Gardens (718) 849-0111 CUISINE: Indian fusion cafe HOURS: Mon-Fr i 7 am-6 pm; Sat 8:30 am-5 pm; Sun 8:30 am-4 pm PARKING: Street RESERVATIONS: No CREDIT CARDS: No

If you are looking to join a group of local women for a “girls’ night out,” learn about issues facing women and girls worldwide, share a meal and conversation – check out the local chapter of Dining For Women.

November’s featured program will be the India Literacy Project, serving 26 villages with girls’ education, prevention of sex traf-

Tribune Photo by Jessica Ablamsky

By REGINA VOGEL Who would have thought that spending an enjoyable evening with new-found female friends and chat ting over dinner, w ine and dessert would help women in extreme poverty?

A simple “t weet” by New York Time s reporter Nicholas Kristof inspired her to start a Queens chapter of Dining For Women.

According to Kristof, “There’s a growing recognition among everyone from the World Bank to the U.S. Militar y’s Joint Chiefs of Staff to aid organizations like CARE that focus on women and girls is the most effective way to fight global poverty and extremism. That’s why foreign aid is increasingly directed to women.”

Dining For Women’s Mission Statement is simple: to empower women and girls living in extreme povert y in the developing world by funding grassroots programs that foster access to healthcare, education, and economic self-sufficiency.

The structure of Dining For Women is simple. A group of women get together once a month for dinner, each bringing something to share, and their “dining out dollars” go directly to the designated month’s program. In addition to dinner groups, some chapters meet for lunch, coffee get-togethers, at work or at school. October’s mission was Oxlajuj B’atz’, wh ich mea ns T h i r teen

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Queens Today SECTION EDITOR: REGINA VOGEL

Send typed announcements for your club or organization’s events at least TWO weeks in advance to “Queens Today” Editor, Queens Tribune, 174-15 Horace Harding Expressway, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365. Send faxes to 357-9417, c/o Regina.

IF YOUR ORGANIZATION MEETS ON A REGULAR BASIS, SEND ALL DATES FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

ALUMNI ST. JOHN’S PREP Saturday, November 20 alumni of St. John’s Prep High School/Lewis Avenue are invited to a reunion.

721-7200, ext. 686.

INCARNATION SCHOOL Saturday, November 27 Homecoming 2010 for all graduates from 5-11pm at 8943 Francis Lewis Blvd. 4655066.

ST. CLARE’S SCHOOL Saturday, November 27 Homecoming Celebration from 5-11pm in the school at 137-25 Brookville Blvd. 5287174.

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DANCE COUNTRY WESTERN Saturday, November 20 Neil Scott Johnson performs at the Thanksgiving Dance. $13. Saturday, December 11 Gunsmoke performs at the Christmas Dance. The NY Metropolitan Country Music Association. $12.

Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Avenue at 7:30.

763-4328.

ISRAELI FOLK Mondays 7:15-10:00 at Hillcrest Jewish Center, 18202 Union Turnpike. $10 session. 380-4145. Mondays 7:30-9:30 at Kowalinski Post 4, 61-57 Maspeth Avenue. $5. Cake and coffee. 5652259. Wednesdays 7:309:00 at ANIBIC Center, 21212 26 th Avenue, Bayside (Bay Te r r a c e S h o p p i n g C e n te r upper level). 939-4936.

SINGLES SINGLES SOCIAL & DANCE Sundays, November 28, December 12 singles social and dance from 2-6. $10.

Over 45. Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park. 459-1000.

PARENTS YOGA FOR PARENTS Monday, November 22 at the Cambria Heights library.

Register.

AHEAD Friday, November 26 at 1:30 at the Forest Hills library.

Meeting for parents who home-school their children.

ENTERTAINMENT LEGISLATIVE REVUE Saturday, November 20 Queens elected officials take center stage in a hilarious musical comedy revue at Queens Theatre in the Park.

760-0064.

CONCERT FOR COATS Saturday, November 20 at 7:30 featuring the joyful music of the Pan Ivory Steel Orchestra at St. Clare’s, 137 th and 1 3 8 th Avenues, Rosedale. Donation: one coat for charit y (new or worn). 527-6153.

BELLE’S PLAYERS Saturday, November 20 at the Forest Hills library at 2.

Belle’s Players will perform a new production of scenes and monologues by wellknown playwrights.

COMEDY NIGHT Saturday, November 20 comedians Johnny Lampert and Sherry Davey perform at Temple Tikvah in New Hyde Park. $20 advance, $25 at the door. 516-746-1120.

MANHATTAN BRASS Saturday, November 20 at the Langston Hughes library at 2.

AMERICAN SONGBOOK Saturday, November 20 Bass Baritone Gunter Stern performs at 2:30 at the Fresh Meadows library.

LATIN JAZZ COALITION Saturday, November 20 at the Central library at 3.

FILM SCREENING Saturday, November 20 Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee’s film screening of “8: The Mormon Proposition” at the Jackson Heights library at 3.

DAVY JONES Saturday, November 20 at 8 at Queensboro Performing Arts Center. $35-45. 6316311.

DINO ROSI Sunday, November 21 Dino Rosi, the Voice of Napoli and International Recording Artist, performs at 3 at the Atria Senior Center in Kew Gardens.

FOREVER PLAID Sunday, November 21 at 3 at Queensboro Performing Arts Center. $35. 631-6311.

STAMP SHOW Sundays, November 21, December 26 Bayside Stamp Show at the Ramada Hotel, 220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside 10-4:30. 645-7659.

JOHNNY MERCER Monday, November 22 tribute to Johnny Mercer with Diane Hoffman at 6:30 at the Queens Village library.

BINGO Tuesdays at 7:15 at American Mart yrs Church, church basement, 216-01 Union Tu r n p i k e , B a y s i d e . 4 6 4 4 5 8 2 . Tu e s d ay s at 7:15 (doors open 6) at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. 459-1000.$3 admission includes 12 games.

CHAMBER MUSIC Tuesdays, November 23, 30 at LeFrak Concert Hall at 10.

997-3802 ticket reservations.

LIVE JAZZ Fridays through December 24 live jazz at 180-25 Linden Blvd., St. Albans. 347-

262-1169.

NEW CHINA Saturday, November 27 Blue Pipa, Inc. “Celebrate the New China: Traditional Chinese Music and Beloved Folk Songs” at 2 at the Flushing librar y.

MOTOWN Saturday, November 27 greatest Motown oldies at 2:30 at the Bayside library.

IT’S BROADWAY Saturday, November 27 show-stoppers at 2:30 at the Forest Hills library.

RELIGIOUS REGO PARK JC Saturday, November 20 Parashat and Haftarat Club at 12:30. Saturday Shabbat Services at 9. Wednesdays 12:30-2:30 Yiddish Vinkel.

Wednesday evenings at 6:30 Torah Discussion after evening Minyan Service.

Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. 4591000.

JEWISH WOMEN Saturday, November 27 the National Council of Jewish Women will meet to celebrate Chanukkah. Recreation Center at Clinton Martin Park at noon. 347-0742.

EXHIBIT QUEENS HISTORICAL Tu e s d ay s , S a t u r d ay s a n d Sundays 2:30-4:30 new exhibit “For Love of the Games: A History of Sports in Queens,” with other exhibits, “Unraveling History: Using Textiles to Date the Past,” “Kingsland: From Homestead to House Museum,” “Persistence: A Celebration of Landmarks in Queens – Past, Present, Future,” and “The Civil War’s La sting Memory.” Queens H i s to r i c a l Societ y at Kingsland Homestead, 1443 5 3 7 th a v e n u e , F l u s h i n g .

939-0647, ext. 17. $2 seniors and students, $3 adults.

NATIONAL ART LEAGUE Through November 27 80 th Fall Members’ Exhibition at the NAL, 44-21 Douglaston Parkway. 428-1859.

NO. IRELAND Through December 23 “Voices Envisioned: Memories Made in Northern Ireland,” at the Queens College Art Center. 997-3770.

HOLIDAY ART November 29 through January 1 at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Parkway. Free.

FLUSHING COUNCIL Through September 2011 “Within the Emperor’s Gard e n : ” T h e Te n T h o u s a n d Springs Pavilion.” Through November 14 “Endangered Art/ists: China.” November 19 through January 7 “Korean Painting Exhibition: A Walk Through 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.

EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS in English and Spanish at the Arverne librar y.

BEGINNERS PC Tuesdays, November 23, 30 at the Bellerose library. Register.

INTRO WORD Tuesday, November 23 at the McGoldrick library. Register.

COMPUTER BASICS Tuesdays, November 23, 30 at the Astoria library at 11 and at the Queensboro Hill library. Register.

COMPUTER CLASS Tuesdays, November 23, 30 at the Rosedale library at 11.

ADULT SCRABBLE Tuesdays, November 23, 30 at 1 at the Fresh Meadows library.

SCRABBLE CLUB Tuesdays in November 3:305:30 at the East Flushing library.

INTRO INTERNET Tuesday, November 23 at the Central library. Register.

COMPUTER BASICS Tuesday, November 23 at the Glen Oaks library. Register.

INTRO INTERNET Tuesday, November 23 ˜ at the Queens Village library.

Register.

BEGIN COMPUTERS Tuesday, November 23 at the Sout h Jamaica librar y.

Register.

INTRO INTERNET Tuesday, November 23 at the Maspeth library at 1.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE Wednesdays 10:30-3:00 at

the Reform Temple of Forest Hills. $12 session, includes light lunch. 261-2900.

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

INTRO EMAIL Wednesday, November 24 at the Central library. Register.

INDOOR SOCCER – DADS Wednesday evenings at the Forest Hills Jewish Center.

263-7000.

SCRABBLE/CHESS Thursdays at 4 at the Windsor Park library, 79-50 Bell Blvd., Bayside.

QUILTING CLASSES Thursdays 10-2 at the Maria Rose Doll Museum in St. Albans. 917-817-8653 to register.

KNIT/CROCHET Thursdays (not holidays) at 6 and Fridays at 10:30 at the Fresh Meadows library.

QUILTERS Thursdays at 1:30 at the East Elmhurst library.

ADULT CHESS Thursdays at 6 at the Queens Village library.

OPEN BRIDGE Thursdays from 8-10pm at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. $12 per player. 2756615 to register.

COMPUTER COURSE Friday, November 26 at the Ozone Park library. Register.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, November 27 at Our Lady of Fatima Church in East Elmhurst from 9-3:30. $45. 631-360-9720.

MEETINGS JEWISH WOMEN Sunday, November 21 National Council of Jewish Women will be treated to a per formance of the Youth Symphony at Queens College. 343-9029 reservations.

Monday, November 22 the National Council of Jewish Women meet at Clinton Martin Park at noon. 2251539.

P-FLAG Sunday, November 21 PFLAG, a support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, meet in Forest Hills. 271-6663.

VFW 4787 Monday, November 22 Whitestone VFW Community Post meets; ladies auxiliary meets the 2 nd Monday.

746-0540.

TOASTMASTERS Monday, November 22 learn the art and science of Public Speaking in Queens.

525-6830.

ADVANCED WRITERS Tuesdays at 6:30 at the Terrace Diner at Bay Terrace Shopping Center and also t h e l a s t Tu e s d ay o f t h e m o n t h i n th e C o m m u n i t y Room in Panera Bread at Bay Terrace Shopping.

FH VAC Wednesday, November 24 Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp meets. 793-2055.

QUEENS CENTRAL ROTARY Thursdays 6:30-8:30 Come learn if Rotary is for you.

465-2914; me1nc@aol.com

CIVIL AIR PATROL Fridays 6-10 at Vaughn College of Aeronautics, 86-01 23 rd Avenue, East Elmhurst.

Academy WOMAN’S GROUP Fridays the Woman’s Group of Jamaica Estates meets at noon. Call 461-3193 for information.

FM POETS Saturday, November 27 the Flushing Meadows Poets meet to discuss and critique their poetry at 10 at the Forest Hills library.

JEWISH VETS Sunday, November 28 Jewish War Veterans of the USA Lipsky/Blum Post meet at the Garden Jewish Center. 4634742.

ST. ALBANS CIVIC Sunday, November 28 the St. Albans Civic Improvement Association meets at 1:30 at the St. Albans L u t h e r a n C h u r c h , 2 0 0 th Street and 119 th Avenue in the undercroft. 276-4263.

Diner & Restaurant

Happy Thanksgiving From Our Winning Staff Dinner Includes Choice of Appetizer or Cup of Soup or Juice, Celery and Olives, House Salad with Choice of Dressing, Entree, Vegetable, Potato, Challah Bread & Rolls, Any Pastry and Beverage, Dried Fruit and Nuts

Beer

Wines by the Glass

Budweiser ..........................

Heineken ............................

Amstel ................................

Corona ...............................

5.00 Classic Red ......................... 4.75 5.00 Classic White ...................... 4.75 5.00 Blush ................................. 4.75 5.00

Appetizers Extra on Dinner

Extra on Dinner

Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail ....... 8.95 Chicken Fingers .................

Filet of Marinated Herring .. 5.50 Mozzarella Sticks ...............

Baked Stuffed Clams ........... 5.95 Buffalo Wings .....................

Potato Skins (6 Pieces) ......

5.95 5.95 5.95 5.95

STUFFED GRAPE LEAVES with Rice • FRUIT SALAD Cocktail Supreme Assorted JUICES• HALF GRAPEFRUIT Maraschino Homemade CHOPPED CHICKEN LIVER PATÉ’

Soups CREAM of TURKEY — MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER CHICKEN CONSOMME with Rice, Noodles or Matzoh Balls

Entrees MIXED GRILL ALA GEORGIA Baby Lamb Chops, NJ Pork Chop, Free Range Chicken Cutlet ......................................................... 25.95 ROAST MARYLAND TURKEY with Apple Raisin Dressing ............... 23.95 VIRGINIA HAM STEAK Served with Wild Berry Ragu ..................... 23.95 ROAST LEG of LAMB with Mint Jelly ........................................... 25.95 ROAST PRIME RIB of BEEF Au Jus ............................................ 27.95 CHICKEN PARMIGIANA with Spaghetti ....................................... 22.95 ROAST CHICKEN with Apple Raisin Dressing ............................... 21.95 BROILED VEAL CHOPS ............................................................ 31.95 BROILED HEAVY NY CUT SIRLOIN STEAK with Mushroom Caps ... 32.95 BROILED FILET MIGNON with Mushroom Caps ........................... 33.95 BROILED FILET of SOLE ALMONDINE Topped with Roasted Almonds ... 29.95 BROILED STUFFED FILET of SOLE with Crabmeat Stuffing .......... 32.95 BROILED SEAFOOD COMBINATION: Shrimp, Scallops, Filet of Sole, Halibut and Baked Clams ........................................................... 33.95 BROILED LOBSTER TAILS with Drawn Butter ............................. 45.95 BEEF & REEF: FILET MIGNON & TENDER ROCK LOBSTER Served with salad, potato and veg ................................................................. 46.95 VEGETABLES: Green Beans Almondine • Sweet Peas • Glazed Baby Belgian Carrots • Broccoli Spears • Creamed Spinach • Corn on the Cob • Mashed Turnips POTATOES: Baked • Fresh Garlic Mashed • French Fried • Candied Yams

Children’s Menu ROAST TURKEY with Apple Raisin Dressing ................................

ROAST LEG of LAMB with Mint Jelly ...........................................

CHEESE RAVIOLI topped with Mozzarella ....................................

CHICKEN PARMIGIANA with Spaghetti ........................................

MISCELLANEOUS

Beverages

THANKSGIVING DINNER Thursday, November 25 Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services and Cit ywide Meals-on-Wheels is hosting a Thanksgiving Dinner t St. Mary Gate of Heaven C h u r c h , 1 0 3 - 0 2 1 0 1 st A v enue, Ozone Park from 102. Music and dancing. 8479200.

SODA, JUICE, COFFEE OR TEA

15.95 15.95 15.95 15.95

Desserts APPLE PIE, CHEESE CAKE, ASSORTED DANISH, CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE OR ANY OTHER PASTRY

Georgia Diner 85-55 Queens Boulevard, Elmhurst 718-651-9000

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ART CLASSES The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes for children and adults, day or evening, 7 days a week in Drawing, Watercolor and Oil and Acrylic. 926-9821.

SCRABBLE CLUB Saturdays at 10 at Count Basie Jr. HS, 132 nd Street and Guy R. Brewer Blvd. 8865236.

KNIT AND CROCHET Saturdays at the Seaside library at 2:30.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Saturday, November 20 from 9-3:30 at Holy Family in Flushing. $45. 631-3609720.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, November 20, December 4, 18 learn to communicate effectively at Elmhurst Hospital. 646-4367940.

BOATING SAFETY Sunday, November 21 the US Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Boating Safet y Class will be held at Fort Totten. 917-9527014.

PET OWNERS Sundays (not on holidays) from 1-4 free workshops on pet behavior at Crocheron Park in Bayside (weather permitting). 454-5800.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 at the Douglaston/Little Neck library, 249-01 Northern Blvd.

INSTRUCTION & DANCE Mondays and Fridays 7:158:00 dance lessons, dance from 8-11. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $10.

ADULT CHESS Mondays at 6 at the Queens Village library.

DANCE CLASSES Mondays through Decemb e r 2 7 Ta p f ro m 6 - 7 : 3 0 , Partnering (including aspects of Jazz) 7:30-8:30. $15 per session at the Astoria Center of Israel. 278-2680.

BALLROOM DANCING Monday, November 22 at the Forest Hills library at 6:30.

COMPUTER EMAIL Monday, November 22 at the Fresh Meadows library.

Register.

LIC CRAFT CLUB Monday, November 22 at the LIC library at 1.

CLAY ORNAMENTS Monday, November 22 at the Astoria library at 1:30 and at the Glendale library at 6. Wednesday, November 24 at the Flushing library at 6.

JOB INFORMATION Monday, November 22 at the Middle Village librar y.

Register.

POLISH YOUR RESUME Monday, November 22 at the Central library. Register.

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.

OPEN BRIDGE Tuesdays at 8 at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. Call 2637000 for fees.

COMPUTER CLASS Tuesdays, November 23, 30

Georgia

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Queens Today HEALTH NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 7 days a week. 932-6244. www.westernqueensna.org.

SHARP Saturdays, November 20, December 18 Selfhelp Alzheimers Resource Program (SHARP) in Bayside.

631-1886.

CHILD CARE NETWORK Saturday, November 20 information on free nutrition service and planning for child care providers and families at 10 at the Forest Hills library.

ZUMBA Saturdays, November 20, 27 fitness program at the LIC library. Register.

WAITANKUNG Sundays at 2. Waitankung is a great total-body workout.

Join these ancient Chinese exercise classes in the Flushing Hospital/Medical Center auditorium on 45 th Avenue between Parsons and Burling. Free. Jimmy 7-10pm 347-2156 information.

RECOVERY, INC. Monday, November 22 anxiet y, fear, obsession, temper and more at 5:45 at the Forest Hills library.

ZUMBA Monday, November 22 at the Hollis library. Register.

CHAIR YOGA Monday, November 22 a t the North Hills library. Register.

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

670-1695. $5 a class.

FEMALE CANCER Mondays, November 22, December 13, 27 “Look Good, Feel Better” program for women undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy in Flushing. 1-800ACS-2345.

MS SELF-HELP Tu e s d a y s , N o ve m b e r 2 3 , December 14, 28 Multiple Sclerosis Self-help group to share a common life experience for support, education and mutual aid 1-2:30 at the Howard Beach library.

ALZHEIMERS Tu e s d a y s , N o ve m b e r 2 3 , December 14, 28 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext. 237.

YOGA DANCE Tuesdays 4:30-5:30 at the Cardiac Health Center in Fresh Meadows. 670-1948. $10 class.

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT E ve r y Tu e s d a y We ste r n Queens Caregiver Network in Sunnyside. 784-6173, ext.

431.

ZUMBA Tu e s d a y m o r n i n g s a n d Wednesday evenings through December 8 at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center. $8 members, $10 others.

428-6363.

BRAIN INJURY Wednesdays, November 24, D e c e m b e r 2 2 Tra u m a t i c Brain Injury Support Group at Peninsula Hospital. 7342432.

OA Thursdays at the Howard Beach library at 10:30.

MEMORY LOSS Fridays Couples with one

partner experiencing memory loss meet at the Samuel Field Y. 225-6750,

TALKS AUTHOR TALK Saturday, November 20 Andrew P.l Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako) will talk and sign his book “Queens Notes: Facts About the Forgotten Borough of Queens, New York.” The Manhattan Brass Quintet will provide entertainment. Langston Hughes library at 1.

PHILOSOPHY BOOK Saturday, November 20 “Discourse on Method” will be discussed at 2 at the Forest Hills library.

INVESTMENT PLANS Monday, November 22 End of Year Tax and Investment Planning Program at 6 at the Corona library.

ART IN EUROPE Monday, November 22 the Friends of the Kew Gardens Hills library will present a talk

by Larissa Bailiff of the Museum of Modern Art on “The Provocative Fin de Siecle: Art in Europe at the End of the 19 th Century” at 1:30 at the Kew Gardens Hills library.

FLEA MARKETS OUTDOOR FLEA Saturdays and Sundays until November 28 St. Nicholas of Tolentine from 9-5 at the intersection of Parsons Blvd. and Union Turnpike, Jamaica.

CHRISTMAS FAIR Friday, November 19 9:307:00, Saturday, November 20 11-8 and Sunday, November 21 9-4 at Immaculate Conception Church, 86-45 Edgerton Blvd., Jamaica Estates.

RUMMAGE SALE Saturday, November 20 610pm and Sunday, November 21 10-4 at the Whitestone Hebrew Centre, 12-45 Clintonville Street, Whitestone.

TREASURE SALE Saturday, November 20 106 and Sunday, November 21 9-5 at Holy Family School, 7415 175 th Street, Flushing.

RUMMAGE/BOUTIQUE Sunday, November 21 9:303:00 at Young Israel of New Hyde Park, 264-15 77 th avenue.

HOLIDAY FAIR Sunday, November 21 from 9:30-12:30 at Temple Tikvah, 3315 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park.

INDOOR FLEA Sunday, November 21 a t Nativit y Church Hall, 91 st Street and Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park from 9-4.

MINI-BAZAAR/RUMMAGE Sunday, November 21 from 10-3 at the Forest Park Jewish Center, 90-45 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale.

FLEA/CAKE Sunday, November 21 from 10-6 at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament auditorium, 203 rd Street and 35 th Avenue, Bayside.

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OA Fridays 6:30-8:30 at Unit y Center of Flushing, 42-11 1 5 5 th S t r e e t . S a t u r d a y s 10:30-noon at Resurrection Ascension, Feely Hall, 85-18 61 st Road, Rego Park. Beginners meeting except the last Friday of each month, which is a writing meeting.

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

TEENS CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing library at 2.

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

COLLEGE $$$ Monday, November 22 Finding Funds for College at t h e Fa r Ro c k away l i b ra r y.

Register.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Monday, November 22 at the Baisley Park library. Register.

COLLEGE CLUB Monday, November 22 virtual tours of several top colleges at the Pomonok library at 5.

VOCABULARY Tuesday, November 23 at the Briarwood and Sunnyside libraries. Writing and Vocabulary Building Workshops. Register.

THANKSGIVING CRAFT Tuesday, November 23 at the Queens Village library at 4:30.

TEEN TUESDAY Tuesdays, November 23, 30 at 4 at the Seaside library.

TEEN GAMES Wednesday, November 24 at the Central library at 4.

TEEN GAME DAY Wednesday, November 24 at the Kew Gardens Hills library at 4.

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

POETRY CLUB/GIRLS Wednesday, November 24 Poetr y Club for Teen Girls at the Langston Hughes library at 4.

B’NAI B’RITH YOUTH Thursdays for high school s t u d e n t s a t Te m p l e B e t h S h o l o m , 1 7 2 nd S t r e e t a n d Northern Blvd., Flushing at 7:30.

WII PLAY Thursday, November 25 at the Bayside library at 3:30.

GAME DAY Friday, November 26 at the Bellerose library at 4.

WII SPORTS Friday, November 26 at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4:30.

GAME DAY Friday, November 26 at the Bay Terrace library at 2:30.

GAME TIME Friday, November 26 at the Seaside library at 4.

GAME PLAYERS Fridays at the Hillcrest library at 2.

ART CLASSES Fridays Alliance of Queens Artists in Forest Hills offers teen workshops. 520-9842.

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YOUTH the Forest Hills library at 2.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR Tuesday, November 23 at the Hollis library at 3:30.

ARTS & CRAFTS Tuesday, November 23 at the Auburndale library at 4.

POWER OF THE PEN Tuesday, November 23 writing and vocabulary workshops at the Briarwood and Sunnyside libraries. Register.

THANKSGIVING CRAFT Tuesday, November 23 at the Hillcrest library at 4.

THANKSGIVING CRAFT Tuesday, November 23 at the LIC library. Register.

STORY TIME Wednesday, November 24 at the Steinway library at 10:30.

CRAFTS Wednesday, November 24 at the Steinway library at 11.

BABY CRAWL Wednesday, November 24 at 1:30 at the Forest Hills library.

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

PAPER DOLL Wednesday, November 24 Pilgrim Paper Doll Craft at the East Flushing library. Register.

KIDS TIME Wednesday, November 24 at the Seaside library at 4.

YOGA WORKSHOP Wednesday, November 24 at t he Lefrak Cit y libra r y.

Register.

S TORY T I M E Friday, November 26 Japanese Story time and Craft at 10:30 at the Briarwood library.

ALL DAY KIDS DAY Friday, November 26 at the Pomonok library starting at 1.

GAME DAY Friday, November 26 at the Bay Terrace library at 2:30.

ORIGAMI Friday, November 26 at the Woodside library. Register.

GAME DAY Friday, November 26 at the Queensboro Hill library at 3.

FLASH FRIDAY Friday, November 26 at the Ozone Park library at 3:30.

GAME DAY Friday, November 26 at the Queens Village library at 3:30.

BOOK BUDDIES Friday, November 26 at 4 at the Fresh Meadows library.

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Friday, November 26 at the Hillcrest library at 4.

GAME TIME Friday, November 26 at the Seaside library at 4.

SCIENCE LAB Saturday, November 27 at the Central library at 11.

SENIORS FREE LUNCH Saturdays, November 20, December 18 at All Saints Church in Richmond Hill.

849-2352 reservations.

STAY WELL Mondays at 10 at the Central library. Tuesdays at 2 at the Flushing library and Wednesdays at 10 at the East Elmhurst library. Special exercises and relaxation tech-

THEATER IRMA VEP Through December 12 the Greek Cultural Center presents the comedy “The Mystery of Irma Vep” in Astoria. $20 adults, $15 children and seniors. 726-7329.

SWEET CHARITY Saturday, November 20 at 8 and Sunday, November 21 a t 3 . F S F C o m m u n i t y Theatre Group presents the musical “Sweet Charit y” at the Free Synagogue of Flushing. $16. 229-8547.

MAME Saturday, November 20 at 8 and Sunday, November 21 at 3 at Bay Terrace Jewi s h C e n t e r , 1 3 - 0 0 2 0 9 th Street, Bayside. $18. 4286363.

I_NY Saturday, December 18 lives of immigrant NYers intersect at Queens Theatre in the Park at 8. Free tickets; reservations required. 7600064.

KILLING KOMPANY The Killing Company performs mystery dinner shows.

1-888-SHOOT-EM for information

niques.

CLEARVIEW Monday, November 22 Music Appreciation at 12:30.

Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside.

224-7888.

STARS Wednesday, November 24 at 10:30 at the Hollis library.

Friday, November 26 at 10:30 at the Queens Village library. Come join this theatrical group.

FREE LUNCH Saturdays, November 27, December 25 at Church of the Resurrection in Kew Gardens. 847-2649 reservations.

AARP 1405 Monday, December 6, 20 Flushing AARP 1405 meets at the Bowne Street Communit y Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Avenue at 1.

AARP 3698 Wednesday, December 8 AARP 3698 meets at the Zion Episcopal Church, 24301 Northern Blvd., Douglaston at 1. Refreshments and social hour at noon.

AARP 4158 Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 1 4 North Flushing AARP chapter 4158 meets at noon at Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 th Avenue, Flushing.

ALLEN COMMUNITY Keyboard lessons, crocheting, knitting, art, computer classes for beginners and advanced, Allen Singers, Drama Club, Hair Care, Aerobic, Beginners Bridge.

Allen Communit y Senior Center, 166-01 Linden Blvd., Jamaica. 658-0980.

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

ALLEY POND Alley Pond Environmental center in Douglaston presents Sunny Bunnies for those 3-4, Wee Sprouts for those 18-23 months, Toddler Time for those 24-35 months and Fledglings for those 3-4 T h r o u g h D e c e m b e r. C a l l 229-4000 for exact schedule.

SCIENCE LAB Saturday, November 20 at the Central library at 11.

ORIGAMI ZOO Saturday, November 20 at F l u s h i n g To w n H a l l . 4 6 3 7700, ext. 222. $7.

CHESS CLUB Saturdays at the Flushing library at 2.

MATH HELP Saturdays, November 20, 27 at the Flushing library at 10.

ANIMALS Saturday, November 20 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000. For those 5-6.

S TORY TIMES Saturdays at 11 and Tuesdays at 10:30 weekly story times at 7 at Barnes & Noble, 1 7 6 - 6 0 Un i o n Tu r n p i k e , Fresh Meadows.

MAD SCIENTIST Sunday, November 21 for those 8-12 at the Alley Pond Environmental Center. 2294000.

HOMEWORK HELP Monday-Fridays (not Thanksgiving Day) at the Astoria and Baisley Park libraries. Call to verif y time.

KNIT & CROCHET Mondays at 4 at the Douglaston/Little Neck lib ra r y. B r i n g n e e d l e s a n d yarn.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Monday, November 22 for those 3-5 years old at the Glen Oaks library at 11:15.

CRAFT KIDS Monday, November 22 a t the Flushing library at 3.

STORY TELLING Monday, November 22 folk and fairytales storytelling at the South Ozone Park library at 3 and at 4:30 at the Kew Gardens Hills library.

THANKSGIVING CRAFTS Monday, November 22 at the Fresh Meadows library at 3:30.

MATH Monday, November 22 at the Hollis library at 3:30.

SEWING CLUB Monday, November 22 at the LIC library. Register.

CARIBBEAN ARTS Monday, November 22 at the LIC library. Register.

CROCHET Monday, November 22 at the Rosedale library at 4.

TWEEN TIME Monday, November 22 at the Arverne library at 4:15.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Monday, November 22 at the Baisley Park library. Register.

PJ TIME Monday, November 22 at the Broad Channel at 7.

MOTHER GOOSE Tuesday, November 23 at

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Queens CLOSEUP Town Hall Meetings The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association has moved its’ Winter Town Hall Meetings to the second Saturday of each month. The next meetings are Dec. 11, Jan. 8 and Feb. 12. The meetings start at 1 p.m. and are held at the Woodhaven Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 78-15 Jamaica Ave. “During the cold, dark winter months many of our residents don’t like going out to evening meetings. On a Saturday afternoon, they can fit our meeting in with their shopping,” said WRBA President Edward Wendell. The monthly meetings were held on a Saturday last year as an experiment and proved very popular.

Among the topics expected to be discussed at the next meeting: the Forest Park Carousel, graffiti in the neighborhood, and the proposed rezoning of Woodhaven. For more information on the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, call (718) 2963735, or visit them online at woodhaven-nyc-org.

Horizons Chanukah A special program on Chanukah will take place at a meeting of Horizons, a club for those 55 and over, at The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th Street, on Thursday, Dec. 2 at noon.

Cantor Cary Schwartz will perform songs associated with this joyful holiday. Attendees are invited to bring lunch. A charge of $3 will include coffee and cake. For further information, call the Temple at (718)261-2900.

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Assemblyman Mike Miller is holding a food drive to benefit Sacred Heart’s food pantry. Sacred Heart helps feed over 60 families from the local communities year round, and seeks to continue supporting these families, especially during the holiday season. The drive will end Nov.17.

Assistance from the community is vital to stocking Sacred Heart’s food pantry. All donations make a positive difference in the lives of so many people in need.

All nonperishable items are welcome and can be dropped off at the following locations: Assemblyman Miller’s office, 83-91 Woodhaven Blvd.; Glendale Auto Tech, 7214 73rd Place; H & M Brokerage, 75-17 Myrtle Ave.; and Sacred Heart Rectory-8317 78th Ave. For more information, contact Miller’s office at (718) 805-0950.

Thalia Concerts Thalia Spanish Theatre presents three special events on Thanksgiving weekend. On Friday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. enjoy “Flamenco Trio Musical,” with guitarist Cristian Puig, bassist Javier Sanchez, cajon Jose Moreno, singer/dancer Sol “La Argentinita”, and dancer Antonio Arrebola, direct from Spain; On Saturday, Nov. 27, at 8 p.m., see Son Cubano / New York’s Premier Charanga Band with Son Sublime, back by popular demand! The real sound of the Cuban Charanga music, the craze from the 70’s and 80’s, when this style of Cuban music hit its peak. This music is contagious and timeless.

Founded by leader and producer Jesse Herrero, SonSublime celebrates its 10th anniversary; and Sunday, Nov. 28, 4 p.m. see Zarzuelas (Spanish Operettas) & Romantic Latino Songs.

Beautiful arias and duets from the best-loved Spanish operettas, and popular songs from the best Latin American Romantic Music.

Tickets are $25 for once concert, $44 for two and just $60 for all three. Performances will be held at Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17

Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside.

For information and tickets, call (718) 729-3880 or go to thaliatheatre.org.

Men’s Workshop For Men Only workshop takes place on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. at the Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Suite 202. Discussions will include eating right, health issues, physical fitness and much more.

For further information, call (718) 2685960.

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

Exercise Class Every Monday at 10:15-11:15 a.m. and 1:15-2:15 p.m., tai chi with Elaine Fleischman, Every Wednesday and Friday at 10:15-11:15 a.m., chair aerobics with Charle Roemer every Thursday at 10:15-11:15 p.m., Project Staywell exercises with Irma Mains. If you are a senior center member, or are over 60 years of age, you are welcome to attend.

Any questions, call the center at (718) 7388100.

The Howard Beach senior center is located at 156-45 84th street (entrance on 85th street). The center is funded under contract to the New York City department for the aging and is open to anyone age 60 and over.

Librar y Closed Queens Library at Ridgewood at 20-12 Madison St. closed as of Nov. 3 to complete renovations. The library has been providing limited service from the lower level for the past ten months, while the main floor has been under construction.

When the full library re-opens in midDecember, customers will see a transformation: bright, new décor; an 18-workstation Cyber Center; a new, separate teen area; RFID self-service check out; tranquil adult reading areas; full access to the mezzanine area for the mobility impaired. The lower level children’s room was renovated in 2005.

The original structure was opened in 1928.

The improvements were funded by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, Councilwoman Diana Reyna, State Sen. Joe Addabbo and the Queens Delegation to the New York State Assembly. Total project cost was $2.8 million.

Feel The HEAT The Minority Association for Premed Students and the Student National Medical Association present a Health Equity Advocacy Tour (HEAT). The HEAT is a national grassroots movement aimed at raising awareness on different social determinants of health that contribute to health inequities and discussing what can be done about them.

The HEAT event will be held at Queens College in Flushing, Saturday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the SU Ballroom. The event will be a town hall meeting on the topic of “Education as a Social Determinant of Health.. The purpose of the town hall meeting is to discuss how education in youth has implications on the health of individuals as adults and why it is more important than ever to ensure that our communities have adequate educational systems and facilities in place. We will have a multi-disciplinary panel

of speakers that will engage our audience on this topic from their perspective fields. There will be workshops, community service events, a town hall meeting, free food and giveaways.

Peter Frost Gelber Queens Community for Cultural Judaism is pleased to present the hilarious, heartwarming storyteller: Peter Frost Gelber on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m., at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens, Ash Ave. at 149th St., Flushing. $5, free for members. Refreshments/schmooze. For more info call(718) 380-5362 or e-mail Madrikh@peoplepc.com.

Angr y Men Sought Theatre Time Productions is looking to round out the cast of 12 Angry Men. We are seeking two male actors for the following roles: Juror No. 1 (ages 35-50) Juror No. 9 (60 years +) Rehearsals start in January, show opens mid March. Please call Kevin C. Vincent at (347) 732-9015 for further information and audition arrangements.

Comedy Night On Saturday, Nov. 20, comedians Johnny Lampert and Sherry Davey team up for Comedy Night at Temple Tikvah of New Hyde Park.

Widely considered one of the premier comedians in the country, Johnny Lampert is a regular at New York and LA’s most famous comedy clubs; including The Comic Strip, Caroline’s and The Improv. Johnny has also made numerous television appearances on MTV and Comedy Central.

Recently named one of the “Top 10 comedians in NYC”, Sherry Davey has been honored as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Magnificent Seven”. Television appearances include Comedy Central’s “Tough Crowd” with Colin Quinn and Fox News’ The Full Nelson.

Tickets for this event are $20 in advance and $25 at the door with a “Donation” bar serving soda, beer and wine to those over 21.

Temple Tikvah is located at 3315 Hillside Ave. in New Hyde Park. For ticket information call (516) 746-1120, or email funevents@templetikvah.org.

Workers Rights The Queens Chamber of Commerce and the New York State Department of Labor’s Bureau of Immigrant Worker’s Rights will hold a free seminar for small business owners and employers on Monday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m.

Discussion will include Labor Standards, Unemployment Insurance, Workers’ Compensation, Child Labor, Job training, Services for Businesses, Tax Incentives for Business Owners.

Space is limited.

RSVP to info@queenschamber.org or (718) 898-8500, Ext 26. The event will beheld at the Flushing branch of the Queens Library, 41-17 Main St., in rooms A and B

Sweet Charity FSF Community Theatre Group presents the musical “Sweet Charity” Saturday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m.; Sundays Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. All seats reserved at $16 ($14 for seniors 60 and up). Located at the Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. For further information call (718) 229-8547, e-mail fsfctg@yahoo.com or go to spotlightonstage.com/fsfctg.htm During the first three weekends in November, Monica Barzcak, a well known performer throughout Queens, will take the stage as Charity Hope Valentine, the ever

optimistic dance-hall hostess in FSF Community Theatre Group’s presentation of Sweet Charity. Set in New York City, this story follows a young woman’s (mis)adventures of love, heartbreak, self discovery and life’s trials and tribulations.

Sweet Charity is known for its music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon. This Queens production is under the direction of Mark Lord, musical direction by Paul L. Johnson and choreography by Maryellen Pierce.

The opening scene holds some surprising happenings and the rest of show does not fail to deliver. The big numbers come fast: the seductive Big Spender, when the dance-hall hostesses preen for prospective paying partners; If My Friends Could See Me Now, when Charity realizes she’s actually in the Italian movie star, Vittorio Vidal’s (Jimmy O’Neill) apartment; the hippy Rhythm of Life led by Big Daddy played by Liam MacLarty and I’m a Brass Band, when Charity thinks she has finally found a long-term relationship with the perpetually nervous and inexperienced Oscar Lindquist (Nick Radu). Laura S. Packer and Jenna Kantor, playing Charity’s girlfriends, join Charity as they dream of a better life - There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This.

Mame By The Bay Local residents Scott Eckers, as Older Patrick, Jean Ann Kump, as Mame, and Isabel Robin, as Young Patrick, will be appearing in Theatre By The Bay’s production of the Broadway musical hit, “Mame,” to be presented on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. at Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209th St., Bayside. Tickets cost $18 for Adults and $16 for seniors (62 and older) and children 12 and under.

For more information or to make reservations, call the Temple office at (718) 4286363, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

The show features a talented cast of over thirty performing one of the most memorable stage plays and singing such well known songs as “Open A New Window,” “It’s Today” and “Mame.”

Be A Hero The Forest Hills Jewish Center will be having a gala “Be a Hero” Auction on Dec. 18.

We are asking our local business friends and neighbors to “Be a Hero” and help support our mission. By donating a gift or a gift certificate for use as an auction item or raffle prize you can become one of our heroes. And we always remember our heroes.

Since 1930, Forest Hills Jewish Center has been serving the needs of the Forest Hills community by providing early childhood education through its nursery program, as well as religious and adult education, programs for seniors, social programs, and youth activities.

Our membership of over 600 families lives in our community and patronizes your business. Our senior center operates six days a week and serves approximately 150 seniors. Over two hundred and fifty students participate in our early childhood and religious schools. Many of our young parents shop at your stores while waiting for their children to be dismissed from school.

Any way that you can help will be truly appreciated. All donations will be acknowledged in the event program and are tax deductible to the extent of the law.

Let your merchants know about this event and the opportunity they have to “get their message out” to a substantial audience, through this auction. For more information, please contact Debbie Gregor, Exec. Director of the Forest Hills Jewish Center, (718) 2637000, Ext. 293.

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Marine Corps Pfc. Josefina Hierromiranda, daughter of Fatima Miranda of Ridgewood, recently graduated from the Individual Material Readiness List (IMRL) Asset Management School, Marine Aviaition Training Support Squadron-1, Meridian, Miss.

Depending on the course of study, Marine Corps students attend classes that are six to nine weeks duration. All classes at the Marine schools are taught via the group-paced method.

Hierromiranda is a 2006 graduate of Seward Park High School of Ridgewood, and joined the Marine Corps in March 2010.

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Aimee M. Nicoletti is returning to the U.S. after a deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, respectively.

The soldiers return to Joint Base DixMcGuire-Lakehurst, N.J., for debriefing, evaluations and out-processing procedures before returning to their regularly assigned Army Reserve or National Guard units.

Nicoletti, a transportation management coordinator, is a member of the 1174th Deployment Distribution Support Battalion, Fort Totten. He has served in the military for more than four years. She is the daughter of Eduardo and Angela Blanco of DeKalb Ave.,

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Ridgewood. Her husband, Louis, is the son of Louis T. Nicoletti Sr. of Pocono Summit, Pa., and Anunziata Nicoletti of Ridgewood.

The staff sergeant graduated in 1991 from Pacific High School, and received an associate degree in 2006 from Long Island University, both of Brooklyn.

The New York Lottery announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning ticket from one of the Lottery’s live drawings between Oct. 17, 2010 and Oct. 23, 2010. The following winners each received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more: Teodorico Dinglas of Jamaica who won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing of Oct. 15. Dinglas’s winning ticket was purchased at the Mother Food at 173-09 Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica.

Lawrence Dunn of College Point who won $76,024 on the Take Five drawing of Oct. 9. Dunn’s winning ticket was purchased at the 18-02 College Point Grocery at 18-02 College Point Blvd. in College Point.

Sara Aguirre of Flushing who won $10,307 on the Mega Millions drawing of Oct. 15. Aguirre’s winning ticket was purchased at the L Y Wilson Stationery at 17175 46th Ave. in Flushing.

Jose Gonzalez of Far Rockaway who won $10,000 on the Powerball drawing of

On Oct. 16, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer joined New York City Community Cleanup to clean up and beautify sections of Woodside. With the help of fresh paint, paint brushes and brooms, Van Bramer joined more than 60 local volunteers, members of Community Board 2 and participants of the organization to repaint mailboxes and pickup litter along Roosevelt and Woodside Avenues in Woodside.

Oct. 9. Gonzalez’s winning ticket was purchased at the I & J Gas Station at 720 New York Ave. in Brooklyn.

Siew Lee of Corona who won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing of Oct. 19.

Lee’s winning ticket was purchased at the Hong Kong Supermarket at 37-11 Main St. in Flushing.

Shivanand Haury of South Richmond Hill who won $43,672 on the Take Five drawing of Sept.24. Haury’s winning ticket was purchased at the Family Vending at 26

Federal Plaza in New York.

Laurie Carleo of Ridgewood who won $10,000 on the Powerball drawing of Oct. 13. Carleo’s winning ticket was purchased at the Ridgewood Andy’s Deli at 65-02 Forest Ave. in Ridgewood.

Stephen Mccormack of Far Rockaway who won $10,002 on the Mega Millions drawing of Oct. 19. Mccormack’s winning ticket was purchased at the Beach Convenience at 202 Beach 116th St. in Rockaway Park.

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Miscellaneous No. 1650428 UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES LAW OFFICE OF TITLES P.O. BOX 494 KINGSTON August 9, 2010 WHEREAS I have been satisfied by Statutory Declaration that the duplicate Certificate of Title for ALL THAT parcel of land part of TRENHAM PEN called BRAETON NEW TOWN (HOUSING SCHEME) in the parish of SAINT CATHERINE being the Lot numbered SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREE on the plan of part of Trenham Park called Braeton New Town aforesaid deposited in the Office of Titles on the 21 st day of April, 1975 of the shape and dimensions and butting as appears by the said plan and being the land registered at Volume 1119 Folio 842 of the Register Book of Titles in the names of HYLTON .B. HENDERSON and CHRISTINE HENDERSON – HAS BEEN LOST:- I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend at or after the expiration of fourteen days after the last appearance of this advertisement to DISPENSE with the production of the duplicate Certificate of Title and to endorse on the original a Miscellaneous No. 1650427 to note the fact of death of the abovenamed HYLTON .B. HENDERSON and thereafter cancel the said Certificate of Title and to register a new Certificate in duplicate in place thereof. J. Walker Senior Deputy Registrar of Titles Insert once each week in the Jamaica Observer for two successive weeks and circulate once overseas in the vicinity of Queens, New York, U.S.A. GAYNAIR & FRASER 9-11 CHURCH ST Kingston Jamaica _______________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of Fine Edge, LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 10/ 15/2010. Office location is Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it maybe served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of such process to the LLC to 101-36 133 rd Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11419. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Formation of 6543 REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/08/10.

Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 65-05 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Cyruli Shanks Hart & Zizmor LLP, 420 Lexington Ave., NY, N.Y. 10170.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. ________________________________________________________________ Notice of Qualification of JMDH REAL ESTATE OF HUNTS POINT, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/04/10.

Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/03/10.

Princ. office of LLC: 15-24 132nd St., College Point, NY

11356. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: 1220 N. Market St., Ste. 806, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ________________________________________________________________ KTR REALTY GROUP, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/ 1/10. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 178-15 Eveleth Rd., Jamaica, NY 11434. General Purposes. ________________________________________________________________ M & J HOSPITALITY GROUP LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 9/29/10. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 3 9 - 2 7 B e l l B l v d . , 2 nd F l . , Bayside, NY 11361. General Purposes. _______________________________________________________________ SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 5383/09 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. ANDREA MURRAY AKA ANDREA N. MURRAY, Defendant(s).

MORTGAGED PREMISES: ET, AL. 309 BEACH 88TH STREET FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11693 SBL #: BLOCK 16122 LOT 63, FKA P/O LOT 3 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 1st day of November, 2010, TO: ANDREA MURRAY AKA ANDREA N. MURRAY, Defendant(s) In this Action.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publica-

tion, pursuant to an order of HON. JOSEPH G. GOLIA of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 26 th day of October, 2010 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed

by ANDREA MURRAY AKA ANDREA N. MURRAY dated the 13th day of June, 2008, to secure the sum of $413,250.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 2008000280411 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on the 15 th day of July, 2008; The property in question is described as follows: 309 BEACH 88TH STREET, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11693 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION Block 16122 and Lot 63 (f/k/a p/o lot 3) ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, and bounded and, described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of Beach 88 th Street distant 44.25 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Northerly side of Gull Court and the Westerly side of Beach 8 8 th S t r e e t ; R U N N I N G THENCE Westerly at interior angle of 114 degrees 40 minutes 45 seconds and parallel with the Northerly side of Gull Court, 18.94 feet; THENCE Northerly at right angles to the last mentioned course and parallel with the Westerly side of Beach 88 th Street, 40 feet; THENCE Easterly at right angles to the last mentioned course and parallel with Northerly side of Gull Court 37.32 feet to the Westerly side or Beach 88 th Street, THENCE Southerly at an interior angle of 65 degrees 19 minutes 15 seconds along the Westerly side of 88 th Street, 44.02 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. TOGETHER with the benefits and subject to the burdens of an easement for ingress and egress as shown on a survey dated May 11, 2007 by Montrose Surveying Co., LLP affecting Block 16122 Lots 3, 66, 65, 64, and 63. Premises known as 309 Beach 88 th Street, Far Rockaway, New York HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL

AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the tollfree helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home.

There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: November 1, 2010 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. ________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on the 21 day of October, bearing Index Number 1012/10, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at

89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY, in room 357, grants me the right to Assume the name of Sabrina Danielle Moskowitz. My present name is Sabrina Danielle Miller. My present address is 66-20 Clyde street, 2 nd Floor, Rego Park, NY 11374.

My place of birth is in Queens, New York. My date of birth is November 14, 1975 _______________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on the 21 day of October, bearing Index Number 1013/10, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY, in room 357, grants me the right to Assume the name of Heather Joslin Moskowitz. My present name is Heather Jaslin Miller.

My present address is 55-42 Metropolitan Ave., Apt. # 2F, Ridgewood, NY 11385 My place of birth is in Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York. My date of birth is December 9, 1972. _______________________________________________________________ PROBATE CITATION File No. 2004-4105/A SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: To Eustacia Green, Tammy Beckham, Robert Beckham Williams, Erik Johnson*, if living and if dead, to [his/her] heirs at law, next of kin and distributees whose names and places of residence are unknown and if [he/she] died subsequent to the decedent herein, to [his/her] 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 Matthew Beckham a/k/a Mathew Beckham, the decedent herein, whose names and places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, and to *as the heir of the postdeceased distributee Luela Beckham Washington Avis Jestine Adams, Darnell L. Adams, Sanders Adams Shawn Antoine Adams, Pleshette Adams, Thelma Beckham, Natasha Denise Hill, Hanif Walton, Akil Walton, and to Tamika Beckum, Abdul Jamar Beckum Johnelle Beckham and Levone Beckham as the heirs of the post-deceased distributee Sandra Beckum, Enid Washington as the heir of the post-deceased distributee Luelle Beckham Washington, Norman Green and Richard Green as the heirs of the post deceased distributee Luella Beckham Green, and Michael Green, Veeraniqica Green, Rochelle Reaves Porter, Michelle Owen, and Robert

Terrence Green III as heirs of the pre-deceased children of the post-deceased distributee Luella Beckham Green A petition having been duly filed by Richard Green, who is domiciled at 107-15 Watson Place, Jamaica, New York 11433 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CASUE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on 20th day of January, 2011 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Mathew Beckham a/k/a Matthew Beckham lately domiciled at 131-15 230 th Street, Jamaica, New York 11413 admitting to probate a Will dated February 12, 2003, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Mathew Beckham a/k/a Matthew Beckham deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [X] Letters Testamentary issue to: Richard Green (State any further relief requested) NOV 04 2010 (Seal) HON. ROBERT L. NAHMAN Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Chief Clerk Ann C. Northern, Esq. Attorney for Petitioner 718-596-5168 Telephone Number 26 Court Street, Ste. 1603, Brooklyn, New York 11242 Address of Attorney [Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested.

You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.] _______________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/ 3/10, bearing Index Number NC-001040-10/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) Chanda-Cristina (Middle) Louise (Last) Sneed My present name is (First) Cristina (Middle) Louise (Last) Sneed My present address is 105-38 64 th Road, apt #3L, Forest Hills, NY 11375 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is October 20, 1981 _______________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10/28/10, bearing Index Number NC-001060-10/ 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) Sandra (Middle) Wingyi (Last) Lau My present name is (First) Wing (Middle) Yi (Last) Lau My present address is 57-16 134 th Street, Flushing, NY 11355 My place of birth is China My date of birth is August 25,1992

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Models Of Strutting Her Stuff may be looking at the next Tyra Banks.

Queens ButYou in this success story, adversity is a must.

Addy Adeyeye’s first excursions into the world of modeling weren’t exactly smooth. Though she knew she had the flair to make a pretty Addy Adeyeye always penny off her looks, she didn’t pursue anything Ozone Park until a run-of-the-mill “modeling agency” apAge: 18 proached her with promises of work.

Height: 5' 11'’ The Long Island-based agency charged her Weight: 136 lbs dearly for her first shoot, then piled on fees for Stats: 36-24-36 “marketing.”

“It wasn’t a good experience,” the 18-year-old said.

And shame on them! How can you try to scam such a face?

A face that has kept her modeling aspirations alive since she was 12.

“I’m very photogenic,” Addy said, without a twinge of self-deprecation (or pomposity).

She’s currently pursuing a liberal arts degree at Kingsborough Community College and in the unlikely occurrence that modeling doesn’t work out, she hopes to be a nurse.

In her spare time around the house, when she’s not shopping and hanging out, Addy has the very un-model-like habit of reading. She just coursed through her favorite book, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” for the third time.

Addy models herself after the likes of Naomi Campbell and Tyra. And with heroines like that, who can doubt her potential?

She already has the hardest part down.

“My walk,” she says of her signature strut.

“People say I just walk like a model.”

Vallone Paddled

"Ping Pong" Peter Vallone and "30 Rock's" Judah Friedlander

Peter Vallone Jr., a champion for the people of Queens and a fighter of graffiti, was also once a champion and fighter in another arena – the ping-pong table. He mastered the small-paddle science at an early age and competed in tournaments up until he got sick and was unable to travel to play against China.

Truly, he’s no Forrest Gump, but he certainly did manage to

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Chu Strikes Again Meter maid Daniel Chu, who famously ticketed one of our favorite Councilmen last summer, is fighting back – with a $2 million defamation lawsuit against Dan Halloran.

The tête-à-tête began when Halloran saw the officer speed by, sirens blazing, while talking on a cell phone. After parking illegally in front of a Dunkin Donuts, Chu emerged with an iced coffee in hand.

The incident was nothing more than a Councilman Dan Halloran false report, the lawsuit alleges.

Halloran, an attorney, has called the suit “completely frivolous.”

In Hotmanager Oilsaw the same truck the

It’s a sign of the times when cooking oil becomes a hot commodity. Police arrested two Queens men who alleged stole 1,400 gallons of used cooking oil in North Bergen.

Youngil Kim, 48, and Byung Ho Choi, 55, were apprehended after the manager of the Five Guys Burgers spotted someone stealing the restaurants cooking oil.

The yellow truck the two traveled in was a dead giveaway as the

last time cooking oil was stolen.

The truck was outfitted with a plastic bladder used to store the oil and a pump that sucked the oil out of their containers.

We know some may be saying, “What good is used cooking oil?”

How about $1,400. The oil can be turned into biodiesel fuel and one gallon cost about $1.

We are now storing all of our cooking oil.

hold his own at a celebrity pingpong throwdown at Lincoln Center last week in a benefit for 826NYC, a nonprofit organization, dedicated to helping children develop their writing skills.

Though he may have faltered, fouled or otherwise failed, he came out a winner rubbing elbows with – and possibly the hat of – “30 Rock” actor and writer Judah Friedlander, who did take home the ridiculously tall trophy that night.

Perhaps if Vallone had worn his own “World Champion” shirt, the result would have been different.

Confidentially, New

Rascals Wrapped

Getting a little frisky? Make sure your stock of Trojans is up to snuff.

Not to start a panic, but Queens resident Jian Hu and his sister Lin pleaded guilty to charges of selling counterfeit brand-name merchandise as part of a massive ring that brought in fake goods that included clothing, power cords and a million faux Trojan condoms.

The duo delivered a teary-eyed apology, saying they were dragged into the ring by a brother.

A Brooklyn judge sentenced Jian to 18 months in prison while his sister got a full two years. Both will follow their jail stints with three years of supervised release.

The knock-off clothing is bad

No glove, no love? Just make sure it’s the real deal. enough, but the condoms failed leakage tests. The city’s population is thriving already, so let’s hope this doesn’t lead to a second baby boom.

Gone When ToyouThe Dogs hear the term “crappy neighborhood,” Glendale is not usually what comes to mind, but according to the Sanitation Dept., the title fits….literally.

No, the quiet, family-orientated neighborhood surrounded by parks isn’t suffering from high crime, crumbling buildings, or vandalism.

Instead, Glendale tops the list of having the most violations for dog poop.

Glendale dog owners were issued 41 summonses in the fiscal year that ended this past July for not picking up canine excrement. That number is nearly half the entire number of violations handed out in the borough. According to the Sanitation Dept., the worst places for poop are along Myrtle, Cooper and Metropolitan Avenues.

Glendale is still a gorgeous neighborhood, but the next time you’re enjoying its beauty, watch where you’re walking. Oh, and if you a pet owner and live in Glendale, curb your dogs people!

WTF, WFP? When the final vote count in the state is tallied, it seems that the Working Families Party will get the fourth column in the next statewide election, just past Democrats, Republicans and Conservatives. Fresh off the balHey WFP, sometimes pols from other lot-line victory, WFP Execuparties even give us the coffee for free. tive Director Dan Cantor sent out an e-mail asking people to donate to the party for five York . . . bucks a month (or $60).

What struck us as odd was that the description of $5 was “the cost of two cups of coffee.” Now, sure, if you go to Starbucks that might fit your income bracket, but we’ve noticed most places we pick up coffee here in Queens that same five bucks can get us at least five cups of coffee – and if you go to the bodega just across from the ER at Elmhurst Hospital, at 75 cents a cup that same cost for two at your yuppie coffee bar can get you better than six cups.

C’mon, Working Families, let’s not forget where your bread is buttered – or, better yet, where your coffee is poured – when reaching into our pockets.

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