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Students Struggle With Phase Out

By V ERONICA LEWIN Jamaica High School is one of a handful in the borough that has been educating young people for more than a century. A troubled public education system coupled with low graduation rates led to Jamaica being added to the list of schools on the chopping block. The students who remain have been begging the Dept. of Education all year to give them a chance to have a quality education before the doors shut on them for good.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), along with students, parents and teachers, held a press conference Monday outside of the 119year-old school on Gothic Drive. Dozens of students stood on the steps of Jamaica High School to protest the inadequate education they say they have been receiving since the DOE decided to phase out the school. Avella

said this action is a disgrace by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott.

“The students that are behind me are being shortchanged in their education,” Avella said. “They’re being shortchanged in the educational resources that they should be given, just like every other student in the City of New York.”

When the DOE announced it would be closing Jamaica High School last January, it was ranked in the bottom 8 percent of schools city-wide.

As part of the plan, the DOE promised students they would be able to complete their graduation requirements during the phasing out process. This has not happened according to the students. According to DOE Spokesman Frank Thomas, students may not have access to certain elective courses that

Residents Revolt Against Relocation gimmick seniors a number of years ago, and we prevailed,” Stavisky said. “It seems to me that this is a form of age discrimination.

They’re picking on people who are getting along in years, older Americans, who have been living here for many years.”

“NYCHA faces a real crisis with 161,000 people on its waiting list for public housing (and another 120,000 waiting for a Section 8 vouchers),” read a statement issued by NYCHA. “There are nearly 50,000 people in NYCHA housing units who are not living in properly sized apartment—meaning, they have too many rooms for their family size. To serve more families in need, It is critical that NYCHA utilize this scarce public resource as it was intended—to assist the greatest number of families eligible for affordable and subsidized housing.”

While Meng was speaking about the short amount of time residents were given to move, Beverley Singer, a resident, cried out to NYCHA that “you don’t threaten people.”

Simanowitz’s tone would grow more strident when another resident interrupted Koslowitz to say that, “It’s not just seniors. I want that emphasized.”

“We understand it’s not just seniors,” Simanowitz said, irritation swelling in his voice.

Residents at the press conference were united, however, in their condemnation of NYCHA’s policy, which Corbett referred to as a law that they should understand is written into their lease.

“It’s not personal, it’s business, you sign a contract that says when you become underoccupied, you must move out,” Corbett said.

“I have families here, married couples with four kids in a one-bedroom apartment.”

Edna Sharpe, a longtime resident, said the policy ignores people like her who have a two-bedroom apartment and are supporting adult offspring. Her son, now an adult, lives with her and is not on the lease. He would be homeless if Sharpe changes apartments.

“It’s a crying shame what they’re doing,” she said. “My oldest child is staying with me.

He has a medical problem and nowhere to go. $350 is not enough to pay for me to move.”

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

Students no longer have the opportunity to earn an advanced Regents diploma because honors and Advanced Placement courses are no longer offered at the school.

“I, as a senior of Jamaica High School, would have loved to go to an honors class.

I would have loved to have AP classes,” senior Raymond Almonte said. “However, Jamaica High School does not offer that anymore.”

Walcott said she worries the phasing out of Jamaica High School will ruin her chance to get into the college of her choice. Walcott is considering applying at Syracuse University and the College of Saint Rose, and is worried her efforts to succeed will be undermined by attending a deteriorating school.

Walcott said a test date was pushed back because Scantron answer sheets were not available to the students.

“I think the message that the Chancellor is sending is that he wants us to fail. He wants us to drop out,” Walcott said.

Avella has asked the city to live up to the terms of the plan and provide the necessary resources for Jamaica High School. “They have dreams, they have careers they want to go onto. And obviously the mayor and the chancellor are saying, ‘we don’t care,’” said Avella.

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

Ground Breaks On Willets Work

By JASON BANREY The redevelopment of Willets Points continues to move forward in the City’s effort to transform the Iron Triangle into New York’s “next great neighborhood.”

On Dec 1, Queens’ elected officials joined Mayor Mike Bloomberg to break ground on a $50 million infrastructural initiative, which promises to lay the groundwork for future development of the 62-acre site, create thousands of jobs and address environmental contamination that Q u e e n s e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s a n d M a yo r M i k e has been happening for decades. Bloomberg break ground in Willets Point.

“Expanding the city’s sewer “This is the way out of economic probnetwork and increasing storm water drainage in the area will address longstanding lems,” said State Sen. Toby Stavisky (Dissues and put new development on a firm Flushing). “We hope this is the harbinger of foundation for the future,” said Borough future development which will bring both union and local jobs.”

President Helen Marshall.

Prior to the ground breaking ceremony, Due to a lack of proper infrastructure, which allowed for the essential drainage of Michael Gerrard, an attorney representing run-off water, the 62-acre site has been Willets Point United, claimed to have inplagued by contamination from petroleum, formed the Dept. of Environmental Conserpaints, cleaning solvents and automotive flu- vation (DEC) that the public participation ids which spread throughout the site over plan instituted by the New York Economic Development Corp. (NYCEDC), the city-led decades from local businesses.

The infrastructure work is expected to group overseeing the project, pertaining to provide more than 350 construction or con- its sewer work permit application violated struction-related jobs and set the stage for the DEC regulations.

“WPU looks forward to the NYCEDC’s first phase of the project, which hopes to include 680,000 square feet of retail, up to public participation meeting “do-over” on 400 units of housing, a hotel, parking, two December 19,” WPU stated. “Meanwhile, WPU acres of open space and eventually a conven- will be scrutinizing NYCEDC’s permit applition center. Phase 1 promises to create 1,800 cation, and availing itself of the opportunity to permanent jobs and 4,600 construction jobs, submit written comments by Jan. 9, 2012.”

Reach Reporter Jason Banrey at an assurance which many Queens politicians hopes come to pass and be seen as an oppor- jbanrey@queenstribune.com or (718) 3577400, Ext. 128. tunity through the City’s fiscal crisis.

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By ROSS BA RKAN Susan Prescod is 87 and has no idea where she would move if she was forced out of her apartment. With a sad smile, she said she would either have to be put on the street or euthanized. Pomonok Houses has been her home for nearly 60 years.

Monica Corbett, president of the Pomonok Residents Association, said that many growing families live in overcrowded apartments, taking more than a decade in some instances to upgrade from a one-bedroom apartment to a two-bedroom apartment.

At a contentious Dec. 5 press conference, Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (DFlushing) and other elected officials, including State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing), Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing), and Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows), and Councilman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) spoke out against the New York City Housing Authority’s apartment downsizing policy. Senior citizens, as well as non-seniors—as a resident at the press conference angrily noted—have been perturbed about recent letters that told them they would need to change apartments because the amount of bedrooms they had no longer reflected the number of people living there.

“We’re all here to tell the housing authority they’ve made a big mistake,” Simanowitz said. “To tell senior citizens who may very well be living in underutilized apartments that they must move out of their apartments or else is nothing short of cruel and inhumane.”

Simanowitz said he understood many families are living in overcrowded apartments, but that NYCHA should be “imploring” residents to move rather than telling them they “must.” Residents asked to move have argued that the tone of NYCHA’s letter to them is threatening.

A letter to a resident—the name is blotted out—states that “failure to move to an appropriate-sized apartment is a violation of your lease.” It also states the resident will be allowed to select any development in the City, including the one they currently live in, to move to. The letter, sent on Nov. 25, gives the resident 10 days to fill out a required transfer form.

“I remember when Pomonok tried to

could be applied towards graduation, but every remaining student can get a high school diploma. “Each student definitely has access to the courses they need for graduation,” Thomas said.

A year ago, Jamaica High School offered four programs: Finance and Business, Law Studies, Pre-Engineering/Computer Sciences and Medical Science. As a result of phasing out, some classes for the programs may no longer exist. The Gateway to Higher Education Program at Jamaica High School was moved to a different school, but students were allowed to make a seamless transfer.

“We make a pretty significant effort to bring resources to schools in phase out to improve the outcome of students enrolled there,” Thomas said. In addition to DOE funding, Jamaica High School received federal and state grants last year for resources.

Jamaica students now share the building with three other schools that are not desperate for resources. Students who spoke at the press conference expressed feeling like second-class citizens when they see students in schools on other floors using laptops, while Jamaica students are having trouble finding a computer that can access the Internet. One teacher shouted out that he was using his paycheck to buy supplies for his classroom.

“They give the other schools meals and they give us crumbs,” junior Kymberley Walcott said.

Huntley Aide, Niece Indicted For Fraud

By DOMENICK RAFTER An aide to Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) has been indicted along with three others, including a niece of Huntley’s, for allegedly pocketing member item money directed to a not-for-profit organization.

The indictments were handed down by State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Wednesday against Patricia Savage, president of the Parents Workshop, Inc., a non-profit founded by Huntley that received nearly $125,000 in state funding through member items she secured. Others indicted include Lynn Smith, Huntley’s niece and the organization’s treasurer, who shares an address with Huntley. Both were indicted on charges allegedly that they engaged in a fraudulent scheme to steal member item funds planned for the Parent Workshop, Inc. which was founded to hold workshops for and conduct outreach to parents on the workings of the New York City public school system. The indictment alleges that those events were never held and the two suspects instead pocketed

$29,950 allocated by Huntley. Savage has worked on Huntley’s staff, making more than $150,000 as an assistant on the senator’s staff and as Director of Community-Based Programs. Smith also served on Huntley’s staff as special counsel.

Two other suspects were also indicted; David R. Gantt, who is accused of falsifying records to claim that he was paid in cash for conducting workshops he never conducted as a consultant after The Parent Workshop was subpoenaed by investigators; and Roger N. Scotland, the President of the Southern Queens Park Association, a separate nonprofit corporation located in Queens, also created a false record in an attempt to hide the theft from investigators. Both are charged with falsifying business records.

Huntley herself has not been indicted and is not accused of any wrongdoing, but her office has been the target of both federal and state investigators for more than a year.

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

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Stage Eyed For Pool

By JASON BANREY Astoria may soon become one of the city’s premier destinations for performing arts.

In an effort to bring the borough a one of a kind venue to attract performers from around the city, Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Astoria) and Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski this week announced plans to convert Astoria Park’s diving pool into an amphitheater.

“This long-unused space will be transformed to bring music, theater and more to residents of Astoria and the borough of Queens,” Vallone said while standing in front of the long neglected diving area.

Just off the East River, nestled between both the RFK-Triborough and Hells Gate Bridges, the Astoria Park swimming pool has not only drawn visitors by the tens of thousands each summer to its crystal clear waters but was the aquatic stage for diving trials for the U.S. Olympic teams in 1936 and 1964.

Although the 330-foot pool has been a popular fixture within the historically land marked park for city swimmers, the diving pool has become an eyesore for Astoria residents who have long desired to convert the dilapidated space which had been out of commission for nearly three decades.

Since 2006, Community Board 1’s com-

mittee for parks and recreation has requested funding to have the diving pool converted into a performing arts space, listing the project within their annual capital budget priorities.

Vallone recently allocated $1 million for the renovation project.

According to Vallone, the funding will be used fill the diving pool with concrete, create seating areas, install flooring, a new perimeter walkway and a tent canopy to provide shade.

Although the small diving boards will be removed, Vallone assured the pool’s signature three-level diving board will be retained, refurbished and used for lighting purposes once the theater is complete.

Richard Khuzami, chair of the parks and recreation committee for CB1, has pushed for the transformation of the underutilized area and sees the addition of a performing arts space as a win-win situation for the borough.

“Having this facility here will encourage our young people to get involved in the arts,” said Khuzami, who wants the space to be accessible to all forms of performance art.

The Parks Dept. is developing conceptual designs and hopes to break ground in 2012 in order to have the theater open by the time pool season begins in 2013.

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

Halloran Rep Unhappy With Voice

By ROSS BARKIN New York City Councilmen don’t readily enter the public imagination. They lack the bully pulpit of a mayor, or the national star power of a media-savvy congressman. Their specific duties, to the average citizen, can seem opaque.

Councilman Dan Halloran (RWhitestone) has been an exception thus far, garnering prominent media attention for a video of a confrontation with a car dealership employee and seizing headlines for being the only known pagan elected to political office.

And recently, Halloran was the subject of a lengthy front page story in last week’s Village Voice, which detailed how some pagan followers have grown disenchanted with the Councilman, as well as picking apart the overall tumultuous arc of Halloran’s political career. Halloran’s spokesman, Steve Stites, was vocal about his opinions of the story.

“The liberal press, such as the Voice, based in downtown Manhattan, and knowing zilch about Northeast Queens, have stooped to some pretty creative new lows in trying to bash the Councilman,” Stites wrote in a furious email. “It makes you wonder why they’re so afraid of him, or so fascinated by him. My guess is that the left-wing press doesn’t like the Councilman because he’s outspoken, effective and conservative, and he doesn’t play by their rules of political correctness and go-along get-along politics.”

Written by Voice staff writer Steven Thrasher, the article—titled “America’s Next Top Heathen”—is a grand tour of Halloran’s political career, recounting his alleged falling out with pagan followers at his own Theodish

tribe, his opposition to a “mosque” built near Ground Zero, his attack on abortion rights, his financial troubles, his anti-union views, and a raucous run-in with Whitestone traffic cop Daniel Chu. Thrasher paints Halloran as a peculiar, contradictory figure in New York City politics, one who was intolerant of the Muslim center being built near the World Trade Center site despite speaking in depth about the importance of religious freedom; Thrasher cited an instance when Halloran sat on a panel with noted Muslim-basher Pamela Geller.

“A lot of the heathen followers told me he was very charismatic,” said Thrasher. “They felt very drawn to him, and were appreciative of his intelligence and the seriousness of

which he approached heathenery.”

Thrasher said he wrote the article because it made such a good story—a politician with a faith unlike any other. When he obtained a Yahoo discussion thread several months ago that allegedly featured Halloran allegedly conversing about the nature of abortion with fellow pagans, it piqued Thrasher’s interest in the Councilman. He dove into the particulars of Halloran’s pagan orthodoxy, comparing the meticulous attention to detail that the Theodish tribe paid to ceremonial rites to “Civil War reenactors.” Thrasher meant this as a compliment.

Stites, who said Halloran himself did not care to comment “on left-wing garbage,” took issue with Thrasher portray-

ing Halloran as a paper Tea Party candidate because he did not cut spending when it came to his own district, among other issues. Stites said Thrasher lacked an understanding of how the City Council works and that any discretionary spending that would be declined would mean that money could not go to the people of northeast Queens.

“Northeast Queens, which has historically been one of the most underserved areas of the City, would remain that way,” Stites said.“Due to Halloran’s hard work, the district is in better shape today than it has been in years.”

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

Local Strip Club Owners Arrested

By DOMENICK RAFTER In a case that reads like the script of a Martin Scorsese film, the federal government charged 20 people, including five who live in Queens, with a number of crimes, accusing them of smuggling women from Russia and Eastern Europe into the United States illegally to work as exotic dancers at strip clubs in Queens and Long Island.

According to the charges filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in federal court in Manhattan, the suspects are accused of being involved in an elaborate scheme where they recruited young women in Russia and other Eastern European countries to come to the United States, entering in sham marriages with U.S. citizens, and work as strippers, in violation of their visas, dating back to 2006.

“As alleged, the schemes in which these defendants participated ran the gamut of criminal activity – from racketeering and extortion to immigration and marriage fraud.

And the defendants themselves had one thing in common – the desire to turn the women they allegedly helped enter this country illegally into their personal profit centers.

Today’s arrests have brought an end to their illicit activities,” Bharara said.

The five suspects from Queens include four men: Alphonse Trucchio and Christopher Colon of Howard Beach, Yon Wang of Flushing and Richard Gutkowski of Ridgewood; one Queens woman, Natalia Ivanova of Kew Gardens, was also indicted.

The rest of the suspects are from Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester County,

Binghamton and New Jersey.

Four of the suspects are alleged to be associated with, or are members of, the Gambino crime family. Three more are suspected of being connected to the Bonnano crime family, who allegedly controlled the strip clubs by offering protection in exchange for payments. They were charged with racketeering and extortion crimes related to running the strip clubs. Those charges carry up to 20 years in prison. Thirteen other suspects were charged with various crimes including visa fraud, marriage fraud and conspiracy to bring illegal aliens in the United States, which can carry five to 10 years in prison.

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

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Edit Page Nation of Idiots?

In Our Opinion:

Save The Future The Department of Education may have meant well in the decision to close Jamaica High School. In the end, area students may be better served by the department’s initiative to create better schools in the City. The future may be protected, but it is the present that poses the problem.

While their school gets phased out, due to low graduation rates, students at Jamaica High School have had advanced courses and programs taken away from them and they are short on resources. To make matters worse, these students have been forced to watch as the building was split into four distinct high schools and those attending the other three are not going without as Jamaica High School students are.

The low graduation rate at Jamaica High School – and many other schools throughout the City – should not be a green light to take away resources. Rather, we should be giving these students more resources, we should make more programs available to them and we should do everything in our power to encourage these kids instead of taking away their opportunities to succeed.

Without access to advanced programs and resources, the DOE has decided to leave these children behind. It is a failure of the DOE’s policy if any student feels like they are not given the chance to succeed, and it is a failure of the system that these students are forced to watch others have what they cannot.

It’s no wonder students at Jamaica High School feel like second-class citizens, but it is certainly not too late to fix the situation for the last three graduating classes of the onceimpressive school.

In Your Opinion:

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Pomonok Response To The Editor: As the resident leader I have never had the Goldsteins or anyone in this article attend Pomonok Residents Association Task Force meetings, nor have they ever reached out to the association for help.Our monthly task force meeting is a forum of all Pomonok Staff, Queens Staten Island Management, our local politician, residents and NYPD. Here residents bring all their complaints to the source - NYCHA. Rest assured that whatever the issue is, management resolves it the next business day. As the resident leader, this story was filled with half truths. Did it make you wonder that there are six people living in that apartment and only one is a legal resident? People who have unauthorized people living with them don’t call housing because that puts the legal resident tenancy in jeopardy.

I know from after my digging to find out the Goldsteins that for 30 years there was carpet, wall to wall carpet, in that apartment and because of their bedbugs, had to remove the carpet, which covered the original brown tiles. The adhesive glue that

was used 60 years ago had asbestos in it. During the late 1980s NYCHA started abating apartments to resolve the issue. Most residents were moved out to another apartment so abatement can be done. Some already had carpet or new tile in their apartment, covering the brown, and did not let NYCHA do their job. NYCHA is still abating apartments to this day.

Long story short, the Goldsteins are at fault, just like NYCHA. Yes, Pomonok has problems, but when residents call myself or a board member, the first thing we ask is if they put a work order in about their complaint and what is the number.

If there is no complaint number then there is no complaint. Telling a Housing Assistant should guarantee he or she will address the problem but as you see that is not the case. It is the residents’ responsibility to get work order numbers. My association works 24/7 to resolve residents’ issues. I would like to have you come to our next task force meeting. There is always a response, it may not be the one residents want but there is always response.

Monica Corbett, Queens

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To The Editor: I was reading the letters to the editor in the Daily News and I now know what’s wrong with America.

We are a nation of idiots. With the serious problems that our country has, such as getting rid of the American Mafia known as the Federal Reserve, who is robbing us blind or the Federal and State debts that are unpayable without run-away inflation or default, to wars in four countries and planning for a fifth war, to runaway health care caused by our congress, for the Supreme Courts failure to defend the Constitution we are only interested in the fact that Bradley Cooper is or is not the “Sexiest Man in the World.”

That title is so stupid that it should not deserve one minute of thought. But to excite people enough to take their precious time to write letters and circulate petitions on the Internet for such a dumb idea is frightening.

Wake up America, the sky is falling.

John Procida, Flushing

Pay More To The Editor: It appears that our very own homegrown billionaires have decided to follow the lead of their wealthy French counterparts. They want to pay more taxes to help their country. They will place a $10 billion tax increase on the California ballot. They want to pay more taxes in order to aid the country that allowed them to reach their exalted financial position. Furthermore, two-thirds of Americans as well as 53 percent of Republicans also want taxes increased on the 1 percent.

Needless to say the 99 percent agree.

It is enlightening to see that our wealthy are willing to pay their fair share of taxes, whereas Republican politicians as well as the Blue Dog Democrats insist on ignoring the wishes of the “People-People” while siding with their wealthy “Corporate-People” and banking benefactors.

We recently saw the failure of the Super Twelve. It was fated to fail.

How could it not, when six of the 12 were zombies who had pledged to some insignificant 2006 scandal involved corporate lobbyist Grover Norquist, not to increase taxes under any circumstances? These are supposedly intelligent representatives of the American people. Yet the fact that they would pledge “under no circumstances” to any future action obliterates their ability to make judgments based on everchanging circumstances. So there

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they were supposedly on a noble mission to help our country, their country, conquer its debt and fiscal nightmare and all they could do is echo the mantra of today’s Republican Party - No! Christopher Nicholas, Bayside

No Sur prise To The Editor: Why am I not surprised that the joint House-Senate supercommitte of 12 bipartisan members tasked with issuing recommendations by Nov. 23 on cutting federal spending failed? Each appointee owed allegiance to their respective benefactors – Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Twelve out of 535 members of the House and Senate were no more successful on finding and agreeing upon cuts than the full House and Senate in recent years.

Few members of the “super committee” had knowledge of the detailed operations for all federal agencies. This basic information was necessary to understand what can or cannot be cut. We should ask the ranking majority and minority leaders, along with their respective members, for each and every House and Senate committee responsible for individual Federal agencies to complete this assignment instead of the “supercommittee”. Being a member on any of these committees should give you the expertise to cut within each federal agency’s budget. Force each committee to come up with detailed cuts which can be immediately implemented in the new federal budget, to be adopted on Oct. 1, 2012. Failure to come up with cuts should automatically result in the adoption of 2008 spending levels for the agencies in question. Go back to adopting the budget agency by agency rather than the midnight omnibus bill.

This legislation rolls everything up for all agencies and provides no time for anyone to read and understand the fine print in the bill.

Dock every member of Congress and the President one day’s pay for each day the budget is not adopted after Oct. 1. Cancel the upcoming Christmas recess and have them stay in Washington. Work evenings and weekends if necessary to solve our financial crisis. Stop putting off the difficult decisions to the Congressional class of 2013. I bet that would be the best incentive to force both political parties and the Presi-

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Occupy Thanks To The Editor: I’m writing to express my thanks and admiration for the people who participated in the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. It’s about time we let the government know “We’re mad as Hell and we’re not going to take this anymore.” Many Americans are struggling after a financial crisis caused by lax regulation and corporate greed. In order to preserve our democracy, we must stop the rising inequality and abolish political bribery.

There is something wrong when the government wages war against a country that didn’t attack us based on questionable information, spends more on the military than all other countries combined, subsidizes profitable industries and lowers taxes on the rich, yet wants to cut education spending and social safety nets.

There is something wrong when sensible old banking regulations are undone and big banks have to be bailed out. After limited investigation, these banks paid meager fines for securities fraud which made them billions. Weak regulation and risk taking will continue as long as the financial industry has such a powerful lobby and makes the biggest campaign contributions.

There is something wrong when the Supreme Court decides a presidential election by refusing to allow a recount of questionable votes, declares corporations are people and that spending money on political elections is free speech. By a slim majority the court has overturned previous rulings and regularly decides in favor of corporations and the rich, so it is clear that term limits are needed for Supreme Court Justices.

The rich are a small minority, yet they have the power to influence the government to legislate in their favor. It’s time for us to demand that government act in the best interests of every citizen. Hopefully “Occupy Wall Street” is just the beginning of a movement to take back our country from the control of corporations and the rich. I have long wondered when the revolution would begin and perhaps it finally has!

Linda Imhauser, Whitestone

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Journalistic Jargon: Learning To Speak To A Reporter

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By MICHAEL SCHENKLER The concept for this column was born almost 25 years ago in the Tribune in “QUIPS” (Queens In Politics), which I penned way back then. I reworked it 15 years ago. And now, a bit expanded and updated, I share this idea that has always been fun, and present it as a guidebook to a new Trib editor who is tackling his first edition of our 41-year-old paper.

May this serve as the impetus to grow our journalistic skills, teach

and improve the staff, and remember what community journalism is all about. May this help us all in our profession to seek the truth and serve as a sounding board reflecting the sense of the community and to advocate for the people we serve. May we continue to teach, challenge and learn as we have fun as practitioners of the world’s second oldest profession.

Every industry has a language of its own. Journalism is no exception. We share with you the true meaning of some of the words frequently bandied about the newsroom.

For some, this lit tle adventure might be fun. For those in politics, learning how to talk to a reporter could be a first step to getting your name spel led correctly.

“According To Published Repor ts”: Another newspaper got the real story, so this is what they said.

Advertisements: Statements in the paper which are almost as accurate as the news reporting.

Allege: What people do when they don’t know for sure.

App: Shor t for application but in digital talk everything is cut shor.

Ar t: Graphics used to fi ll space because the story ran short.

What you use to interest readers who don’t usually read.

Attr ibution: Naming your source. (i.e. Aunt Millie said). See source.

Beat: A repor ter’s area of coverage or that wh ich make s him/her tired.

Bold: An intense t ypeface used in headlines; also used to describe a type of reporter.

Breaking News: The pieces left over after you missed a hot story. (Broke: the condition of a reporter who missed a “breaking news story”).

Broadsheet: The New York Times size of newspaper — get your mind out of the gutter.

Briefs: Writing short because they’re tight.

Byline: The name of the repor ter re sponsible for the mistakes.

Caption: The few words needed to describe a picture that’s worth less than a thousand.

Censorship: A prerogative exercisable only by editors.

Column: A journalist’s written viewpoint; stemming from the straight line he is unable to walk after being creative.

Confidential Source: A name a reporter won’t reveal until he reveals it.

Copy: The words printed by a newspaper which claims they are original.

Crop: To cut out part of a photo. From crap - the part cut out.

Cut: What you want to do to the editor who doe s it to your stor y.

Dateline: Printed before the first line of a story indicating the city in which the reporter covers the event and looks for companionship.

Deadline: When your story is due, and you know what happens if it’s late. ”Deep Throat”: The code words used to describe an anonymous person who provides a valuable service to a staff member.

Digital Media: The new electronic arm of the information industry which has caused white knuckle concern of the old arm.

Edit: n. A written opinion of the paper. v. To correct. Hence, “Edit Page”: the opinion page of the paper that is absolutely correct.

Exclusive: A label used to brag that you got a scoop.

Expose: Uncovering a scandal or what you hope the young female reporter does.

Facebook: Today’s fir st source for many people’s news.

Fact: That which, according to the paper, is most likely true.

Filler: What you use if you don’t have enough copy.

First Amendment: That which come s bet ween the paycheck and the Bible in order of impor tance.

Follow-up Story: What you write if you missed the point the first time.

Free Press: What corrupt politicians don’t want for newspapers but do want from cleaners.

Freelancer: A non-staff writer who often is paid what his title implies.

Gate: Suffix added onto any word to sensationalize the story. Synonym - Scam.

Gossip Column: A place where fact, fiction and salesmanship meet.

Graphic Design: Making the pap er look pret t y because it’s easier than reporting well.

Hard News: Storie s which are difficult to report accurately.

Headline: The bold-faced words atop an article used to attract attention. If it’s not catchy and accurate, your head is on the line.

Horoscope: Formerly, filler used on the non-news pages. Frequently, one of several national indicators used to predict economic trends.

Hunch: W hen a repor ter plays it, some folks worry.

Hundred: T he smal le st amount that can be used to try to get a reporter not to play a hunch.

In-depth: An announcement by a paper that they took the time to be accurate on a particular story.

Integrity: That which comes after salary and scoops, in order of importance.

“In The Can”: An extra story, already prepared and waiting to be used. What you use if you miss the real story.

Journalistic Ethics: Jump: A story that is continued on another page, or what you do when the publisher is in the newsroom.

Kill: What you want to do to the editor who doe s it to your stor y.

Layout : the page de sign which is done late at night with an appropriate partner; derived from basketball’s lay-up – to score.

Lede: (leed) The catchy intro to a story writ ten to give basic information and catch the reader’s attention. A come-on.

Libel: a writ ten slanderous statement; if used, it’s liable to cost your job.

News: An acronym for North, East, West, South or the direction reporters head in when extra work is needed.

News Hole: What’s left after advertising is sold; or a nickname for the former long-time editor.

Obit: A comprehensive story of a person’s life that you didn’t print in time.

Objectivit y: An ant iquated philosophy that guided journalists in an earlier era. ”Off The Record”: ”You can tell me the story and I won’t mention your name; otherwise, I’ll make you look bad in print.” ”On The Record”: ”You better give me the story in your words or I’ll print them in mine.”

Paper: Used by journalists instead of “Newspaper” because they know the truth.

Pica: A unit of measurement used in printing, equal to 1/6th of an inch; it must have been derived from the measure used to pay journalists.

Point: A measurement of 1/ 72nd of an inch. Also, something often missed by reporters.

Publisher: The ultimate boss named for the place where you can often find him.

Pulitzer Pr ize: Once t he h ighe st honor be stowed upon journalists; more recently, a creative writing award.

“Put ting The Paper To Bed”: What you have to do to the paper before you do to yourself or anyone else.

Refer: (reefer) the creative front-page referral to inside stories written while you’re high.

Retraction: Oops!

Scam: see “Gate” Scandals: Reporters pursue them i n bet ween scams a nd scoops.

Scoop: beating the other papers to the story, or what you want more than one of.

Source: where a repor ter gets his info; derived from grandma’s closely guarded secret marinara recipe (sauce).

Specs: the dimensions of the story space as determined by the editor who wears them.

Spot News: What Dick and Jane write about.

“Stop The Presses”: ”We made an error in a full page ad.”

Story: journalism - A written account of an event; to everyone else - a made up tale; usually somewhere in between.

Str inger: A par t-t ime or freelance reporter who occasionally write s for the paper which strings him along.

Tabloid: The Tribune size of newspaper derived from the Hebraic tablets upon which Moses inscribed the words of God. Well, a couple of commandments are still left.

Thirty: The end of a written piece; likely first coined by some very young journalist who viewed 30 as being over the hill.

Twitter: What people who don’t like to read long pieces use to replace Facebook as a source for news.

Typeface: The style of print; or the nickname for the art director.

Typos: Editorial errors missed by the proofreaders and blamed on the typeset ters.

Website: Where you get trapped giving away the news which has been gathered originally for print which is advertiser supported.

Wire Story: A story supplied by a news service because it’s cheaper than sending reporters.

Zoo: The newsroom.

If you have any of your own, please share them with me at: MSchenkler@gmail.com

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College Gets Grant For Language Program

By ROSS BA RKAN Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum has received a new grant that they hope will be able to improve the lives of adults still learning the English language.

The grant is funding “CALTA 21,” a n initiative that will incorporate visual learning strategie s through art, which will help immigrants and adult English language learners gain a bet ter grasp of English. Godw inTernbach is one of four institut ions receiving the $495,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Librar y Services.

Queensborough Community College, the Rubin Museum of Art, the Katonah Museum of Art, El Museo Del Barrio, as well as Visual Thinking Strategie s and the Literary Assistance Center also received grant money.

“This is the beginning of a project that will last three years,” Amy Winter, the director of the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, said.

“Individuals will be able to work with objects to make them more proficient in language.

They will develop their aesthetic and cultural appreciation and be given an opportunity to work in a higher education environment.”

Patricia L anne s, t he project director, Kitt y Bateman, director of Queensborough Community College’s literacy programs, and Margot Edlin, an assistance professor in QCC’s Dept. of Basic Educational Skills, wrote the grant to build and suppor t museum–community college partnerships that they hope will dramatically improve the ability of these institutions to serve immigrants learning English.

“When you look at an image, you can read the image in a way similar to how you would read text,” Lannes said “The idea is to help adults develop skills while looking at art. Also, it’s not just developing language that matters.

The program is about opening the doors of museums to people who haven’t had access and didn’t know what museums have to offer.”

Though academic research is inconclusive about whether visual learning strategies can definitively boost literacy skills, Lannes said she is confident that the college-museum partnership will be disseminated nationwide. The first year of the program will focus on New York museums and educational institutions.

“In a nutshell, there are two sides to the project,” Lannes said. “The people who will benefit from the grant will be students and

families who w ill part icipate in the classrooms that use images to learn English.

Teachers and museums w ill also benefit.”

She said future teachers who visit the museums will learn about using visual learning strategies and museum professionals themselves will better understand the needs of immigrant communities. While working with children who spoke English as a second language, Lannes realized that a museum set t ing could create a safe environment in which to learn English.

“It didn’t mat ter if you knew the language

because you were connecting w ith the art work emotionally,” she said. “They were bringing and telling experiences through art work.”

This museum experience, Winter said, will not be so passive.

“It will be a very interactive experience,” she said. “We ask questions like, ‘what is it about this ar t that you like?’ Then language skills can begin to develop.

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

Bill Opens Library Card Access

By JASON BANREY As many families with children continue to experience poverty and homelessness, one Queens Councilman hopes to build a bridge between the city’s social services in order to give more children access to libraries.

Continuing his ongoing campaign to provide every child in New York City with a library card, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) has introduced a new bill which would require city agencies who interact with at-risk youth to make library card applications available to them.

Gathering with the children of PS 11 at Woodside Library, Van Bramer announced the introduction of the bill, saying he believed it was every child’s right to have access to their local library.

“Library cards are a very real passport to other worlds,” said Van Bramer, chair of the Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Relations Committee.

“For many young people, libraries repre-

sent an oasis of learning, and this bill will ensure that more young New Yorkers have access to the wonders of book and libraries.”

The legislation would require the Administration for Children’s Services, Dept. of Homeless Services, Human Resources Administration and the Dept. of Youth and Community Development to work with not only the Queens Library but also the Brooklyn Public Library and the New York Public Library in helping the city’s youth gain access to each system’s services.

The new legislation is also an expansion of Van Bramer’s Library Card Act of 2010, which mandated the Dept. of Education to distribute library card applications to students entering kindergarten, sixth grade and ninth grade.

Tom Galante, CEO of the Queens Library, believes the legislation is an opportunity to do more with less as the borough-wide system is likely to face another phase of funding cuts next year.

“A library card is the key that opens the gate to a world of information, for free, for every child, and the Library Card Act supports putting a key in every child’s hands,” Galante said. “When we are able to pattern children to be lifelong learners by visiting and using their public libraries to enrich their lives, we set them on a path of adult economic independence too.”

With 20 members of the City Council already co-sponsoring the bill, Van Bramer hopes the legislation will pass through the City Council by January before it could be implemented within the four city agencies.

“It’s probably impossible to reach 100 percent of children,” said Van Bramer, whose first library legislation led to more than 100,000 young people receiving library cards throughout New York City. “But we should never stop trying.”

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

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Moustaches Raise Awareness At Dojo At Tiger Schulmann's Mixed Martial Arts in Bayside, November was a strange month for those not in the dojo. What's the deal, outsiders kept asking, with all those moustaches?

Fashion trends temporarily reverted to the 1970s - or the 1870s - for one month to raise awareness and money for testicular and prostate cancer research. Like football players wearing pink to support breast cancer research, students and instructors at Tiger Schulmann's grew moustaches for the month of November. Now clean-shaven, they surpassed their goal of raising $10,000, reaching nearly $11,000. The money will be donated to LIVESTRONG, cyclist Lance Armstrong's cancer foundation, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Bryan Gotthoffer, a senior instructor at Tiger Schulmann's, got the idea for the hairy fundraiser from Movember, a worldwide moustache-growing campaign to raise money for male-related cancer research that began in Melbourne, Australia.

"It was the end of October, and I realized we had missed the opportunity to do anything about breast cancer research," Gotthoffer said, referring to October being national breast cancer awareness month.

"Prostate and testicular cancer affects more than 30,000 males a year, so we wanted to do something."

The prostate is a small, squishy gland the size of a walnut that sits under the bladder in front of the rectum, and the urethra runs directly through the prostate. Prostate cancer can disrupt normal urinary, bowel, and sexual functions, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in men, with more than 240,000 cases diagnosed in the U.S. in 2011. Testicular cancer will impact more than 8,000 American men in 2011.

Gotthoffer said he initially set a fundraising goal of $5,000, but realized that, with 500 students attending Tiger Schulmann's in Bayside, the dojo could do much better.

Gotthoffer raised the bar to $10,000 just a day later.

"A lot of families of the students donated," he said. "Even Tiger Schulmann himself gave $500."

The funds piled up at a steady pace.

Gotthoffer loved that people would constantly ask instructors and students why they suddenly had unruly moustaches. This gave them a much-needed moment to explain the importance of raising money for cancer research.

"We're definitely going to do it next year," Gotthoffer said. "It will be our pet charity."

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

—Ross Barkan

Ambulance Ser vice Continues Every year since the Whitestone Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars launched the Whitestone Community Ambulance Service in 1947, garaged at that time at Gleason's Funeral Home, it has provided invaluable aid to Whitestone residents.

Fire Department Captain and volunteer Charles Silverstein said "What have we handled? You name it, we've done it: cardiac arrest; strokes; heart attacks; helping someone hit by a car; someone who was trapped; who had fallen down the stairs. So far this year we've handled 1,100 calls.

"We are one of the few remaining ambulance services in the city that doesn't charge

anything, that relies exclusively on donations," he said. "We are here all night, every night, all weekend long and during the weekdays. We also handle non-emergency calls.

For example, we picked someone up at a nursing home and took her to a hospital. We do things like that for residents."

Silverstein said the ambulance service would go through some changes for 2012.

"Beginning in January, it will be run by professionals from special operations in the Fire Department," he said. "We've greatly expanded the number of calls we handle, revamped the main rooms and reduced costs. Devon O'Connor, of 'Welcome to Whitestone', the residential and civic association, will be handling public relations."

In 1993 the headquarters at 12-15 150th St. was named in honor of Grace Herold, on her 90th birthday, for the 45 years of active service she had given to the organization. In the mid-1990s, a garage was added to the building. Eventually meeting rooms, an additional garage and a second floor used for meetings, first aid instruction and offices were all added.

"We're having our annual fund-raiser next April at Terrace in the Park", Silverstein continued. "We need corporate donations as well as donations from individuals, and we need businesses to buy ads in the program.

We are currently conducting a Toys for Tots campaign, accepting new unwrapped gifts for the holidays."

Some of the service's other activities include CPR training, blood drives and a program that lends wheelchairs, canes or crutches to residents on request.

You can donate online at www.GiveToWhitestoneAmbulance.org, or mail a check or money order to: Whitestone Community Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 570064, Whitestone, NY, 11357-9987. For information, visit wvac11357.com. The emergency number for the service is (718) 767-1000.

—Barbara Arnstein

Mural Ties Community Together With Tiles Neighborhood pride is a fixture of life in Queens and one neighborhood decided to put that pride on display in one of its major transit hubs.

Back in May, more than 100 Kew Gardens residents gathered at The Potter's Wheel on 83rd Avenue to paint their own imaginative representation of their neighborhood on a tile. Last week, they gathered once again to see their tiles placed together at the Kew Gardens Long Island Rail Road station with a dedication ceremony on Dec. 1. The mural is in two pieces. A larger framed mural with about 100 tiles sits on the south wall of the station house, facing commuters who walk onto the Manhattan-bound platform from Lefferts Boulevard. A smaller one faces Austin Street and includes tiles thanking the LIRR. Rifka Harris, who helped coordinate the tile painting at The Potter's Wheel, said the tiles tie together the neighborhood and its residents.

"This mural binds us to Kew Gardens and binds us to each other," she said.

Harris came up with the idea of putting the tiles at the train station, which she said is the "heartbeat" of the neighborhood.

LIRR President Helena Williams and the five workers who put up the wood framed mural of tiles, came to the dedication. Williams said when the railroad received the letter from the neighborhood asking to put the tiles on the station, she noted the tone, which was different than the usual angry letters they receive.

"The railroad doesn't often get correspondence like that," she said. "So when we were able to do this, we said 'let's go down there and be a part of this.'"

For Leonard Gerson, a longtime Kew Gardens resident who painted a portrait of himself sitting on a bench at Hampton Court's courtyard reading, his favorite pastime, it was a chance to do something he hadn't done since he was a kid- pick up a paintbrush. He was heartened to see his work now on display at the train station.

"This epitomizes what Kew Gardens is all about," he said. "Something I created will be a part of Kew Gardens longer than I will be."

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

—Domenick Rafter

New Temple Br ings Hope In an era where many synagogues are closing down, the construction of a new temple is a rare sight. Yet more than twenty congregants of Temple Sholom came together on a bright crisp Dec. 2 afternoon to break ground on a new synagogue, one they hope will revitalize the Jewish community of Eastern Queens.

"I'm very happy they found this home," said Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck), who attended the groundbreaking. "I know they'll be good neighbors and I think it'll enhance the community."

The approximately 150-member synagogue in Floral Park has struggled, like many other synagogues with aging populations, to remain financially solvent despite a dwindling number of congregants. Two years ago, the temple sold its former sanctuary and school buildings in order to construct a new, smaller synagogue that would be more affordable. The Dept. of Buildings issued a building permit on Nov. 23, and the congregation wasted little time breaking ground.

According to Weprin, there was talk of the temple going out of business just a few short years ago.

Temple President Paul Trolio and cantor Josée Wolff led the ceremony on the construction site, wearing hard hats amid the construction equipment.

"You realize these great congregations were built by America's greatest generation for the Baby Boomers," Trolio said. "Most congregations over the past 50 years have halved in population. But they still have these magnificent buildings that are their greatest asset."

What he is trying to prove, Trolio explained, is that by selling the congregation's building, they can build a new synagogue that is more economically feasible.

"Having been a part of the temple for 55 years, this day means a great deal," Harriet Peaceman said. "It was hard to watch things as they were working, and this is a plus for starting up."

Relatively new members, Barry Cohen and his wife Beth Ann were not as aware of the synagogue's previous financial struggles.

"We just really liked the people here," he said. "We're very happy, we feel spiritually uplifted, and the people are very warm and caring. We want to be in a place that's going to prosper and grow."

Wolff led the congregation in the singing of Pslam 118, a celebration of rebirth and God's glory.

"The stone that the builders rejected has become the corner stone," sang the congregation, together.

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

—Ross Barkan

Kew Gardens residents point out the tiles they made on display at the neighborhood’s LIRR station.

DOT Axes Lane On W’haven Blvd.

The Dept. of Transportation is fighting traffic problems on one of the borough’s busiest thoroughfares - by eliminating a lane.

DOT reduced the number of lanes on a short stretch of southbound Woodhaven Boulevard between the Long Island Expressway and Eliot Avenue from four to three, eliminating a bottleneck that has been a traffic nightmare for a long time.

The section of Woodhaven Boulevard had four lanes between the Long Island Expressway and Eliot Avenue. The right two lanes merged into one, reducing the road to three lanes under the Long Island Rail Road overpass at the intersection with Eliot Avenue.

That bottleneck caused a traffic backup that often went back to Queens Boulevard and even backed up traffic getting off the Long Island Expressway.

What formerly was the left lane is now striped with diagonal yellow lines to represent a median, but DOT said it would be used as a pedestrian refuge.

The change is part of the implementation of the Woodhaven Boulevard Congestion Corridor study DOT has been working on for at least two years. It also includes other lane restriping and traffic signal timing changes along the route between Queens Boulevard and 62nd Road.

The plan proposed a series of lane realignments and traffic signal changes along the Woodhaven Boulevard corridor between Queens Boulevard and Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park. Some of DOT’s recommendations, including the reconfiguration of the intersection with Liberty Avenue, have been implemented.

In October, DOT eliminated left turns from southbound Woodhaven Boulevard onto Union Turnpike in Glendale, but the move was quickly reversed due to community opposition. Though there is a left turn signal at Union Turnpike, there is no dedicated left turn lane, and cars and the Q23 bus making the turn often block thru traffic, causing backups on the Woodhaven Boulevard overpass over the LIRR back to Metropolitan Avenue.

Opposition to the Union Turnpike change was mainly due to concerns that eliminating the left turn would divert more traffic up Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills, which has already seen an increase in traffic since the opening of Queens Metropolitan High School.

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

—Domenick Rafter

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105th Precinct MISSING MAN: The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating James Adams, 80, of 104-35 212th St. He was last seen on Thursday, Dec. 1, at approximately 1:20 p.m. operating a blue 2003 Toyota Camry in front of 38-26 Bell Blvd. He is 5foot-10 and weighs 140 lbs. He was wearing a blue and gray jacket, multicolored shirt, and burgundy shoes.

Anyone with information in regard to this missing person is asked to call Crime Stoppers (800) 577-8477, visit nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637, then enter TIP577.

106th Precinct SHOT IN A CAR: On Saturday, Dec. 3, at 4:41 a.m. at the intersection of Huron Street and 155th Avenue, a man was shot.

Upon arrival, police saw Ronny Valdez, 29, inside a White Acura sedan with numerous gunshot wounds to the torso. EMS responded and transported him to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead. There were no arrests. The investigation was ongoing.

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109th Precinct ARMED AND DANGEROUS: An unidentified man is wanted in connection with an armed bank robbery of the Capital One Bank at 11203 14th Ave. The man entered the bank and approached the teller from the feeder line. He passed a demand note to the teller and held up a silver handgun. The man was handed money and was last seen fleeing through College Point Park. He is described as a Hispanic man between the ages of 40 and 50 with salt and pepper hair, between 5-foot10 and 6-foot-2 and weighing approximately 220 to 300 lbs. He was last seen wearing a dark brown jacket, blue jeans, black shoes, and a dark-colored hat.

Any information regarding this case should be immediately reported to the FBI, Squad C-19 at (212)-384-5000 or (212)-3842816. Refer to case A42/11 or file number 91A-NY-307265.

A reward is being offered and all calls will remain confidential.

109th Precinct BURGLARIES SURGE: There has been an increase in burglaries in the Whitestone and North Flushing area. The suspect is a Hispanic man, approximately 30-years-old, medium build, 6-feet-tall and possibly wearing gloves. Incidents have occurred at 33rd Avenue and 146th Street, as well as 147th Street and Sanford Avenue .

Three black men, 30-35 years-old, driving a black van are suspected of burglaries of construction sites, factories, and warehouses in Flushing and College Point. These burglaries occur in the evening or overnight.

Burglaries have occurred at 120th Street and 31st Avenue, as well as 28th Avenue and 120th Street.

To report any concerns, call crime prevention Police Officer Anthony LoVerme at (718)-321-2270. Any suspicious activities should be reported immediately to 911.

112th Precinct STRUCK BY CAR: On Thursday, Dec. 1, at approximately 6:05 a.m., a 68-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle at 62nd Drive and 108th Street. Upon arrival, officers found the woman unconscious and unresponsive.

EMS responded and transported her to North Shore Hospital were she was pronounced dead. It was determined that the woman was struck by a gray Ford Crown Victoria, driven by a white man that was traveling east bound on 108th Street. No criminality was suspected. Identification of the woman was pending proper family notification.

113th Precinct MULTIPLE MURDERS: On Friday, Dec. 2, at approximately 3:41 p.m. at the corner of Foch Boulevard and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, a man was shot. Upon arrival police found Keith Murrell with a gunshot wound to the chest. EMS responded and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The suspect, Damel Burton, 34, allegedly shot Murrell inside of 163-11 Foch Blvd., Apartment 2H. Burton also shot Marvin Gilkes, 36, in the head and an unidentified 29-year-old man in the jaw. Gilkes was pronounced dead. The 29-year-old man is in stable condition. Burton has been charged with second degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and assault.

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Med Center Still Serving Area In Need

By V ERONICA LEWIN As hospital closures and cuts to government healthcare have left many in the borough with few primary care options, one center in Jamaica continues to provide care to a community in growing need.

The Queens Hospital Center hosted the annual South Queens Community Leadership Brunch on Dec. 2 at the South Jamaica Multi-Service Center. Each year, the hospital thanks leaders in the community for their efforts to inform people about the services available for free or little cost.

The center, located at 114-02 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., has been providing care to the uninsured and underinsured for the

community for more than 30 years. Pam Rios, associate director of the center, said the main mission of the center is to reduce the high rate of teen pregnancy in the area.

“It’s very difficult, it’s beyond difficult,” Rios said, to educate teens about safe sex.

Those in Southeast Queens who need medical help have the option of the medical services available at Queens Hospital Center – one of the borough’s two public hospitals – or travel to Hempstead to utilize the services Planned Parenthood has to offer. According to Queens Hospital Center, 91 percent of the center’s population is below the poverty level. The majority of the center’s

visitors are black and under the age of 24.

The multi-service center gives residents access to City programs like WIC and several counseling and mental health programs that uninsured and underinsured patients may not have access to otherwise.

In addition, the center offers a G.E.D. preparation program, parenting skills program for teens, a health clinic and a specialized area for pediatric and geriatric patients.

The South Jamaica Center for Children and Parents is located on the same property. The organization receives City funding for 126 seats in the Head-Start program, which offers educational programs for children aged 3 to 5. The program is designed to help children from low-income families succeed in school.

With the help of funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the center provides a nutritious supplemental food program for new mothers and children up to age 5. If one meets the eligibility requirements, food vouchers are distributed and nutrition counseling is provided.

The center also offers sexual health

The South Jamaica Multi-Service Center has been serving Southeast Queens for more than 30 years. screenings and tests for residents of Jamaica, which had the second highest rate of AIDS-related death in the borough in 2009.

Every Tuesday, the center hosts a Teen Night from 4 to 7 p.m., where teens can talk about sexual health. For information, call (718) 883-6699.

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

Mets Sponsor Coat Drive Join the Mets, SNY, and New York Cares for the 5th Annual Mets Holiday “Warm-Up” Coat Drive on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at Citi Field.

Fans donating one or more coats will receive a voucher redeemable for a pair of tickets to a select Mets game in April 2012 and a coupon to receive 15 percent off regularly priced merchandise in the Mets

Team Store on Dec. 14 only. Season Ticket Holders who donate coats will get 20 percent off regularly priced items upon showing their Season Ticket ID card.

Coats will be collected at the Seaver entrance of Citi Field between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Patrons may use parking Lot B (Entrance 8) on the north side of the ballpark off Shea Road.

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Judge Street Residents Allowed Back Home

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Nearly a year after a five-alarm fire ripped through an apartment complex in Elmhurst in the aftermath of a blizzard, injuring seven people and displacing 66 families, the Buildings Department has fully rescinded the vacate order allowing the remaining tenants to return after a multi-million dollar renovation by the owners, The Kalikow Group.

The blaze broke out just after 6:30 p.m. on the top floor of the six-story building located at 41-72 Judge St. on Dec. 27, 2010. It took 200 firefighters nearly three hours to get the flames under control. According to the FDNY, crews had trouble reaching the fire because of abandoned cars, snow-covered roadways and high winds, which acted as fuel for the flames.

Four firefighters and three civilians were injured in the blaze. None of the injuries sustained were life-threatening.

“Half of the roof was gone, which made it difficult to get families back in, especially in late December,” said Jordan Platt of Kaled Management, the management division of The Kalikow Group. “Remarkably, all but three of the 66 displaced families chose to remain at the building despite the hardship of staying with family and friends while the repairs were undertaken.”

More than half of the residents were able to return just two days after officials at the department of Buildings, HPD and The Kalikow Group made sure their units

were habitable. For others, the wait took much longer as the owners embarked on a $3.4 million rehabilitation of the property. The final 13 units were recently approved for occupancy.

“Fortunately, our company had the ability to begin repairs immediately and not wait on insurance,” Platt said. “We were able to use our own electricians, plumbers and roofers knowing that our contractors have our best interests at heart and we did not have to settle for the cheapest solutions sometimes dictated by insurance companies.”

The company was also able to make some improvements along the way, including new elevator cabs and machinery, as well as an enhanced security system.

HPD called the Kalikow Group’s response to the fire “the perfect example that every owner should follow.”

Among the things management did for families who were displaced from their apartments for any length of time was provide the option to escape their leases due to the extent of the damage; provide the name of a realtor that would help them find an apartment in another of their buildings; made insurance agents available to tenants to answer questions; and immediately stopped collecting rent even before tenants filled out required rent reduction forms. Residents who were able to go back into their apartments within a few days were pro-

vided with free hot plates until their gas service was restored.

“There were many reasons these families chose to remain in this Elmhurst building, from the neighborhood diversity to the way the property is main-

tained,” said Platt. “From our standpoint, our properties are a source of pride. We felt a responsibility to not only restore the property, but improve it in any way we could for all the families that will call Judge Street home for years to come.”

Fundraiser:

The Outreach Annual Fundraising Luncheon honoring Daniel Kindbergh, senior vice president of operations, Brookfield Office Properties; Dennis Ippolito, business manager, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local Union 12; and Charles C. Dorego, Esq., senior vice president, general counsel, Glenwood Management, set a record for both donations and attendance. More than 800 people attended the event.

The holiday shopping season is the time of the year that service and retail businesses big and small look forward to all year. National Retail Federation research shows the last two months of the year can account for between 25 and 40 percent of all annual sales. For small businesses especially, the holiday season is often a crucial make-or-break opportunity to earn the revenue required to sustain the business the following year.

Fail To Plan, Plan To Fail Smart planning is essential to keeping the registers ringing during the holidays. For starters, a spike in customer traffic often means needing to hire seasonal help. While that is a good problem to have, managing scheduling, payroll and other concerns for an expanded group of employees can put additional strain on already-stretched resources.

According to small business expert Steve Strauss, identifying and implementing tools they can trust to manage operational demands effectively can help small business owners focus on what is most important - serving customers and making sales - during the holiday season and beyond. “Running a small business is a complicated juggling act,� Strauss said. “To keep all the balls in the air, small businesses owners should take advantage of the many easy and affordable resources available to them today�

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Your competitors may have larger advertising budgets, but they don’t have the flexibility to personalize their promotions to the community. Tap into what’s unique to your city or neighborhood to design special discounts and use your network of relationships to enhance visibility and loyalty by hosting demonstrations/tastings at local events or donating items to charity auctions. • Shout it from the digital rooftops. Twitter and Facebook are easy, fast and free tools to announce sales, showcase products with videos, photos and testimonials, and run contests to keep interest and excitement going throughout the holiday season. For example, you can feature surprise discounts every day for a week or encourage customers to shop with you by giving a certain amount of proceeds to charity from any purchase made with a special Twitter or Facebook code.

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10 TIPS TO KEEP SENIORS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL Preventable repeat visits to the hospital—especially by seniors with complex conditions like congestive heart disease, diabetes or hypertension—cost Americans more than $17 billion each year according to a recent study. The study also shows that as many as one in five Medicare patients return to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged.

A survey of more than a dozen registered nurses with from the not-for-profit Visiting Nurse Service of New York provided practical answers for seniors.

Make That Follow Up Appointment Follow up with the primary care physician is essential for continuity of care, especially with patients with chronic illnesses like diabetes or heart conditions.

Arrange for transportation, call the doctor and write down the date, time and location of the doctor’s office—do whatever it takes to get the patient to his or her appointment within the first week of discharge.

Manage Medications

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Medication mismanagement is the leading cause of preventable hospital visits and can cause serious health consequences.

Denise Simmonds, registered nurse who works in the Bronx, advised seniors or their caregivers to bring a complete list of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications and supplements, including the dosage levels, to the physician’s office twice a year to make sure that each medication and

dosage is still useful and appropriate and the combination is safe.

Get an Advocate And Make Some History Tanya Kaplan, a registered nurse in Brooklyn, tells her elderly patients to “get yourself an advocate—a trusted friend or family member—who can accompany you through the hospital discharge process, when doctors and nurses explain new medications and outline risks or signs and symptoms that could become a concern.” An advocate can also help by going with the patient on regular primary care physician visits, especially if they can chime in with forgotten bits of information.

Maintain Your Independence Living with dignity and independence while staying engaged with family and community can help maintain overall health and well-being. When seniors get the go-ahead from their doctor, they should be encouraged to get some exercise, which can help elevate their mood and help keep them physically stronger.

If you’re caring for someone with limited mobility, determine ways to increase their independence. They may need a walker or electric wheelchair. Encourage them to get around on their own and remain engaged in favorite hobbies and activities. The more freedom seniors have to move inside and out of their homes and travel outside, the higher their quality of life and happiness is going to be.

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No matter what your native language or customs may be, it is not unreasonable to expect health professionals and caregivers to understand your particular needs. In some instances, it may be necessary to educate your caregiver about cultural traditions or religious tenets when adhering to them could be at odds with your medical regimen.

Communicate Clearly On Your Own Behalf “Patients should be firm but calm and organized when dealing with health professionals,” nurse Keenah Lynch said. Have key information handy. She suggests keeping a card written in large, easy-to-read type by the telephone with the doctor’s and pharmacy’s phone numbers, the prescription numbers, the name of the prescribing physicians and known allergies.

Take Action And Have a Plan Denise Simmonds recommends creating a personal action plan when you are transitioning from hospital to home.

“One of the first things we do with any patient coming home from the hospital is give them an outline that lists symptoms to watch for and gives clear action steps in case something doesn’t seem right,” she said. Right at the top of the check list should be listed any situation that would warrant a call to 911. To build personal accountability, Simmonds recommends that members actually write out the reason they were hospitalized, because sometimes there’s a lack of clarity about that,

especially if medications have been managed inconsistently.

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Ask And ListenTo Your Doctor’s Orders “Patients come home from the hospital with a handful of papers telling them what they need to do,” registered nurse Tanya Kaplan said. Ask your doctor to explain to you and your advocate the lifestyle changes you need to make and listen very carefully so that the instructions are as clear to you as possible, and if you don’t understand don’t hesitate to ask again.

Manage Anxiety And Depression For elderly patients who live alone, being in the hospital can be particularly stressful. A nurse who coordinates and supervises daily home care may be the only connection between home life and the hospital for these patients. Reach out to people and invite them to visit you or keep in touch over the phone.Let them know what’s on your mind, so they can take care of things for you at home.

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Arthritis affects the lives of nearly one in five American adults and limits the lives of countless citizens each year. In fact, arthritis is the most common cause of disability in the United States, yet only 11 percent of those with arthritis participate in widely available, low-cost self-management workshops that help people manage symptoms, increase activity, and maintain independence.

Few people know that a low-cost, sixweek self-management education workshop, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), can help lessen the problems associated with arthritis. Weekly, interactive sessions provide people with arthritis, and other chronic diseases, natural techniques and strategies to manage their disease, empowering participants to reclaim their lives.

Participants learn ways to minimize pain, physical limitations, and stress, while improving their mobility, confidence, and independence. These workshops meet weekly for six weeks, are low-cost, and available in most communities.

The self-management workshops help participants manage their arthritis. Participants learn how to reduce pain and stress, safe exercise strategies and lessons from other arthritis patients.

“These workshops help people with arthritis learn natural treatments to manage their arthritis pain. Many people do not know about these workshops, but people with arthritis who have attended

these interactive workshops learn selfmanagement techniques that help reduce the pain and limitations of arthritis,” Teresa J. Brady, from the CDC arthritis program, said.

Workshops can help reduce the physical symptoms of arthritis, as well as the emotional toll of this chronic disease.

Self-management workshops also help people with other on-going health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, or lung disease. According to CDC research, self-management workshop participants report remarkable improvements in their symptoms and their ability to control their disease. Research shows that participants benefit from decreased pain, fatigue, anxiety, and depression. Research also indicates that workshop attendance can result in increased aerobic exercise, increased confidence, and improved ability to participate in social activities.

CDC research found that arthritis selfmanagement workshop participants report decreased joint pain and fatigue, less anxiety and depression about their health, increased aerobic exercise and better communication with their doctor.

“We need to educate arthritis patients about the benefits of self-management workshops,” said Brady. “They can be the key to restoring mobility and independence, which in turn can improve quality of life for millions of Americans.”

For information, visit cdc.gov/arthritis/interventions/self_manage.htm.

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Historical Healing:

Jamaica Woman Who Survived Holocaust Shares Her Story With A New Generation

By DOMENICK RAFTER There is no one alive today who can tell us what life was like in the Roman Empire, or how serfs survived in Medieval Europe. All of our accounts of Ancient Greece, the Renaissance or the French and American Revolutions come from stories passed down through generations starting with those who lived it who either wrote them down before they passed away, or told their children, who told their children and so on.

Every year, time moves further and further away from the horrors of World War II and the atrocities that surrounded that period of history, including the Holocaust. This week marks 70 years since the United States entered the alreadytwo-year-old war. Those who survived the concentration camps of Central Europe, or fought in the fields and forests of France, the deserts of North Africa and islands of the Pacific are being replaced by those who only know about the horrors of that time through stories and history books.

The few war survivors who remain are the last to tell their firsthand accounts, before World War II and the Holocaust creep into passed-on histories like all those in time before it.

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Inge’s Story One of those survivors is Jamaica resident Inge Auerbacher, who spent part of her childhood in a concentration camp in Eastern Europe and is now sharing her story with students living in the countries where seven decades ago she saw war and atrocity. The friendly reception she has received in Europe today is a stark contrast from the hatred, distrust and repudiation she and her generation experienced in her childhood.

“I consider it somewhat of a healing process,” said Auerbacher of her speaking tours of Europe. Auerbacher was born Jewish in a small town in southwest Germany near the French border on New Year’s Eve 1934, shortly after Adolph Hitler’s Nazi regime rose to power. She was not yet 4 years old when the regime began targeting Jews. She still has vivid memories of Kristallnacht. Her grandfather was arrested

Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher of Jamaica sits at the desk of Oskar Schindler in Krakow, Poland. while praying in a synagogue.

Auerbacher spent most of the war and her childhood years in the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, where she was one of the few children to survive the war. She was only 10 when Terezin was liberated by the Soviet Army.

While she and both her parents survived, many of her extended family was killed.

In 1946, she immigrated to the United States.

Her family came to New York, where Auerbacher graduated from Queens College with a degree in chemistry. She worked as a chemical researcher for many years, spending three decades working at Elmhurst Hospital. She made her home in Jamaica, where she still lives, on a street with neighbors of diverse backgrounds, only steps from the Civil Courthouse on Sutphin Boulevard and the Jamaica LIRR station.

Sharing Their Tales An accomplished author, Auerbacher has published numerous books about her

Auerbacher and her friend Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride, a Polish Catholic survivor, sit for a photo with students at the Catholic University in Lublin.

childhood experiences. Her latest book, “Children of Terror,” was co-authored with her friend, Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride, a Polish Catholic the same age as she who shared similar experiences as a child in Poland during World War II. The two women met more than two decades ago at a forum dedicated to the Holocaust.

As part of her effort to share their firsthand experiences of war and the Holocaust, Auerbacher and Urbanowicz Gilbride flew to Poland to share their story with the country’s schoolchildren who are many generations removed from the horrors of the war, and even the tensions of the Cold War. The two visited schools across Poland: in the capital city of Warsaw and the other Polish cities including Lublin, where she spoke at the Catholic University where Pope John Paul II once taught; Krakow; Wachock; and even Kielce, where Jews were targeted even during the Cold War. They spoke about their experiences and shared their book, which has been published in English and

Polish and will soon add German to the languages it is available in.

“We received a warm welcome. The people were very friendly.” Auerbacher said. “We went to many, many schools over there.”

It was Auerbacher’s third time in Poland. She has visited concentration camps there, including Terezin, where she spent part of her childhood, now in the Czech Republic. She attended Rosh Hashanah services at a synagogue in Poland and stayed with Polish families.

She even visited the Krakow office of Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist credited with saving the lives of more than 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust and whose story was the subject of the 1993 Academy Award-winning film “Schindler’s List.”

“It’s very thrilling really,” she explained.

“It’s a trip of healing. This was a trip to meet the people.”

She credited the American Embassy in Warsaw with helping her during the trip and even met with Lee Feinstein, the United States Ambassador to Poland.

Auerbacher said the students in Poland were inquisitive about her experiences and about the history of what happened so close to their homes only a few generations earlier.

“There’s a great interest [in the Holocaust and Second World War] there in Poland, and I speak a great deal in Germany,” she said.

As one of the last people alive with direct experiences and accounts of the Holocaust, it is important to Auerbacher to tell her story while she still can, before her, and other survivors are gone and historical accounts of those events could only be found in books and stories passed down from people like her.

“It’s the last time you can really touch somebody and hear the story,” she said.

“Children of Terror,”, is available on Amazon.com, as are all of Auerbacher’s books. For more infor mation on Auerbacher and her story, visit her website, ingeauerbacher.com Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at drafter@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400 Ext. 125

Auerbacher and Urbanowicz Gilbride visited a number of historical sites in Poland, including this Jewish cemetery in Kielce.

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Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of L & Z Broadway LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 09/29/2011. Office located in Queens County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 2 Bay Club Drive, Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Riverside Group NY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/ 25/10. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 310 Riverside Dr Apt #1222, NY, NY 10025. Purpose: General. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of Beach 96 th Realty LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/6/2011.

Office location, County of Queens, SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 5318 Avenue N, Brooklyn NY 11234. Purpose: any lawful act. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of SMILE NEW YORK OUTREACH, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/04/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: Richard J. Zall, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, Eleven Times Sq., Rm. 2572, NY, NY 10036. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail

LEGAL NOTICE process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ DOGS PROWLING SOUTH LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 6/9/11. NY Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Jamie File, 13 Station Sq., Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes. ___________________________________ 5-21 BROWNSTONE OWNER LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/14/ 11. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Law Offices of Arthur J. Israel, 260 Madison Ave., 17 th Fl., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of BIG ALICE BREWING COMPANY LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 09/29/2011. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC: C/O BIG ALICE BREWING COMPANY LLC, 3826 Tenth St., Long Island City, NY 11101-6112.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Queens Index No.: 23419/2011 Date Summons filed: 10/12/2011 Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial The basis of venue is: PLAINTIFF’S RESIDENCE SUMMONS WITH NOTICE PLAINTIFF resides at: 87-37 95th St Woodhaven, NY 11421 Jubitza Mojica Paredes Plaintiff, -against- Luis Mojica Defendant. ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff OR Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) 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, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below. Dated 9/13/2011 Plaintiff X Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Address: Nicklaus Misiti, Esq. Misiti Global, PLLC 40 Wall St. 28 th Floor New York, NY 10005 Phone NO.: (212) 537-4407 NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the marriage between the parties, on the grounds: **DRL §170 subd. (7) – irretrievable breakdown in relationship. The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action. The nature of any ancillary or additional relief de-

LEGAL NOTICE manded is: None, there are no children or property at issue here. Action for a Divorce To: Luis Mojica: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, dated 10/20/2011, and filed in the office of the clerk of the County of Queens at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd Jamaica, New York. The object of this action is to obtain judgment against the defendant for an absolute divorce, that the bonds of matrimony between the plaintiff and the defendant be forever dissolved and such other, further and different relief as may be just and proper. Dated: 10/30/2011 Queens, New York Yours etc., Nicklaus Misiti, Esq. Attorney for Jubitza Mojica ___________________________________ MINA’S PIZZA LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/09/ 2011. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Monique Donigan, 169-13 110 th Ave, Jamaica, NY 11433. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of SIX CENTRAL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/08/11. Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office of LLC: 49-70 31st St., Long Island City, NY 11101. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of Dominick 99, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on July 27, 2011. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any processes served against the LLC, 59-21 57th Drive, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of LADIES AND GENTS OF 82ND STREET LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/28/11. 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, 11-11 44 th Drive, Long Island City NY 11101. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10/ 27/11, bearing Index Number NC-000954-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Andre (Middle) Kevin (Last) Scicere (Seniority) Jr My present name is (First) Brian (Middle) Scicere (Last) Carn aka Jamez Andra

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

Scicere aka Brian William Simon My present address is 163-45 130 th Ave Apt 3G, Jamaica, NY 11434 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is December 09, 1990 ___________________________________ Please take notice that the court appointed guardian is offering for sale real property located at 40-26 190 th Street, Flushing, NY 11358, Block 5354, Lot 15, sale terms no contingencies, “as is” condition, immediate 10% downpayment. Interested parties may bid at Queens County Supreme Court, Part 22G, on December 13, 2011 at 9:30 a.m, Index No. 2375-2004. ___________________________________ Mandalay Dynasty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/1/11.

Office in Queens County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 28-39 33rd St, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: General. ___________________________________ Probate Citation File No. 2011-968 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent To: The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of FRANCIS T. MOSS a/k/a FRANK T. Moss, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence The Public Administrator of the County of Queens A Petition having been duly filed by Co-executors, Michael Grasso, who is domiciled at 23 Rolling Ridge Road, Apt. C, Montvale, NJ 07645 & Paul Grasso, who is domiciled at 540 Bernita Drive, River Vale, NJ 07675 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE, before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard Jamaica, New York, on the January 5, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the Estate of FRANCIS T. MOSS a/k/a FRANK T. MOSS, lately domiciled at 52-40 39 th Street, Apartment 8U, Woodside, Queens, NY, admitting to probate a Will dated May 20, 2008. (a Codicil dated: None) (a Codicil dated: (None) a copy of which is attached, as the Will of FRANCIS T. MOSS, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to PAUL GRASSO and Michael Grasso. Dated, Attested and Sealed, NOV. 14 2011 HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate MARGARET M. GRIBBON Margaret M. Gribbon, Chief Clerk Attorney for Petitioner: Patricia A. Murphy, Murphy & James, LLC Telephone Number: 212863-9607 Address of Attorney: 275 N. Middletown Road, Suite 2C, Pearl River, NY 10965 [Note: This citation is served upon you as requested 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.] ___________________________________ COLLABO HOSPITALITY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/8/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 67-71 Yellowstone Boulevard Apt. 6H Forest Hills NY 11375 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: HERMES B NY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/27/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 149-36 19th Avenue, Whitestone, New York 11357. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/ 15/11, bearing Index Number NC-001075-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Theodore (Middle) Chao (Last) Lim My present name is (First) Veronica (Middle) Chao (Last) Lim aka Veronica C. Lim My present address is 35-44 95th Street, Apt. #D-1, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 My place of birth is Newark, NJ My date of birth is January 31, 1985 ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County, on the 21 day of November, 2011, bearing Index No. 1108/11, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, NY grants me the right, to assume the name LI ZHANG. My present address is 23-22 125 th St 2 nd Fl, College Point, NY 11356; the date of birth is June 14, 1961; the place of birth is China; my present name is Xizhong Zhang. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of KITY HOME MAINTENANCE LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 10/19/ 2011 office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for services of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC at 160-64 20 th Ave, Whitestone NY 11357. ___________________________________ Notice of formation of Diomi Designs LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on Aug 17 2011. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 27010 Grand Central Pkwy, Floral Park, NY 11005. For any lawful purpose.

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PROBATE CITATION File No. 2011-2774 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO the heirs at law, next of kin and distributees of Pearl Spiegel a/k/a Pira Spiegel a/k/a Pearl Weissman Spiegel deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence, and George Kovacs. A petition having been duly filed by Veronica Varnai who is domiciled at 23-25 Bell Boulevard, #3E, Bayside, New York 11360. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on January 19, 2012, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Pearl Spiegel a/ k/a Pira Spiegel a/k/a Pearl Weissman Spiegel lately domiciled at 140-14 28 th Road,

LEGAL NOTICE

Messages Of Hope

Welcome Jax Inn

On Nov. 30, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. joined a group of volunteers from Shareing and Careing, an Astoria-based cancer support group, and storeowners from 23rd Avenue to help decorate Christmas wreaths with messages of hope that will hang on their storefronts.

Assemblyman Mike DenDekker and Councilman Danny Dromm welcome the Jax Inn Diner to Jackson Heights. Pictured: Dromm (l. to r.), Jax Inn owners Anastasios and Peter Giannopoulos, and DenDekker.

Beer Hall Christmas

The oldest beer hall in the five boroughs, the Bohemian Hall Beer Garden, is now home to one of the largest Christmas trees in Queens. Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. attended the second annual tree-lighting ceremony on Dec. 1, which was followed by a Czech children’s choir performance.

Turner Meets JPCA

Chess In Schools

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Fighting Fracking

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Councilman Peter Koo visited students at PS 20 who are participating in the “Chess in the Schools” program. Koo secured $6,000 in funding to administer the program in his district.

U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (c.) met with Bob Holden (r.), President of the Juniper Park Civic Association, and Tony Nunziato (l.), an executive member of the JPCA, Nov. 9.

Ragusa Meets Gingrich

At a rally outside a public hearing in Manhattan on proposed state rules governing hydrofracking, Councilman Jim Gennaro urges foes of the process to remind Gov. Andrew Cuomo of the potential political consequences of allowing the gas industry to drill upstate.

Book Discussion

102nd Thanksgiving

On Saturday, Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (r.) met with Queens Republican Chairman Phil Ragusa and discussed his campaign plans for the New York and national campaigns.

Assemblyman Mike Simanowitz and the Richmond Hill Block Association deliver Thanksgiving Dinner to officers at the 102 Precinct.

The Book Discussion Group at the Ozone Park Community Library has been meeting monthly for the past 11 years to discuss books and authors. Pictured above, (seated, l. to r.) Carole Williams, Vita Zito, Patricia Russo, Janice Henry, Nubia Holzherr, (standing, l. to r.) Elizabeth Acosta, Virginia Stank, Virginia Holloway, Colette Slagle, Regina Motreuil, Virginia Comber and Maryellen Borello.

The next book to be discussed is “Girl in Translation” by Jean Kwok, Dec. 22 at 6:30 p.m. The library is located at 92-24 Rockaway Blvd.

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Leisure

Get The Holiday Spirit With ‘White Christmas’

By BRIAN M. RAFFERTY With the holiday season well underway, some people are st ill feeling a bit “Grinchy.”

The weather really doesn’t feel right, money is tight and it seems that the Thanksgiving lead-in to the season is over-hyped with commercialism and less about the spirit of the season.

Perhaps what we really need is a classic song and dance number or two to bring us out of our doldrums and into full-fledged holiday cheer.

The solution for some may be found in Queens with the Oratorio Society of Queens annual Christmas Concert at Queensborough Community College at 4 p.m. next Sunday, Dec. 18 (tickets are still available at queensoratorio.org), but for

some of us, what we really want is a Broadway classic – but without Broadway ticket prices.

Enter the Papermill Playhouse, a small theater in Millburn, NJ, about a 30-minute drive from Queens – even in holiday traffic.

It may take you a drive over the river and through the woods to get there, but it’s certainly wor th the trip. Their per formance of “White Christmas,” the tale of two former Army buddies whose hijinks and love interests lead them to stage a Christmas musical, was popularized by a 1954 Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye film, and features memorable musical numbers penned by Queens’ own Irving Berlin, including the eponymous holiday favorite.

The cast includes a slew of Broadway

regular s, including Tony Yazbeck, who is fresh from playing the role of Billy Flynn in “Chicago” on Broadway, and Lorna Luft, the less-popular but equally-talented other daughter of stage and screen icon Judy Garland.

A moving tribute to friendship, true love and the brotherhood of soldiers, “White Christmas” opens on Christmas Eve 1944 with Phil (James Clow) and Bob (Yazbeck) entertaining their buddies fighting the good fight in Europe, and the fast-forwards to 10 years later as the now-star duo is looking to add some ladies to their act – and their love lives.

With an ensemble cast that takes us from

the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater to a sleepy Vermont i nn owed by the duo’s former General, played sternly – but with hear t – by Edward James Hyland, the show is a non-stop celebration of the holidays, with such classics as “Snow,” “Blue Skie s,” “Count Your Blessings” and “Let Me Sing And I’m Happy.”

The show is certain to get you into the holiday spirit and remind you of days gone by when the holidays meant more than doorbuster sales and “surviving’ the season. The show runs, appropriately, through Christmas Eve. To learn more go to papermill.org or call (973) 376-4343.

Go Naked In Astoria

REVIEW

Kick off your holiday with a classic Christmas musical.

Theater Takes Dickens Classic To The Caribbean

By VERONICA LEWIN For the next two weekends, one Jamaica theatre is offering a tropical twist on a popular holiday tale.

The Black Spectrum Theatre will present “A Caribbean Christmas Carol” 8 p.m. Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 in Roy Wilkins Park. The show is based on the classic Charles Dickens story a nd focuse s on the life of Scrudge, a plantation owner who employs many of the residents on a fictitious Caribbean island.

His employees and people who live on or near the plantation have become ill due to poor working conditions and business practices. Despite the troubles of the island, Scrudge is only concerned with making as much money as possible during the holiday season.

In the middle of the night, Scrudge is visited by three “duppies” – Jamaican spirits - who show Scrudge how his selfish ways have impacted the island around him. Because of his overnight revelations, Scrudge pledge s to be a bet ter person and trie s to rectify the damage that has been done.

Carl Clay, founder and executive director of the Black Spectrum Theatre, said this is the first year the theatre will present the play. For the past 15 years, their holiday show was “’Twas The Night Before Kwanzaa.” Clay said the Black Spectrum Theatre wanted to switch it up t his year.

“We just decided to change up the groove this year and reach out to the Caribbean communit y and do something a lit tle different,” Clay said.

Keeping up with the theme of the evening, the theatre will offer a menu from The Door, a popular Caribbean restaurant in Jamaica.

T he play was wr it ten by Jacqueli ne

Enjoy a new t wist on “A Christmas Carol” this weekend at the Black Spectrum Theatre.

Wade, a Temple University graduate. In addition to acting in regional theatres, Wade is the executive director of Women of Color Productions, Inc. She has written more than 30 plays on issues ranging from human rights to historical events.

Black Spectrum Theatre, founded in 1970, offers free parking, wheelchair accessibility and assistive listening devices. Tickets cost $25, with group discounts available.

Tickets can be purchased at blackspectrum.com or by calling (718) 7231800.

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

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- you’ll want to put on it increases the risk of dir tying your clothes. This is not a place for formalwear; it’s for clothing you’ll be w illing to get dir t y. Napkins are a nece ssity here.

For entrees, I ordered the Western Bacon Burger on a brioche bun, with Bison meat. That’s about how adventurous I was willing to get. While a simple beef buger is on the menu, there is a variety of options including turkey, veggie, and por tabella There are few foods that epitomize mushroom and, at an additional cost, elk, American cuisine more than the ham- bison, lamb or ostrich. Yes, even ostrich.

But the bison was tender and full of juicy burger. Though ethnically German - as are, flavor. It did not taste much diffittingly, many Americans themselves - the hamburger is a staple RESTAURANT ferent than regular beef except that it was far less greasy and of our cuisine. Whether it be barthe pat ty fell apart easier. For becues celebrating our nation’s this burger, you wouldn’t feel founding, or at America’s fastupid eating it with a fork and mous golden arches, hamburgers knife. The burger was topped are a common food item, despite w i t h a t a n g y c o l e s l a w, their reputation for not being pepperjack, peppercorn steak healthy. But one chain of burger sauce and a slice of crunchy joints aims to combine healthy applewood smoked bacon. and organic food with edible My guest had a Ruby Burger Americana, in so much as an oson a multi-grain bun. The Ruby Burger trich burger can be Americana.

Bareburger has six - soon to be eight - i n c l u d e s p a s t r a m i , S w i s s c h e e s e , different re staura nt s across New York sauerkraut, tomato and Bareburger speCity, including two in Astoria. Its flagship cial sauce. More adventurous than I, my location sits on 31st Avenue between 31st guest had it with elk meat. I sampled the and Steinway Streets. Its corner location elk, much juicier than venison, but with mixes the aura of a fast-food joint with the same gamey flavor. The toppings gave that of a sit-down eatery. On the r ust ic the burger the essence of a lunchtime wooden tables, bottles replace pitchers for Panini.

Besides our options, Bareburger offers pouring water.

My guest and I sat near the door. The a wide selection of salads, so don’t feel restaurant may be small in size, but it is unwelcomed if you don’t eat meat (try the not crowded and uncomfor table. We only veggie burger if you want the burger exwaited a few minutes for that table. Many perience). Don’t forget to tr y the assorted of Bareburger’s customers come for take- p i c k l e s c o m b o w h i c h i n c l u d e s s p i c y out. We watched as local denizens left the S r i r a c h a - h a b a n e r o c r i n k l e - c u t p i c k l e store carr ying bags to their Friday night chips, bread a nd but ter pickle chips, and garlic dill pickle chips. Bareburger also parties.

We star ted w ith a plate of fre shly cut offers sandwiches including a BLT and an fries and onion rings. We ordered four egg sandwich.

Also, tr y one of Bareburger’s special different sauces for them and sampled t he m ; t a n g y c u r r y ke t c h u p , a s p i c y d r i n k s , i n c l u d i n g s e v e n f l a v o r s o f chipotle mayo, a peppercorn steak sauce milkshakes and hand-crafted sodas, such that also had a spicy kick to it and the as cola, root beer, ginger ale, sarsaparilla, Bareburger special sauce - don’t ask orange and blueberr y.

Don’t be afraid to take the leftovers what’s in it, they won’t tell you. The fries were cooked per fectly and were crunchy home. Two days later, the burgers and even and not at all greasy. The onion rings the French fries tasted just as they did at were breaded in a flavor ful breadi ng. mealtime, even after a spin in the microUnless you’re brave, you’ll probably want wave.

Bareburger’s second Astoria location is to slice the onion ring. Its sheer size makes it difficult to eat whole, and the in the Ditmars section at 23-01 31st St. —Domenick Rafter amount of sauce - any of them are a treat BAREBURGER 33-21 31st Ave., Astoria (718) 777-7011 CUISINE: Burgers HOURS: Mon to Thurs 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Fr i 11 a.m. to Midnight, Sat 10 a.m. to Midnight, Sun 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

CREDIT CARDS: All major PA RKING: Street

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DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

SECTION EDITOR: REGINA VOGEL

FLEA MARKETS

Send typed announcements for your club or organization’s events at least TWO weeks in advance to “Queens Today” Editor, Queens Tribune, 150-50 14 Road, Whitestone NY 11357.

Send faxes to 357-9417, c/o Regina.

Sunday, December 11 at Temple Tikvah, 3315 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park 1012:30.

BOUTIQUE SALE Sunday, December 11 Flushing Town Hall Holiday Boutique Sale at 1. 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing.

ARTISAN MARKET Sundays, December 11, 18 12-6 at Bohemian Hall, 2919 24 th Avenue, Astoria.

SNOWFLAKE BOUTIQUE Saturday, December 17 handmade items, holiday crafts and new and used items at the Ridgewood library starting at 10.

HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE Sunday, December 18 seasonal music, children’s activities and unique gifts starting at 11 at the Queens Botanical Gardens in Flushing.

HANUKAH FEST/& CRAFTS Sunday, December 18 12-5 holiday shopping, children’s activities, entertainment. $5 children, adults free. Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 t h street, Forest Hills.

THRIFT SHOPS Saturdays 11-4 at Bargain Boutique Thrift Shop, Queens Baptist Church, 93th 23 217 Street, Queens Village.465-2504. First and Third Wednesdays through June at Grace Church, 1415 Clintonville Street, Whitestone. 767-6305.

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

FLEA MARKETS CHRISTMAS SALE Saturday, December 10 102 and Sunday, December 11 12-2 at St. Nicholas Church, 14-65 Clintonville Street.

KWANZAA CELEBRATION Saturday, December 10 crafts, live performances and shopping at the Langston Hughes library starting at 10:30.

CHRISTMAS CRAFT Saturday, December 10 from 10-4 and Sunday, December 11 from 9-3:30 Christmas Craft Sale and Ethnic Polish Bake Sale at St. Josaphat’s, 35 th Avenue and 210 th Street, Bayside.

HANUKAH & BOOK

Queens Today EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS KWANZAA WORKSHOP Saturday, December 10 at the Langston Hughes library at 1.

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

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

PET OWNERS Saturdays (not on holiday weekends) from 1-4 free Doggie Boot Camp at Crocheron Park in Bayside (weather permitting). 4545800. Reservations required. Donations accepted.

BALLROOM DANCE Mondays, December 12, 19, 26 ballroom dancing at the Forest Hills library at 6:30.

BASIC COMPUTER Monday, December 12, 19 at the Douglaston library at 10.

INTRO MICROSOFT Mondays, December 12, 19 at the Central library at 10:30.

JOB INFO Monday, December 12 Job Information Services at the Middle Village library. Register.

LEARN EMAIL Monday, December 12 at the Fresh Meadows library

at 10:30.

ACING INTERVIEW Monday, December 12 Acing Your Job Interview at the Central library at 6.

INTRO MICROSOFT Mondays, December 12, 19 at the Central library. 9905102 to register.

JOB INTERVIEW Monday, December 12 “Acing Your Job Inter view” at the Central library at 6.

HOLIDAY CAKE Monday, December 12 learn how to make a cake for the holidays – no baking needed at the LIC library at 6.

RESUME Monday, December 12 The Impact of Your Resume at the South Ozone Park library at 6:30.

HOLIDAY ORNAMENTS Monday, December 12 holiday clay ornaments at the Rosedale library at 6.

INTRO EXCEL Tuesday, December 13 at the Central library. 990-0769 to register.

BASIC COMPUTER Tuesdays, December 13, 20, 27 at the Rosedale library at 10:30.

BASIC COMPUTER Tuesdays, December 13, 20, 27 at the Arverne library at 10:30.

PRACTICE LAB TIME Tuesdays, December 13, 20 computer practice lab time at the Far Rockaway library at 4.

INTRO EXCEL Tuesday, December 13 at the Central library. Register.

BASIC COMPUTER

Tuesday, December 13 basics at the South Ozone Park library at 10.

INTRO INTERNET Tuesday, December 13 at the Queens Village library.

Register.

COMPUTER CLASS Tuesday, December 13 at the Sunnyside library at 10:30.

INTRO WORD Tuesday, December 13 at the Maspeth library at 1.

SCRABBLE Tuesday, December 13 at the Fresh Meadows library at 1.

TUESDAY CHESS Tuesday, December 13 at 4:30 at the Rosedale library.

TANGO CLASS Wednesdays, December 14, 21, 28 at Buenos Aires Tango in Forest Hills. 347642-4705.

COMPUTER BASICS Wednesday, December 14 at the Windsor Park library.

Register.

KNIT & CROCHET Wednesday, December 14 at the South Ozone Park library at 1.

INTRO MICROSOFT Wednesday, December 14 at the Central library. Register.

INTERNET SEARCHING

ENVIRONMENT ECO-FASHION Saturday, December 10 at 2:30 at the Sunnyside library.

Making fashionable goods from recycled products.

Wednesdays, December 14, 28 at the Windsor Park library at 10:30.

COMPUTER TUTORIALS Thursday, December 15 at the Woodside library at 6:30.

FACEBOOK Thursday, December 15 Facebook for Beginners at the Glen Oaks library at 10:15.

SMALL BUSINESS Thursday, December 15 How to Start and Run a Small Business at the Flushing library at 5.

WRITER’S WORKSHOP Thursday, December 15 at the Bayside library at 6.

INTRO EMAIL Friday, December 16 at the Hillcrest library. Register.

BOOT CAMP Fridays through January 27 Computer Boot Camp at the LIC library at 2.

JOB SEARCH Saturday, December 17 Job Search Boot Camp at 10:30 at the Central library.

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

Queens Today

DANCE COUNTRY WESTERN Saturday, December 10 Gunsmoke performs at the Christmas Dance with a visit from Santa. $12. Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Avenue at 7:30. 7634328.

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

Mahoney Hall, Fresh Meadows.

ENTERTAINMENT COMEDY Saturday, December 10 Jon Fischer and Tina Giorgi perfo r m a t Te m p l e T i k va h i n New Hyde Park. $20 advance, $25 at the door. 516746-1120.

JAMAICA HOLIDAY Saturday, December 10 Centro Hispano and more perform at a tree lighting c e remony and communit y holiday season kick off at 6 in Rufus King Park, 89th Avenue and 153 rd Street. Entertainment, refreshment follows at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Avenue.

HOLDIAY LIGHTING Sunday, December 11 at Bowne Park, 157 th Street and 32 nd Avenue, Flushing at 4.

MESSIAH Sunday, December 11 Sacred Music Societ y of Our Lady Queen of Mart yrs performs “Messiah” and Christmas Favorites at 4. 2686251. $20 adults, free for children accompanied by an adult.

HOUSE TOUR Sunday, December 11 24 th Annual Historic Holiday H o u s e To u r 1 - 5 w i t h t h e Queens Historical Societ y. $10. 939-0647, ext. 17.

NUTCRACKER Sunday, December 11 at F l u s h i n g To w n H a l l . 4 6 3 7700, ext. 222.

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

FILM SCREENING Monday, December 12 International film screening of “How I Ended This Summer” at the Fresh Meadows library t 2.

FLAMENCO Monday, December 12 Flamenco Cante and Guitar at 6 at the Astoria library.

HOLIDAY SHOW Monday, December 12 Linda Ipanema Holiday Show at 6 at the Briarwood library.

KLEZMERIDIAN Monday, December 12 traditional Klezmer and other world music at 6 at the Flushing librar y.

JNGLE BELL SWING Monday, December 12 at the Middle Village library at 6:30.

OPEN MIC Monday, December 12 evening of poetry at 7:30 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike.

CHRISTMAS CAROL Tuesday, December 13 at the Maspeth library at 2:30.

SCRABBLE Tuesdays at the Fresh Meadows library at 1.

CHESS Tu e s d ay s a t 4 : 3 0 a t t h e Rosedale library and at 4 at the LIC library.

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LORCA FLAMENCO Through December 11 flamenco tribute at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside.

729-3880.

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

CLAUS FAMILY Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 9, 10, 11 Claus Family Christmas Spectacular at St. Margaret’s Parish Hall in Middle Village.

FULL MOON GAZING Saturday, December 10 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000.

KWANZAA Saturday, December 10 at the Langston Hughes library starting at 10.

HOLIDAY CONCERT Saturday, December 10 Holiday Music Concert at 2 at the Flushing library.

NINA SIMONE Saturday, December 10 celebrating the life of Nina Simone at the Langston Hughes library at 2.

LOVE SONGS Saturday, December 10 at the Broadway library at 3.

LINDA IPANEMA Saturday, December 10 holiday show at the Fresh Meadows library at 3.

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Queens Today YOUTH CHINESE FUN Saturday, December 10 at the Forest Hills library at 2:30.

LITTLE TOT TIME Mondays, December 12, 19 at the Hillcrest library at 4.

For those 18-24 months and caregivers.

CROCHET FOR BEGINNERS Mondays, December 12, 19 at the Rosedale library at 4.

PRE-SCHOOL CRAFT Monday, December 12 at the Windsor Park library at 1:30.

CRAFT KIDS Monday, December 12 at the Flushing library at 3.

CROCHET FOR BEGINNERS Monday, December 12 at 4 at the Rosedale library.

BOOST Monday, December 12 B O O S T C o m m u n i t y Word Project at the Central library at 4:30.

BOOST MATH Monday, December 12 at the McGoldrick library at 5.

GOING GREEN Tuesdays, December 13, 20 at the Woodside library at 3.

LEGO Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 1 3 LEGO World Builders at the Glendale library at 3:30.

RECYCLED Tuesday, December 13 at the Woodside library. Register. Recycled plastic magnets, pins and barrettes.

PUPPY TALES Tuesday, December 13 at the Hillcrest library at 1:15.

GREEN PLANET Tuesday, December 13 at the Broadway library at 3:30.

CROCHET CLUB Tuesday, December 13 at the McGoldrick library at 4.

BOOK MAKING Tuesday, December 13 at the Rego Park library. Register.

MIXING IN MATH Tuesday, December 13 at the Central library at 4:30.

BOOST WORD Tuesday, December 13 at the McGoldrick library at 5.

HAPPY HAPPY STORY TIME Wednesdays, December 14, 21, 28 at the LIC library at 10:30.

CRAFTS Wednesdays, December 14, 21, 28 at the Steinway library at 11.

READ TO ME Wednesdays, December 14, 21, 28 Read to Me program at the Bay Terrace library at 10:30.

MOVIE DAY Wednesday, December 14 at 4 at the Baisley Park library.

GAME DAY Wednesday, December 14 at the Howard Beach library at 4.

CHESS CLUB Wednesdays, December 14, 21 at the Poppenhusen library at 4.

CRAFT TIME Wednesday, December 14 a t t h e B r i a r wo o d l i b r a r y.

Register.

ORIGAMI Wednesday, December 14 at the Bay Terrace librar y.

Register.

NINTENDO WII TIME Wednesday, December 14

at 3 at the Briarwood library.

Register.

CHRISTMAS CRAFT Wednesday, December 14 at the Broad Channel library at 3:30.

CANDY CANE Wednesday, December 14 candy cane craft at the East Flushing library. Register.

CANDYLAND Wednesday, December 14 at the Peninsula library at 4.

CRAFT Wednesday, December 14 at the Windsor Park library at 4.

SCIENCE LAB KIDS Wednesday, December 14 at the Central library at 4:30.

BRAIN WARS Wednesday, December 14 at the Woodhaven librar y.

Register.

BOOST SCIENCE Wednesday, December 14 at the McGoldrick library at 5.

JAZZ KIDS Thursday, December 15 celebrate the winter holidays with the East Elmhurst Jazz Kids at the library at 4.

HOLIDAY GIFTS Thursday, December 15 Holiday Gift Craft workshop at the Hillcrest library at 4:30.

S TORY T I M E Thursday, December 15 family story time at the Auburndale library at 4.

WINTER CRAFTS Thursday, December 15 at the Seaside library at 4.

BOOST READING Thursday, December 15 at the McGoldrick library at 5.

FAMILY COLORING Friday, December 16 at the Queensboro Hill library at 11.

PRE-SCHOOL CRAFTS Friday, December 16 at the Sunnyside library. Register.

READ TO ME Friday, December 16 at the Briarwood library at 3.

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

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

S TORY T I M E Friday, December 16 at the Laurelton library at 10:30.

PRE-SCHOOL CRAFT Fridays, December 16, 23 at the Sunnyside library. Register.

GAME DAY Fridays, December 16, 23 at the Bay Terrace library at 2.

YU-GI-OH Friday, December 16 at the Queensboro Hill library at 3:30.

URBAN MANGA Friday, December 16 at the Cambria Heights library at 4.

ARTS & CRAFTS Friday, December 16 at the East Flushing library. Register.

CROCHET Friday, December 16 at the Hollis library at 4.

GINGERBREAD HOUSE Friday, December 16 at the McGoldrick library. Register.

TEENS YOGA FOR TEENS Monday, December 12 Cambria Heights library at 4.

LIBRARY LEGERDEMAIN Monday, December 12 at the Astoria library at 3:30.

Tuesday, December 13 at the Briarwood library at 3:30. Learn the art of magic and prestidigitation.

TEEN STUDY Mondays, December 12, 19, 26 Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

YOGA Monday, December 12 Cambria Heights library at 4.

ACE AN INTERVIEW Monday, December 12 Acing Your Job Interview at the Central library at 6.

HOLIDAY CAKE Monday, December 12 No Bake Holiday Cake at the LIC library at 6.

TEEN STUDY Tuesdays, December 13, 20, 27 Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

TEEN JEOPARDY Tuesday, December 13 at the Flushing library at 4.

ENTERTAINMENT Tuesday, December 13 listen to new music and give your opinions at the LIC library at 4.

TUESDAY CHESS Tuesday, December 13 at the Rosedale library at 4:30.

TEEN STUDY Wednesdays, December 14, 21, 28 at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

TEEN REC ROOM Wednesdays, December 14, 21 at the Steinway library at 4.

NINTENDO WII TIME Wednesday, December 14 a t t h e B r i a r wo o d l i b r a r y.

Register.

MOVIE DAY Wednesday, December 14 Baisley Park library at 4.

TEEN CRAFT Wednesday, December 14 at the Flushing library at 4.

SAT WORD SEARCH Wednesday, December 14 SAT Word Search and Vo cabulary activities at the South Jamaica library at 4.

WREATH MAKING Wednesday, December 14 South Jamaica library at 4.

TEEN STUDY Thursdays, December 15, 22, 29 at the Lefrak Cit y library at 4.

HISTORY OF TOYS Thursday, December 15 and Friday, December 16 at 3:30 South Jamaica library.

ANIME CLUB Thursday, December 15 Flushing Anime Club at 4 at the Flushing library.

HOLIDAY CRAFTS Thursday, December 15 Windsor Park library at 4.

EATING HEALTHY Thursday, December 15 at the Ridgewood librar y.

GIRL & BOY SCOUTS Fridays, December 16, 23, 30 at the Laurelton library.

CRAFT Friday, December 16 at the Bellerose librar y. Register.

TEEN GAME DAY Friday, December 16 Broadway library at 4.

YOUNG REFORMERS Friday, December 16 Young Reformers Group at the Laurelton library. Register.

TALKS

MEETINGS FM POETS Saturday, December 10 Fresh Meadows Poets meet to discuss and critique their work at the Forest Hills library at 10.

CAMBRIA HTS LIBRARY Saturdays, December 10, January 14 Friends Board of Directors of Queens Library at Cambria Heights meet 4-5:15.

BELLA ITALIA MIA Sunday, December 11 Bella Italia Mia meets at Christ the King High School, 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village. 426-1240.

CHARTER SCHOOLS Monday, December 12 79:30 board meeting for the NYC Charter School Center, 111 Broadway, suite 604.

212-437-8300 to register.

VFW 4787 Mondays, December 12, 26 Whitestone VFW Community Post meets. 746-0540.

AMERICAN LEGION Monday, December 12 American Legion Post 510 meets at St. Robert Bellamine in Bayside Hills.

428-2895.

CATHOLIC VETS Monday, December 12 American Mart yrs Catholic Wa r Ve t e r a n s Po s t 1 7 7 1 meets in Bayside. 468-9351.

TELEPHONE PION. Tuesday, December 13 Tele-

phone Pioneers of America meet in College Point. 4634535.

LIONS CLUB Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 1 3 Ravenswood Lion Club meets at 6:30 at Ricardo’s by the Bridge, 21-01 21 st Avenue, Astoria.

TOASTMASTERS Thursdays, December 15, 29 Advance for Leadership/ To a s t m a s t e r s at the Briarwood library at 5:45.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Saturdays, December 17, January 7, 21 public speaking and effective communication 10-12:15 at the Elmhurst Hospital Center Conference Room. 4249754.

P-FLAG Sunday, December 18 PFLAG, a support group for parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, meet in Forest Hills. 271-6663.

PARENTS FIT KIDS Saturdays, December 10, 17, 31 4:30-5:30. Tuesdays, December 13, 20, 27 4:305:30. Thursdays, December 15, 22, 29 4:30-5:30. 17403 Horace Harding Expressway. Fit Kids Nutrition and Exercise Program. 661-7687.

COMMUNITY CAFÉ Saturday, December 10 neighborhood conversation about life in southeastern Queens 8:30-12:30 at Hollis Avenue Congregational Church, 211-04 Hollis Avenue, Queens Village.

AMERICAN DOCUMENTS Saturday, December 10 What do you know about our important American documents 1pm at the Greater Astoria Historical Societ y, 35-20 Broadway, 4 th floor, LIC. $5.

SEASIDE BOOK Monday, December 12 “The Assistant”discussed at 6:30 at the Seaside library.

ARTIST WORKSHOP Monday, December 12 learn about Georgia O’Keeffe at 2 at the Forest Hills library.

HILLCREST Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 1 3 “Septembers of Shiraz” discussed at 2 at the Hillcrest library.

NY CARES Tuesday, December 13 NY Cares volunteer management program talk at 4 at the Briarwood library.

FRESH MEADOWS Thursday, December 15 “The Postmistress” will be discussed at 2:30 at the Fresh Meadows library.

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ENTERTAINMENT JINGLE BELL SWING Wednesday, December 14 at the McGoldrick library at 2.

HOLIDAY SHOW Wednesday, December 14 Linda Ipanema Holiday Show at the Rego Park library at 2.

VIOLIN Wednesday, December 14 violin concert at the Flushing library at 6.

JAZZ KIDS Thursday, December 15 celebrate the winter holidays with the East Elmhurst Jazz Kids at the library at 4.

HOLIDAY MIXER Thursday, December 15 at Queens Pride House in Jackson Heights. Call 429-5309 for tickets and details.

HOLIDAY CONCERT Thursday, December 15 holiday concert of your Christmas favorites with Linda Ipanema at 2 at the Howard Beach library.

HOLIDAY SONGS Thursday, December 15 cel3ebrate the holidays with JC Revue at 2:30 at the Auburndale library.

TREE LIGHTING Thursday, December 15 at 4 at the Richmond Hill library.

SONGS OF THE 30S Thursday, December 15 stories, personal narratives and more at the Douglaston library at 6.

JAZZ GUITARIST Thursday, December 15 tribute to jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery at 6 at the

Laurelton library.

SCRABBLE GAME DAY Thursday, December 15 at the Bellerose library at 6:30.

GUITAR TRIO Friday, December 16 Bucky Pizzarelli Guitar Trio at Flushi n g Tow n H a l l . 4 6 3 - 7 7 0 0 , ext. 22.

LIVE JAZZ Fridays through December 13 at 180-25 Linden Blvd.., St. Albans. 347-262-1169 ticket information.

GAME DAY Fridays at 4:30 at the Woodhaven library.

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

GAME PLAYERS CLUB Fridays at 2 at the Hillcrest library.

ASTRONOMY Saturday, December 17 at Alley Pond Environmental Center. 229-4000 to register.

SWING Saturday, December 17 swing into the holidays with Arnie Gruber at 2 at the Bayside library.

HOLIDAY FANTASY Saturday, December 17 holiday fantasy: classical choral and vocal scores from around the world at 2 at the Flushing library.

CAROLING Saturday, December 17 annual winter caroling walk o n 3 1 st A v e n u e a n d 7 6 th Street, Jackson Heights at 7.

SOUL LEGENDS Saturday, December 17

HEALTH MAMMOGRAMS Sunday, December 11 free mammograms for those 40 and over. Call 1-800-5646868 for requirements and appointment.

ZUMBA Mondays, December 12, 19 Latin dance fitness program at the Glendale library.

ALZHEIMERS Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 1 3 Caregiver Support Group in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext.

237.

CAREGIVERS Monday, December 12 Information and Resources of Caregivers at 6 at the Flushing librar y.

DEPRESSION Monday, December 12 Coping with Depression and Anxiet y at 6:30 at the Poppenhusen library.

MASSAGE THERAPY Mondays, December 12, 19, 16 at NYHQ. 670-1695.

FEMALE CANCER Monday, December 12 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look Good â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Feel Betterâ&#x20AC;?

Female Cancer Support. Call ACS at 800-ACS-2345.

ZUMBA Tuesdays, December 13, 20 at the Ridgewood library.

BLOOD DRIVE Tuesday, December 13 3-6 at 115-06 Myrtle Avenue, Richmond Hill.

MASSAGE THERAPY Wednesdays, December 14, 21, 28 10-2 at NYHQ Cardiac Health. 670-1695.

PROSTATE CANCER

Wednesday, December 14 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Groupâ&#x20AC;? meets at 6. Call 800-ACS-2345.

STRESS MANAGEMENT Wednesdays, December 14, 21, 28 stress management for heart patients. 670-1695.

ZUMBA Wednesdays, December 14, 21, 18 at NYHQ. 670-1695.

WELL SPOUSES Wednesday, December 14 Well Spouses or Partners of the Chronically Ill and Disabled meet at St. Charles Rehab Center, 201 IU Willets Road, Albertson at 7. Free. Donation.

516-829-8740.

WELLNESS WORKSHOP Thursday, December 15 updated discussion at the Far Rockaway library at 6.

HEALTHY EATING Thursday, December 15 Ridgewood library. Register.

BLOOD DRIVE Thursday, December 15 7520 Astoria Blvd., Astoria. 9-3 KIDNEY DISEASE Thursday, December 15 treatment. 670-1276.

WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY Thursday, December 15 at NYHQ. 670-2082.

CHAIR YOGA Friday, December 16 at the Hillcrest library. Register.

MASSAGE THERAPY Fridays, December 16, 23, 30 at NYHQ. 670-1695.

BLOOD DRIVE Saturday, December 17 102 at Knights of Columbus, 6960 Grand Avenue, Maspeth.

musical tribute to the soul legends â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at 2 at the Peninsula library.

WINTER SHOW Saturday, December 17 entertainment wit ice-skating solo, duet and group members at the Cit y Ice Pavilion in LIC. Free at 7:30.

HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE Sunday, December 18 seasonal music, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities and unique gifts starting at 11 at the Queens Botanical Gardens in Flushing.

MESSIAH Sunday, December 18 the Oratorio Society of Queens presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Messiahâ&#x20AC;? at Queensborough Communit y College. $30 adults. 2793006.

HANUKAH CELEBRATION Sunday, December 18 at F l u s h i n g To w n H a l l . 4 6 3 7700, ext. 22.

HANUKAH FEST & CRAFTS Sunday, December 18 12-5 holiday shopping, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, entertainment. $5 children, adults free. Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 t h street, Forest Hills.

STAMP SHOW Sunday, December 18 Bayside Stamp Show at the Ramada Inn, 220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside 10-4:30.

Free admission.

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.

SENIORS AARP 4158 Tuesday, December 13North Flushing chapter 4158 meets at noon at the Church on the H i l l , 1 6 7 - 0 7 3 5 th A v e n u e , Flushing.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Tu e s d a y, D e c e m b e r 1 3 Auburndale library. Register.

AARP 3698 Wednesday, December 14 AARP Chapter 3698 meet at Zion Episcopal Church, 24301 Northern Blvd. Meeting at 1, program at 2.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING Wednesday, December 14 Forest Hills library at 1.

KEW GARDENS Wednesday, December 15 at 10 self-defense class. Kew G a rdens Communit y Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, suite 202.

BASIC COMPUTER Thursday, December 15 at the Corona library at 10:30.

Friday, December 16 Far Rockaway library at 10:30.

STARS Friday, December 16 Senior Theater Acting Repertory at the Queens Village library at 10:30. 776-0529.

THEATER Friday, December 16 Theater in the Afternoon with STARS at the Queens Village library at 1.

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Job Fair:

Sen. Joe Addabbo sponsored his fourth Job Fair on Friday, Oct. 21, at The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale. Some 2,400 job seekers came with resumes in hand to pursue 1,300 openings with 115 potential employers.

through science and invention exemplifies the can-do spirit that makes this country great. It is an honor an inspiration to be able to represent individuals like her.”

Mrs. Casale, Principal (l. to r.); Mrs. Dunn, Classroom Teacher; Sen. Tony Avella; Fiona, fourth grade student; Anita Saunders, District 26 Community Superintendant.

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On Wednesday, Nov. 2, State Sen. Tony Avella met with Principal Joan Casale and a very excited P.S. 162 fourth grade student, Fiona Hung. Avella paid the school a visit after he received a letter from Fiona thanking him for providing the coloring and activity books to her school.

Fiona Hung’s letter thanked the Senator for his thoughtful donation and the interesting facts she learned about New York from them. She stated in her letter that, “without these booklets, I never would have known that NYS had a state fossil or muffin!”

In addition to her enthusiasm for her newly acquired knowledge of New York, Hung also expressed her desire to meet Avella in person. Hung wrote, “I wish I could meet you in person.” Upon reading this request, Avella decided to pay Hung a visit and literally left her speechless as she beamed with happiness and waved from her desk.

On Monday, Nov. 21, State Sen. Tony Avella honored 14-year old Hunter College Junior High School student, Cheyenne Hua, with a New York State Senate Certificate for her achievements as an inventor this year.

In June, Cheyenne became a finalist of the 13th Annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge after making a video of her idea for a high-tech speed bump that beat out hundreds of other hopeful scientists and inventors. Cheyenne’s speed bump has a detection device that recognizes when a car is driving too fast and triggers a speed bump that raises in the street. Cars that are not speeding pass through uninhibited while speeders will have to navigate the bump.

As a finalist, she was tasked to create an additional invention. She spent the summer brainstorming an idea for a anti-flooding device that protects homes in accordance with water levels. This invention earned her runner-up in the final round of America’s Top Young Scientist competition and a $1,000 prize. The anti-flooding invention would protect homes with a waterproof sheet that is raised around the house by a ring that floats on top of the rising water level.

“Cheyenne Hua is a shining example of a bright young mind coupled with a fearless creativity that America needs going forward,” stated Avella. “Her dedication and desire to better her community by tackling real world issues with problem solving

State Sen. Tony Avella presents Cheyenne Hua with a certificate.

Major General Patrick A. Murphy, The Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capabilities for additional responsibility and leadership.

Ralph Csukardi from Whitestone, serving with the Company B, 1-69th Infantry is promoted to the rank of Pvt. Wesley Hicken from Fresh Meadows, serving with the Medical Command is promoted to the rank of Capt.

Army National Guard promotions are based on overall performance, attitude, leadership ability, and development potential.

These promotions additionally recognize the best qualified soldiers and attract and retain the highest caliber Citizen Soldiers for a career in the New York Army National Guard.

For more information about the New York Army National Guard, visit dmna.ny.gov or 1800goguard.com.

The New York Lottery announced the names of area Lottery players who claimed a winning ticket from one of the Lottery’s live drawings Oct. 23-29. The following winners each received a cash prize valued at $10,000 or more.

Andrew Jusino of Glendale won $69,676 on the Take Five drawing of Oct. 19. Jusino’s winning ticket was purchased at the Eastend Grocery & Lotto at 1662 1st Ave. in New York.

Guolong Hu of Whitestone won $10,000 on the Powerball drawing of Sept.

28. Hu’s winning ticket was purchased at the W & N Grocery at 6901 8th Ave. in Brooklyn.

Mohamed Assim of South Ozone ParK won $10,000 on the Mega Millions drawing of Oct. 25. Assim’s winning ticket was purchased at the Mona Newsstand at 11101 Lefferts Blvd. in South Ozone Park.

Nwabueze Ajanwachuku of Rego Park won $10,000 on the Powerball drawing of Oct. 19. Ajanwachuku’s winning ticket was purchased at the Adam’s Bagel & Deli at 63-56 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park.

Air Force Airman John P. Schaubeck graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training

in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Schaubeck is the son of Nancy and John Schaubeck of Flushing. He is a 2003 graduate of Archbishop Molloy High School, Briarwood.

Assemblyman Rory Lancman and Councilman James F. Gennaro partnered with students at St. John’s University in preparing 300 apple pies that were later donated to the community. The pie bake was part of a Thanksgiving community service project sponsored by Lancman and the St. John’s University Division of Student Affairs.

Members of Kappa Phi Beta, Theta Phi Alpha, Lambda Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Phi Lambda, Phi Sigma Sigma, Sigma Sigma Rho, Sigma Chi Beta, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, Sigma Beta Rho, Lambda Pi Upsilon, Kappa Alpha Psi, Kappa Sigma and Tau Kappa Epsilon participated in the pie preparation on Sunday, peeling and coring apples and assembling the baked goods, and also decorating the pie boxes.

200 pies were packaged with Thanksgiving turkeys as part of St. John’s University’s annual Thanksgiving food distribution. This year’s packages were donated to community organizations including Beraca SDA Church, the New Life Food & Clothing Pantry, Advantage Academy, Forestdale, Inc., the New Jerusalem Baptist Church Food Pantry and St. John Lutheran Church. The remaining 100 pies were donated to St. Mel’s Church, St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, the Briarwood Senior Center and Paws of Hope.

“Students at St. John’s University have done a great service to the community this Thanksgiving, and I commend them for continuing to be good students as well as good neighbors,” said Assemblyman Lancman.

“I applaud the students at St. John’s University for taking time out of their busy schedules to provide a wonderful service to the community during this holiday season,” said Gennaro.

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Funky Fromage One Italian restaurant in Astoria is offering a lively treat for those who are brave enough to try.

WhyLeaveAstoria.com relates that Ornella Trattoria offers casu marzu, also known as rotten cheese in Sardinian. Cheese fly larvae are deliberately introduced into the cheese to break down the cheese’s fats. The result is a soft, flavorful Casu Marzu: Cheese that squirms cheese bursting with tiny worms.

Not only is the cheese moving, but the worms can jump up to six inches!

Prefer to get your dairy sans worms? Experts recommend placing the casu marzu in a bag until the pitter-patter inside stops. Yum. Still interested? This live delicacy is only offered by request at Ornella Trattoria. We’ll take a worms-in-dirt sundae anytime, but we may have to pass on the worms in cheese.

Ain’t Callin You A Gold Digger The recession has caused many of us to tighten our belts and think of creative ways to make extra money on the side. Ever thought of doing it by dating?

The website whatsyourprice.com brings sugar daddies and gold diggers together in an unprecedented way. “Generous people,” including some from the borough, name a price to take an attractive single out on the town. If you’re ambitious enough, you can turn dating into a part-time job.

Just make sure you choose carefully, sugar daddies – the Web site doesn’t offer refunds.

After graduating from Hofstra in 2003, Cindy wasn’t sure what to do with her life. She landed in an interesting place – The Dugout, a famous bar near Yankee Stadium, where she spent a few years as a bartender, mulling over the options her Social Sciences degree would afford her.

Today, no longer slinging cocktails, she is ready to make her break into the world of print ad modeling.

“It’s a very big deal,” she said.

“I’ve always been interest in modeling, but I figured that I wasn’t ready because everything you see on TV and in magazines is somebody really tall and really skinny.

You have other people out there who want to do this, and they get discouraged – I could have done this a long time ago if I really wanted to, but it takes some courage.”

Having just started this year, Cindy has done some shoots in order to put her materials together to send to agents. The Jamaica native who now lives in Kew Gardens also thinks she may have discovered a way to mix her modeling with bartending in creating and marketing creative cocktail menus.

“Hopefully I’ll be able to use my two professions to work together,” she said.

A world traveler, Cindy spent some time in London while in school and recently enjoyed a trip to the Dominican Republic, but she also enjoys spending her time in Queens at such places as Tropix in Rego Park or dining at Su Casa in Kew Gardens.

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Whether abroad or in her diverse neighborhood, she’s always interested in learning about different cultures. “Everything you see is cool,” she said, “and you always learn about so many different things.”

Cindy Martinez Home; Kew Gardens Age: 30 Height: 5’ 3" Weight: 140 lbs Stats: 34-28-37

Do You Haiku?

Bobby Valentine back in the day

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My Valentine Well, it’s official, everyone’s favorite fiery former Mets Manager is now wearing Boston Red. Bobby Valentine announced on Nov. 29 that he would be taking over the beer-swilling, chickengobbling and video-game playing Boston Red Sox, who collapsed almost as badly in 2011 as the Mets in 2007.

Though he could be smug, Mets fans remember Bobby V fondly as the man who guided the Mets to the World Series and made them (briefly) as relevant as the Yankees. He was the guy who always thought he was right, and usually was.

At least Bobby V didn’t convince Yankee front office brass to fire Joe Girardi and give him the reins. He’s a charming guy, that Bobby. Better to have him beating up the pinstripes than wearing them.

The DOT is waxing poetic about street safety. Literally. The agency is teaching lessons in street safety in haiku forms. Writing such whimsical lessons as: Aggressive driver/Aggressive pedestrian/two crash dummies.

The haikus are showing up on signs in some of the city’s busiest areas, including Jamaica, Flushing and Long Island City.

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said the haikus are meant to “get through to the public so they pay more attention.”

She’s inspired us to try our hand at our own: Complex Poetry / Used to teach us common sense / Janette Sadik-Khan?

Or how about: Rushing Commuters / Do Not Stop To Read The Signs / Witty Haikus Though.

We apologize.

The Weiner’s Stash Who’s the man with the skinny lip whiskers? Salvador Dali? Leroy Neimann?

John Waters?

No, it’s just disgraced former Queens Congressman Anthony Weiner.

On Nov. 26, residents of SoHo in New York City got a chance to witness how Weiner’s social media (kind of) sex scandal finally rubbed off on him.

Weiner walked through the City streets sporting a wispy set of whiskers with his wife, Huma Abedin, who is expecting their first child.

He may have grown the nose tickler in the spirit of Movember, the month-long internet-based event that involved the growing moustaches in November, but we’d love to see it stay year-round.

Confidentially, New York . . .

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name; Cesare LLC, Articles of Organization filed with New York’s Secretary of State (NYSS) on 7/23/08. Office location: c/o 147-03 5 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail copy of process of LLC, to: J. James Carriero, Esq., 108-54 Ditmars Blvd, North Beach NY 11369. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.Purpose: Debris cleaning. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order granted by the Civil Court, Queens County, on the day of 23 November, 2011, bearing the index number 1027/2011, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Queens Civil Court County Clerk located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd. Jamaica, New York, grants the infant Petitioner the right to assume the name of Cindy Guan. Her present address is 64-22 182 nd Street, Fresh Meadows, New York 11365.

The date of her birth is November 22, 2001; the place of birth is Guangdong, China; the present name is Di Guan ___________________________________ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 195 ST LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/07/ 97. The latest date of dissolu-

LEGAL NOTICE tion is 12/31/2017. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o George Subraj, 88-05 Merrick Boulevard, RM L 3, Jamaica, New York 11432. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. ___________________________________ Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name; Cesare LLC, Articles of Organization filed with New York’s Secretary of State (NYSS) on 7/23/08. Office location: c/o 147-03 5 th Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357. NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail copy of process of LLC, to: J. James Carriero, Esq., 108-54 Ditmars Blvd, North Beach NY 11369. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. ___________________________________ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 9320/11 Date of Filing: November 15, 2011 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS KONDAUR CAPITAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -againstJEANNETTE C ALVEAR; HAROLD L CEDENO, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming un-

LEGAL NOTICE der, by or through said HAROLD L CEDENO, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; ADVANTAGE ASSETS II, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR WMC MORTGAGE CORP.; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service of this summons is made by delivery

LEGAL NOTICE upon you personally within this state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. 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. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pur-

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suant to an Order of the Honorable Charles J. Markey of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on October 21, 2011, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by JEANNETTE C ALVEAR; HAROLD L CEDENO to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR WMC MORTGAGE CORP. in the principal amount of $376,000.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on December 27, 2006, as CRFN: 2006000704528.

Thereafter, said mortgage was assigned to Plaintiff by assignment dated July 19, 2010 and recorded on November 8, 2010 as CRFN: 2010000374028. Said premises being known as and by 90-42 PITKIN AVENUE, Ozone Park, NY 11417.

Dated: September 14, 2011 Batavia, New York Virginia C. Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it care-

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

You should be extremely careful about any such promises.

The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other nonprofit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us.

The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. ___________________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/22/11, bearing Index Number NC-001177-11/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Francisco (Last) Rodriguez My present name is (First) Male (Last) Rodriguez aka Francisco Rodriguez My present address is 89-28 86 th Street, Woodhaven, NY 11421 My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY My date of birth is February 15,1967

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